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SHORT TAKES IAS RESHUFFLE Ash, daughter test Doctored ‘OCMR’ Surendra Kumar Covid-19 negative steel & mines secy

NEW DELHI: POST NEWS NETWORK After being hospitalized Bhubaneswar, July 27: In a for 10 days, minor reshuffle among senior IAS Aishwarya Rai approvals to fore Bachchan and officers, the state government Monday transferred five officers. daughter Aaradhya have tested OCMR received a negative for COVID-19. The duo POST NEWS NETWORK Additional Chief Secretary, Steel has been discharged from letter from U’khand and Mines Department, Raj Kumar Nanavati hospital. Abhishek took Bhubaneswar, July 27: The Medical Council Sharma has been appointed as BSE Class X results July 29 to Twitter to update the news. Odisha Council for Medical alleging presence Agriculture Production “Thank you all for your continued Registration (OCMR), a state Commissioner (APC) while 1993 PNN & AGENCIES Minister Samir Ranjan prayers and good wishes. government body responsible of the fake website batch IAS officer Surendra Kumar Dash said. Indebted forever. Aishwarya and for regulation of medical was named Steel and Mines Bhubaneswar, July 27: SMS option for obtaining Aaradhya have thankfully tested practice in the state, has stum- istration certificate issued Secretary, a notification issued by Results of the annual ma- the results will also be avail- negative and have been bled upon a racket involved by the bogus council. He also the General RK Sharma triculation examination able, BSE president discharged from the hospital. They in supplying fake registra- sought action from his coun- Administration conducted by the Odisha Ramashis Hazra said. will now be at home. My father named APC; tions to medical practitioners terpart in Odisha to bust the (GA) Anu Garg Board of Secondary As many as 5.60 lakh and I remain in hospital under the across the country. racket. Department Education (BSE) will be students appeared for the care of the medical staff,” he said. Secretary, The registrar of OCMR, Sources claimed many peo- said. Water announced July 29, a min- annual Class X board ex- Kamal Kanta Das, has writ- ple have secured fake cer- At present, Resources ister said Monday. amination in 2,888 cen- ten a letter to Additional tificates from the bogus coun- Development Department The Class X results will tres from February 19 to IRREGULAR by MANJUL Director General of Police, cil and are carrying out Commissioner be declared through video- March 2. Crime Branch, seeking ac- practice in other states. The Suresh Chandra Mahapatra is conferencing at 9 am and The declaration of re- tion against the people be- fake website mentioned the handling the additional charge of students can check their sults was delayed due to hind the racket. The cyber office of OCMR at APC. The government has also scores from 11 am on the cyclone Amphan and the cell at the Crime Branch in Nandankanan instead of the allowed Surendra Kumar to keep board’s website, School and coronavirus-induced lock- Cuttack has registered a case original location of OCMR additional charge of chairman, Mass Education (S&ME) down, officials said. and started a probe. at Unit-IV of the city. The Cuttack Development Authority The OCMR is the official fraudsters recently claimed (CDA). body to issue statutory per- on the fake site that doctors IAS officer Anu Garg was named PLUS II RESULTS missions such as registration can apply for registration Secretary, Water Resources he results of annual Plus II examinations conducted certificates, NOC and other /renewal /transfer process Department. She will continue to T by the Council of Higher Secondary Education testimonials necessary for online in view the pandemic. remain in additional charge of (CHSE) will be declared by the third week of August, the practicing doctors. It also Meanwhile, Das informed Women and Child Development S&ME Minister said. While the results of examinations in frames rules and keeps a the crime branch that the & Mission Shakti Departments. Science and Commerce streams will be out by third week watch on any mischief in council had developed a web- Similarly, Chithra Arumugam, of August, the result in Arts stream will be announced by No cineplex, no net connection. But we get our daily dose of entertainment. connection with the medical OCMR requesting it to make ties for online registration. site back in 2004-05 who was serving as School and end of August, added the minister. The evaluation We watch news debates! practice in the state. necessary rectifications in Later, the OCMR received ‘www.ocmr.org’ which has Mass Education Secretary, was process was delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic. The OCMR discovered the the website. He was, however, a letter from the deputy reg- been lying defunct now. The posted as Secretary of Labour and Teachers assigned to carry out evaluation of answer fraud after Dr Shritosh of informed by the OCMR that istrar of Uttarkhand Medical OCMR is currently working Employees’ State Insurance sheets faced complications in discharging their duty due AIIMS- Bhubaneswar in- the website, Council alleging the pres- along with NIC to develop a Department. MSME Secretary to shutdown in 20 districts. The S&ME department had Ace album artiste formed the body about a fake https://www.ocmr.org.in/ ence of the fake website. The new website to provide on- Satyabrata Sahu has got addi- written to the Chief Secretary to ensure evaluation to be website. An aggrieved appli- was a fake one and OCMR deputy registrar also sent a line registration facilities to tional charge of School and Mass conducted properly without obstruction so that the Deepa Sahu dead cant sent a complaint to the has not yet developed facili- copy of the fake MBBS reg- medical practitioners. Education Department. results can be declared at the earliest. BHUBANESWAR: Deepa Sahu, a popular actress of Raj Speaker pulls Odia album 47 MORE CHINESE OAS officer 5 Rafale jets take off industry, who had been battling out of SC; Guv uterus cancer for suspended a long time, Monday died at a APPS TO BE BANNED from France for India concedes session private hospital here. She was 37. The actress had been admitted to POST NEWS NETWORK AGENCIES Capital Hospital a few days back AGENCIES AGENCIES following a deterioration in her Bhubaneswar, July 27: A day Jaipur/New Delhi, July 27: health June 20. Later, she was New Delhi, July 27: The govern- after suspending Kalahandi deputy New Delhi, July 27: The first Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra shifted to AIIMS-Bhubaneswar and ment has banned 47 more Chinese collector Anisha Das for derelic- batch of five Rafale jets Monday took told the state government Monday then to a private hospital where he apps, taking the total number of tion of duty, the state government off from France for India, officials that an assembly session can be breathed her last. P2 mobile applications banned for Monday suspended former deputy said. The multi-role fighter air- called at a short notice if the being prejudicial to sovereignty, collector of Subarnapur, Iswar craft are scheduled to arrive at agenda is a floor test, a conditional MARKET WATCH integrity and defence of the coun- Chandra Das, for similar offences. Ambala air force station Wednesday, acceptance of the Congress de- try, to 106, according to a source. Revenue and Disaster nearly four years after India signed an IAF spokesperson said a for- mand as the party held protests and The source privy to the devel- the provisions of Section 69A of Management Department issued an inter-governmental agreement mal induction ceremony will be sought the President's intervention. INDEX VARIATION opment said that the 47 additional the Information Technology Act. an order to this effect. Das, an with France to procure 36 Rafale jets held in mid-August. Congress workers held protests Chinese apps that have been banned A media report, citing govern- OAS officer, has been asked to stay for the Indian Air Force under a Official sources said the Rafale at major state capitals, including SENSEX 37934.73 194.17 now were clones and variants of the ment sources, said the govern- in his present headquarters at `59,000-crore deal. jets are likely to be deployed in the at the Raj Bhavans, seeking an as- apps which were blocked earlier. ment had also prepared a list of Deogarh during his suspension. He The fleet is expected to signifi- Ladakh sector as part of the IAF's sembly session in Rajasthan. BOURSES NIFTY 11131.80 62.40 An order to this effect was is- over 250 apps that would be exam- was asked not to leave headquar- cantly boost the IAF's combat ca- efforts to enhance its operational Mishra returned to the Ashok DOLLAR 75.01 `0.06 sued on Friday, the source said. ined for any user privacy or na- ters without obtaining prior per- pabilities at a time when India is capabilities along Line of Actual Gehlot government its redrafted The list of additional apps that tional security violations. mission of the Collector, Deogarh. locked in a tense border row with Control (LAC) with China in view proposal on EURO 87.69 `1.01

CURRENCY have been banned was not imme- It is believed that some top gam- The District Collector had re- China in eastern Ladakh. Indian of the border row with the country. convening a GOLD `52,080 `1045 diately available, and there is no of- ing Chinese apps including PUBG lieved him from duties June 3, Ambassador to France Jawed The aircraft is capable of car- session, ask- ficial word on the matter yet. Mobile would be part of the new list 2020 due to indiscipline and neg- Ashraf interacted with IAF pilots rying a range of potent weapons. ing it to sub- SILVER `65,291 `4068 Earlier on June 29, the govern- of banned apps. However, the gov- ligence in duty. The government before they took off from France. European missile maker MBDA's mit another BULLION ment had banned 59 Chinese apps, ernment is yet to release the details Sunday had suspended Kalahandi "Bon Voyage: Indian Ambassador Meteor beyond visual range air- version after saying they were prejudicial to pertaining to the development. deputy collector Anisha Das on to #France interacts with the Indian to-air missile and Scalp cruise mis- incorporat- WEATHER sovereignty, integrity and security The government had ordered charge of dereliction of duty. pilots of the Rafale. Congratulates sile will be the mainstay of the ing three BHUB CTK of the country. telcos to block access to all those He will be entitled to the pay- and wishes them a safe flight to weapons package of the Rafale jets. suggestions. It has been reported that the an- apps as well as their related web- ment of subsistence allowance in India with a single hop," the Indian Meteor is the next generation These included giving a 21-day MAX 37.2° 37.2° nouncement would take place of- sites shortly after announcing the accordance with Rule-90 of Orissa Embassy in Paris tweeted. The first of BVR air-to-air missile designed notice for the session. ficially shortly. The government decision publicly through a press Service Code, the order added. squadron of the Rafale jets will be to revolutionise air-to-air combat. But the Governor's note also TEMP MIN 26.1° 25.0° Forecast earlier banned apps including release. It also directed Apple and The action against Das was taken stationed at Ambala air base. The weapon has been developed offered the quicker alternative to Humidity 95% 73% CamScanner, SHAREit, Tik Tok, Google to remove the banned apps based on a report submitted by The five Rafales are scheduled to by MBDA to combat common Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who Partly Rainfall 0.6mm Nil cloudy sky and UC Browser, among others. from their respective app stores project director of DRDA in be inducted into the IAF on threats facing the UK, Germany, is desperately trying to save his gov- That ban was announced under in the country. Subarnapur district. Wednesday afternoon. However, Italy, France, Spain and Sweden. ernment after a rebellion by Sachin Pilot and 18 other Congress MLAs. Even as it intensified its agita- tion outside, the Congress chose to pull out for now from a legal bat- Don’t lower guard against Maoists, warn experts tle in the apex court. In the Supreme Court, Rajasthan Speaker CP Joshi withdrew his GYAN RANJAN MOHAPATRA, OP ment work in the hinterlands and sympathy of tribals. The Reds gen- have succeeded in thwarting Maoist petition against last week's high intensifying operations by the se- erally use cultivation season from activities in districts over past few court order, asking him to defer ac- Bhubaneswar, July 27: The re- curity forces.” June to September as the recruit- years. tion till July 24 on the disqualifi- cent decision of the state govern- Maoist outfits in Sundargarh ment period. Security experts have, however, cation notices to Sachin Pilot and ment to remove five districts from had extended their activities to the Kujur asserted that security forces cited five major reasons behind the the rebel Congress MLAs. the list of Security Related neighbouring areas of Sambalpur had to break the recruitment process dwindling presence of Maoists in Senior advocate Kapil Sibal told Expenditure (SRE), a central scheme while the Reds in Keonjhar had ex- to foil their search bid to fill the the state. They include intensified a bench headed by Justice Arun exclusively meant for capacity build- tended their grip to Deogarh, Angul vacuum of able leadership in anti-LWE operation, lack of local Mishra that the appeal had be- ing in Maoist-hit districts, is an in- and Dhenkanal. Odisha. leadership to guide the militias, lu- come infructuous after the apex dication of the waning Mao activ- Naxals operating in Kandhamal The danger of Maoists regroup- crative rehabilitation policy, disil- court did not stay the directions ities in Odisha. Once the Ministry had engaged in various violent ac- ing themselves cannot be ruled out lusionment of the lower rung mili- passed by the high court, which of Home Affairs (MHA) approves the tivities in Nayagarh district. Experts keeping in view the history of in- tia with the higher-ups and tribals’ then issued a fresh order asking state’s proposal, the number of dis- so removed were mainly extended Sambalpur, Deogarh and Nayagarh also warned that Maoists could ex- surgency in India since independ- support for development process. for status quo on the notices. tricts under SRE will come down to Maoist zones and the government from SRE list is a significant achieve- ploit the current situation to re- ence. The construction of Gurupriya BJP MLA Madan Dilawar's pe- y 10 from 15. Earlier, six districts, should continue to zero in on ultras ment for security forces, the Maoists gain their foothold by recruiting “The geography of Malkangiri, Setu joining the cut-off areas to tition in the Rajasthan High Court

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FORTUNE FORECAST Miles to go before end of Akshay adapts to new way of working New Delhi: Actor Akshay Kumar will soon Along with medical-grade masks and face be flying out of India on work for the first time shields, the production house will also make it since the Covid outbreak, and he is ensuring mandatory for all cast and crew to wear a wrist ARIES elaborate safety and precautionary measures watch that will constantly monitor their oxy- for the entire crew. gen levels, body temperature, blood pressure, You will be the focus of domestic abuse: Divya Akshay is set to be in the UK soon, to start stress levels and pulse. A centralised dash- everyone's attention today – for your visual shooting for his upcoming film, Bellbottom, board will constantly record the parameters of appeal or for your abilities. Ganesha Mumbai: Actress Divya Dutta feels it is a along with co-actors Vaani Kapoor, Huma the entire unit. suggests that you should make the best good thing that we are at least openly talk- Qureshi and Lara Dutta. The unit will be trav- “The new normal has made us realise a dif- of the opportunity and recharge yourself. ing about domestic violence against women elling to the UK in August for a start-to-finish ferent way of working that none of us could have now, thanks to social media, but says it is going schedule. imagined. As much as I'm happy to be back on to take many years to fully eradicate the so- The producers are chartering a flight to fly the sets, it's also important for us to take care TAURUS cial menace. the entire unit, along with medical facilities. of everything around us,” said Akshay. Divya had just starred in a short film ti- This day you will be tled The Relationship Manager, which ad- inclined to act tough and dresses the issue of domestic violence. She pick up a fight with every- one whom you are likely to encounter, says women should stop being silent over the matter, as has been happening for ages now. MALAIKA’S MIXED Odia cine industry warns Ganesha Those who know you well will be at a loss to make anything out of “Domestic violence is one of the is- your belligerent attitude and may not be sues that we not only need to ad- BAG OF EMOTIONS able to keep up with you for too long. dress, but also continue to talk mourns Deepa’s death about. It is embedded in the up- bringing of every woman that GEMINI they have to let to go, they have BHUBANESWAR: At a time when chairman Satyabrata (Kuna) Tripathy people were yet to come to terms with You will be in the mood to to adjust. For generations, said that he had worked with her in spend the day doing the women are told that to keep the demise of legendary cine actor movie Nari Akhire Nian. She was things that you really their marriage and children Bijay Mohanty, Odia entertainment in- a talented actor and dancer who used love. You will consider helping people in happy, they have to adjust with dustry suffered another jolt Monday to believe in maintaining discipline on need and will be in a generous mood. Your violence. At least, we are talk- with the passing away of popular ac- the sets. It is unfortunate that she left charitable bent of mind will bring you ele- ing about it now thanks to so- tress Deepa Sahu. the industry so early. vated social status and improved self- esteem, says Ganesha. cial media. But I know that it will Many actors who had worked with State film award winning actress Lipi take many years to eradicate. Deepa, one of the most celebrated Mohapatra said that Deepa was very Talking about it is a hope,” names in Odia album industry some close to her. “I was with Deepa Nani said the Veer-Zaara ac- Mumbai: Dance diva Malaika Arora years back, mourned the loss. during her treatment at AIIMS- CANCER tress. recently stepped out for shooting Actress Snigdha Mohanty said, “I Bhubaneswar. I still can’t You may face unwanted The story of the amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. just got the news about her demise. She believe that she is events and circum- stances. As a result you film is set in the time She took to social media and posted was a young talent and left us so soon. no more with will feel sad. yet you will of lockdown, where her experience of resuming work May her soul rest in peace.” us.” wriggle out of it with your efficiency. Put a wife becomes the after four months of lockdown. “I am saddened by the loss of our in efforts in studies, says Ganesha. target of physical “Stepping out of the house to very dear Deepa Sahu. I remember remember that in success destiny is one assault of her hus- resume work after almost 4 of her as someone who set a trend in per cent and effort 99 per cent. band. months... had a mixed bag of Odia album industry. May Almighty emotions... excitement, nerv- give strength to the family to bear the ousness, happiness, fear. loss,” mourned top actor Sabyasachi LEO Things are definitely not Mishra. You will spend an enjoy- the same but the show must Bidusmita Dash Mantry, also able day with your go on...Felt like my first a popular album actress, said, “She favourite relatives and day of school after a was part of my family. So much so, friends. In the office long vacation and I that I used to feed her during her also, you will be afforded rare co-opera- tion from all your colleagues. Financial was so excited to last days. We are trying to per- gains are indicated. It is a good time for meet all my form her last rites at her native lovers, who will experience an intimate friends,” she place Dhenkanal. My thoughts bond with their partners, says Ganesha. wrote on are with her bereaved fam- Instagram. ily members.” Malaika Actor Elina Mohanty VIRGO shot for an who worked with Deepa episode of in many albums said, You are born with a talent for business. a dance- “She was a great soul Your organisational based real- and we shared some skills too are flawless. ity shows. nice moments in the Ganesha advises you to use all your She later up- past. Fans still recall creativity, innovative ideas and ability loaded a video her performance in to motivate others to make progress in your business. showing how safety Odia albums. She, at precautions were fol- her prime, was truly the lowed by the staff when queen of album indus- she arrived to shoot on try. The entertainment LIBRA the set. industry will miss her Ganesha says that you "With extra precaution, for a long time. May will be more careful extra efforts and a prayer her soul rest in about your outward that everything goes well, appearance and will try peace.” to enhance it further. Towards the evening we all are restarting our Popular actor you may impress people around you when lives and our work,” and Odisha Film you attend a social function. Those of you Malaika wrote. Development who are single can put forth a marriage Corporation proposal to their beloved today and it will be accepted.

SCORPIO You go on a shopping SUDOKU spree and that too with post To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, your beloved. This may be PEANUTS CROSSWORD quite therapeutic for your column and box must contain the numbers for your relationship. You may be just happy 0 to 9 and the letters A to E. to use your bargaining skills to the opti- mum. Spending lavishly, first on shopping and then on sumptuous dinner to treat your taste buds. What more one wants in life!

SAGITTARIUS Someone from the oppo- site sex is likely to get attracted towards you. Enjoy being in the lime- light. Today, you main activity becomes hanging around with friends and cherish- ing their company. CALVIN AND HOBBES CAPRICORN Celebrations are in the offing and all the near and dear ones are invited to the party. Today, you will enjoy yourself to the fullest, feels Ganesha. You will get the desired profits SOLUTIONS in the business irrespective of how hard you have worked to achieve them.

AQUARIUS Today will not be your day. You will find it diffi- cult to create a peaceful environment in your home and adding to the woes will your chil- BREVITY

dren who will be making things even more CROSSWORD difficult for you to handle. There may be some family disputes also, and green-eyed neighbours will try to add fuel to the fire.

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patient and let things be as they are but also CHECK FOR SOLUTIONS OF THE PUZZLES TOMORROW SUDOKU to hold on to the sentiments of change. P3 DEFT HANDS BOOSTING IMMUNITY TUESDAY | JULY 28 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR A man busy preparing Homoeopathic medicines being broomsticks near BOSE distributed to the inmates of Ground in Cuttack, Utkal Balashram in Puri to boost

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WORLD NATURE CONSERVATION DAY TREATMENT OF COVID PATIENTS e-Commerce platforms boon for organic farming SC seeks compliance

MANISH KUMAR, OP Vikas Yojana’ (PKVY). In 6,868 ORGANIC FARMERS Dashwantpur block of Koraput dis- reports from states Bhubaneswar, July 27: Online 1FROM ODISHA ARE NOW trict, 1,000 farmers in six panchayats SELLING THEIR PRODUCE ONLINE sale of organic farming products has are working hard to shun chemical POST NEWS NETWORK Territories have not filed affidavits proved a boon for many like fertilisers and adopt organic farm- giving details of compliance of var- ANY FARMERS FROM Balabhadra Naik, a farmer from a ing as a natural way to boost farm- New Delhi, July 27: The Supreme ious directions issued by this court MKALAHANDI, RAYAGADA, small village of Kalahandi district. KORAPUT AND OTHER DISTRICTS ing in the region. Court, Monday, directed the states June 19, 2020. We are of the view that Buoyed by the government sup- HAVE JOINED THE MARKET OF The government has been giv- to file compliance reports with re- the Chief Secretaries of the states port, he has joined the e-commerce ORGANIC FOOD WHICH IS ing financial assistance to each spect to the directions issued by have to take steps to ensure that sites and is now able to sell his or- GROWING IN THE STATE WITH cluster for input costs, training, the apex court regarding treat- directions issued by this court ganic paddy at `80 per kg. TIME branding and other areas to give an ment of Covid-19 patients in order dated June 19, 2020 Similar is the experience of other impetus to organic farming in and dignified handling are complied with. An farmers who have adopted the LTOGETHER 95,312 Odisha. The state government has of bodies at the hospi- appropriate compliance method and started reaching out to AHECTARES OF LAND IN THE also been working through state tals. report be filed. We grant the customers through online. STATE ARE UNDER ORGANIC policies and schemes to give an im- A three-judge bench two weeks’ time to the Many of them have registered FARMING UNDER DIFFERENT petus to organic farming and help- of SC comprising states/UTs to file an ap- themselves with the Union gov- STATE AND CENTRAL SCHEMES ing in market linkage. Justices Ashok propriate compliance ernment's online platform, What is organic farming? “There is a good scope for or- Bhushan, R Subhash affidavit,” the bench said. www.market-jaivikkheti.in, where ORE THAN 65,000 FARMERS ganic farming in Odisha. There are Reddy and MR Shah The SC also asked the they get orders. As per government t is defined by the use of fertilisers of organic origin such as compost MFROM ODISHA ARE some forest areas in Kalahandi and granted two weeks’ time to the Centre to file a detailed affidavit sources, a total of 16,868 organic Imanure, green manure, and bone meal and places emphasis on REGISTERED WITH THE Kandhamal districts where organic state governments to file the com- within two weeks giving the de- farmers from Odisha are now sell- techniques such as crop rotation and companion planting. Biological GOVERNMENT AS ORGANIC farming is practiced for growing pliance reports. tails of the compliance of the di- ing their produce online. Many pest control, mixed cropping and the fostering of insect predators are FARMERS turmeric and ginger for the last 8- The bench observed that an af- rections issued by the court. farmers belonging to Kalahandi, encouraged under this method of cultivation. 10 years with government support. fidavit filed on behalf of the Union Notably, the apex court had June Rayagada, Koraput and other dis- are now being established between Also, they have a good marketing net- government does have the details 19 directed the Centre to consti- tricts have joined the market of or- in March 2020, altogether 95,312 not only selling their produce on- the producers in remote villages work there,” an official from the of compliance of the directions. tute an expert committee to in- ganic food which is growing in the hectares of land in the state are line but also exporting them. to food processing units and other National Centre of Organic Farming, “Mere direction to comply with spect and supervise all the gov- state with time. under organic farming under dif- “A number of organic produce market players,” said Atul Nayak, Ghaziabad told Orissa POST. the directions is not enough. The ernment hospitals. The court had Organic farming in the state is ferent state and central schemes. The like mangoes and cashew nuts are Project Manager, Agragamee, The Centre, through its regional steps taken towards compliance also asked the governments to pre- gradually expanding with the Union government also claims that more being sold to other states like from Koraput which works with the farm- centre in the state, has also been of the directions have to be brought scribe reasonable fees for Covid-19 as well as state governments em- than 65,000 farmers from Odisha Koraput to Delhi and others. ers to boost organic farming. working to boost organic farming and on the record,” the bench said. treatment and also install CCTV phasising on natural way of rais- are registered with the government Recently, many farmers exported The Union government has been train the farmers to avoid use of The apex court asked the chief cameras in all Covid dedicated hos- ing crops and vegetables. as organic farmers. mangoes to the dairy giant Mother encouraging organic farming chemical fertilizers and pesticides secretaries of the states to file an pitals. The apex court had issued According to data given by the People associated with organic Dairy in New Delhi while some through clusters in selected dis- and adopt sustainable farming meth- appropriate compliance report. 11 directions regarding treatment Agriculture Ministry in Lok Saha farming claim that the farmers are went to Hyderabad firms. Links tricts under ‘Paramparagat Krishi ods through organic farming. “The state governments/ Union of Covid-19 patients. FOUR DISTRICTS TO 4 MEMBERS OF ILLUMINATED SKY TITO GANG HELD Food, lodging soon RECEIVE HEAVY POST NEWS NETWORK for plasma donors RAIN TODAY: MET Cuttack, July 27: Chauliaganj POST NEWS NETWORK police Monday claimed to have POST NEWS NETWORK foiled a robbery bid by arresting four CHANGE IN Bhubaneswar, July 27: Predicting criminals belonging to the gang Bhubaneswar, July 27: With the heavy rain, the India of Sayed Usman Ali alias Tito from novel coronavirus infections rising STRATEGY Meteorological Department (IMD) near Gandhi Square here. each passing day, the state gov- Monday issued yellow warning “Somnath Sahu and Jitendra ernment has asked the district for four districts--Keonjhar, Sahu of Chauliaganj Matha Sahi, Collectors to redesign their strat- Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal and Ramchandra Nanda of Fakirpada egy to better fight the disease. Angul. in Jagatpur and Rashmi Ranjan Talking to Collectors and chief These four districts will receive Swain of Kurutunga in district medical officers (CDMOs) heavy rainfall in next 24 hours. The Kendrapara have been taken into over a video-conference Monday IMD said thunderstorm with light- custody while they were hatch- evening, Chief Secretary Asit ning is also very likely to occur at ing a conspiracy to rob commuters Tripathy asked them to make ad- one or two places over the dis- on the national highway late vance arrangements in all these tricts of north coastal Odisha, Sunday night,” said a police offi- matters keeping in view the sce- Ganjam, Kandhamal, Nayagarh, cial confirming the arrests. nario till end of August. Khurda, Bolangir, Angul, Sonepur, A country pistol and a few sharp- The Collectors were asked to en- Dhenkanal, Keonjhar and edged weapons were recovered hance per day sample collection ollectors were asked to Mayurbhanj, Tuesday. from them. The four were history- at least to 1,000 per day in hotspot Cenhance per day sample sheeters and had been working at district and up to 500 per day in collection at least to 1,000 per the behest of Tito, the official said. other districts for early detection day in hotspot district and up The official said that they were and treatment. to 500 per day in other tipped off about the assembly. They were asked to utilise the districts for early detection “The four along with two others antigen test kits and upload the and treatment had gathered at a ground on the test results in Indian Council for rear side of the fuel station near Medical Research (ICMR) portal he Collectors were Gandhi Square late Sunday night on daily basis. Tadvised to encourage and Lightning in Bhubaneswar sky before rain Monday evening OP PHOTO to hatch robbery plans. A team of Additional Chief Secretary support plasma collection in Chauliaganj police, led by its in- Health & Family Welfare PK all possible ways spector in-charge Tapas Pradhan, Mohapatra said, “We have suffi- raided the ground and nabbed the cient stock of testing kits and med- he government is going to criminals. Taking advantage of icines. Around 1, 16, 000 antigen test Tdevelop an online portal The Met department has not Class X girl’s body found hanging to facilitate the donors for the darkness, two others managed kits have already been supplied to issued any warning for next two self-registration to escape. While Somnath has six the districts. More kits will be sup- days (July 29 & 30). However, light POST NEWS NETWORK Her family members allegations, Kahandagiri police de- cases pending against him, plied as per their demand.” to moderate rain will continue to tained the boyfriend of the victim. Jitendra has 13 and Ramachandra The Collectors were advised to ments for smooth collection of occur in parts of the state. On Bhubaneswar, July 27: The body said that the girl’s The deceased, who used to go to has 3 cases against him with encourage and support plasma col- plasma. It was at the meeting to July 31, thunderstorm with light- of a minor girl was Monday found alleged boyfriend had a place near her residence for learn- Chauliagang police. Rashmi lection in all possible ways. Since provide travel assistance to the ning would occur at some places hanging from a tree in front of her ing music, came in contact with Ranjan has multiple cases regis- plasma collection requires two donors wherever required. of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, residence at Dumduma under killed her and later the accused there and subsequently tered against him with several days’ activity (one day for different The government is going to de- Nabarangpur, Gajapati, Ganjam, Khandagiri police limits. hanged the body from fell in love with him. However, the police stations across state,” said tests and other day for collection), velop an online portal to facilitate Kandhamal and Kalahandi. The deceased was identified as family members were against the the official who was also the part the government has decided to pro- the donors for self-registration. The southwest monsoon has Sasmita Jena, a Class X student of the tree relationship. of the team. vide food and accommodation fa- The portal will have the details been subdued over Odisha. Light Mumtaj Alli High School in However, some others claimed Efforts are on to track the ab- cilities to the donors at the plasma about availability of the plasma to moderate rain has occurred at Nayapalli area. found gagged with a napkin. that the minor girl could have been sconders, the IIC said. A case bank. in different banks with their blood a few places over the districts of The hands and legs of the girl Meanwhile, her family members killed by the relatives over the affair. (248/20) has been registered under Tripathy further instructed the groupings so that the Covid hos- south coastal Odisha and at one or were found tied with ‘gamchhas’ said that the girl’s alleged boyfriend Police started an investigation Sections 399, 402 of the IPC and 25 Collectors to fix the place of their pitals could send their requisitions two places over the rest districts hinting at brutal murder of the had killed the victim and later hanged into the incident after registering of the Arms Act. stay and make all logistic arrange- accordingly. of Odisha in past 24 hours, it said. minor. The deceased’s face was also the body from the tree. Based on the a case (439/20) in this regard.

IN COVID TIMES WORLD HEPATITIS DAY ‘Hepatitis B, C leading causes of liver cancer’ POST NEWS NETWORK VITAL STATS Bhubaneswar, July 27: Amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, the ETWEEN 2011 AND 2014, World Hepatitis Day is being ob- BAPPROXIMATELY 13,000 PEOPLE served this year with an aim to cre- WERE SUFFERING FROM HEPATITIS IN ate awareness about the viral in- ODISHA fection on the theme ‘Hepatitis-free N CERTAIN TRIBES LIKE MANKIDIA AND future’. IJUANGA, HEPATITIS B PREVALENCE IS It may be noted that Viral AS HIGH AS 15% Hepatitis are of five types – A, B, C, D and E – of which A & E spread UT OF 500 MILLION PATIENTS WITH VIRAL HEPATITIS MORE THAN 80% through fecal-oral contamination O ARE UNAWARE OF THE DISEASE whereas Hepatitis B & C are trans- mitted through blood and blood products. cern that more than 80 per cent of and 2014, approximately 13,000 peo- prevalence is as high as 15 per cent. Interacting with Orissa POST, Dr patients with viral Hepatitis are ple were suffering from Hepatitis Out of 500 million patients with

Sushant Kumar Sethi, senior con- unaware of this. Viral Hepatitis is in Odisha. viral Hepatitis more than 80 per

k y m c sultant and head of not confined to one place but causes Moreover, prevalence of Hepatitis cent are unaware of the disease. Gastroenterology and Hepatology pandemic sometimes.” B is 2-3 per cent in Odisha whereas Therefore, the World Hepatitis of Apollo Hospital, Bhubaneswar, There is effective vaccination Hepatitis C is less than 1 per cent, Day aims at creating awareness, said “Hepatitis B and C virus are for Hepatitis B by which we can according to various studies. prevention by screening and vac- the leading causes of liver cancer eradicate the dreaded disease. However, in certain tribes like cination along with treatment for A scooterist rides past a graffiti on coronavirus near Sundarpada in Bhubaneswar, Monday OP PHOTO in the world. However, it is a con- Facts and figures: Between 2011 Mankidia and Juanga, Hepatitis B viral Hepatitis. P4 TUESDAY | JULY 28 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR downtown

VIRUS CASELOAD SHOOTS UP TO 26,892 Human clinical trial of

k y m WHILE THE STATE REPORTED 1,503 FRESH CASES, SEVEN MORE DEATHS TOOK TOTAL MORTALITIES TO 147 Covaxin begins in state c POST NEWS NETWORK/AGENCIES Bhubaneswar Municipal ut of 1,503 new cases reported Corporation (BMC) said. form 28 districts, 1,002 were from RECOVERIES Bhubaneswar, July 27: State’s O AGENCIES jointly working for the preclinical various quarantine centres while the The civic body claimed to have de- COVID-19 tally shot up to 26,892 rest 501 are local contact cases tected a maximum of 44 cases from TOUCH 17K-MARK as well as clinical development of with 1,503 fresh cases, while the Trinath slum in Nayapalli area, Bhubaneswar, July 27: The much- this vaccine. It has already received death toll rose to 147 as seven more f the seven deaths, three followed by 20 from Aiginia area, on he number of COVID-19 patients awaited human clinical trial of in- the approval for phase one and two people succumbed to the virus, Owere reported from Ganjam the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, and Trecovered from the virus infec- digenously developed Covaxin, a by the Drugs Controller General of tion crossed 17,000 mark after an official of the Health and 81 persons, who had tested 13 from Unit-III in Kharavela Nagar possible vaccine against novel coro- India (DCGI). Family Welfare (H&FW) depart- locality. another 581 persons suffering from navirus, began at an institute here The selected volunteers will be positive for the viral infection, the disease recuperated Monday. ment said Monday. 5 Meanwhile, 102 persons in City Monday, a senior official said. given two doses within a gap of 14 recovered Monday With this, the number of the total Three deaths were reported who had earlier tested positive for recovered cases in the State disha now has 9,337 active from Ganjam and a fatality each was the viral infection recovered from the increased to 17,373. The recovered ovaxin is the first COVID-19 cases, the official recorded in Sundargarh, O disease Monday, the civic body said. cases are being discharged. A max- Cindigenous vaccine pointed out, adding that 17,373 people Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and With this, Bhubaneswar has 1,125 imum of 160 patients from Ganjam developed by India against have recovered from the disease so Malkangiri, said the official, adding active virus cases while 1011 have district recovered followed by 77 COVID-19 and is derived from far in the state that most of the deceased were also so far recovered from the disease. from Khordha, 43 from Gajapati, 34 a strain of SARS-CoV-2 suffering from other health condi- The Temple City has so far seen from Cuttack, 32 from Malkangiri isolated by ICMR-National tions such as diabetes and hyper- cases, followed by Khurda (223), Malkangiri and 25 from Bargarh. 2,150 COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths and 25 from Bargarh district. A Institute of Virology, Pune tension. Cuttack (136), Gajapati and Odisha now has 9,337 active due to the viral infection. total of 23 from Bhadrak, 19 from he response from the Apart from 147 COVID-19 deaths, Kandhamal 73 each, Rayagada (68), COVID-19 cases, the official pointed The Cuttack Municipal Keonjhar, 17 each from Angul and volunteers has been as many as 34 COVID patients have Sundargarh (57) and Jajpur (51). out, adding that 17,373 people have Kandhamal, 14 each from T Corporation (CMC), meanwhile, extremely encouraging. Many Jagatsinghpur and Sambalpur and also died in the state but the au- Ganjam district continued to be recovered from the disease so far in detected 65 COVID-19 cases Monday. people are still coming 12 each from Mayurbhanj, thority attributed their deaths as in the top with 9,169 positive cases the state. While 59 were quarantine cases, forward to be part of the trial, Rayagada and Sundargarh districts ‘other than COVID’. followed by Khurda (3,620), Cuttack City’s tally breaches 2,100-mark six were local contact cases, said the an official said Out of 1,503 new cases reported (1,825), Sundargarh (1,110) and The Capital city’s COVID-19 tally CMC, adding that it also recorded also recovered. While 10 from Balasore, nine each from form 28 districts, 1,002 were from var- Gajapati (1,056). breached 2,100-mark with detec- eight recoveries. hose interested to Jharsuguda, Kendrapara and Puri ious quarantine centres while the Meanwhile, 581 persons recov- tion of 159 fresh cases in The Silver City has 423 active volunteer for the project districts recovered from the dis- T rest 501 are local contact cases. ered Monday. Bhubaneswar Monday. cases while 304 have recovered from may contact the institute by ease, eight from Dhenkanal, seven Ganjam district, Odisha’s coro- The recoveries include 160 from registering online at Of the fresh cases, 118 were de- the infection. The Millennium city from Jajpur, six from Balangir and ptctu.soa.ac.in navirus hotspot, also accounted for Ganjam, 77 from Khurda, 43 from tected from quarantine centres and has so far seen 736 COVID cases five from Boudh among others. the highest number of 491 fresh Gajapati, 34 from Cuttack, 32 from 41 were local contact cases, the and nine deaths due to the virus. The human trial of BBV152 days, Rao said. COVID-19 vaccine or Covaxin com- They underwent a rigorous menced at the Institute of Medical screening procedure. Those cho- State thanks Delhi AIIMS for Sciences (IMS) and SUM Hospital, sen after a thorough screening 3 chain snatchers nabbed one of the 12 centres selected by the were administered the vaccine Indian Council of Medical Research strictly in accordance with the pro- surgery of conjoined twins POST NEWS NETWORK Holding them on gun point, they warded Monday. (ICMR) for conducting phase one tocols laid down by the DCGI, he looted a gold chain and a vanity bag Dash also informed that in- and two of the process, the official said. POST NEWS NETWORK Bhubaneswar, July 27: containing two mobile phones, vestigation is underway to trace at the facility said. Rao, who is a professor in the hos- Commissionerate Police arrested cash and some documents from the miscreants who in a shock- Covaxin, which is being devel- pital's department of community Bhubaneswar, July 27: The state three accused involved in a chain the couple who were returning ing incident snatched gold jew- oped by Bharat Biotech, was ad- medicine, said there was a lot of en- government Monday sent an ap- snatching case that happened June home on a bike from Bhubaneswar. ellery from a female. The mis- ministered to selected persons who thusiasm among people who of- preciation letter to AIIMS-New 25 at Bhingarpur chowk under During the course of investiga- creants entered the elderly had volunteered to be a part of the fered themselves to be volunteers Delhi for successful operation of Balianta police limits. tion, the snatched mobile phone was woman’s house while her hus- trial, E Venkat Rao, principal in- for the trial. conjoined twins- Jaga and Kalia. The accused have been identified tracked and after proper identity band was away for some reasons. vestigator of the trial process, said. The response from the people “I, on behalf of Government of as Biswajit Swain alias Liyu (26), description of the accused, a raid They reportedly badly injured Those who were administered the has been extremely encouraging. Odisha express my sincere grati- AIIMS director. Silu Samal (22) and Sibasish Das was conducted and all the accused the ear of the victim with a knife vaccine have been kept under ob- Many people are still coming for- tude to the team of doctors and The twins Jaga-Kalia of Milipada alias Raja (22). All of them are res- were arrested Sunday, he informed. while snatching away the servation and all of them are "ab- ward to be part of the trial, he said. paramedics, those who conducted village under Phiringia block in idents of Korua village under One gold chain (10 gram), two ornament. solutely fine", he said. ICMR, which is collaborating the successful surgery of the con- Kandhamal district were admitted Nuagaon police limits in gold lockets (5 grams), two mobile “Two special teams have been Covaxin is the first indigenous with the pharma company for de- joined twins of Kandhamal, Odisha in AIIMS—Delhi in July 2017, where Jagatsinghpur district. phones (snatched ones), two mobile formed to track the snatchers. vaccine developed by India against velopment of the vaccine, has cho- famously known as Jaga-Kalia. It they were surgically separated by While briefing about the arrest, phones of the accused, Rs1000 in I appeal people to share any COVID-19 and is derived from a sen 12 medical institutes in the is one of the rarest rare surger- more than 20 doctors in two phases DCP Umashankar Dash said these cash, one country made revolver information if they have about strain of SARS-CoV-2 isolated by country where the trial would be ies, thus making history in medical in September of 2017. After that, the accused on a motorcycle had way- and the bike have been seized the snatchers involved in two incidents ICMR-National Institute of Virology, conducted. IMS and SUM Hospital sciences,” Health additional chief twins were treated in the institutions laid a couple--Sulochana Pati and from their possession, he further occurred Sunday dialing 100,” Pune. is the only institute in Odisha to be secretary PK Mohapatra wrote to for two years. her husband. informed. They were court for- Dash said. ICMR and Bharat Biotech are chosen for the purpose.

WB-bound trains THOROUGH CHECKING terminated amid City gets another Covid hosp POST NEWS NETWORK CCHs will be developed with the con- total lockdown tribution from the MLA Local Area Bhubaneswar, July 27: Aditya Development (MLALAD) Fund of POST NEWS NETWORK Ashwini Hospitals in the respective MLAs of the city. Chandrasekharpur was Monday These CCHs will have 50 beds each. Bhubaneswar, July 27: Due to added to the list of Dedicated COVID Sources in BMC also informed complete lockdown in the state of Hospitals (DCH) in the city making that various resident welfare as- West Bengal July 29 (Wednesday), total seats in the DCHs to 1,175 and sociations, non-government or- train services will be affected from the total ICU beds 115. The new for the treatment of mildly symp- ganisations and religious bodies ECoR region. hospital has 150 beds including 30 tomatic individuals. Another 50 will have also given proposal to come for- ICU beds and 21 high dependency be added soon to UCHC at Dumduma ward with COVID Care homes in unit (HDU). area under this category. near future. It can be mentioned here that Similarly, the city has COVID Summing up, all the seats at the while KIMS COVID Hospital in the Care Centres (CCC) for asympto- DCH, CCC, CHC and CCH com- city has 500 beds including 45 ICU matic and very mild symptomatic bined will be 3,521 and the number beds, the IMS-SUM Hospital has patients. While the High-Tech of ICU beds will be 115 and 21 HDU 525 beds with 25 ICUs with it. These Medical has 550 beds under this beds respectively to serve the grow- two also come under the DCH cat- category, the SIDBI Jaydev Vihar has ing number of COVID patients. egory. The DCH category health- 40 beds under its belt to treat patients. It can be mentioned here that care facilities are meant to treat Interestingly, COVID Care Homes with the city aiming for 1,400 tests serious and critical COVID patients. (CCHs) are being planned for three in a day, more and more cases are Currently, the COVID Health administrative zones of the being detected from various health- Centre (CHC) at Urban Community Bhubaneswar Municipal care centres and mobile testing Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Health Centre, Patia, is having 60 beds Corporation (BMC) area and these centres across the State Capital. Special Rajdhani Express will not have ODISHA CONGRESS stoppages at Hijli July 29 Govt to field PG medicos PROTESTS IN FRONT POST NEWS NETWORK Covid or non-Covid hospitals. Therefore, after the PG students OF RAJ BHAVAN The Bhubaneswar-Howrah- Bhubaneswar, July 27: To meet join the respective medical col- Bhubaneswar Special train, the requirement paramedical per- leges they may be considered to POST NEWS NETWORK Sealdah (Kolkata)-Bhubaneswar sonnel amid the pandemic, the be further deployed in the different Duronto Special Express, state government has now decided Covid or non-Covid hospitals, as and Bhubaneswar, July 17: Slamming Bhubaneswar-Sealdah Duronto to engage MBBS pass out PG stu- when required,” Mohapatra wrote BJP for the ongoing political cri- Special Express stand cancelled. dents in medical duty. to the deans. sis in Rajasthan, Pradesh Congress This apart, Secunderabad- Additional Chief The government has Committee (PCC) leaders Monday Howrah Falaknuma Special Secretary (ACS) laid down guidelines protested under the banner ‘Save Express from Secunderabad will Health and for smooth man- Democracy, Save Constitution’ in be terminated at Bhubaneswar Family Welfare agement of the front of the Raj and will not go up to Howrah department, PK doctors. The chief Bhavan here. Wednesday. Mohapatra has district medical of- “The BJP Similarly, Howrah-Secunderabad written a letter to ficers have been is trying to Rajasthan Falaknuma Special Express will all dean and princi- asked to assess the re- destabilise Crisis start from Bhubaneswar instead pals of medical colleges quirement of general duty the govern- of Howrah Wednesday and will be at Berhampur, Cuttack and Burla medical officers (GDMOs) in their ments in Congress cancelled from Howrah to in this regard Monday. districts. ruled states by unethical means. Bhubaneswar on the same day. As per the letter, government As per the requirement they The saffron party is trying to lure Also Bhubaneswar-New Delhi- will deploy PG doctors of academic shall send their requisition to dean the MLAs making promises of po- Bhubaneswar Special Rajdhani session 2020-21 to work in different of nearby medical college. The sitions in ministries and finan- Express will not have stoppages at Covid hospital and non-Covid hos- dean will constitute a team con- cial packages,” alleged PCC pres- Hijli July 29 and Bhubaneswar- pitals. The admission of PG students sisting professors, which will ex- ident Niranjan Patnaik. New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Special in the academic session 2020-21 is amine the requisition and prepare Alleging that the Rajasthan gov- Purusottam Express will not have going on and will be completed by a list of students for such deploy- ernor is acting as a BJP agent, he stoppage at Purulia. this month end. ment. said, the governor is not allow- Passengers of above trains “In the exigency of Covid-19 pan- However, due care will be taken ing to convene the assembly ses- should note this and are advised demic, there is a huge requirement so that the normal work of a de- sion even as Ashok Gehlot and Policemen check commuters near Rajmahal Square in Bhubaneswar (top) and Cantonment police station in

to be prepared accordingly. of human resource in different partment is not hampered. his Cabinet are demanding it. Cuttack during lockdown hours Monday OP PHOTOS

k y m c P5 TUESDAY | JULY 28 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR state

Chilika boat services

k y m Women risk lives fishing in croc-infested rivers suspended for 7 days c POST NEWS NETWORK

Kendrapara, July 27: The coro- 16-YEAR-OLD, BATHING IN navirus pandemic has created an unprecedented situation for the RIVER, KILLED BY CROCODILE people residing in the remote cor- ners of this district. The situation KENDRAPARA: A 16-year-old conflicts, he said. has become acute with the return boy was killed by a crocodile in These are most frequent during of migrant workers to their homes. Kendrapara district, officials said the monsoon and winter months, In such a situation, people are Monday. the nesting season of the estuar- mortgaging their lives and taking The incident happened on ine crocodiles, the forest official up dangerous jobs like fishing in Sunday when the boy, Rudra said. It has been observed that crocodile infested rivers and creeks Narayan Behera, was taking bath adult crocodiles, under normal to earn a living due to lack of any in the Kharasrota river in circumstances, do not leave their alternative means of livelihood, a Parimukundpur village, they said. territory to chase human beings report said. As a result, they often The crocodile came out of the on land, unlike terrestrial preda- fall prey to crocodiles. The aware- river and pounced on him, a for- tory animals such as tigers. ness programmes conducted by than 40 during this period. A piece of chicken meat or a small est official said. The mutilated Most often, the mishaps occur the forest department have gone Moreover, several persons have fish is used as bait in a snare to body was later fished out by fire when the victims intrude into for a toss. been injured in crocodile attacks. catch fish and prawns, she said. brigade personnel, he said. their habitat, for illegal fishing, These people could be seen in Some of them have been discharged Prawn is caught in large numbers His family will be given Rs 4 poaching, firewood collection and rivers and creeks inside after recovery while a lot more are during night. Villagers get inside lakh compensation as per the state honey collection, he said. POST NEWS NETWORK the administration to stop water- Bhitarkanika National Park catch- still undergoing treatment. the rivers at night holding lanterns, government’s scheme related to the The crocodiles, in the wake of way communication from hotspot ing fish as soon as the tide recedes A woman Kalpana Mandal, 32, of torches and emergency lights to death of a person due to attack by depleted food reserves in the river Krushnaprasad, July 27: Ganjam district. in the sea. These people catch fish seaside Talachua village said catch- catch prawns. protected wild animals, he added. system, also stray into nearby Krushnaprasad block administration With the help of the health de- and prawns from the rivers inside ing prawns from the water bodies Narayan Haldar, president of Lethal assault by crocodiles rivulets and nullahs. Monday suspended Chilika float- partment the block administra- the park and sell them in the mar- inside the sanctuary is a daily af- Odisha Fishermen Association said and consequent retaliatory attack The number of saltwater croc- ing bridge vessel and boat services tion has already started active con- ket. However, what they earn in re- fair for her as the male members of over 3,000 fishermen families are re- by human beings have become a odiles, the species which are not from Satapada to Janhikuda in Puri tact tracing and surveillance in turn is far less than the hard work her house work outside of the state. siding in the seaside villages and regular affair in this part of the found in any other river system in district for seven days amid spike in the block. Sanitisation drive has they put in and the life risk in- The money sent by them is insuf- earn their living by catching fish and state, the forest official said. Odisha, stood at 1,757, as per the coronavirus cases in the block. been started by the fire brigade. volved in the job. A fisherwoman ficient to manage a large family of prawns. He lamented that at least About a dozen people and hordes census conducted in January in Notably, this vessel service re- On the other hand Sarapanch Seeta Maiti alleged that the fish hers for which she and other women five fishermen and women die every of domestic animals lose their the Bhitarkanika Wildlife duces journey time between of Bajarakot village under the traders gain the most from the fish in her village catch fish and prawn year in crocodile attacks but they lives each year as a result of the Sanctuary. Berhampur in Ganjam district and block Rabindra Nath declared a catch. The fisherwomen catching from the water bodies inside the hardly get adequate compensation temple town of Puri as Berhampur seven-day shutdown in Maluda fish sell prawns at Rs 70-80 per kg, sanctuary to boost their family in- from the forest department. is just 4km far from Janhikuda. Bazar and Bajrakot village for while the fish traders sell the same come. She however sounded a word Debashis Bhoi, forest range of- The service will be stopped from seven days. The block adminis- at Rs 200-800 per kg depending on of caution stating that one has to ficer, said there are lots of croco- July 27 to August 2. tration also sealed the Nandala the market conditions. be fearless, vigilant as well as skilled diles in the water bodies inside Krushnaprasad block BDO said waterway border of Ganjam district. Alarmingly, more women and while catching fish from the croc- the sanctuary. These reptiles be- the decision is taken in the larger Notably, Puri district reported minor girls could be seen catching odile infested water bodies inside come violent during their breed- public interest to contain the spread four positive cases Monday, taking fish and prawns from these water the sanctuary. ing season and end up killing hu- of COVID-19. the tally in the district to 681. A bodies than men. Another woman Parbati Maiti mans who enter the water bodies Sources said 22 COVID-19 cases total 324 COVID-19 patients are un- According to a report by the for- said, that three types of methods are to catch fish. The forest depart- were detected from the block July dergoing treatment at COVID-19 est department 16 persons have adopted while catching prawns ment is regularly conducting aware- 24. Similarly, 17 positive cases were hospitals while 353 people have re- died in crocodile attacks during from the rivers. May use traditional ness programmes and arresting detected from the block July 25 covered from the disease. Two pa- the last 10 years. However, locals fishing nets like ‘Jhumpa’ and people illegally catching fish but and 18 positive cases, July 26. tients have succumbed to COVID- claimed the number of deaths in ‘Munduli’ while snare and fishing these measures have failed to deter Continued identification of 19 in the district while two died crocodile attacks could be more nets are used in some other places. violators, Bhoi added. COVID-19 cases in the block forced due to other illnesses. Man denied ambulance A RARE CATCH OF OVER 700 KG Villagers lose sleep over elephant menace over Covid-19 scare dies POST NEWS NETWORK POST NEWS NETWORK Panic has Balasore, July 27: A large and rare Boinda, July 27: For the people liv- affected the Stingray fish was caught by fish- ing in 15 panchayats close to villagers to such ermen off the Digha coast along Handapa forest range in Angul dis- Odisha-West Bengal border Monday. trict, sleepless nights have become an extent that Sources said the fish weighed the ‘new normal’. They alleged that even a rumour over 700kg. This variety of Stingray a marauding herd of elephants is locally known as ‘Hatikania’ as coming from Rairakhol forest is about the herd it resembles the ear of an ele- constantly terrorising them. Hence entering the area phant. The fish was caught by they cannot sleep at night fearing fishermen from Jaleswar in attack by the herd. prevents them Balasore district who had ven- The villagers said that a tusker from venturing tured deep into the sea. in the herd has so far killed eight The fish was brought to the people and the animals have de- out after dusk shore and later a fish trading com- stroyed standing crops on 1,017 Rairakhol forest. Earlier they used of Batrakhol village (December 26, “The forest department is pro- pany in Ranighat locality of West farmlands in the last seven years. to have enough food in Handapa 2019) and Debaki Behera (March viding compensation to the affected Bengal bought it at a price of Rs Panic has affected the villagers range. However, over the years the 5, 2020). families and farmers. However, that The deceased’s minor son pleading with the ambulance driver to ferry his 50,000. The news spread like wild- to such an extent that even a ru- density of the range has substan- Sources said the herd has also de- is not being done in a proper man- father to the hospital. OP PHOTO fire and soon there was a huge mour about the herd entering the tially decreased due to the actions stroyed 127 thatched and asbestos ner with many left out,” alleged area prevents them from venturing of the timber mafia and the forest houses. During the same period, the villagers. POST NEWS NETWORK ing. The ambulance reached the out after dusk. “We are living in department not being proactive. the elephants have damaged 592 Since the forest department has spot but the driver refused to take constant fear. The farmers are los- As the herd is not getting sufficient acres of paddy crops and 265 acres failed in protecting the lives and Berhampur, July 27: A critically him to the hospital suspecting him ing their hard-grown crops to these food in Handapa range, it has been of vegetables. The pachyderms properties of the villagers, resent- ill man here died right in front of of being Covid-19 positive. pachyderms. The tusker which raiding the villages. have also caused extensive dam- ment is brewing among the resi- his family after the driver of a 108 The man’s minor son pleaded has so far trampled eight villagers Those that have so far been killed age to mango, banana and jackfruit dents of the affected areas. ambulance refused to ferry him to with the ambulance driver to ferry to death should be tranquilised by the tusker are Tara Biswal of trees planted in 160 acres. When contacted, Handapa ranger, the hospital suspecting him of his father to the hospital but in and relocated to Nandankanan Handapa village (February 27, 2014), Sujit Mohapatra, a resident of Chaitanya Behera said, “As people being COVID-19 positive, Monday. vain. Sometime later, Praharaj zoo,” observed Pati Sahu, a resident Lochan Pradhan of Purunapani Rajanpal village, alleged the forest are destroying jungles, they are The deceased was Manoj breathed his last. crowd to catch a glimpse of the fish. of Kanteikulia village. village and Taruni Dehury of department officials are not pa- damaging the habitats and corridors Praharaj, a native of second lane “The 108 ambulance staff told us Later, the fish was taken in a ve- According to some villagers, the Thelakanali village (May 3, 2016), trolling regularly. “This apart, of the elephants. So, in search of of Prahallad Nagar, here. He was that a 104 ambulance will arrive at hicle to Kolkata where the company Handapa range, stretching over an Hadibandhu Rath of Kundali village most of the villages have poor mo- food, they often sneak into the vil- suffering from diabetes. Family our house and take my father to the plans to sell it for a premium. area of 18,894 hectares, has 15 pan- (April 24, 2017), Manjulata Sahu bile network. So the villagers have lages. We are taking steps to drive members requisitioned 108-am- hospital. But the ambulance reached Sources said the fish may be sold chayats on its fringes. It has been (August 1, 2019) and Bidyadhar problems in informing the offi- away the elephants. We have dedi- bulance service after his health late and in the meantime my father either for consumption or for me- a common practice for elephants to Sahu of Pratappur village cials about the movement of the ele- cated teams for the job and we are condition deteriorated in the morn- died,” the son said. dicinal use. sneak into Handapa range from (September 15, 2019), Bichitra Behera phants,” he said. also providing compensation.” How this village became a bird paradise

POST NEWS NETWORK WINGED GUESTS Kamakhyanagar, July 27: To un- derstand how closely nature, birds A PERSON ENTERING NUA REKULA, and human beings are related to each WILL BE WELCOMED WITH A other, Nua Rekula village under CONTINUOUS YET PLEASANT Kamakhyanagar block in Dhenkanal CHIRPING OF ABOUT 10,000 BIRDS. district will be a perfect destination. THEY HAVE NESTED IN 10 LARGE As one enters Nua Rekula, he will TREES IN THE VILLAGE be welcomed with a continuous yet pleasant chirping of about 10,000 THIS TIME EVERY YEAR THESE birds. They have nested in 10 large trees WINGED GUESTS COME HERE FOR in the village. MATING AND LAYING EGGS. AND THE If you think these birds are native HUGE TREES IN THE VILLAGE PROVIDE to this area, you are mistaken. This THEM WITH A PERFECT PLACE FOR time every year these winged guests HAVING THEIR NESTS come here for mating and laying eggs. And the huge trees in the village pro- THE VILLAGERS TREAT THEM AS THEIR GUESTS. DURING THESE FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS, THEY MAKE IT A POINT vide them with a perfect place for NOT TO DISTURB OR CAUSE ANY HARM TO THE BIRDS. THEY FEED THEM ALL THROUGH THIS PERIOD AND TAKE having their nests. GREAT CARE OF CHICKS IF THEY FALL OFF TREES This season, these winged guests arrived at Nua Rekula in June it- to hunt birds here. wings in flocks are real and precious,” “The female birds change their self. Presently they are laying eggs. According to the villagers, the birds a villager said. colours at the time of mating and They will return to their natural had been flocking onto a huge tree close “Seeing them flying in flocks is in- this offers a scene out of any of famous habitats in October when the chicks to the famous 'Hadajoda Kendra' (a frac- deed a feast for the eyes. The scene is avian lands in foreign countries. They come out of eggs. tured bone care centre) for 40 years. to be seen to be believed,” they added. play a significant role in maintaining These birds come to this village It has been four to five years that they "Beauty apart, the avian guests the ecological balance,” he added. from faraway places every year not so have started flocking onto the other help the ecosystem thrive as they According to Kamakhyanagar west- much for the huge trees but for the love trees in the village. keep the number of insects to a ern region range officer Bibhudananda and care they get from the villagers. Over the years, people have begun minimum level. It helps the farm- Mishra, these birds have turned the The villagers treat them as their to believe that the birds bring good luck ers of our village immensely,” an- area into heaven, literally. “The for- guests. During these four to five to the village. They believe, more the other man said. est department is taking all meas- months, they make it a point not to dis- number of visiting birds, more pros- Tehsildar Sanjay Kumar Rout, also ures to protect these guests from turb or cause any harm to the birds. perous their village will be. All the vil- an ornithologist, says, “The seasonal hunters. We are getting all supports

Besides feeding them all through this lagers take great care of these winged guests mostly include six to seven from the villagers,” he added.

k y m c period, they take great care of chicks guests. varieties of birds. Cattle Egret, Little An Ayurveda practitioner if they fall off trees. “Forget our belief about these birds Egret, Middle Egret and Pond Heron Sarveshwar Patra says, “The entire Meanwhile, Nua Rekula has al- being the harbinger of prosperity. are the most noticeable ones. During area is filled with a distinct stench for ready earned a name for itself as The scenes these colourful birds offer their stay here, they get plenty of four to five months owing to the drop- a bird paradise. The hunters of us in mornings and evenings when food. Small fish and insects are their pings of these birds. That said, the vil- nearby villages know better than they fly from the trees fluttering their favourite food.” lagers never drive them away.” P6 TUESDAY | JULY 28 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR power post

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he economy is in a bad of the past replaced by a post-lib- shape. Everyone knows eralisation private sector that con- and experiences the ad- tinues to pull privilege, comfort Bhoomi Pujan T verse impacts of a fall and support of public institutions in grow th. In a way, all reference and stays far less answerable to opefully, the long standing dispute over Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid will points have disappeared like they people and to Parliament. The come to some kind of calming down on Wednesday, 5 August 2020. The do in a tsunami. We don’t know if story of rising NPAs that have led Hissue of Ram Lala has been dragging for over a century and it has al- the sea is on the land or the land to a fall in trust in banking sector ways taken the garb of politics more than religious devotion. Undoubtedly, is in the sea. Marooned in such a tells us not only of the collusion be- the persona of Ram is only mythical and definitely not historical. When emo- situation, official economic indi- tween crooked bankers and busi- tions run high, then the issue of proof does not matter. It would also be im- cators have little meaning. nesses but also of the failure of proper on our part to comment about the veracity of any given particular Yet, some pointers are available the sector to regulate, appraise geographical location as the birthplace of a mythical Perfect Man. The on the extent of the collapse though and take a call on what should be Ramayana has been an integral part of Hindoo beliefs and as the protago- the government has cautioned the its fundamental activity – whet- nist of that war based religious story, Ram has invoked the sense of perfection people against any comparisons ting ideas and proposals, giving of human existence. There are of course contrarians who believe that many with the past. Factory output as For a crisis like the pandemic that is far worse, out loans and monitoring their acts of Ram as husband, brother or king do not necessarily embody the best measured in the Index of Industrial India enters with an economy that is far weaker use. It tells us of the cover that that is expected from a male in an ever evolving world. Production (IIP), which tracks the system offers to those who take The Bhoomi Pujan or foundation stone laying ceremony has been long awaited manufacturing, mining and elec- than we have known for a long time public money and misuse it or di- with bated breath by many Hindoos. Prime Minister Narendra Modi must tricity, is in a free-fall. The IIP for vert it with impunity, and of a reg- have been blessed for some good deeds for which he has been ordained to be April and May, the first two months five times in the government’s India weathered the 2008 fi- ulatory system that holds none of the lucky one to lay this foundation stone. Here too, people have piped up Jagdish Rattanani of lockdown, reports a 45 per cent Macroeconomic Report, June, nancial crisis rather well but that this to account. On July 19, it was with views that do not deserve too much attention. There are those who draw fall from the same period last year. 2020) into numbers even when came at a time the nation had the All India Bank Employees a parallel to the 1951 inauguration of the newly built Somnath temple in Gujarat The collapse, not unexpected, they indicate a pick-up. recorded a five-year period of Association that released a list of by the then President Dr Rajendra Prasad. These critics claim that the 5 August comes on the back of negative Consider, then, the “crucial growth in the region of 8 per cent. willful defaulters – the term itself 2020 event should also have been presided over by the current President of IT IS SAID THAT numbers that began showing up cushion to external shocks” in For a crisis like the pandemic that is an oxymoron but it is so legit- India Shri Ram Nath Kovind. While citing this issue, the critics claim that pre-pandemic in the last fiscal. the nature of forex reserves at is far worse, India enters with an imised that we don’t stop to think Kovind laying the foundation stone would have a much stronger ramifica- A TIME OF For example, IIP was down 4.3 per $475.64 billion as on July 10. This economy that is far weaker than we how it might look if the crime tion in the breaking of the caste barrier and unification of Hindoo society. CRISIS TESTS cent in September 2019, with min- looks robust by itself till one ap- have known for a long time. In the were a little different – like willful While the critics can be ignored, their contention about breaking the inner ing down 8.5 per cent, manufac- preciates the fact that the total ex- January-March quarter of 2019- murderers, or willful dacoits. Yet, divisive walls of Hindoo society should not be ignored. METTLE, turing down 3.9 per cent and elec- ternal debt stood at $558.5 billion 20, growth was down to 3.1 per it is the AIBEA that wants an or- That apart, there is, of course, the apprehension of people misunderstanding RESILIENCE AND tricity down 2.6 per cent. (March-end, 2020 figures). Total cent – taking India back to the so- dinance to go after these people, not an officially sponsored congregation like this in the times of Covid-19. The national economy is hit reserves can finance only about 85 called Hindu rate of growth of the the government. All of this is pre- While the Prime Minister and a few other VIPs may be able to retain suit- CHARACTER. hard by the pandemic at a time it per cent of external debt; and pre liberalisation days. For the Covid stash but it will determine able distances from others, the idea of social distancing amongst the small THE INDIAN was already weak. The numbers short-term residual maturity (ma- full year, growth was 4.1 per cent, how we respond to the pandemic. chosen crowd of priests and Ram Mandir leaders may be difficult to control. quantify one part, but they also turing in less than 12 months) of the lowest recorded in 11 years. It is said that a time of crisis tests It is not only the fear of spread of the disease from this congregation but, ECONOMY AND point to what can’t be measured – external debt accounts for some 50 At the same time, inflation is up mettle, resilience and character. The more importantly, the message that goes out because of this officially organized the yet-to-come cascading impact per cent of total reserves. This and has crossed the upper limit of Indian economy and its key driv- gathering. While Covid rages on uncontrollably across India, people should ITS KEY DRIVERS on investments, spending patterns was fine in a stable world. In a 6 per cent in April-May-June quar- ers are likely to come out poor on be constantly reminded by well known public figures such as the Prime Minister ARE LIKELY TO and overall attitudes and behaviour geopolitical climate brimming ter, telling us that prices have risen these fronts. The way businesses and other luminaries that everyone must forcibly refrain themselves from that could dramatically alter some with volatile hotspots, this should beyond tolerance level, just when pushed or coerced the government getting into crowded areas. Citizens have to be told, over and over again, that COME OUT basic constructs. not offer comfort. Accretion to re- incomes have fallen drastically. while a majority of the “leaders” the spectre of the disease is not imaginary and nor is the terrible damage POOR ON THESE Take the example of cement, in serves was high in 2019-20 at $59.3 RBI has lowered rates repeatedly and Twitterati CEOs fell silent to the nation’s economy. It is an admitted fact that Indians are most stubborn which India has the second high- billion but as economist Dr. RK (cumulatively 225 basis points when labour laws were suspended with their bad habits. They are people who love to be in the midst of crowds. FRONTS est installed capacity in the world Pattnaik has noted, it contains an from February 2019 to date), but the by many states tells us again that Unlike many other nationalities where people prefer to be left alone, we, as with some one million people em- unusually high “other capital re- classical argument that this would India may have opened up and lib- a race, always want physical proximity to others. It is these habits that ployed therein. The industry shut ceipts” portion of $18.4 billion, lower rates to retail borrowers eralised three decades ago but the could damage India in the long run. It is not only the issue of social distancing shop during the lockdown and which includes forex that came and businesses, making it easier license-quota-permit Raj did not but the message has to be absolutely clear that the focus of the government opened up as the lockdown eased. in but was in all likelihood not to buy and invest more, remained go away. The ‘yes-man’ culture at Centre is to fight Covid-19 in the best possible way and try to revive the But, it still has unused stocks that deployed as the market turned a mythical story. lives on. The loot continued. The economy before sections of society lose all means of livelihood. Projecting reflect the weak off-take in con- messy and the pandemic spread There is clearly an immediate cri- looters changed. In a vibrant econ- the Bhoomi Pujan as a priority at these difficult times might not go down struction, which reflects the collapse across the globe. This tells us of the sis but the Indian economy also omy, downturns can come and go. well with politically uninvolved Hindoos struggling to find ways and means of demand. This scenario is likely huge gaps that now stand between faces a larger crisis of vision, di- Disruptive change opens oppor- to get their next meal. to worsen as more companies in IT plans, investments and execution, rection and integrity. Numbers tunities for new players who drive 5 August 2020 may open a new chapter wherein there will be a general sat- services space take to working again an indication of uncertainty can’t tell us about this crisis and innovation, new products and serv- isfaction among sections of the Hindoo populace, mostly in north India from home and dramatically lower that points to dangers in the ex- indeed a crisis like Covid-19 con- ices as some of the entrenched va- that have been eager for the construction of the Ram Mandir. However, for their office space usage. ternal sector in a world where ceals inherent weaknesses. It is cate space. In an economy oiled Odias of this state, our Lord Jagannath has the highest place in our minds, So, even if there is a pick-up in globalisation is in retreat. the inherent weaknesses that do not by high order graft, downturns souls and hearts. IIP, it will run into show stoppers India’s current account balance allow the nation to look up almost expose grimy layers. Nothing hap- of the kind that will emerge from may generate a small surplus in the three decades after liberalisation pens. The poor suffer even more. several quarters as businesses first quarter of this fiscal but this promised to unshackle India and Jagdish Rattanani WISDOM CORNER and citizens adjust to changing will be because the economy has unlock its entrepreneurial energies. is a journalist and faculty paradigms. Clearly, it is too early stalled, leading to a collapse in im- Instead, we have had one worse member at SPJIMR. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight to read ‘green shoots’ (a term used ports. That isn’t good news either. – an unresponsive public sector THE BILLION PRESS times. PAULO COELHO

One who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. CONFUCIUS SPECTRUM AGRICULTURE Tomorrow never comes, it is always today. OSHO WORDSWORTH Make farmer king, make India strong Swoose ndian agriculture is a complex the kisan credit card or simply once a contract is signed. The or- trol the base of Indian economy – t wasn’t the earliest mention of this curious hybrid, the first having been in mix. It has myriad problems bank loans. Government institu- dinances for demolition of this al- agriculture. It is profit-oriented, Ithe Harrison Times of Arkansas in 1911, though it, too, referred to a bird Iand the solutions suggested are tions selling seeds, fertilizer or ternative are a concern for many but at the cost of sustenance of accidentally bred in Norfolk. The name must have been fairly widely known often not practical. Interestingly, the other support do it at commercial farmers’ organisations. Again it the farming community. The farm- by 1920, since a horse named Swoose was racing then. The Daily Mail largest beneficiaries of the food rates and a bogey had been created is all private investment that most ers need monetary support all mentioned the birds several times that year, reporting that the young dole to the 80 crore poor are the that the farmers are dependent on official functionaries take pride through the year. They need small sweese were terrorising the farmyard and killing ducks. “Of late,” the paper producers of the food grains! the government. The mandis, despite in. That is the plus and minus. The credits. This is provided by buyers noted, “their character has been relapsing into such savagery as may prove It is a dichotomy. Often, in terms many flaws, served them well and plus is “investment”. The minus is at mandis and adjusted against their ruin.” News of the birds spread widely. If we are to believe this of agriculture, privatisation, pri- assured payments. The mahajan it creates a larger chunk of farm- final sales. The payments to farm- American report, their name briefly became part of the vernacular: “Much Shivaji Sarkar public interest is evinced in these queer birds and nowadays when an ill- vate investment and handing it (moneylender) system found their ers looking for direct government ers are assured in the system. Yes, tempered husband rouses his wife to the point of retaliation, she gives vent over to private hands become the roles limited, but not eliminated. support for survival. this creates a kind of bondage too. to her feelings in the culminating insult: “You swoose!,” as stated in OVER THE YEARS, policy plank. The more this is dis- The Sukhis are still there for The lockdown has opened up the There are instances of it being ex- Wisconsin State Journal, 5 September, 1920. A few other sweese appeared in cussed and “reformed” through smaller tillers who do not find it easy chinks. The government is trying ploited as well. the 1920s and 1930s as crosses between various breeds of goose and swan CORPORATE ordinances, the government is get- to have bank support. The new or- to correct it through enormous The pan-India market is there in that were kept together on farms. The word reached the hit parade in 1941 CARTELS HAVE ting more enmeshed in it by direct dinances are euphoric about a pan- stock it built in FCI warehouses mandis as well. Many farmers have when Alexander the Swoose, a song performed by the Kay Kyser band, benefit transfers -- `6,000 pension India market – a complex and ex- through the years of toil. It is dis- taken their produce from Punjab reached number 3 in the charts. This led directly to the most famous swoose, CREATED LOBBIES for farmers and dismantling their pensive system, “larger” tributing food grain worth `1.5 lakh to sell at Bihar mandis for better a B-17 bomber that American forces based in Australia had created by mandis (local wholesale markets) involvement of private sector, a crore for free till at least November price. The present ordinances try cannibalising other aircraft and nicknamed the Swoose because of its hybrid TO CONTROL THE under the agriculture produce com- euphemism for multinational in- 2020, from April onwards for over to legalise that but creating mono- character. It was piloted by Frank Kurtz, who in 1944 named his daughter BASE OF INDIAN mittees (APMC), easing Essential volvement in the farm sector, which 60 per cent of the population. lith of large corporate players. after the plane. Swoosie Kurtz has become a well-known actress. She was Commodities Act and facilitating is operating for almost two decades Despite years of deliberations, Politically it suits various operators once asked whether she had thought of changing her name: “Change it to ECONOMY – contract farming. through various “cash and carry” the nation has got into the same as election funding in bulk is as- what — Tiffany? It’s been an advantage. It’s unforgettable. I’m the only one.” AGRICULTURE. IT IS The policy confusion is apparent. wholesale trade. Some Indian firms quagmire of government support to sured. Practically, the nation is cre- The first major agriculture reform too have entered the scenario. In farming instead of promoting in- ating a convoluted system, where Synaesthete PROFIT-ORIENTED, was the Green Revolution, creation Kashmir, some companies have dividual farmer’s capabilities. The the involvement of the govern- of mandis and setting up the FCI monopolised apple trade through APMC mandis have flaws though it ment at micro level would increase. his word is moderately common in the psychological and artistic fields. It BUT AT THE COST for procurement, creating buffer their leased orchards; in other is a robust system. Since it is still an There is another apprehension. Trefers to a person who has some kind of cross-wiring in the brain, so that OF SUSTENANCE stock and distribution. It has its places, motley groups manage par- ordinance, the policymakers need to Sizeable sections of the farmers things which ought to be perceived by one sense are instead felt in another. pluses and some minuses too. tially grape, orange, mango and relook at this for removing the flaws may be controlled through Vikas The most common form is for language, sounds and tastes to be sensed as OF THE FARMING Except at purchasing level, the gov- spices trading. but prevent its demolition. The or- Dubey-type goons creating severe colours. For a synaesthete, the words on this page might have colour ernment is not involved. Many have emerged as paral- dinance should for now not be en- law and order issues – in short associations; many musicians say that different keys evoke characteristic COMMUNITY Farmers still are making their lels of FCI. But, farmers have a acted into statutory law. perpetuation of more powerful colours; or those affected may experience the sense of taste as hues. For any one individual, the transfer between senses is always the same, but own investments, may be now concern. They become their pawn Over the years, corporate car- Sukhis and dumping more costs on there seems to be no accord between affected individuals about what through bank support extended by and alternative support is difficult tels have created lobbies to con- the state. INFA sensation evokes what effect. The science writer Alison Motluk, a synaesthete, has remarked that “The astonishing realisation is not that these characters are imbued with colours but rather a world could exist in which they were colour-free, neutral, characterless. It would be like finding Bangladesh & India Happiness & success Justice delayed out one day that, while you have been savouring the smells of freshly baked bread, of brandy, of chocolate, all your life, your friends have only been able Sir, The problems of Bangladesh are our problems too. As a neigh- Sir, Success and happiness are two dif- Sir, The ‘encounter killing’ to taste them.” The term synaesthesia was coined at the end of the bour, we share everything from water, culture to even family ties ferent concepts. Success is tangible but of an ex-maharaja of nineteenth century by Sir Francis Galton for what had been and sometimes is etters with Bangladesh. Bangladesh gives us the biggest pain, namely happiness is elusive and difficult to hold. Bharatpur in Rajasthan and still called coloured hearing. He derived it on the model of anaesthesia from the migrants. There is no proper verification of citizenship Success is material, but happiness is ex- seven-time legislator Raja the Greek prefix syn–, for things that are like one another, plus aisthesis, here or there. In India, Aadhaar card has reduced the problem. traterrestrial. Now, the goal of the mankind Man Singh took place in meaning sensation. TOL THE EDITOR Citizenship played a major part in local politics. Bangladeshi set- is material prosperity and self-aggran- 1985. The case carried on Readers of Orissa POST tlers here are vote banks for some parties. Practically, the in- disement. A happy man may be unsuc- and on, and the judgment are most welcome to contribute letters ternational border between India and Bangladesh is difficult to cessful but a successful man is not always was delivered now by a (200 words), articles and be demarcated. It goes through water, swamps, and even through happy. Then, what is the secret of happi- lower court. The Mathura LOL columns (between 750-1250 words). Contributors are houses. Every government promises to control and stop illegal ness? I reckon that adhering to the prin- district and sessions judge jewelry store requested to send their migrants. But lack of manpower and equipment on one side, and ciples as enshrined in the holy scriptures found seven policemen DIAMOND RING and you contact numbers and full unemployment on the other makes stopping the influx of mi- and ‘shastras’ is the way forward. Happiness guilty. These cops will now

n the morning, shortly after waking bought me a postal address/email ID. They may also grants difficult. Both the governments are dedicated to solve the may be fleeting but it gives durable pleas- go in appeal to the higher

k y m send in their valuable comments, opinion c Iup, a young couple was at their diamond ring.” and suggestions, preferably by email, problems arising out of cyclones. Weather forecasts are shared. ure. For a Karma Yogi, happiness is the court. This, sadly, is the way coffee table. “Really,” the husband to: [email protected] Flood warnings in rivers are too shared with Bangladesh. benchmark for perfection. When success India is being governed! The wife appeared very pleasant that asked her in surprise, and then Proper documentation of citizens in both the countries will is achieved, happiness follows. Money can Justice so delayed is day. The husband was his usual self. added, improve the migrants’ issue. Bus and train services must be en- buy goods but not happiness. Happiness is justice denied. The wife initiated a conversation. She “I had the same dream and I saw B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, couraged between the two nations. the elixir of life. Ganapathi Bhat, said, “In my dream, I saw you in a your rich dad paying the bill.” Bhubaneswar-751010 Sunil Pradhan, Khariar, NUAPADA Prabhudutt Dash, BHUBANESWAR AKOLA KERALA TAMIL NADU P7

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k y m IIT-M working to make your car rides smoother Set up committee on c THE INSTITUTE SAYS ‘CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITES’ RESEARCHERS HAVE DEVISED METHOD TO REDUCE VIBRATION DURING CAR RIDES OBC reservation in AGENCIES ride on your car, but the team decided Of the numerous attractive to find out why. Chennai, July 27: The Indian properties of CNT-polymer They used MWCNTs synthesised medical courses: HC Institute of Technology Madras composites, their vibration by different techniques and loaded (IIT-M) Monday said its researchers damping properties make them them into Epoxy polymers. MWCT's working in the field of ‘Carbon useful in aerospace, automobile are made of concentric tubes of Nanotube Composites’ have yielded carbon, and the slide between the promising results that can con- and construction industries layers is believed to damp vibra- tribute greatly in reducing the vi- PRATHAP HARIDOSS | DEPT OF METALLURGICAL AND tions. Naturally, the efficacy of bration during car rides. MATERIALS ENGINEERING, IIT MADRAS damping would depend on the na- “The outstanding properties of ture of the MWCNTs. carbon nanotubes (CNTs) – nanome- “In order to visualize the damp- tre-sized molecules made of rolled- with various additives, have been wards developing and testing in- properties make them useful in ing effects of the two types of up sheets of carbon atoms – can used for a long time in recorded teresting polymer composites. aerospace, automobile and con- MWCNTs, the researchers per- tremendously improve mechani- history for various purposes. Their research will lead to a bet- struction industries,” Haridoss formed computational simulation cal, thermal and electrical proper- Many polymers, loaded with var- ter understanding of the mecha- said. studies,” Haridoss said. ties of polymers,” Prathap Haridoss ious types of reinforcing fillers, nisms of vibration damping in “Carbon nanotube-reinforced “Our simulation studies have from the Department of are the mainstay of daily use arti- these types of polymers, which polymers combine the viscoelas- shown beyond doubt that the vi- Metallurgical and Materials cles, from automobile parts to con- would, in turn, lead to designs of bet- tic properties of the polymer with bration damping properties in Engineering, IIT Madras, said in a struction components. ter vibration dampers in automo- the interfacial properties of the MWCNTs arise from the interaction statement. Their study, published in the biles. CNT, resulting in enhanced vibra- between atoms that constitute the According to the research team, peer-reviewed international journal “Of the numerous attractive tion damping,” he added. inner and outer tubes rather than polymer composites, materials Nanoscale Advances, revealed that properties of CNT-polymer com- Thus, CNT loaded polymers can the inter-tube frictional energy formed by combining polymers the research team is working to- posites, their vibration damping conceivably give you a smoother loss.”

GOLD SMUGGLING AGENCIES that only the Supreme Court can decide on the issue,” P.Wilson, Chennai, July 27: After a long Senior Advocate and DMK’s Rajya NIA quizzes Kerala’s HOSTILE CONDITIONS battle, the Madras High Court has Sabha member, told IANS. directed the Centre to implement “The High Court also did not OBC reservation in the All India agree that reservation will dilute Medical Quota seats. The Court the merit since the merit list is former IT Secy again asked the Central government to prepared first and reservation is ap- FOR HOSPITALITY BIZ form a panel comprising of Tamil plied only later,” Wilson said. Nadu officers to formulate a method According to him, the proposed With mounting debts, fiscal commitments, survival continues of implementation of reservation committee will have representa- in the all India quota seats. tives from the Health Ministry, to be at stake, say Tamil Nadu hoteliers The High Court Monday ordered MCI and the Tamil Nadu Health AGENCIES the central government to set up a Department. “This will have an committee within three months to impact other states as well,” Chennai, July 27: No profit in decide on the issue of 50 per cent Wilson added. takeaways, mounting debts and fis- reservation for Other Backward Earlier, the Supreme Court de- cal commitments, including salaries, Classes (OBCs) in admissions clining to hear the pleas of various have made survival of hotels and to medical courses under the political parties and asked them restaurants in the state difficult in all-India quota. approach the High Court on the these pandemic times, according to Disposing of a batch of petitions matter. The central government insiders. filed by the ruling AIADMK, DMK, had refused to grant 50 per cent Sivasankar (L) has maintained during his earlier questioning that his Hotels in Chennai and those in PMK and others to demand 50 per reservation for OBCs as per the relations with Swapna were personal and not linked to their activities the Tier-II and III cities which offer cent reservation for the OBCs in the Tamil Nadu law in medical seats takeaway menus, find the response medical college seats surrendered for 2020-21. Sivasankar was to Thiruvananthapuram. from the people to be slow and un- to the all-India quota, the First During the hearing, the Centre The case became murkier when profitable, owing to the pandemic. Bench comprising Chief Justice told the court that the state can fol- Principal Secretary to the name of Swapna Suresh, a for- As part of its efforts to curb the AP Sahi and Justice Senthilkumar low its own law with regard to reser- Chief Minister Pinarayi mer employee of the UAE consulate spread of coronavirus in Tamil Ramamoorthy said the Centre can vation in admissions, but it cannot and later employed with the IT Nadu, the state government has also pass a law on the matter. exceed 50 per cent of the total seats. Vijayan and Information Department, surfaced in the case. allowed hotels and restaurants only water tax, rent and power bills The court said the committee On their part, the petitioner par- Technology Secretary Her links with Sivasankar came takeaway services. too. And the important point is should have representatives from ties said that the Centre can de- up later during the investigation. There are an estimated 50,000 several hotels have been con- the central and Tamil Nadu gov- cide on the subject only when a before he was removed Another accused Sandip Nair hotels and restaurants in Tamil verted into quarantine facilities. ernments and the Medical Council state government has not enacted from the posts after the of Kochi was arrested on charge of Nadu and they have been allowed We will have to disinfect all the of India (MCI). a law on reservation. Only the state direct involvement in the smug- to provide takeaway services of rooms, only when normal life re- “The High Court rejected the government has the power to racket came to light gling. Sivasankar arrived in his food items but not dine-in. sumes,” Rajkumar said. Post contentions of the MCI and the decide on the reservation, it was own vehicle at the NIA office here Some hotels even launched take- lockdown, the hotels may find Centre. The court did not agree contended. AGENCIES around 9.20 am after nearly five-hour away menu options which can be difficulty in convincing prospec- trip from the state capital. ordered over phone, allowing peo- tive clients that the rooms have Kochi, July 27: NIA officials Security at the NIA office was ple to enjoy a sumptuous meal sit- been disinfected and are fit for Monday began questioning now-sus- beefed up and no one except the ting in the safety and comfort of There are They are use, he added. Kerala govt adapts to Covid-19, pended senior IAS officer M. media was allowed to stay put in their homes. around allowed to The ban on hotels and lodges Sivasankar for the second time in front of the premises. “Lodges and hotels are suffer- 50,000 hotels provide renting out accommodation con- holds first online Cabinet meet four days at the agency office here Police officials took the IAS of- ing due to lack of business and the and takeaway tinues in the state, although the regarding the gold smuggling case ficer inside the NIA office and after parcel (takeaway) service has seen restaurants services of food government has allowed restau- AGENCIES the Chief Minister’s office. that has rocked Kerala since the be- the mandatory Covid test, he was only 25 per cent business and is in Tamil items but not rants to sell takeaways. The special cabinet meet held ginning of July. escorted to a special room for ques- least profitable,” M Venkada Subbu, Nadu dine-in Sending the staff who chose to Thiruvananthapuram, July 27: Monday took the decision to pass Sivasankar was Principal tioning. Sivasankar was also served president, The Tamil Nadu Hotels remain during the lockdown, lack In a first of its kind in Kerala, the an Ordinance to effect the pass- Secretary to Chief Minister breakfast before his questioning Association, said. Lodges and hotels are suffering of business and mounting fiscal state held a special cabinet meet- ing of the Finance Bill, as the Pinarayi Vijayan and Information began. Uncertainty continues to shadow due to lack of business and the commitments would amount to ing chaired by Chief Minister special one day sitting of the Technology Secretary before he A woman IPS officer from the the sector and the hoteliers are not parcel (takeaway) service has sealing their own fate, reasons Pinarayi Vijayan in online mode. Kerala Legislative Assembly was removed from the posts after NIA has arrived from Hyderabad sure when the conditions would seen only 25 per cent business and Venkada Subbu. While Vijayan participated from scheduled for Monday was sus- the racket came to light. to lead the agency officials in ques- improve and pave the way for usual is least profitable, says M “So, we divided the remaining his official residence, the other pended last week. The NIA had questioned tioning Sivasankar, while other of- business activity, he said. Venkada Subbu, president of The staff into two groups and are mak- cabinet ministers took part in the Another decision that was taken Sivasankar in state capital ficials will be linked online from var- “Even if the hotels reopen in a Tamil Nadu Hotels Association ing them work in two shifts of 15 meeting from their office or resi- was to toe the decision arrived at Thiruvananthapuram for five hours ious offices during the process. big way from August 1, there will days each, thus utilising their serv- dence. the all party meeting called last Thursday and put him on notice to The Customs had first quizzed be no business for the next two the past four months. Despite this, ices and paying them salaries as This is the first time such a thing week to decide if a state-wide lock- appear before the officials for fur- Sivasankar for nine hours, after months. Thereafter, it may pick we are duty bound to pay salaries well,” he said. In order to stay afloat, has happened and it was decided down is required and the decision ther questioning Monday at NIA the case surfaced and they arrested up,” Venkada Subbu told PTI. to our staff who are still on the the hotel associations are looking to go into online mode after the was, that the state cannot afford a Kochi office. Sarith. Swapna and Sandip were ar- R Rajkumar, secretary, Chennai rolls,” he said. up to the Central and state gov- state has seen a spike in Covid-19 total lockdown, instead enforce The case first surfaced when PS rested by NIA from Bangalore. Hotels Association, expressed con- Revenue loss and payment of ernments for sops like GST refund cases. strict restrictions where Covid Sarith, a former employee of the Sivasankar would be questioned cern over the revenue loss in the salaries are not the only problems at least for a year besides a waiver Generally, the weekly cabi- spread is there. UAE consulate here, was arrested from a prepared list of questions business ever since the lockdown afflicting the hospitality sector as off all taxes due to the pandemic con- net meet takes place Wednesday Now it remains to be seen, if the by the Customs Department July by the NIA officials. His statements came into force March 24. various taxes add to the burden. ditions, and help them meet their and is held at the State weekly cabinet meeting Wednesday 5 when he was allegedly facilitat- given to the Customs as well as the “There has been no business for “We are paying property tax, fiscal needs. Secretariat in the block housing will also shift to online mode. ing the smuggling of 30 kg gold in NIA last week are also with the a diplomatic baggage from Dubai probe team. Body of Covid victim cremated Chennai hosp fits heart pumps in Russian toddler

AGENCIES with manual compressions. formed May 25. after locals’ hour-long protests The only option possible for such Post-implant, the boy was kept Chennai, July 27: In a complex a small child was an artificial heart under observation for a few weeks. seven-hour operation, a three-year- pump and since both the right and The child has recovered remark- AGENCIES Councillor of the BJP and old Russian boy was successfully op- left side of his heart were affected, ably well and has gained weight in erated upon and two artificial heart he needed two heart pumps. a very short time and has been dis- Kottayam, July 27: The body of 30 persons booked for pumps known as Berlin Heart were Small pumps for such a small charged from the intensive care a Covid-19 victim, whose crema- preventing the cremation implanted, said MGM Healthcare child known as Paediatric unit. He is absolutely fine now, Dr tion was marred by protests Sunday, Monday. Biventricular pumps are made only Balakrishnan added. was finally cremated here under of the 83-year-old man at The boy had earlier suffered two in Germany by a company called According to Suresh Rao KGA, co- tight police security late in the day, a public crematorium in cardiac arrests where the heart Berlin Heart, the statement said. director, Institute of Heart and officials said Monday. stopped beating and had to be re- However, the challenge was to Lung Transplant and Mechanical The police also booked a mu- Muttambalam suscitated with manual compres- fit the cannula needed for the pump Circulatory Support and HOD, nicipal Councillor of the BJP and sions. In a statement, MGM inside the boy’s small chest cavity. Cardiac Anaesthesia, newborns 30 persons for preventing the cre- the Covid-19 victim, a number of Healthcare, a private hospital, said Additionally, managing anaesthe- with heart failure or children suf- mation of the 83-year-old man at a local residents had prevented the the artificial heart pumps will sup- sia and surgery on such a small fering from severe heart insuffi- public crematorium at cremation, saying they feared con- port the right and left side of the child wearing the mandatory per- ciency do not really have much of Muttambalam, after locals raised tracting the infection. heart of the boy who weighs 10 kg. sonal protection equipment called a choice. fears of the spread of coronavirus. The protesters had blocked the en- The marathon surgery was per- Three-year-old Lev Fedorenk was brought to Chennai as he was suffering from for the best of clinical expertise. “A heart transplant most of the Amid protests by local residents trance of the crematorium run by formed in collaboration with en- a heart condition, which eventually required a heart pump Experts from multiple back- time is the only possibility for sur- Sunday evening, public represen- the Kottayam Municipality, alleging gineering support teams from the grounds and countries joined via vival. The problem which the doc- tatives including Kottayam MLA the body was brought to the common UK and Germany guided by state- too rigid to expand and receive any with medications for around two tele-conference to support the team tors are facing is that there is hardly Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan in- crematorium after a Church re- of-the-art virtual technology owing blood. months, but unfortunately his con- in Chennai. a chance to keep their patient’s con- tervened and the cremation of the fused to allow burial of its dead fol- to travel restrictions imposed by The parents of the boy flew him dition started worsening. He be- Commenting on the treatment, Dr dition stable until heart transplant

elderly person who died due to coro- lower’s body in its cemetery. the Covid-19 pandemic, MGM to Chennai for consultation with K came critically ill and was admit- Balakrishnan said, “This was a becomes possible. Waiting times

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of the day uote Will not contest polls Draft SC reserves verdict on PM CARES Fund Environment Impact THE PETITIONER SOUGHT ORDER FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM PM CARES FUND TO NDRF till J&K is a UT: Omar Assessment (EIA) Notification 2020, and the proposed PRESS TRUST OF INDIA AGENCIES changes in environmental clearance process New Delhi, July 27: The Centre New Delhi, July 27: Former for infrastructure projects will Monday strongly defended the PM Jammu and Kashmir Chief routinely legitimise illegality and CARES Fund in the Supreme Court Minister and National Conference promote land grab, not saying it’s a public trust meant to (NC) leader Omar Abdullah, who development receive “voluntary contributions” was released from a prolonged de-

JAIRAM RAMESH | CONGRESS LEADER to fight COVID-19 pandemic and tention some time back, has said the budgetary allocations for NDRF that he will not contest Assembly and SDRF are not “being touched”. elections till the time J&K remains ments. It’s not a meeting I will for- The Chinese The statement was made by the serious issues which need to be a Union Territory. get in a hurry. One day I may write have occupied Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, he Centre March 28 had set up uring the hearing, the Solicitor looked into”. In an opinion piece published about it but propriety precludes Indian land. appearing for the Centre, before a Tthe PM CARES Fund with the DGeneral told the bench that Mehta said that a national plan in a newspaper, Omar Abdullah me from saying more than that we Hiding the truth and bench headed by Justice Ashok primary objective to deal with any the PM CARES Fund is a “voluntary was prepared in 2019 and that had has written that he will not be con- left the meeting with a completely allowing them to Bhushan which reserved its order kind of emergency situation like the fund” while funds to the NDRF and included the ways to deal with the testing Assembly elections in different impression about what take it is anti- on one of the prayers of the PIL, filed one currently posed by the COVID- SDRF are made available through “biological disaster.” Jammu and Kashmir. He has writ- was going to unfold in the next 72 national. Bringing it by NGO ‘Centre for Public Interest 19 outbreak budgetary allocations “That time no one knew of ten, “As for me, I am very clear hours. In one fell swoop, every- to people's attention is patriotic Litigation (CPIL)’, seeking a di- COVID. It is biological and public that while J&K remains a Union thing we had feared came to pass,” THE PETITIONER’S ADVOCATE CLAIMED THAT AN AUDIT OF THE NDRF IS RAHUL GANDHI | CONGRESS LEADER rection that all the money collected BEING CONDUCTED BY THE CAG BUT THE GOVERNMENT HAS SAID THE health disaster plan which is part Territory I will not be contesting said Omar Abdullah in his article. under the PM CARES Fund for the AUDIT OF THE PM CARES FUND WILL BE DONE BY PRIVATE AUDITORS of national plan. So this contention any Assembly elections. Having The former Chief Minister, in his COVID-19 pandemic should be trans- that there was no plan is factually been a member of the most em- article has also said that the prom- Pleasure to ferred to National Disaster Response wrong,” he said, adding that the powered Assembly in the land and ises made to Jammu and Kashmir hear from FM Fund (NDRF). Shah, that the PM CARES Fund is contravention of provisions of the plan to tackle such disasters changes that, too, as the leader of that were not fulfilled and the removal Gabi The Centre March 28 had set up a “voluntary fund” while funds to Disaster Management Act. with the need. ”We cannot have a Assembly for six years, I simply of Article 370 was “not the right Ashkenazi of Israel. the Prime Minister’s Citizen the NDRF and SDRF (State Disaster He claimed that an audit of the constant and static plan and needs cannot and will not be a member thing to do”. The India-Israel Assistance and Relief in Emergency Response Fund) are made avail- NDRF is being conducted by the to be updated from time to time,” the of a House that has been disem- “J&K participated in democratic partnership is Situations (PM CARES) Fund with able through budgetary allocations. Comptroller and Auditor-General law officer said. powered the way ours has.” processes, shared in nation’s devel- currently focussed the primary objective to deal with “It is a public trust. It is a body (CAG) but the government has said Dave, however, said a “special Omar Abdullah has also writ- opment but the promise made with on combating the COVID challenge. any kind of emergency situation like where you can make voluntary con- the audit of the PM CARES Fund plan” must be brought for the COVID ten about a meeting he attended it wasn’t kept. Removing 370 may Even as it does, the larger agenda the one currently posed by the tributions and no budgetary allo- will be done by private auditors. to ensure a coordinated approach with Prime Minister Narendra have been the popular thing to do, but of cooperation continues to move COVID-19 outbreak and provide re- cations to the NDRF or SDRF are Dave questioned the validity of to deal with its challenges. Modi ahead of the abrogation of going back on a nation’s sovereign forward lief to those affected. being touched. What has to be spent the PM cares fund and alleged that On June 17, the apex court had Article 370 August 5, 2019 when commitments was not the right thing S JAISHANKAR | EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER The Prime Minister is the ex-of- will be spent,” the law officer said, it was a “fraud on the Constitution”. asked the Centre to file its response Jammu and Kashmir was stripped to do,” the NC leader has said. ficio chairman of the fund and the adding that no law has been violated. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, ap- on the plea, which has sought a di- of its special status and bifurcated He also said, “After the re-election defence, Home and Finance min- Senior advocate Dushyant Dave, pearing for another party, said that rection that all the contributions into two Union Territories. of Prime Minister Modi, rumours SHORT TAKES isters are its ex-officio trustees. appearing for the petitioner NGO, all CSR contribution benefits are made by individuals and institu- “Some of us, senior office-bear- started to float about the intentions During the hearing, the Solicitor said they are not doubting the bona given to the PM Cares Fund and tions for the COVID-19 pandemic ers of the J&K National Conference, of the BJP to use its absolute majority General told the bench, also com- fide of anyone but the creation of they are denied to the state disas- should be credited to the NDRF, had a meeting with the PM just in the Lok Sabha to implement its poll 3 members of a prising Justices SK Kaul and MR the PM CARES Fund is allegedly in ter relief funds and “these are very rather than to the PM CARES Fund. days before the August 5 develop- promise of abrogating Article 370.” family shot dead Kasganj (UP): Three FOREST HOME GUARD members of a village NEAR, YET TOO FAR head’s family were shot GOAT ‘ARRESTED’ FOR dead and three others MOWED DOWN BY injured at Hodalpur village MINING MAFIA in Kasganj district of Uttar NOT WEARING MASK Pradesh, police said PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Monday. The victims are INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE lice station, Saifuddin Beg, how- family members of ever, said that the police had found Jaipur, July 27: A forest home Satyavati, the head of Kanpur (UP), July 27: In a bizarre guard was mowed down by a trac- Hodalpur that comes under a youth without a mask, who was Soron police circle incident, the Kanpur police ‘ar- taking the goat along. tor when he along with his col- jurisdiction. Her husband rested’ a goat that was roaming in “When he saw the police, he league tried to stop suspected Vijendra Pal, Pramod and the Beconganj area here ‘without ran away leaving the goat behind members of a mining mafia inside Guddu were injured in the wearing a mask’. so the policemen the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwar, shootout and admitted to a The incident brought the goat to police said Monday. government hospital. took place over the the police station. The accused are yet to be ar- weekend and the Later, we handed rested. The tractor has been seized, Beconganj police over the goat to its they said. The victim, Kewal Singh, picked up the goat owner,” he said. was rushed to a hospital after the Woman’s body and took it to the One of the po- incident on Sunday but he suc- found in suitcase police station in a jeep. licemen who had brought the goat cumbed to injuries, the police said. When the owner of the goat admitted that they found a lock- “We are investigating the case Ghaziabad (UP): An learnt that the police had taken it down violation because the goat based on the details provided by the unidentified body of a away, he rushed to the police station. was without a mask. “People are guard who was present with the de- woman was found stuffed in He pleaded with the cops and the now making their dogs wear a ceased at the time of the incident. a suitcase in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district Monday, police finally let him take back his mask so why not a goat?” he asked. The accused will be arrested soon,” police said. An unattended goat but warned him not to allow The police apparently changed its Alwar Superintendent of Police suitcase was spotted by the animal to roam on the road. version after it became the butt of Tejaswani Gautam said. locals in Sahibabad area in Circle officer, Anwarganj po- jokes on social media. Forest home guard Kewal Singh the morning. The body has People walk towards a culvert, flooded due to the swollen Swarnrekha river in Ranchi, Monday PTI PHOTO were patrolling in Baldevgarh area been sent for post-mortem, of the reserve when they came an officer said. An across suspected illegal mining. investigation has been launched and efforts are on BSP ISSUES WHIP TO to identify the identity of the SC seeks UGC’s response on holding NSA against MP man for deceased, the officer said. final year exams amid pandemic VOTE AGAINST CONG raping woman: Police Elephant hit by AGENCIES had approached the Election PRESS TRUST OF INDIA POST NEWS NETWORK General Tushar Mehta if he re- mitted in the court that the decision Commission to consider these six train, dies quired time to seek instructions. to hold final year exams amid the Jaipur/ New Delhi, July 27: The MLAs as BSP MLAs during the Alirajpur (MP), July 27: The strin- Rishikesh: A two-year-old New Delhi, July 27: The Supreme Mehta submitted that the UGC COVID-19 pandemic was “unreal- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has is- Rajya Sabha polls, but the Election gent National Security Act (NSA) elephant calf was found Court Monday sought a response is only concerned with final year istic and remarkable”. He further sued a whip to all its six MLAs in Commission had refused to inter- was imposed on a man in Madhya dead in the Lachchiwala from the University Grant exams. He said that there are 818 argued that states have been given Rajasthan to vote against the vene in that as it’s the Speaker’s do- Pradesh who was arrested Monday range of the Dehradun Commission (UGC) over its guide- universities in the country and no discretion on the issue, despite Congress if a floor test main. The for allegedly kidnapping a woman forest division Monday. lines mandating universities across out of these, 35 have not conducted expressing their objections. happens to check the RAJASTHAN CRISIS BSP late and raping her in confinement for The young elephant was the country to hold their final year final year exams. He appraised Meanwhile, the Solicitor General strength of the Ashok Sunday is- 20 days, the police said. found dead in a ditch near exams by September 30. the court that 209 universities submitted that the UGC would file Gehlot government. Gehlot has sued the whip to R Gudha, Lakhan Rehmat Khan, 32, was arrested the railway tracks in A three-judge bench of the apex have completed the exams and 394 a common reply to the batch of the been struggling to keep his gov- Singh, Deep Chand, JS Awana, after the woman escaped and ap- Nakraunda village, court comprising Justices Ashok are in the process of conducting petitions filed in the Supreme Court. ernment afloat after a rebellion by Sandeep Kumar and Wajib Ali. proached the police, an official Dehradun DFO Rajiv Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and the exams. The Solicitor General It is to be mentioned here that sev- Sachin Pilot and MLAs loyal to him. “Notices have been issued to the said. He had kidnapped the 20- Dhiman said. Prima facie, MR Shah issued the notice in a further submitted that students eral petitions have been filed by All the six Bahujan Samaj Party’s six MLAs separately as well as col- year-old woman from Dhar dis- it seems that the animal batch of petitions filed in the court have been given the option to take the students from universities MLAs had merged with the lectively, stating that since BSP is a trict, said Superintendent of Police fell into the ditch after against the UGC guidelines. the exams online, offline, or a across the country challenging the Congress, which could lead to a tan- national party, there cannot be any Vipul Shrivastava. “Rehmat is a his- being hit by a train, which The bench asked the UGC to file merger of both. UGC guidelines as being arbitrary, gle of technicalities as according to merger at the state level at the instance tory-sheeter with nine cases against led to its death, he said. its response by July 31 – the next date However, senior advocate given that it would compel students this definition, there are no BSP of the six MLAs, unless there is a his name. He also has three cases The elephant died at 5.30 of hearing. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing to appear in exams during the MLAs in the Rajasthan Assembly. merger of the BSP at the national of kidnapping and rape. He has al- am when Delhi-Dehradun During the hearing, Justice for the petitioner, called the decision COVID-19 pandemic, thereby pos- The party led by former Uttar level. If they violate it, they will be ready served a jail sentence in Janshatabdi Express passes through the area, Ashok Bhushan asked Solicitor of the UGC unrealistic. He sub- ing a risk to their health. Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati disqualified,” the party ruled. one rape case,” the official said. the DFO said.

8 killed in MP By boat and on foot, Assam hunts for plasma for COVID patients road mishap REUTERS weeks after recovery will get pref- Biswa Sarma told this news agency. dicting coronavirus infections will Chhatarpur (MP): Eight erence in government jobs and “When we learned that a person peak in mid-September. It has so persons, including four Guwahati, July 27: When doc- housing. For example, a donor may was willing to donate, people went far reported more than 32,000 cases children, were killed Monday tors in flood-ravaged Assam ur- get extra marks if he or she is tied to his house by boat, brought him with 79 deaths. afternoon in a collision gently sought plasma of a partic- in any test or interview for a job. to the hospital and got the dona- Its push for plasma comes as between an SUV and two ular blood type for a COVID-19 It is also offering to cover travel tion done.” India, the world’s biggest suppli- motorcycles in Madhya patient this month, health officials and other expenses for donors from He declined to identify the ers of generic drugs, scrambles to Pradesh’s Chhatarpur sent a boat for a marooned donor outside the state, and has been mak- donor but said the recipient was end a local shortage of remdesivir district, police said. The who had recovered from the dis- ing its frontline workers scour the and tocilizumab. incident occurred between doing well. Chandranagar and Toria ease weeks ago. state - sometimes wading through Plasma from a previously in- Sarma said that until recently, villages on Chhatarpur- With coronavirus cases surging flood waters - to bring willing par- fected person can be used to treat Assam was receiving only 12-16

Panna road, about 45 kms in Assam and critical medicines ticipants to plasma donation centres. up to two moderately ill patients, remdesivir vials a day, compared to y away from the district running low, local authorities are The success of the overall effort Sarma said. Without timely treat- a demand for at least 100. But the sit-

rolling out the red carpet for now- is crucial for Assam, one of the ment, such patients’ condition can uation eased when Assam got 400

k y m headquarters, Khajuraho c Sub-Divisional Officer of cured patients - all for their blood poorest states that is short of remde- potentially worsen, further strain- vials from a local company some Police (SDOP) Manmohan plasma believed to be rich in virus sivir and tocilizumab to treat se- ing the limited pool for medicines. days ago, he said. Flood-affected villagers are transported by boat to safety at Kachua village Singh Baghel said. All the antibody, although research on its vere COVID-19 patients. Delhi and Grey market “Still, people are not doing enough in Nagaon district in Assam REUTER PHOTO victims, including two efficacy has not been conclusive. Odisha are also courting plasma Assam, where floods have so far production and obviously a grey women, were travelling on Assam says that symptomatic donors as India’s total infections nearly 33,000 deaths. plasma for a patient, a doctor,” killed around 100 people and af- market has emerged as a result,” two motorcycles. patients who donate plasma four have leaped to 1.4 million with “Recently, we wanted O-group Assam Health Minister Himanta fected roughly 3 million, is pre- Sarma said. LALU TESTS NEGATIVE FOR COVID P9 What a TUESDAY | JULY 28 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR coincidence. Whenever Jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, China attacks, its strength currently undergoing treatment at a is huge and ours is Ranchi hospital for multiple ailments, less...but China has tested negative for COVID-19, a has always suffered senior doctor at the facility said y the consequences

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of the day uote Corona patient JeM handlers shared code: NIA found dead Rahul Gandhi SFJ THREATENS INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE The Jammu and Kashmir INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE has not learnt Police had registered a case on from his New Delhi, July 27: The over January 31 this year after a truck Prayagraj (UP), July 27: A 57- mistakes. He had insulted our soldiers ground workers of terror outfit carrying three freshly infiltrated year-old corona patient, who was at the time of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in Pakistani terrorists was stopped caught on camera walking out of surgical strike, the SIKH SOLDIERS Jammu and Kashmir were in for checking by the police at the the hospital, was found dead Balakot airstrike and now again he touch with their handlers in Ban Toll Plaza in Nagrota on the Sunday evening. His body was has insulted them The US-based proscribed outfit Sikhs For Justice is Pakistan, who used to send lo- Pathankot-Sringar Highway. found in some bushes, just 500 cations of freshly infiltrated ter- The truck driver, Sameer metres from the hospital. His fam- GVL NARASIMHA RAO | BJP SPOKESPERSON instigating Sikh defence personnel in the backdrop rorists and also shared code words Ahmad Dar, and his two associ- ily has accused the hospital of of the recent martyrdom of four Sikh soldiers in for receiving them to driver ates, Asif Ahmad Malik and 'negligence', adding that he 'escaped' Sameer Ahmed Dar on secure Sartaj Mantoo, escaped taking after he faced harassment. There are Ladakh sector during the recent clashes with messaging applications, the advantage of the pre-dawn dark- The hospital administration, how- people who The revelations were made Chinese troops at Line of Actual Control National Investigation Agency in the chargesheet filed by ness, while the heavily-armed ever, has denied the accusation. want jobs and (NIA) claimed in its charge-sheet Pakistani terrorists hiding in- According to reports, the man was there are traders, the anti-terror probe in the Nagrota infiltration and side the cargo cabin of the truck admitted to the Swaroop Rani Nehru businessmen, agency against six INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE transportation module case. Hospital, with COVID-19 symptoms professionals, The outfit members in the call are accused persons in the started firing at the police party, contractors who are "motivating Sikh Indian soldiers not The revelations were made in JeM Nagrota infiltration- grievously injuring one security on Friday evening. He had com- not getting the right person for New Delhi, July 27: Amid the to get martyred for India". They the chargesheet filed by the anti- transportation module personnel. plained of breathing problems. their work border tension with China in east- are inciting people by saying that terror probe agency against six ac- case before the special In the ensuing search operation The family said that the patient ern Ladakh, designated terrorist India has a history of "not sup- cused persons in the JeM Nagrota NIA court in Jammu launched by the security forces had called them on Saturday morn- ARVIND KEJRIWAL | DELHI CM outfit and pro-Khalistan group porting Sikh people that is why infiltration-transportation module in the Ban forest area, the three ing, hours before he 'escaped' from Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) has started they should leave Indian Army". case before the special NIA court dent of Pulwama, and Suheel Pakistani terrorists were killed the hospital. He reportedly said his targeting soldiers of the Sikh com- As per the message, Sikh people in Jammu. Javid, a resident of Budgam, while the driver and his two as- complaints at the hospital had gone I request munity in the Indian Army, threat- are being asked to join the ‘Sikhs An NIA spokesperson said that under several sections of the sociates were arrested. The NIA unheard and he was not being given Centre to clear ening them to desert the force, in- For Justice' campaign wherein on the agency filed the chargesheet Indian Penal Code, Unlawful had taken over the probe on proper treatment. "I felt suffocated, state's telligence agencies warned Monday. joining they will get `5,000 more against Sameer Ahmed Dar, Asif Activities (Prevention) Act, Arms February 10 this year and ar- probably because of the ventilator. financial dues to The agencies have alerted the than their present salary in Indian Ahmed Malik, Sartaj Ahmed Act, Explosive Substances Act rested three more persons in- I tried to tell a few people here to help help it effectively armed forces and security estab- Army. It was found that Gurpatwant Mantoo, Suhaib Manzoor and and the Indian Wireless volved in the infiltration-trans- but no one listened," the man re- fight COVID-19 lishments about the terrorist out- Singh Pannun, chief protagonist of Zahoor Ahmed Khan, all resi- Telegraphy Act. portation module. portedly told the family. pandemic fit's nefarious activities. Pakistani ‘Sikhs for Justice', has uploaded a MAMATA BANERJEE | WEST BENGAL CM ISI has been backing the malicious highly provocative video (duration campaign launched by the SFJ. 138 seconds) on June 18 instigating The US-based proscribed outfit the Sikh soldiers of Indian Army SHORT TAKES Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) is instigat- to desert and join his secessionist Covid-19 fatality rate dips to 2.28% ing Sikh defence personnel in the outfit. backdrop of A similar INDIA HAS SECURED PLACE AMONG COUNTRIES SHOWING THE LOWEST FATALITY RATES IN THE Chhattisgarh the recent mar- audio message tyrdom of four (115 seconds) of WORLD, ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE extends lockdown Sikh soldiers Pannun di- Raipur: The Chhattisgarh in Ladakh sec- rectly instigat- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE dardised clinical management pro- Delhi (1,30,606), Karnataka (96,141) government Monday decided tor during the ing the Sikh tocols based on a holistic standard of and Andhra Pradesh (96,298). to extend the ongoing recent clashes soldiers, was New Delhi, July 27: Amid spike in care, the fatality rate had dipped, it The national capital recorded a lockdown in coronavirus- hit with Chinese also sent to Covid-19 cases with the latest highest added. "The case fatality rate is falling. single-day spike of 1,075 cases, tak- areas, including capital troops at Line Global System single-day rise of 49,931 cases in the It's 2.28 per cent at present," the ing the tally beyond 1.3 lakh cases. Raipur, Bilaspur and Durg, till of Actual Control. for Mobile Communications (GSM) last 24 hours, the coronavirus fatal- Ministry data showed. Continuing Of this, 11,904 were active cases, August 6 to check the deadly "Besides exploiting open social subscribers, in Punjab and nearby ity rate is progressively falling and has the streak of over 30,000 recoveries a 3,827 fatalities and 1,14,875 dis- infection's spread, an official media platforms, the outfit is also areas through the international dipped to 2.28 per cent. day for the 4th successive day, the charged. States and UTs that said. The decision was taken using the encrypted chat platforms telemarketing numbers the same India has secured place among Ministry said 31,991 patients were recorded less than 1,000 cases were at a high-level meeting of particularly WhatsApp for dis- day. The message was later also countries showing the lowest fa- discharged in the last 24 hours. the Andaman and Nicobar Islands cabinet ministers and senior seminating these inflammatory disseminated through social media. tality rates in the world, according It has taken the number of recov- new deaths, fatalities crossed 32,771. (324), Dadra and Nagar Haveli (914), officials chaired by Chief messages," intelligence agencies Pannun, in the video, has falsely to the Ministry of Health and Family eries to 9,17,567, showing 64 per cent Being the third-worst hit country, Chandigarh (887), Mizoram (361), Minister Bhupesh Baghel at alerted. The agency found that claimed that only Sikh soldiers Welfare (MoHFW). The Ministry recovery rate. Because of low mortality India is now adding 100,000 cases in less Meghalaya (702) and Sikkim (545). his official residence here, propaganda voice calls from an or- were killed in the conflict and has said focused efforts of the govern- and more people recovering, the re- than three days. Last Monday, India had On the global front, the number the public relations ments on early detection and iso- covered cases exceeded the active of Covid-19 cases has topped 16.1 mil- department official said. gansiation named Sikhs For Justice accused India of using Sikhs in crossed the 11 lakh-mark and within (SFJ) campaign are making the the Army as ‘watchmen'. "Pannun lation through aggressive testing and cases (4,85,114) by 4,32,453 on Monday. seven days it added 300,000 more cases. lion, and deaths crossed 647,000, ac- rounds on social media. "The call has also claimed that though the the- efficient clinical management of "Medical attention continues to be Maharashtra remained the worst- cording to Johns Hopkins University. is a pre recorded one with the fwd atre of conflict was ‘Kashmir' but hospitalised cases helped lower the provided to all active cases in hospi- hit state after recording single-day As of Monday, the number of cases Murder accused number being+1 (617) 390-7018, the ‘sacrifice' was made by Sikhs. case fatality rate and improve the tals and home settings," it said. spike of 9,431 cases, taking the stood at 16,199,796 and fatalities rose escapes likely to be belonging to He also stated that SFJ would pay recovery rate. During the day, India reported the state's tally to 3,75,799. Of this, 13,656 to 647,910, the University's Center for Massachusetts, North America," salary plus `5,000 to the Sikh sol- With effective containment strat- highest single-day spike of 49,931 cases, people have died. Maharashtra is fol- Systems Science and Engineering's Ranchi: A murder accused and the agencies stated. diers deserting Indian Army. egy, aggressive testing and stan- taking the total to 14,35,453. With 708 lowed by Tamil Nadu (2,13,723), (CSSE) latest update revealed. coronavirus positive patient escaped from the Covid-19 centre in Latehar district of WARM MESSAGE Jharkhand on Monday, police SOAKED IN DEVOTION said. According to Police, the J&K ambulance driver’s effort man was arrested on July 14 in the murder case of a BJP PM GREETS leader Jay Bardhan Singh. He amid pandemic draws praise was taken on police remand for interrogation. INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Ahmad added that he has to re- main careful to ensure that he UDDHAV ON Srinagar, July 27: In the fight does not catch the infection and against the Covid-19 pandemic, become a spreader of the dreaded Pakistan violates it is not only the health workers disease. "I try and follow all the HIS B’DAY ceasefire and doctors who are taking the social distancing protocols," he PNDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE lead, but the ambulance drivers, said. The efforts of Ahmad have Jammu: Pakistan troops again who are always on the move to at- won him appreciation from dif- Mumbai, July 27: Prime Minister indulged in unprovoked tend medical emergencies, are ferent quarters. He was recently Narendra Modi as well as lead- ceasefire violation on the Line also at the forefront of the battle. felicitated by the J&K govern- ers of ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Srinagar-based ambulance ment for his selfless service. and opposition BJP Monday Kashmir's Poonch district on driver Jameel Ahmad has moved "My efforts were appreciated greeted Maharashtra Chief Monday, following which the most of the Covid-19 bodies from and I was given a shawl and a cer- Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Indian Army retaliated hospitals to burial grounds since tificate," he said. Jammu and the latter's 60th birthday. befittingly, an official said. "Pakistan initiated the outbreak of the pandemic. "So Kashmir has seen a surge in the In a warm message, Modi said: unprovoked ceasefire far I have moved close to 90 Covid number Covid-19 cases in recent "Best wishes to Maharashtra violation around 10.30 am bodies, including three CRPF times. Till Sunday, over 17,000 CM Uddhav Thackerayji on his today by firing with small jawans," Ahmad said. people were infected of which birthday. I pray for Uddhavji's arms and shelling with Ahmad also doubles up his ef- 312 people have died. long and healthy life". The PM mortars along the LoC in forts by helping to perform the In the last three decades of said that a birthday is a day to Mankote Sectorof Poonch last rites of Covid victims when militancy in Kashmir, ambu- reminisce of the past, as well district. The Indian Army is needed. His courage, compassion lances have played an important as chart a course for the future. retaliating befittingly," and sense of service have been role in keeping the hospitals run- "I believe today will give you Defence Ministry spokesman widely acclaimed. "It is my duty to ning under challenging cir- more strength to achieve the Colonel Devender Anand said. take part in the funeral prayers of cumstances. Clearly, the efforts goals of the development of the the deceased at the burial grounds of the ambulance staff like state and the country," said Modi. and to ensure that the final rites are Ahmad are carrying forward Leaders of the MVA -- compris- Iyer resigns performed properly," he said. that legacy. ing Shiv Sena, Nationalist Women police officers offer prayers to Lord Shiva during the holy month of ‘Shravan’ in Thane, Monday PTI PHOTO Congress Party, and Congress - New Delhi: Drinking Water and - also greeted Thackeray. Sanitation secretary In their messages, state Parameswaran Iyer has Congress President and Revenue tendered his resignation from Minister Balasaheb Thorat the post, according to a Personnel Ministry order Edu dreams fade for millions in digitally divided India wished Thackeray the best of issued Monday. The health and a long life while NCP Appointments Committee of PRESS TRUST OF INDIA of the times. lings and her. So, the four take turns MP Supriya Sule wished the Cabinet has accepted the Children in a small settlement in TESTING TIMES in attending class. Thackeray a "healthy year ahead". resignation of lyer with effect New Delhi/Mumbai, July 27: the floodplains of the Yamuna along That Suchi, a topper, is forced to BJP's Leader of Opposition from August 21, 2020, the The digital divide stretches long the Delhi-Noida border, for instance, miss class troubles her father Rajesh Devendra Fadnavis and state order said. Iyer, a 1981-batch and deep across the expanse of have never had it easy. They would Kumar, a newspaper vendor, but BJP President Chandrakant Patil IAS officer (retired) of Uttar India, further separating the haves cross the river in a boat to reach he said he has no option. A smart- also extended greetings to Pradesh cadre and well-known from the have-nots and the tech- school, just minutes away from the phone is a luxury when he is strug- Thackeray, wishing him a long sanitation specialist, was in empowered from the tech-deprived bright lights of the national capi- gling to provide for his family. “E- and healthy life. The Shiv Sena February this year given one- with millions of children strug- tal and its suburb. Four months classes have made life difficult,” launched a fleet of 12 fully- year extension, for the second gling to keep up with the challenges ago, when India went into lock- he said, pessimistic about what the equipped ambulances -- one for time, till April 30, 2021. of online classes. down, their odds increased manifold. future holds for him and his children. each Sena Vibhag in the city -- for The coronavirus pandemic that Joshna Kumar, 12, has a phone but Hundreds of kilometres away the benefit of Covid-19 patients, forced people into their homes and often no electricity so it is difficult in Mumbai's Aarey Colony, Jyoti as part of Thackeray's birthday Jumbo found dead forced schools and colleges to move to attend her online classes every- Randhe, a Class 10 student in a celebrations. On July 25, to virtual classes has edged edu- day. Most residents of the settle- municipal school, shares a smart- Thackeray had made a personal Kolkata: A full-grown elephant cation dreams with conditions ment rely on Charan Singh, a cat- phone with her mother who takes appeal to all party leaders and was found dead in West aplenty – a computer or at least a tle rearer who visits daily, to charge it to work. Her classmate Roshni workers not to crowd his home y Bengal's Jalpaiguri district smartphone, proper internet con- their phones. And so does she. Nere has to divide her phone time or office to wish him on his birth- Monday, less than a week after

nectivity and uninterrupted power “Every evening I give my phone work. To save battery, Joshna keeps videos. Their father is a daily wage with two sisters who also take e- day. In view of the Covid pan-

k y m carcasses of two elephants c were discovered in the district, supply. for charging. He brings it charged the brightness of her phone low. worker and another phone cannot classes. Roshni's mother said she demic, he announced, he would a senior forest official said. The education playing field, never next morning,” she said, sitting on Her 10-year-old brother study- happen for them. is worried about her future and not celebrate his birthday but Chief Wildlife Warden Ravikant really level, is now potholed and a charpoy in the backyard of her ing in the same school mostly stays Her story finds echo in Faridabad, appeals to authorities to at least suggested that his partymen or- Sinha said the elephant was bumpy as students, and their teach- home, quickly scrolling through away from class. When he does at- Haryana, where Suchi Singh, a equip them with the required tech- ganise medical camps, blood and found dead near a tea estate in ers, in cities, towns and villages her Whatsapp messages to take tend, Joshna has to miss school Class 8 student, said there is only nology. Some students don't have plasma donation drives, for pub- Nagrakata area. scramble to cope with the demands down notes and finish her home- and catch up through pre-recorded smartphone between her three sib- that option either. lic benefit. It’s great that TRUMP’S NATIONAL SECURITY P10 baseball is back, TUESDAY | JULY 28 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR and other sports are back. ADVISER TESTS COVID-19 +VE I hope everyone’s President Donald Trump’s standing; I hope they’re National Security Adviser not going to be kneeling Robert O’Brien has tested when the flag is raised. I positive for the coronavirus — international don’t like to see that making him the highest-ranking

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k y m | c of the day uote CHINA WARNS OF The tragedy of China seizes US consulate in Chengdu COVID-19 we know, with the PRESS TRUST OF INDIA FRESH FLOODS number of new THE CONSULATE, WHICH OPENED infections that IN 1985, HAS ALMOST 200 STAFF, we have seen today, Beijing/Chengdu, July 27: China Monday said it took control of the INCLUDING ABOUT 150 LOCALLY The country that there will HIRED EMPLOYEES be many further deaths US consulate in Chengdu after it was is already facing in the days ahead formally closed as per Beijing's di- THE TWO COUNTRIES CLOSED one of its worst rective in retaliation to America's MICHAEL KIDD | DOWN THEIR CONSULATES AS THE move to shut down the Chinese floods since 1998 AUSTRALIA’S DEPUTY CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER TIES BETWEEN THE WORLD'S TWO diplomatic mission in Houston. LARGEST ECONOMIES REACHED AN with water "At 10am July 27, as required by ALL-TIME LOW the Chinese side, the US Consulate breaching record To me, even if General in Chengdu was closed," the the numbers levels at key Foreign Ministry said in a press and will strive to continue our out- (COVID cases) waterways were much lower, it release. Chengdu is the capital of reach to the people in this impor- would still be and southwest China's Sichuan province. tant region through our other posts and lakes would have been Later in his media briefing, in China," the statement said. Strict worth the sacrifice Foreign ministry spokesman Wang create necessary conditions for the back as a heavy police presence traffic controls were put in place AGENCIES we made. Life first before Wenbin said, "this morning, US relationship between the two coun- surrounded the consulate, which around the US consulate premises Authorities have issued warnings everything personnel evacuated the Consulate tries to return to the track of nor- Beijing ordered to shut Friday in before the closure. Beijing, July 27: China announced of possible new flood peaks in the in accordance with Chinese re- mal development. a tit-for-tat move. Shortly before 11 am, several that the third flood of the year hit near future, requiring the Three RODRIGO DUTERTE | PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT quirements, and the US consulate Asked whether Chinese person- Last week, the US government cars, a white ambulance, and dozens the vaunted Three Gorges Dam Gorges Dam to reserve enough in Chengdu was closed”. nel entry into US Consulate in ordered the closure of China's of Chinese workers were seen leav- Sunday (July 26) and that it will peak space for possible floods. He said the Chinese competent Chengdu was due to American consulate in Houston, Texas, ing the Chengdu Consulate as dozens Tuesday (July 28). China began building the con- At a time authority then entered from the officials entering Houston mission, claiming the mission had been of people lingered nearby, the Hong The country is already facing troversial Three Gorges Dam in when the main entrance and took over the one of its worst floods since 1998 1994 as part of the government's government of Wang said the US has seriously vi- involved in a larger Chinese Kong-based South China Morning Afghanistan and the premises. He defended the closure olated international law and basic espionage effort using diplomatic Post reported. with water breaching record levels heavy investment in flood control Taliban have a of US Consulate as a legitimate re- norms of international relations and facilities around the US. Several side streets, as well as a at key waterways and lakes. projects. It is the world's largest hy- historic opportunity sponse to US ordering the closure initiated political provocations first. The US State Department in a main road leading to the consulate Torrential rain triggered the droelectricity dam spanning Asia's to come together at of Chinese Consulate in Houston. "China has the right to take coun- statement Monday expressed dis- were blocked, with dozens of po- third flood peak of the Yangtze longest river, the Yangtze, and has the negotiating table for peace "The current situation between termeasures reciprocally and safe- appointment over the closure, licemen guarding the intersections. river Sunday, putting the Three an average capacity three times its talks, the tragic reality is that the China and the United States is some- guard its legitimate rights and in- saying the consulate "has stood at Cranes hoisted containers in- Gorges Dam under severe pres- counterparts built prior to 2000. fighting continues inflicting terrible thing we do not want to see, and the terests," he said in a statement. the centre of our relations with side the main entrance of the US sure as China grapples to mitigate The mega-dam is capable of han- harm to civilians every day responsibility rests solely with the The American flag over the build- the people in Western China, in- Consulate, while crowds gathered the impact of the deluge that has dling inflows of up to 83.7 million

DEBORAH LYONS | SPECIAL UN ENVOY US,” he said, adding that China ing was lowered at dawn, according cluding Tibet, for 35 years." to witness the "historic" moment, already impacted more than 45 litres per second, with the most once again urge the US to imme- to Chinese state-run broadcaster "We are disappointed by the taking photos and recording videos, million people and resulted in losses recent peak inflow reaching over diately correct its mistakes and CCTV, and onlookers were moved Chinese Communist Party's decision state-run Global Times reported. worth billions of dollars. 60 million litres last week. SHORT TAKES JADHAV CASE Pak’s smart SAFETY AMID PROTEST lockdown policy Cat tests nCoV+ve Pak govt presents Islamabad: Pakistan Prime The British Environment Ministry said ‘all available Minister Imran Khan said ordinance in Monday that the smart evidence’suggested the cat had contracted the virus from lockdown policy adopted by its owners, who had both tested positive for Covid-19 National Assembly his government was proving successful in containing the AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE humans to animal, and not the AGENCIES spread of the novel other way round,” Doyle added. coronavirus which has London, July 27: A pet cat has The government said the infec- Islamabad, July 27: The Pakistan claimed 5,842 lives and tested positive in England for the tion was confirmed in lab tests government Monday presented an infected 274,289 people in the new coronavirus that causes Wednesday, adding there was no ordinance in the National Assembly country. Talking to COVID-19, the government said evidence that cats could transmit in view of the International Court journalists, Khan said his on Monday in the first confirmed the virus to humans. The World of Justice’s ruling in the case of government was under case of an animal being infected Health Organisation (WHO) has Indian death-row prisoner pressure to implement a with the virus in Britain. said cats are the most suscepti- Kulbhushan Jadhav, despite protests strict lockdown, but he The British environment min- by the Opposition parties. resisted it to create a balance ble animal species to the SARS-CoV- between opportunities for istry said “all available evidence” 2 coronavirus and are able to trans- Under the ‘International Court livelihood and saving people suggested the cat had contracted mit it to other cats. of Justice Review and from COVID-19. the coronavirus from its owners, “Tests conducted by the Animal Reconsideration Ordinance 2020', who had both tested positive for and Plant Health Agency have which was enacted May 20, a pe- COVID-19. Both the cat and the confirmed that the virus respon- tition for the review of a military humans made a full recovery and sible for COVID-19 has been de- court's decision can be made to Kim Jong marks there was no transmission to any tected in a pet cat in England,” Islamabad High Court through war anniversary other animals or people in the Chief Veterinary Officer Christine an application within 60 days of its A federal law enforcement officer is covered in red paint during a protest against racial inequality and police violence household, the ministry said with- Middlemiss said. promulgation. in Portland, Oregon REUTERS Seoul: North Korean leader out identifying the individuals in- “This is a very rare event with Kim Jong Un has visited a volved. “This is the first case of a infected animals detected to date national cemetery and domestic cat testing positive for only showing mild clinical signs handed out commemorative COVID-19 in the UK but should and recovering within a few days.” INDIA ABROAD pistols to army officers, state not be a cause for alarm,” said The WHO has said it will in- media reported Monday, as Yvonne Doyle, medical director vestigate the possibility of cat-to- he pushes to muster public Girl falls to death in Sharjah Man sentenced to support for efforts to contain at Public Health England. “The human infection, but its chief sci- investigation into this case suggests entist has said there is “very little Sharjah: A 14-year-old Indian girl died after falling from a high rise life for killing wife a potential coronavirus building in Sharjah, police said Monday. A Sharjah Police official told outbreak. On Sunday, North that the infection was spread from risk” from domestic animals. Gulf News that a probe has been launched to determine if the Dubai: A Dubai court has Korea said that Kim had put a incident, which took place in the city's Al Tawaun area Sunday night, sentenced an Indian man to life in city near the border with was a case of suicide. The girl had suffered serious injuries from the prison for stabbing his wife to South Korea under lockdown Jadhav, the 50-year-old retired fall, the police official said. She was transferred to a hospital, but death in broad daylight at a and declared a state Indian Navy officer, was sentenced was pronounced dead on arrival. parking lot of the victims office, of emergency after a to death by a Pakistani military the media reported. The court person with suspected court on charges of espionage Sunday heard that Vidhya COVID-19 symptoms was and terrorism in April 2017. India Chandran, 40, a mother of two, recently found there. approached the ICJ against Salesman accused of rape in Dubai was stabbed to death by her 44- Pakistan for denial of consular Dubai: An Indian salesman has been accused of raping a woman year-old husband, Ugesh C.S., access to Jadhav and challenging inside her home in Dubai, threaten her with a knife and stealing 200 September 9, 2019, reports Gulf Bangladesh the death sentence. dirhams under the influence of alcohol, it was reported. The Dubai News. Hailing from Kerala, The Hague-based ICJ ruled in Court of First Instance heard Sunday that the 39-year-old Indian Vidhya was supposed to fly home thanks India July 2019 that Pakistan must un- woman went to drop her son to the school bus pick-up point outside with her children that night to Dhaka: Bangladesh Monday dertake an "effective review and her building in the Naif area of Dubai in February, reports Gulf News. celebrate Onam. While the wife's thanked India for providing reconsideration" of the convic- She returned to her apartment when the 23-year-old defendant family said the husband had 10 broad gauge diesel tion and sentence of Jadhav and approached her, put a knife to her throat and asked her to enter the been harassing her for several locomotives, with its also to grant consular access to apartment. He is also accused of filming the incident with his years, the defendant told police Foreign Minister AK Abdul India without further delay. Under mobile phone. The Dubai Public Prosecution charged the defendant, that he suspected she was Momen saying it would help the law, the ordinance should be who is currently in custody, with rape, robbery and illegally cheating on him by having an bring both sides even closer presented in Parliament. consuming alcohol. affair with another man. and further take the “rock solid” bilateral relations to new heights. Johnson launches Half of B’desh World’s biggest Covid-19 vaccine study begins UK fitness drive affected by floods MODERNA’S PHASE 3 COVE STUDY, WHICH INVOLVES ABOUT 30, 000 HEALTHY ADULTS, IS THE WORLD’S BIGGEST REUTERS Dhaka: Almost half of COVID-19 VACCINE STUDY AND IS BACKED BY THE US GOVERNMENT Bangladesh remained in the London, July 27: Prime Minister grip of floods Monday, Boris Johnson used his strug- which have also claimed AGENCIES SEVERAL OTHER VACCINES MADE Next up in August, the final study gle with his own weight the lives of 119 people. BY CHINA AND BY BRITAIN’S of the Oxford shot begins, followed Monday to urge the British to According to the daily flood Washington, July 27: The world's OXFORD UNIVERSITY EARLIER by plans to test a candidate from get fitter and tackle widespread situation report of the biggest COVID-19 vaccine study got THIS MONTH BEGAN SMALLER Johnson & Johnson in September obesity that could heighten country's disaster response underway Monday with the first FINAL-STAGE TESTS IN BRAZIL AND and Novavax in October -- if all coronavirus risks. coordination center, the of 30,000 planned volunteers help- OTHER HARD-HIT COUNTRIES goes according to schedule. Pfizer New government measures to victims were reported in 21 ing to test shots created by the U.S. Inc. plans its own 30,000-person help people shed weight include (out of 64) districts since government -- one of several can- THE PANDEMIC “CONTINUES TO study this summer. banning TV and online adverts for June 30, reports Xinhua didates in the final stretch of the ACCELERATE”, WITH A DOUBLING That's a stunning number of peo- junk food before 9.00 p.m., news agency. global vaccine race. OF CASES OVER THE LAST SIX ple needed to roll up their sleeves ending “buy one get one free” There's still no guarantee that WEEKS, THE WORLD HEALTH for science. But in recent weeks, deals on such foods, and the experimental vaccine, devel- ORGANISATION CHIEF SAYS more than 150,000 Americans filled flagging calories on menus of Hurricane Douglas oped by the National Institutes of out an online registry signalling large restaurants plus possibly Health and Moderna Inc, will re- areas where the virus still is spread- University earlier this month began new study of a leading candidate - interest, said Dr. Larry Corey, a vi- on alcohol. threatens Hawaii ally protect. ing unchecked. smaller final-stage tests in Brazil and - each one with 30,000 newly re- rologist with the Fred Hutchinson Boris Johnson, 56, who has lost

The needed proof: Volunteers “Unfortunately for the United other hard-hit countries. cruited volunteers. Cancer Research Institute in Seattle, more than a stone (6 kg) since a

k y m Honolulu, Hawaii: Hawaii c braced for Hurricane Douglas won't know if they're getting the real States of America, we have plenty But the US requires its own tests The massive studies aren't just to who helps oversee the study sites. life-threatening brush with on Sunday as the storm shot or a dummy version. After of infections right now” to get that of any vaccine that might be used test if the shots work — they're If everything goes right with the COVID-19, was responding to approached the Pacific two doses, scientists will closely answer, NIH's Dr Anthony Fauci in the country and has set a high bar: needed to check each potential vac- final studies, it still will take months research showing that those who archipelago, after the year’s track which group experiences recently told The Associated Press. Every month through fall, the gov- cine's safety. And following the same for the first data to trickle in from are obese or overweight are at first Atlantic hurricane more infections as they go about Several other vaccines made by ernment-funded COVID-19 study rules will let scientists even- the Moderna test, followed by the increased risk of death or lashed Texas. their daily routines, especially in China and by Britain's Oxford Prevention Network will roll out a tually compare all the shots. Oxford one. severe illness from the disease. The challenges faced by GLOBAL BIZ ACTIVITIES IN P11 women entrepreneurs in TUESDAY | JULY 28 | 2020 | BHUBANESWARS COAL MINING TO END navigating the regulatory ecosystem include issues with Deutsche Bank, in a revamp of its policies for accessing collateral free loans, fossil fuels, will be ending business activities market linkages, information worldwide related to coal mining by 2025 at asymmetry about government the latest. The German lender also said that,

business schemes and capacity building effective immediately, it would not finance

k y m JAHNABI PHOOKAN | PRESIDENT, FICCI FLO new projects in the Arctic or oil sand projects c of the day uote PRESS TRUST OF INDIA As per the latest FSR ital will be crucial not only to en- Hughes to invest released by RBI, gross NPAs sure credit flow but also to build re- New Delhi, July 27: RBI Governor silience in the financial system. $50 mn in Bharti-led Shaktikanta Das Monday advised of all banks may jump to "In such a situation, it has become We are Banks banks to proactively raise capital a lot more important that the banks optimistic, as 12.5% by the end of this consortium and not wait for a difficult situation have to improve their governance, we pave the to arise amid the COVID-19 pan- fiscal under the baseline way forward, that sharpen their risk management should demic. Banks are staring at a risk skills and banks have to raise cap- healthy demand will SHAKTIKANTA DAS scenario, from 8.5% in March rise as global trade of soaring bad loans due to the ital on an anticipatory basis picks up. With the coronavirus crisis and would there- instead of waiting for a situation easing of lockdown restrictions, the raise capital fore require capital to survive. gross non-performing assets of all stress tests which attempt to as- to arise. logistics industry will definitely be "In fact, I have already advised banks may jump to 12.5% by the end sess the impact of cumulative "Proactively, it is necessary for at the centre of growth and a prime banks and the NBFCs to under- of this fiscal under the baseline sce- shocks on banks' balance sheet both public and private sector contributor to a recovering take COVID stress tests and raise nario, from 8.5% in March 2020. and generate projections of gross banks to build up adequate capital economy proactively: capital ahead of the curve rather "If the macroeconomic envi- non-performing asset (GNPA) ra- buffers," Das had said. KETAN KULKARNI | CMO AND HEAD, than waiting for a situation to ronment worsens further, the ratio tios and capital to risk-weighted as- The economic impact of the pan- BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, BLUE DART EXPRESS arise, and these are the issues may escalate to 14.7% under the sets ratio (CRARs) over a one-year demic -- due to lockdowns and AGENCIES which we are constantly working very severely stressed scenario," the horizon under a baseline and three anticipated post lockdown com- RBI Guv on in RBI," Das said at a CII event. report released last week said. adverse -- medium, severe and very pression in growth -- may result in New Delhi, July 27: Hughes As per the latest Financial The resilience of Indian bank- severe -- scenarios, the report said. higher non-performing assets and Network Systems, the global leader The 75% fall in Stability Report (FSR) released by ing in the face of macroeconomic in broadband satellite networks and exports of Earlier this month, Das had said capital erosion of banks, he passenger the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), shocks was tested through macro building buffers and raising cap- had said. services, on Monday announced vehicles in Q1 of to invest $50 million in the Bharti FY21 is due to the Enterprise-led consortium of the COVID-19 related GST COMPENSATION UK government, to acquire the disruptions globally, bankrupt satellite company which has led to closure of plants National Mineral Index OneWeb. and dealerships, supply chain Hughes will also continue as disruptions, curfews in cities and a technology and distribution interruptions in international trade ` to drive competition partner to OneWeb, the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite op- RAJESH MENON | DIRECTOR GENERAL, SIAM Centre releases 1.65L cr to erator which had launched 74 POST NEWS NETWORK satellites beforefiling for Chapter 11 protection in March, said a The Bhubaneswar, July 27: The roll statement. agriculture ` out of the National Mineral Index "Our continuing and strength- sector is doing states; Odisha gets 5,122 cr very well and is will help the mining sector become ened involvement with OneWeb expected to grow at competitive and inviting healthy extends naturally from our posi- least to the tune of 3 IT IS ESTIMATED THAT competition in auctions and ac- tion as a leading geostationary to 4%. The minimum tive participation by smaller min- satellite operator and ground net- support price program by the ODISHA MAY MOP UP ing companies. work innovator, along with a government was a huge hit not only `8,750 CRORE FROM National Mineral Index could domestic production capacity of meaningful partnership with in good states like Punjab and adopt the strong suits of the National 4.1 million tons is over and above Bharti and longstanding rela- Haryana but also in other smaller SALES TAX AND VAT Coal Index capturing details from the national requirement of 4 MT. tionship with the UK through states ON PETROLEUM all price sources such as captive This can be changed by improving our business operations in both AJIT RANADE | PRESIDENT AND CHIEF and non-captive mines competitiveness of do- countries," said Pradman Kaul, ECONOMIST, ADITYA BIRLA GROUP PRODUCTS etc. This methodology MINING mestic aluminium manu- President, Hughes. just as in coal will reflect facturers. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder the true & useful value of SECTOR A competitive domestic and Chairman, Bharti Enterprises PNN/AGENCIES was `95,444 crore. collections by states over the base the minerals and will aluminium sector will save said: "The investment by Hughes SHORT TAKES To release the compensation for year of 2015-16. boost the attractiveness of the annual forex outgo of around `40,000 underlines OneWeb's exciting com- New Delhi, July 27: The Centre 2019-20, the balance of cess amount Meanwhile, Odisha received a Indian mining sector. crore. In addition, it will attract mercial prospects, reflected in the has released over `1.65 lakh crore collected during 2017-18 and 2018-19 GST compensation of `5,122 crore The decision to open the coal fresh investment of `1.8 lakh crore ongoing discussions with some SpiceJet to begin as GST compensation to states for was utilised. for the Financial Year 2019-20. sector for commercial mining, im- ($ 25 billion) into the growing alu- of the world's leading strategic long haul flight 2019-20 financial year, including In addition, the Centre had trans- According to a media report, plementation of National Coal minium sector where demand is ex- and financial investors." `13,806 crore for March, the Finance ferred `33,412 crore from Odisha had estimated to receive a Index and commencement of the pected to double to 8-10 MT in next New Delhi: SpiceJet will Ministry said Monday. Consolidated Fund of India to the GST compensation of `6,200 crore auction process of commercial 5 years. operate its first long-haul “The central government has re- Compensation Fund as part of an for 2020-21. The state GST is the sin- coal blocks can transform the min- With abundant reserves of baux- flight from Amsterdam cently released GST compensation exercise to apportion balance of gle largest component of state’s tax ing sector. It can help the country ite & coal India has the potential to India Inc’s foreign August 1 to repatriate of `13,806 crore to states for March, Integrated GST (IGST) pertaining revenue. The report also claims that save around `80,000 crore per year be self-sufficient, competitive and Indians “waiting” to come 2020. Taking this amount into ac- to 2017-18, it said. the state GST is likely to make on account of coal import by aug- be the global alternative to China. borrowings slipped from Europe, the airline count, entire compensation up to Under the Goods and Services Tax `15,469 crore in FY’21. menting production in the country. In this direction, decision to allow said Monday. Scheduled 2019-20 has been released to states,” (GST) law, states were guaranteed It is estimated that Odisha may In addition, the auctions are likely joint auction of bauxite and coal can 81% in June international passenger ` flights have been the Ministry said in a statement. to be paid for any loss of revenue mop up 8,750 crore from Sales Tax to generate a healthy revenue boost aluminium sector. suspended in India since The total amount of compen- in the first five years of the GST im- and Value Added Tax (VAT) on pe- stream and create multiple liveli- Formation of National Mineral AGENCIES March 23 in view of the sation released for 2019-20 is plementation from July 1, 2017. The troleum products, indicating a hike hood opportunities. Index (NMI) in line with the National COVID-19 pandemic. `1,65,302 crore whereas the amount shortfall is calculated assuming a of 9.4% over the RE (Revised India fulfils 60% of its aluminium Coal Index could be one of the most Mumbai, July 27: India Inc's bor- However, special of cess collected during the year 14 per cent annual growth in GST Estimate) of 2019-20. demand from imports even when the historic reforms for this sector. rowing from foreign market slipped international charter flights over 81% to $1.02 billion in June are permitted on a case to this year, data from Reserve Bank case basis by aviation of India (RBI) showed Monday. regulator Directorate BIZ BUZZ The domestic companies had raised General of Civil Aviation. USD 5.40 billion from the over- IndiGo announces up to 35% PNB gets new General Manager seas markets in June 2019. Of the total fund raised by the Avra Labs gets pay cuts for senior staffs Bhubaneswar: Mukti Ranjan Ray Indian companies, USD 851.81 mil- joined as General Managers (GM) of lion was borrowed through the New Delhi: IndiGo Monday said it is implementing "deep- CDSCO nod Zonal Audit Office of Punjab National automatic route, while the rest of er" pay cuts of up to 35% for its senior employees in order Bank in Bhubaneswar. Ray was Hyderabad: Avra to reduce its cash outflow amid the coronavirus pandem- the funds came in via approval General Manager of Erstwhile United route, as per the RBI data on ex- Laboratories Pvt Ltd, a city- ic. From May onwards, IndiGo had implemented pay cuts Bank of India which amalgamated into ternal commercial borrowings based pharma company, has of up to 25% for its senior employees. The “deeper” pay Punjab National Bank (PNB) along with been granted regulatory cuts came after the airline’s announcement July 20 that it Oriental Bank of Commerce. He has an (ECB) for the month of June 2020. approval by the Central would lay off 10% of its workforce due to the economic immense experience of 36 years in Rural Electrification Corporation MUKTI RANJAN RAY Drugs Standard Control crisis caused by the pandemic. In an e-mail Monday, ‘field experience’ and has been work- Limited (REC Ltd), the govern- Organisation (CDSCO) to IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta told employees, "I will increase ing in different positions since 1983. He has also worked as ment owned institution to pro- manufacture and market my personal pay cut percentage to 35%. I am asking all Chief Regional Manager of Sambalpur Region between 2011- mote rural power projects, was Favipiravir API, which will senior vice presidents and above to take a 30% pay cut, 13 and Bhubaneswar Region between 2016-18. Prior to his the only company to raise USD help patients suffering from all pilots will see their pay cut percentages increased to present posting he was posted as GM of Priority Sector. Apart 170 million through the approval COVID-19. The company, in a 28%, all vice presidents will take a 25% pay cut and asso- from Odisha he has worked in West Bengal, Assam, Delhi and route of ECB for the purpose of on- press release, said it has ciate vice presidents will take a 15% pay cut." Tripura in various positions. lending. developed an alternative low Among the major borrowers cost and highly efficient who tapped the automatic route of manufacturing process. Huawei cuts India revenue target by up to 50% ECB were: TVS Credit Services raising USD 100 million for on- Mumbai: Chinese telecom company Huawei Technologies Co has cut its India lending, and Johnson Matthey Concessional revenue target for 2020 by up to 50% and is laying off more than half of its staff in India Pvt Ltd - USD 132.10 million the country, as reported by a private newspaper Monday, amid calls to boycott as working capital loan. credit for farmers Chinese goods. Huawei’s India unit said the report suggesting layoffs of more Ibibo Group Pvt Ltd which is New Delhi: Finance Minister than half of Huawei staff in the country was untrue, but did not elaborate. The into travel and tour business raised Nirmala Sitharaman Monday newspaper said the company was targetting $350-500 million in revenue for 2020, USD 99.04 million as working cap- said banks have sanctioned compared with roughly $700-800 million it was aiming for earlier in Asia’s third- ital loan, while food products man- `89,810 crore to about 1.1 largest economy. The newspaper said that the company was cutting 60-70% of its ufacturer Adani Wilmar raised crore Kisan Credit Card Indian staff, excluding those in R&D and the global service centre. Huawei’s India USD 45 million for modernisation (KCC) holders to help unit said it continues “to work closely” with all customers in the country. purpose, showed the RBI data. farmers meet finances for kharif sowing and allied activities. As part of the `20.97 lakh crore stimulus package, the government had announced `2 lakh crore India to remain key global supply chain partner: Boeing India of concessional credit through KCC to 2.5 crore farmers, including INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE growth of India's aerospace to the global economy - and of course confidence." fishermen and those industry; that's why we’re investing the desire of people everywhere to Additionally, he pointed out that involved in animal New Delhi, July 27: Despite COVID- in commercial aviation and fly, when they have the chance." operators globally are assessing husbandry. 19 induced economic turbulence, defence.” Besides, Gupte anticipates a 'three- business needs, passenger demand aero space major Boeing India plans According to Gupte, the aero- speed recovery' process for and their fleets. to maintain its systems and com- space major supports the govern- the industry over the "Airlines have aggressively cut ponents sourcing activity in India. ment's 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' ini- Our next several years. costs by parking thousands of air- Carpet industry The company sources components tiatives by developing Indian MSMEs commitment to "Recovery planes. In addition, many are mov- seeks support close to $1 billion a year from more through skilling and upskilling India remains strong will begin with ing up retirements of older aircraft than 200 suppliers in India. initiatives. and is for the long-term. domestic air to simplify their fleet, improve op- Kolkata: The handmade "India will continue to be a key "Our growing installed platform Machine Works. With these initia- "We anticipate it will We want to contribute to travel, fol- erational efficiency and reduce carpet industry has written contributor to our global supply base with commercial and defence tives, among others, we are focused take several years for the growth of India's lowed by re- maintenance costs," Gupte said. to Textiles Minister Smriti chain. Our sourcing from India customers in India and our ex- on creating a robust aerospace and travel to return to 2019 aerospace industry; that's gional inter- "These aircraft retirements will Irani, seeking export stands at close to $1 billion a year panding supplier base makes it im- defence ecosystem in India." levels and a few years national pave the way for future deliveries assistance in the wake of the why we’re investing in from more than 200 suppliers who perative for us to invest, develop On the COVID-19’s impact on beyond that to return to travel, fol- as airlines seek greater versatility COVID-19 pandemic commercial aviation and disrupting the supply chain. are manufacturing critical systems and nurture talent," he said. commercial aviation, Gupte said long-term trend growth. defence lowed by long- and efficiency in their operations.

and components for some of Boeing's "Through our skilling initiatives, the recovery will take longer be- Yet the fundamentals that haul travel," In many instances, operators are tak-

k y m The Carpet Export Promotion SALIL GUPTE I PRESIDENT, c most advanced products," Boeing we are training hundreds of pilots, cause of the pandemic's depth and have driven air travel for the he said. Council, in a letter to Irani, BOEING INDIA ing advantage of opportunities to said the industry is totally India President Salil Gupte aircraft maintenance engineers, global nature. past five decades remain in- "Our in- grow cargo capabilities to meet de- export-oriented and employs told IANS. technicians, and frontline factory He described the impact as more tact," Gupte said. dustry's recovery will mand, by utilizing dedicated cargo more than 20 lakh weavers “Our commitment to India re- workers across India with our in- severe than either the 9/11 terror- "We've always seen the industry be shaped by several factors, from aircraft and at times re-purposing who are mostly located in mains strong and is for the long- dustry partners like Tata, Rossell ist attacks or the global financial innovate, respond, and grow over public health to government policies passenger aircraft to carry more rural areas. term. 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Chelsea totheEuropatitle League overcoming doubterstodirect to near-perfection at Napoli before sive wizardry –asystemhehoned swift passingandoffen- system of pected toinstallhiseye-opening hasn’t quitebeenfully imple- England namesquad for Ireland ODIs RS RS FINDIA OF TRUST PRESS over him. showpiece asArcher waspreferred other hand,missedoutthe50-over cating hisshoulder. Willey, onthe World Cupselectionafterdislo- a two years, having missedoutof ronment. closed doorsinabio-secure envi- series which willbeplayed behind back totheEnglandsquadfor the David Willey alsomadeacome- taker in theBlastlastyear. He wasSussex’s leadingwicket and went underthe knifein2018. in 2016.Hehadissueswithhisback resented EnglandintheWorld T20 16 wickets in10ODIsbut lastrep- reserves. Three players were alsonamed as while MoeenAliwillbehisdeputy. willcaptain theside Eoin Morgan here Thursday.Ireland beginning three-match ODIseriesagainst named a14-membersquadfor the after four years asEnglandMonday pacer Reece Topley madeareturn Southampton, July 27:Left-arm But withindividual starslike First-year wasex- coach Sarri enjoy hisfirstmajortitlein Billings is making a return after Billings ismakingareturn Sam Billings, LiamDawson and 26-year-oldThe Topley hastaken Italy —andhisonly trophy in aemr fanimpact. make more of his homecountrysinceguid- month. the ItalianCupfinallast mented inTurinyet. In themeantime, can Sarri December, thentoNapoli in son, however, thecoach could him at Juventus nextsea- Italian SuperCupin ing Sansovino totheSerieD were lost—toLaziointhe Juventus’ goalat this bigger ferred midfielderJorginhoferred to leave Chelseaandjoin So dominantinSerieA, point istowinthe If Sarri can get hispre- canget Sarri If Champions League. The Bianconeri hostLyon Italian Cupchampi- in thedelayed round f16secondleg of a titlethisseason August 7needing onship in2003. two chances at to overturn a0- to overturn 1 lossfrom February. If Juventus can do that, itwill advance to Sarri’s first the finaleight in Lisbon. Bowl –August 1 and 4respectively. be heldat thesamevenue –Ageas Cup nextyear. also lookingtowards theT20World theODIside, while evolution of tocontinue theexcitingportunity Ireland willbeanop- ries against Taylor inastatement saidthese- serves. England selectorJames Livingstone have beennamedasre- andLiam Gleeson, Lewis Gregory Foxes for CLberth SOITDPRESS ASSOCIATED first minute. Gayle scored for Newcastle inthe itors were shocked when Dwight Salah assubstitutes, andthevis- ManeandMohamed Firmino, Roberto some forward lineof theseasonwithhisfear- of game Jurgen hislast Kloppoptedtostart gin from 2017-18.Liverpool coach City’s record mar- of point short second-placeCity,ahead of one Kasper Schmeichel. mistake by Leicestergoalkeeper timeafterabad intostoppage deep sealedthewin substitute Lingard with a71st-minute penaltyand games. last nineleague their in which theywon only two of afterapoorlate run berth League petition, mustsettlefor aEuropa qualify for Europe’s eliteclub com- atLeague thehomeside’s expense. place innextseason’s Champions the Premierandclinch League a City 2-0Sunday tofinishthird in Manchester Unitedbeat Leicester and Jesse scored Lingard as LEICESTER: Red Devils thrash point lessthanCity’s in2017-18. the secondhighest-ever total,one – while 99pointsover theseasonis –matchinggames ManCity’s record champions their32ndwinfrom 38 Origi andSadioManegave the record for pointsSunday. City’s record for winsandsetaclub Newcastle toequalManchester ning seasonwitha3-1victoryover crowned theirPremier League-win- Newcastle, July 26:Liverpool REDS SIGNOFFINSTYLE sports after collectinghis16thcleansheetoftheseasonagainstNorwich. Manchester City’sBrazilian keeper Edersonwon theGoldenGlove award Danny Ings,whofinishedon22goalseach. Emerick Aubameyang andSouthampton’s Leicester CityandpoppedArsenal’sPierre- player towintheaward andthefirstfrom United Sunday. The33-year-old istheoldest Leicester’s 0-2finalday losstoManchester with 23goals.Vardy was unabletoscore in for thetopscorer afterfinishingtheseason won thePremier League’s GoldenBootaward Leicester Citystriker JamieVardy LEICESTER: VARDY WINSPL‘GOLDENBOOT’ The secondandthirdThe ODIswill Richard uncappedThe trioof Liverpool finished18points Fernandes fired Unitedahead Fernandes Leicester, who neededawinto FACTBOX Goals from Virgil van Dijk,Divock n n n n n Reece Topley Manchester City’srecord their 18thconsecutive leaguewin,equalling When theybeatWest HamUnitedinFebruary itwas 24. Theprevious record was City’smarkof20 their record ofsuccessive homewinsintheleagueto Liverpool’s 2-0winover AstonVillaJuly5extended for mostvictoriesinaPremier League campaign their 32ndwinoftheseason,equallingCity’srecord Liverpool’s 3-1victoryagainstNewcastle Unitedwas 1970s, 1980s,1990sand2020s. eight different decades—1900s,1920s,1940s,1960s, Liverpool becamethefirstteamtowinleaguein titles withfive gamesleft Manchester City(2017-18)whosealedtheirrespective to spare, eclipsingManchesterUnited(2000-01)and Juergen Klopp’ssidesealedthetitlewithseven games Bruno Fernandes Bruno Liam Livingstone. Richard Gleeson,Lewis Gregory, Vince, David Willey; Reserves: Jason Roy, Reece Topley, James Denly Tom Liam Dawson, Curran, Joe Bairstow, Tom Banton,SamBillings, (C),MoeenAli,JonnyMorgan ing theirspotat theevent inIndia. top seven teams automatically book- for theWorld Cupin2023withthe qualification which willdetermine Men’s World CupSuperLeague, theICC serieswilllaunchThis of ball andslotteditintoanemptynet. the later, robbed asLingard himof United asecondgoalmoments McTominay andSchemichel gifted tackle onsubstituteScott timeforcard arash instoppage wrong way. goalkeeper KasperSchemichel the a VAR check, sendingLeicester converted thespot-kick, given after Evans asheracedclear. Frenchman wastrippedby Jonny lost possessioninmidfieldandthe splitting passafterHamzaChoudhry withadefence- Anthony Martial last 20minutes. released Fernandes he madesomespacefor himself Chamberlain’s free-kick. highest tomeetAlexOxlade- inthe38thafterrising ized beforegame Van Dijkfinally equal- pions towork theirway intothe win theseriesdecider. innings, tasked with389more runsto Indies were 10/2intheirsecond retired. Theseriesisat1-1.West in perpetuity, seeingasitwillbe win andregaining theWisdenTrophy England are onthebrinkofaseries day, weather permittingagain. fate ofthethree-Test seriesto the last The day was awashout, leaving the deciding testatOldTrafford Monday. playing onthefourthday ofthe Indies were prevented by rain from Manchester: Day 3washed out England ODISquad: Evans wasshown astraightred playmaker Portugal The coolly homesidecollapsedThe inthe Origi madeit2-1inthe59thwhen It tooksometimefor thecham- , SaqibMahmood,AdilRashid, England andtheWest n n n n n league campaign son tosetanewclubrecord of14away winsina Liverpool beatNewcastle onthefinalday ofthesea- United (2010-11)andCity(2011-12). season, thejoint-mostalongsideChelsea(2005-06), Liverpool picked up55pointsfrom homegamesthis (2011–12, 2018–19)andUnited(2010-11) ing theachievements ofChelsea(2005-06),City Liverpool won 18oftheir19gamesatAnfield,match- 25 pointsaftera1-0victoryagainstNorwichCity biggest leadinPremier League history. Thatgrew to points clearofCityatthetoptablefor They beatSouthampton4-0February 1tomove 22 Michael Owen between 2000-01and2002-03 goals inallcompetitionsthree consecutive seasonssince Mohamed SalahbecamethefirstLiverpool player toscore 20 Eoin for thevisitors,butitwas toolittlelateforWatford. Arsenal 3-0upinside33minutes.However, Troy DeeneyandDanny Welbeck pulledtwo back scored twice,includingafifth-minute penaltyandKieran Tierneyscored theothertoput Championship whenthenewseasonstartsSeptember12.Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in theleague,meaningtheyjoinNorwichCityandBournemouthdropping down tothe in the53rd. At Arsenal,theHornets’20thdefeatofseasonleftthemsecondfrom bottom minute afterbeingsetupby Giovani Lo Celso.ButJeffrey Schluppequalized from closerange top-six finish.Kane scored hisseventh goalineightgameswithafinefinishthe13th Spurs tobetterWolverhampton Wanderers’ result atChelsea,a0-2defeat,toguarantee a Arsenal toberelegated toEnglishChampionship.HarryKane’s earlygoalwas enoughfor Palace onthefinalday ofthePremier League Sunday. Watford, ontheotherhandlost2-3at Tottenham heldontosecure aEuropa League placewitha1-1drawLONDON: atCrystal SPURS INEUROPA LEAGUE, WATFORD RELEGATED liant curling finishinthe89th. wrapped upthewinwithabril- post two minutes later before Mane forwards inthe64th.Salahhit post. far before drillinghisshotinsidethe thepenaltyarea of on theleftedge of Intent from BCCI ECB receives Letter MAN CITYBLANKNORWICH RS RS FINDIA OF TRUST PRESS nteeg fthebox andcurling of on theedge time, collectingKyle Walker’s pass sumptuous strike justbefore half- addedthesecondwitha Bruyne cluding theirrespective internal with therelevant authorities, in- and have discussions instigated both Boards have ‘fully mobilised approval isawaited, Usmanistated inastatement.general, Mubashshir Usmani,ECBsecretary which willinkthefinaldeal,”said sion from theIndianGovernment letter andnow waitonthedeci- Indian’s government’s approval. will beheldintheUAE subjectto November 8,andsaid thetournament 19- September the tournament, Patel had announcedthedates of the 2020IPLinUAE. tohost theiroffer BCCI accepting Intent’from the ficial ‘Letterof that ithasreceivedfirmed theof- Cricket Board (ECB) Monday con- Dubai, July 27: last season’s champions. David Silva’s for game finalleague Norwich CitySunday inmidfielder victory over already relegated campaign withanemphatic 5-0 wrapped uptheirPremier League MANCHESTER: Sterling’s low cross. the 11thminute from Raheem home theopenerfrom close in range 20 19 TOTTENHAM 18 LEICESTERCITY 6 5 4 3 2 TEAM 1 # Klopp brought onhisthree star HOSTING IPL KevinBelgium international de While theIndiangovernment’s “We have received the(official) Brijesh Last week, IPLchairman Brazil striker Gabriel Jesus stabbed NORWICH CITY WATFORD BOURNEMOUTH CHELSEA MAN UNITED MAN CITY LIVERPOOL Europa League Qualification Champions League FINAL STANDINGS Manchester City The EmiratesThe IN THEUAE 8562 4 21 -49 34 34 -28 27 -25 59 62 20 14 22 66 6 26 66 10 15 11 81 7 12 5 30 99 67 12 8 11 38 Pts 52 9 8 8 38 GD 9 16 6 38 3 18 12 38 L 20 3 38 18 3 38 26 D 38 32 38 W 38 M CL 2020-21SPOT wins theFA CupSaturday. Chelsea or intheEuropaif League League, which resumes nextmonth, theywintheEuropa if League next season—intheChampions Crystal Palace. going aheadthankstoadraw at qualifying spot—withTottenham to finishinsixth—aEuropa League Jamie Vardy. swiping that record from Leicester’s straight Premierstarts, League three minutes later. Giroud for afinefinishlessthan teedup old Englandinternational Stamford Bridge, before the21-year- timeat stoppage in first-half outside thearea putChelseaahead the PremierSunday. 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Healthand UAE Ministry of such asthePolice Forces andthe spective Government entities– TourismSharjah Bodiesandthere- Councils, Abu Dhabi, Dubaiand Sports Dhabi, DubaiandSharjah includesthe IPL.This Abu UAE hosting cuss allaspectsof todis- need tobringintheexperts people andequipmentwe now commentedUsmani. tournament,” most exciting, popularandlucrative hostingwhat istheworld’s tics of influence theoperations andlogis- hosting theT20extravaganza. is goingtobenefitsubstantially by lenge. However, theUAE economy chal- going tobeamajorlogistical cation amidtheCOVID-19 threat is safe, protected environment’. ina hostingthetournament of working-committees, inpreparation Wolves couldstillplay inEurope Wolves’ lossmeanttheyfailed Mount’s curling strike from just Substitute Riyad heaped Mahrez contractat Silva, who isoutof “This isamassive“This movement of “There are manywhich factors Hosting theIPLinaforeign lo- ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE’S LONGEST est mantoscore infive Giroud becametheold- Champions League. United inthe third-place Manchester Manchester Cityand Liverpool, second-place joined champion season incharge, and Lampard’sFrank first finishin fourth-place Mason Mountsent SEASON ENDS The 33-year-oldThe Chelsea sealeda Relegation Europa League P 12

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