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     !      12-1$34          12-1$34 Chhattisgarh have rallied across the country called for mid an ongoing war of ! #  $    behind Sonia and Rahul. Rahul Gandhi's election. If Awords between NDA allies he letter "bomb" dropped Congress sources said Rahul didn't agree then senior in the poll-bound Bihar, BJP saying "life is more impor- spread of the virus as against Tby senior Congress leaders senior leaders like Ghulam leaders like Manmohan Singh president JP Nadda said on tant". The BJP President the charges of "rampant mis- on the party leadership saw Nabi Azad and Kapil Sibal, or AK Antony may be brought Sunday that all three NDA claimed that Bihar management" in hospitals. Congress president (interim) both Rajya Sabha members in as interim chief before an constituents the JD(U), the Government has done well in "There are immense chal- Sonia Gandhi on Sunday mak- had taken the main initiative in election is held to the post. Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and checking Covid-19 in the State lenges during this pandemic ing it clear she would not con- drafting the letter. AICC sources said a strat- his party, will fight the coming saying recovery rate in the time but we could reach out to tinue as the head of the grand Twenty-three senior egy to counter the letter that Assembly elections in the State state is 73 per cent. people for their welfare and it old party and the party should Congress leaders, including has indirectly questioned the together with Chief Minister "Bihar has done a good job has become an example for now look for an alternate lead- Chief Ministers, sitting MPs present leadership is already on Nitish Kumar as the face of the on door-to-door testing and everyone," said Ndda. ership. and former Union Ministers the cards. alliance. now one lakh testing per day is The BJP is to carry out a Sonia took over as an had written to Sonia calling for (   Various State units of the "We will fight together and being done in the State,” Nadda party campaign programme “interim” president of the party sweeping changes in the organ- Congress, including Punjab emerge victorious as well,” said said giving thumbs up to the of reaching out to people in the a year ago after Rahul Gandhi isation. During the Rajasthan Chief Minister Amarinder the BJP president while work carried out by the Bihar State from August 25 to relinquished the post following political crisis several leaders Singh and his Chhattisgarh addressing the concluding ses- Government in containing the October 2. the Congress rout in the Lok had expressed their anguish ther.The letter was signed by confidence" in the party. counterpart Rupesh Bhagleh, sion of the party's two-day Sabha polls. Dozens of over the state of affairs in the Members of Parliament (MP), Though Congress sources have already reposed their faith State executive committee vir- Congress leaders have written party and the way it is being former Ministers and Chief have confirmed that Sonia in the leadership of the Gandhi tual meeting. to Sonia to bring in a full-time handled. Ministers and members of the would step down on Monday, family. Nadda's assertion comes "active" and "visible" president Sonia, who is likely to CWC. the Congress chief spokesman Other State-level leaders even as LJP president Chirag and go for a complete overhaul announce her decision to step The senior party leaders Randeep Singh Surjewala, said, have started gathering signa- Paswan has been attacking of the party and hold a fair elec- down at the CWC meeting on have said they are unhappy "Sonia has not spoken to any tures to condemn the signature Bihar Chief Minister and his tion to the Congress Working Monday, has clearly mentioned with "uncertainty" and "drift" in leader, nor written a letter to campaign of the veterans. Government on several issues, Committee (CWC). that party members should get the party, along with demand- anyone, we completely deny The most vocal in the sup- giving rise to speculation that The Chief Ministers of together and find a new chief ing "honest introspection", "col- this." Soon after the words port of the Gandhi family was "all is not well within the Congress-ruled States of as she did not want to carry out lective leadership", and stress- went around that Sonia would Rajasthan Chief Minister NDA". Paswan was earlier for Punjab, Rajasthan and the responsibilities any fur- ing that the "youth are losing step down, party workers Ashok Gehlot. postponing the Assembly polls    & !  &   ,          ' (                   12-1$34 demic, the Election         Commission (EC) is in      ihar Assembly polls are the process to hold Bihar           &  vital clues to crack Sushant's Bexpected to be held on Assembly polls on schedule.      !" death case — in which his girl- schedule. Sources in the EC indicated      friend Rhea Chakroborty has After announcing a set of that the polls could be held   #    # been accused of abetting the guidelines for political parties sometime in October-         actor's alleged suicide, the campaigning, voters and election November amid demands by   $ %     investigators grilled Siddharth process, for holding elections some political parties for post- %     % &    % '      and Neeraj together and sepa- during the coronavirus pan- poning polls due to pandemic.  &    $   rately — once at the DRDO     guest house and another time       5,64 at the late actor's flat in the   &    afternoon. '(     #%  0 s part of an exercise to put Informed sources said       )) Atogether the jigsaw puzzle $   Siddharth and Neeraj were *   + of the events preceding and questioned repeatedly on the   "# and sanitation minister      ,  succeeding Sushant Singh Even on a Sunday, it was circumstances leading to the Mithilesh Thakur was tested       Rajput's death, the CBI sleuths business as usual for the CBI discovery of Sushant's body in positive, however, he has recov-    on Sunday grilled once again officials — who are camping at his room on the morning of  &6034 ered from infection.  -     the late actor's flatmate-friend the guest house of Research June 14, only to find inconsis- Novel Coronavirus has         Siddharath Pithani and cook and Development Organisation tencies in their statements ne more Minister in the infected members of the polit-     Neeraj Singh, only to find (DRDO) at Santa Cruz's Kalina about what happened on the OHemant Soren ical fraternity across , and    inconsistencies in their state- area in north-west Mumbai — previous night and following Government was tested positive was no different.  . / 0 + ments about what happened on on the third day of their inves- morning of the incident. on Sunday. State Agriculture Rajya Sabha MP and     the previous night and follow- tigations into actor Sushant's During the grilling that Minister Badal Patralekh test- Jharkhand Mukti Morcha ing morning of the incident. sensational death, which has took place on Saturday and ed positive for Covid-19 today. (JMM) patriarch, Shibu Soren caught the imagination of the Sunday, Siddharth and Neeraj The Minister himself con- and his wife Rupi Soren have entire country. are understood to have con- firmed the news from his offi- tested positive for Covid-19 in A day after re-creating the tradicted each other on sever- cial account on Twitter on a first instance of the virus crime scene at duplex-flat in al occasions. While Neeraj was Sunday and urged all his close infecting members of the Soren Mount Blanc at Bandra's Carter questioned for the third con- contacts to get them tested for family here, health officials Road in north-west Mumbai, secutive day, Siddharth was the virus. “I got tested for said on Saturday. the investigators once again grilled for the second day. coronavirus yesterday and my Earlier this month, AJSU )   *            +,-     delved deep into the roles of Sushant (34) is alleged to report came last night. Party chief and former deputy    .  * /01      2  "    key witnesses in the case have committed suicide on I request all those who chief minister Sudesh Mahto, Siddharath and Neeraj. the intervening night of June came into close contact with and Congress party’s ing 967 fresh cases. With deaths, five deaths were report- The investigators believe 13 and 14 using a piece of me in the past few days to get Mahagama MLA Deepika today's cases the total cases ed from East Singhbhum dis- that these two witnesses know cloth. themselves tested for the virus. Singh tested positive for Covid- have gone up to 30178, how- trict which has emerged as the more than they have revealed After registering an You are requested to stay safe 19. AJSU Party’s Gomia MLA ever 20136 persons have recov- epicenter of infection. The total so far to the Mumbai Police in Accidental Death Report at home,” Patralekh tweeted. Lambodar Mahto and ered from infection. On death toll in East Singhbhum the case. (ADR), the Bandra police had With Badal testing corona Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Sunday, 754 people recovered has gone up to 129, while the They also questioned investigated for nearly eight positive, presently two Ranchi MLA CP Singh were from infection. number of cases is 5088. Sushant's manager Samulel weeks but had failed to regis- Ministers in Hemant Soren also found infected by the At the same time on Ranchi is still at the top Miranda, his associate Dipesh ter an FIR, before the Supreme Cabinet have corona infection. virus. Sunday seven persons lost their with maximum corona cases as                  Sawant and a few others, dur- Court handed over the inves- Few days back Health Minister Meanwhile, corona cases lives battling infection. The the total number of corona                    ing the day. tigations in the case to the CBI Banna Gupta was tested posi- crossed 30,000 marks on total number of casualties has cases is 5680, while the num-    "#   $ In an anticipation to land on Wednesday last. tive. Earlier, drinking water Sunday with the state witness- gone up to 318. Out of seven ber of deaths in Ranchi is 49. , /  /      &     12  ! *+    Brazil, which also seemed to and India is recording nearly & & ' , -1$34 have plateaued out. India, the 25,000 cases more than Brazil     USA and Brazil put together every day. ndia has now started report- now account for nearly 60 per Despite signs of a resur- -    Health Minister Dr Harsh its phase two and three human Iing one-fourth of the total Similarly, minus India, the day spike in the world. The cent of the daily addition of gence of new cases in Europe Vardhan said on Sunday, clinical trials in India. cases recorded across the world entire South East Asia record- USA recorded this dubious new cases. The way India is the facts remains that coron-     adding that three Covid-19 It is likely to start the tri- on a daily basis. The country ed just around 5,000 cases. Put honour when it listed 74,325 seeing a daily surge, it should avirus is now majority con- vaccine candidates, including als next week. In a tweet in has emerged as the biggest together these countries cases on July 26. Since then the take not more than 20 days fined to the USA and South    two indigenous ones, are in dif- , Vardhan had said on global hotspot and its daily recorded around the same USA has recorded a lesser before it can replace Brazil American countries including ferent phases of development in Saturday, "I hope that if every- average is turning out to be number of cases on Saturday as number of cases on a daily from the second spot behind Brazil, which put together have    +.  the country. thing goes well, India will get higher than the combined India.India is now also close to basis. On Saturday, it logged in the USA. Brazil is ahead of around 1.35 lakh cases daily. "One of our Covid-19 vac- a coronavirus vaccine by the daily total of more than 140 recording the biggest single- 44,000 cases, the same as India by nearly 5 lakh cases, Together with India, they  12-1$34 cine candidates is in the third end of this year." nations of Europe, Africa, account for more than 2 lakh phase of the clinical trial. We Meanwhile, the ICMR, is Eastern Mediterranean, and          cases on daily basis, or closes ndia's first vaccine against the are very confident that a vac- in the process of developing an Western Pacific.  7+8/+.8. //+/9. +88+/! to 75 percent of the global Inovel coronavirus could be cine will be developed by end online vaccine portal which While both the USA and  cases. available by end of 2020, Union of this year," Dr Harsh Vardhan will provide information relat- Brazil have started showing    .+!:+.89 7+9 ! .+ :+./! said while inaugurating an ed to Covid-19 vaccine devel- sign of stabilising at around  6   .+9.+ .+/8//+7)+)8! NDRF 10-bedded makeshift opment in India and abroad, 45,000 new cases and 1,000 %  /+!!+8  +78. +8:+97 hospital here. with the majority of the updates deaths every day, it is only The phase-one human in several regional languages in India which is touching new   "$!#%!& # 5  +8!+!8 /+:/7 +.9+7 . clinical trials of the two indige- addition to English. heights daily.On Saturday, 2.61  '(!))* -  +7 + 77 !"## + 9+.88 nous Covid-19 vaccine candi- The aim of creating the lakh cases were reported glob- 2,  +.8+8!) /+!:  +)8+))! dates, one developed by Bharat website is to provide all infor- ally, out of which India alone     Biotech in collaboration with mation and updates relating to accounted for 70,068, cases, ,  +//+ 97 7 ):8+ 9 the, the apex health research the Covid-19 vaccine develop- which is more than 25 per cent %"!"$!'&%    +) +/ : !998)+987 body ICMR and the other by ment on one platform as all the of the total cases. 6 :)+! / /7!+7 / Zydus Cadila Ltd, have been information in this regard is On the same day, entire   (!$"!#") completed and the trials have scattered as of now, Samiran Europe (44 countries) added '( 87+!!: /+8:97:+./: moved to phase-two. Panda, Head of Epidemiology 37,000 new cases, Africa (54 ;  !8+9.) 7/9 + )7 The Serum Institute of and Communicable Diseases at nations) totaled 7,626 new &( !)+7): :9999+./ India (SII), which has part- ICMR. cases, Eastern Mediterranean % 98+/7/ // .!+7 9 nered with AstraZeneca for The idea behind making nations (22) contributed manufacturing the Covid-19 the updates available in region- 12,847 cases and Western 3  9 +.87 7). +8// vaccine candidate developed by al languages is to make sure Pacific countries chipped in    9.+ /: +//: )+.:) the University of Oxford has that every citizen is able to with 6,647 new cases. been permitted for conducting access the information.   !" # #               the remaining 10 centres will be with the staff have also started set up in as many blocks in the getting infected with     district. Those who want to get Coronavirus.       yourself tested for the COVID In the last 24 hours 38 can turn up at the sample col- inmates have tested positive for  ,;%6&; lection centre and get them- the virus.Apart from prisoners  B6 31-5& selves tested. These centres will of the central jail, several staff okaro has seen a huge spurt start functioning soon," said members have reported the Bin fresh COVID-19 cases espite all efforts by the dis- Kumar. Coronavirus positive leading during the past two days. The Dtrict administration to The deputy commissioner the jail administration to put total number of active cases check the spread of Covid-19 said they are focussing on the three in isolation inside the rushed to 385 while the death virus, Novel Coronavirus con- increasing the testing facility jail. Revealing about the situa- toll jumped to seven in the dis- tinued to spread its reach in the for the Coronavirus as they tion in Ghaghidih Central Jail, trict, informed AK Pathak Civil steel city with the tally crossing want more and more people superintendent, Narendra Surgeon Bokaro. 5,000 mark during the past 24 who suspect to have been Kumar Singh said that they had In a single day surge dis- hours here. infected may avail the oppor- started putting the jail staff trict reported 106 new coron- ers conferred under sub-sec- Containment Zone. During the past 24 hours tunity of getting themselves under test for the Coronavirus avirus positive cases on Friday tion 34 (B & C) of the Disaster Expressing concern over the 266 samples were tested for tested. He said regular resting since Wednesday. With the while 73 new positive cases Management Act, 2005, spurt in Coronavirus positive Coronavirus positive, making will help in breaking the chain increase in testing the positive have been reported on Saturday Deputy Commissioner Rajesh cases in the district Singh said, the total number of Covid-19 of the virus. cases have also risen. night. Kumar Singh sealed the sever- everyone needs to be vigilant. cases in the district to 5,157 by Of the total number of There are about 300 jail Pathak attributed the spurt al areas under Yaduvanshnagar He urged that everybody must late in the Saturday night. Coronavirus positive cases guards and jail administrative in cases to a large number of Chas, Siwandih, apply a mask, follow social dis- The deadly virus crossed 2,603 people have recovered by staff in the central jail. test results sent back from lab- Hotel Palace Near Bye Pass tance, and wash their hands 5,000 marks in just 102 days getting treatment at about half- Meanwhile, the administra- oratories late on Friday and Road, Ukarid Basti, Bokaro with soap. The best way is that since the first time it had hit the a-dozen hospitals, including tion had converted old Saturday night. “All total of Steel City Sector-8 / A, Sector- all of you stay safe in your own district with the arrival of twin Tata Main Hospital and MGM jail into a quarantine centre for 3026 samples were collected 2 / A, Sector-4 / C, Sector-3, homes. Coronavirus cases from the Medical College Hospital. prisoners. and sent for tests from RT- Jhopri Colony, Opposite Singh appealed, “Support Chakulia block on May 12. As of now 151 people have He said a decision was PCR, Truenat and for Rapid Saraswati Vidya Mandir the administration in making With the continuous rise in trict.East Singhbhum deputy “We are coming up with died of the Covid.Ghaghidih taken to convert Sakchi Jail Antigen tests. All were shifted School, Sector-6 / D, the district free from COVID- the COVID cases, the district commissioner, Suraj Kumar collection centres to increase Central Jail at Karandih in into a quarantine centre as it to COVID Hospital and con- Government Officers Colony 19, follow SOP.” He said that administration has decided to said that the administration is tests. One of the permanent Parsudih is slowly emerging as will help in reducing risk of tact tracing of all is being and Sector-12 / F declaring the there is no need to be afraid, set up 11 permanent sample taking very effort to curb the sample collection centres will a hot bed of deadly coron- other jail inmates getting done,” added Civil Surgeon. surrounding area of the infect- but to be aware of coronavirus collection centres in the dis- spread of the virus. be based at , and avirus. Several inmates along infected with killer virus. Meanwhile, exercising the pow- ed people’s residents as a infection.       1*  /   ! "#$          ,;%6&;     n its continued efforts n a country having no legal  Itowards serving the com- Iprotection for whistleblow- munity, Vedanta Electrosteel ers, Dinesh Thakur, a senior Steels Limited (ESL), stepped employee at Ranbaxy up its efforts to help migrant Laboratories, decided in 2004 labourers who got stranded or to blow the lid off the dirty have returned to their home- secrets of his employer after towns during the COVID-19 discovering that Ranbaxy had pandemic and subsequent been fabricating drug testing lockdown. results, putting millions of lives During the pandemic, sev- in jeopardy. Thakur relentless- eral migrant labourers, truck- ly pursued the misdeeds of the ers and helpers were stranded, and social well-being of com- of the virus,” said Shashi Pharma major with the US homeless, starved and stuck in munities where we operate Prakash, Sub-Divisional Food and Drugs and around the area during the and beyond. Our business has Officer.“There was very good Administration (FDA) for close lockdown situation. ESL in true meaning when it creates work from the Vedanta ESL to a decade. Finally, in 2013, association with the district betterment opportunities for team during the lockdown as Ranbaxy admitted in an administration took on myri- the people around us. The far as migrant labourers are American court to selling adul-   3   -6$;" isolated place.To avert any col- ad initiatives to feed the hun- migrant labourers are a part of concerned. The team really terated drugs and ended up '6B lision among the cattle the gry and ensure adequate facil- the community and were in helped them in all aspects and paying a record $ 500 millions smugglers have fitted foam ities were provided. need of help in these difficult was present there to assist in fine. attle smugglers in Palamu boards on the inside walls of More than 250 migrant times. them in this time of distress, Katherine Eban's book Chave done away with the the tanker, added Singh. labourers and truck drivers “ESL’s CSR team has been said PoonamTopo, of the 'Bottle of Lies: Ranbaxy and the traditional open trucks and Foam protects cattle from stuck were fed daily, twice a day, active in helping them navigate Siyaljori Police Station. “The Dark Side of Indian Pharma' incorporated customised injuries. There is a vertical by the company during the through this pandemic by pro- Vedanta ESL team arranged (Juggernaut 2019) is a gripping tankers to dodge police and run cleavage in the back of the period of lockdown. More than viding them food, shelter, and food, rations as well as masks account of the high-stake chase their illegal business unabated. tanker and any sincere and alert 8000 migrant workers were a means of livelihood and will and sanitizer for the migrant to bring Ranbaxy to book and Chhaterpur police in police official can notice it to transported to their respective continue to do provide support labourers who were stranded. the fall from grace of one of the Palamu seized one such tanker, believe that the tanker is not for homes on their arrival to the during these difficult times,” he The Vedanta ESL team worked biggest success stories of cor- which was modified to smug- oil but for something else. Bokaro Railway Station from added. very hard to rehabilitate the porate India. gle cattle instead of oil. The seized tanker with various parts of the country ESL received recognition labourers during the lock- It focuses on quality issues SDPO Chhaterpur modifications had this vertical through buses provided by for their contribution to the down.” plaguing generic drugs intend- Shambhu Kumar Singh said the cleavage. Sources said the num- ESL. fight against COVID-19 by During the crisis, ESL also ed for American consumers cattle smugglers have left the ber of cattle in the tanker ESL’s CSR team also pro- the Bokaro District helped provide logistics sup- and the laxity of the regulator outer look of the tanker intact depends upon its size but two vided dry ration for nine ‘Dal Administration. In the appre- port during the lockdown, (FDA), yet readers in India country. It appears that India's when AIDS was destroying but the interior of the tanker is dozen cattle are generally Bhat Kendras’. The company ciation letter issued to ESL it installed touch-free hand wash would note many disturbing top drug regulator has done Africa where more than five a total change. Singh said an oil accommodated in the tanker. distributed Chura-Gud to the stated, “We are extremely systems produced almost facts. more to protect the erring thousand people a day were tanker has a maximum of three SP Ajay Linda had a word control room and block offices, pleased with the help offered by 12000 masks, and distributed The author, a Rhodes drug companies from regula- dying, Ranbaxy knowingly dis- compartments and here in this of praise for Chhaterpur SDPO fulfilling almost 30 percent of the ESL management and masks, soaps, sanitizers, ther- Scholar and a well-known tion than it has to protect the patched spurious HIV drugs modified version of the tanker and his team of police officials the total district requirement. employees in our fight against mal guns, and PPE kits. American investigative jour- Indian consumers from bad which degraded easily, and there are no compartments. that got this tanker seized and The company also helped train the COVID pandemic.” The company also under- nalist, has examined over drugs. were useless in the hot and There is a ladder inside with 25 cattle rescued from it out of and unskilled labourers to help “They have worked close- took the responsibility of feed- 20,000 FDA documents and The book raises some eth- humid conditions of Sub- which smuggler gets in the which 22 are cows and three are with sewing face masks, ly with our office to provide ing 4000 stray animals. The interviewed hundreds of peo- ical issues as well. What may be Saharan Africa. tanker. calves. phenyls and sanitisers. essentials and helped imple- team ensured thorough saniti- ple to show how deceit and viewed as cheating in many In a world of scarcity, Further, to give cattle a The tanker driver tried Pankaj Malhan, CEO ESL ment measures for the safety of zation and social distancing deception are deeply cultures, are oftentimes looked Africa was saturated with low proper grip there is a layer of hard to outrace chasing police said, looking after the com- their employees and the com- marking at important places entrenched in much of the upon as creativity in India. The quality generic drugs that too soil and sand on the inside team but following an intense munity and the people has munity. like banks and shops. Almost pharmaceutical industry in model of aggressive shortcuts, often didn't work and patients body of the tanker. Cow dung police chase the driver aban- always been a top priority for The hard work done by 60,000 liters of sodium India. the ability to dodge rules and frequently died when treated and urine fill the inside of the doned the cattle tanker and us. We are committed to con- their team has helped to sig- hypochlorite was used to dis- Troubling questions have get the desired results, often by with drugs that should have tanker which is cleaned at any fled. tributing to the quality of life nificantly minimize the spread infect villages in Bokaro. been raised in the book about trickery, is glorified here as saved them. the biggest names in Indian 'Jugaad'. Yet the bottom-line is that pharma: Wockhardt, Dr In a cultural milieu where amidst the insurmountable pile Reddy's, Glenmark and RPG it's okay with people to give and of lies and chicanery, and a bla-     #     4    Life Sciences. Cipla is the only take bribes, it won't surprise tant disregard for law in phar- Indian company to have come readers to find two top ma industry, there are people out clean. American pharma companies who have consciously chosen       4      The ineptitude of the - Mylan Laboratories and Quad integrity. Indian pharma regulator, the Pharmaceuticals - which fraud- Like Dinesh Thakur, the Central Drugs Standard ulently compromised on the whistleblower. And Dr Yusuf  ,;%6&; !   spirit, discipline, leadership, Control Organisation (CDSO), quality of their drugs, to have Hamied of Cipla. Hamied's taking ownership of success as FDA's Indian equivalent, has been headed by people of humanitarian zeal saw his com- ports play a vital role in  well as failures. been well recounted too. That Indian origin. pany offering AIDS drug cock- Smaking children as well as O3/ 4P Dr Singh and Jaideep the CDSO never found prob- As Ranbaxy pushed its tail for a paltry $ 350 a year per an adult strong from inside Sarkar, an Asian Silver Medal lems with Indian pharma com- worst drugs in poor countries petient against the prevailing while inculcating the impor- O   (AVC) the recipient in panies including Ranbaxy of Africa and Latin America, Western prices of between $ tance of maintaining a fit and P6*  Volleyball have discussed the would shock and infuriate the with little or no regulation, it 10,000 and $ 15,000 a year. No sound body, said Arjuna and  / effort to spread modern sports readers. Drugs banned across epitomised bottomless corpo- wonder Cipla was backed to the Dronacharya awardee across the country through the world seem to have been rate greed, and also reeked of hilt even by the Bush adminis- Volleyball player Shyam Rao. 4   Jharkhand. nonchalantly approved in the downright racism. At a time tration. Advocating “Sports for All”     Speaking on the occasion Rao said, sports also play the duo also emphasised the vital role of imparting charac-   6O  importance of Olympic  36C6&4,6' sourcing company ter values, teaches us honesty,    Education in modern sports TrivaniSanik. PLFI gave the  #  % ' !  ! Q teamwork and fair play. It helps  / and also praised the works he Barkagaon police of responsibility to the two rebels in the development of focus being performed by the Indian THazaribag district have to collect the levy amount and concentration, in-turn    unit of IPCA. arrested two hardcore mem- from the company. assists during studies among  P Addressing to the webinar bers of Peoples Liberation The SDPO said that they $ *% +#,!#  the children too. “Sports should Dhyanchand Award winner Front of India (PLFI) from the hatched the plan in the jail. be encouraged at grass root  Omprakash Tanwar insisted jungle area of the block. Both When the other persons of the level in schools. Government on the talent hunt. While the arrested ultras had wreaked organization met them they  B6 31-5& Gulab Singh Lodhi was a rev- our gratitude to them. Also, and Federations must take a and “attitude towards the International trainer Dr. M. H. havoc in the Barkagaon, disclosed their plan and direct- olutionary who participated he said that parents of such note on it,” stressed Rao. game”. Long-term success can Kumara highlighted on “Match Keradari, Urimai and Giddi ed them to act according to the he All India Lodhi in the Indian independence heroes should always be Rao was addressing a webi- be expected from the develop- Analysis”.Sebastian George dis- police stations areas here. plan. TKshatriya Mahasabha movement. Kale said that our respected. On this occasion, nar titled “Enriching ment of sports culture. “School cussed in detail the untouched The SDPO of Barkagaon He further said that both today organised a commem- history has been very heroic, national vice president of All Volleyball” on Sunday. sports, the largest talent pool in history of the volleyball game area Om Prakash said in a press the arrested persons are the orative event to mark the there have been many brave India Lodhi Kshatriya Samaj, Organised by government lead the sport, needs to be given the in India. meet on Sunday that both the named accused of more than Martyrdom Day of Gulab revolutionaries who have Rajkumar Singh, Gopal PG College, Waidhan in asso- highest importance,” he Shakti Kumar Saggar, for- arrested persons confessed that dozen cases in the different Singh Lodhi at Sonari. given sacrifices for the sake of Lodhi, RK Lodhi, Sangeeta ciation with ITK India, two stressed. mer international volleyball they were working for the police stations of the district as Amarpreet Singh Kale, their country, Lodhi and Kanchan Lodhi, days webinar was kicked-off on Dr Uma Kant Singh, Sports player, Director of Sports organisation under the direc- well as in Chatra district police founder of Naman, an inspi- today it is essential that others were present. 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         &6034 tribution to the independence of India". On this occasion, Dr.  &6034 Covid-19 task force, Dr. Covid patients in the month of n international seminar- Subbarao said that the history Prabhat Kumar, said that the March. “The security has been Acum-discussion was orga- of Mahatma Gandhi is incom- requent lapses in manage- two patients died of hypoxia, a beefed up after the incidents of nized on the 145th birth plete without Rajkumar Shukla Fment of Covid-19 patients condition in which a person’s patients fleeing the isolation anniversary of Pandit Rajkumar because it was Shukla who have marred Jharkhand’s body or a particular organ is ward were reported,” said RIMS Shukla, the great freedom fight- convinced MK Gandhi to visit largest state-run hospital’s deprived of sufficient oxygen. superintendent, Dr. Vivek er who convinced Mohandas Champaran. During that time efforts at dealing with the pan- “Since the virus affects the Kashyap. Karamchand Gandhi to visit there was limited traffic demic so far, and the suicide of lungs of a patient, hypoxia can RIMS saw a change of Champaran for the Champaran resources Shukla who was a a 32-year-old Covid patient be a common cause of death for power at the helm in the mid- Satyagraha. farmer by profession, visited outside the isolation ward of Covid patients,” said Kumar. dle of a pandemic when former The participants attending Kolkata, Lucknow, and Gujarat Rajendra Institute of Medical “The chances of cardiac arrest director Dr. DK Singh was the seminar demanded Bharat convincing Gandhi to visit Sciences (RIMS) on Saturday also increase in Covid patients,” replaced by Dr. Manju Gari as Ratna for Shukla. Raj Kumar The program was presided has again brought the hospital he added. an acting director on June 27. Shukla, born in 1875 at Satwaria over by Ajay Rai, president of administration in the crosshairs Kumar said that a high- Singh was spearheading the village in West Champaran, Pandit Rajkumar Shukla of health authorities and com- level meeting was held at RIMS fight against Covid-19 since the was instrumental in convincing Foundation. moners. after Covid patients died while first case of infection was Mahatma Gandhi at the Rai said that history of The patient, a resident of using the toilet. “Learning from reported here on March 31. Congress session in Lucknow in Rajkumar Shukla should be Garhwa, hanged himself using our mistakes, we have made it He had also expressed the 1916 to visit Bihar and see the re-evaluated in a big way.On a towel at a stone’s throw from mandatory for every Covid desire to continue serving as plight of indigo farmers at the this occasion, the film actor the main isolation centre, patient to inform an attendant the director during the pan- hands of the British plantation Rajesh Jais said that Mahatma where all Covid patients are before going to toilet,” he demic period. owners. Gandhi in his book has written treated, at around 3am on added. Gari, on Sunday, refused to The function was broadcast about Shukla’s truth, non-vio- Saturday. Some incidents of patients talk about the recent incidents live on three channels channels lence and human values. And none of the RIMS fleeing the isolation centre at in the hospital and asked this simultaneously in the world. On this occasion, the authorities got to know about of the Covid-19 task force at anonymity. RIMS’ run so far On July 19, a 70-year-old Covid RIMS have also been reported correspondent to speak with Educationists, writers, execu- Principal of DPS School and the incident until dawn, RIMS said that the victim as a Covid hospital has been patient fell in the toilet of the in the past. On June 16, parents the authorities of the con- tives, Hollywood, Bollywood President of Sahodaya, Dr. Ram sources working at the hospi- would have appeared in the riddled with similar incidents Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of of a Covid-infected toddler cerned department. film actors and directors from Singh said that the Department tal said. While the local police CCTV camera installed outside wherein patients could have RIMS and died. In a rerun of fled the hospital with their The largest state-run hos- all over the world participated of Education should include lodged a case of unnatural the isolation ward, and proper been saved had health workers the incident, another Covid child in an auto-rickshaw and pital has a 100-bed isolation in the function. The program Rajkumar Shukla life and con- death, there was no committee monitoring of the CCTV acted promptly. patient from Dhanbad could were eventually held at Gomoh, centre for Covid patients. RIMS was inaugurated by Padma tribution to society in the set up at the hospital level to footage could have saved his So far, at least two Covid not survive a fall in the same about 130 kilometers from the was also the first government Shree Dr. SN Subbarao. The school curriculum so that probe the matter and trou- life. “We can call it a security patients have died in the hos- toilet on August 13. capital. Besides, RIMS has also hospital in Jharkhand to start theme of the program was: younger generations learn bleshoot the lapses.A member lapse,” he said requesting pital after falling in the toilet. The coordinator of RIMS’ reported cases of absconding Covid testing and treatment. "Pandit Rajkumar Shukla's con- about his contribution. "   #      -$ # !' #      *        #''     -36,6- nel besides hospital manage- ment and appropriate action ! #  &6034 Although he initially got a aking suo moto cognizance would be taken against them little disappointment but after Tof social media posts and too,” he said. Gupta was booked harkhand Pradesh Congress winning the Kolebira by-elec- media reports exposing an by Katras police three days ago   B6 31-5& JCommittee (JPCC) may wit- tion, he told the top leadership extortion-accused Covid following complaints by his ness reshuffle in coming future that the party would be strong patient consuming alcohol at a neighbors. n independent as the tenure of JPCC In- under his efficient leadership. hospital in Dhanbad, Chief As per the Standard Amusic label, Charge RPN Singh will be His statement proved to be Minister Hemant Soren on Operating Procedure (SOP), Production House complete in October and he true when the party won 16 Sunday directed the concerned Gupta’s Covid test was con- and Artist may be replaced by another seats for the first time in the Deputy Commissioner (DC) to ducted before sending him to Management leader.Singh may get duty of 2019 assembly elections after investigate the matter and take jail, and it came positive, said Company, Innovura another state on the basis of the President, Sonia Gandhi has the formation of the State. action against the ones respon- Maheshwaram. Entertainment, party's performance in shown reluctance to carry on The efficient strategy of sible for the lapse. On Saturday late evening picked out seven Jharkhand's Assembly elec- with her job several times in the Singh worked in the Congress The incident occurred at his photographs of consuming young and talented tions which concluded eight past. With this, there can be alliance with JMM and RJD. the Central Hospital of Bharat Deputy Superintendent of liquor in ward went viral and rappers from across months earlier. talk of changing the party in- There is a possibility that Coking coal Limited (BCCL) Police (DSP) Mukesh Kumar on Sunday morning someone the country. The party won 16 seats in charge of many states. the top leadership of the triggering a debate over the rushed to the hospital for tweeted it to the Chief Minister One such rapper alliance with Jharkhand Mukti According to party sources the Congress can use the skilled management of the hospital. inquiry. demanding action. is Kanishq Singh of worth upto Rs 1 lakh to the Morcha (JMM) and Rashtriya top leadership can hand over leadership of RPN in states like The patient in question Talking to media persons Though investigation has Jamshedpur. Singh bagged his winners. The contest received Janata Dal (RJD) and a coali- the command of the party to Bihar and West Bengal. It is has been identified as one SK later, the SDM said a separate begun in the case, certain ques- first collaboration with the entries in huge numbers and tion government was formed in RPN Singh in another state known that elections are like- Gupta, a resident of Katras area, FIR is being filed against the tions remain unanswered. The ‘Beparwah’ rapper Sikander was promoted by many promi- the State in leadership of JMM also. ly to be held in Bihar in who happens to be under trial accused who already is an hospital has CCTV cameras Kahlon after the Innovura nent faces from the television Executive president, Hemant In an earlier Government, October-November this year. in cases of extortion and mis- accused under different section installed, and despite the elec- Team recognised his talent. industry and YouTube icons. Soren. The name of the new the Congress remained in At the same time, the behavior with a woman. of extortion and other sections tronic surveillance, someone The hand-picked artists The Hunt paved the way JPCC In-Charge may be power for only 13 months after assembly elections will be held Gupta’s picture went viral of IPC. could supply liquor to the hos- will be exclusively managed by for upcoming artists to show- announced during the meeting the formation of the State. In in the state of West Bengal in on Sunday and the Chief “We would hand over the pital. Innovura and they aim to lead case their talents. Their goal is of the Congress Working such a situation, Singh has March-April 2021 as well. Minister was to Tweet and ask report to deputy commission- The Chief Minister is in these young talents to the to provide deserving talents Committee (CWC) which will emerged as a proficient strate- Apart from this, Singh Dhanbad DC to probe into the er with all facts and action precautionary home quarantine limelight. with only the best opportuni- be held on Monday. gist in the State. Singh became himself hails from Uttar matter. would be initiated on his direc- after two of his Cabinet col- The Company also host- ties possible. There is speculation that JPCC In-charge two years ago Pradesh. In such a situation, the In light of the order tion on persons found respon- leagues tested positive for ed a series of Online Talent The Entertainment during the meeting the name of and then Congress had seven party is likely to get many Tweeted to the Dhanbad DC, sible for the security breach. Covid-19. However, he has Hunts through the Instagram Company has big plans for it’s the national president of the MLAs in Jharkhand Assembly. benefits by handing over the Sub Divisional Magistrate We have separately spoken been active on social media, platform with no registration artists and many more big grand old party will be con- He first tried to unite all the responsibility of the adjacent (SDM) Raj Maheshwaram and to ward boys, security person- addressing cases over Twitter. fee and gave out cash prizes releases in store. sidered because AICC Working anti-BJP parties. states. $#      "P     #   "     tribal and linguistic experts in column for tribals of state. guages the status of national Jharkhand who have been Salkhan Murmu who is also languages which would lead to "  5   '*  demanding inclusion of these president of State JDU also its promotion and develop- 6     languages in the 8th Schedule. demanded for grant and status ment. Safeguarding languages Welcoming the move, for- of Santhali language as state are crucial for conserving and mer parliamentarian and pres- first language at par with Hindi promotion of culture.  &6034 ident Adivasi Senegal Abhiyan, and safety and security to Currently, 22 languages are in Salkhan Murmu said, “We descendant of freedom fighter the Eighth Schedule of the ribal leaders and academi- appreciate CM Hemant Soren Birsa Munda and Sido Kanhu. Constitution,” he said. Tcians have welcomed Chief for his demand for inclusion of Santhali along with Bodo, Earlier, Chief Minister Minister Hemant Soren’s vision these three languages.” Dogri, Maithili was added in Hemant Soren on Saturday speaking Ho, Mundari and for inclusion of three tribal lan- However, Murmu apart the eighth schedule of the shot a letter to Union home Kuruk. For their overall devel- guages-Mundari, Ho and from appreciating also put for- Constitution. Head of Ranchi minister Amit Shah demanding opment and conservation on Kuruk (Kuduk) in the Eighth ward his other demand which University’s tribal and region- inclusion of three tribal lan- the lines of , it Schedule of the Constitution includes CBI probe over the al languages department Hari guages-Mundari, Ho and is imperative that these are which will pave way for pro- murder of Rameshwar Oraon welcomed the state gov- Kuruk (Kuduk) in the Eighth included in the 8th schedule of motion and development of Murmu—the sixth descendant ernment’s move but said that Schedule of the Constitution the Constitution. I therefore, these languages. of Hul Kranti hero Sido regional languages also which will pave way for pro- hope that the government of The leaders claimed that Murmu, implementation of deserved urgent attention. motion and development of India will comply with our with the inclusion of these state domicile as per 1932 “If the Government of these languages. demands at the earliest." Soren three tribal languages in the Khatiyani, introduction of India includes Mundari, Ho Soren wrote: "Jharkhand added that these languages eighth schedule it will fulfill the Sarna religious code which and Kuruk in the Eighth being a tribal domination state already had the status of a sec- %           %     *    %    demand and aspirations of paves way for separate religious Schedule, it will give these lan- has a vast number of people ond language in this state.   +,- .  * /01      2  "         8   O(   (   P

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For outdoor shooting, virus is now fast spreading in Organization Jammu and Kashmir domicile fide Kashmiri displaced per- necessary coordination with large and small cities, which (WHO), India certificate in order to apply for sons who have migrated but the local authorities will have experienced migration from should be con- jobs and to get other benefits in not registered with the Relief to be ensured to minimise and these megapolises. More so, ducting around the Union Territory. Singh, Department of Jammu and manage spectators. 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Sensitive equip- infrastructure, the cases are and in the southern states of and careless behaviour, the certificate for applying for jobs Kashmir Grant of Domicile ‘contact minimisation at its The SOPs outline that ment, while keeping in con- likely to further increase. Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil virus will spread rapidly even and to get other benefits in the Certificate (Procedure) Rules core — for the purpose. high-risk employees will have sideration the delicate nature If this continues, said Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. in these areas. We need to step UT, he said here in a statement. 2020 have a provision that These SOPs have been to take extra precautions and and technical feasibility, shall be health experts, chances are Uttar Pradesh, with up public health measures and Singh, who hails from applications for grant of domi- finalised after consulting the not be exposed to frontline sanitized, to the extent possible, very high that infection will like 182,453 cases, is also amongst motivate people to adopt safe Jammu and Kashmir, appealed cile certificate can be submit- Health and Home ministries, work requiring contact with before and after the shoot. a wildfire in small cities. A the five most-affected states by practices like physical distanc- to all concerned not to be mis- ted either physically or elec- Information and Broadcasting public. Besides the mandatory Adequate provisions for ratio- combination of large-scale test- total tally, accounting for 7.2 ing, avoiding crowded events, led by such rumours. tronically (online). Minister Prakash Javadekar usage of masks, sanitisation nal use of gloves, boots, masks, ing and contact tracing is the per cent fresh Covid-19 cases. using masks outside home and The minister, however, The competent authority said while announcing the norms and respiratory eti- PPE, etc. shall be undertaken,” need of the hour, they said. The total number of cases in frequent hand washing. said, those holding PRC of the can also issue the domicile ‘Guiding Principles and SOPs’. quette will have to be strictly the guidelines said. In fact, the cases have UP is 6.1 percent of the nation- Engaging local communi- erstwhile State of Jammu and certificate electronically, he Javadekar said barring followed. The use of Aarogya The SOPs forbid sharing of already breached the 30-lakh al burden and 2,867 lives have ty networks and influencers Kashmir are eligible for receiv- said. those who are in front of cam- Setu app too has been advised. costumes, hair wigs, makeup mark, with 10 lakh being added been claimed by the infection. will help in promoting safe ing new domicile certificate on Singh said the new domi- eras all others will have to wear Thermal screening at entry items, equipment, and use of to the tally in just the last 10 Professor K. Srinath behaviours,” he added. the basis of PRC alone and such cile law in Jammu and Kashmir masks even as he hoped that points will be mandatory and PPEs by make-up artists and days. Reddy, President of the Public The Union Health PRC holders shall not be has brought optimism not only the release of the SOPs will not only asymptomatic persons hair stylists. The guidelines So far the virus has claimed Health Foundation of India, Ministry said that on Sunday required to produce any other to those presently living in only lead to resumption of will be allowed on the premis- also said stigmatisation or more than 54,000 lives. said as the large cities where 10,339 new cases and 912 additional document. Jammu and Kashmir but also shooting of films and TV seri- es. Physical distance of six feet unruly behaviour shall be dealt However, the government the virus entered and spread deaths were reported, bringing As far as the displaced to such residents who are liv- als, but also generate employ- at all times as far as feasible with strictly in coordination is yet to declare that the virus first are recovering from the the total to 30,44,940. Kashmiri Pandits are con- ing in different parts of the ment. should be maintained. 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Priyanka too took to Council of Medical Research required readmittance into the tension,” said Nandkarni. discharge strategies in the crossed the 13,000 mark with the Centre to defer the all-India Twitter to say: “The COVID- (ICMR) which, based on its hospital. “This study shows that short-term and suggest the each of these forces recording 2,536 have recovered besides 17 medical and engineering 19 situation in the country is recent study said that there has “Half the patients returned many patients have lingering need for future studies on tai- over 6,500 cases. The com- patients have died due to the entrance examinations taking yet to normalise. In such a sit- been no evidence so far of for respiratory complications. effects from hospitalization lored monitoring to decrease bined data of infection among disease. into consideration the con- uation, if students who are repeat Covid-19 infections, or Compared to patients who did for Covid-19 and thus, there is the risk of hospital returns.” the paramilitary forces has The Indo-Tibetan Border cerns raised by a section of stu- taking NEET and JEE, and relapses. not return, those returning opportunity for longitudinal In India, members of the surpassed the tally of 21,000 Police (ITBP) has reported dents and parents amid the their parents have raised con- However, the researchers had higher rates of chronic studies that could further ICMR’s surveillance and cases. 2,552 cases as on Saturday. coronavirus pandemic. cerns, then these should be from the Mount Sinai Health obstructive pulmonary disease assess the long-term effects of clinical group had said a few The Border Security Force Out of the 2,552 cases, 1,243 Former Congress chief taken into consideration by System, New York’s largest aca- and hypertension”, said Girish virus on patient outcomes days ago that there has been no (BSF), world’s biggest border patients have recovered and Rahul Gandhi, who has been the government and those con- demic medical system, found Nadkarni from Mount Sinai. when they are discharged.” evidence so far of repeat guarding agency, has recorded 1,306 are still active. The force attacking the Government on ducting these exams.” that the most common cause The study aimed to under- Dr. Anuradha Lala also Covid-19 infections, or relaps- a total of 6,527 cases of Covid- has lost three personnel due to a daily basis on a number of In his letter, Chowdhury for a patient’s early hospital stand what conditions impact from Mount Sinai said. es, in recovered patients. 19 infection including 1,882 the viral infection. issues, said the ruling dispen- requested PM Modi to inter- readmission after discharge these patient outcomes can “Covid-19 has diminished and The members were asked patients continuing to be active. Till Sunday, the Sashastra sation must listen to the ‘’mann vene and postpone the exams. was for respiratory distress. help improve care during the then resurged in many places, about possible relapses after As many as 4,624 patients have Seema Bal (SSB) has reported ki baat’’ (alluding to Prime “The aspirants of national These patients were also more hospital stay and after dis- and as such, it is crucial for us some members of Covid-19 recovered and 21 have suc- 1,609 cases of which 944 have Minister Narendra Modi’s radio examination are under tremen- likely to have other ailments charge. to understand the post-hospi- task forces in states said there cumbed to the pandemic. recovered and 661 are active programme by the title) of dous mental pressure as to including chronic obstructive Nevertheless, what came as talisation course and risk fac- may have been cases of During the last 24 hours, besides four casualties in the students and arrive at “an how they could be remain pulmonary disease and hyper- a relief was that the patients tors for coming back into the infection emerging again in the BSF reported 137 new ranks. acceptable solution”. immune to the infection while tension. who returned had a shorter hospital. recovered patients. cases of infection and 73 recov- The National Security While party general secre- attending the examination As per the study, of the length of hospital stay during “As we move into a phase eries. Guards (NSG) has reported 104 tary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra physically. Right at this pan- Likewise, the Central cases of Covid-19 of which 95 sought the postponement of demic situation their concerns to review the date of exam could be deferred for a certain just , fair and sensible solution and life has to go on. The Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have recovered and nine are the National Eligibility cum should be given due consider- because approximately 25 lakh period till the situation is sta- is to postpone: NEET, JEE.” Government too has indicated has till Saturday reported 6,554 active. Entrance Test (NEET) and the ation. The spectre of corona will students are supposed to par- ble,” he said. The Supreme Court had at its conduct as per schedule. cases of Covid-19 infection The National Disaster Joint Entrance Examination be haunting the students dur- ticipate in the exam, hence I Former HRD Minister last week dismissed a plea seek- The JEE (Main) is sched- out of which 1,770 are active Response Force (NDRF) has (JEE) till the coronavirus situ- ing the examination period thought it prudent to knock the Kapil Sibal also tweeted, “Stop ing postponement of JEE uled to be held between and 4,752 patients have been reported 458 cases of which 435 ation improves in the country, stretching from September 1 to door of wisdom of Prime this injustice. NEET-JEE (Main) April 2020 and NEET- September 1 and 6, while the cured. As many as 32 persons have been cured and the Congress leader in Lok Sabha 6,” he said. Minister of India.” Entrance Exams. Elitist Undergraduate examinations, JEE (Advanced) on September have died due to the disease. remaining 23 are active without Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Chowdhury said when the “Your sagacious interven- approach. The poor discrimi- which are scheduled to be con- 27. The NEET will be held on As on date, the Central any loss of life due to the dis- wrote to the Prime Minister country is witnessing a spike of tion may bring about the relief nated. Digital divide. ducted in September, amid September 13. JEE is for admis- Industrial Security Force (CISF) ease. suggesting that the exams be COVID-19 infection with sin- of those anxious aspirants. My Jeopardising lives. Reaching spurt in number of COVID-19 sion into premier engineering has reported 3,299 cases of The combined data for all deferred. For his part, senior gle-day rise of 70,000 cases, “I suggestion to you Prime exam sites hazardous. Poor cases, saying precious year of colleges, while NEET for under- infection from the pandemic these seven forces has been has Congress leader while Kapil think it is absolutely necessary Minister is that the examination connectivity and more. Only students “cannot be wasted” graduate medical courses. out of which 746 are active and reached 21,144. "               =   #           < " # #   +  # " <   12-1$34

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It lying areas and paralysing  12-1$34 inclusion of beneficiaries try that the prices of several TDepartment (IMD) on is very likely to move west- normal life in several parts of under AAY households and as popular brands may go up Sunday said that the monsoon wards across Rajasthan during the state on Sunday. he Ministry of Consumer disabled persons are vulner- after the proposed tax-structure rains have intensified over the next 24 hours.As the low- Severe waterlogging has TAffairs has asked the State able section of the society. revision by the Mamata central and western regions pressure moves westwards, been reported in several areas, Government to include all eli- The letter further advised Banerjee Government in West because of the formation of Gujarat and southern while at some place rainwater gible disabled persons under that it is imperative that they Bengal. low-pressure areas over the Rajasthan will remain affect- entered houses. the National Food Security are also covered by States/UTs Raising the red flag against Bay of Bengal and this will ed at least until Tuesday. Kutch has so far received Act so that they could avail under the priority households the proposed steep hike in cause extremely heavy rainfall The monsoon trough is 159.12 per cent of average rations. In a letter sent to state as per the criteria of identifi- liquor prices, the Indian alco- umes in West Bengal. Sales 330 to 4,500, taking excise measuring 20-25 centimeters active and south of its normal annual rainfall, followed by governments and union terri- cation evolved by them holic beverage industry has were down significantly in the duty and additional excise duty in parts of Rajasthan, Gujarat position (from Ganganagar to Saurashtra at 121.60 per cent, tories, the ministry advised all The Section 10 of the asked the Mamata dispensation light of the additional levy of together. The tax will range and Madhya Pradesh. the Bay of Bengal). It is south Gujarat at 83.40 per States/UTs to ensure that all National Food Security Act, to reconsider the proposed VAT of 30% which was from 132 and 690 for strong Indore, which was award- likely to remain active during cent, east-central Gujarat at disabled persons, who are eli- 2013 provides for coverage of revision in the excise policy. imposed after the Covid-19 beer while for mild beer it ed the cleanest city the fourth the next two-three days. 69.58 per cent and north gible as per identification cri- persons under the Antyodaya According to the alcoholic bev- pandemic broke out, conse- could range from 106 to 552. time in a row a couple of days Due to these favourable Gujarat at 67.87 per cent. teria of beneficiaries under Anna Yojana in accordance erages industry, the proposed quently leading to a fall in tax “There has been a sharp back, received its highest sin- conditions, IMD is expecting Meanwhile, the Central NFSA, are covered under the with the guidelines applicable excise policy of the State revenues for the Government.” drop of 58% in sales volumes gle-day rainfall in 40 years, extremely heavy rain over Water Commission (CWC) National Food Security Act to the said scheme and the Government will kill the indus- Under the proposed poli- across segments after the tax and Bhopal the highest for Rajasthan and Gujarat; heavy has said that major rivers 2013 and they get their entitled remaining households as try and lead to thousands of cy, consumer prices of the fast- was imposed in April 2020 and August in 14 years due to to very heavy rain over ghat flowed in severe flood situa- quota of food grains under priority households in people being jobless. moving brands will go up by the AlcoBev trade resumed in heavy rainfall that areas of Madhya Maharashtra, tion on Saturday at 33 stations NFSA & Prime Minister accordance with such guide- In a joint representation to 40-90% (translating to Rs.150 May 2020. If a 30% increase in continued for the past three Gujarat and Rajasthan during across Bihar, Assam, Uttar Garib Kalyan Yojna as per lines as the States Chief Minister Mamata to Rs.450 per bottle), as a con- consumer prices brought on by days. India has received 699.7 the next two-three days. Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, provisions of the Act. Government may specify. Banerjee, the two major liquor sequence of the changes in tax- the imposition of VAT could mm rainfall as against the The IMD said that Indore Odisha and Telangana and It is stated that those not The ministry said that associations – Confederation of ation and in the trade margins. bring sales down like shown normal of 652.2 mm, an received 263.4mm rain on one each in Chhattisgarh, already covered should be Section 38 of the Act man- Indian Alcoholic Beverage The price increase could be 9% above, it is frightening to envis- increase of 7 percent so far. Saturday, breaking the August Jharkhand and West Bengal covered with fresh ration dates that the Central Companies (CIABC) and from current level for rum age what further hiking of According to the IMD, the 1981 record of 212.6mm and on account of enhanced cards to be issued as per the Government may from time International Spirits and Wines while for some whiskey brands taxes on spirits will do to monsoon trough lies across this is also the first time this monsoon conditions generat- eligibility criteria. to time give directions to the Association of India (ISWAI) – it would be 20% more than the liquor sales in the state and Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, monsoon that all 52 districts ed by successive low-pres- It is also reiterated that State Governments for effec- said, “It is well known that the current level. consequently to the Jharkhand, West Bengal and of the state received rain at the sure areas from the Bay of disability is one of the crite- tive implementation if the alcoholic beverage industry is In the new structure, tax on Government’s tax collections,” the northwest Bay of Bengal. same time. 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&  '( +:)8    6  /9 #$%    # %    0    1R#        %;034  5  6$4'6&3  )  *%   %;$%66 pone it indefinitely in view of the rising num- hough there was a small fall in the number of per- ovid-19 cases are surging con- bers of corona cases in the State. Tsons tested positive for Covid-19 in Kerala on Ctinuously. Record-breaking sin- ith the Election Commission of India Administrators have been appointed in all the Lucknow: Fifty-nine people suc- rate at 72.21 per cent, Prasad said. Sunday, situation remained as critical as it was ear- gle day fresh 125 covid cases were Wcoming out with a pandemic protocol municipal boards including the Kolkata cumbed to coronavirus in Uttar The senior official said 1.3 lakh lier. reported today Furthermore, 3 for conducting Assembly elections in Bihar Municipal Corporation. The respective sitting Pradesh on Sunday as 5,423 fresh samples were tested in UP on The day saw 1,908 new patients getting diagnosed patients from other districts were also indicating thereby that the elections will be Mayors are currently functioning as the coronavirus cases surfaced, pushing Saturday. with coronavirus, out of which 1,718 were victims of found positive here took the cumu- held on scheduled time the Bengal BJP unit administrators. the State's infection count to 1,87,781, Across the state, 62,774 help local transmission. lative number for the covid-19 cases has renewed its claim for holding civic Ghosh who have said that his party would according to a health bulletin. desks have been set up for the con- A release by the Government of Kerala said that in the district to 3,256 including elections in various municipal bodies of the launch a movement demanding civic elec- So far, 2,926 people have died venience of the public, Prasad said. there were 160 new patients who failed to furnish 2,346 recoveries and 29 deaths. State. tions, said “the people are fed up with syn- from the disease in the State, a senior Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Chief details like where, when and how they contracted the Today 62 recovered patients have Questioning the State Government’s “real dicate and goonda raj being perpetrated by official said. Briefing reporters here, Minister Yogi Adityanath directed the pandemic. been discharged and returned to intentions” behind not holding the civic elec- the Trinamool Congress. They have also seen Additional Chief Secretary Amit district magistrates and chief medical The Government release said five persons suc- their homes. Current active cases in tions in the name of pandemic State how the corrupt this Government is partic- Mohan Prasad said the fatality rate officers of all districts to meet twice cumbed to the disease while 1,110 persons were cured the district are 1,007. BJP president Dilip Ghosh said that ularly after the large-scale bungling in dis- stands at 1.56 per cent. a day to make better treatment facil- of the ailment. Thiruvananthapuram tested 397 new Today a test report of 2,000 “Trinamool Congress is aware of the fact that tribution of relief after Amphan super cyclone Of the new infections, Lucknow ities available to patients. persons positive out of which 367 were cases of local people came, out of which 125 were it will be routed in the municipal elections hit the State… The TMC knows that it will reported 712 cases followed by 320 in Chairing a meeting of senior UP transmission. found infected. Most of them were which has already been shown in the last lose the elections if it is conducted now and Kanpur. Allahabad reported 266 fresh government officials at his official res- As on Sunday, Kerala has 20,330 Covid-19 from the antigen test kit. Along with year’s parliamentary elections … hence they so they are hiding behind the corona pan- cases; Varanasi 242 and Gorakhpur idence in Lucknow, Adityanath said patients. The day saw hospitalisation of 2,066 persons the city, the covid-19 infection starts are trying to postpone the elections and for demic to avoid polls.” 232. special attention should be paid to tested positive with the pandemic. There are 622 hitting the villages as well. Today 30% doing so they are hiding behind the corona The TMC leadership however reacted Of the 59 COVID-19 deaths, 10 districts of Lucknow, Allahabad, hotspots in the State. of the total cases were reported pandemic.” sharply to Ghosh’s statement. Senior leader were reported from Lucknow; eight Kanpur and Gorakhpur, according to With just eight days to for Onam, the State’s major from the villages. Apart from this, 62 Asking the State Election Commission to Firhad Hakim said, “he is a big leader with from Kanpur; five from Allahabad; a statement. festival which brings together all caste, creed and even patients recovered out of which 18 immediately begin the process of holding small views … The State Government had three each from Varanasi, Bareilly, Adityanath said no religious or foreigners together, ten out of 14 districts in the State patients were from Deen Dayal hos- municipal polls Ghosh said “if the polls are made elaborate preparations for the elections Hardoi and Sultanpur, the health bul- cultural events should be held at pub- have more than 100 patients each. pital. About a dozen of home isola- not held now the anger of the people will only but things were stalled by the lockdown letin said. The count of active cases lic places while the adherence to the Many shops and markets across the State remain tion people were also recovered. accumulate and multiply and they will give ordered by the BJP Government in the in the state stands at 49,242. COVID-19 protocol must be shut on account of local close down and Currently, there are 1007 active a befitting reply in the next year’s Assembly Centre and now he is talking of holding civic So far, 1,35,613 patients have ensured. More than five persons restrictions. The speed with which the pandemic is covid-19 cases in the district. The elections.” elections… For the BJP politics is bigger than been discharged after recovering should not be allowed to gather at a spreading across the State has become a matter of con- daily count of fresh cases for the last Civic elections were due in April-May this people’s lives but for TMC people’s safety is from the disease with the recovery place, he directed. PTI cern. four days is crossing hundreds. year but the Government was forced to post- of more importance.” ' %  #      ?"@ 2   ! "#"O P   "P         A(8 " &' ()#* *+,   %;034 in public while it helped the Group   %;034 touted as the flagship programme of the in a clandestine manner. This is   %;$%66 of the Bengal bureaucracy was an often the duo engaging in open let- Kerala Government is enmeshed in major political crisis is brew- nothing but cheating the public open secret he said. ter wars had earlier lodged a com- erala Government led by the CPI(M) corruption. Aing up in Kerala as the blatantly,” said Chennaithala. He engal Governor Jagdeep “This is a staggering blow to plaint with Union Home Minister Kis in for a major crisis as the “The deal was signed between the Congress on Sunday lambasted the also alleged that the KPMG and BDhankhar has once again ‘rule of law’ and democracy. This Amit Shah regarding the affairs of Opposition parties, especially the BJP, are Kerala Government and the UAE Consul ruling CPI(M) and Chief Minister the CAM group were made con- attacked the State administration menacing stance of police and the State leading to a large-scale coming out on a daily basis with charges General which itself was against all exist- Pinarayi Vijayan for the irregular- sultants without floating a tender. this time targeting the permanent administration would generate criticism. of corruption against Chief Minister ing norms,” he pointed out. He also said ities in the signing of the LIFE Chennithala said the Congress executive for capitulating to the consequences. Politically commit- When asked to comment on Pinarayi Vijayan himself. that though the 20 crore contract was Mission contract between the State led UDF would observe August 27 extent of “crawling” before their ted police and administration- the issue the senior leader Firhad On Sunday, K Surendran, the young to build apartments for those who lost Government and the UAE Consul as Black Day all over the State political masters and urged Chief death knell of democracy. Public Hakim said the “Government was president of the Kerala BJP undertook a their houses in the 2018 floods, the TV General as well the decision of the demanding Pinarayi Vijayan’s res- Minister Mamata Banerjee to free servants are not political workers, fed up with the comments made by day-long fast at Thiruvananthapuram channel owned by the CPI(M) itself has Government to appoint consul- ignation. them from the political bondage. he said picking on in particular the the Governor adding “we do not demanding the immediate resignation of disclosed that an amount of Rs 4.5 crore tants close to the Adani Group as The CPI(M) on its part field- Making yet another pricking IAS and the IPS brass whom he want to comment on those who Vijayan and his cabinet colleague K T was paid as commission to various peo- advisors. ed E P Jayarajan, minister for statement Dhankhar on Sunday warned that their conduct would claim themselves as constitution- Jaleel who is facing probe by the Union ple. The major embarrassment industries, to take on the said that he had requested the Chief not be without consequence. al heads but act as members of a Ministry of finance in connection with The outcry by the CPI(M) and faced by the Government was the Opposition onslaught. Jayarajan Minister to “unshackle political “Never thought IAS /IPS could political party.” violation of Foreign Exchange Regulation Vijayan against the awarding of disclosure that the legal firm Cyril blamed the Adani Group for not caging/chaining” of the police and so capitulate and be in “crawl” CPI(M) leadership attacked Act (FERA). Thiruvananthapuram Airport to Adani Amarchand Mangaldas, hired as revealing its association with the administration. unlawful mode, blatantly unmind- both the sides with its senior There are three major allegations Group was described by Surendran as the legal advisors to bid for the legal firm. Urging the Chief Minister to ful of conduct rules. Their actions leader Sujan Chakrabarty saying, against Vijayan, according to Surendran. “proverbial icing on the cake” on cor- Thiruvananthapuram Airport, was “It’s not the CPI(M) and “unshackle political caging/chain- are opens secret. Democratic “had the BJP Government real “The NIA and the Enforcement ruption charges. “ owned by Paridhi Adani, the Pinarai Vijayan who are responsi- ing of policed and administration,” essence shredded. Why be a party intentions to do something about Directorate probing the gold smuggling The State will see a series of agita- daughter-in-law of Gautam ble for this. The Adani Group will he said that the State’s law and order to this and crucify democratic val- the corrupt government in Bengal scam have told the courts that the Chief tions to be launched by the BJP in weeks Adani. be held responsible for the same,” situation had dropped to an ues” he tweeted. then they would have taken action Minister’s Office has become a safe haven to come which would culminate only The Adani Group walked away said Jayarajan. He accepted that “alarming low” with a free run for The Governor who had earli- in CBI investigation in the Sharada for international gold smugglers. In with the resignation of Vijayan. His cab- with the contract to ruin the air- there was lack of caution on the the illegal “bomb making” busi- er alleged that the bureaucratic and other scams but everyone addition to M Sivsankar, the suspended inet colleague Jaleel has been caught red- port for the next 50 years in a glob- part of the Government while ness. establishment entrusted with inves- knows about their camaraderie…” principal secretary of the Chief Minister, handed smuggling gold under the pre- al tender and bidding process. appointing the legal group. Indicating that the civil ser- tigating and alleged scam regard- He also said that “before pointing many senior officials in the CMO have text of Quran. He has done blasphemy Ramesh Chennithala, Leader Earlier, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan vants had stooped to the level of ing purchase of materials to com- fingers at Bengal the Governor dealings with gold smugglers,” said the by making use of a holy book to do of Opposition came down heavi- told the media that the CPI(M) becoming political workers he bat the pandemic was suppressing should also have referred to what BJP leader who swore that this is what unholy act. The spiritual leaders of ly on the Government for its act of would not allow the Adani Group said that they were often behaving the matter instead of revealing it. is happening in Tripura which is the agencies told the court. Islam should question Jaleel about the treason. “The CPI(M)-led gov- to operate the airport on its like politicians which was uncon- The Governor who had no witnessing its worst oppressive He said the LIFE Mission, which was propriety of such an act,” said Surendran. ernment opposed the Adani Group own. stitutional. The unlawful conduct love lost with the Chief Minister government in its history.” 9    ! (  : #$% R / +    5  6$4'6&3   %;034 the editorial. “Immune system plays a very amvir Upadhyay, a legislator of Sadabad and Prof Hegde, who belongs to the important role in keeping Covid-19 at Ran ex-Minister in BSP government, met medical scientist with decades of rare breed of medical scientists, is a bay. Fatal cases are the ones that have Chief Minister Yogi at his residence in Lucknow Aexperience behind them have Fellow of the Royal College of either a weak immune system that gets on Saturday. asked doctors and media to stay away Physicians awarded by four top overwhelmed to react to this virus and If sources are to be believed, Ramvir from creating panic among the peo- medial universities in the world. He in the bargain produces so many rogue Upadhyay's son Chiragveer may join the BJP. ple at the time of the coronavirus pan- was also a medical warrior having antibodies and chemicals that could Ramveer says that he met the CM about the demic. Prof B M Hegde, in the edito- worked as a frontline physician dur- destroy the patient’s lungs, so called development of his region. Ramvir Upadhyay is rial in the latest issue of the “Journal ing the 1968-1969 Flu epidemic that viral pneumonia or depressed currently an MLA from Sadabad on a BSP tick- of the Science of Healing Outcomes”, claimed 5,000 lives in Britain alone in immune system due to malnutrition et. He was suspended by the BSP, accusing him an international peer-reviewed scien- four weeks. and poverty,” writes Prof Hegde in the of supporting the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections. tific journal has written that the Prof Hegde writes from his own editorial. He has been suspended from the BSP since thrust must be to help the public to experience of the 1978-1969 flu and He was the first medical scientist then. By the way, his brothers Mukul Upadhyay boost their immune systems during the present pandemic that ninety per- to forecast at the beginning of the and Vinod Upadhyay have held the BJP flag. this kind of outbreaks. cent of the affected people usually Covid-19 outbreak that it would Now on Saturday, when Ramveer met Chief “The panic that is being produced have mild and moderate symptoms take time to develop a vaccine for the Minister Yogi Adityanath at his residence in by the media would only depress their while the young and children and the pandemic. “Herd immunity , being Lucknow, the discussion has started that his son immune systems due to fear. While the aged are vulnerable besides those discussed everywhere is nothing but Chiragvir Upadhyay can join the BJP. health authorities should all to that is with comorbid conditions. a woolly cincept. What matters at the When asked about this, Ramveer told that in their power to contain the spread, “Ultimately, it all depends on how end of the day is individual immunity. he had discussed with the CM about the devel- they should take care not to scare the well the body is equipped to cope Consuming what our ancestors ate, opment of his area only. On Saturday, the CM public unnecessarily. Our immune with the new crises,” said the profes- is more than enough to build a made a very good statement on Lord Parshuram system will function at its best when sor who is a strong proponent of robust immune system,” he writes and in the assembly, and i thanked him for that. On we are happy. Fear weakens the holistic treatment protocol for all kind signs off with a series of dos and the ongoing discussions about Chiragveer, he immune system,” Prof Hegde wrote in of illness. don’ts to win over Covid-19. said that people should wait for it. $*         %+      *  %   $ *$ $+  '   -B    ) C    ;    / +#-    ! +'! $       / ;;/ #   5  6$4'6&3 been making efforts to Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh keep the prisoners in a reported 97 More COVID-19 Bareilly: In a gruesome incident, a man mmunity, sound health, exercise and positive and healthy cases, including 35 security with the help of his second wife alleged- Igood nutrition are essential to fight environment. Camps personnel, pushing the state's ly killed his seven-year-old daughter and covid-19 as stated by doctors. Keeping this of yoga and fitness tally to 3,223, a senior health buried her in his house, police said here advisory in mind, the jail administration teachers have been held department official said on on Sunday. started Modern Gymnasium and Yoga ses- to make prisoners Sunday. Izzatnagar police station SHO K K sions for the inmates of Aligarh Jail. And aware of the fitness and The fresh cases include 24 Verma said Ravi Babu, a resident of the prisoners here are doing exercise and sound health. each from Tawang and Upper Aalok Nagar, had married Ritu after the yoga, eating healthy organic food to suc- Alok Singh said Subansiri, 22 from the Capital death of his first wife almost two years cessfully fight with this pandemic situation. that prisoners have Complex region and 16 from ago. In the 3 months long lockdown, the jail been provided special West Kameng, State “On Thursday, they killed Kajal (7) administration planned for the sound uniforms for gym ses- Surveillance Officer L Jampa and buried her in the house. When health of the inmates and prepared the sions. He told that we said. Barring seven, all police reached the house after being Modern Gymnasium in the jail. Now after are awaring them of of them are asymptomatic informed by their neighbours, the hus- the opening of Lockdown, the prisoners Senior Jail Supritendent Alok Singh the health threat going on and thus they and have been shifted to band-wife duo said their pet had died. have been allowed to exercise in the Gym said motive behind starting a gymnasium are influencing them to focus towards COVID care centres. However, some children informed and social distancing is being followed is that with sound health and nutrition, sound health and nutrition. Regular camps Arunachal Pradesh now police that Kajal had died,” Verma said. there. Jail administration is influencing they will be able to deal with this pandemic are being organised to address health relat- has 990 active cases after 103 On Friday, the girl's cousin Suraj them towards fitness and yoga to have a situation as well as, sound health will also ed issues of the prisoners. people were discharged from lodged a police complaint alleging that sound health. improve their way of thinking and they will Alok Singh reiterated that even women hospitals on Saturday, increas- his sister has been murdered. Now prisoners in Aligarh jail can stay return back to society in a positive frame prisoners are not lagging behind and are ing the total number of recoveries to 2,228, patients,” the official said. On Sunday, following orders by the fit and build muscles. Jail authorities have of mind. being influenced towards sound health and Jampa said. Altogether 1,752 people, including 682 district magistrate, the body of the girl opened a fully equipped gymnasium for “What's unique is that most of these nutrition . They are also recieving train- The state's recovery rate stood at 69.12 security personnel, have tested positive was exhumed, police said, adding that the inmates. They say that the gymnasi- exercising machines in the gyn have been ing and yoga guidance regularly. per cent. since August 1, he said. Five patients have Kajal's elder sister is still missing. um in Aligarh jail will provide the pris- made and built by the inmates themselves, This will definitely help themselves to “Thirty-five paramilitary personnel -- so far died due to COVID-19 in the state. Ravi and his wife have been detained oners oppotunities to develop their health using waste materials”. stay calm and build up a good health as 22 from Tawang, 11 from West Kameng and Arunachal Pradesh has thus far tested and the matter is being investigated, amidst this pandemic. The jail authorities in Aligarh have well. two from East Siang -- are among the new 1,41,655 samples, Jampa added. PTI police said. PTI   !" # # . / 0! '  0$ *  =    <-    =   = %,%-.!/%,$0    ) +   / /  ,           /    <      4 !   ( 561#      4         #        ==   3 0  )      2         *   6*$ 1 B     B          4           (   .                                 #            (                2  ( "1// 2 0((               4    (      2   / 8+     7 ourbons, it is famously stated,   2  >72? #           learnt nothing and forgot nothing. 2           It is heartening that the Sheikhs of #  4     2      /  4   Emirates have chosen to depart from that mindset. 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Still, it is a climbdown         4       2  ( from the position maintained by the late       4             ( Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1918- 2004), the founding president of the UAE              #       and a forceful critic of Israeli politics.  5              %    ( Shortly after the outbreak of the second               2!!2      Palestinian intifada in September 2000, the UAE had stepped up its monetary assistance Government that would include Bank, presents a sad picture of 150 years, the Emirates had no               4 2  to the Palestinian National Authority (PA), representatives from Fatah and Palestinian politics. According to power to deal with foreign    0   9  !  >    0)17? led by Yasser Arafat (UAE Year Book, 2005, other parties failed. The list of a January 2020 report by France- nations except through Britain.         4 C           page 27). Cabinet Ministers presented by 24, its doors are smashed, tables They had never been party to      2    3 0  )      Within 10 days of Sheikh Zayed’s Prime Minister-designate Ismail gather dust as 12 years of unread Arab League’s (estd.1945) cam- demise on November 2, 2004, Yasser Arafat Haniya on March 27, 2006, 31561O 03;401+ postal mails continue to pile up. paign to “wipe out Israel from     4     4          2  also passed way in Paris on November 11. contained names of only Hamas Should the Arab countries the face of the globe.”   #      0      %     Mahmoud Abbas, aka Abu Mazen, succeed- representatives. As though a ;?0;5& 1+ remain wedded to a commit- However, two key signato-                    (  ed Arafat as the new President of Palestinian Fatah-led presidency and &1-4061 5; ment that dead-ended? Their ries of the Khartoum Authority in the election held in January Hamas-led Government were official position is best encapsu- Declaration subsequently made  (   .  2              ( 2005. The event promised to open a new not a sufficient cause for friction, 4 &61$O -104 4; lated in a line from the peace with Israel. Egypt on                       chapter of peace. In April 2005, Sheikh the US and the EU discontinued ;-4 0;451 Khartoum Declaration March 26, 1979, and Jordan on              #           Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the then their diplomatic ties and mon- (September 1, 1967): “No peace October 26, 1994, signed peace Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE, issued etary assistance citing that 61J64;;? with Israel, no recognition of treaties with Israel, recognising             4  (    a statement on resolving the Palestine issue. Hamas did not recognise Israel’s 3121 ,6% Israel, no negotiations with it, the latter’s right to exist. Both      %       4        ( Hamdan noted that any solution to the con- right to exist. and insistence on the rights of these treaties, facilitated by the                         flict must be based “on the international and Hamas was not a part of the K6056$$@6& the Palestinian people in their US, were signed in Washington legitimate resolutions that call for an end to Oslo Accords-I (1993) and II 231&14 &61$4 own country.” The UAE was not DC.                    the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian and (1994) signed between Israel and a participant in the Khartoum Even Israel and Palestinian )            (((    4 Arab territories and the establishment of a PLO, which contained assur- 1$1& $4A1L Conference (August 29- Liberation Organisation signed        3 0  )         Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capi- ances on mutual co-existence, 4$$+44 6 September 1, 1967) in which two treaties as a result of Oslo tal.” (UAE Year Book, 2005 Page 83). peace and dignity. It continues eight Arab heads of the State Accords viz, Washington %  S       8B,      :,8D(:,    However, long before, the Palestinian to negate Israel’s fundamental 0$4,-;2?&; deliberated inter alia on their Agreement on Declaration of :=,      :,:,(:8  :=,        :,:8( state itself turned into a chimera for no fault right to exist. 31; 44; response towards Israel in the Principles of Palestinian Self- ::            ;      of Israel. Between August 15 and September The state of affairs within aftermath of the six-day war Rule (September 13, 1993) and 22, 2005, Israel withdrew completely from the Palestinian Authority dete- 64641-,@ (June 5-10, 1967). The six-day the Cairo Agreement on the                      the Gaza strip and adjacent Northern riorated sharply as a result of the war led to Israel capturing the Gaza Strip and Jericho (May 4,  4       4            Samaria. Some 9,000 Israeli citizens living growing Fatah-Hamas conflict. 31$61 314%3 Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Strip 1994). Interestingly, it was        4   E       in 25 settlements in Gaza were evicted in the Hamas tried to raise its parallel C6@1-,4 5$6 from Egypt, Golan Heights from Mahmud Abbas, the then process against their wishes. This was exact- security force for Palestinian Syria and West Bank, including Palestinian spokesperson on   9  4               ly when the fissures within the Palestinian Authority as it failed to cut teeth 6$63@6K : 8" Eastern Jerusalem from Jordan foreign affairs, who had actual-        2 Authority became palpable. Fatah, a creation into existing security apparatus /)) L+31 against the united strengths of ly signed the agreement along- of Late Yasser Arafat and which dominated loyal to Fatah. The situation spi- four Arab militaries. side Israeli foreign minister viz, the Palestinian Liberation Organisation ralled into a civil war, which split ?;5-4' The Emirates of the UAE Shimon Peres in Washington. (PLO), felt increasingly challenged by the Palestinian Authority along &1 4-1;?31 were then called the Trucial How can Abbas, as the President /    Islamist group Hamas, which had gained regional lines. On June 14, 2007, States, which like neighbouring of the Palestine National prominence during the second Intifada. In Hamas conclusively seized Gaza 5616-6 Bahrain and Qatar, were British Authority, object to the UAE’s     =%  the first and till date, only the parliamentary strip, thus ending months of ?;&01?5$0&440 Protectorates since the 1820s. It establishing diplomatic relations election of the Palestinian Authority held on rivalry and conflict with Fatah- was only in January 1968 that with Israel? Should they wait till   /    /  January 25, 2006, Hamas (running under the controlled paramilitary forces. ;?4 &61$4 the British suddenly announced eternity for the lost cause of the name “Change and Reform”) could secure Since that date, all the king’s ;$440  their intention to withdraw Palestinians?         S  74 seats in a 132-seat unicameral legislature, horses and all of his men could- forces from the Persian Gulf (The writer is an author and         putting Fatah into distant second spot with n’t put the Humpty of Palestine States in a phased manner. This independent researcher based in # 45 seats. together again. The Parliament led to inter alia the birth of the New Delhi. The views expressed       Talks about forming a national unity building in Ramallah, West UAE in 1971. 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But it was surprising that destiny but they make their own demise of two of the country’s unreasonable to summarise that buy these costly gadgets?   (              %    Prime Minister Narendra Modi names and their own destinies.” most valuable sportspersons — the Prime Minister’s display of Smita            )       ( wrote a letter to Dhoni, calling Sports lovers will be aware Chuni Goswami and PK great fondness for Dhoni was Via email       2                  him “one of the important illus- that the Prime Minister has, thus Banerjee, whose contributions purely politically motivated — trations of the spirit of New far, never really showed any inter- to India’s football legacy are after all, there are some crucial     #*  4         < India, where the family name est in sports. If he did care about immense — went unacknowl- State Assembly elections around //7-/+<+67=>80,:+8   !" # #  ** 5 0! '  0$ 6"3(1)2 / #    "3412(3"34  4        4  A !4  4 5   6 5 ?    ,   !  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According to the 6,;; Economic and cultural reasons can be during this time to a certain extent. women and create adversities instead of      7        :B   International Labour Organisation’s (ILO’s) 5&&;5-4'31 attributed to the disturbing trend in the However, discussing periods and advantage in the professional landscape.          #     "   report titled ‘Care work and care jobs for the future 4 51431 employment landscape. Worryingly, leave sanction are not isolated compart- However, there is another school of                (      of decent work’, data from 64 countries represent- ;04;"05$5&6$ India has fared badly in UN rankings ments. In fact, Menstrual Hygiene thought and some women have wel- ing two-thirds of the world’s working age popu- 4$41534 60 like the Gender Development Index and Management (MHM), a holistic comed the move. They feel it will           ;      ( lation show that 16.4 billion hours per day are Gender Inequality Index. approach to address women’s unmet break all taboos surrounding the issue              spent in unpaid care work — the equivalent to 24$$-1 4'64 1 Talking about menstruation menstrual hygiene needs, is linked to the in the socio-cultural milieu. This act will #        . (    two billion people working eight hours per day 6--10; &50 remains an age-old taboo in India, SDGs. According to the data produced destigmatise and deconstruct the dom-             7         with no remuneration. Were such services to be 31-;46 despite the fact that there have been a by UNICEF, 71 per cent of girls in India inant discourse and enable women to          #           valued on the basis of an hourly minimum wage, -4 0;5& 16- few documentaries and movies made in are still unaware of menstruation until take a day off with dignity instead of                they would amount to nine per cent of the glob- 16,$1 a bid to break the silence over the issue. their first cycle begins. Here again, the resorting to any pretension of sickness. #                ( al Gross Domestic Product or $11 trillion. 2;1;6%16 There is no doubt that when a private urban and rural dichotomy is exposed. There is no iota of doubt that it is a start-         #       ( According to the report, “Globally, women per- -6@;?? company is offering paid ‘period leave’ Hopefully the move to offer period leave ing point, which can re-define women                   ( form 76.2 per cent of total hours of unpaid care 243-4'4@ even in these troubled times, it has will boost the process of MHM. empowerment, resulting in enhancing   #      .   H      ( work, more than three times as much as men. In 4 16-;? forced several private and Government Surprisingly this move has been their health and efficacy. Asia and the Pacific, this rises to 80 per cent.” entities to consider this aspect. heavily criticised by a certain section of Due to the efforts of social activists    O ) %  8D+* 9 8D+B 2J   &1 ;&4' Sadly, achieving gender equality has some- ;6@ The encouraging aspect is that this women. The International Society of like Arunachalam Muruganantham, 8DBA O     8DA8            what slipped from the development agenda in is not the first time that something like Women Airline Pilots (ISWAP) has stat- the emergence and growth of activism 2        $ India. The National Crime Records Bureau &11 4;;? this is being considered in the country. ed that 12.4 per cent of Indian pilots are in this direction has gained increasing E       2    :,8=   ( (NCRB), in its latest data, points out that cases 40%1 The Government Girls School in women and such moves will put a ques- importance. The inclusion of transgen-    !            of missing women, sexual violence and harass- Tripunithura, located in the erstwhile tion mark on the capabilities of women ders by Zomato in this dialogue sur-         !     ment at home and workplaces are on the rise. The princely state of Cochin (now in the workplace. rounding periods is praiseworthy, too,     !   3 $    S   number of sexual harassment cases in shelter Ernakulam district), had in 1912 Public figures in a gender-agnostic and adds more value to the announce-  7       (        homes has grown by 30 per cent. The cases relat- allowed students to take period leave structure termed the move for offering ment as this issue has never even been  0   O          !   ( ing to sexual assaults at workplaces, registered during the time of their annual exam- period leave as a discriminatory and considered. Society has been unfair to   O      S      !   with the National Commission for Women ination and permitted them to write it anti-feminist. They say that despite the them in this as it has been in every other (NCW), are increasingly a matter of concern. later. fact that menstruation can be very sphere of their lives.   7      #         Though India is the world’s fifth-largest econ- In 2017, a Mumbai-based digital painful and debilitating, most women However, merely doling out period        ! -      omy, the workforce participation rate of women company had also announced that it never make it an excuse to shirk work, leave may not improve the efficiency of    $   7            ( abruptly declined last year, the World Bank would offer ‘First Day of Period Leave.’ either in the workplace or the home. women. Understanding the demo-      4          reveals. While women constitute 48.1 per cent of The Bihar Government has been per- Many have contended that the policy graphic pattern, re-engineering the %             the population of the country, only 23 per cent mitting women to take two extra days doesn’t give women a fair chance but value systems, social support and plac-    $  !  .  )   1  M of them are in the workforce. When India’s female of leave since 1992. A woman MP in acts as a hindrance in their battle for ing public policy at the right time are  2(  #        workforce is compared with other countries, it is 2017 tabled a Menstrual Benefits Bill in gender equality. the need of the hour to overhaul the -              35 per cent, 56 per cent and 61 per cent in Sri the Parliament, arguing for two days’ They believe that expanding such a domain of women empowerment into                  Lanka, the US and Canada respectively. ‘period leave’ for women each month. policy would not only mean lower an organised and organic one. >#        N     ( In the corporate world, Indian women occu- As per global data, around 26 per salaries for women, it would perpetu- (Biswal and Chakraborty are py only 15 per cent of the seats in boardrooms cent of the global population in the ate a hiring bias against women. It sets Assistant Professors at SIMC and SIBM      S   R        women are departing from the workplace at a Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and cer- employees, resulting in gender dis- Pune)      S?            E                           613"+27

age of the annual budget is allotted to go on to further radicalise an already unquestioning Pakistani citizens. In the careers.” The panel also proposed the per cent. And as has often been lament- education. Hoodbhoy is concerned radicalised nation. 1980s, this attempt was further bol- establishment of Textbook Boards to ed by most educationists, the quality of about the manner in which religious In a 2003 study on the state of edu- stered by an unprecedented addition in regulate textbook development. This education suffered too. This saw the studies are being suggested in the cation in Pakistan, Dr Nayyar and Dr the curriculum of religious studies, that was to be an evolutionary process and expansion of religious subjects and SNC. He fears the changes are not only Ahmad Saleem demonstrate that, from were to be learned through rote. What’s the country’s curriculum remained as more “Islamised” additions in Pakistan similar to the ones that were introduced 1971 onwards, school textbooks have more, Islamic content also seeped into it was since 1947, even though history Studies books. “Islamisation” was fur- 2364 16$O in the curriculum during the Zia-ul- increasingly promoted an artificial non-religious subjects which non- textbooks began to put more empha- ther enacted by the Sharia Act of 1991 Haq dictatorship but actually “are national and sectarian homogeneity, Muslims do not have the choice to skip. sis on Muslim eras of the region’s his- during the first Nawaz Sharif regime. '61$6E 3/834 deeper” than those conceived by that discouraged critical thinking and only In 1947, soon after the creation of tory, without leapfrogging the non- After 9/11, Musharraf tried to regime. By “deeper” he does not mean scantly acknowledged Pakistan’s ethnic, Pakistan, the country’s first Education Muslim ones. Religious studies were still introduce non-religious subjects in 4   + or almost a year, the Minister of more reflective. Because as another sectarian and religious diversity. In a Ministry announced that Pakistan to be taught at home, but public madrasas because they were seen as     + Education, Shafqat Mahmood, physicist, educationist and author, Dr similar 2005 study by the educationist needed a new curriculum “in line with schools did begin to introduce some hotbeds of religious radicalisation. Not     Fhas been trumpeting the Imran AH Nayyar, says, Islamic studies in and scholar Dr Rubina Saigol, she writes the requirements and ideals of the basic forms of Islamic studies. only did the move fail, this ploy also        Khan Government’s plans to roll out a Pakistan are almost entirely based on that the tumultuous departure of East country.” But Pakistan largely followed In 1967, a permanent institution failed to take into account the possibil- revolutionary Single National rote learning, which eschews critical Pakistan in 1971 was understood by the the education policy inherited from responsible for curriculum develop- ity of radicalisation, emerging in private 0;A4-" :   Curriculum (SNC) in 2021 that will end thinking. To paraphrase Dr Nayyar’s State as a consequence of not pursuing British India, which was based on the ment was formed. But not much could and public schools because of a curricu- 2    “educational apartheid” in Pakistan and concern, the SNC, instead of bringing a more unified idea of Pakistani nation- ‘Education Dispatch of 1854’ that stat- be done by it because of political tur- lum heavily influenced by retrogressive    *  see private and public schools and non-religious subjects to madrasas, just alism and of its majority faith, Islam. ed, “schools should be practically use- moil (1968-70) and civil war in East ideological biases and distortions.  *E;  madrasas following a uniform curricu- might end up bringing the madrasas to Interestingly, this was also the narrative ful to the people of India in their dif- Pakistan in 1971. In 1972, when the ZA The SNC is a continuation of the  *   lum. But it is only now that a debate public and private schools. aired by religious parties. According to ferent spheres of life.” This meant an Bhutto took over, it recommended same ploy but it is now going the other around this has erupted in the media, The Harvard-educated Dr Mariam Dr Saigol, this narrative was first emphasis on the teaching of the sci- designing of curricula “relevant to the way. The overwhelming addition of      largely triggered by an article in Dawn Chughtai, who is one of the architects woven into a new subject called ences, law and economics, whereas reli- nation’s changing social and econom- new religious studies in it suggests that, '6A4* *   by physicist, author and columnist, Dr of the SNC, insists that such fears are ‘Pakistan Studies’, which then mutated gious teaching was to be undertaken ic needs compatible with the ideology to make the madrasas agree to accept     Pervez Hoodbhoy. unfounded because, basically, the SNC into becoming a study of the region’s privately. In 1959, at the start of the of the country.” The subject of Pakistan the teaching of non-religious subjects,      Dr Hoodbhoy believes that the has adopted a curriculum that was history that leapfrogged from one Ayub Khan regime the Commission on Studies was introduced and so was the Government has decided to bring intention of the SNC to bridge the gap already in the works in 2006 and, sec- period to the other, nonchalantly ignor- National Education suggested design- Islamiat. Emphasis was also put on the madrasas to public and private  2      + between the standards of education ond, nothing is mandatory in it because ing those periods that were felt to negate ing of curricula “to focus on develop- “universal free education” for which the schools. This is akin to the State’s recent *      received by rich and poor children is provinces and private schools will be the post-1971 ideological narrative. ing basic skills in reading, writing, and Government nationalised various pri- attempt at mainstreaming radical out-  *   morally attractive, but the Government free to pick and choose from it what Dr Saigol believes it was a panic- arithmetic, creating a high sense of vate schools. fits by encouraging them to take part     does not have the resources to carry out they believe will suit their needs. In her stricken manoeuvre, which was then patriotism as well as a liking for work- According to the 1972 and 1981 in electoral politics. It is a ploy that most K     such an ambitious plan, especially in a debates with Dr Hoodbhoy, she has wielded as an ideological tool to shape ing with one’s own hand and addition- census reports, literacy rates only experts would agree is not working. country where only a minute percent- refuted his allegations that the SNC will young minds into becoming model, al subjects for specific vocations and slightly improved but failed to cross 30 (Courtesy: Dawn)    L   !" # #  :

7   4 !   !!6  ' 3     Washington: Maryanne Trump scripts and audio excerpts, White House officials on Friday Shapiro’s widow and sister told Barry was serving as a federal which include exchanges that are and Saturday and did not receive the Post last month that he never judge when she heard her broth- not in her book. a response. took a test for anybody, includ-   #  er, President Donald Trump, Barry has never spoken The allegation that the pres- ing Trump. Mary Trump has suggest on Fox News, “maybe I’ll publicly about disagreements ident paid someone to take his said it was a different Joe Lafayette (US): Community with smoke canisters, Trooper have to put her at the border” withthe president, and her extra- SATs, which was one of the most Shapiro, but that person has not activists said they will present Derek Senegal said. amid a wave of refugees enter- ordinarily candid comments in publicized allegations in Mary surfaced. their frustrations and demand Officials said at a news ing the United States. At the the recordings mark the most Trump’s book “Too Much and During a Post Live interview racial justice from the leaders conference late Saturday that time, children were being sepa- critical comments known to Never Enough: How My Family last month, Mary Trump was of a Louisiana city on Sunday, fireworks had been shot at rated from their parents and put have been made about him by Created The World’s Most asked whether the source of her following a night of violence buildings and fires set in the in cramped quarters while court one of his siblings. No one else Dangerous Man,” stems from a information was Barry. “I prefer that erupted after police shot median of a road where demon- hearings dragged on. in the family except Mary conversation that Barry had not to say who it is,” she and killed a Black man. strations had taken place. “All he wants to do is appeal Trump has publicly rebuked with her niece on Nov. 1, 2018. responded. “It’s somebody who Dozens of people took to “Our intent is not going to to his base,” Barry said in a con- the president. Barry told how she tried to would have absolutely no reason the streets of Lafayette on be to just let people disrupt our versation secretly recorded by The transcripts reveal the help her brother get into college. to make it up.” Saturday in response to the town and put our citizens and her niece, Mary L. Trump. “He depths of discord between the “He was a brat,” Barry said, Chris Bastardi, a spokesman death of Trayford Pellerin, 31. our motorists and our neigh- has no principles. None. None. president and his sister, illumi- explaining that “I did his home- for Mary Trump, said that she On Friday night, officers fol- bourhoods in danger,” Interim And his base, I mean my God, nating a rift that began when she work for him” and “I drove him began taping conversations in lowed Pellerin on foot as he left Police Chief Scott Morgan said. if you were a religious person, asked her brother for a favor in around New York City to try to 2018 with Barry after conclud- a convenience store where he Arrests were made, Morgan you want to help people. Not do the 1980s, which Trump has fre- get him into college.” ing that her relatives had lied had created a disturbance with said, but an exact number was- this.” quently used to try to take cred- Then Barry dropped what about the value of the family a knife, Louisiana State Police n’t immediately available. Barry, 83, was aghast at it for her success. Mary considered a bombshell: estate two decades earlier dur- said. Stun guns failed to stop him, “We do support people’s how her 74-year-old brother At one point Barry said to “He went to Fordham for one ing a legal battle over her inher- and the officers shot Pellerin as First Amendment rights,” operated as president. “His god- her niece, “It’s the phoniness of year [actually two years] and itance, in which she received far he tried to enter another conve- Lafayette Parish Sheriff Mark damned tweet and lying, oh my it all. It’s the phoniness and this then he got into University of less than she expected. nience store, still with the knife, Garber said. “However, when it God,” she said. “I’m talking too Trump asked her aunt. book does she say that she cruelty. Donald is cruel.” Pennsylvania because he had Under New York law, it is according to a news release. comes to the destruction of freely, but you know. The change “No. He doesn’t read,” Barry recorded conversations with her Mary Trump, 55, told The somebody take the exams.” legal to tape a conversation The shooting was captured property, we are not going to of stories. The lack of prepara- responded. aunt. Post recently that her uncle is “No way!” Mary responded. with the consent of one party, on video, and the state ACLU have Lafayette set on fire.” tion. The lying. Holy shit.” In the weeks since Mary In response to a question unfit to be president and she “He had somebody take his which in this case was Mary condemned what it described as The activists attempted to Lamenting “what they’re Trump’s tell-all book about her from The Washington Post plans to do “everything in my entrance exams?” Trump. a “horrific and deadly incident attend the news conference but doing with kids at the border,” uncle has been released, she’s about how she knew the presi- power” to elect Joe Biden. Her “SATs or whatever.... That’s The inheritance dispute was of police violence against a Black were “escorted out” because she guessed her brother “hasn’t been questioned about the dent paid someone to take the father, Fred Trump Jr., died of an what I believe,” Barry said. “I settled privately in 2001, but person.” Both the ACLU and the Lafayette Mayor-President Josh read my immigration opinions” source of some of the informa- SATs, Mary Trump revealed alcohol-related illness when she even remember the name.” That Mary Trump has said she was Southern Poverty Law Center Guillory said it was private, in court cases. In one case, she tion, such as her allegation that that she had surreptitiously was 16 in 1981. In her book, she person was Joe Shapiro, Barry duped into an agreement quickly called for an investiga- Lafayette NAACP President berated a judge for failing to treat Trump paid a friend to take his taped 15 hours of face-to-face says Donald Trump and his said. because the family said the tion. Saturday afternoon’s protest Marja Broussard said. They an asylum applicant respectful- SATs to enable him to transfer conversations with Barryin 2018 father mistreated her father. Donald Trump was friends estate was worth $30 million and started peacefully, but violence planned to confront Guillory ly. into the University of and 2019.She provided The Post The Post sought comment with a person at Penn named Joe she later believed the value was broke out as night fell — leading on Sunday at 5 pm at Lafayette “What has he read?” Mary Pennsylvania. Nowhere in the with previously unreleased tran- about the tapes from Barry and Shapiro, who is deceased. closer to $1 billion. AGENCY to officers clearing the crowd City Hall. AP "     4 .&  P   ' ->  %     & # 7 /            $  *  .    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Iran, declaring that a 30-day that Iran’s trust in the IAEA has ernment. pied Nepal’s land in several “It may be recalled that the People tried to escape countdown for the “snapback” of been “damaged in recent No one immediately places spreading over seven boundary between Nepal and through the only door of the penalties eased under the 2015 months.” He expressed hope claimed responsibility for the bordering districts citing a China was delineated and second-floor disco, trampling nuclear deal between Tehran Grossi’s visit will lead to build- bombing in Ghazni province’s report by the Survey demarcated on the basis of the one another and becoming        #       A  and world powers had begun. ing trust. Jaghatu district. Department of Agriculture Boundary Treaty of 5 October trapped in the confined space,   ) US allies and foes have “It is important to assure Three women, two chil- Ministry of Nepal. 1961 and the subsequent pro- according to authorities. joined forces to declare the Tehran that the agency will dren and two men died when Nepalese government tocols signed between the two After the stampede, police that the people in front were ic. Peru started lifting quaran- action illegal and doomed to move based on impartiality, their vehicle struck the road- sources have firmly refuted the countries,” it said. had to force open the door. suffocating,” he said. tine restrictions on June 30 in failure. The US argues that Iran independence and profession- side bomb, said Wahidullah report, saying that the claim “It may be recalled that the Franco Asensios, one of Police have detained 23 an effort to get the economy has violated the restrictions alism,” said Gharibabadi. Jumazada, a spokesman for the first made by a leading media boundary between Nepal and those who attended the party, people. Police chief Gen. moving again, and the daily imposed on its nuclear pro- The IAEA said on Saturday provincial governor. outlet in Nepal in June had also China was delineated and told local radio RPP that the Orlando Velasco said no reported number of virus infec- gramme under the 2015 deal, that Grossi will head to Tehran Afghan civilians continue been denied. The newspaper demarcated on the basis of the police raid started at 9 pm and firearms or tear gas were used tions has doubled to more than a charge Tehran has dismissed. to press Iranian authorities to bear the brunt of the war had also issued an apology for Boundary Treaty of 5 October that authorities told the party- during the raid. 9,000 in recent weeks. Iran’s official IRNA news for access to sites where the across their country despite publishing the report. 1961 and the subsequent pro- goers to let the women exit first. Night clubs have been pro- Peru has reported about agency quoted on Sunday Iran’s country is thought to have efforts to launch peace talks In a statement then, tocols signed between the two “People got excited and started hibited from operating since 27,500 deaths from the new envoy to the International stored or used undeclared and find a road map for post- Nepal’s foreign ministry had countries,” it said. AGENCY to go down, and then they said March because of the pandem- coronavirus. AP Atomic Energy Agency IAEA, nuclear material. AP war Afghanistan. AP 4##  3  .      83      #   

New York: Video app TikTok Minsk (Belarus): More than 7,000 people were arrested, protests were backed by the said Saturday it will challenge 100,00 protesters demanding many of them beaten with United States and accuses in court a Trump administra- the resignation of Belarus’ clubs or wounded by rubber NATO of building up troop tion crackdown on the popu- authoritarian president rallied bullets, in the protests after the concentrations in Poland and lar Chinese-owned service, Sunday in a vast square in the August 9 election that officials Lithuania on Belarus’ western which Washington accuses of capital, keeping up the massive say handed President border, which the alliance being a national security threat. outburst of dissent that has Alexander Lukashenko a sixth denies. As tensions soar between shaken the country since a term in office. Protesters say the He also claimed that the world’s two biggest disputed presidential election official election results, in Russian President Vladimir economies, US President two weeks ago. which Lukashenko reportedly Putin was willing to offer secu- Donald Trump has claimed Sunday’s demonstration received 80 per cent of the vote, rity assistance to his govern- TikTok could be used by overflowed Minsk’s sprawling are fraudulent. ment to quell the protests if he China to track the locations of 7-hectare (17-acre) The size and duration of asked for it. federal employees, build Independence Square. There the protests are unprecedented Lukashenko has consis- dossiers on people for black- were no official figures on for Belarus, a former Soviet tently repressed any opposition mail, and conduct corporate crowd size, but it appeared to republic of 9.5 million people during his time in office and espionage. be 150,000 people or more. that Lukashenko has ruled weariness with his hardline Trump signed an execu- Dozens of police prisoner with an iron fist for 26 years. rule, as well as dismay over the tive order on August 6 giving transport vehicles were parked The 65-year-old leader country’s deteriorating econo- Americans 45 days to stop on the fringes, but police made appears to be flailing about for my and Lukashenko’s cavalier doing business with TikTok’s no immediate efforts to break a strategy to counter them. He dismissal of the coronavirus "    #            ' &        ) Chinese parent company, up the gathering. has repeatedly blamed Western pandemic, appear to have gal- AFP AP Bytedance. Earlier this month, some interference, claimed the vanized opponents.    P  4 4   Medan (Indonesia): A rum- picked up increasing activity in and Geological Hazard There were no casualties bling volcano in western past weeks. Mitigation Center said. from the eruption, said Armen Indonesia on Sunday The volcano in North Villagers were advised to Putra, an official at the Sinabung unleashed an avalanche of Sumatra province was shoot- stay 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) monitoring post. He said vil- scorching clouds down its ing smoke and ash more than from the crater’s mouth and lages outside the red zone were slopes. 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) into should be aware of the peril of not in immediate danger. Authorities are closely the air on Sunday morning, lava, the agency said. Air trav- Some 30,000 people have monitoring Mount Sinabung and hot ash clouds traveled 1 el was not impacted by the ash been forced to leave homes on Sumatra, one of Indonesia’s kilometer (0.6 mile) south- so far, the Transport Ministry around Sinabung in the past main islands, after sensors east, Indonesia’s Volcanology said. few years. AP 8  & )      #

Flagstaff (US): Late on a fall camp. Associated Press. the federal death penalty in evening in 2001, Alyce Slim They told Tiffany Lee to “He took my daughter 1994 and the only Native and her granddaughter stopped prepare to die and slit her away, and no remorse or any- American currently awaiting at a gas station on the Navajo throat. She was still breathing, thing like that. The Navajo execution. Nation after searching for a so they dropped rocks on her Nation president, the council, He ended up on death traditional healer for leg ail- head, killing her, too. they don’t speak for me. I row because he was convicted ments. As the 38-year-old Mitchell speak for myself and for my of carjacking resulting in There, in an area where sits on federal death row, his daughter.” death — a crime that carries hitchhiking is common, Slim execution scheduled for Under federal law, Native the possibility of capital pun- agreed to give two males a ride. Wednesday, the Navajo gov- American tribes can decide ishment regardless of where it They got into her pewter- ernment is asking officials to whether they want their citizens happens. coloured pickup truck and spare his life on the basis of cul- subjected to the death penalty His upcoming execution is when she stopped later to let tural beliefs and sovereignty. for a set of crimes involving the first of a handful set after them out, they didn’t budge. The stance is pushing up Natives on tribal land. Nearly all the government said it would Instead, Lezmond Mitchell against the wishes of some of 574 federally recognised tribes, carry out executions following and Johnny Orsinger stabbed the victims’ family for the exe- including the Navajo Nation, an informal 17-year moratori- Slim 33 times and placed her cution to move forward, have opted out. um. The case has stirred emo- lifeless body next to the 9-year- including Tiffany’s parents. Mitchell was the first tion among tribal members old in the back seat as they “An eye for an eye,” the Native American sentenced to and painful reminders of the drove to an abandoned sheep girl’s father, Daniel Lee told The death since the resumption of grisly crime. AP   !" # # ;< 1         (23 4  

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Out of 471 delayed severely impacted due to the tions to serviced residences. both from the government and the hospitality sector and restored.” s many as 412 infrastruc- reflects overall cost overruns of projects, 127 have overall delay Covid-19, guest experience We also have a diversified the private sector and cus- hotels, which have been Earlier this month, the Ature projects, each worth 4,11,831.47 crore (19.94 per in the range of one to 12 company DigiValet’s Founder portfolio across other verticals. tomer or patient experience among the worst-hit busi- guest-facing technology maker 150 crore or more, have been cent of original cost),” the min- months, 112 have delay of 13 to and CEO Rahul Salgia has So in fact we are seeing an solutions would also get major nesses during the pandemic launched ‘Thru’, an end-to- hit by cost overruns of over  istry’s latest report for June 24 months, 127 reflect delay in said that diversification of busi- upsurge in a lot of requests emphasis in the process. and lockdowns, he was opti- end cloud-based solution for 4.11 lakh crore owing to delays 2020 said. The expenditure the range of 25 to 60 months ness portfolios into hospitals coming from hospitals because He said that senior living is mistic and said that although hotel guests to complete their and other reasons, according to incurred on these projects till and 105 projects show delay of and senior living facilities, there are few groups which a major portfolio for the com- weakness and subdued busi- entire check-in process effort- a report. The Ministry of June 2020 is 11,21,435.29 61 months and above.The aver- apart from hospitality and want to build more hospitals, pany and it is working on pro- ness would continue for next lessly from their own device, Statistics and Programme crore, which is 45.27 per cent age time overrun in these 471 hotels helped the company build more capacity,” the CEO jects globally, including in few months, it will not be long without having to download Implementation monitors of the anticipated cost. delayed projects is 43.34 “wane” the impact of the pan- told IANS. London, which he says would enough before things return to any app or software. infrastructure projects worth However, it said that the months. The brief reasons for demic faster than other busi- “As we are diversified in be “game changing” in the normal. According to the company, 150 crore and above.Of the number of delayed projects time overruns as reported by nesses. our portfolio besides hospital- senior living segment. “As far as hospitality is by facilitating check-ins 1,683 such projects, 412 report- decreases to 418 if delay is cal- various project implementing Salgia also said that the ity, we are able to wither (away) On the hospitality sector, concerned, because of travel remotely, from anywhere in the ed cost overruns and 471 time culated on the basis of latest agencies are delay in land regional diversification of the this situation better than few which forms a major part of the being restricted, the business world, Thru eliminates all con- escalation. “Total original cost schedule of completion. acquisition, delay in obtaining company’s operations across companies who are complete- company’s clientele, the CEO of for hotels is certainly impact- ventional touch points that the of implementation of the 1,683 Further, it said that for 979 pro- forest/environment clearances the globe also helped the com- ly dependent on hospitality,” he DigiValet said that hotels in ed and is likely to remain sub- guests and hotel staff would projects was 20,65,336.20 jects neither the year of com- and lack of infrastructure sup- pany to wane the severe impact said. India are far ahead compared dued for the coming few otherwise be exposed to. crore and their anticipated missioning nor the tentative port and linkages. 5%0555  7 %  6"* ;  B 6    4   .*     +  3    3) " ; *  +.& 4A1  +..)  M-   12-1$34   12-1$34 active and digitised” to double 0&465' ;?6&   5,64 We want to really play big s many as five large banks, the direct reach in 12 months, in these two areas,” Khaitan Aincluding SBI, PNB and ata Consumer Products Ltd he added.   12-1$34 he country’s largest alu- told PTI. BoB, are likely to sell shares to Tis redrawing its entire sales “We expect to expand our Tminium extrusion firm He, however, did not offer institutional investors in the and distribution system to be direct reach by 2x in the next verseas investors have put Jindal Aluminium, which con- a revenue target from these second half of this fiscal as they more direct, active and digi- 12 months and target to dou- Oin 41,330 crore in Indian trols over 30 per cent of the new focus areas. Currently look to shore up their capital tised and aims to double its ble our total numeric reach in markets on net basis in August domestic market, is increasing most of its business come from base amid the coronavirus pan- direct reach in the next 12 the next 36 months,” said so far as the excess liquidity in its focus on the defence and electrical, electronics, facade, demic impacting the economy. months responding to the chal- D’Souza. After merging con- global markets found its way to aerospace segments as it solar and aviation, he said. Qualified Institutional lenges of the coronavirus pan- sumer products business of emerging markets like India. expects these sectors to be Another focus area will be Placement (QIP) would be the demic, a top company official Tata Chemicals with According to the depos- more active given the policy the packaging segment and most preferred way and public said. Tata Global Beverages, the itories data, foreign portfolio changes allowing private play- also the metro/high-speed rails, sector banks are likely to take The Tata group FMCG company was renamed TCPL investors (FPI) pumped in ers, says a senior company Khaitan said. “We also want to a call on taking this route after firm is shifting its focus on and now owns brands like 40,262 crore into equities and official. grow by catering to the pack- finalisation of their second innovation also and is targeting TATA Salt, TATA Tea, Tetley, 1,068 crore in the debt seg- The 3,000-crore aging industry as well as high- quarter results, merchant bank- to double the contribution Eight O’ clock and Himalayan ment between August 3-21. Bengaluru-based company speed/metro rail systems.” ing sources said. from new products. Besides, it Water.” The company would Prior to this, FPIs were with 52 years of history is also Beverage cans are a big According to the sources, ious QIPs. PNB has already current fiscal. is rebuilding its core business, leverage its access to the Tata net buyers for two consecutive the second largest maker of alu- market but we will not get into banks would get a better pic- expressed its intent to hit cap- For example, shareholders creating capacity and is realis- Chemical R&D centre for inno- months. They invested 3,301 minium flat rolled products, manufacturing the cans, but ture about their Non- ital markets in the fourth quar- of SBI have given approval for ing synergies from the inte- vation agenda with a target of crore in July and 24,053 crore producing 50,000 million only supply the raw material, he Performing Assets (NPAs), ter this fiscal to raise funds to raising 20,000 crore through gration of its food and bever- doubling the contribution from in June on net basis. tonnes of rolled products, giv- said. one-time loan restructuring help meet growth needs and public issue or private place- age businesses in India. Under new products,” said D’Souza. According to Himanshu ing it 10-12 per cent of the mar- Ruling out inorganic route and consequent ratings latest by regulatory requirements. ment of shares while PNB has its growth plans, Tata It would be upping its dig- Srivastava, associate director - ket; and 1,20,000 million to scale up, he said they plan to the end of October. “We will be planning (cap- received shareholders’ nod for Consumer Products Ltd, which ital quotient, which includes manager research, Morningstar tonnes of extruded products increase output gradually in a Subsequently, banks can ital raising) somewhere around mopping up 7,000 crore. recently bought out its JV part- leveraging digital technology India, there has been excess per annum. Its products reach modular manner every year so start the process of deciding the the end of third quarter or BoB and Union Bank of ner PepsiCo in NourishCo from the front-end starting liquidity available in the glob- 42 countries globally, con- that both manpower and tech- time, quantum, appointment of beginning of fourth quarter. By India too have approvals from Beverages, is also exploring with the salesmen and stockists al markets with many major tributing 15-20 per cent of its nology go hand in hand to merchant bankers and other this time, we would have their respective shareholders both organic and inorganic level. TCPL is linking the entire central banks pushing aggres- topline annually, says vice- meet rising demand. formalities, the sources said. declared two quarterly balance for raising 9,000 crore and opportunities in the segment. supply chain, including ware- sive stimulus measures to com- chairman and managing direc- Ramping up capacity with Four to five large banks like sheet of the amalgamated enti- 6,800 crore, respectively, by “Our growth plans for housing, manufacturing and bat the coronavirus pandemic tor Pragun Jindal Khaitan, the the help of technology is what State Bank of India (SBI), ties,” PNB Managing Director way of common equity capital FY21 will focus on executing procurement, for “faster deci- and support their dwindling grandson of the group founder we are looking forward to and Punjab National Bank (PNB), S S Mallikarjuna Rao told PTI through various modes, includ- our strategic plans, which sion making, better cost-effec- economies. and chairman Sitaram Jindal. not in snapping up an existing Bank of Baroda (BoB) and in June. It is to be noted that ing QIP. includes building on our core tiveness and a more seamless “Also, the US is print- “While we straddle the entire plant because mergers have Union Bank of India would private sector banks, including During the current fiscal, businesses, jump shifting dig- way of working, as also scaling ing money constantly. The spectrum of the aluminium their own cultural and inte- look at raising capital towards ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and banks might be required to ital and innovation, realising up e-commerce capability excess liquidity is finding its downstream industry, we see gration issues. the end of third quarter or dur- Kotak Mahindra Bank, have raise capital based on the synergies from the integration across platforms for all our way into India as well as prob- lot of scope to widen our focus Though the pandemic-dri- ing the fourth quarter of this already mobilised capital assumptions of growth in Risk of our food & beverage busi- businesses in India and inter- ably other emerging markets,” on the defence sector with ven lockdowns had hit pro- fiscal, they added. Further, the thr0ugh QIPs in the last three Weighted Assets (RWA) and nesses in India, stepping up our national,” he said. he added. government allowing larger duction in the initial months of sources said these banks have months. ploughing back of profits. capability building agenda, Over expansion of sales Srivastava said FPIs have private participation in this. the first quarter, the operations to plan capital raising in such In a precursor to capital As far as raising capital exploring new opportunities network, D’Souza said it would turned their focus towards Another focus area is the aero- are close to 80 per cent of the a manner that there is no raising exercise, most of the through Tier I and Tier II organic and inorganic,” TCPL work on its supply chain, which emerging markets like India space segment, where also we pre-pandemic days now, he crowd out of liquidity and public sector bankshave already bonds are concerned, SBI Managing Director & CEO is scalable and can be leveraged because these markets have see more business coming in said and he expects this fiscal enough space is available to got shareholders’ approval for recently raised 8,931 crore by Sunil D’Souza told PTI. TCPL for any new category or busi- been performing well and offer from. “Currently our revenue to be marginally better than last both domestic and global raising capital through a mix of issuing Basel III-compliant is making its entire distribution ness, which TCPL wants to bolt a good potential to generate from these two segments is year when it had closed with investors to participate in var- debt and equity route in the bonds to investors. system to be more “direct, on in the future. better returns. negligible. a topline of 3,000 crore. & "        # *  #      B     

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Intelligence /Machine Learning or those financial institu- Cloud provided by IBM has all especially for these workloads, Indeed, the research indi- methodologies to bring out Ftions including banks in these capabilities -- with the it gives them a Hybrid Cloud cates that India’s citizens and insights and finally integrating  '36C46,6- the country that are still hesi- clear intent to handle highly environment to operate both consumers trust their bank them into the business process- tant to embark on a Cloud regulated workloads,” Subram from on-premise as well as on more than any other organisa- es, is the way to go,” he added. he Allahabad High Court journey for complete digital Natarajan, Chief Technology public Cloud, interchangeably,” tion or institution they interact According to Arijit Thas refused to interfere in transformation due to genuine Officer, IBM India/South Asia, he added. with, including their employers Bonnerjee, Director - Financial the FIR lodged under the apprehensions emanating from told IANS. A Hybrid Cloud Platform -- 78 per cent; their govern- Services Sector, IBM India/ Prevention of Corruption Act safety and regulatory concerns, The IBM Cloud for will enable users to access ment --76 per cent; and their South Asia, IBM has been against the members of the there is help at hand, say IBM Financial Services offering is more secure, resilient infra- healthcare providers --73 per working with a lot of banks RWA Executive Committee. India executives. designed to enable a transpar- structure to win in the agile, cent. both globally and in India to This decision will put an Banks know well that ent public Cloud ecosystem scale-driven as-a-service econ- Banks can realise the value help them adopt the next-gen- end to the arbitrariness of the embracing the Cloud ecosys- with the specific features for omy. of the data by suitably deriving eration business model which RWA of various colonies of the tem can open the floodgates to security, compliance and “Throughout the journey, the insights from the data and it calls “The Cognitive state. The High Court has innovations that can drive resiliency that financial insti- moving the main production infusing the same into the dig- Enterprise”. given this decision after hear- growth, increase efficiencies tutions require. environments can occur in ital journeys, or even use them “It starts with creating the ing the petition of the Executive and more importantly, make IBM says that banks can phases for a select set of appli- for making business decisions. right information architecture Committee of Kanchenjunga utive committee to go to jail has Abhishek Yadav, another advo- the customers happier. confidently host their mission- cations. Of course, the nuances “The need for every bank to leverage the power of data RWA in Kaushambi Ghaziabad also been cleared. cate of the Supreme Court, But the sensitivity of the critical applications in the of this strategy may vary from to become more and more and then use Artificial district. The High Court, con- In the year 2019, on the argued in the debate that the data that they handle and the Cloud and transact quickly one bank to another,” Natarajan ‘data-driven’ is evident,” Intelligence to make customer sidering the members of the petition of Supreme Court members of the RWA regulatory framework within and efficiently. said. Natarajan said. interactions more contextual, RWA as public servants, Advocate Gaurav Goyal, the Executive are public servants. which they must operate tend “As a strategy, banks may According to a recent IBM “Therefore, modernising personalised, and instantly refused to interfere in the FIR Meerut Special Court ordered Those who come under the to sap their confidence. choose to move some of the Institute for Business Value the data platform, that allows gratifying,” he said. lodged against them. The case the police to register an FIR Prevention of Corruption Act. However, IBM has a Cloud infrastructure environments (IBV) survey, 80 per cent of the bank to collect data from IBM said its Hybrid Cloud belongs to the Kanjanjunga against the members of the If a member of RWA misuses service precisely to address for a subset of applications, to Indian survey respondents various sources - inhouse and platform generated more than apartment in Kaushambi. Kanchenjunga RWA Executive the association’s money for his these concerns, two top exec- the Cloud,” Natarajan said. trust their bank or other finan- external, organizing it to make $23 billion of revenue over the With this decision, the way under the Prevention of own benefit then it comes utives of the company said. “While banks can realise cial institutions to protect their it meaningful, conducting past 12 months. for all 11 members of the exec- Corruption Act. In which under the category of crime.   !" # #  @

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icture a university offering a ditional and personal predicaments of course in advanced robotics. Of the pupils and fill the various condi- Pcourse, there would be scores of tional and societal chinks in the stu- other universities offering the same dent’s armor. Add to that the respon- course. Now imagine all the aforemen- sibility of prepping them up for the tioned varsities collaborating to formu- dynamic 21st-century living order. late a single unified course on advanced Modern-day pedagogy must streamline robotics and making it digitally acces- and readapt itself if it has to keep up sible at zero cost. This is the rise of rev- with the current fast-paced, metamor- olutionary education technology. phosing age of technological disrup- Through state-of-the-art, cutting edge tion. e-learning platforms that rely on dis- ruptive technological innovations such EVOLUTION IS THE NAME OF as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and THE GAME smoothened process where teachers Machine Learning (ML), the education Technology, the driving force can utilise highly interactive and relat- industry is witnessing a tremendous behind the countless reconstructions able audio-visual motifs. Thus, teaching paradigm shift. A transformation so and re-envisioning of all modern becomes a more efficient and effective expansive and ubiquitous, it may for- social avenues has, sure enough, etched system, which calls upon the engage- ever change the way we perceive its evolutionary mark on the pedagog- ment quotient of various technological knowledge systems and pedagogy. ical paradigm as well. Learning has models and innovations. Online learn- One of the primary stakeholders in undergone a sea change. Teachers are ing is a contemporary realisation of the very human being in this world makes life-long efforts the educational structure besides stu- no longer restricted to the part of age-old Socratic vision i.e. the triumph Eto attain eternal happiness or ever-lasting peace. In fact, dents, of course, is the teachers. knowledge enforcers and students are of practical experiential-based learning man’s all actions are directed towards the achievement of this Introducing complex subject courses to no longer the passive receptacles of the over the uni-dimensional and didactic goal. But the great turmoil and unrest in the world, despite students, making them graspable, test- didactic transmission. Schools are no theory-based learning. all efforts, makes one ask: What really is the way to realise ing and evaluating them while also longer buildings molded out of brick By inculcating AI and other revo- this universal aim? Very few of us know about a fact that the being responsible for their holistic cement and mortar and classes are no approach that is centered on first-hand mediums without being bound by the lutionary tech innovations within the source of true happiness lies not merely in material objects, development — the role of a teacher is longer the stereotypical settings of a experience and practical application, constraints of a conventional class- pedagogical system, the teacher can rather it springs from the equanimity of mind; it comes by no walk in the park. Their job is no four-walled 2-D space consisting of teachers can deliver even the most room. teach more and the student too can learn stabilising the mind in the longer restricted to diffusing knowl- black-boarded pointers and white- complex of subject matters in a lucid All that is needed is a computer and more in an engaging and enjoyable man- self. We all know well that if edge and conducting tests and parent- chalked memories. fashion. The students, as a result, ben- an internet connection. Even a single ele- ner. EdTech has admittedly great poten- a man’s mind is disturbed, teacher meetings. With the changing efit remarkably. mentary level online lesson can implore tial in transforming the learning land- then even the choicest dish- social formation and the advancements THE POSSIBILITIES ARE END- and enrich countless young learners, scape in India. The government’s digi- es served to him, great hon- in science and technology, the role of LESS THE ENCHANTMENT many of them bereft of basic privileges. tal India initiative and the consequen- our showered on him and education, and especially that of the With unprecedented advance- The newly emergent ed-tech plat- EdTech can go a long way in helping tial growth in technology and infrastruc- even a grand reception teachers, has undergone a tremendous ments in technological innovation forms have massively empowered both these youthful and deserving minds ture hold endless possibilities of hope accorded to him, would be transformation as well. and scientific know-how, the education teachers as well as the students. Teachers from remote and backward areas of the and betterment in providing optimised tasteless. Moreover, man’s sector has literally become a play- today can improve upon their subsist- country, that have no or very little access education and growth opportunities to indulgence into sense-objects KEEPING UP WITH FAST TIMES ground of equal participation and ing intellectual and academic faculties to the basic constitutional right to edu- every Indian. After all, technology, in or his acts of consuming The teachers of today need to mutual coordination. Through a syn- through the path-breaking innovations cation. essence, is built to enhance the current material things ‘consume’ simultaneously diversify and demarcate ergised interloping of resources and proffered through these new-age learn- scope of things while complimenting the him also in the process, for their methods of instruction using labor, school learning has become a ing tools. They can also address an indef- DARE TO DREAM AND DREAM TO physical world in its pursuit of the ideal. we all observe that, gradual- data-driven teaching processes. They vista of vast promise and intelligent initely greater number of students DARE (The author is the Regional Director, ly, man’s physical organs also need to attend to the various con- cooperation. Through a personalised through the online visual and audio EdTech also makes learning a ONVU Learning, Onvu Technologies. become unserviceable, his frame becomes frail and weak, his senses become fee- P   ble, his body becomes wearied and outworn, the sap of his         life gets sipped up and the zest and vigour spent up. We also notice that one man likes an object fondly whereas this same #    +        thing is an anathema to other. He wants to get rid of it as       soon as possible. Does this not prove that happiness is not dependent upon or proportionate to the material objects one   0   can store up, rather it has its bearing on one’s mental atti-        some additional income by tude and one’s inner state of being.       selling cow dung.” We observe that wordly objects are constantly changing; by their very nature they are ephemeral. So how can that       which has no permanence, be a source of constant peace or #         permanent happiness? Furthermore, we all know from our    own experiences and that of others that man spends his whole    The scheme has not only life-time in acquiring objects, storing them up, making them .E)')&$ 8F)&<)& assured an additional income fit for consumption, then consuming them up and, if by force of 1500 to 2000 per month to of circumstances, arising from his past actions, he loses these n July 20, the Chhattisgarh the farmers and livestock own- objects, these same things become a cause for mental agony. Ogovernment launched the ers but it has also made it eas- The above analysis is not meant to lead one to conclude Godhan Nyay Yojana under ier for them to purchase and that man should not work to fulfill his material needs. As which cow dung will be pro- use organic manure. Earlier, it long as one has physical existence, one will require all the cured from livestock owners for would take them three months materialistic things such as food, clothes, shelter and more. production of organic fertilis- to compost manure using cow If one does not have these, the unfulfilled material needs can ers. As per the scheme, the gov- dung. The lack of training upset a man’s mind. Passivity would gradually lead to sloth, ernment will buy cow dung and knowledge resulted in low which is a vice too. So what was meant to be conveyed in from registered livestock own- quality manure. Through this the foregoing paragraph was that the pursuit of objects or ers at 2 per kg and, after pro- scheme, they are able to save amassing of wealth alone does not lead one to the fulfillment cessing it into vermicompost, time and provide good quali- of the urge for eternal. Rather, one requires health, mental sell it to farmers for 8 per kg. by the Gauthan (cow shelter) Large tanks of 1000 kg capac- specially by the farmers and Uikey, a resident of Haatkondal ty organic manure to the soil rest, calmness and good relations with other beings also. Through this scheme, the gov- Committee and Self-Help ity are being constructed in all livestock owners as the dung village in Durgukondal block. thus maintaining its fertility All of the above things depend on what kind of actions ernment aims at giving a boost Groups (SHGs) in each village. the existing and forthcoming has now become a source of Not owning any cattle has- and health. In urban areas, the we do. As they say, “As you sow, so shall you reap.” Hence, to its rural economy and creat- To be eligible to sell the dung, cow shelters. A 1000 kg of cow additional income. From the n’t prevented farmer Rati Ram procured cow dung will also be man cannot escape the result of what he has done. Whether ing employment opportunities the beneficiaries are required to dung produces 700 kg of ver- date of launch till August 1, a Kumeti of Mungwal village in utilised for manufacturing one is a saint or a sinner, one has to reap his karma — this besides promoting organic register themselves at the com- micompost in approximately 45 total of 82,711 quintal dung Bhanupratappur development other products like incense is an inviolable rule. For instance, don’t we see that, when a farming. mittee after which they are days. After the quality check of was sold by 46,964 livestock block from benefitting from sticks, pots, lamps, idols etc. man loses his temper in his dealings with others, his mind given a balance sheet. The the compost by agriculture owners to 4,140 cow shelters in the scheme. “After completing This “first of its kind” suffers unrest. His anger results in more tension. Thus, he  4      quantity of dung sold at the authorities, packages of two, the state. At the rate of 2 per my farming chores, I roam scheme has the potential of gets caught up in the whirl of confusion and frustration. So Launched on the auspi- centre is recorded in this sheet five and 30 kg are created and kg, the government has given around the village and collect becoming a game-changer in one can rightly conclude that the sinful acts, committed in cious day of Hareli Parva (a folk and is used to make payment sold at the decided rate. With 1,65,000,00 to the sellers. In cow dung. This way, I am able the field of agriculture and cat- our past lives are the source of pain, and the root of it all lies festival celebrated by farmers in directly to the beneficiary’s this, farmers of the state, who Kanker district alone, 2,221 to sell 70-80 kg to the commit- tle rearing. Other than improv- in our mind. central India by worshipping bank account. are currently purchasing chem- registered sellers had sold more tee,” shared Rati Ram. ing the rural economy, this Experience has shown that yoga is the only way that one the tools and animals used in Trained by the Department ical fertilisers at expensive than 2,500 quintal of dung in According to Mahesh scheme can have long term can take to purify one’s mind as it brings calmness. It destroys farming), this scheme brings of Agriculture, SHGs have a prices and are using them in the the first 15 days of the imple- Mandavi, President of the impact on animal husbandry, the seeds of sufferings that lie in the mind in the form of laten- new hopes for agriculturalists crucial role to play in the suc- fields, are expected to shift to mentation of the scheme. Gauthan Committee in organic farming and the envi- cies. A number of studies have shown that yoga may help and livestock owners. cessful execution of this organic fertilisers. “Earlier, we were not bothered Govanda village, Durgukondal ronment, if implemented reduce stress and anxiety. It can also enhance your mood and Implemented by the scheme. These all-women much about cow dung but block, “Earlier, livestock own- properly taking into confi- overall sense of well-being. Improved fitness. Practicing yoga Department of Agriculture and groups are responsible for    5  now we make sure that we col- ers could earn by selling only dence the entire farmer com- may lead to improved balance, flexibility, range of motion Gram Panchayats, the scheme preparing the vermicompost The initial response to the lect it and sell it to the Gauthan cow’s milk but through this munity of the state. and strength. It provides to man happiness, which is not involves collection of cow dung using the procured cow dung. scheme has been promising Committee,” shared Shamita scheme, they are able to earn L* ( dependent on material objects.

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The highlight of the 10122 runs from 125 Tests 597 Test wickets and leaving Pakistan were now 75-5 in the decisive third Test not have the right mindset, team’s success is the first Test between 1971 and 1987. Pakistan in the dire position of but Azhar clipped Archer off between the two sides under- you would not succeed. series win in Australia in While India have always 41-4. his pads for four to go to 6,000 way at the Ageas Bowl. Pakistan looked like a very 2018-19 tour. had skilled batsmen and great But Pakistan fought back Test runs and a sim- Pakistan looked to be in ordinary team, the way we “I believe this team is the spinners, it has been the devel- by scoring 117 runs for the loss !4 09 ilar boundary saw control for much of the first are playing, it is looking like best ever Indian Test team in opment of a clutch of world- of just Fawad Alam in Sunday’s ,   $::'$ 4 the under-pressure two sessions of the first day we will face our biggest terms of balance, in terms of class fast bowlers like Jasprit second session. $08;0-!.$6 skipper to a 137-ball before they lost control of the defeat on foreign soil since ability, in terms of skills, in Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, The 35-year-old Azhar, in fifty. match due to an epic 359-run 2006,” Akhtar said. terms of temperament. Can’t Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav his 81st match at this level, Both fours were applaud- stand for the fifth wicket Shoaib in a tweet also think of a better Indian Test and Bhuvneshwar Kumar that joined an elite Pakistan group ed by Azhar’s team-mates in between Zak Crawley (267) questioned the team’s deci- team,” Gavaskar said during has made it the world’s top featuring Younis Khan, the the Pakistan dressing room, and Jos Buttler (152). sion to send in Babar Azam the India Today’s e-Conclave team in recent years. current batting coach, Javed with this match, as has been “I have seen the attitude towards the end of the sec- Inspiration series. On the current batting Miandad, Inzamam-ul-Haq * C  ) )   #  #          the case with all internation- of aggressive bowlers, they ond day instead of a night- Gavaskar said what stands line-up, Gavaskar said the and Mohammad Yousuf to      $    8     )   ) als in England this season, have the intent of taking watchman. Babar became out in the current team is the current Indian Test team can have reached the milestone of being played behind closed wickets. I do not know what the third man to fall to James “varied bowling attack” which score more runs than the likes 6,000 Test runs. balls Sunday to remove Asad a fearsome 91 mph ball from doors because of the coron- is being taught to the current Anderson and his wicket can win matches on any sur- of Australia, which leads the England, pressing for their Shafiq, the batsman’s poor fast bowler Jofra Archer that avirus. bowlers of Pakistan. There is was the last act of the day. face, irrespective of the con- ICC Test team rankings. first series win over Pakistan in series continuing when, on rose steeply. England’s imposing total no method, Naseem Shah “It is a very embarrassing ditions. “You need to score runs a decade at 1-0 up in a three- five, he limply edged to But umpire Richard was built on a fifth-wicket keeps on bowling at just one performance from Pakistan, “This team has the attack also. We saw that in England match campaign, resumed in England captain Joe Root at Illingworth’s not out decision partnership of 359 between area, there are no slower I was very hopeful of our side to win on any surface. It does- in 2018. We saw that in South total command with the first slip. was upheld when a challenge Zak Crawley and Buttler, balls or bouncers,” Akhtar performing well in the series. n’t need any help in condi- Africa in 2017 when we went tourists 24-3. England thought they had revealed the ball had brushed whose hundred was just his said on his Youtube channel. Pakistan is looking like a club tions...They can win on any there. We got 20 wickets every Anderson needed just six Azhar, on 21, caught behind off Azhar’s shoulder — a move second century in 47 Tests. “I don’t know why there team,” he said. surface. Batting-wise there time but we didn’t score were teams in 1980s that were enough runs. pretty similar. But they didn’t “But now I think we have ;  have the bowlers that Virat also got the batting to be able D //    ,B 9 has,” the former captain said. to score more runs than *  Talking further about the Australians.”   -5,64 Sthalekar is the 27th from Well done. You are an inspira- Australia and the ninth woman tion, not just in Australia also H  6  egendary South African all- player in the list, which includes in India (as she was born there). <*     *     Lrounder Jaques Kallis, five from her country. Sthalekar represented 0M,  Pakistan batting great Zaheer In all, 93 players have been Australia in eight Tests, 125  12-1$34 my ability did not allow me Abbas and Pune-born former inducted so far under the sys- ODIs and 54 T20s. to do that,” Gavaskar told  4   Former captain Australian captain Lisa tem, which sees retired players “I am deeply humbled to ndian batting great Sunil India Today. Bhaichung Bhutia says Indian Sthalekar were on Sunday become eligible five years after receive this honour. Never in IGavaskar has said that he “But when I see the next football teams must strive to reg- inducted into the International playing their last international my wildest dreams did I believe would have loved to bat like generation doing it, I am ularly qualify for the Asian Cup Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame match. that I would ever get to join current limited overs vice- absolutely over the moon, I and FIFA youth World Cups if in a virtual ceremony. Gavaskar, who himself was such an illustrious group of captain Rohit Sharma. love watching the next gen- they are to become a force to Among the finest all- inducted into the elite club in players,” she said. Gavaskar, who was the eration because there you reckon with in the continent. rounders to play the game, 2009 and attended the virtual The third cricketer to be first batsman to reach 10,000 see progress. You see how Bhutia stressed on the Kallis represented South Africa (  ) +   %= ' (  )  A *   ceremony, spoke highly of feted in the ceremony was career runs in Test cricket, they are setting the bar high- importance of continuously pro- in 166 Tests, 328 ODIs and 25 * #   G )##     5  (  H$ Kallis. Abbas, hailed as the ‘Asian said that circumstances and er for the next generation.” ducing quality players for the T20s between 1995 and 2014. “He is a colossus. The word Bradman’. a “lack of confidence” in his Gavaskar was known to national team by focussing on The 44-year-old is Proteas’ ets in both Test and ODI crick- nised when one has succeeded fits him like a glove. No praise Abbas played 78 Tests and ability stopped him from put a price on his wicket, the grassroots. highest run-getter in Tests and et. in the sport, it is nice to be is too high for this colossus. 62 ODIs for Pakistan, accumu- doing that in his playing playing long innings and “For the national team, we ODIs with 13289 and 11579 “It is something that I never recognised by people for some- Very well deserved to be in this lating 5062 and 2572 runs days. anchoring the Indian bat- need to keep producing good runs respectively. He also expected when I started play- thing that you have achieved in ICC Hall of Fame,” said respectively. He averaged over “The way you see a Rohit ting lineup during his illus- quality players. We do have picked up 292 and 273 wickets ing. I certainly did not play the the game, something that I am Gavaskar. 40 in both the formats. Sharma opening the batting trious career. Rohit on the good players at the moment but in Tests and ODIs as a fast game for any accolades or any- really proud of.” Gavaskar was also all praise The 73-year-old is the only in one-day cricket, Test crick- other hand is known for his if we want to compete with the bowler. thing like that, I only wanted to Kallis is the fourth South for women’s cricket great player from Asia to have scored et, smashing from the first tendency to decimate bowl- best in Asia, we need to keep Remarkably, he is the only win the games for whoever I African player to be inducted Sthalekar. at least a 100 first-class hun- over. That is what I wanted to ing attacks and is often rated producing bigger and better player to score at least 10,000 was playing for,” Kallis said. into the Hall of Fame and “It is good to have another dreds and the first one to score play. Circumstances and of as the best limited overs bats- players,” Bhutia told AIFF TV. runs and take at least 250 wick- “But it is nice to be recog- Abbas the sixth from Pakistan. ‘Kar’ in the ICC Hall of Fame. three successive ODI hundreds. course lack of confidence in man in the world. “AIFF has focused on grass- roots a lot. We need to be strong at the grassroots and we are working on it.    /  1  8$ $ % #  “Our target for the nation- al teams should be qualifying for    @-1@ Edgbaston. at Manchester, with both venues    12@;&% the AFC Asian Cup and the “I do like batting there, having hotels attached so they FIFA youth World Cups on a teve Smith on Sunday said unfortunately there’s going to be can remain in bio-secure bub- ritain’s Andy Murray made regular basis.” She’ll miss being jeered and no crowd there to egg me on bles. Ba triumphant ATP come- According to him, an heckled by English crowds dur- and give me a bit more motiva- “I’m looking forward to back on Saturday, defeating increase in the number of ing their upcoming limited- tion,” he said at Sydney airport getting back into it, obviously Frances Tiafoe 7-6 (8/6), 3-6, 6- matches and exposure tours overs tour, admitting the boo- en route to Perth, from where it’s going to be a bit different 1 in his first match of 2020 at has helped the Indian football ing motivates him to do better. the team will fly to England. than what we’re used to being the Western & Southern Open. team improve its ranking in The master Australian bats- “Still, there’s going to be in a bubble and playing with no The 33-year-old Scotsman recent years. man bore the brunt of the hos- plenty of eyes on the TV and it crowds,” Smith said. advanced in hot and humid “We had fewer games in tile English fans on their trip is going to be great to be back “That presents a challenge conditions to a second-round comparison and often would get there last year after returning out there playing.” in itself, but one we’re looking date with German fifth seed drawn against tough teams in from a ban for ball-tampering. Australia’s 21-man squad forward to. We’re lucky to be Alexander Zverev at the Covid- qualification games. Players now But he thrived on the taunts will initially quarantine in able to go and play, we’ll just do 19 quarantine bubble that will are getting many more match- and potshots, scoring an incred- Derby before the first of three what we need to and play it day also be used for the US Open, es and so much exposure. It has ible 774 runs in four Tests, at an T20s in Southampton on by day, stick together as a which starts on August 31. helped them to improve and get average 110.57, including twin      =  September 4 in empty stadiums. bunch and help each other Former world No 1 better over time,” he stated. PTI centuries on his Test return at #      8   H$ They also play three ODIs out,” added the former captain. Murray, now ranked 129th, suffered a pelvic injury at the )  "   (  $       "    ) Davis Cup last November and that, combined with the pan- he had to make a conscious Croatian 15th seed Donna 6  * *  * ;* demic shutdown, kept him out effort to early in the third set Vekic was also a first-round of competition until he faced to energize himself with fist casualty, falling 6-2, 6-3 to  $4 ,; League or the Europa League. So gle city over a week to create a 22-year-old Tiafoe in a meet- pumps and the like. “That twice Australian Open cham- it’s something to consider for the Super Bowl-style buzz. ing of wildcard entrants. helped a bit,” he said. pion Victoria Azarenka. EFA President Aleksander future ... I think in September or “You are in the center of “I thought I moved well Canadian Felix Auger- The tournament also lost UCeferin will hold talks October, we have to start to seri- attention for a week of the today,” Murray said. “That was Aliassime appeared to be at a one of its marquee names when about retaining the single-game ously speak.” whole world and this might be probably the thing I was most loss as his 6-4, 6-1 victory over 13th- seeded Greek Maria eliminator format that has been Ceferin isn’t concerned that a fantastic thing, but we have to happy with and probably the Nikoloz Basilashvili concluded, Sakkari dispatched Coco Gauff used to complete the pandem- removing the number of knock- see,” Ceferin said. “The calendar thing I was most apprehensive with no crowd to cheer or 6-1, 6-3 to spoil the 16-year-old ic-disrupted Champions League out games could have a signifi- is very complicated, players play about going into the match. My groan when Basilashvili buried American’s Western and and Europa League seasons, cant financial impact. “Even almost 365 days per year. So we tennis could have been better. a forehand in the net on match Southern debut. although it could only be used though you have less matches, have to see how we do it, if we I did some things well at the point. After a run to the for semifinals. the value can be higher if pro- do it. end, but I could definitely Fellow Canadian Denis Lexington semi-finals last week In an interview with The moted properly,” he said. “But again, I think it’s an improve in terms of my game.” Shapovalov, the 12th seed, Gauff was put under pressure Associated Press on Sunday, Gathering eight teams in interesting format, which we Murray broke Tiafoe for a closed out the day’s action by her Greek opponent, com- Ceferin said people inside and Lisbon to conclude the didn’t think about before and 2-0 lead in the third set when with a brisk 6-3, 6-3 victory mitting 24 unforced errors and outside of football had contact- es,” Ceferin told the AP ahead of “We had to do a system like that. Champions League appeared now it’s somewhere here in our the American missed a volley, over former US Open champi- hitting only six winners. ed him to say they were Paris Saint-Germain playing We had to play this way, but at to be only feasible because no mind. So we will start dis- broke again to 5-1 with a back- on Marin Cilic. Amanda Anisimova eased “extremely excited” by the final Bayern Munich in the the end, we see it’s a very inter- fans were allowed in the two sta- cussing about it when we meet.” hand return winner and held at to a 6-3, 6-3 victory in an all- eight format that abandoned the Champions League final. esting system. diums as part of coronavirus UEFA has already been love to finish matters after two YASTREMSKA OUSTS VENUS American clash against 11th home-and-away two-legged Ceferin stressed he would “Now, it’s quite complicated restrictions, meaning the exploring how to change the hours and 28 minutes. Women’s play began with a seed Alison Riske, while seven- quarterfinals and semifinals. consult widely before pushing to place a final eight in the cal- Portuguese authorities have not Champions League format after With no spectators in rematch of the Shenzhen final time Slam champion Venus “I have to say that this sys- for any permanent changes to endar. But we saw that people had to deal with rival factions 2024. The final eight system has attendance at National Tennis in January and another upset as Williams was another high- tem of one match seems more the format. “It’s one of the inter- want exciting matches, that in gathering in the streets. also been used to conclude the Center Grandstand court, Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova profile casualty as she fell to interesting to me than the other esting things that was brought by one match, every team can beat A final four format could be Europa League and Women’s Murray said he missed the toppled ninth seed Elena Ukrainian 16th seed Dayana system with two legged match- this pandemic,” Ceferin said. every team in Champions more practical to adopt in a sin- Champions League this month. boost that fans can provide, and Rybakina 7-5, 7-6(6). Yastremska 5-7, 6-2, 7-5.