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Addressing the Investor he Taliban completed their Summit in Gujarat via video Tsweep of the country’s conference, the Prime Minister south on Friday as they took said this policy is going to give four more provincial capitals in a new identity to the auto sec- a lightning offensive that is tor and to the mobility of New gradually encircling Kabul, just India. weeks before the US is set to This policy will play a big officially end its two-decade role in the modernisation of the war. vehicular population in the In just the last 24 hours, the country, removing unfit vehi- country’s second — and third- cles from the roads in a scien- largest cities — Herat in the tific manner, he said. west and Kandahar in the The summit is being south — have fallen to the organised to invite investment insurgents as has the capital of for setting up vehicle scrapping the southern Helmand infrastructure under the "# $ province, where American, Voluntary Vehicle-Fleet British and NATO forces Modernisation Programme or fought some of the bloodiest the Vehicle Scrapping Policy. development journey. The While launching the helpful for economic develop- battles of the conflict. " $ & $' ' According to the Investor Summit in Gujarat for National Automobile ment. The goal for 21st centu- The blitz through the Government, it will also draw setting up vehicle scrapping Scrappage Policy, the Prime ry India to be clean, congestion Taliban’s southern heartland under threat yet, the resurgent In the south, the insurgents under control of the focus on the synergies pre- infrastructure opens a new Minister said that this policy is free & convenient mobility is means the insurgents now hold Taliban were battling swept through the three Government. sented by the ship-breaking range of possibilities. going to give a new identity to the need of the hour, he half of Afghanistan’s 34 provin- Government forces in Logar provincial capitals on Atta Jan Haqbayan, the industry at Alang for the devel- Vehicle scrapping will help the auto sector and to the said. cial capitals and control more province, some 80 kilometers Friday. provincial council chief in opment of an integrated scrap- phase out unfit and polluting mobility of New India. This This policy reflects our than two-thirds of the country (50 miles) from the capital. The Attaullah Afghan, the head Zabul province, said the local ping hub. Union Minister for vehicles in an environment- policy will play a big role in the commitment to reduce pollu- — weeks before the US plans to US military has estimated that of the provincial council in capital of Qalat fell and that Road Transport & Highways friendly manner, Modi said. modernisation of the vehicular tion from the cities and protect withdraw its last troops. The Kabul could come under insur- Helmand, said that the Taliban officials were in a nearby army Nitin Gadkari and Chief “Our aim is to create a population in the country, the environment and fast devel- Western-backed government gent pressure within 30 days captured Lashkar Gah follow- camp preparing to leave. Minister of Gujarat Vijay viable circular economy and removing unfit vehicles from opment. This policy by fol- in the capital, Kabul, still holds and that the Taliban could ing weeks of heavy fighting and Bismillah Jan Mohammad Rupani too were present on the bring value for all stakeholders roads in a scientific manner. lowing the principle Reuse, a smattering of provinces in the overrun the rest of the country raised their white flag over and Qudratullah Rahimi, law- occasion. while being environmentally He said that modernity in Recycle and Recovery will also centre and east, as well as the within a few months. They Governmental buildings. He makers from Uruzgan Modi said the launch of responsible,” said the Prime mobility not only reduces the promote the country’s self- northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. have taken over much of the said that three national army province, said local officials Vehicle Scrappage Policy is a Minister in a series of tweets burden of travel and trans- reliance in the auto sector and While Kabul isn’t directly north and west of the country. bases outside of the city remain surrendered Tirin Kot. significant milestone in India’s before the event. portation, but also proves to be in the metal sector. makes the Covishield vaccine, was speaking to reporters after receiving the Lokmanya Tilak National Award in !""# Pune. ! # Poonawalla’s comment $ 6-7!-5/ comes days after the Drugs Controller General of India ' $ ( ndia’s drug regulator’s deci- (DCGI) approved a proposal to )*+O Ision approving a study to be conduct a study on mixing conducted by the Christian Covaxin and Covishield vac- Medical College (CMC), cines in India. 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Alarmed, He said he is not in favour than 40 students have been the State Government has $ of administering two different tested positive for the novel already issued directions to $ ( M Covid-19 vaccines for better coronavirus, including eight ramp up the testing in efficacy. Mixing doses of two students of a Government schools. $ O P !" 0/ 6!2 / will be nine years for tourist ited with effect from July 1, The provisions will not the global community to focus permit (motor cabs). For 2022: ear buds with plastic apply to commodities made of on this issue. aryana Government is all tourist permit other than motor sticks, plastic sticks for bal- compostable plastic, the noti- In a statement, the Hset to ban plying of 15 cabs, the age limit will be eight 6-7!-5/ loons, plastic flags, candy sticks, fication said. In June 2018, Environment Ministry said years old vehicles with state car- years in the NCR area and non- ice-cream sticks, polystyrene Prime Minister Narendra Modi plastic packaging waste not riage, contract carriage and NCR area.” ormer Congress president 6-7!-5/ per square metre (GSM) with (thermocol) for decoration; had announced that India will covered under the phase-out of goods carriage permits in all Similarly, for all other per- FRahul Gandhi on Friday effect from September 30, 2021, plates, cups, glasses, cutlery eliminate all single-use plastics identified single-use plastic the districts in non-National mits including State carriage, accused Twitter of being biased n a major move towards the notification said. such as forks, spoons, knives, in the country by 2022. In the items should be collected and Capital Region of the state. contract carriage, goods car- and interfering in the country’s Itackling environmental pol- “The manufacture, import, straw, trays; wrapping or pack- fourth United Nations managed in an environmen- The State Government has riage, the maximum age limit political process by blocking his lution, the Centre has notified stocking, distribution, sale and ing films around sweet boxes, Environment Assembly held in tally sustainable way through notified draft rules to amend in case of CNG/electric/clean account. the Plastic Waste Management use of following single-use invitation cards, and cigarette 2019, India had piloted a res- the Extended Producer the Haryana Motor Vehicles fuel vehicles will be 15 years The BJP took a jibe on Amendment Rules, 2021, pro- plastic, including polystyrene packets, plastic or PVC banners olution on addressing single- Responsibility of the producer, Rules, 1993 to add the age for while it would be 10 years for Rahul’s predicament and said hibiting manufacture, import, and expanded polystyrene, less than 100 micron, stirrers,” use plastic products pollution, importer and brand owner as operation of various types of diesel vehicles in the NCR now even the “Twitter has stocking, distribution, sale and commodities shall be prohib- it read. recognising the urgent need for per Plastic Waste Management transport vehicles in the state. area. For the non-NCR area, shown him the use of identified single-use Rules, 2016. As per the new rules called the age limit will be 15 years for door.” plastic (SUP) items, including For effective implementa- the Haryana Motor Vehicles both categories of vehicles. In a strong attack, Rahul candy sticks, plates, cups and tion of the Extended Producer (Amendment) Rules 2021, two According to the National said Twitter was denying his cutlery, from July 1, 2022. Responsibility, the guidelines separate categories of National Green Tribunal’s 2015 order, millions of followers the right The thickness of plastic being brought out have been Capital Region area and Non- petrol cars in Delhi-NCR have to an opinion and termed it as carry bags will be increased given a legal force through the National Capital Region area a life cycle of 15 years while the an attack on the democratic from 50 microns to 75 microns amended rules, it said. have been created in the state. same for diesel cars in 10 years. structure of the from September 30, 2021, and Extended Producer At present, there are 13 dis- Haryana Government had country. to 120 microns from December Responsibility is a policy tricts of Haryana in the NCR also in 2016 issued directions The former Congress chief 31, 2022, according to the noti- approach in which producers area. banning 15-year-old petrol and asked whether Indians should fication dated August 12. This take responsibility for man- The rules stated, “The 10-year-old diesel vehicles from allow companies just because will also allow the plastic carry agement of the disposal of maximum age of vehicles roads in NCR districts in a bid they are beholden to the bags to be reused, it stated. products they produce once allowed to operate in both to curtail the pollution levels in Government of India to define Non-woven plastic carry bags those products are designated NCR area and non-NCR area Delhi-NCR region. our politics. should not be less than 60 gram as no longer useful. #$%&'$ #$) &$* $)') +,-.-+
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0/ 6!2 / Olympic medal haul of seven on inspiring young and bud- medal,” said SPORTSPERSON FELIC- ( this time, three individual ding players for years. Punia. ITATED he Manohar Lal Khattar medal winners and two players “Similarly, wrestlers Ravi Under the The Governor gave # '' TGovernment in Haryana in India's men hockey team Dahiya and Bajrang Punia have state's sports cheques worth Rs 6 crore, Rs 4 0/ 6!2 / on Friday felicitated Tokyo belonged to Haryana. raised India's flag by winning policy, the crore and Rs.2.5 crore to Neeraj Olympic medal winners from Two hockey players from silver and bronze,” he added. medallists at Chopra’s uncle Bhim Chopra n a big jolt to the Congress the State with cash awards and Haryana, Surender Kumar and “A provision has been international (present on behalf of Neeraj), Iahead of the city's Municipal job letters at a felicitation cer- Sumit Kumar were part of the made to give cash prizes at par sporting Ravi Dahiya and Bajrang Punia Corporation elections, former emony held at Panchkula. men's hockey team that with normal sportspersons to events are respectively, who were present Chandigarh Congress chief Haryana Governor clinched the bronze medal at Paralympics medal winners given high at the ceremony. Two players Pardeep Chhabra on Friday Bandaru Dattatreya along with the Olympics after a 41-year- and Para sportspersons who monetary from the men’s hockey team, joined the Aam Aadmi Party Deputy Chief Minister long wait. Nine women from have participated in Olympic, rewards, a job Sumit Kumar and Surender (AAP) in the presence of Delhi Dushyant Chautala and Haryana were part of the Asian, Commonwealth and and a plot at Kumar received cheques worth Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Council Ministers honoured Indian women's hockey team National sports competitions” concessional Rs. 2.5 crore each. The players in Delhi. Chhabra on August 6 the medal winners and partic- that had put in a spirited per- he asserted. rates. were also given job offer letters had resigned from primary ipants from the State at Tokyo formance finishing fourth at Speaking on the occasion, A cash along with an offer to get membership of the Congress Olympics. the Olympics. Olympic medal winner Ravi reward of Rs 6 crore is given to that efforts are being made by of the State Government’s pri- HSVP plots on concessional after being at loggerheads with The State’s golden boy Despite having only two Dahiya and Bajrang Punia a player who wins a gold medal the State Government to make ority list. Even in his budget rates. current party chief Subhash Neeraj Chopra, who brought percent of the country's popu- thanked the State Government in Olympics, Rs 4 crore to a Haryana a sports hub. As speech, the Chief Minister The list of the players who Chawla. The Congress had in home a Gold medal ending the lation, 30 sportspersons (about and the people of the state for player who wins a silver medal many as five Sports Centers of while highlighting the need of received cheques amounting to February replaced Chhabra country's wait for over a cen- 25 percent) from Haryana were their support. Bronze medallist and Rs 2.5 crore to those who excellence will be opened in nurturing the budding players Rs 50 lakh for finishing fourth with Chawla as the party's city tury for an Olympic medal in part of the biggest ever Indian Bajrang Punia also appreciated win a bronze medal. Haryana. In these Centres free at grassroot levels and further in the Olympics included unit chief. Chhabra has been athletics, could not attend the contingent of 127 at Olympics the sports policy of the State Recently, a cash reward of coaching will be provided to strengthening the sports infra- Deepak Punia, Udita, Sharmila targeting Chawla and ex-MP ceremony due to fever and this time. Government saying, Rs 50 lakh to sportspersons of the talented players. These structures had announced to Devi, Savita Punia, Rani Pawan Kumar Bansal since he had joined virtually for a few On the occasion, Haryana “Wherever we go in the world, the state was also announced Centers will be opened in double the budgetary allocation Rampal, Nisha, Neha Goyal, was removed as the party pres- minutes to thank the State Governor Bandaru Dattatreya everyone asks us how Haryana for those achieving fourth posi- Boxing, Hockey, Shooting, by allocating a whopping Navneet Kaur, Navjot Kaur, ident. In the past few weeks, Government for the distributed cheques amounting is giving such a big amount as tion in Olympics. Apart from Wrestling and Athletics, he amount of Rs 394 crore,” he Monika Malik and Pooja Chhabra had been attacking honour. to more than Rs 23 crore to the a cash reward to its players. I this, each player participating said. said. Rani. The players who have Chawla, alleging that he was Haryana's wrestlers name- players along with job offer let- am happy that the State in the Olympic Games is given Dushyant said, “Haryana is “It is because of progressive received Rs 15 lakh and job being ignored and not being ly Ravi Kumar Dahiya who ters to be given to them as per Government is making rehab an incentive amount of Rs 15 the first state in the country, vision of the Chief Minister offer letters include Seema called for party meetings. won a silver medal, Bajrang state's sports policy. centres for those players who lakh including Rs 5 lakh prior which has made a provision of that Haryana has become the Bisla, Sonam Malik, Anshu AAP Chandigarh president Punia who won bronze and Praising Neeraj Chopra, get injured.” to the games for preparations. giving an incentive amount of first state in the country which Malik, Vinesh Phogat, Prem Garg and MC election Indian men's hockey team who gave India its National “Not only this, these sev- Rs 5 lakh in advance to the is giving a cash reward of Rs.50 Yashaswini Singh Deswal, incharge Chander Mukhi player Surender Kumar, players Anthem moment by winning eral sports academics are being 5 SPORTS CENTRES OF players participating in lakh to those players who stood Sanjeev Rajput, Manu Bhakar, Sharma, while welcoming from women’s hockey team India’s gold medal in track and established to ensure that bud- EXCELLENCE TO BE Olympics and Paralympics for at fourth place in the games. Abhishek Verma, Sumit Nagal, Chhabra to AAP, said his induc- and other Olympic partici- field games, the Governor said ding players get ample oppor- OPENED, SAYS DY CM their game Not only this today, offer letters Diksha Dagar, Manish Kaushik, tion into AAP would strength- pants had attended the cere- that he has created golden his- tunity to nurture their game Deputy Chief Minister preparation.” are also given to these players,“ Amit Panghal, Vikas Krishan, en the party and it would win mony. tory by winning gold medal. techniques and make state and Dushyant Chautala while “Haryana as a sports hub said the Deputy Chief Minister. Seema Punia, Sandeep Kumar the maximum seats in the Out of India’s best-ever His success story would keep county proud by winning a addressing the gathering said has always remained on the top and Rahul. forthcoming MC elections. , ( P " & # $ 0/ 6!2 /
aryana Chief %& ' (#) (*+, ) HMinister Manohar Lal Khattar’s younger brother voters would be considered as CIAL CAMPAIGN FOR or before January 1, 2022,” he Gulshan Khattar “absentee voters” providing REVISION OF VOTER LIST said. passed away in ! them the option of voting Meanwhile, Dr Raju shared For the same, all the Gurugram on Friday. through postal ballot. that the State has started the Deputy Commissioners-cum- He was 56 years old " The ECI guidelines said revision exercise of the voter District Election Officers have and survived by two that an ‘absentee voter’, wishing list. As per ECI guidelines, a been directed to undertake sons and one daugh- # " # to vote by postal ballot, has to special campaign for registra- this revision activity and to ter. ! make an application to the tion, deletion and correction of supervise their teams periodi- Gulshan was returning officer of the con- particulars in voter list with a cally. admitted to Medanta P stituency concerned during qualifying date of January 1, Dr Raju said that BLOs will Hospital in Gurugram the period from the date of 2022, has started in the state. also visit all households to ver- two days ago after he announcement of election to Known as special summa- ify the electoral details. Citizens suffered a heart attack 0/ 6!2 / five days following the date of ry revision, this gives an oppor- can verify their electoral details and breathed his last notification of the election. tunity to citizens to register online through toll-free on Friday morning. unjab’s voters above 80 Also taking note of the pre- themselves as voters and also helpline no 1950, Mobile App, The Chief Minister Pyears, divyangs, and those vailing COVID-19 pandemic, verify their electoral details (Voter Helpline), National shared the informa- affected by COVID-19 will the ECI guidelines stated that through offline or online medi- Voters’ Service Portal (nvsp.in). tion on his Twitter now have the option of exer- “if any elector at the time of um, said Dr Raju. In addition, they can visit handle, and said, cising their franchise through election is hospitalized on The state’s Chief Electoral Common Service Centres “This is an irreparable postal ballots. The State is slat- account of COVID-19, in a Officer said that the prevalent (CSC) or submit hard copy of loss for me.” Manohar ed to go for polls early next hospital within the state or is in situation in the wake of filled up forms to BLOs. Lal Khattar is the eldest of Minister was scheduled to pre- Sabha Speaker Gian Chand after attending the funeral in year. home or institutional quaran- COVID-19 has posed some “We will also encourage seven siblings. side over the ceremony along Gupta, Deputy Chief Minister Rohtak on Friday, he will be in “As per the revised guide- tine on account of COVID-19 challenges in conducting elec- recognized political parties to Tributes were paid to the with the Governor, he had to Dushyant Chautala, Deputy Chandigarh on August 14 and lines, the Election Commission and hence not be in a position tions, however, the election identify and appoint Booth departed soul by observing a rush to Rohtak after the Speaker Ranbir Gangwa, the then he will reach Delhi after of India (ECI) has provided the to cast vote personally at the machinery is geared up to tide Level Agents (BLA) for each two-minute silence at the felic- untimely demise of his younger entire council of ministers and hoisting the flag in Faridabad facility of voting through postal polling station as per medical over this unprecedented situa- polling station who would itation ceremony for sportsper- brother. Gulshan led a simple MLAs expressed grief and on August 15. He also request- ballots (PB) paper to senior cit- advice and if such elector tion. identify the corrections, dele- sons of Haryana who partici- life and used to cultivate his prayed for peace to the depart- ed everyone to refrain from izens, who are above 80 years makes request for issue of In view of the upcoming tion, and modification in elec- pated and won medals at Tokyo agricultural land located in ed soul. large gatherings at one place of age, Persons with Disability postal ballot, the returning assembly election in the first toral rolls along with BLOs,” he Olympics 2020 held in Baniyani village in Rohtak dis- In a message issued here, and to adhere to the COVID- (PwDs) flagged in the electoral officer concerned, on being sat- quarter of next year, this exer- said. Panchkula. While the Chief trict.On his death, Vidhan the Chief Minister said that 19 protocols. roll, and COVID-19 suspect or isfied about the genuineness of cise will be extensively carried affected persons,” said the state the application, shall provide out across the State from dis- Chief Electoral Officer Dr S the postal ballot to the elector.” trict level constituency level to Karuna Raju on Friday. The returning officer will right up to the booth level. A Dr Raju said that the cen- make arrangements to deliver door-to-door exercise will be tral poll panel has taken several a postal ballot and to get the undertaken by the booth level initiatives to mitigate the chal- same collected after the person officers (BLOs) between lenges posed by the pandemic, concerned casts his postal vote, August 9, 2021, and October and extending postal ballot which would take place a day 31, 2021, to further intensify facility for 80-plus electors and before the regular voting in that the campaign and plug the PwDs is one such initiative. constituency. existing gaps. The revised guidelines, In case of absentee voters “With an objective to released the previous year, have belonging to Divyang catego- improve the health of electoral already been implemented in ry, who opt for postal ballots, rolls and ensure enrolment of the general elections held in application (Form 12) will have all eligible citizens, special Bihar (December 2020), and in to be accompanied by a copy of summary revision is conduct- four states of Assam, Kerala, the benchmark disability cer- ed in the later part of each year Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal, tificate specified by the con- in all the state or UTs. People besides Union Territory of cerned appropriate govern- who have not been able to reg- Puduucherry. ment under the Rights of ister themselves as voters and In these elections, held Persons with Disabilities Act, those who find errors in the amidst COVID-19 pandemic, 2016. electoral rolls or have migrat- the postal ballot facility was Voters of these categories, ed to some other constituency extended to the senior voters — who have been issued postal can utilize the special summa- who were considered to be the ballots, will not be allowed to ry revision of the roll with the most vulnerable group. vote at a polling station. qualifying date as January 1, As per the changes made in 2022, who have completed or the guidelines, these category PUNJAB STARTS SPE- will be completing age of 18 on # ) * ' $ +(
0/ 6!2 / the complaint of Punjab BJP, in pensation for land acquisition a case pertaining to 31 acres of twice. aking note of the contro- land worth Rs 450 crores. Besides BJP, Punjab Tversial sale of 31-acre land Notably, all opposition Vidhan Sabha’s former deputy of now liquidated JCT parties have been taking on the speaker Bir Devinder Singh Electronics in Mohali, Punjab ruling Congress Government had also filed a complaint with Lokpal Justice (retired) Vinod over the alleged deals seeking Punjab Lokpal seeking direc- Kumar Sharma on Friday CBI probe in the matter, tions to investigate the contro- issued a notice to Industries besides dismissal of ministers versial sale of 31-acre land, and Commerce Minister involved in the deal, including causing a loss of Rs 400 crore Sunder Sham Arora, along Arora and the state Health to the state exchequer. He had with the Punjab State Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu, demanded setting aside of the Industries and Exports who is also Mohali MLA. sale, besides handing over the Corporation’ (PSIEC) board of Punjab BJP chief Ashwani investigation in the matter to directors. Sharma, reacting to the devel- the central probe agency to Besides, notice has also opment, demanded that look into the role of state been issued to PSIEC’s man- Minister Arora should be sus- Industries Minister and depart- aging director, PSIEC Chief pended till the Lokpal’s inquiry ment officials in the episode. General Manager is not completed. On the other hand, the (Estate/Planning/RM) SP Sharma regretted that the Minister Arora maintained Singh, Punjab Infotech man- list of scams indulged by the that the opposition is deliber- aging director, and GRG. A Congress Ministers is so long ately making an issue out of notice has also been issued to that a gold medal can be this for their political interests. Developers and Promoters awarded to the Chief Minister Arora argued that the said LLP, Asset Reconstruction Capt Amarinder Singh for land deal had already been Company (India) Limited leading a team of Ministers cancelled on August 5, and (ARCIL). starting with Rana Gurmeet there was nothing to complain The notice was issued, on Singh Sodhi for taking com- in the matter. #$%&'$ #$) &$* $)') +,-.-+ & !"
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Kashmir police and the Army able intelligence for locating, active and have the capability with them including indis- While there were intelli- subsequently joined the oper- monitoring and decoding the to strike at will. criminate firing, IED blasts, gence inputs, the terror groups ation, officials said. social media Apps/communi- 6-7!-5/ Jammu & Kashmir ahead of The August 9 meeting, grenade attacks, VBIEDs on Thursday engaged the secu- The gunfight between the cation being used by the terror the Independence Day according to intelligence (Vehicle-Borne IEDs) etc. rity forces at Malpora in which joint forces and the terrorists outfits and swiftly launching akistani spy agency Inter- celebrations. reports, was organised by ISI’s against security forces, convoys, one Constable Umesh Kumar was underway till the filing of anti-terror operations,” experts PServices Intelligence (ISI) The specific inputs suggest Col. Yakoub who tasked the Naka parties etc on or before 15 of 46 Battalion of the CRPF the report. said. has held a meeting with the ter- intensified attacks on the terror commanders to “urgent- August 2021, to send a strong sustained a gunshot wound CRPF officials lamented With major deployment ror commanders of its terror National Highway starting near ly convey to the OGWs (over message to the Indian estab- on his right foot whose condi- the lack of technical intelligence for law and order as also anti- affiliates Hizbul Mujahideen, Banihal and reaching Srinagar. ground workers) and their lishment and SFs that terrorist tion is stated to be stable. gathering authority for which terrorist operations in the Al Badr and Jaish-e- The attacks are also likely cadres in the Kashmir Valley to and coming towards Srinagar.” groups in Kashmir are still While the CRPF was the they have to rely on the police. Valley, the CRPF has been the Mohammad among others at planned for Srinagar city. carry out multiple attacks “Attacks are also likely to be active and have the capability first to reach the spot and cor- “Technical intelligence hardest hit in such operations Manakpalyan, Muzaffarabad, Kupwara, Baramulla, Uri and against Security Forces, carried out especially in to strike at will.” reads an intel- don off a building at Mirbazar capability, including mobile due to lack of technical intelli- to intensify attacks on securi- other areas in order to send a Convoys etc starting from the Srinagar city, Kupwara, ligence alert circulated to the in south Kashmir's Kulgam communication interception gence gathering capacity, offi- ty forces and their convoys in “strong” message to the Indian National Highway near Banihal Baramulla, Uri and other areas. security forces deployed on district in which the terrorists capacity would go a long way cials added. .)@ =$ -. $ ( ( = *"" */ . # (BC ! 6-7!-5/ Commission and, therefore, so that the gap in immunisa- 6-7!-5/ He assured the nation that lent performance in the recent- 6-7!-5/ of the country to be fitter and Chairperson Rekha Sharma tion coverage can be correct- the Armed Forces are fully ly concluded Tokyo Olympics, stronger to create a healthy and aising concerns over gender has written to chief secretaries ed.”There is also a need to cre- ndia is a peace-loving nation equipped to deal with any especially Subedar Neeraj he Bharatiya Janata Yuva resilient nation”, said Chugh Rgap in Covid-19 vaccine of all States/UTs to take mea- ate public health awareness so Ibut is fully capable of giving challenge that endangers the Chopra, who bagged India’s TMorcha (BJYM) will mark and Surya. administration, the NCW has sures to close the gender gap in that more and more women are a befitting reply if challenged, safety, security, unity and only Gold of the Games in the 75th Year of India’s In addition to the Yuva written to all States and UTs to vaccination and to ensure that vaccinated on priority,” the Defence Minister Rajnath integrity of the nation. He said Javelin Throw. Independence with a cam- Sankalp Yatra, the BJYM will take measures to ensure that women are not left behind in NCW said. Singh said on Friday. He also the decisions aimed to promote Speaking on the occasion, paign of 75 km cycle rallies and also activate 7,50,000 cadres to women are not left behind in the vaccination drive,” the In its letter, NCW has said the Government is deter- jointness among the Armed CDS General Bipin Rawat running events in 75 locations sing the national anthem the vaccination drive. The pre- NCW said. mentioned that in many house- mined to develop a powerful Forces will play a pivotal role in remembered Mahatma Gandhi across the country from August together at 7.50 am on August sent vaccination data shows a The Commission said the holds, women's health is not and self-reliant India. bolstering the security infra- and Netaji Subhas Chandra 15-17. The Yuva Sankalp Yatra 15 in all districts with a mini- huge gap of more than three report has highlighted that the considered a priority as com- He made this assertion structure of the country. Bose for their leadership role in is part of the country’s Azadi mum of 75 people in one dis- crore in male-female vaccina- current gender gap in admin- pared to men if they do not while virtually launching a Reiterating the Independence movement. Ka Amrit Mahotsav. trict. It has also instructed its tion. According to Government istering vaccines is significant- work outside the home and end series of major events, organ- Government’s plan to make Army chief General M M BJP National General cadre to upload a recorded clip data, 27,86,40,043 men and ly more among the elderly up getting less preference for ised by the Armed Forces and India ‘AatmaNirbhar’, he said Naravane, Navy Chief Admiral Secretary Tarun Chugh and of the National Anthem on the 24,75,03,625 women have been population than the younger vaccination but women, being various other organisations of no stone is being left unturned Karambir Singh, IAF chief RKS BJYM National President Ministry of Culture’s vaccinated against Covid-19 women. “It reflects the exist- the primary care-givers, are Ministry of Defence, to mark to make the country self-reliant Bhadauria, Secretary (Defence Tejasvi Surya said at a press www.rashtragaan.in website. till now. ing gender stereotypes in the more likely to get infected the 75th anniversary of India’s in defence manufacturing. He Production) Raj Kumar, conference that Yuva Morcha “The Yuva Morcha has In a letter to all chief sec- society due to which women while taking care of any sick Independence and paid said the country’s dependency Secretary (Ex-servicemen will strive to ensure maximum invited all young people to retaries, the National are being left behind and the member of the family. “The homage to all the brave-hearts on imports has decreased due Welfare) B Anand, Secretary, participation from the youth by participate in the Yatra in their Commission for Women reasons include unequal access state government should also who laid down their lives for to measures taken by the Department of Defence R&D conducting various pro- district. Young people are (NCW) referred to a media to resources and technology for continue the campaigns so as the country. Government, including noti- and Chairman, DRDO Dr G grammes across the year. One expected to join in large num- report that highlighted the low both genders,” it said. toensure correct information Rajnath congratulated the fying two positive indigenisa- Satheesh Reddy, Financial of the first set of events being bers in 75 different locations uptake of anti-Covid jabs The Commission stated reaches to the remotest part of Ministry and the Armed Forces tion lists to promote self- Advisor (Defence organised is the Yuva Sankalp spread across the country to among women. “The gap in that there is an urgent need to India,” the commission said. for organising various events reliance and defence exports. Services)Sanjiv Mittal, Indian Yatra and Rashtragaan cycle during Yuva Sankalp,” immunisation coverage increase the proportion of across the country which will He made mention of Coast Guard chief K Natarajan, Samarpan programme. said Surya. between the two genders is a women coming to vaccination “instill a sense of national Indigenous Aircraft Carrier National Cadet Corps “The Yuva Sankalp Yatra Each state is free to choose matter of great concern for the booths for receiving the vaccine pride among the people”. Vikrant, the first aircraft carri- (NCC)chief Lieutenant General intends to promote the message running or cycling events as . . Echoing the government’s er to be built in India, saying it Tarun Kumar Aich, Director of New India and Honourable part of the Yatra. In case of run- $ resolve, Rajnath said, “We aim was a moment of pride for the General Border Roads Prime Minister Shri Narendra ning, the states will organise 5 to develop a powerful and self- entire nation when the aircraft Organisation(BRO) Lt Gen Modi’s vision of India for 2047 km of running in 15 locations. Q$%& :9E reliant Bharat which is peace- carrier undertook its maiden Rajeev Chaudhary and other and the role of youth. The In case of cycling, the states will loving but fully capable of giv- sea voyage recently. senior civil and military offi- cycling and running pro- organize 15 km of cycling in 5 0 ing a befitting reply whenever Rajnath congratulated the cials were present on the occa- grammes are also intended to locations, totally contributing challenged”. Indian contingent for its excel- sion. encourage all the young people to 75 km per Yatra location. 6-7!-5/
he first nasal vaccine '(') ' R Tagainst Covid-19 devel- oped by Bharat Biotech and 6-7!-5/ said that 43 per cent of eligible supported by the Department population stands vaccinated of Biotechnology (DBT) and ! D6 $ ine States have reported with first dose and 12 per cent its PSU, Biotechnology Nsingle dose vaccination with second dose. Industry Research Assistance 6-7!-5/ and a proper vision was possi- and Congress veteran Jairam er Somnath Chatterjee formed report also says that two mar- coverage to over 50 per cent of “If we go by the present Council (BIRAC), has got ble with two eyes”. He said that Ramesh on Friday said that to probe the role of MPs in the shals—a woman allegedly their adult population with vaccination rate of vaccination the DCGI's nod for conduct- day after the Government on many occasions it was the only 12 per cent of the bills cash for query scam in 2005. dragged by two Congress Himachal Pradesh taking the —45 lakh per day, the critical ing phase 2 and 3 trials, the Aand the Opposition parties collective responsibility of both were being sent for parlia- The committee then head- women MPs and a male who lead at 77 per cent while Uttar mass (70%) may be covered by Government said on Friday. put forth their respective the sides to enable smooth mentary scrutiny in commit- ed by Congress minister Pawan suffocated after being alleged- Pradesh, West Bengal and the first dose by the end of Phase 1 clinical trial has demand for a probe into the pro- functioning of the House. tees and also how the Bansal recommended expul- ly caught by the neck by an MP Bihar lagging behind at 33 per November this year and second been completed in age groups ceedings of the Rajya Sabha a “If anybody held a differ- Constitution (127th) sion of 11 MPs. The Parliament attempting to break the cor- cent coverage so far, as per the dose by March 15 next year,” ranging from 18 to 60 years, few minutes before the sine die ent view about my handling of Amendment Bill wasn’t sent to later voted to expel all MPs. don—have filed complaints Government data. the report said. it said. “Bharat Biotech's when a scuffle happened, Vice the proceedings in the House, a select committee despite An internal Rajya Sabha with Naidu. Overall 43 per cent of the The latest nationwide sero- intranasal vaccine is the first President and Rajya Sabha I would leave it to their wis- opposition demands, Naidu committee has named some The internal security total adult population in the logical survey conducted by the nasal vaccine that has Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu dom,” Naidu said. said whenever differences per- MPs, including Trinamool report says that the marshals country has received the first Indian Council of Medical received the regulatory on Friday said a detailed con- On the issue of persistent sisted on such matters in the Congress’ Dola Sen, Congress’ had cordoned the table of the dose since the launch of the Research (ICMR) showed that approval for Phase 2/3 trials,” sideration of the issue was under disruptions, Naidu said the House, the House collectively Nasir Husain, Phulo Devi House during the passage of vaccination programme in 67.6 per cent in the age group the DBT said in a statement way and an appropriate view legislatures are meant for took a call and the Chair “could Nehtam and Chhaya Verma, insurance amendment bill on January 16 by administering of 6 and above have Covid anti- here. This is the first of its would be taken at the earliest. debate and discussion and out- not force it one way or the CPM’s Elamaram Kareem and August 11 and the opposition doses to the frontline health bodies. Different states have kind Covid-19 jab to under- The Chairman said the side political battles should other”. CPI’s Binoy Vishwam among MPs “started using force when workers. In comparison, just 9 different levels of sero-positiv- go human clinical trials in Opposition and the ruling not be fought on the ‘table of The government has those who allegedly took part they were unable to break the per cent of the total adult pop- ity. Combining this with the India. BBV154 is an intranasal party were “like his two eyes the House’. demanded a committee on the in the August 11 ruckus. security cordon to climb on the ulation have been inoculated so population with double doses, replication-deficient chim- and both were equal for him After Opposition leader lines of the one former speak- The internal committee table”. far. the estimated susceptible pop- panzee adenovirus SARS- Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, ulation for our sample 14 states CoV-2 vectored vaccine. Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, which includes Maharashtra, Bharat Biotech has in-licensed Kerala, Uttarakhand and Kerala among others, comes at technology from Washington Rajasthan have already given 20.4 crore. University in St Louis, US, double doses of vaccine to a “There is an urgent need to according to 5reports. large percentage of the vaccinate these people imme- As per the updates, Phase population. diately. To vaccinate these peo- 1 clinical trial has been com- According to a special ple, we need around 45-days pleted in age groups ranging research report from the State for the first dose,” Ghosh said 18 to 60 years. Bank of India’s Economic in the report. The company has report- 6-7!-5/ Research Department — Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, ed that the doses of the vac- 6-7!-5/ “Covid-19: Vaccinate, vacci- Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, cine administered to healthy ays after Twitter blocked nate & vaccinate”, the govern- Kerala, Uttarakhand and volunteers in the Phase I DRahul Gandhi's handle, omestic air travel has ment has managed to fully Rajasthan have already given clinical trial, has been well tol- the National Commission for Dbecome costlier as the vaccinate 9 per cent of the double doses of vaccine to a erated. It also added that no Protection of Child Rights Ministry of Civil Aviation has country's total population and large percentage of the popu- serious adverse events were (NCPCR) has written to Friday raised the lower as well 12 per of the eligible popula- lation, the report said. reported. Previously, the vac- Facebook seeking an appro- as upper caps on fares by 9.83 As a result, Delhi-Mumbai tion. It said that daily cases in Vaccination in rural areas cine was found to be safe, priate action about posts to 12.82 per cent, modifying its one-way minimum fare will the last 50 days have averaged has increased significantly for immunogenic and well toler- allegedly “revealing identity of previous order. It has also rise from 4,700 to 5287.5 to 3.0 per 1 lakh population, certain states including Andhra ated in the pre-clinical toxic- victims” after Congress leader allowed Airlines to operate a and the maximum fare will rise while daily deaths average to Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, ity studies. The vaccine was Rahul Gandhi posted visuals of maximum of 72.5 per cent of from 13,000 to 14,625 (taxes 0.6 per 1 million. Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and able to elicit high levels of his meeting with the family of their pre-Covid domestic extra). The revision comes at a The report, authored by Uttar Pradesh and rural India’s neutralizing antibodies in a deceased Dalit girl on his flights instead of the 65 per cent time when domestic travel has Soumya Kanti Ghosh, Group share has also come down in animal studies, the Instagram profile for violation 2005,” the NCPCR chief added. form-Instagram has been allowed till date. The actual picked momentum and with Chief Economic Adviser, SBI, total cases. report said. of Juvenile Justice Act. The NCPCR asked observed by the Commission price, however, will be more other countries relaxing lock- In a letter to Facebook, Facebook for taking appropri- to be a violation of Section 74 than this as the caps mentioned down restrictions on Indian NCPCR said it has come across ate action against the Instagram of the Juvenile Justice Act, by the government in its order flights, international passenger increased by 12.82percent to Rs 4,500 -- an increase of 12.5 per- Till date, domestic flights a video posted on the profile of Gandhi over violation 2015, Section 23 of the POCSO does not include the passenger flights to several destinations 8,800. Similarly, flights with cent. The upper cap on these of duration between 90-120, Instagram profile of Gandhi of provisions of the Juvenile Act, 2012, Section 228A of the security fee, user development are resuming. duration between 40-60 min- flights was increased by 12.82 120-150, 150-180 and 180-210 wherein the identity of the Justice Act, 2015, the Protection IPC and the guidelines of the fee for the airports and the GST. In an order issued late utes have a lower limit of percent to 13,200. minutes had the lower limits of victim minor girl's family has of Children from Sexual Hon'ble Court as well. In view This is the 4th time that the Thursday night, the ministry 3,700 instead of 3,300 now, Now, domestic flights of 4,700, 6,100, 7,400 and been disclosed. In this video Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, of the same, the Commission flight ticket prices have been increased the lower limit for the order said. duration between 90-120, 120- 8,700, respectively. The min- the faces of the father and the and the Indian Penal Code, and deems it appropriate to take revised. Ticket prices were flights under 40 minutes of The upper cap on these 150, 150-180 and 180-210 min- istry also allowed Airlines to mother of the deceased girl can demanded the removal of the suo-moto cognisance under revised in February, May and duration from 2,600 to 2,900 flights was increased by 12.24 utes have lower caps of 5,300, operate a maximum of 72.5 per be clearly seen, which is in vio- video from the platform. Section 13(1) and notice under June. The hike in the air traf- — an increase of 11.53 percent. percent to 11,000. The flights 6,700, 8,300 and 9,800, cent of their pre-Covid domes- lation of the prescribed provi- Section 74 of the Juvenile Section 14 of the CPCR Act, fic fuel price is the reason for The upper cap for flights under with duration between 60-90 respectively, as per the min- tic flights instead of the 65 per sions of law, it added. Justice Act, 2015, prohibits the 2005 in this matter,” the the consecutive hikes. 40 minutes of duration was minutes have a lower limit of istry's order. cent allowed till date. Instagram, a photo and video disclosure of identity of a child NCPCR said. sharing social networking plat- in any form of media and Section “Accordingly, the link to form, is owned by Facebook. 23 of the POCSO Act, 2012, also the Instagram video is being The NCPCR Chief Priyank states that no information or forwarded for taking appro- O( # +,-.# ! ! . # Kanoongo on Friday said they photo of a child should be pub- priate action against the have received a complaint lished in any form of media Instagram profile of Rahul 6-7!-5/ farmers’ income by 2022:. institution under the aegis of bling farmers' income by 2022. Development Board (NDDB). regarding the uploading of a which could reveal the identity Gandhi for violation of provi- IndiGau is purely indige- the Department of Dr Renu Swarup, Secretary NIAB has also entered into video on Instagram which of the child. This information sions of JJ Act, 2015, POCSO he Government on Friday nous and the largest cattle chip Biotechnology. DBT also informed that the an MoU with private industry revealed the identity of the par- under Section 23 of the POCSO Act, 2012 and IPC and removal Tlaunched “IndiGau’, India’s of the world with 11,496 mark- Singh said the CHIP of DBT is looking forward to to generate capability within ents. “We wrote to Instagram to Act includes his/her name, of the Instagram video from the first Single Nucleotide ers, said Union Minister of our own indigenous cows is a implementing this technology India for designing and mak- take corrective action,” he said. address, photograph, family platform,” it added. Polymorphism (SNP) based State for Science & Technology great example of self-reliant in the field with the help of ing our own SNP chips. These “We asked them for a reply details, school, neighbourhood NCPCR had on 4 August chip for the conservation of Jitender Singh after releasing India / “ATMA NIRBHAR other agencies like NDDB, may be very low-density SNP within three days, the duration or any other particulars which asked the Delhi Police and pure varieties of indigenous the chip here. BHARAT”. “this chip will have DAHDF, ICAR etc. To further chips in the beginning and concludes today. If we don't get may lead to disclosure of iden- Twitter to take action over cattle breeds like Gir, Kankrej, This indigenous chip was practical utility in the govern- the use of this chip in generat- slowly this technology can be a reply, then we will take action tity of the child. Rahul tweeting the photo of the Sahiwal, Ongole etc. The aim is developed by the scientists of ment's schemes to achieve the ing phenotypic and genotypic further strengthened for bigger against them under Section 14 “Therefore, posting of the girl’s family. The microblogging to conserve the country’s the National Institute of goal of conservation of our own correlations, NIAB has entered chips, making India self-reliant of the Commissions for video of the minor victim's site blocked his account fol- breeds with better characters Animal Biotechnology (NAIB), breeds with better characteris- into a collaborative agreement in this field, said a Government Protection of Child Rights Act, family on social media plat- lowing the complaint. and help towards doubling of Hyderabad, an autonomous tics and help towards dou- with National Dairy statement. / #$%&'$ #$) &$* $)') +,-.-+ ) ! - .. 01$ ) the assistance of local residents. was operated upon late in the attack, Rajouri town witnessed 50+6<79. 55 ution of relief materials. The entire area was also cor- Government Medical College complete shut down on Friday. In Ballia, Yogi met the eer Singh, a three-year-old doned off and a manhunt was hospital in Rajouri.His seven The last rites of Veer Singh were hief Minister Yogi affected people at Saraswati Vnephew of a BJP leader, launched to track down the month old daughter was referred also performed by the family CAdityanath conducted an Vidya Mandir in Maldeypur became the youngest victim of footprints of attackers who prob- to GMC, Jammu for advance amid tight security arrange- aerial survey of the flood-affect- and distributed relief material. terrorist violence in the frontier ably took advantage of the dark- treatment. Medical ments. Shops remained closed ed areas of Ghazipur and Ballia The water levels of the district of Rajouri late Thursday ness in the night. DIG Rajouri- Superintendent Dr Mehmood and main market places wore a districts on Friday and later Ganga and Yamuna rivers have night after a powerful grenade Poonch range Vivek Gupta also Hussain Bajar said, "three year deserted look in the Rajouri interacted with flood-ravaged crossed the danger mark at blast inflicted splinter injuries to rushed to the hospital as palpa- old Veer Singh succumbed to his town. Local residents also staged people in these districts and several places in Uttar Pradesh. seven other family members ble tension prevailed in the area injuries late in the night while protest demonstrations assured them all possible help In Varanasi, the Ganga was including his parents and two due to lack of patient care facil- Jasbir Singh was operated upon. demanding action against the from the government. flowing 72 centimeters above brothers. ities. In the surcharged atmos- Other family members were perpetrators of terrorist vio- "Swollen rivers have affect- the danger mark after eight The BJP leader has been phere local residents and close also receiving treatment in the lence. BJP J&K unit Chief ed 24 districts of Uttar Pradesh years. identified as Mandal President relatives shouted slogans against hospital". This is the second inci- Ravinder Raina visited injured and 600 villages are badly hit. Meanwhile, teams of NDRF Jasbir Singh-an ex-serviceman. the local administration and dent of terrorist violence where family members in the GMC, We have deployed State Disaster on Friday afternoon. ation in Bhadohi, Chandauli have been conducting rescue According to police, the grenade alleged due to lack of security a BJP leader was targeted by the Rajouri. Response Force (SDRF), Yogi added, “The main rea- and Mirzapur districts.” operations for flood victims. blast took place around 9.30 p.m cover the terrorists managed to terrorists in the runup to the Lt- Governor Manoj Sinha National Disaster Response son for the swelling of UP Talking on women’s safety Earlier on Wednesday, near Khandali bridge chowk in target the BJP leader. 75th Independence day cele- strongly condemned the cow- Force (NDRF) and a nodal rivers is release of water from in flood-relief camps, the chief Prime Minister Narendra Modi the heart of Rajouri. According to close relatives brations in Jammu & Kashmir. ardly attack in the house of a officer for each flood-hit area. Kota barrage in Rajasthan, minister said that women con- had a detailed conversation Immediately after the grenade of Jasbir Singh the entire fami- On August 9, a BJP political leader in Rajouri in Like we handled the coron- Matatila in MP and Hathni stables had been deployed in with the Varanasi district blast took place the security ly was sitting together in the first Sarpanch Ghulam Rasool Dar which a 2-year old child was avirus pandemic effectively and Kund dam in Haryana. In Ballia, each camp and officials of the administration about the flood forces rushed to the residence of floor gallery of the house at the and his wife in Anantnag were killed & others were injured. we will also handle the flood sit- 34 villages are flooded, affecting district administration had been situation in his parliamentary a BJP leader and shifted the time of the grenade attack. gunned down in cold blood near Sinha said, "perpetrators of uation,” the chief minister said a population of 1.25 lakh. I have directed to seek the cooperation constituency and assured all injured to the Government The BJP leader himself Lal Chowk area of Anantnag. this heinous act will be brought while interacting with the media earlier reviewed the flood situ- of public figures in the distrib- possible support. Medical College hospital with received serious injuries and Following the grenade to justice soon". + @ N. (2 O .) ( Q* FCG $5 ( . $ O he daily Covid-19 deaths ) the huge and concrete structure Tdropped to 158 and the of the building and to minimize 50+6<7 infections climbed to 6,686 in Pakistani terrorist belong- the collateral damage, drones #(16)R Maharashtra on Friday, even as Aing to the Lashkar-e- Taiba were pressed in for monitoring fter the completion of a grand Ram 5,861 patients were discharged outfit was gunned down by the the movement of terrorists Atemple in Ayodhya, a magnificent +<0/ use pepper from Sri Lanka after full recovery from various joint team of security forces hiding inside. During this exer- temple of Lord Parshuram having his 25- 50+6<7 imported as part of South hospitals across the state. during an eight hour long cise two drones were foot idol is going to be built in Kanpur epper, particularly the vari- Asian Free Trade Area A day after the state logged operation near Malpora cross- destroyed". Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh. he growing demand by political parties across the Peties grown in the high (SAFTA) Agreement to violate 208 deaths and 6,388 infections, ing in Kulgam district late on In the ensuing encounter, The temple is being built with an aim Tspectrum, including ruling National Democratic ranges of Kerala, Tamil Nadu the law of the land and flood the daily fatalities came down by Thursday night. joint teams of Kulgam Police, to invigorate around two crore Brahmins Alliance (NDA) allies, for caste-based census for reveal- and Karnataka were known as the country with hawala money 50, while the infections rose by During the fierce gunfight Army and CRPF successfully of the state in favour for the Bharatiya ing the true extent of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) Black Gold because traders to further their nefarious activ- 298. two security force personnel neutralised a foreign terrorist Janata Party as Samajwadi Party and populace seeks to create a new fulcrum around which from Arab countries, Africa ities which has resulted in pep- With 158 fresh fatalities received injuries, whereas two identified as Usman of Bahujan Samaj Party have made 'Brahmin the Mandal politics is likely to revolve. Regional caste- and Europe made it to the per growers and traders taking reported on Friday, the total civilians were also injured far Pakistan, affiliated with pro- Gaurav' a part of their political campaign based parties, especially those that came up in the after- Malabar Coast in search of this a big hit, according to traders number of deaths in the state away from the site by stray pro- scribed terror outfit LeT. against the ruling party ahead of the 2022 math of the implementation of Mandal Commission cash crop, an essential ingre- and farmers. increased from 1,34,572 to jectiles. The joint team also The security forces recov- assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. report in 1990, like Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya dient in the delicacies of those “While pepper from Sri 1,34,730, while the infections - safely evacuated 22 civilians ered RPG Launcher-01, RPG A temple trust, named Bhagwan Janata Dal of Bihar, are at the forefront of this demand. regions. Lanka could be imported in - with 6,686 new cases – went including shopkeepers, elderly, rounds-04, AK series rifle-01, Shree Parshuram Nyas, has been formed Political pundits from social justice/socialist block, The foreign traders were India only at a rate of 558 per up from 63,75,010 to 63,82,076.. women and children. AK magazines-03 and two for the construction of the temple and it however, apprehend that the move for caste-based cen- ready to shell out the price kg, the new generation traders As 5,861 patients were dis- According to a police grenades from the site of the is headed by BJP MLA Pratibha Shukla sus could prove to be counter-productive for the SP and commanded by the cultivators are importing the same at a pal- charged from the hospitals spokesman, a convoy of BSF encounter. while her husband and former MP Anil RJD and other caste based parties led by dominant OBC of this spice. try price of 350 per kg and sell across the state after full recov- moving on NH-44 was Meanwhile, in Mendhar Shukla Warsi is its patron. castes. Over the years, the com- the same at 400/- per kg ery, the total number of people attacked by terrorists near area of Poonch, a suspicious Pratibha Shukla said that Brahmins “Samajwadi Party and RJD may fancy themselves modity is being used to violate which make them richer by discharged from the hospitals Malpora crossing, Kulgam person identified as Mehmood were always with the BJP and would sup- as the parties of the OBCs, but they are in fact parties Government of India rules in 50,000 for every tonne of since the second week of March around 2.30 p.m on Thursday. Hussain S/o Mohammad port the saffron party in the coming of only Yadav dominant caste and many new parties foreign trade as terrorists, imported pepper,” said Kishore last year increased from The foreign terrorist was prob- Munshi R/o Kasbalari was assembly polls too. of the non-dominant OBC castes have emerged in UP money launderers and hawala Shamji, coordinator of Indian 61,75,010 to 61,80,871. The ably tasked to inflict consid- apprehended at the security “The proposed Parshuram temple and Bihar. Caste-based census will not only bring out operators have Pepper and Spice Traders, recovery rate in the state erable damage to the security checkpoint. During his per- will unite the Brahmins and make them the true extent of the OBC population, it will also reveal devised a new modus operan- Growers and Planters dropped from 96.86 per cent to forces to disrupt scheduled sonal search an IED having politically strong. The time has come for the actual number of Yadav population. The census di to hoodwink the investigat- Consortium (IPSTGPC). 96.85 per cent. functions ahead of 15th August four sticky bombs and an the followers of Parshuram to snatch their might in fact help the Bharatiya Janata Party to imple- ing agencies and bring in black He said that the pepper for The total “active cases” in and spread fear amongst the amount of Rupees 10500/-have rights from those who have usurped their ment its long cherished dream of sub-categorisation money using this black domestic use was imported the state rose 62,351 to 63,004. general public. been recovered from his pos- political area. For this, they will have to within 27 per cent quota for the OBCs, thus margin- gold. through Kochi, Thoothukudi The fatality rate in the state According to a police session follow the policy of Chanakya by adopt- alising the share of the Yadav community. The BJP may The fly by night operators and Chennai Ports. stood static at 2.11 per cent. spokesman, " following swift In this regard an FIR ing Parshurama's tenacity, patience and have the last laugh by eliminating the Yadavs from the action by the joint team of no.313/2021 u/s 23 ULAPA has might,” she said fulcrum of Mandal politics,” opined a SP leader on security forces the foreign ter- been registered in P/s Mendhar Former MP and BJP leader Anil Friday. rorist was trapped in an inhab- and further investigation is Shukla Warsi said that the BJP was not The previous Manmohan Singh-led United 6$ E95 ited building. Keeping in view going on. involved in the construction of the tem- Progressive Alliance government at the Centre had ple and the installation of Lord ordered Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) in 2011, Parshuram’s idol and for this the trust but the actual caste data were never made public. There would not take any help from the gov- are speculations that a fresh SECC may be undertak- 2 3&3 334 ernment. en by the NDA government after the 2021 Census is $ “Help can be taken from party MPs concluded. “As per statistics there are 2.16 of measures to revive the econ- and MLAs but not from political parties. “If the caste based census is conducted and the data 0/-66 million families in Tamil Nadu. omy, Thiaga Rajan said that We solicit support from Brahmins to of population of each caste included in Central and state Based on that the public debt time was not ripe to burden the / come forward with donations to make lists is revealed then all non-dominant castes will organ- hough it was widely expect- burden on each family is 2,63, people of Tamil Nadu by hiking this project a success,” he said. ise against the dominant caste of OBCs -- the Yadavs. Ted that the revised Tamil 976. This debt excludes loans taxes and duties because the “The temple of Lord Parshuram is The data of caste will put an official stamp that SP and Nadu budget for 2021-2022 taken by undertakings by elec- State has been crippled by the Mumbai: In yet another attack ond attack on the NCB sleuths going to be built at a cost of Rs 10 crore RJD are only the parties of Yadav community,” said a may contain heavy dose of tax- tricity boards, transport under- Covid-19 pandemic. on a raiding Narcotics Control in a week. Earlier in November in Kanpur Dehat. In this temple, a 25-foot political analyst. ation, people in the State were takings and metro water,” the The State owned Power Bureau (NCB) team, five NCB last year, the drug peddlers had high idol of Lord Parshuram will be The Narendra Modi government had set up the in for a major relief as Finance Minister had told during the body TANGEDCO was losing officials were injured when some attacked NCB officials at installed and it is likely to cost Rs 50 lakh. Justice G Rohini Commission to look into sub-cate- Minister PTR Palanivel Thiaga release of the White Paper. Rs 2.60 for every unit consumed armed drug peddlers resisted Goregaon in north Mumbai. Not only this, work will also be done to gorisation of OBCs for reservation in jobs and educa- Rajan presented a budget on He had also disclosed that and the transport sector was them at Mankhurd in north-east Undeterred by the attack, build Parshuram Vatika and research cen- tional institutions but it is yet to submit its report and Friday free of any hike in taxes. the State was in worst financial bleeding 59.15 for every kilo- Mumbai on Thursday night. the NCB officials managed to tre in the temple premises,” the former is currently on its 11th extension since being set up in The Finance Minister made crisis and it would take mini- metre run. More than 1,000 Confirming the incident, arrest a Nigerian and seized a MP said. October 2017. his maiden budget speech a mum five years to bring the brand new buses would hot the NCB Zonal head Sameer huge haul of drugs comprising unique event by announcing a economy back to normal. “Since roads soon, said the Finance Wankhede said that the incident 7.5 gms Cocaine, 254 gms hero- cut of 3/- on every litre of 2013 Tamil Nadu has become a Minister in his speech. happened when his department in and 52 gms Mephedrone, petrol sold in the State. This chronic revenue deficit State. A committee has been team had gone to apprehend a totally worth over 1 crore in the + means that consumers in the The financial mismanage- established to study the finan- gang of foreign peddlers oper- illicit markets Acting on a tip- State need pay three less for ment and inefficiency of the ten- cial, infrastructural and other ating from a wooded area locat- off that a gang of 4 to 5 for- 1" every litre of petrol. Thiaga year long AIADMK issues faced by MSMEs in Tamil ed along the railway lines at eigners was engaged in an ille- Rajan, a financial expert by Government had resulted in the Nadu and suggest measures to Mankhurd. gal drug peddling business, the profession, did not burden the State losing income of more enable them to thrive. The “The drug peddlers sud- NCB officials laid a trap and :HIC: people with any new taxes. than one lakh crore. The fiscal Government will also launch a denly attacked the NCB team intercepted one foreigner, Even the Indian Made Liquor deficit for 2020-2021 is 92,305 State Level Credit Guarantee members with machetes and Obiorah Ekwelar of Anambra 50+6<79. 55 was left untouched bringing crore,” Thiaga Rajan had said. Scheme to enable more stones. One of our officials suf- west, Onisha, Nigeria. cheer to the millions of tipplers He had given hints of power tar- MSMEs, particularly micro fered a head injury, while four The armed gang, with he Yogi Adityanath-led Government across the State. iff, motor vehicle tax and prop- enterprises to access credit. others suffered superficial which the NCB officials had a Tcame in for praise from a parliamentary In the White Paper on erty tax getting hiked. But noth- Tiruppur Exporters Association, wounds,” Wankhede said. physical stand-off, had become panel headed by a Congress Member of Tamil Nadu’s economy pub- ing of that sort has happened as a leading trade body in the State Thursday’s was the third a nuisance over a period as it was Parliament over the issue of empowerment lished early this week, Thiaga the Government left these sec- welcomed the suggestions and attack in nine months by drug operating from a swampy area of women. The Parliamentary Standing Rajan had portrayed a grim pic- tors untouched. described the budget proposals peddlers on the NCB officials on near the Mankhurd railway lines Committee on Home Affairs lauded the ture about the State’s finances. While announcing a series as growth oriented. duty. In fact, the latest is the sec- located off the Thane Creek.PNS Uttar Pradesh Government for tackling vio- lence against women. Appreciating the UP Government, the parliamentary committee headed by Anand Sharma mentioned, “The committee appre- ,( " /0 )( ciates the initiatives, like interlinking of var- ious departments and creation of a single- . hence, the petitioner has not made by the Council of thing happens for a reason is to Minister in the guiding spirit of window system to help women victims of joined the Secretary of the Ministers forming part of be believed, this Court ought to the Constitution. Indeed, if violence, taken by the state government of olding that “eight months” Governor as a party despite lib- advice, has to be assume that there was/were there are major differences, Uttar Pradesh. The committee, therefore, Hseemed to be beyond “rea- erty granted by an earlier order discharged within a reasonable genuine reason(s) for the the same have to be made recommends that other states should also sonable time” for Maharashtra of this Court, time”. Governor not to convey his known for ironing out such dif- Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala reported 20,452 establish such synergy and coordination Governor Bhagat Singh “Before parting, this Court “Eight months, on facts, decision earlier, whatever be ferences,” the Judges new positive cases and 114 COVID-19-related amongst various departments concerned Koshyari to decide on the State expresses hope and trust that seems to be beyond reasonable the nature thereof” noted. deaths on Friday taking the caseload to 3,62,090 and with the safety and security of women and Cabinet’s recommendation to things will be set right at an time. This Court, having regard “However, it is time that “Given the stand of the the death toll to 18,394. State Health Minister Veena children.”It is evident from the report that nominate 12 members to the early date. If indeed, during the to the gravity of the issue the impasse is resolved. It is State Government in the pre- George said the state tested 1,42,501 samples in the Uttar Pradesh has set an example for other State Legislative Council, the pendency of this writ petition, involved and the necessity to fill mature, sensible and responsi- sent case that a response from last 24 hours and the test positivity rate was 14.35 states .The state has established ‘One Stop Bombay High Court on Friday the Governor has acted on the up the vacant seats of members ble governance, both at the the Governor is awaited, con- per cent. The State has till now tested 2,91,95,758 Centre’ in all districts for women suffering expressed “hope and trust” advice of the Council of expeditiously as well as to sub- Centre as well as in the States, veying the desire of the samples. "Out of those found infected today, 63 from violence and so far around 1,04,859 that the Governor would dis- Ministers, in whatever way it serve the aims set by the that the people look up to. Governor that further action reached the State from outside while 19,328 con- women have been benefited from these cen- charge his Constitutional duty was thought appropriate by Constitution, would consider it Should there be any misun- ought to be taken, as envisaged tracted the disease from their contact. tres wherein complainants are provided ser- “without undue delay". him, that would take care of the eminently desirable if the oblig- derstanding or miscommuni- in Instruction-16 of the Rules The source of infection of 960 is yet to be traced. vices like police assistance, medical treat- Disposing of a PIL seeking petitioner’s concern complete- ation, in the present case, is cation between two of Business (RoB), could be one 101 health workers are also among the infected," the ment, legal aid, psychological counselling its intervention over the ly. The Public Interest duly discharged without undue Constitutional of the available options since minister said in a release. Among the districts, and temporary shelter. Governor’s “inaction” in taking Litigation is, accordingly, dis- delay”. authorities/functionaries, right the RoB binds both the Malappuram reported the highest number of The safety of women has been the top a decision on the Maharashtra posed of with no orders as to In its remarks preceding its steps in the correct direction Governor and the cases--3,010, followed by Kozhikode with 2,426 and priority of the Uttar Pradesh government government’s recommendation costs” conclusion, the HC bench ought to follow to obviate the Government. Doubtless, the Ernakulam 2,388. Meanwhile, 16,856 persons recu- ever since Yogi Adityanath assumed the made on November 6, 2020, a In its earlier observation in made some pertinent observa- same,” the HC bench seats of the members in the perated from the disease on Friday taking the total office as chief minister in 2017. The state HC division bench of Chief the judgement, the HC bench tions when it said: “The rec- observed. Legislative Council who are cured in the state to 34,53,174. Currently, there are government has not only taken appropri- Justice Dipankar Datta and averred: “This Court, therefore, ommendations made by the “If there be minor differ- required to be nominated by 1,80,000 persons under treatment in the state. There ate steps to protect women from all kinds Justice G. S. Kulkarni observed: concludes the judgment by Council of Ministers have ences of opinion, the same the Governor cannot be kept are 4,90,836 persons under observation out of which of crimes but has also ensured strict pun- “Of course, the Governor is not making a public law declaration become eight months old by ought to be resolved in such vacant indefinitely without 28,420 are in isolation wards of various hospitals. ishment to the perpetrators so that poten- answerable to the Court in view that the obligation, which the the time this Court com- manner as deemed fit and there being a justifiable cause There are 87 local self Government bodies with tial criminals mend their ways. This of Article 361 of the Constitution vests on the menced hearing of this peti- appropriate including, inter and much to the detriment of a weekly infection population ratio (WIPR) above approach has borne results and has ensured Constitution and no direction Governor to either accept or tion. alia, a discussion between the legislative functions,” the HC eight per cent and the state government said there that UP leads the way in controlling rape can issue to the Governor; return the recommendations as If the saying that every- Governor and the Chief bench said. will be strict restrictions in these areas. PTI and other heinous crimes against women. #$%&'$ #$) &$* $)') +,-.-+ 0
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Medieval Nomination was the method to nations in Asia and Africa however, over the disorderly India thus appeared to miss out induct Indian members in ended up with dysfunctional (+ # Partition, in contrast to an order- on the political developments provincial and central councils democracy and rise of dictator- 0 O ly transfer of power. It testified to that were a feature of the Middle under Indian Councils Act, ship as they lacked this training. $ / $ # the failure of nation building in Ages in Europe. There was no 1861. Such persistent demand Another achievement of colonial India with regard to the equivalent of Magna Carta, compelled the British the Freedom Movement was majority of Muslims. The Freedom model Parliament, Diet of Government to introduce elec- the emotional integration of the 4+ P Q = $ * = < Movement that had emotionally Worms of Holy Roman Empire, tions — first indirectly in 1909 nation. As early as at Second 4+ $ = integrated the nation bypassed establishment of universities. and directly in 1919. The first Congress (1886) at Calcutta, = them. Jinnah asserted that Hindus Even though Marathas, Rajput, general elections, though on Surendranath Banerjea stated: =S and Muslims were two different Sikhs and Jats could break the limited franchise, were held in “In ancient India, the lord of nations with dissimilar perceptions Mughal hegemony, there was 1920, which were boycotted by Aryavarta would summon his : of history. His party, the Muslim no corresponding development the Congress as part of the Non- feudatory chiefs to his capital to ( = League, had pitched for Partition, of any new thought. A 300-year Cooperation Movement. celebrate the most imposing = (( ( accompanied by a complete delay in obtaining the printing <0<6=@ However, a breakaway section in Aryan rite — Rajsuya Jagya. # % exchange of population on religious press was alone sufficient to dis- the Congress, under CR Das But those were gatherings of lines. India’s Independence is incentivise new political and --!< and Motilal Nehru at Gaya princes, not of peoples. Here we # viewed only as liberation from for- social thinking. 225-!! Congress (1922), formed the have before us before us per- eign rule. No doubt many went to These changes had to wait Swaraj Party, which contested sonified the incarnate majesty (() the gallows, and more people to the for the 19th century when 6<.-267/ the elections successfully. The of the nation”. jails, to achieve that end. However, British rule had been estab- Swaraj Party was revived in 1934 Netizens, more than ever an overemphasis on Independence lished. India was able to access /-!- 6!< when Congress decided to call before, question whether we tends to overshadow other achieve- new ideas in the field of science, --!< off the Civil Disobedience got our Independence due to ments of the Freedom Movement. politics, law, economics and Movement and participate in Gandhi’s Satyagraha? No, we did Things like growth of public dis- society in the West. .-2 67//- elections under the new consti- not. But he did something more course, emotional integration of the It was against this back- tutional arrangements that were important, making the aspira- nation, evolution of democratic ground that the national move- !- 6!< subsequently enunciated under tion for Swaraj popular, and institutions — critical to the sus- ment for self-governance began. 6!'FA ' 2 0 # ) / sweated and worked so hard behind this $ ' $ $ ' D .1( ( -222 ( state-of-the-art space machine but let us ' ( / $ # not forget that failures teach us how to $ 0 perform better in future. 2 $ ! The errors and the flaws that would < $ 2 ( 32 !;+,!6 4" 6+,4 have resulted in this failure should now $ ' $ K + ( be taken as important lessons that need .) 4 some more attention and analysing and < $ $ $ )$ ( (' then work should be undertaken more O < ! $ $ ) seriously and sincerely to make it error- 2 $ . $ $ $ 5 0 free and impeccable. Let us remember the $$ ' $ O ( * 61 words of Winston Churchill: “Success is $ $ 0 $ $ not final, failure is not fatal; it is the ' !- ,'6| $ $ D / ( courage to continue that counts.” M Pradyu| Kannur yet stage a formidable comeback by engag- had not taken even a single dose of 9,'4 ing its opponents in their own backyards. COVID-19 vaccine. K $( + S # But it all depends on the party’s stalwarts In the latest case, the Ghatkopar 0 7 ) , Sir — With central observers of almost and their collective decision. By consider- woman died on July 27 while undergo- ($ all political parties making the rounds of ing “winnability” as a factor, if the party ing treatment. However, the State * $ 5 ) 8 re-inducts deserters and defectors, it will Government came to know only on $ Goa to lay the groundwork for the 8. ' $ upcoming polls, the election mood is be inviting disaster. Meanwhile, the AAP August 11 that she was infected with the * S + 0 ( appears set to rock the BJP’s boat in Goa. Delta Plus variant, which came to light in + gradually setting over the coastal State. It $ is, however, clear that dislodging the BJP Pachu Menon |Goa the genome sequencing report. The 8 0 S * ( $ S 8 remains the single-point agenda of all woman had taken both doses of these parties that constitute the Covishield, but tested positive on July 21 ) S $ ( Opposition. Although the formation of a Sir — Mumbai recorded its first death due with synonyms like dry cough, loss of "59"-!+, * , combined Opposition to take on the BJP to the Delta Plus variant of Coronavirus taste, bodyache and headache. K 0 $ / ) -2.3 appears to be too vague a proposition, a when a 63-year-old fully vaccinated Recently, the Maharashtra Government had said that 20 new cases $+% semblance of unity will have to be arrived woman succumbed to it in July, a civic at between the parties to defeat the BJP official has said. Following the death, at of the Delta Plus variant were detected in ! ( 9 * in the elections. least two of her close contacts have also the State, seven of them in Mumbai. With - $ * Will the Congress be treading a lone been found infected with the Delta Plus this, the Delta Plus variant has officially path in the State or will it embrace a coali- variant, which is considered highly infec- and fatally entered Mumbai. ( Bhagwan Thadani |Mumbai : / tion? As some parties continue to nudge tious. It is the second death due to this the Congress to take a quick decision, the variant in the State as it had claimed the ( party finds itself restrained by its charac- life of an 80-year-old woman from * . 5#,= 6+,4 teristic indecisiveness. The Congress can Ratnagiri district on June 13. That woman ,,4+,'5'6478"!(9'" K #$%&'$ #$) &$* $)') +,-.-+ 3
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he country is celebrating three *('(' decades of economic reforms. ( = $ ! / These three decades witnessed a / A -2-. # Ttransformation, in theory, and # practice, of the welfare state. A considerable commentary came out on the occasion but was confined to the broad trends in the # economy at the macro level. It is, however, .-2 S yet to focus on the changing nature of the # welfare State. - / The welfare state gained traction dur- ing and after the Great Depression which # led to a considerable decrease in rates of .A32 profit for the corporate sector. The ascen- ( dance of the neoliberal state gained over the -322 % ( years is in the process of reshaping the wel- fare state to suit the market logic. The wel- ( -232 # fare state that was in vogue till the 1990s clearly differentiated boundaries between state, civil society, and market. But neoliberalism, which emerged as the default logic, blurred the boundaries between the market, civil society, and the state. The pre-neoliberal welfare state focused on integrated and community development through universal program state. Those who are accustomed to surrounding TINA (There is No oil marketing companies because of structures whereas the neoliberal welfare /-6-<5.- 5 the benefits they gained from rely- Alternative) factor is a result of this. cross-subsidization of gas, diesel, and state resorted to targeted programs in 6! -6 5 ing on the welfare state, became The second phase spans out for kerosene and highlighting the per- choosing the beneficiaries. Similarly, !!6<6! more politically supportive of main- a decade under the United centage of subsidies spent on social under the pre-neoliberal welfare state, the taining these policies. Progressive Alliance government sectors in every budget is nothing onus of overall development was on the 6=< .5= Thus, the neoliberal fundamen- in which, compelled through mass but constructing the cultural appa- State whereas under a neoliberal welfare <2<62. 0+ talists did not find any possibility of mobilizations, the state attempted to ratus and new pedagogy only. state, this onus has gradually shifted to the 7/< going back from it without develop- go back to its universal nature of wel- Surprisingly no budget document individual. !->-5<62 ing a new discourse that became a fare state. As a progression from the carries details about the non-per- There is another important differenti- 6-7! 0< - default logic of public policy frame- earlier structure, in this tenure, we forming assets and accumulated ation between the pre-neoliberal welfare work. As the welfare state could not can also witness the efforts to cre- value of tax concessions doled out state and the neoliberal welfare state. The / .-0 - be repealed to reinstate market fun- ate a legal basis for welfare measures. to the corporate sector as it goes former, though attuned to market forces, !- 55<20 damentalism, the next best thing The enactment of Mahatma Gandhi against the default logic of market # =$// -2.. ( developed some structures that worked as <.50<50= would be to marketize the state. Over National Rural Employment supremacy. But at the same time, as ( buffer zones for those who are falling behind -7<+ time, this has come to be a hallmark Guarantee Act, Right to Education, the government and neoliberal eco- 1.2 B/C-D in catching up with the market logic. The /-7-5 - characteristic of neoliberalism, per- Right to Information, Food Security nomic policy framework too needs neoliberal welfare state is smashing these haps more than monetarism, dereg- Act, and Forest Rights Act come its own bulwark to shout down the .EFF B/51D 66- -0<5!6< B -CD -2.A = -2-. /C- buffer zones through its explicit commit- ulation, and tax cuts. Instead of under this category. opponents, it is creating new clients ment to the unregulated working of mar- .--- 5-!< repealing the welfare state, neolib- The third phase of consolidat- who can play the role of vocal sup- ket. In this process it shunned its primary -6 - +- eralism involves marketizing welfare ing the neoliberal welfare state porters. Mudra loans are one such 1.F goal, i.e, taking measures to counteract the 6! -6 5 state operations so they run more began in 2014. This was being con- an example.
# =$// deleterious effects of the market logic. /-6-M.- like a business in the name of get- structed in two parallel ways. First, The three decades of economic 2G In 1848, Karl Marx wrote in The ting everyone involved in them, pol- taking all measures to develop a reforms led to the development at /627<5!.- - H Eighteenth Brumaire Louis Napoleon: icymakers, program administra- neoliberal welfare state with the mar- the top of a limited stratum of upper- %5% ( Men make their own history, but they do < +- - tors, and clients to act in market- ket as default logic and secondly, by class and upper-middle class people ( not make it as they please; they do not make /- - / compliant ways. creating a new pedagogy and culture who benefited from the positions of it under self-selected circumstances, but This is what happened with the in defense of this default market corporate oversight and profession- G # / .-0<- under circumstances existing already, given / 55 + pre-neoliberal welfare state in India logic. During this period the mar- al occupations. The bottom 90 per " and transmitted from the past. This force as well. These three decades’ efforts ketisation of welfare reached its pin- cent has been increasingly deemed of history is better understood by the rulers 0/ 0- 0 to marketize the welfare state can be nacle through the campaigns to vol- as not eligible for state's attention. # =$// P Q than their subjects. Marx’s understanding <6-<5.- 5 divided into three phases. In the first untarily relinquishing gas subsidies The reason being their deemed # = of history as an undeniable force in shap- phase, the government shifted from to progressive elimination of cross- failure to position themselves as suc- ing people's ability to act will lend us a help- a universal welfare program struc- subsidization of petrol and diesel to cessful participants for the marke- = ing hand in understanding how the neolib- ture to targeted welfare program converting delivery of welfare goods tized economy and becoming a eral welfare state negotiated with the pre- structure. This lasted till the begin- in a tangible material form to intan- burden for the corporate sector. At /- % = neoliberal welfare state. ning of 2000s. In this period only the gible currency form. The evolution the extreme, those in poverty are cast The neoliberal fundamentalists though neoliberal think tanks developed a of new pension policy and targeted aside as disposable populations who = wanted to create an altogether new form discourse which in substance argued public distribution system are the are to be monitored, surveilled, of a state that was expected to play a sub- that socio-economic development best examples of this. disciplined, and punished more ( ordinated role to capital, but they could can be and should be achieved with The pre-neoliberal welfare state than they are to be helped. The link- = 4+ not. The welfare state had become insti- individual efforts without path developed its own bulwark to con- age of jandhan yojana account, tutionalized and became the default logic dependency. Towards this, they tinue the universal welfare measures adhaar number, and mobile number / I of the system across the world. Its policies developed a cultural apparatus and through developing a pedagogy became a powerful tool to surveil 7 I = = (The writer is a former had acquired their own path of dependen- CWC member, All India pedagogy that is instrumental in cre- and cultural apparatus that supports those individuals and communities J = cy that generated a positive policy feed- Agricultural Workers ating a new condition for general- the same. who are prone to deviate from # = back. It also helped to develop a patron- Union. The views ized acceptance of market system Presenting white papers on sub- socially acceptable behavior for client relationship between citizens and the expressed are personal.) and its eternity. The whole debate sidies and highlighting the losses to market forces. %5% ( = ( POINTCOUNTERPOINT = ( ( # ( ( ( ? @ # ( ? @( =$// L L * "(
mid catastrophic climate Though, the evidence on Khandelwal, Head, Nutrition strate higher risk of cardiovas- University, was categorical that survey in twenty coastal Odisha calamities around the the gendered effects of climate Research, Public Health cular complications than men, ‘any ecological imbalance villages revealed that ‘80 per Aworld, the IPCC’s 6th change remains limited, many Foundation of India. and high prevalence of anaemia impacts women directly, as cent of women, engaged in assessment report affirmed that researchers surmised that in India is already experienc- among Indian women also they are primary food and farm activities, failed to get any the earth’s climate has changed poor households in developing ing a rise in temperature of makes them more sensitive to security providers for the fam- alternative work during and ‘irreversibly’ by human activi- countries, mostly, women and about 0.6 degrees Celsius, as toxicologic influences of air- ilies’. India is already facing after disasters, as post disasters ties. ‘There is about 46% rise in '211 girls bear the brunt of adverse compared to a century ago. borne pollution’. extended periods of draughts, available jobs are mostly in male the frequency of weather-relat- economic shocks, be it cli- Research studies indicate that The large-scale variations especially in Rajasthan, Punjab, dominated fields like construc- ed calamity (2007-2016), and mate-induced or otherwise’. ‘women, especially older and in temperature and rainfall and Haryana, because of tion and rebuilding’. A study in the radiative forcing caused by In the case of India, its eco- Now, India is the seventh- pregnant women, endure a augment the risk of contracting increase in extreme precipita- the aftermath of cyclone long-lived greenhouse gases nomic gains in terms of five- worst hit country in terms of greater burden of heat-related vector-borne diseases (VBD), tion and simultaneous decrease Amphan, in the Sundarbans in (LLGHGs) has increased by 43 fold hike in GDP, from $443 in climate change in 2019 and is ailments, since physiologically, as women spend more time in seasonal rainfall. West Bengal, found that per cent (1990-2018), mainly 2000 to $2014 in 2019, could- estimated to lose 3 per cent of they dissipate less heat by near domestic standing water. In case of any crop failure 'women and girls from impov- due to the increased presence not bridge either the gender the GDP because of declining sweating, have a higher work- Malarial infection in pregnant due to environmental damage, erished families are becoming of CO2’, confirmed a recent poverty gap or health-based agricultural productivity, rising ing metabolic rate’. Moreover, women, often leads to serious women often fail to get any victims of child marriages, traf- study in the Lancet. In 1994, the gender inequalities. There are sea level, and negative health women face ‘limited access to hemorrhagic complications at compensation. They own less ficking and domestic violence'. UNFCCC, a key international 120 extreme poor women, as outcomes. Further, ‘as climate cooling facilities, personal the time of delivery, while, the than 10 per cent of land, and Now, as the countries, treaty to reduce global warm- against 100 extreme poor men changes and public health transportation, and compulsion Dengue and Zika virus, cause barely 2 per cent have proper including India, meet for the ing, asserted that ‘women face in 2021, and the gap is likely to nutrition are inextricably to wear gender-specific heavy restricted intrauterine growth, ownership documents. At the COP 26 in November, the higher risks and greater burden widen further to 129 extreme linked, women in low-income clothing that limit evaporative preeclampsia, increased risk of household level, many women national climate plans must of climate change outcomes, (The writer is former poor women by 2031. In India, groups will be affected dispro- cooling’. The combined effects cesarean delivery, and adverse ‘suffer from hunger. The recur- count on the gendered impacts Director-General, especially, in terms of the Doordarshan& All India the average inpatient health- portionately, and their nutri- of extreme heats, increased foetal impacts. ring cyclones and consequent of climate changes, and ensure health, and becoming a great Radio. The views care expenditure is 1.5 times tional deficiencies will be car- CO2 in atmosphere, and Mira K Desai, Professor, droughts, land loss, crop failure, women's participation in adap- risk-multiplier for gender-based expressed are personal.) higher for Indian men than ried over inter-generationally’, changes in precipitation pat- Extension and etc., are also seriously imped- tation, mitigation, and empow- health disparities’. women. commented, Dr Shweta terns, make ‘women demon- Communication, SNDT ing livelihood opportunities. A erment actions. #$%&'$ #$) &$* $)') +,-.-+ # 6
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(D+ + 0/ Hundreds of Afghans had gathered on the Pakistan side R #. akistani border and securi- of the Chaman border wanti- Pty personnel clashed with ng to cross over but the Taliban 5 . ! month-old Facebook post of London: Afghanistan is “head- hundreds of Afghans wanting who have captured the Spin former Taliban spokesperson ing towards civil war” and ter- to cross into Afghanistan from Boldak area are not allowing Pakistani parliamentary Ehsanullah Ehsan, in which the + .5 ror group Al Qaeda "will prob- a key border crossing in anyone to cross until some of Acommittee has ordered for "kill list" is clearly mentioned. ably come back" as the securi- Chaman closed by Taliban in their demands were met by the a probe into a so-called "kill list" In the post, Ehsan said he s the Taliban is gaining ty situation in the region con- the restive Balochistan Pakistani authorities, sources that mentions a number of was asked to lead a "death Aground in Afghanistan by tinues to deteriorate, UK province. said. public figures in the country, squad" to eliminate "some indi- capturing many key cities in the Defence Secretary Ben Wallace days after a former Taliban viduals". country, the terror group is said on Friday. operative verified its existence The “kill list”, according to now forcing women to get The Cabinet minister was and a leading British newspa- Ehsan, included the names of married to its terrorists, a addressing UK media outlets per reported it. former senators Farhatullah media report said on Thursday. on the government's decision The Committee, headed Babar, Afrasiab Khattak, Syed Afghans are also witnessing to send in approximately 600 by Opposition Pakistan Peoples Alam Mehsud and Mufti the execution of captured sol- additional troops to facilitate Party (PPP) leader Shazia Kifayatullah. diers and unprovoked attacks the safe exit of remaining UK Marri, has directed the Interior Farhatullah Babar said: on civilians by the Taliban in its personnel in Afghanistan as the Secretary to have an urgent "Ehsanullah Ehsan is no ordinary recent captured areas. Taliban onslaught gathers meeting with senators person. He is a former Afghans pouring into of Afghanistan that they have the terror group claimed that it momentum. Farhatullah Babar and Afrasiab spokesperson for Tehreek-i- Kabul and those still in Taliban- nothing to fear as ever-larger took control of the country's “I think we are heading Khattak for their inputs in the Taliban Pakistan (TTP) who held areas say they have wit- swaths of the country fall under second-largest city Kandahar towards a civil war," he told the probe, reported the Dawn later formed a splinter group, nessed unprovoked attacks on their control. But their actions after seizing the governor's BBC. With reference to the US newspaper on Friday. The Jamaatul Ahrar, both designat- civilians and executions of cap- say otherwise, The Wall Street office and other administrative withdrawal of troops from names of both senators figured ed as terror outfits. He has tured soldiers. In addition, Journal added. buildings in the city. So far, the Afghanistan since May, he told * * ' on the "kill list". claimed responsibility for a num- they say, Taliban have demand- On Thursday, the US terror group has captured 12 ‘Sky News': "I'm absolutely $( $ * ' The panel has forwarded a ber of deadly attacks in Pakistan." ed that communities turn over Embassy in Kabul had criti- provincial capitals in the coun- worried that failed states are unmarried women to become cised the Taliban as it had try. breeding grounds for those + "wives" for their terrorists — a received reports of the Taliban The terror group is exten- types of people. Of course I am 1 1'11(+ form of sexual violence, executing members of the sively fighting with the Afghan worried, it is why I said I felt 7 human-rights groups say, The Afghan military who had sur- government forces in an this was not the right time or Washington: Rapid Taliban of the US Embassy in the cap- Wall Street Journal reported on rendered. "Deeply disturbing & attempt to seize key cities and decision to make because, of conquests across Afghanistan ital and send thousands more A Thursday. could constitute war crimes," grab power soon after the US course, Al Qaeda will probably led the Biden administration to the region, to be on stand- 10 11 The Taliban had publicly the embassy said on Twitter. forces withdrawal from come back, certainly would on Friday to rush 3,000 fresh by and speed airlifts for '+9' pledged to be magnanimous in The Taliban has gained Afghanistan under a peace like that type of breeding troops to the Kabul airport to Afghans who worked with the $ victory, assuring government control over many key cities in deal signed between the ground. PTI help with a partial evacuation American military. AP 4 $ officials, troops and the people the region. On Thursday night, Taliban and Washington. $ #$ * :H 5 $ $ @ $ 0+/ 5 5 London: Five people, including > $ a three-year-old girl, two other ( 1$ 6 /55 females and two males, were shot dead with the suspected $ Brussels: The NATO chief says gunman also found dead at the the military alliance is troubled scene in Plymouth, southwest by the Taliban offensive in England, police said on Friday, Afghanistan and is warning the in the country's worst shooting ,!"'6, 5468+? @ insurgents that they won't be con- incident in over a decade. $ $ $ sidered legitimate by the West if Devon and Cornwall Police $ they seize the country by force. said Jake Davison, 22, first shot NATO Secretary-General dead a 51-year-old woman on Jens Stoltenberg told reporters Biddick Drive in Keyham area of (' after chairing talks on Friday with the city on Thursday evening. He NATO ambassadors that the then killed the girl and a 43-year- “allies are deeply concerned about old male relative in the same road, . the high levels of violence caused before shooting a 59-year-old by the Taliban's offensive, includ- man, and a 66-year-old woman 4+?85,@ ing attacks on civilians, targeted who later died in Derriford $ killings, and reports of other seri- Hospital, the police said. ous human rights abuses.” Davison was reported dead $ ( He says “the Taliban need just minutes after police were -@ $ to understand that they will not alerted to the incident and $ be recognized by the interna- two other people, a 53-year-old tional community if they take woman and a 33-year-old man the country by force,” and that who were known to each other, NATO is “committed to sup- were injured in the attack and porting a political solution to are being treated in hospital the conflict.” AP with non-serious injuries. PTI #$%&'$ #$) &$* $)') +,-.-+ 8
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It’s the collective had to fight the tide to get the journey of Vikas Khanna 'oooh, I love this...'? wisdom of everybody that where I am, as an ambassador from his beginnings as a child It goes without saying that influenced and inspired me, of cooking. with misaligned feet to the man the food I would have at home from poets, philoso- who took Indian cuisine to the and what was served at the phers, mentors to You’ve come a long way, world. Vikas narrates the Golden Temple family members. from Amritsar to Michelin incredible story of how he langar, which is Their words are star chef; Would you say you learned to walk and won peo- an extension of with me through have achieved your dreams? ple’s hearts with the magic of the households of every struggle or How have your dreams his cooking. Along the way, he just about every- triumph. I am glad changed over the years? becomes one of the most influ- one residing in Andrei did such a I am a very lazy person, ential chefs in the world and a Amritsar, was good job of repre- meri koi dreams nahi the cultural ambassador of India. delectable. But the senting our food (laughs). I just go where the The film also captures the first time I was culture and the universe leads me, and try to essence of Indian culture, her- spellbound after warm-hearted do my best. But it goes without itage, and customs through tasting something principles sur- saying that there is a lot that I kaleidoscopic visuals of India, was at Maurya rounding it. need to do. There are a lot with all the beauty, bonding, Sheraton when I had many projects in the making. and sacrifices made by an the buffet there. Kyuki Could you please walk My mother, my inspiration, Indian family to fulfill the maine kabhi dekha us through what the film is someone you will see in the dream of their child. Read on nahi tha uss calibre ka khaana. about? What should viewers film, is someone who has for excerpts of the interview: The sense of presentation, that look forward to? taught me a lot and there are is something I had no idea of, Buried Seeds uncovers some things that I have in How did your love for cook- the dishes, cleans the space. back, I recall the urge to follow back then. I never realised that many memories and emotions mind, things I would like to ing start? Thanks to my family, especial- this route. This is my calling. I food would look so pleasing on that were hidden inside me for fulfil for her. The concept of langar was ly my grandmother, who would never saw so many people a plate. You know how it is at so long. It is my hope that peo- what proved to be a big inspi- say ‘Guru Ramdas ke dharti se coming together. home, we serve dal in open ple will see something of them- Among Indian cuisines, ration in my life. The whole jo aaya hai, seva uske khoon me And that is something utensils, chicken in steal plates. selves in my story. I hope they which one is your favourite? thing was very intriguing. It is hoti hai’. Seva is a part of us, which I have gone back to, at I quickly caught on to the fact will see the possibilities for I am always learning new not just about kneading the irrespective of religion. That every stage of my life. The first that I had to learn and incor- what they can become. The things, tasting new fare but cur- dough, or peeling the peas, it practise is instilled in us by our meal I cooked at the White porate the sense of tasting music does not end with us. rently I am in love with the food is about the community com- family, passing down from House was called Seva, back in something that was visually Sometimes we need to open made in the Northeast which is ing together which became generation to generation. 2013. As I said, seva is a huge pleasing. our hearts and listen. That’s nothing like the food made in the focal point of my memories When I was younger, I did not part of the principles of India. what this film helped me with the rest of the country. with food. And you will see it make much of it, however, If you look at my documentary What led to the conceptual- in my life - and that’s what I (Tune in to National in Buried Seeds, how we talk when I started travelling I series, Holy Kitchens, it talks isation of Buried Seeds? believe it can offer to others. Geographic India for the tele- about the whole institution of understood that this is some- entirely about how institutions Andrei came up with the There might be many vision premiere of Buried langar. It is a very unique cul- thing which is very unique to in India engage in seva, right name for the movie. While it instances when you may feel Seeds on August 15, 9 PM.) 4 '# ture where everyone washes my motherland. 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ugust 15th brings to want freedom for the full expression of my Aour minds Indian & 1 Ipersonality Independence from the —Mahatma Gandhi < " hands of the British Raj. At the same time, we are 91 :9 R # To be free, to be yourself is the truest reminded of the trauma of form of happiness. However, in the past 1.5 * 74+' '(8 Partition as well as the exo- " ;48 1 years, thriving in Covid times has been dif- dus of both Hindus and ficult for everyone. From cutting down staff having to keep a tab at the unit. We want to Muslims as they moved — to shutting shop and even being challenged be able to employ as many people and kari- lock, stock and barrel — creatively, the fashion industry has seen it all. gars as possible in times of need like this. from one land to another. On India’s 75th Independence Day some Two works by the vet- fashion labels talk about what they need free- ,#&'#(.# eran 96-year-old modernist dom from. Label: Eurumme Krishen Khanna are an This Independence Day, I wish for free- evocative epoch of this +,%# -&*(')# dom from the shackles of societal pressures migration. The first work, Label: Vedika M created in the year of The one thing I would want freedom Partition, titled Refugees from would be uncertainty. The lack of clar- on a Train 16 Hours Late, ity over and the second is titled what’s going Exodus. to happen Both works by Krishen next has deal with India’s given every- Independence. One work one quite the was shown at Asia Society jolt. Whether in New York, 2018 for an it’s the launch epic exhibition — The of a new col- Progressive Revolution: lection, or for Modern Art for a New India a lot of busi- %,+#0.,0 — which examined the nesses, even Label: Devina Juneja founding ideology of the just staying Every day different cities go back into Progressives and explored afloat, the lockdown and the ways in which artists ability to plan one wave after from different social, cul- and chalk another threat- tural and religious back- things out ens to cause grounds found common without fear- more disrup- cause during a time of mas- India we moved to Shimla. on their faces... this is a were also people who were ing when the tions just when sive political and social I have great memories of masterpiece in itself. victims of Partition and next tragedy will strike again is something to conform to gender norms. With gender- businesses start upheaval. Lahore.” “This work is a contin- they had no place to live in, we would all want to experience again. less fashion being a key facet of Eurumme, re-opening and Refugees on a Train 16 Krishen, the voracious uation of my Exodus from so they lived in the trucks. it’s something I feel strongly about. I believe people get Hours Late, painted in 1947, reader, often quoted litera- Pakistan paintings and They ate in the truck, and &. #(#/ #(#*+, each person, regardless of gender or sexual more confi- is a tight choreography of ture for his imagery and his recalls the opening lines of the truck was their home. Label: Sukriti & Aakriti orientation must be able to express who they dence to characters where the pageants of people. The C Day-Lewis’ poem, The same thing with the The horror of unemployment was a dis- are freely, without judgement, bias, or dis- resume their despondency, the despair, human condition has Departure in the Dark, bandwallahs. They were aster faced by all professionals. So, this crimination. lives. Small the trauma and the angst always been his canvas of ‘Nothing so sharply dislocated like everybody Independence Day we need freedom from businesses have are deeply etched on the thought. reminds a man that he is else was. I have great sym- #%'#-,' borne the brunt faces of each one.The Thus began Krishen’s mortal/ As leaving a place/ pathies with these people,” Label: Ridhi Mehra of this pandem- grouping and the different series on the Partition In a winter morning’s the artist said. Khanna talks The current situation requires us to be ic with many stances, the expressions of which he called Exodus. dark…’” (Krishen Khanna, with the same compassion at home, people can’t visit public places, get- unable to sus- their bodily discomfort — The canvas shows people in January 2010). about the lakhs of migrants togethers seem to be a luxury of the past. tain these last all have an air of despon- a state of flux in their act of In an interview recent- who lost their livelihoods There’s so much you want to do or can do, eighteen dency. migration and it has about ly he stated, “I internalise and were forced to travel but while balancing between being respon- months. “Partition was traumat- it a frenzied fervour. what other people are going back in trucks, on bicycles sible and the fear of being infected, you tend Non–essential items are not a priority for ic,” says Krishen and adds Krishen’s treatment of the through…that is what I am and also on foot back to to pull yourself back. Naturally, this change many with celebrations taking a back seat and “The loss of our home in canvas the flat angular going through also. I am their villages due to the in mass conduct has affected — to a consid- people largely working from home. Most of Pakistan with the Partition strokes that define the peo- not illustrating their lives. pandemic. erable extent if not large — how people per- our offline sales channels such as exhibitions, of India, the trauma of ple on his canvas have I used to see these fellows “I was recalling ceive making purchases, celebrating, or store pop-ups and promotions are not hap- decolonisation, and social about them a dramatic air everyday… hundreds of Partition, even today we are even dressing up. pening or are happening on a much small- upheaval is something that of urgency and emergency. trucks in Bhogal (in Delhi going through the same The country has been through tremen- er scale. Our brand has launched its e-com- stayed with me. I was 17- Evocative echoes become where many Sikhs migrat- upheaval, when Covid has dous turmoil in the past year and challenges merce store but, clearly, it is not enough. years-old then, had just the leitmotif of this brilliant ed to after Partition, most pushed so many people out don’t seem to be reducing any time soon. So, My wish this Independence Day is that returned from London my work. He shows us people of them becoming truck of their jobs, and they have my wish at this point is to gain that complete we can put this nightmare behind us soon parents called me to with cattle in motion with drivers) and talk to them. It gone back to their vil- freedom from the cripple that COVID-19 has and start afresh. And look at our business- Lahore. When we came to sadness and angst writ large was their livelihood. They lages….” brought over us all. es with a renewed energy, zeal, and focus. #$%&'$ #$) &$* $)') +,-.-+ :: #$%&'$ #$) &$* $)') +,-.-+ :
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