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 ,#",-*. including Congress Leader of tion of suspension of the eight  ,#",-*. "# $% ' %(% )'%( the Opposition Ghulam Nabi MPs fell on deaf ears. In order he Opposition parties led Azad, appealed to all of us sit- to pacify the members at dhar- hina continues to rapidly %''% %'   '% * %( Tby the Congress on ting at the dharna to finish it na, the Deputy Cramp up its military Tuesday began the boycott of and join them in boycotting the Chairman Harivansh had prowess all along the border the remaining part of the rest of the session. That is how offered them tea requesting stretching from Arunachal      Monsoon Session to demand we have ended this dharna,” them to call off their protest but Pradesh in the east to Ladakh  6022 15120 the revocation of the suspen- said Congress Rajya Sabha in vain. in the west as talks are on to 122-6-  112%2%02 sion of eight MPs and the member Syed Nasir Congress Rajya Sabha defuse the volatile situation at 4:52 %24%1052 introduction of a Bill to bar pri- Hussain. member and Chief Whip the Line of Actual Control.  .121% 022 vate players from buying farm “We not only want our Jairam Ramesh took to twitter The Chinese have doubled 42. produce below the minimum suspension to be revoked but to give seven reasons behind up their airbases and other mil- support price (MSP). also want the farm Bills to be the decision to boycott the itary installations in the last  %2564?025512% The battle-line drawn taken back and discussed fur- proceedings. three years thereby threatening 42.(0222%2%- 255%% between the ruling BJP and the ther. There should be proper Several senior Opposition ’s strategic interests. 4220251%55246 Opposition after the passing of voting on it,” Hussain said. leaders, including Azad, China has already deployed two controversial farm Bills in Hussain is among the eight Samajwadi Party’s Ram Gopal more than 150 aircraft and heli- the Rajya Sabha impacted the MPs who were suspended for Yadav, Janata Dal (Secular) copters close to the LAC in Lok Sabha, too, where the remaining part of the leader and former Prime Ladakh where both the coun- Opposition members, includ- Session over “gross disorderly Minister HD Deve Gowda and tries share a 1,700 km long bor- ing from the DMK, Congress, conduct” during the passage of NCP Praful Patel, appealed to  #    $    &     (  der. Satellite images and a NCP and TMC, boycotted the the Farmers (Empowerment Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu      )   *  (  ()   report by Stratfor, a global proceedings demanding “with- and Protection) Agreement on to revoke the suspension of the     )      intelligence platform, about drawal” of the Bills before they Price Assurance and Farm eight leaders.    the massive build up has are sent to the President for his Services Bill, 2020, and the alarmed the Indian security consent. Farmers’ Produce Trade and establishment. While the Opposition Commerce (Promotion and The rapid improvement in members staged a walkout in Facilitation) Bill, 2020 on        military infrastructure started the Rajya Sabha and Sunday. right after the 73-day stand-off announced to boycott the Trinamool Congress’ between India and China in entire ongoing session, the Derek O’Brien and Dola Sen, Doklam, Sikkim in 2017. says Sim Tack, a senior global Chinese operations.” Opposition MPs in the Lok Congress’ Rajeev Satav, Ripun    P    Intervention at the highest analyst with Stratfor and the According to the report, Sabha joined them to express Bora, Aam Aadmi Party’s political and diplomatic levels author of the report. China has “started constructing solidarity with them. Sanjay Singh, CPI(M)’s  ,#",-*. Harivansh announced his then defused the situation. Significantly, China’s at least 13 entirely new military The eight suspended mem- Elamaram Kareem and KK fast shortly after he met eight Since then, China has more upgrade of its military infra- positions near its borders with bers who were on a sit-in dhar- Ragesh are the other suspend- n an unprecedented act in the Rajya Sabha members protest- than doubled its total number structure is far from complete. India”. This includes three air- na overnight on Parliament ed MPs. Ihistory of Parliament, Rajya ing on the lawns on the of airbases, air defence posi- “The expansion and construc- bases, five permanent air premises called off their protest Soon after the Upper Sabha Deputy Chairman Parliament complex and tions and heliports near the tion of military infrastructure defence positions and five heli- and joined the Lok Sabha MPs House resumed, the Harivansh Narayan Singh went offered them tea, a gesture Indian border. The Stratfor is in most cases still underway, ports. “‘Construction on four of to strategise a broad-based Opposition parties led by on a one-day fast on Tuesday that the MPs snubbed. report gives details of China’s so the Chinese military activ- those new heliports started boycott. Congress staged a walkout to express his anguish over the “After what happened on military-infrastructure build- ity that we are seeing along the after the onset of the current “Senior Opposition leaders, after their demand for revoca- Opposition MPs’ “unruly” Sunday, I have been extremely up through a detailed analysis border with India today is only Ladakh crisis in May,” it behaviour during the vote on anguished, distressed and in of satellite images of military the beginning of a longer-term says. the farm Bills on Sunday. mental agony and have been facilities. intent,” the report says. China’s military build-up He also wrote letter to unable to sleep for the past two “The timing of the Chinese The consequences of this along the Indian borders, the  "'' %  President Ram Nath Kovind days... “In the name of democ- build-up of military facilities for India, which has been report says, is part of a bigger and Vice-President M racy, Opposition members along the border with India just involved in a violent face-off strategy similar to its goals in Venkaiah Naidu narrating the behaved in a violent manner prior to the ongoing Ladakh with China in eastern Ladakh the South China Sea where incident which had led him to and there were attempts to       standoff suggests these border since early May, seem clear. Beijing has dredged land  +,R % announce the token fast in intimidate the Chair,”           tensions are part of a much “Once finished, this infra- around tiny coral atolls to front of the Mahatma Gandhi Harivansh wrote in his     larger effort by China to assert structure will provide support develop full-fledged air bases statue in Parliament. letter.         control over its border regions,” for an even greater intensity of and naval facilities.  ,#",-*. Lok Sabha passed four Bills, including three Bills on labour arliament on Tuesday sector. Ppassed as many as 11 Bills, The three labour sector  )   (*  %'. '  (% $ three of them related to the Bills passed in the Lok Sabha crucial labour sector and the are: Occupational Safety, fourth one with regard to Health and Working                               essential commodities without Conditions Code 2020l; the the participation of the Industrial Relations Code  ,#",-*. the frontline” and “refrain from upon, the recent talks will Opposition. 2020 and the Code on Social Mumbai: NCP chief Sharad unilaterally changing the situ- ensure there will not be any One of those Bills will Security 2020. Pawar on Tuesday said the he 14-hour military-diplo- ation on the ground” while further build up along the allow companies to hire and Later the Lok Sabha also Income Tax department has Tmatic level talks between agreeing to hold more talks to LAC. fire at will if the staff strength passed Jammu & Kashmir served him a notice in con- India and China on Monday to resolve the standoff. The two sides also agreed is less than 300. The other one Official Language nection with his poll affidavits defuse tension at the Line of “They agreed to earnestly to hold the seventh round of will virtually decriminalise (Amendment) Bill which submitted to the Election Actual Control (LAC) ended implement the important con- military commander level talks hoarding of what were defined makes five languages as offi- Commission. Talking to on a positive note. sensus reached by the leaders as soon as possible, “take prac- essential commodities. While cial languages in the reporters here, Pawar said the The talks were held in a of the two countries, strength- tical measures to properly solve the Bill will decide the fate of State. Income Tax department has positive manner, and it is en communication on the problems on the ground, and tens of thousands of workers Earlier only Urdu was sought his “clarification and will reply to the notice,” he said. hoped that another two to ground, avoid misunderstand- jointly safeguard peace and and millions of farmers, they considered as the only official explanation” on some poll affi- He was responding to a three rounds of dialogues in the ings and misjudgements, stop tranquillity in the border area,” met with no scrutiny from language. As per the new Bill davits furnished by him. query on reports that his coming days may start the sending more troops to the on Monday. The two sides had the statement added. Opposition parties. apart from Urdu, Kashmiri, “I got the notice yester- daughter and Lok Sabha mem- process of disengagement of frontline, refrain from unilat- candid and in-depth exchanges Also, the two delegations The Centre used the Hindi, Dogri and Punjabi will day...We are happy that they ber Supriya Sule, Maharashtra troops. erally changing the situation on of views on stabilising the sit- reaffirmed their commitment Opposition’s decision to boy- be official language. (the Centre) love us from Chief Minister Uddhav India and China on the ground, and avoid taking uation along the Line of Actual to abide by the five-point plan cott both Houses of Rajya Sabha passed seven among all the members...The Thackeray and Environment Tuesday in a joint statement any actions that may compli- Control (LAC) in the India- outlined by External Affairs Parliament to rush through Bills, which include Banking notice was served by Income Minister Aaditya Thackeray after the sixth round of Corps cate the situation,” the joint China border areas, it stated. Minister S Jaishankar and his these Bills. The Rajya Sabha Regulation (Amendment) Bill, Tax after the Election had received similar notices Commanders talks agreed to statement said on the senior Sources said while the dis- Chinese counterpart Wang Yi passed seven Bills, and the 2020. Commission asked (it) to...We from the I-T department. “stop sending more troops to military commander-level held engagement is yet to be agreed for disengagement.                                                               !"#$/0112    !"  #$     !   !         2&124 (112251   "        ,#",-*. 18,390 new cases of coron- )6 42 2    % $ #$%      avirus on Tuesday, and with 4121      &      ndia’s Covid-19 death count that the tally has now climbed 622$86$9024%  ,#",-*. completed by October 31, and crossed 90,000-mark on to 12,42,770.  %     I %%1212 session has to begin from Tuesday as the country once The number of active cases 12::% he Centre on Tuesday November 1.    $      again recorded more than 1,000 is now pitched at 2,72,410 as )(0O1< Treleased the tentative cal- The calendar has also sug-       deaths with Maharashtra lead- per the latest information endar for the first year univer- gested certain preparation      ing the tally followed by Tamil shared by the state health     sity students of undergraduate breaks to be followed by the   *      Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra department. %&   and postgraduate courses for universities, colleges, institu- '(       Pradesh, UP and Delhi. Tamil Nadu recorded 76 #'#(#/ =1 the session 2020-21 which have tions and the next session to $0'0 1'#- #0+0 9(+0. #0+0 )(      Maharashtra on Tuesday deaths and 5,337 new cases on #4%2  22  been rescheduled due to the begin on April 30, 2021. $20   recorded 392 deaths which Tuesday which took its death 425 .2   *     corona pandemic. The new The UGC had, in April, '2   took it overall death count to count to 5,406 and total case- *5 2 academic session for freshers released an alternative acade-      33,407. The State reported load to 5.52 lakh. 2%0 will now begin in November, mic calendar for colleges, with 2054% and the delay will also impact the plan to reopen colleges in 62?  202 the next academic session as September, but the delay in     <: <#4%2  well. entrance exams and Covid 22 As per the schedule, the infections surge has pushed the 02 admission process has to be session by two months. &  $+,     50< /!$00$12(13+0041"+31!5-+'+/6  < <     ) *   99    $*&- ed to tag two more instalments To add, as other States in        1!!+23+!+2'17 -#00+017#"1+  < <   of 2,000 each in PM Kisan MP, farmers are also outraged + +-.$/ 020 0' /+2'09(+0."#'3.49$(0'+!+0'+(:+#(6 n a bid to woo farmers ahead Samman Nidhi from CM Kisan over three agri-sector bills that 25"'22 (+5#(#'$12(+#;  <<  2 <<  Iof by-polls in Madhya Kalyan Yojana and farmers will seek to modernise farm sector  225 12/ 3'17#!$2#'$120 <<  2 <<  Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj now get 10,000 per year,” CM but opposition led by Congress 1%4520 +!+0'+((+#; <<  2 < <  Singh Chouhan here Chouhan announced in a func- is crying foul saying it will end  255% 1!!+23+!+2'17 -#00+0 < <  announced that State’s farmers tion on Tuesday. MSP and leave farmers as 1%20  71(+2+!+0'+( will now get 10,000 per The Congress party had labourers.Chouhan’s 122?121  % (+5#(#'$12(+#;  <<  2<<  annum under Kisan Samman found road back to power in announcement is also seen as 41L22M2 Nidhi. the State in year 2018 in assem- a ploy to placate farmers ahead 11 522225 12/ 3'17#!$2#'$120 <<  2 <<  Till now, the farmers get bly polls with the help of farm of 27 by-polls in the state. 1<622?121  +!+0'+((+#; <<  2 <<  6000 in three instalments per loan waiver and is again under-                      The Chouhan government 525% 1!!+23+!+2'17+' <<  annum under PM Samman lining it’s farm loan endeavour   $  +      ,  ,      has recently doled out crop 1250< 3#/+!$3+00$1271('.$0"#'3. Nidhi announced by Centre in accusing BJP of not letting it    ,  ,         ) +   insurance compensation the past. “Today I have decid- complete the scheme.       among farmers in the State.     !"#!$!$  

      , -    % 5 62 5%()( &  Q2/ 0   !"# $%#! .    payment from online, QR code, Bharat Pay, Bhima, UPI. & $3  " Meanwhile, under the % 551 ( + 2/  R  activities of Official Language    in Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya organ- -   $- )  two phases. Engg Pradip Lariya on decision 99    $*&- Madhya Pradesh Atmanirbhar area and export cluster, in- 99    $*&- ised ‘Unicode Typing Test’,  ,-. !" & The first phase of loan to waive off farm loans of Krishi Mission-Agri depth training at district level where employees participated waiver continued ahead of Dec remaining farmers by the BJP hief Minister Shivraj Singh Infrastructure Fund, held at and making activities and infor- he Manav Sangrahalaya, enthusiastically. The pro-   "  & 17, 2019 and after this date, the Government. CChouhan has said that Mantralaya on Tuesday. mation available on digital plat- Tthe Life Line of Tourism in gramme was coordinated by / "  0 second phase of the scheme Notably, the BJP had been under the Atmanirbhar Minister for Farmers Welfare form etc. MOU has been exe- Bhopal, opened to visitors on Mohd. Rehan and Ravindra was implemented, according to cursing the Congress party for Madhya Pradesh, ‘Ek Jila –Ek and Agriculture Development cuted by the Mission with 15 Tuesday. The museum was Gupta. On this occasion they  "      the written reply submitted by months that it betrayed the Utpad’ (One District-One Kamal Patel, Minister of State banks. closed since March 21 due to said Unicode is a program that Patel in the Assembly. farmers and farm loan waiver Product) scheme has been for Farmers Welfare Girraj Consent in principle as the Covid-19 problem, assigns a code or number to The State Government in was mere an eyewash. The launched in the State. Under Dandotia, Chief Secretary Iqbal regard to various schemes has Entry of the museum was each letter typed from the key- 99    $*&- the reply admitted that farm Congress party suddenly this, one product of each district Singh Bains, Agriculture been received from 17 districts given only after checking the board. Unicode actively devel- loans from few hundreds turned aggressive after the will be promoted by publicizing Production Commissioner K.K. of the state. Five Model D.P.R. thermal screen and tempera- ops standards in the field of fter having engaged in war rupees to to little over 1lakh reply was reported in the media it at a wide scale. Necessary net- Singh and other officials were have already been prepared. ture, with the physical dis- internationalization along with Aof words with Congress were waived off under the Jai on Tuesday. work will be developed by present at the meeting. Interest has been expressed by tance simultaneously. However, defining characters and party for months on farm loan Kisan loan waiver scheme. To “Shivraj Singh Chouhan spending 7,440 crore in the Chouhan said that office of IFFCO to set up a ‘Swarna on the first day, 82 visitors encodes scripts rather than waiver, the ruling Bharatiya add, the scheme was and Congress deserter next 4 years for fruits-vegeta- the Madhya Pradesh Ahaar’ Unit in the state. Under entered the museum with com- languages. Janata Party in Madhya announced by Kamal Nath Jyotiraditya Scindia have been bles, produced in the districts Atmanirbhar Krishi Mission the mission, 150 farmer coun- plete security as per the guide- On this occasion, Director Pradesh has admitted in State Government after coming to lying persistently on farm loan as well as grading of crops, has been set up at State level to ters will be opened in the state, lines of Covid-19. P. K. Mishra said that the main Assembly that farm loans of power. waiver,” said MPCC chief packing and marketing. Our encourage the establishment in which farmers will be con- Welcoming the visitors objective of this competition is over 26 lakh farmers were All the districts of the State Kamal Nath on Tuesday saying aim is that the farmers get a fair of agricultural products’ units. nected to e-marketing plat- who entered the museum, P.K. to promote Hindi language, so waived off in the State. saw farm loans being waived his government had waived off price for their produce. The In this, officers of Agriculture, form. Mishra said that all the visitors that the spirit of developing In a written reply submit- off (in Kamal Nath 11600 cr for 26.95 lakh farm- State Government will take all Cooperative, Fisheries, Chouhan said that these are important for us, keeping in Hindi language can be devel- ted to the House in response to Government) and even in ers in the state in two phases possible steps for the value Horticulture and other depart- agriculture related activities mind the safety of their health, oped in everyone. Unicode a query from Congress mem- tehsils –Guna, Bamori, and this was admitted by the addition of agricultural prod- ments concerned are being will create new employment the complete information of the enables a single software prod- ber Jaivardhan Singh on Raghogarh, Chachoda, Shivraj Government in ucts. District wise 17 agricul- posted. This mission will give opportunities in the state. He visitors coming to the museum uct or a single website to be tar- Monday, the Agriculture min- Madhusudangarh, Kumbhraj Assembly on Monday. tural products and 36 necessary a credit guarantee of maxi- instructed to connect more is being registered with ID geted across multiple plat- ister Kamal Patel offered details and Aaron, farm loans upto 1 Nath demanded an imme- technical activities have been mum 2 crore, there will also be and more people with the mis- proof. forms, languages and countries of the farm loan waiver lakh were waived off for 17,403 diate apology from CM identified. The services of tech- a provision for an exemption of sion. Shri Chouhan said that Admission will not be without re-engineering. scheme. farmers, the reply said. The Chouhan and Scindia on this. nical experts, agricultural sci- up to three percent in interest. along with farmer producer granted if the current pulse rate It allows data to be trans- According to the reply, detailed review of farm loan He also demanded that entists as well as financial and The mission will act as a state organizations, self-help groups and oxygen saturation level ported through many different farm loans of 26,95,381 farm- waiver is being considered by Chouhan Government should business managers will be level project management unit should also be linked to these (SpO2) is below 95% or the systems without error. In this ers were waived off and a total the State Government and a immediately start a process to obtained for necessary guidance and single window facility. activities. Transparency in dis- temperature is above 37 ° C / competition 10 employees par- amount of over 11,000 cr was decision will be taken after due waive off farm loans of remain- at every level. Under this, work will be carried tribution of grant and selection 98.6 F. It is compulsory for all ticipated and they the para- sanctioned under the scheme diligence, Patel replied to ing farmers. The BJP including The Chief Minister was out to prepare project report, of eligible people should be the viewers to wear the mask. graph given in Hindi typed of farm loan waiver that ran in another question from MLA CM Chouhan was yet to react. addressing the meeting of identification of investment ensured, he added. The ticket will be given only on through Unicode.     $  ( ,  ,   . ,  ,0

99    $*&- cated structures results in (SSED)division. information given by JP N'2O immediate Makeshift Clinic Kothari informed that this Shukla,Senior Principal P Council of Science & for Covid-19 patients and other clinic can be used in rural and Scientist, (AMPRI)- Makeshift 0 - MTechnology (MPCST) has purposes.It makes use of metal- urban areas both and set up in Clinic is prefabricated metallic established a makeshift clinic lic portals framed,foldable, a very short span of time. It portal having features like fold-  G$-!) on JP Hospital campus, Bhopal lightweight & durable structure. provides immediate solution of able, easily erectable, reusable, for testing Covid-19 patients. Anil Kothari, Director Covid-19 and for other medical safe, serviceable and comfort to lue Dart Express Ltd, India’s The clinic will be handed over General of Council said that purposes and for earthquake the occupants. Bleading express logistics ser- to Govt JP Hospital very soon. MPCST was set up in 1981 and and flood prone He added that it is cost vice provider and part of the CSIR labs of CBRI, this year completing nearly areas.According to Saroj Bokil, effective & reusable for other Deutsche Post DHL Group Roorkee & AMPRI, Bhopal four decades of its establish- Head, Science for Socio- purposes and easy to transport (DPDHL) to plant 1,11,000 trees have jointly developed and ment. During this period Economic Development from one place to other. It in collaboration with Grow- transferred technology/ know- Council identified new,signif- (SSED) division informed that offers immediate solution to Trees in Kanha-Pench Wildlife how for Makeshift Clinic which icant and relevent areas in Makeshift Clinic establish in the current crises of Covid- corridor. is demonstrated and imple- which S&T can be utilized for 500 sq. ft.having provision of 19/other crises by a number of Blue Dart will complete mented by MPCST & CSIR- socio-economic development sampling, registration, medi- makeshift hospitals, clinics, planting these trees in the CY AMPPRI, Bhopal. This project of State people In view of these cine, temperature & oxymeter disaster relief camps, pulse 2020 and these 1,11,000 trees are is sponsored by MPCST, aims and objectives,Council and cabin for Doctor. polio drives, earthquake, flood likely to offset 22,22,000 kgs of Bhopal.The developed design has establish Science for Socio- Salient Features of prone areas, seminar/ confer-  -,     +      (            ,   carbon per year, on maturity. for the installation of prefabri- economic Development Makeshift ClinicAccording to ence/ exhibition hall etc. ,  +         The tress being planted include indigenous species like Tamarind, Shisham (North Indian Rosewood), Siras ! $%& '! % %! ) *+ /  )    (Frywood), Teak Wood, Karanj (Indian Beech), Custard Apple, 99    $*&- Ber (Indian Plum), Kateswari / 4  "  *" (Red Silk Cotton), Kashid eather pattern has changed (Yellow Cassia), Wood Apple, Win the active systems and Amla (Indian Gooseberry). very heavy to heavy rainfall 99    $*&- speaker Lalit Kumar described called from the participants, in Preserving the ecosystem around would be witnessed in the State his journey to establish Kavita which 7 participants were this reserve, rebuild wildlife in the next 2-3 days. Among the oornayad the Hindi Festival Kosh. selected for the final phase. In habitats and supporting tribal regions, which have been issued Tis wooing the students and Taking a new initiative this the final phase, participants communities along with aiding warning of very heavy rainfall, literature lovers. Marking the year, a book review competi- conducted a live book review in increasing the forest reserve in are Shahdol division and sixth day book review and tion was organized to inculcate on Sankrant Sanu ji's 'Illusion the country are some of the Balaghat, Vidisha, and Raisen guest lecture was held online. a positive attitude towards the of English Medium', Amritlal objectives behind these planta- districts. It is to be noted that Hindi language of the present Nagar ji's 'Nachyo Bahi Gopal' tion drives. Sagar and Hoshangabad Toornayad is the biggest festi- young generation and to devel- and Shrilal Shukla Ji's 'Raag divisions and Rewa, Satna, val of Hindi organized by the op their reading and reading Darbari'. Sehore, Rajgarh, Official Language ability. The participants answered Alirajpur,Jhabua, Dhar, Dewas, Implementation Committee of Managing Director of the judges' questions very accu- Shajapur and Ashok Nagar dis- $ ,,         +         Maulana Azad National AISECT Group, Santosh rately, showcasing their cre- tricts are regions which have Institute of Technology, from Choubey was present as the ativity and speech art. This been issued warning of heavy September 14, 2020 to chief guest in the competition. program of book discussion rainfall. The Met department has brought the mercury down. and Anuppur 9, Mohkheda 8, Chhattisgarh and adjoining September 26, 2020. The review on the role of the was telecast live through issued warning of thundery The Met department told Pushparajgarh, Dindori, areas. A cyclonic circulation is The sixth day of the pro- educator was dome by Anand YouTube so that more people activities and thundery lighten- that the humid weather condi- Khategaon amd Ranapur 7, located in northwestern gramme under Tooryanad '20 Singh former Secretary General could join. Finally, Santosh ing Rewa, Shahdol, Jabalpur, tions would continue to be wit- Gandhwani and Alirajpur 6, Rajasthan and adjoining Punjab ended with the much awaited of the Institute of Excellence, Choubey, while explaining the Sagar, Indore, Ujjain, nessed as the temperatures are at Banakhredi, Sohagpur, would induce good rainfall in the competition book review and Bhopal and Ashutosh Singh importance of reading litera- Hoshangabad, Bhopal, Gwalior higher level. The state capital Chhindwara, Gadarwada next 2-3 days. For this week and guest lecture. On the one hand, Thakur, founder of the Young ture properly, encouraged the and Chambal divisions. recorded day temperature amdJaithari, 5, Amarpur, till September 29 the spell of the selected participants from Thinkers Forum, former participants and appreciated Heavy spell lashed the state around 32 degree Celsius. Samanapur, Kotma, Depalpur rainfall would be witnessed in the first phase in the book General Secretary of the Forum Turyanad for this initiative capital providing relief from hot In the past 24 hours regions and Pipariya, 4. the state and the distribution of review participated in the 'book and Toornayad. which increased the populari- and humid conditions on which recorded heavy rainfall in Met official said that a low rainfall would not be even across discussion' on the selected In the first phase, a written ty of literature among the Tuesday; brief period rainfall cm were Udaigarh 11, Sondwa pressure area is located in North the state. books, on the other hand, guest review of selected books was youth. &(5    62- ) F2422 5202% ??2%2025% )  !" / ! 99    $*&- ehangirabad police have booked a youth for sexually assault- 99    $*&- Police said that the deceased Jing and exploiting a 29-year-old girl by luring her of marriage was found dead at around 12 in victim lodged a complaint after accused refused to marry her. 36-year-old CISF personnel the night on Monday and he was Police said both the accused Divansh Joshi and victim were Aposted with BHEL died late taken to hospital where he was acquainted and used to study in Polytechnic College in the year in the night on Monday who was declared dead. The deceased 2017 and the accused proposed her and later sexually assaulted hit by a speeding truck on was identified as Zuber Khan at her room near DMart Jehangirabad. September 19 near Kasturba who was addicted to liquor and The victim in her complaint stated that Divansh used to study hospital Govindpura police have fell in the nullah in an inebriat- when she was at Polytechnic College. The two later developed started investigation.According ver is still missing. ed state. After the preliminary relationship and luring her of marriage accused took her to room to the police Amner Ravikashi After the preliminary inves- investigation the body was sent and unaware of the ill intentions the victim accompanied her died while undergoing treat- tigation the body was sent for the for the post mortem. The police where she was sexually assaulted. After committing the crime ment at private hospital in the post mortem and the police have registered a case under sec- accused assured that he would marry her and later continued night on Monday. have registered a case under sec- tion 174 of the CrPC and start- to sexually exploit her. Later when the victim asked to marry the Police said that the Amner tion 304 A of the IPC and have ed further investigation. accused he refused and the victim informed the incident to the was suffering from illness and started further investigation. The locals informed the family. The victim lodged a complaint with the police. Police have was returning from Kasturba Meanwhile, a 30-year-old man police and on the receipt of the registered a case under sections 376 and 506 of the IPC and have hospital on September 19 when died after he fell in Karond nul- information police team rushed started further investigation. The accused is yet to be arrested he was hit by a speeding truck. lah along with his scooter late in to the spot and started investi- who went absconding. Meanwhile, Nishatpura police has The errant truck driver escaped the night on Monday; gation. The deceased used to booked two male nurses posted with BMHRC for molesting a the spot leaving the truck which Nishatpura police have started work as porter and heavily 45-year-old woman sanitation worker for the past four months;   , / ,        ,  ,,(   ,    was seized by the police, the dri- investigation. addicted to liquor. victim lodged complaint on Monday.   , +        

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,    &   &' '#! !      7  5'' ( ,&#%  '')!# 2125 (  5%()(1 + *#! )# 1202 99    $*&- Mukhya Mantri Kisan Samman deposited in their accounts.      Nidhi Yojana to each farmer in Today, Kisan credit cards were "1 hief Minister Shivraj Singh the State after conducting a sur- distributed to remaining 67  ."&), .+ .* 0  CChouhan, while addressing vey of farmers. The estimated thousand farmers, livestock 7  the government hospital, 12 1.$%2 30%! Cabinet Members before the number of land holding farm- farmers and fish breeders of the Madhav Nagar Hospitals, in the he human face of Dhar  !GG. Cabinet meeting, said that 77 ers in the State is one crore. state. Along with this, financial   absence of which patients could Tcollector Alok Kumar Singh 0+ 45+ ++!* lakh farmers of the State are Chouhan said that the dis- assistance amount of Rs. 800     die. Apart from this, lakhs of was seen by the Dhar people 0  %* 0! he Economic Offence Wing given total 6,000 per farmer in tribution of the first installment crore was transferred to the rupees are being collected from when the collector on his way Tregistered two cases in cor- three installments of 2,000 of Samman Nidhi to the farm- accounts of cooperative soci-  & $3 patients in the name of treatment to the office stopped his car see- 5!$ .$.% .& ruption case in Balaram pond each every year under the ers under Mukhya Mantri eties. Now farmers will be ben- of Covid-19 by private hospital, ing the youth lying uncon- 0! 1.$%2 30%! construction scheme in Dewas Pradhan Mantri Kisan Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana efited under the Mukhya  !GG. injections are being sold at 8 to scious on the road and come district in which the officers Samman Nidhi Yojana. Now, will take place on the birthday Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi 9 times higher which is in col- out of his car and loaded the 1$.'! 0! 1$%0 and employees of the the Madhya Pradesh govern- of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay. Yojana. Soon, credit cards will ongress delegation submit- lusion with the doctors and youth in the ambulance himself. .& 0! 1%% $!! Agriculture Department, ment, while taking a big deci- On Friday, the September 25, also be distributed to the hor- Cted a memorandum to the drug suppliers and same is done The youth riding a bike fell 00 &! .% 0! District Dewas colluded to sion in the interest of the farm- the Chief Minister himself will ticulture farmers of the state, he Collector regarding the demand on other medicines. unconscious on the road when obtain Rs 2.92 crore for the ers has decided to give them a transfer the amount in the added. for public interest including rob- Black marketing is in prac- a big branch of banyan tree fell .50 0. + 45+ period 2011 to 2015. total of 4000 every year in two farmers' accounts from Bhopal Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh beries and mishaps in hospitals tice as they do not fear admin- on his head. Locals told that a 3.%2 1!0%* 0! Superintendent of Police installments of 2,000, on and Ministers as well as other Bains, while informing about in the name of corona with the istration; BJP MPs, MLAs are all big boring machine has just Dilip Soni of Economic Crime behalf of the State Government. public representatives will the process of the Mukhya patients. The congress delegation silent on the issue. The staff in passed that way and the upper 1.$%2 30%! Cell Unit Ujjain said that on The total amount of the Central transfer the amount in pro- Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi met the collector and gave him hospitals are not properly taking portion of the boring machine primary physical verification, a and State government schemes grammes, to be organized in Yojana, said that information of a 9-point memorandum regard- care of patients. broke the branch of the banyan emergency medical care was total of 361 Balaram ponds will now become 10,000. other districts. farmers to be benefitted will be ing the demands of public inter- The Congress delegation tree which fell on the youth given to him and later the were not found to be construct- ‘Chief Minister Kisan Samman Chouhan said that the registered on Kisan Samman est, including the disruption in led by City Congress President who was just moving behind wounded youth was trans- ed in the development block of Nidhi Yojana’ will benefit all Government is providing full Nidhi portal. hospitals and the bill of running Mahesh Soni and District the boring machine. Collector ferred to Indore for advance Kokhurd, Sonkach and Vikas farmers of the State. This security cover to the farmers of Patwaris will verify the into lakhs of rupees for the Congress President Kamal Patel Alok Kumar Singh stopped treatment. block in Dewas district, while scheme will prove to be a the State. Madhya Pradesh information in their respective patients of Covid-19 by the pri- met Collector Ashish Singh and his car and immediately loaded The police have arrested the grant money of the said 361 blessing, especially for small Government is taking decisions areas. Farmers are required to vate hospital. shared trouble faced a lot of trou- the wounded youth in the the boring truck driver as the ponds was disbursed to the farmers. one after another in the inter- give applications only once, Congress spokesperson ble for the patients fighting from ambulance of the veterinary movement of heavy vehicles on beneficiaries. Chouhan said that 70 lakh est of farmers. physically to the Patwari con- Vivek Soni said that the number Corona, former MLA Dr. department which was just this road is prohibited. The Balram Talab Yojana was farmers of the State are receiv- The scheme was intro- cerned. Further processing will of active Corona patients is Batukashankar Joshi, State passing on the road. family members of the youth started in the year 2010 by the ing benefit under the Pradhan duced first to provide crop be done on mobile itself. increasing daily in the city, there Secretary Chetan Yadav, former Dhar collector Alok Kumar who was resident of Tirla area Government of Madhya Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi loans to farmers at zero percent Information regarding amount is no arrangement of ICU and Councilor Ravi Rai, Executive Singh told The Pioneer that we of Dhar also were informed Pradesh for irrigation system Yojana. Madhya Pradesh interest rate. Then the amount transferred will be received by ventilator for serious patients in Chairman Jitendra Goyal were have sent the wounded youth who had reached to Indore and rainwater harvesting in the Government will give benefit of of last year's crop insurance was the farmers on their mobiles. the selected hospitals including present. to the Dhar hospital where the hospital. interest of small and marginal farmers. Under the Balaram Talab scheme, construction of 2037 Balaram ponds was  6 0.*+ !1%$ .%  approved between 2011 and 2015 in Dewas district. 99    $*&- Prof Pandey said that Hindi's said English is the official lan- science and that mentality is an During the construction of present status is because of guage in Nagaland, Sikkim, obstacle in development and Balaram pond, the District he National Education non-Hindi speaking people. Mizoram and other states. expansion of Hindi and other Collector Dewas was ordered TPolicy (NEP) will be laud- Gujarati speaking, Mahatma Public there have launched Indian languages. The NEP by the then Under Secretary ed for facilitating teaching in Gandhi made efforts to make movements to save their moth- aims at taking the country General Administration mother tongue. The policy will Hindi a national language. er tongue. Correspondence in ahead. This is not possible with- Department to investigate the strengthen Hindi language. Gandhi Ji, who toured the universities in Hindi states is out development of our own lan- irregularities in the construc- Former Director of Central country during the freedom made in English, which is guage. Vice Chancellor of Atal tion of Balaram ponds, when Institute for Hindi, Prof struggle, tabled proposals in unfortunate. Higher education Bihari Vajpayee Hindi there was a complaint at the Nandkishore Pandey said this Hindi at the conventions of the should be imparted in Hindi in Vishwavidyalaya, Prof Ramdev government level. in a national webinar on Congress party, proceedings the states. Bhardwaj said we should feel A total of 361 ponds could 'National Education Policy and of which were basically in Chief Guest and Vice proud of our language and not not be built on the spot on Future of Hindi', organised by English at that time. Akbar, Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi hesitate in using our mother physical verification of the Makhanlal Chaturvedi during his tenure, forcefully Antarrashtriya Hindi tongue. Balaram ponds constructed in National University of made Persian as an official lan- Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha, Prof Vice Chancellor Prof KG the district of Dewas which was Journalism and guage. Rajneesh Kumar Shukla said this Suresh, chairing the session, found by District Collector Communication, Bhopal. People were invited from is the first education policy, said inferiority complex was Dewas. University Vice Chancellor Iran to publicise the language which highlights concern for the developed in Hindi speaking A case under section 21 (1) Prof KG Suresh chaired the and Madrasas were opened languages. This policy recognis- people for not being able to (a), 13 (2), 7 (c) of Section programme. Chief Guest Prof for teaching it. Similarly, es the strength of being multi- speak English at institutional 409,420,467,468,471,120-B of Rajneesh Shukla and special English language was made lingual. Hindi is the language of level. Because of this mindset, the Indian Penal Code and invitee Prof Ramdev Bhardwaj language for officials working the highest number of people. we consider only English Prevention of Corruption Act also addressed the webinar. at the time of the We generally believe that English speaking persons as intellectu- 0   + (  0      1     ,  #   against the concerned officers In his keynote address, Independence. Prof Pandey is a language of knowledge and al. 2  + #          )    /34  ,) +         and employees was registered. R       8   

99    ,# and tried to explain the MSP he said.  ,50 ) ,   ",-*. and the MSP PDS system in AAP Rajya Sabha MP ND the English language.” Gupta, who was also present in am Aadmi Party (AAP) “Which farmer in India the press briefing said that the ,     , ((   Anational spokesperson would read this newspaper country and the Parliament is Raghav Chadha on Tuesday and ad with his morning cup run on dictatorship and not on said that the false “propagan- of cappuccino, and under- democracy, and said that the 99    ,#",-*. da” of Prime Minister stand the MSP? I want to BJP government is now a gov- Narendra Modi-led Central question the Centre, out of 62 ernment of ordinance. he Delhi Police in its Government has been exposed crore farmers and workers in Gupta said, "The PM and Tchargesheet related to larg- after an advertisement on the the agricultural sector in India, his cabinet have said this sev- er conspiracy in Delhi riots recently passed farmer Bills in who are the people who would eral times, that they will dou- during February alleged that Parliament was published in read this ad in English and ble the income of the farmers Umar Khalid and Sharjeel leading newspapers in English understand MSP, PDS, and by 2022. They have also given Imam had decided to use social to make farmers understand public procurement,” he asked? a formula of doubling the media for large scale indoctri- terms ‘Minimum Support Chadha said that the 2015- income, which is Cost nation and mobilisation of Price’ (MSP), ‘Public 2016 agricultural survey says Price+50% of the CP. The bill youths for Chakka Jaam as a Distribution System’ (PDS) that around 80 per cent of that has been passed in the protest against the Citizenship and public procurement. farmers in India have less than Rajya Sabha day before yester- Amendment Act (CAA). Terming it a mockery of two acres of land. He said, day, says that the farmer can The 17,000-page charge the oppressed and distressed "Those farmers cannot even sell his/her produce anywhere sheet filed on September 16 in state of the farmers, Chadha carry their produce from their without having any consider- a court here gave the sequence said, "Today, the Modi-led villages to other villages for ation and concern for Cost of events leading to largescale Central government has set a selling. Will those farmers Price and MSP, and they are violence in which former JNU that as per the pre-planned Committee member and new record of brightening read and understand this ad left to fend for themselves." student Khalid and his junior conspiracy accused Sharjeel President of Alumni their faces with the hard- with their morning cappucci- "This government is a gov- in the university Imam were Imam along with other associ- Association of Jamia Millia earned money of the common nos? Is this not unwanted and ernment of ordinance. They part of the alleged conspiracy ates started distributing pam- Islamia) and others collected taxpayers. They have further unnecessary spending of the bring in the ordinance before along with their associates to phlets which contained such funds predominantly in cash deepened the wounds of the taxpayer's money? Is this not a every bill despite there being incite communal feelings of a contents meant to incite com- and also in bank accounts and deceived farmers by giving an way to make their own faces many rules and procedures in particular community and munal feelings of a particular funded the sustenance of var- advertisement in some of the shine and mislead people the House and 24 committee ", instigate students of a particu- community and instigate stu- ious sit-in protest sites by pro- leading newspapers of India through false propagandas,” he said. lar community against the dents of a particular commu- viding logistics and providing CAA and the state. nity against the CAA and the daily wages to lady protestors. The police in the state,” the charge sheet alleged. Alumni Association of chargesheet alleged that Khalid, It also reflects during the Jamia Millia Islamia (AAJMI) 9   +,,*'% ')'*)) Swaraj Abhiyan leader course of investigation that also provided mike, poster, Yogender Yadav and Imam the protests against CAA and banners, ropes etc items at have decided to use social the state were never peaceful gate number 7 of Jamia Millia  ' * !'! !)## media for large scale indoctri- since its inception and the protest site. AAJMI also paid #:$4 &   nation and mobilisation of ultimate object of these protests for the buses hired for the youths for Chakka Jaam as a was large scale preplanned vio- protests. The daily expenditure 99    ,#",-*. )'-!/# )0 * protest against CAA. lence against the state. It also of AAJMI had ranged between It further alleged that reveals their modus operandi of Rs 5000- Rs 10,000 at protest he National Capital report- 99    ,#",-*. Imam was the mastermind of completely blocking the traffic site of Jamia gate number 7 Ted 3,816 coronavirus cases Shaheen Bagh blockade, the that is 'Chakka Jaam' which is alone, it alleged. on Tuesday, taking the total 28-year-old car mechanic, first protest site. already cursor to inciting large The police have established number of people infected with Awho was driving a Mercedes The Delhi Police report scale violence, the police this with the statements of life- threatening virus to 253075 in an inebriated state, hit an auto- stated that on December alleged. witnesses and WhatsApp chats, till now. The COVID-19 toll in review meet with medical direc- rickshaw and injured three 7,2019, an agitation against the It claimed that in pur- the charge sheet stated. Delhi crossed the 5,000 mark on tors and superintendents of all pedestrians in south Delhi's CAA was called at Jantar suance and furtherance of the Meeting of the JCC was Monday with 37 more fatalities the hospital to review the status Sarai Kale Khan area. The inci- Mantar by United Against common conspiracy the first conducted regularly in the reported on Tuesday. of testing, it said. dent occurred on Sunday. Hate, citizen's campaign, protest site that is Shaheen evening in the JCC office and According to health bul- Since August 18, cases again The mechanic has been which was attended by Imam Bagh based on Chakka Jaam active and prominent members letin there are 31,623 active have been coming in four digits. identified as 28-year-old Alam, along with members o a model was started on regularly attended the meeting cases of the coronavirus disease According to the bulletin, out of a resident of New Seelampur. WhatsApp group Muslim December 15. The WhatsApp to formulate strategy, schemes (COVID-19) and 2.16 lakh peo- the 15,804 beds in COVID hos- According to R P Meena, the Students of JNU. chat between Imam and his and plans in furtherance of ple have recovered so far. pitals, 8,753 are vacant., while Deputy Commissioner of Police It said that at Jantar Mantar brother Muzammil established common conspiracy for the “The number of contain- 1,906 beds in COVID care cen- (DCP), Southeast district, during was drunk at that time and very high speed. When he Imam was introduced to that Imam was the mastermind sustenance of the protest sites. ment zones in Delhi jumped to tres are occupied. The number patrolling at 8.55 pm on Sunday, some beer bottles were found in reached near Sarai Kale Khan red Yogender Yadav by Khalid, his of Shaheen Bagh blockade. As per the statement of wit- 1,937 on Monday from 1,889 a of people in home isolation is police found a Mercedes car had the vehicle,” said the DCP. light, the car went out of control senior and mentor from JNU. Police alleged that the cre- nesses, after the general meet- day ago. The positivity rate 18,464. According to the Indian crashed into an auto-rickshaw “The accused said that he and hit the auto-rickshaw. It “Sharjeel Imam was on an ation of Jamia Coordination ing a secret meeting was also stands at 6.47 per cent, the Council of Medical Research, near a Sarai Kale Khan red light. works as a car mechanic at jumped the divider and hit three earlier occasion instructed by Committee (JCC) was the brain used to be held at JCC office by recovery rate is over 85 per cent suspected individuals who test “Enquiry revealed that the Seelampur in northeast Delhi pedestrians,” said the DCP. Umar Khalid to form a group child of Umar Khalid and Safoora Zargar, Meeran Haider, and the case fatality rate is 2 per negative for COVID-19 in rapid- car after hitting the auto-rick- and the vehicle belonged to one “The injured pedestrians - of like minded groups of JNU, Nadeem Khan to rope in differ- Saif-Ul Islam, Asif Iqbal Tanha cent, according to the health bul- antigen tests should undergo RT- shaw at the rear side jumped the of his clients who had left it at his - identified as Brijesh, Mahender Jamia Millia, AMU and DU. ent student organisation of Jamia and AAJMI office bearers. letin. The relatively low count of PCR to rule out the infection. divider and injured three pedes- workshop for repairing. On and Suresh -- were rushed to Yogender Yadav and Umar Millia. Asif Iqbal Tanha and In the JCC meetings, fresh cases came out of 59,013 Rapid-antigen testing requires a trians on the opposite side of the Sunday, Alam consumed alcohol AIIMS Trauma Center. However, Khalid also instructed him to Saiful Islam were the key persons Tanha and Saiful Islam used to tests. The tests per million is over prescription and an ICMR form road. On further enquiry, it was and took his two women friends the auto-rickshaw driver, Sachin, mobilise the students of Jamia behind the constitution of JCC. execute and implement the 1.38L, while the total number of filled by a registered doctor, and revealed that the car was driven for a ride to Kalkaji,” said the escaped unhurt. Alam was Millia, AMU and DU,” as per The charge sheet further directions conveyed to them by tests stood at over 25.30 lakh. a government identity proof, by Alam and his two women DCP. arrested on the spot,” said the chargesheet. alleged that accused Shifa Ur Umar and Nadeem, the Delhi Health Minister took a same as that for RT-PCR test. friends accompanied him. He “He was driving the car at a DCP. “The police have stated Rehman (Jamia Coordination chargesheet alleged.     !"#!$!$ %.% 7

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PModi on Wednesday will ment and 14 other residential Prevention of Money (both sons of Iqbal Mirchi) Mirchi’s fortunes soared convene a meeting with most and commercial assets, belong- Laundering Act (PMLA). and Hajra Memon (wife of after he began smuggling in ith India recording the Covid-19 affected seven States’ ing to the family members of In this case, five accused Iqbal Memon). banned meth tablets, heroin Whighest number of Chief Ministers to review the notorious drug baron and aide including Kapil Wadhawan, Further investigation is in and Mandrax. He also owned Covid-19 recoveries in the situation. Maharashtra, Andhra of global terrorist Dawood Dheeraj Wadhawan & progress, the agency added. a club The Fisherman’s Wharf world, the Union Health Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Ibrahim, Iqbal Mirchi. Humayun Merchant were Mirchi died on August 14, at Worli seafront in Ministry on Tuesday said for Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi Earlier, the ED had issued arrested. 2013, and was considered the Mumbai which was a hotbed the past four consecutive days and Punjab Chief Ministers two attachment orders in A prosecution complaint right-hand man of Dawood for narcotics. the number of daily recovered and Health Ministers will December, 2019 attaching prop- (chargesheet in police parlance) Ibrahim. Mirchi was often Mirchi left India in late cases surpassed the new infec- attend the meeting. erties to the tune of 573 crore. was filed on December 9 last called the drug baron for his 80s, first to Dubai and later to tions reported per day. “The PM will chair a high- Now the total attachment in this year before the Special PMLA thriving narcotics business London. India has the highest num- level virtual meeting with the ber of recovered cases in the CMs and Health Ministers of world at 44,97,867, Union seven Covid-19 high-burden !"  #R Health Ministry Secretary States and Union Territories      Rajesh Bhushan said, address- (UTs) on Wednesday to review ing a Press briefing here. the status and preparedness of     % “India’s Covid-19 cases the response and management       share is 17.7 per cent of glob- of the viral outbreak,” accord- al infections, while those who ing to a Government statement.  ,#",-*. Punjab Santokh Singh incident and protection both have recuperated are 19.5 per Union Health Minister Choudhary, Jasbir Singh Gill inside and outside Parliament. cent of total recoveries in  99    Harsh Vardhan, Cabinet he Lok Sabha was and Gurjeet Sing Aujla, when Bittu and Santokh world. The daily recoveries  %A Secretary, Home Secretary and Tadjourned for an hour soon they were all taking out a can- Choudhary submitted written from Covid-19 more than senior officials will attend the after it assembled on Tuesday dle light march from representations to the Speaker number of new infections New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) meeting of Chief Ministers following an allegation of police Parliament House to providing the sequence of events reported per day since past four Director General Dr Balram Bhargava on Tuesday said the effi- with the Prime Minister. assault by Congress MP from Rashtrapati Bhavan on the starting 7 pm on Monday. consecutive days,” he said. cacy of the Covid-19 vaccine in India is likely to remain between Ludhiana Ravneet Singh Bittu issue of farm bills. Prior to this a DMK mem- While the US’ Covid-19 50 to 100 per cent, however, they are trying for 100 per cent population, whereas world’s and a DMK MP also com- “We told them we are par- ber in the House also alleged cases share is 22.4 per cent of efficiency. “We are aiming for 100 per cent efficacy but may average stands at 123,” he said. plaining that some people liamentarians and sit with the that some people barged in his global infections, those who land between 50 to 100 per cent. However, it still would be an Bhushan added early “barged” in his room asking Prime Minister but to no avail. room in Tamil Nadu Bhawan have recuperated are 18.6 per effective vaccine against the virus,” he said. PNS detection, isolation and seam- about his party’s Police didn’t know we were (where he is staying), describ-  ,#",-*. cent of total recoveries in less hospitalisation of Covid-19 “Parliamentary agenda.” MPs. They thought we were ing themselves as “IB sleuths” world, the data presented by and Tamil Nadu have reported 55,62,663 infections in India. patients has been made possi- The Congress MP charged farmers and beat us up badly. and asked him about his party’s he National Investigation him showed. Brazil’s Covid-19 the highest number of cases “We get swayed by the ble due to an exponential that around 100 Delhi policemen I had a bad left knee fracture, programme and “interrogated” TAgency (NIA) has taken cases share is 14.5 per cent of while infections are rising narrative that India has over 50 increase in testing infrastruc- charged at them at ‘Vijay Chowk’ which has gone worse after the him on his party’s over probe in two cases relat- global infections, those who rapidly in States like Karnataka, lakh cases, but we forget that ture in the country. when they were “marching in assault and other MPs have also Parliamentary agenda. ed to large-scale violence at DJ have recuperated are 16.8 per Uttar Pradesh and . nearly 45 lakh people have Covid-19 task force mem- solidarity” with the farmers. He suffered injuries. This is horri- The Speaker asked the MP Halli and KG Halli under cent of total recoveries in Yet, India’s recovery rate con- already recovered,” the health ber VK Paul (NITI Aayog said police assaulted them think- fying,” Bittu said in the LS. to give details in writing and Bengaluru city limits on the world, it showed. tinues to rise and now stands secretary said. member) urged people to wear ing they were farmers. The Congress MP also said cautioned him that the infor- night of August 11 in which the So far, India has recorded at 80.1 per cent. “India’s Covid-19 deaths masks and follow all the social Speaking in the house, he and other MPs sustained mation should be house of an MLA and two over 55 lakh confirmed cases, Bhushan said the number per million population is also distancing norms, specially as Bittu alleged that police “bru- severe injuries in the process. “authentic”. DMK leader TR police stations besides vehicles including 87,882 deaths. of active Covid-19 cases were amongst the lowest in the world. the festival season is about to tally assaulted” him and his Speaker Om Birla assured Balu also backed his party MP were torched by miscreants. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh less than one-fifth of the total India has 64 deaths per million begin next month. three MP colleagues from the MP a full probe into the on the issue. The anti-terror probe agency took over the investi- gation of the two cases of arson and violence wherein 5R !  Unlawful Activities       (Prevention) Act had been invoked by State Police. The NIA has now re-reg-          istered these two cases. The first case has arisen out of an FIR registered at    <=      Devarajeevana Halli PS, Bengaluru on August 12. The @ )   ,#",-*. sations but also arhatiya (com-  ,#",-*. Production of nutri / second was registered on the mission agent or a link between coarse cereals is estimated at basis of a case registered by fter holding separate farmer and procurement agen- ue to the return of over 32.84 million tonnes is high- Kadugondana Halli PS, Aprotests against agricul- cies) of both Punjab and D1.04 crore migrant work- er by 1.45 million tonnes Bengaluru on August 12. ture Bills, now farmer organi- Haryana will join the protest. ers to their home States, the than the average production On August 11, 2020, around sations — Bharatiya Kisan The Shiromani Akali Dal Ministry of Agriculture has of 31.39 million tonnes. 8 pm, more than 1,000 people Union (BKU), All India (SAD), an NDA ally, on expected 144.52 million “Total kharif pulses pro- gathered in front of the house of Farmers Union (AIFU), All Tuesday announced to under- tonnes of foodgrain produc- duction is estimated at 9.31 Congress MLA Akhanda India Kisan Sangharsh take “chakka jam” for three tion in 2020-21. million tonnes. It is higher by Srinivas Murthy (Pulakeshi Coordination Committee hours across Punjab on The Ministry has come 1.59 million tonnes than puls- Nagar constituency) at (AIKSCC), All India Kisan September 25 to protest against out with its first advance esti- es production of 7.72 million Kavalbyrasandra, Bengaluru Mahasangh (AIKM) — have the farm bills passed by the mates of foodgrain produc- tonnes in 2019-20 as per the City. The mob was protesting come on a common platform Parliament. tion in the country fourth advance estimates. against the alleged derogatory and announced a nationwide Former Punjab Minister which is higher by 9.83 mil- Officials said higher food- social media (Facebook) post shut down on September 25. and Congress leader Navjot lion tonnes than the average grain is expected as over crore about Prophet Mohammed Farmers’ organisations Singh Sidhu would hold foodgrain production of of migrant workers have made on August 11 at around 4 from southern states - protests in his constituency previous five years’ (2014-15 returned to their home states PM Naveen, nephew of the Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Amritsar (East). to 2018-19). during the lockdown. MLA allegedly insulting the reli- and Maharashtra have also Many Punjabi singers Due to return of migrant “The kharif oilseeds pro- gious sentiments of the Muslims. called for bandh on September including Harbhajan Mann workers, the kharif crops sow- duction in the country is esti- “The State Secretary of 25. Meanwhile, Ola Cab have extended their ing area coverage has touched mated at 25.73 million tonnes SDPI, Muzamil Pasha had ear- Drivers’ association and lorry support to the September 25 1113.63 lakh ha area against which is higher by 3.41 mil- lier called a meeting and direct- drivers’ association members in Punjab ‘’bandh’’. 1,053.52 lakh ha area during lion tonnes than the produc- ed the members of PFI/SDPI to Karnataka have decided to According to BKU presi- the corresponding period of tion during 2019-20. instigate the mob and incite support the farmers and will dent Rakesh Tikait, over 100 last year, thus, increase in The production of sugarcane violence. The mob went on not operate on Friday. farmers and arhtiya unions area coverage by 5.71 per during 2020-21 is higher by rampage in DJ Halli, KG Halli Besides, ten Central trade (small and big) will cent compared to corre- 39.40 million tones,” the and Pulikeshi Nagar area under unions, including National participate in the protests on sponding period of last year in Ministry said. Bengaluru City. They attacked Trades Union Congress, All September 25. the country. As per the estimate, pro- the two police stations name- India Trade Union Congress, “Farmers in Uttar Pradesh As per the Ministry’s first duction of cotton is estimat- ly DJ Halli PS and KG Halli PS Hind Mazdoor Sabha, Centre will jam their respective vil- advance estimates for the year ed at 37.12 million bales (of and vandalised the property of of Indian Trade Unions, lages, towns and highways 2020-21, total production of 170 kg each) is higher by 1.63 police stations including All India United Trade Union whereas in Haryana it is rice is estimated at 102.36 mil- million bales than the pro- Government and private vehi- Centre and Trade planned to be completely lion tonnes. It is higher by 6.70 duction of 35.49 million cles parked in the Police Union Coordination Centre, closed. “We are also trying to million tonnes than the pre- bales during 2019-20. Stations. The mob also attacked have extended their involve local shopkeepers in the vious five years’ average Production of jute & mesta is the house of Pulakeshi Nagar support for Bharat Bandh on protests. We will come out production of 95.66 million estimated at 9.66 million bales constituency MLA before September 25. with the final strategy by tonnes. (of 180 kg each). attacking the police stations,” Not only farmers’ organi- September 23-24,” he said. the NIA said in a statement. 9      / 7   5  ,  8 9  )      ,>        , 

 @ ,#",-*. lence of endoparasites were found increasing livestock pressure on  ,#",-*. to be in 58.57 per cent of the total protected areas there is a possible t’s not only poaching and habi- samples collected while mixed threat of pathogens getting trans- rime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday inter- Itat destruction which are the infection rate was found to be 6.47 ferred from domestic animals to Pact with sportspersons, fitness enthusiasts and influencers most pressing threats to the sur- per cent amongst all the four areas. wild animals, said Amit Sharma, to raise the importance of fitness and commemorate the vival of the Greater one-horned A total of 309 Rhino dung Senior Coordinator Rhino Central Government’s ambitious Fit India Movement. rhinoceros, but disease and pres- samples were collected from the Conservation, WWF India. Fit India Movement was launched on September 24 ence of a large population in an four PAs in Assam for this study Parikshit Kakati, Senior last year. In his Fit India Dialogue, Modi will also inter- isolated habitat, Kaziranga which were analysed at the Programme Officer-Veterinary, act with personalities from other fields also through vir- National Park in Assam also do Department of Parasitology, WWF-India, chipped in saying tual conference. Indian cricketers including Virat Kohli, not bode well for their existence, College of Veterinary Science, that additionally, dearth of data in currently in Dubai in connection with IPL, will also join wildlife experts say. Assam Agricultural University, India makes it even more crucial the conversation. India is home to two-thirds of in Guwahati, Assam. to initiate such studies to plug the Apart from cricketers, the online interaction will see the world’s remaining one-horned Though the study was con- knowledge gaps in rhino dis- celebrities like Milind Soman and fitness influencers like rhinos, a vulnerable species on the ducted just last year, results still eases, and help draw up measures Rujuta Diwekar, share anecdotes and tips of their own fit- IUCN red list. hold important as India celebrates to address a disease outbreak. ness journey while drawing out guidance from the Prime After review of records from World Rhinoceros Day on Tuesday. The wildlife experts felt that Minister on his thoughts about fitness and good health. the rhino bearing Protected Areas Early this year itself in February, as per the National Conservation “In times of Covid-19 pandemic, fitness has become (PAs) of Assam, a team of wildlife five one-horned female rhinocer- Strategy for the Indian One an even more important aspect of life. The dialogue will veterinarians said as compared to oses died in Jaldapara National Horned Rhinoceros launched by see a timely and fruitful conversation on nutrition, well- reported 217 deaths caused due to Park which the activists blamed on the Union Ministry of ness and various other poaching, more than 600 natural anthrax, a communicable disease Environment, dedicated research aspects of fitness,” deaths have been recorded during that attacks herbivores. on rhinos in India is very scanty, said the Sports 2008-2018 (Unpublished data), Of the total 2,979 rhinos in the added wildlife veterinarian Ministry in a meaning about 60 deaths every country, around 2,652 i.e. 89.35 Debabrata Phukan. statement. year which may be due to the dis- per cent are found in Assam, “Envisioned ease and infighting. with Kaziranga National by Prime Minister In their study conducted in Park alone with a popula- Modi as a people’s Assam’s four rhino bearing tion of 2413 individuals. movement, the Fit Protected Areas viz. Rajiv Gandhi The need to initiate India Dialogue is yet Orang National Park, Pobitora studies on diseases and another endeavour to Wildlife Sanctuary, Manas pathogens affecting the Indian involve citizens of the National Park, and Kaziranga rhino is urgent as considerable country to draw out a plan to National Park, the researchers number of cases on rhino deaths make India a fit nation, said the observed that the overall preva- goes unaddressed and due to Ministry.     !"#!$!$ %.% 8

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Senior security officers +   ,#",-*. central secretariat and revamp- say, its a new 'challenge' for ing of the 3-km-long Rajpath, fter failing to smuggle big them. “We are working New Delhi: The NIA on he Central Vista redevel- from Rashtrapati Bhavan to )& &) &-  farmer Kisan Sanman Nidhi, a central Aconsignments of arms and towards exposing the net- Tuesday conducted searches at Topment project would gen- India Gate. scheme that benefits the tillers from ammunition inside the Indian work of Over ground work- multiple locations in Baramulla- erate large-scale direct and Puri said that the estimat- uick to milk a farmer centric issue entering Bengal. territory via the land route, the ers across Jammu region Uri and one location in Srinagar indirect employment which ed cost for construction of new Qthat once catapulted it to power He accused the TMC supremo of Pakistan based handlers of dif- who are acting as couriers in Jammu & Kashmir in con- could become an “important Parliament building is Rs 971 post Singur and Nandigram move- blocking the passage of Rs 8,400 ferent terrorist outfits have fre- and ready to ferry these nection with Hizbul Mujahideen fulcrum of economic revival”. crore. Estimated cost of other ments the Trinamool Congress on crore under Kishan Sanman Nidhi quently started using 'drones' to arms and ammunition con- terrorist Naveed Babu case and In his written reply to a buildings and development and Tuesday lapped up the alleged forced and was “shedding crocodile tears” on dump weapons and narcotics to maintain signment to the Kashmir valley”. Cross-border Trade case. question by All India redevelopment of Central Vista passage of farm bill in Rajya Sabha farm bill. the supply of weapons to their cadre and Meanwhile, on Tuesday another con- In the Hizbul Mujahideen Trinamool Congress MP Mala Avenue will be worked out even as the party launched pan- Senior TMC leaders including newly recruited local terrorists in Jammu signment of weapons airdropped from a case, houses of close associates Roy, Union minister Hardeep after finalisation of plans, Puri Bengal demonstrations demanding an minister Chandrima Bhattacharya & Kashmir. drone was recovered by the joint team of of accused Tariq Mir of Shopian, Singh Puri told Lok Sabha on said. immediate rollback of the “black law.” and MPs Saugato Roy and Kalyan In the recent months at least half a Jammu police and special forces of the who was arrested by NIA on Tuesday said, “In the current Explaining the rationale Cleverly mixing the farm bill Banerjee attacked Prime Minister dozen attempts to smuggle arms and Indian army from the border area of April 29 for his role in smuggling economic scenario, the project behind the need of the project, with the amendment in essential Narendra Modi for “hitting at the very ammunition using drones have come to Akhnoor. According to the official sources, and supply of weapons to HM shall generate a large number of the Union housing and urban commodities laws that has declassified base of the Indian economy.” light in Jammu region. the arms consignment was meant to be air- terrorists, were searched. The direct and indirect employ- affairs minister said that the a plethora of eatables including pota- Bhattacharya said “first he half- Initially drones were used to airdrop dropped inside the Indian territory from premises of Azad Ahmad Pir of ment which could be an impor- existing Parliament House to, onion --- which are already selling murdered the economy by imposing weapons from across the International bor- where it was expected to be ferried to a Dardkote, Uri, Haleema Begum tant fulcrum for economic building was started in 1921 for a premium in the State --- edible the demonetisation which was a tricky der but last week the Indian Army also hideout of terrorists with the help of a net- of Boniyar, Baramulla and revival.” The redevelopment and commissioned in 1927 and oil and other items raising apprehen- scheme to convert black money into recovered a consignment of weapons and work of over ground workers in the Shaheen Lone of Kanspora, project of Central Vista -- the hence, the building is already 93 sions of burning bigger holes in con- white money but in actuality it ruined narcotics airdropped by a drone along the region. Baramulla, working as an nation's power corridor -- years old, adding that its facil- sumers’ pockets, the TMC leadership the middle and small sector industry line of control in the forward areas of Senior Superintendent of Police, Inspector in Power envisages a new triangular par- ities and amenities are “highly said the party would reach door-to- and sucked out crores of jobs. Then Rajouri district. Jammu Shridhar Patil said, “after receiving Development Department were liament building, a common inadequate”. door driving home the “side effects of there was another foolish scheme of Interestingly, three LeT cadre from the intelligence inputs a joint search operation searched. Lone’s father- in- the BJP Government’s pro-rich GST which was hurriedly imple- South Kashmir area had trekked all the way was launched by the Jammu police along law’s house at Waza Mohalla, reforms.” mented and massacred the market… from Kashmir via Mughal road to receive with special forces of the Indian army in Palhalan, Baramulla, was also   This even as Bengal Governor and finally these two bills. The farm the consignment of weapons but were the border belt of Akhnoor on Tuesday”. searched besides Shareen Bibi, .%2% Jagdeep Dhankhar queered the pitch bill will break the back bone of the arrested by the security personnel while He said, during the search operations wife of accused Tariq Mir of with a no-holds-barred attack on Indian economy --- perhaps hitting searches were going on in the forest area in village Sohal of Akhnoor, two consign- Chinad, Baramulla and Tafazul 1   0 Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee the farmers more than the British East of Gurdanbala, four kilometers from ments were recovered by the security per- Parimoo of Hyderpora, Budgam wondering why she stopped pro- India Company did.” Rajouri. sonnel. were also searched. PNS 2 % )    6*,. Aligarh: In view of black mar- $ ? @" !  !! %11'! 2#0-! keting of medical oxygen cylin- $  5      amil Nadu is on its way to der, on Monday night, the dis- 01     /  Tbring down the Covid-19 trict administration team includ-  (       3 4#Q!% #)#* cases in the State to a reason- ing City Magistrate Vineet / & $3  able level if the figures released Kumar Singh, ACM-II, Drug   B  -.')* ')%)'! )!#''! * by the Department of Health inspector, and DSO conducted Mumbai: As he went on a day- KOCHI: Even as the Department of om Tuesday are any indication. a raid campaign. long fast to express his solidar- andi traders have started an indefinite strike Health in Kerala diagnosed 4,125 new )    &6*. Two ministers of the present On Tuesday, 5,337 per- District Magistrate Chandra ity with the eight suspended Mto protest the tax exemption on the purchase patients with Covid-19 on Tuesday, government, E P Jayarajan and K sons were diagnosed with Bhushan Singh said strict Rajya sabha members, NCP of food grains outside the mandi premises and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan blamed erala government faced an T Jaleel figure among the six Covid-19 while 76 deaths were instructions has been given to chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday against the 2% mandi duty and 0.5% cess within the the Opposition parties and the media in Kembarrassment on Tuesday as accused in the case. Government’s reported from various parts of the officers to stop black mar- debunked the hurried manner mandi. Dhanipur Mandi based agents have declared the State for the ‘unprecedented hike’ in R Jayakrishnan, Chief Judicial decision to seek withdrawal of the the State. keting of medical oxygen cylin- in which the BJP-led govern- that their strike will continue till the government the transmission of the disease. Magistrate, Thiruvananthapuram, case was to ‘preserve the unity of There are 46,350 active der. The team formed by City ment had agriculture reform does not withdraw this rule law. “My Government has done the best rejected its request for withdraw- the House’, the deputy director of Covid-19 cases across the State Magistrate Vineet Singh, start- bills passed in the upper house In this regard, they also submitted a memo- to control and regulate the Covid-19 pan- ing the criminal complaint regis- prosecution had told the court. as on Tuesday evening. This ed action. On a confidential of Parliament without discus- randum to the Deputy Director mandi addressed demic. But the Opposition parties in the tered against six members of the leg- The CJM made it clear that the should be read against the information, the City Magistrate, sion and vote. to the Chief Minister. Due to this strike, the work State want to subvert and sabotage the islative Assembly by Crime Branch request to withdraw the complaint number of Covid-19 cases in ACM-II, District Supply Officer, Talking to media persons was stalled in the grain mandis across the district good works of my government. The for the brawl and indecent behav- at this juncture was like insulting neighbouring Kerala, where and Drug Inspector raided a fake here, Pawar said: “I have never and the business of about 80 lakh rupees was affect- media is highlighting the unnecessary ior inside the House on March 13, and humiliating the people of the figures reached 40,382 by plant named as Radha Industries seen bills being passed like ed. Suresh Chandra Lodhi, chairman of Galla Traders and unwanted agitations and demon- 2015. Kerala who were watching the live Tuesday evening. Gases operated in the village this. They (the BJP-led NDA Welfare Committee, said that on one hand, the gov- strations staged by the opposition parties,” The Crime Branch case was proceedings of the House. Pinarayi Vijayan, Kerala along the Jawa of Kasimpur government) wanted to pass ernment has given exemption of mandi duty and Vijayan charged while briefing the media that the MLAs who had tried to stop The CPI(M) had unleashed an chief minister had claimed Road. these bills soon. Members had cess on the sale of grain outside the mandi premis- on Tuesday evening. the then finance minister KM Mani agitation against Mani, who alleged- early May that his State was the According to City questions regarding the bill es but within the mandi, 2% mandi duty and 0.5% He said though he was not against from presenting the budget dam- ly took an amount of Rs 1 crore benchmark as far as controlling Magistrate, plant owner Arun and they wanted a discussion,” cess tax has been imposed. This is causing a loss of rightful agitations, the present demon- aged public property worth more from bar owners for re-opening the of Covid-19 pandemic was Agarwal has been caught and Generally, the members are revenue for the government itself. Farmers are not strations have been planned by the than Rs 2 lakh . This included com- bars which were shut down in the concerned. Total fatalities in 300 oxygen cylinders, 4 vehicles, allowed to speak, deliberate coming inside the market which results in the cri- Opposition parties with the sole aim of puter terminals, mikes, chairs and State as part of ushering in total pro- Tamil Nadu reached 8,947 by and other equipment have been and oppose the bills. PNS sis of livelihood of hundreds of Mandi workers. spreading the pandemic. PNS other furniture. hibition. Tuesday recovered. PNS   P , , &,: I 

 & )   !$. In a related development, Showik and four others in con- % the Bombay High Court will nection with a much-discussed Special court here on hear the bail pleas of Rhea – drug case relating to Sushant Aligarh: 136 people found ATuesday extended the judi- who had been arrested on Singh Rajput’s death. infected including CO civil line cial custody of actress Rhea September 8 in connection with On Tuesday when the NCB Anil Samaniya but at the same Chakraborty in the Sushant the Sushant Singh Rajput-relat- questioned Sushant’s talent time 111 patients recovered as Singh Rajput-related drug case ed drug case – and her brother manager Jaya Saha for the sec- well. 2 people including a pris- till October 6, even as the Showik –who had been arrest- ond consecutive day, the spot- oner died with corona. The Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) ed in the same case earlier, on light remained riveted on the total number of infected corona widened its scope of investiga- Wednesday. summons issued to Deepika patients reached 7566 in the dis- tions and summoned Deepika The special court – dealing Padukone’s manager Karishma trict. 6098 patients recovered Padukone’s manager Karishma with cases registered under the Prakash and talent manage- and 38 died so far. According to Prakash and talent manage- the Narcotics Drugs and ment agency’s CEO Dhruv the report released by the CMO ment agency’s CEO Dhruv Psychotropic Substances Chitgopekar on the basis of the office, a total of 136 patients Chitgopekar for questioning in (NDPS) Act, 1985 – had earli- “Padmavat” actress’ whatsApp found infected. Businessman of a WhatsApp chat involving er on September 11 rejected the charts with her manager Mamubhanja died in Banna “Padmavat” actress. bail pleas of Rhea, her brother Karishma retrieved by the NCB. Hospital, Delhi. PNS     !"#!$!$ . %.% 9 6*) ) 6'% 51422 <12C02 B"2 %<12C02C ,, 3 8 ,  %. 5 5 ( R    &?(9$3 !    )  &     "  .          )"             &12-%22%02252251202 )    *          (                 +        10"0%.5211%6%K02K2                      ,       and blocked PLA from building              -   a road towards the disputed            ( India-Bhutan-China trijunc- tion in Chumbi Valley. China            # compared Indian belligerence     ,        to “if you go to steal chicken,            you may lose the rice bowl” and took Indian audacity as daring            China. The Chinese media had      ./         0          ( then noted that Beijing was        1       23            looking for an opportunity to 733  humiliate India.    2,                  Two other compulsions can P   Q              6 6  ( fter a hiatus of seven be added to the Doklam-dare                       weeks, the India- — Home Minister Amit Shah’s China disengagement parliamentary pledge to liber-                        and de-escalation ate Aksai Chin and President Xi              6 3   , %    process (DDP) Jinping’s realisation of the                     *  7   Aresumed on Monday in a revised China Dream. military-diplomatic format. To India must frustrate Xi’s      "    +             recap, in April-May, the People’s dream of reviving the mythical 6 $  1  86$19               Liberation Army (PLA) present- India-China border of the Ming       #          S      ed India with a fait accompli dynasty and strive for a fair and through multiple intrusions across mutually acceptable border set-            (         (    LAC, annexing 1,000 sq km of ter- tlement. This appears to be        ,  ,          ( ritory following intelligence and problematic due to asymme-  ,                    ( operational lapses of Himalayan tries in gross national power. heights. China built up 40,000 China has already imposed                +     ( troops with matching deployment costs by forcing the Indian                   by India and preliminary conver- Army to deploy three addition- :         +  6#                sations on a DDP culminated in al divisions ahead of its high the Galwan clash, which led to fur- altitude defences in Ladakh                      ther mobilisation of troops. The along LAC.      (               China-dictated DDP disadvan- It seems prepared to press on                      taged Indian forces, locking them its claims and deployments in            " *         ( in buffer zones and blocking their a game of blink. It has mobilised patrolling in Galwan, Hot Springs- four out of its five Theatre       -         0,0-  Goghra, Depsang and Pangong patrolling by PLA. What was accept the 1959 claim line or Commands to grapple with       Lake areas. An Indian riposte also missing from his statement else face war. inimical fronts in East China         ;/;/               came south and north of Pangong was any reference to restoration Before the Foreign Ministers’ Sea, South China Sea, Taiwan Lake on Kailash ridge centred of status quo ante (RSQA) and 6*.*:,=,) Moscow meeting, the PLA and the Xinjiang and Tibet                      ;/;; # around Mukhpari through a pre- Depsang, the deepest and attempted to unhinge India’s borders facing India. It will be      "              emptive operation by the Special strategically most unbalancing ,.&," seizure of Chushul heights, unwise to underestimate the                  0         Frontier Force, comprising exiled of all intrusions. It was Singh including several nodal points staying power of PLA — either Tibetans, and local action in the who first spilled the beans on ),:&).&&E on the 30-km Kailash ridge line its capacity to fight in high         #             Fingers area. This unnerved PLA, intrusions and later admitted he dominating PLA Moldo garri- mountains or the need for it to        "              which created a friction point near could not guarantee a :!:M!&, son and Spanggur Gap. These employ troops in the ratio of 6:1 (     )<=6(>?               Mukhpari prior to the anodyne favourable outcome from mil- dominating heights are on the to dislodge Indian soldiers five-point Moscow agreement itary commanders’ talks. He $!#:,6, Indian side of LAC and not a occupying heights.      :               between Chinese and Indian was spot on as DDP had virtu- trespass as alleged by China. But China has no intention       %   %  S (       ( Foreign Ministers. Few days ear- ally collapsed by August 2, the ")M!.-.F PLA manufactured a friction of starting a conflict. It is the      !:6                 lier, the two Defence Ministers had last date of talks. point on a plateau roughly satisfied power, having already conversed at the same platform. India’s negotiating strategy .$&)",)),:< 300 m away and 200 m lower, made territorial gains. India has  (                 + Two thresholds — unarmed com- has serious lacunae. Further, in *,#&)"-6 near Mukhpari, one of the said it will respond to aggres-  6                  ( bat resulting in casualties and the statements issued by each highest points on the ridge. It sion in self-defence, despite     #                6    prophylactic firing — on the esca- side, China has never men- *:-:&,=,) is surprising why the Special Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)         >?>?(>?;/ ,            lation ladder have been crossed for tioned RSQA but restoring Frontier Force (SFF) did not General Bipin Rawat’s threat of the first time in 45 years. peace and tranquility in border $,,!:,"< occupy this plateau. During the military option if diploma-   =       :            ( Speaking in both Houses of areas. The word LAC has also the ongoing talks, Mukhpari cy fails. One scenario from the                  Parliament on the situation along never been used. Curiously, 6!).&!:-F *, has already become the new DDP is PLA agreeing to with- the LAC, Defence Minister the Indian side has also not bone of contention in DDP. draw to original positions from     ,  ;/;>       @ 6   "      Rajnath Singh skipped specifying used RSQA in formal state- .".:.",*: Even with the dust not set- most friction points except %    A        6       statistics of PLA ingress. In fact, he ments but called for full and tling on the plateaus of east Depsang with Indian forces    >/.     ;/;/(;>             was less than economical with the complete disengagement. -:&& Ladakh for over five months vacating their commanding                (   ( truth by suggesting that coordinat- Mention of Depsang has now, it is possible to decipher Chushul heights as quid pro ed intelligence and border troops’ become taboo. China has vio- ,.&,".$! more rationally the Chinese quo. A full RSQA, still unlike-                # action thwarted aggression which lated all border protocols, espe- 6--,"E&)E!-- motivation for its well-planned ly, could result only from a pos-           he referred to as transgression cially the 1993 and 1996 agree- military occupation of Indian sible third Xi-Modi summit when it was clearly a case of ments, and changed the concept "6&-,, territory. It is now flatly refus- on the sidelines of the G20 at intrusion. In fact, the Ministry of of LAC since it is neither delim- ing to disengage and abandon Riyadh in November. Defence had put out the details of ited nor delineated. It has made ".:,'',,< military gains like it did after Otherwise, the standoff could 3)  )% intrusions on its website but mys- LAC irrelevant, turning it into past intrusions — Sumdorong go the long Sumdorong Chu .    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  8  ;/;>  ;/;.9 6       (   ),$,.'       2 ,   ) 82 ,)9     Parliament passed three agriculture-related Bills, namely, the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce -,'.:-,"E&)  B       (          (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill 2020, Farmers *,$,,E.&E           2 ,)      (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on ')&#,):.       A          $  Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 and ),-.&& 0           ,   6   Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill. ').6!-!)-             6S  A reading of the Farmers (Empowerment and 6.=.F ).6, proposed Act is that the inter-State trade Facilitation) Bill stipulates that no mar- Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020     2 ,) D          Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and or intra-State trade can be conducted by keting fee or cess levy under any State in respect to pricing of farming produce Farm Services Bill, 2020 shows that the same is being ) ,.'" only the one who buys the farm produce. Agriculture Marketing Committee Act or under Section 5, mechanism for dispute    A             :&& .),-.F          # 2       6S enacted to protect and empower the farmers. It is The Farmers (Empowerment and any other State law shall be levied on resolution under Section 14 and power of meant for them to engage with agri-business firms, *,$!:.,:: Protection) Agreement on Price farmers, traders, electronic trading and the State Governments to make rules       (              6&)&),:                 processors, wholesalers, exporters, large retailers for Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 transaction platforms for conducting under Section 23 of the Bill, in the inter- farm services and sale of future farming produce .""-,,F ends with the purchase of the stock by the business in a “trade area.” est of protecting the rights of growers.           6       ( within a mutually agreed remunerative price  ,&=,)*, “sponsor” who enters into a farming The “trade area” has been defined as Certain safeguards can be provided   2             framework in a fair and transparent manner. A read- ,.),6&)&- agreement with the farmer at the produc- a place where the farmers produce can be to them in relation to the payment of the         ) D     %   ing of the provisions shows that farming produce &E,::,.- tion level. The Farmers Produce Trade collected. Obviously, the “sponsor” under Minimum Support Price (MSP), the      2    >??; B %   : * includes all the agriculture produce, foodstuffs, cere- 6&&"..,:< and Commerce (Promotion and the Farmers (Empowerment and consequences if the farming produce is         ,   ) 6    als, cattle fodder, cotton seeds and so on. And farm *,),6&$, Facilitation) Bill, 2020 speaks with regard Protection) Agreement on Price refused by the “sponsor” on the ground       D   -         services under the Bill include even the provision to the trade of the farm produce and spells Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 of quality and payment of money to the F),'!-.& grower by the “sponsor.” %  S       : *  $   6 for supply of seed, feed, fodder inputs for farming .),-.& out that the trader would be involved in would be in control of the farm produce    #            :!6),    and so on by the wholesaler or retailer, who is the inter and intra-State trade. and he may be acting as a “trader” who Section 5, which contemplates pric- termed as “sponsor” under an agreement. &*&)".'" Neither the word “trader” in the said would utilise the trade area for the pur- ing of the produce, does not stipulate any      $-6 ) ,.'< #  "             S  ( This shows that the entire agriculture produce Bill includes the “sponsor” under the pose of his business. In the process, the minimum price. It only speaks with of a farmer would be under the control of the “spon- *,,.), Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) State Governments shall lose revenue, regard to the “guaranteed” price to be paid          2 @ ,   2  sor”, who could be a businessman or a corporate. ').6!-!), Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm which otherwise would be available by for the produce. The provision is silent                   ( The proposed Act specifically overrides the )&"!6,&E Services Bill, 2020, nor does the defini- way of market fee, levy and so on. Such with regard to the “authority” which        !         ( Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and all the State E),)#&!-"$, tion “sponsor” include the “trader” under a provision will adversely affect the rev- would determine the said guaranteed               control orders and any other laws related to stock !",)*, the Farmers Produce Trade and enue of the States. price. Section 23, which empowers the      2               limit and so on under Section 7 of the Bill. The 6&)&-&E*, Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Section 8 of the said Act of the State Government to make rules, is also                   “sponsor”, who would provide inputs for the N:&:&)O #*& Bill, 2020. Both the Bills do not specify Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce silent regarding this aspect. It only      ,   2        0 farmer, would have overall control over the produc- 6&!-"$, how the commodity will be dealt with (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 enables the State Government to frame                    tion, stocking and so on. Since the proposed Act after the produce is taken over by the stipulates dispute resolution but speaks rules in relation to the mode and man- overrides the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, $!:.,::&) “sponsor.” Maybe the “sponsor” has to with regard to a dispute arising out of the ner of payment but gives it no right to fix     #           2  6&)&),<      #          ( there is no limit in relation to the number of agree- become a trader under the Farmers transaction between the farmer and a the guaranteed price. A reading of the Act ments that may be entered into by the “sponsor” *,),.: Produce Trade and Commerce trader under Section 4. The “farmer” may shows that the guaranteed price would be          with various farmers. There is a possibility of a sin- &::.$.-.F&E (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 but not have any scope to offer his produce determined inter-se between the “farmer” A  2            gle “sponsor” monopolising the entire control of :.'-,N:&:&)O the Bills are silent on this. for sale to a trader in cases wherein he and the “sponsor.” When the “sponsor”          # 2        farming and the produce. &&&-.:.' Though it appears from the reading enters into an agreement with the “spon- is providing various inputs for the crop,                  The next stage would be with regard to trade *,,.), of both the proposed legislations that they sor” under the Farmers (Empowerment obviously he would be in a position to         A          and marketing by the farmer. The Farmers Produce 6&)&-&E are being pushed for the benefit of grow- and Protection) Agreement on Price command a particular price which may               Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) E).'"*, ers in relation to agricultural activity, price, Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020. be adverse to the interest of the farmer.   PJ.///          KI/ ( Bill, 2020 has been introduced with the main objec- )&"!6, marketing and so on, in reality the busi- When both the Bills are independent- The “sponsor”, while determining the  8!;C 9 O ;///       S    ( tive of giving farmers and traders the freedom of nessman, corporates, middlemen may ly understood, those farmers who would price, would also take into account the       >?IC ,   "      ;/   choice relating to sale and purchase of the produce. take over the entire control of essential not enter into an agreement with any other factors like the cost of the inputs O              Q The word “farmer” has been defined as an individ- commodities. There cannot be any reg- “sponsor” for the purpose of production, which in the end would reduce the ual engaged in the production of agricultural pro- ulation in relation to hoarding and black may benefit in the course of time. But in farmer into a farm labourer. D          2   ( duce and includes farmer-producer organisations marketing. This lacuna has to be the light of the businessmen/sponsor The Government needs to fix the                (FPOs). The FPO is defined as an association or a addressed by the Central Government entering into the domain of the agricul- lacunae in the farm Bills instead of try-                  group of growers. However, sections on the inter- and it must make suitable amendments ture production, whether the farmer ing to push them through without con-      S    <   2       State and intra-State trade have included only the to protect the interests of the farmers and would be benefitted or not is the question. sulting those it affects the most, 60 per                     word “trader.” The trader has been defined as a per- the consumers. Certain amendments may be cent of the country’s population.     2       son who buys farm produce and does not include Section 6 of the Farmers Produce required to the Farmers (Empowerment (The writer is Advocate, Andhra and 8       9 a farmer. Therefore, the sum and substance of the Trade and Commerce (Promotion and and Protection) Agreement on Price Telangana High Courts)  !   "                         

health of its occupants in mind. With of consequences of non-energy effi- eral health outcomes and specifically reducing carbon emissions. ples of building green and sustainable US Agency for International the virulent virus forcing Sneha to cient houses is long: Increased chances reduce respiratory issues. Children liv- Thermal quality refers to whether homes in India, Lall says, “If we can Development’s (USAID) MAITREE spend most of the time indoors, she of respiratory infections, cardiovascu- ing in crowded homes are more like- the indoor temperature is comfortable devote 60 per cent of the terrace area programme, launched the “Healthy and many other families like hers are lar disease, gastro infections, asthma, ly to be stressed, anxious and and healthy. While most evidence of a four-storey building to install solar and Energy-Efficient Buildings” initia- now realising the importance of the allergy symptoms, poor mental health, depressed, have poorer physical health, relates to the impact of cold environ- panels, it will meet the energy demand tive to ensure efficiency along with quality of the environment inside the arthritis, rheumatism and a higher and inattentiveness at school.” ment, overheating can also damage of all its residents.” The height of the health components at workplaces. house. number of falls — a major safety risk Lall is a supporter of green build- health through dehydration. In cold building has a direct co-relation with “We hope that this pilot will spur 76- Experts are of the opinion that for the elderly. Closer home, in 2018, ing design focussing on reductions in climates, better and improved energy its carbon emissions and is inversely urban planners, architects and prop- green building technologies can help IIT Bombay and Doctors For You, an energy and water usage, creation of efficiency can lower rates of excess proportional to affordability, he adds. erty managers to rethink the design, the world prepare for a future in which NGO, conducted a study in Mumbai’s healthy indoor environment and min- winter mortality while in hot climates Refining the ventilation system is operation and maintenance of the neha Singh shifted to an apart- pandemics will be more common. In poorest ward, M-East, that estab- imisation of environmental distur- it helps reduce the risk of dehydration another key to minimising disease buildings so as to safeguard the health ment in a highrise building with fact, the Singapore Green Building lished a co-relation between mortali- bances. and negative health impacts, says transmissions while saving electricity. and well-being of the occupants at Sher husband and children in the Council (SGBC) president Dr Ho ty due to tuberculosis (TB) and hous- Realising the significant co-ben- Sameer Maithel, Director of research Unfortunately, in India most offices and homes as well,” he says. national Capital two years ago. She has Nyok Yong made it loud and clear at ing conditions. It found that eight to efits of improving housing conditions, and advisory firm Greentech buildings are not equipped to estab- It is high time governments act by two air-conditioners, a TV, a refriger- a webinar in May this year when he 10 per cent of the residents in the in 2018, the World Health Knowledge Solutions and Head, lish and maintain healthy indoor air adopting mandatory energy-saving ator and other electrical appliances in said, “Think of green buildings as giant denser, less light-filled and more Organisation (WHO) came out with Building Energy Efficiency Project quality and need to be upgraded. The codes for new buildings and for the her home. But she has stopped using N95 face masks, protecting you from poorly ventilated complexes had TB, guidelines on health and buildings. (BEEP) Project Management and number of buildings conforming to refurbishment of existing ones, assert air-conditioners now and has min- harmful toxins the moment you step compared to one per cent of residents “Improved housing conditions can Technical Unit in India. BEEP is a green labels covers only about one per experts. “This is all the more urgent imised the use of other electrical inside.” in a better ventilated project. Even save lives, reduce disease, increase the bilateral cooperation project between cent of the urban buildings in India. in the light of soaring construction appliances because of the economic Echoing his observation, a study within a building, the risk of TB quality of life, reduce poverty and help the Union Power Ministry and the Isn’t there a risk that raising standards rates. Most buildings lack mandatory impact of the COVID-induced lock- in Singapore said that people who stay declined on higher, well-ventilated mitigate climate change,” said the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs will push up costs further? “But in the building energy codes. By strengthen- down. in “green” buildings are less likely to floors. WHO, also noting that these can con- (FDFA) of the Swiss Confederation. bargain you cut down medical bills as ing these codes every three-five years, “With the mercury shooting up in suffer from fatigue, headache and even Veteran architect Ashok B Lall tribute towards the attainment of Maithel says that the health quotients well as enhance productivity,” argues zero-emission and net zero energy April and May, it was extremely diffi- skin irritation, showing that their explains, “Most of the time buyers are Sustainable Development Goals in energy-efficient buildings are: SP Garnaik, executive director of codes could rapidly become the norm,” cult for my kids to study or sleep. They benefits stretch beyond saving energy. not aware that housing conditions have (SDGs) related to health (Goal 3) and Thermal comforts, natural ventilation, Energy Efficiency Services Limited says Maithel. were restless and unable to focus on In contrast, the health impacts of an influence on physical health. People sustainable cities (Goal 11). As per the daylight availability, which serves as a (EESL), a joint venture under the (The writer is Special their work,” she says. But what she does living in energy-inefficient buildings must understand that houses are guidelines, installing efficient and safe disinfectant as well as the source of Power Ministry. Correspondent with The Pioneer. The not understand is that the problem lies have been studied extensively in some more than the physical structures thermal insulation can improve indoor Vitamin D, safe drinking water, sani- On its part, with an aim to make article has been published as part of with the design and construction of the countries like the UK and New providing shelter. For example, a temperatures that support health, tation and waste management. workplaces healthier and greener in CMS-BEEP Media Fellowship flat, which was not built keeping the Zealand. They have shown that the list warm and dry house can improve gen- while also lowering energy costs and Talking about the design princi- the COVID-19 scenario, EESL and the Programme.)     !"#!$!$ .$* < &'()'*  + 0   "              O   P  5  +    United Nations: US President “ The Chinese government,   "    Donald Trump blasted China on and the World Health Tuesday for “ unleashing” “ the Organization -- which is virtu- Geneva: The World Health plague of the “ China virus” “ ally controlled by China -- false- Organisation (WHO) has 9 -&"& nated music and voices saying onto the world, demanding that ly declared that there was no evi- reported a record number of “ you are dust, you are dead, we the United Nations must hold dence of human-to-human confirmed cases of the coron- ikiLeaks founder Julian are coming to get you” . Beijing accountable for failing to transmission,” Trump said. avirus registered across the WAssange complained of Assange’s suicidal impuls- contain the coronavirus that “ Later, they falsely said world over the past week — hearing imaginary voices and es “ arise out of clinical factors... has killed nearly one million people without symptoms would almost 2 million infections — music while detained in a high- but it is the imminence of people across the world, includ- not spread the disease. The which marks the highest num- security British prison, a psy- extradition that will trigger ing 200,000 Americans. United Nations must hold China ber in a single week so far. chiatrist who has interviewed the attempt,” he added, warn- “ 75 years after the end of accountable for their actions,” he “ From 14 through 20 him told his extradition hear- ing “ he will deteriorate sub- World War II and the founding this plague onto the world: said. September, there were almost ing on Tuesday. stantially” if extradited. of the United Nations, we are China,” he said. Trump also slammed China 2 million new cases of COVID- Michael Kopelman, a psy- Assange’s partner Stella once again engaged in a great Doubling down on Beijing, for dumping millions and mil- 19, which represents a 6 per chiatrist who has interviewed Moris has previously said she global struggle. We have waged Trump said that China con- lions of tonnes of plastic and cent increase compared to the Assange around 20 times, said feared he would take his own a fierce battle against the invis- demned his travel ban on their trash into the oceans every year, previous week, and the highest the former hacker would be a “ life, leaving their two young ible enemy - the China virus - country, even as they cancelled overfishing other countries’ number of reported cases in a very high” suicide risk if he were sons without a father. which has claimed countless domestic flights and locked cit- waters, destroying vast swaths of single week since the beginning extradited to the United States James Lewis, representing lives in 188 countries,” Trump izens in their homes. coral reef, and emitting “ more of the epidemic. During the for leaking military secrets. the US government, quizzed said in a video statement to the “ In the earliest days of the toxic mercury into the atmos- same period, there was a 10 per uation report late on Monday. Africa, with the two Americas He cited as evidence Kopelman over the veracity of 75th session of the UN General virus, China locked down trav- phere than any country any- cent decrease in the number of In particular, an increase in remaining the worst-hit areas Assange’s “ severe depression” some of Assange’s claims, sug- Assembly. el domestically while allowing where in the world. deaths, with 36,764 deaths the weekly case incidence rate and accounting for over 38 per and “ psychotic symptoms” , gesting he may have made Trump demanded that flights to leave China and infect “ China’s carbon emissions reported in the past seven was reported across all regions cent of all new cases reported which included auditory hal- them up. China, where the coronavirus the world,” Trump said. are nearly twice what the US has, days,” the WHO said in a sit- in the last seven days, except for over the past week. lucinations while in solitary Assange faces 18 charges emerged, be held accountable for The COVID-19 pandemic and it’s rising fast,” he said, Meanwhile, Europe confinement in his cell at the under the US Espionage Act failure to control the virus and has so far infected over 30 mil- adding that he withdrew from showed the greatest increment high-security Belmarsh Prison relating to the 2010 release by for allowing it to spread across lion people and more than the “ one-sided” Paris Climate in the number of fatalities in in southwest London. WikiLeaks of 500,000 secret the world. 958,000 people have died. The Accord and last year America &   ! !  the past week, with a 27-per Kopelman told the Old files detailing aspects of US “ As we pursue this bright US, with 6.7 million infections, reduced its carbon emissions by cent increase compared to the Bailey court in central London military campaigns in future, we must hold account- crossed the grim milestone of more than any country in the "       previous week. AP that Assange said he halluci- Afghanistan and Iraq. able the nation which unleashed 200,000 deaths. agreement. PTI  !"    >        , */"  "        Washington: The Centers for for months, with an increas-         - Disease Control and ingly loud chorus of aerosol 2  )  .   Prevention on Monday biologists pointing to super- Rio de Janeiro: Brazil’s and the Pantanal wetlands,”    removed language from its spreading events in choirs, President Jair Bolsonaro Bolsonaro said. *   website that said the novel buses, bars and other poorly defended his administration’s “ The Brazilian Amazon is Beijing: The former chairman coronavirus spreads through ventilated spaces. They cheered record protecting the Amazon well-known to be very rich. of a Chinese state-owned real   - !" Hobart (Australia): Around airborne transmission, the lat- when the CDC seemed to join rainforest, telling the United That explains why internation- estate company who publicly one third of an estimated 270 est example of the agency them in agreeing that the coro- Nations’ virtual meeting of al institutions support such criticized President Xi Jinping’s Ankara: Turkey on Tuesday controls the east. pilot whales that became backtracking from its own navirus can be airborne. global leaders on Tuesday that campaigns based on ulterior handling of the coronavirus accused the European Union of “ With this attitude, the EU stranded on Australia’s island guidance. Experts who reviewed the his country has been wrongly interests, joined by self-serving pandemic was sentenced to 18 “ rewarding the aggressor” after insists on maintaining a double- state of Tasmania have died, The agency said the guid- CDC’s Friday post had said the portrayed as an environmental and unpatriotic Brazilian asso- years in prison on Tuesday in the 27-nation bloc slapped standard attitude ... Which with rescuers managing to ance, which went up Friday language change had the power villain. ciations, with the objective of a corruption case, the govern- sanctions on three transport rewards the aggressor, instead return 25 to the sea in an largely without notice until to shift policy and drive a Speaking first in the harming the government and ment announced. companies for violating the of taking an attitude in favour ongoing operation, officials late Sunday, should not have major rethinking on the need General Debate of the UN’s Brazil itself.” Ren Zhiqiang, who had UN arms embargo on Libya, of international legitimacy,” the said Tuesday. been posted because it was an to better ventilate indoor air. General Assembly, as is tradi- Bolsonaro came to office in become known for speaking up including the Turkish shipping ministry said. The whales were discovered early draft. Jose-Luis Jimenez, a chem- tion for the Brazilian leader, 2019 promising to open more about censorship and other firm which operates a vessel The statement also said it is Monday on a beach and two “ Unfortunately an early istry professor at the University Bolsonaro said the South of the Amazon to develop- sensitive topics, disappeared that was at the center of a naval “ extremely unfortunate” that sand bars near the west coast draft of a revision went up of Colorado at Boulder who American nation’s agribusiness ment, such as farming and from public view in March standoff in the Mediterranean the decision came as efforts are town of Strahan. Sixty people without any technical review,” studies how aerosols spread the sector has succeeded in boost- mining. International concern, after publishing an essay online Sea between Turkey and France. underway to reduce tensions have joined the rescue effort. said Jay Butler, the CDC’s virus, told The Washington ing agricultural exports to feed particularly after last year’s that accused Xi of mishan- A Turkish Foreign Ministry between Greece and Turkey “ We’ve rescued about 25 deputy director for infectious Post before the CDC reversed a growing global population, fires, has led investors to try to dling the outbreak that began in statement dismissed the deci- over energy exploration rights at the present time and escort- diseases. “ We are returning to its guidance that “ this is a which has made it a target. distance themselves from rising December in the central city of sion as “ of no value.” It insist- in the eastern Mediterranean. ed them out the channel and the earlier version and revisit- good thing, if we can reduce “ We are victims of one of deforestation and pressure Wuhan. Ren, was convicted of ed the ship was providing aid to At talks in Brussels on out to sea and crews are con- ing that process. It was a fail- transmission because more the most brutal disinformation Bolsonaro’s government to take corruption, bribery, embezzle- Libya’s U.N.-recognised gov- Monday, EU foreign ministers tinuing to work, so that num- ure of process at CDC.” people understand how it is campaigns about the Amazon more action against it. AP ment and abuse of power, a ernment based in the capital, imposed sanctions on the ber will increase before we get Evidence that the virus spreading and know what to court in Beijing announced. Tripoli, and accused the EU of Avrasya Shipping company, to the end of the day,” Tasmania floats in the air has mounted do to stop it.” The former chairman and ignoring countries and com- which is headquartered in Parks and Wildlife Service deputy party secretary of panies sending arms to the Turkey, saying it was “ found to Manager Nic Deka told Huayuan Group was expelled rival Libyan National Army, led have violated the arms embar- reporters late Tuesday after- from the ruling party in July. AP by Gen. Khalifa Hifter, which go in Libya.” AP noon. AP         )   

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Tcontinued its dip on National Stock Exchange was top 10 countries in World At present, an entrepre- Manufacturers of alcoholic Tuesday, in line with the glob- trading at 11,153.65, lower by  Bank’s ease of doing business neur has to maintain eight Beverages have urged West al markets as resurgence in 96.90 points, or 0.86 per cent, rankings with the comprehen- registrations and four licences Bengal Chief Minister Mamata coronavirus cases have from its previous close. %2121 sive labour reforms which are to run a business under the Banerjee not to alter the exist- increased possibilities of fresh Manish Hathiramani, likely to be completed after existing labour laws. ing structure of tax on liquor lockdown restrictions across technical analyst with Deen Mumbai: The rupee depreci- Parliament approves three draft Besides, they have to file before the festive seasons as it Europe, including the UK. Dayal Investments, said: “The ated by 20 paise to settle at codes in the ongoing session, a eight labour returns, including will hit the market. The across-the-board sell markets are weak and we 73.58 against the US dollar on senior official said on Tuesday. to the EPFO, ESIC and Chief In a joint representation to off in the Indian market was led should see more downside in Tuesday due to forex outflows Under the labour reforms, Labour Commissioner. the chief minister, two major by oil and gas, energy, auto, the coming days. Nifty could go and a stronger greenback in the Centre plans to subsume 44 ure in top 10 nations in ease of is completed with passage of The government is also liquor makers’ associations -- banking and finance stocks. down to 10,950-11,000 and if the global markets. central laws into four broad doing business index of World remaining three codes in contemplating to digitise the Confederation of Indian “Sensex and Nifty contin- we don’t halt there, we could At the interbank forex codes on wages; industrial rela- Bank with completion of long- Parliament during the ongoing entire process of labour law Alcoholic Beverage Companies ued to be in correction mode fall further to test 10,800. market, the rupee opened on tions; occupational safety, pending labour reforms,” a session. compliance, which will ease the (CIABC) and International by closing down by 300 points The resistance on the a weak note at 73.50 and fell health and working conditions senior labour ministry official They would be help in process for entrepreneurs. Spirits and Wines Association and 97 points, respectively, upside is 10,600-10,650 and till further to a low of 73.64 as (OSH) and social security. told PTI. attracting investments and gen- Under these codes, the of India (ISWAI) -- have said due to a spike in covid cases in we do not cross that, a sell on stock markets continued to The Wage Code Bill 2019 As per the ‘Doing erate employment in the coun- maximum punishment for if the current tax structure is Europe,” Keshav Lahoti, every rise would be the appro- fall for the fourth straight day. was passed by Parliament last Business’ 2020 report, India try,” the official added. offences has been reduced to changed before pujas, it would Associate Equity Analyst, priate strategy to adopt.” Renewed growth con- year, while the other three had jumped 14 places to the “At present, it is cumber- three years from seven years prove “counterproductive” for Angel Broking Ltd, said. The small and midcap cerns following resurgence codes were introduced in the 63rd position in the ease of some to be an entrepreneur due earlier. Besides, the workers both the government and the BSE Sensex closed at indices also witnessed a selloff of coronavirus cases in Lok Sabha on Saturday. These doing business rankings. India to this vicious web of labour would benefit by getting 50 per industry. The state 37,734.08, lower by 300.06 on Tuesday. Europe and subsequent bill are listed for consideration has improved its rank by 79 laws which make compliance cent of penalty imposed by Government had imposed a 30 points, or 0.79 per cent, from The BSE MidCap index restrictions weighed on and passage in the Lower positions in five years (2014- practically difficult. It is easy to courts on employers. 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Ilanguage barrier for online experience. prehensive health insurance about 60 per cent retail organ- are considering cancelling or export incentive scheme MEIS It said the extension will shopping ahead of the festive In the past five months, the product that gives proper isations in India have seen deferring orders, showed the till December 31 in its present help address the accounting season, Amazon India on adoption of Hindi shopping financial protection for meet- their forecasts for the festive findings, adding that this form to help exporters. CII problem of exporters as they Tuesday said it is launching its experience has grown by three ing any medical emergencies. season go down 25 per cent or reduction in forecast puts back also suggested that the ambit of can book the receivables under shopping experience in four times, Amazon India said. Accordingly, overall more compared to last year, the pressure on the entire sup- coverage under the Emergency the Merchandise Exports from new languages, including Customers will find the growth in the health business Investment by health insur- says a new survey on Tuesday. ply chain, including the sup- Credit Line Guarantee Scheme India Scheme in the current Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil most common words that are of general insurers was strong ers in digital renewal of policies Given that festival season pliers, vendors, manufacturers (ECGLS) should be extended financial year. The Govt has and Telugu. actually used in their daily at 25 per cent yoy in August (13 has likely paid off. sales account for a significant and other ancillaries. to the extent of any unutilised capped export incentives under With this launch, lives being used on Amazon.in per cent yoy in 5MFY21) with Private players witnessed portion of sales book each “There is no shortage of amount for revival of stressed MEIS at 2 crore per exporter Amazon.in customers can now in all six languages that include strong performance reported in 40 per cent yoy increase in year, a downturn in the festival challenges as underlined in sectors, including civil aviation, on outbound shipments made discover deals and discounts, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, retail health and government retail health insurance pre- season sales would mean a the report, and a collaborative hospitality and tourism. These during the period from read detailed product infor- Tamil and Telugu in addition to business at 40 per cent yoy miums on the back of 1.1X longer road to recovery, said public-private model is the suggestions, among others, September 1 to December 31, mation, manage their account English. each, according to analysis yoy growth for Reliance the report by BluePi need of the hour,” Pronam were made by the chamber 2020. The move comes after information, place and pay for “We have been working on report by Kotak Institutional General, 66 per cent yoy Consulting. Chatterjee, CEO at BluePi, said during a meeting with Niti the Department of Revenue their orders including bill pay- introducing multiple ways of Equities. growth for Tata AIG and 65 While negative festive fore- in a statement. Nearly 60 per Aayog. “The Govt should asked the commerce ministry ments, recharges, money trans- making shopping accessible to Group health insurance, per cent yoy growth for Iffco casts are pronounced in the cent of the retail sector com- extend the MEIS benefits up to to review the coverage of MEIS fers, track their orders and all customers -- wherever they however, was muted at 12 per Tokio. Chola MS, ICICI apparel retail forecasts, 57 per panies are actively looking for 31st Dec, in its present form so that the fiscal benefits under view order history in the lan- may be and whatever the pref- cent. Lombard and Bajaj General cent of non-apparel retailers are capital infusion, according to with a rider that the balanced the programme can be brought guage of their preference. erences may be,” Kishore “Increasing risk aversion reported 62 per cent yoy, 28 interestingly optimistic about the “Retail Thought Leadership funds (60 percent shortfall) down to 9,000 crore in the Amazon customers can Thota, Director, Customer among consumers, strong per cent yoy and 35 per cent no or little change in the festive Survey Report 2020.” would be disbursed later (with current financial year. select their preferred language Experience and Marketing, uptick in demand for new yoy growth, respectively, the in a few simple steps across Amazon India, said in a state- Covid-related policies (‘Corona brokerage report said. Android and iOS apps, mobile ment. 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Motor contin- batch of its Google for Startups key categories that require Ravindranath G, Programme Powder, InnerHour, Leher, Hundreds of thousands of added. ing expertise in this line of ues to drag growth (down 2 per (GFS) Accelerator programme urgent innovation, such as Manager, GFS Accelerator, Lokal, Math Buddy, Mera Amazon customers from tier- In March this year, Alexa operation. cent yoy). with 20 startups who will workplace collaboration and Google India. Cashier, Mosaic Wellness, 1, tier-2 and tier-3 cities across was introduced on the Amazon Accordingly, standalone Among key players, SBI receive three months of support connection tools, mental health The ongoing support myHQ, Navia Life Care, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, shopping app for Android health insurers reported 39 reported stellar growth across from the network of internal and wellness, health-tech, fin- ranges from access to Google Orowealth, Virohan, Wellthy Maharashtra, Rajasthan, devices to help users shop per cent yoy increase in health most segments (up 25 per cent and external mentors in India. tech and agritech, the compa- teams, tech guidance on pro- Therapeutics, Womaniya, and Punjab, Chhattisgarh, using voice commands. premiums led by 51 per cent ex-crop) while ICICI and Tata The fourth GFS ny said in a statement. jects, machine learning related Zee Auto. yoy increase in the retail health AIG were up 12 per cent and Accelerator programme has “GFS Accelerator’s mission support, user experience and business. Private players were 11 per cent yoy (ex-crop). not only doubled its batch size is more important in the pre- design mentorship, leadership up 16 per cent yoy in the Bajaj’s ex-crop business from 10 to 20 startups but also sent times when this ecosystem workshops, networking oppor- health business (up 40 per remained weak, down 8 per expanded the scope of the pro- faces unprecedented odds. tunities at industry engage- cent in retail health) while cent yoy. Chola MS was muted gramme, to include startups Hence, we aim to focus single- ments, PR support and more. PSUs were up 21 per cent yoy. at 1 per cent yoy (ex-crop). that are using cutting-edge mindedly on helping startups & )& ,  '.--   ,,  E2O:,).O     :4 <    ,#",-*. 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Remote quality education but also the devo- re-contemplate its working to resonate diversity of experiences as they pro- has eventually led us to a path where learning, along with other tech-savvy tion of institutes that focus specifically with the current scenario. vide international exposure to their the institutions are not only making approaches, is catching up with the  ,#",-*. add to their CV, through the on making the students learn and The conventional model and students via online platforms and online learning cost-effective and country and is anticipated to con- Industrial Group Project mod- prosper in their respective fields. approach in the sector seem to be tak- classrooms. affordable for more people to enrol, tribute to the individual success of stu- he University of ules. Even though our country has one of ing a back seat ever since the pan- A number of massive online open but also encouraging students to dents, eventually leading India TStrathclyde, Glasgow is Manufacturing the largest networks of higher educa- demic hit the country and the courses (MOOCs) are being available focus on acquisition of skills rather towards collective growth. inviting applications for BEng Engineering with Management tion institutions across the globe, unprecedented time is calling for a to the students these days, preventing than theoretical teaching. This will The education sector's receptivi- Hons Manufacturing blends a more technical engi- there still are a lot of areas of improve- newer approach to disseminate edu- any lag on their educational front along further bolster their confidence and ty towards innovative approaches is Engineering with Management neering focus (such as mechan- ment it can work on. The country still cation without impacting the quality with the professors and lecturers make them competent to deal with also providing the country with a win- course (four years) starting in ics, manufacturing, electronics, hasn't explored its highest potential in of it. The need of the hour requires the upgrading their skill sets to match the any uncalled crisis in the near future. dow to improvise the Gross September 2021. maths, programming, engi- the field of education. institutions to adapt to new innova- new way of teaching. The collaborative learning coupled Enrolment Ratio (GER) and build Students will learn to com- neering calculations of a prod- As per a report by Indian Brand tive technologies and different tech- The way to rise above this disrup- with a new way of teaching is revolu- technology-oriented skills and com- bine virtual and physical design uct's design) with production Equity Foundation (IBEF), India was niques, which will further help them tion is to embrace innovative ways and tionising the educational sector along petency amongst students. Building and prototyping in the univer- and management principles, aiming to raise its current gross sync with the present generation. break outdated boundaries. with offering additional perks to the technology-oriented skills and mak- sity’s digital design suite. Every and technology such as oper- enrolment ratio to 30% by the end of Holding lectures and regular Technological advancement comes students, such as online open hous- ing students competent to take the physical product you come ational improvement and qual- 2020, which would also have boost- classes for the students is turning out with its own set of pros and cons, with es, webinars, internships, smart-learn- world head-on, edu-tech and virtual into contact with has been ity management. ed the growth of distance education to be a task because of the physical dis- some of the flaws adverse effects ing and others. learning are seen serving as the tools manufactured and the indus- Eligibility: 70-75 per cent in India. However, the plans had to ruption caused by coronavirus. including the increase in cybercrimes Fuelling the spirit of education for collective success. try’s demand for those skilled in all subjects taken at level XII take a backseat due to the outbreak of However, the universities from all over or offences, but these times require us and promoting remote learning, the The education in the age of dis- in this area continues to and the same at level X. Marks COVID-19, disrupting the entire the world are putting their best foot to focus on the silver lining in the cloud universities are trying to fleet out of ruption is creating ripples of change increase. should be particularly strong in education sector. There is no doubt forward to combat the issue by adopt- and create opportunities out of this cri- their comfort zones to create a new and empowering the youth to pursue Students will benefit from the proposed area of study. about the industry witnessing a crisis ing a tech-enabled approach and sis instead. Eliminating conventional today and a better tomorrow. their passion and eventually become guaranteed industrial experi- IELTS requirement is 6.5 (no due to the ongoing pandemic and the conducting classes on virtual plat- ways and outdated approaches will cre- Endeavouring to make education skilled professionals contributing to ence to develop and apply their individual element below 5.5). education of the students being forms. A lot of universities are going ate a wave which will pave a new path soar high in an age of disruption, they the economic growth of the country. skills as a product design engi- How to apply: Contact impacted severely by the same. 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The objective is to push tions in India, the number of stu- Interest towards the course: executors and managers are adequate- students out of their comfort zones — dents opting for the best higher Prove it to the university that you ly staffed with superior talent, the top of after all, leaders have vast comfort education remains in incongruity, are keenly interested in the sub- the corporate pyramid lacks enough zones. leading to a steady outflow of the ject that you are applying to, visionaries. Where is the next Jack Integrating Entrepreneurship Indian Students for International Only exceptional academic scores Welch? The next Bill Gates? The next skills into the curriculum: Not every Education. in the subject might not be Steve Jobs? The next Lee Iacocca? Or management student wants to pursue a Attributing to a plethora of enough in this regard, rather closer home, the next JRD Tata? The corporate career. Many of them choose quite obvious reasons like emo- your participation in subject based next Aditya Birla? a management programme to polish tional control, financial budget, Olympiads, quizzes or taking Creating leadership talent is not their entrepreneurial capabilities, which dependent nature of the child, cul- higher level courses may be easy, given just how vast a capable also emphasises the significance of ture, and lifestyle of various coun- worthwhile. leader’s toolkit is. A leader is a cusp of leadership qualities. Of course, the first tries, and most importantly Leadership and Risk-Taking people skills, strategy, technical com- gateway to successful entrepreneurship unawareness, parents were earli- capacities: Very common skill in petence, vision, commercial sense, and is effective leadership and team build- er hesitant to send their kids sophomores of top-notch univer- selling ability. Little wonder that the busi- op it. The emphasis is based on the belief ing. Realising this, many business abroad, as seen historically. The sities across the world. If you have ness world is suffering from a dearth of that leadership is better learned when schools have come forward with incu- demand for high-quality educa- the capacity of taking the initia- leaders just when they are needed the experienced than when explained. Here bators, innovation labs, accelerators, and tion fuelled by a rising and stable tive and leading others towards a most in volatile times. are some of the initiatives seen in select also organise ‘start-up pitch’ competi- economic condition in the coun- positive movement, it means a lot The majority of millennials (the B-schools: tions which help students explore and try has managed to make this idea to the universities as they can see leaders of tomorrow) agree that their Structured courses on leadership: refine their entrepreneurial skills. turn into a reality for many. sider factors that include lan- choice of universities, profile a change maker in you. leadership skills are underdeveloped. Many B-schools offer personalised and Emphasis on technology and dig- Students these days are opting guages known, budget, aptitude, building, deadlines, university Proper guidance helps in Organisations thus have to invest heav- intensive structured programmes on ital skills: Digital technology is reshap- for higher education in a foreign suitable country, and future plans. application, visa processing, and aspiring to bring out the best in ily in leadership development of their leadership for students. These courses ing the industry and hence, the leader- destination. However, abundant Many students due to incomplete even financial planning to study its students by ethically guiding workforce which has huge cost impli- help students assess their strengths and ship style. Business leaders are now options and too many choices research end up getting an admis- and get into the world’s best uni- them and helping them build up cations. To develop tomorrow’s leaders, weaknesses as a leader, learn different required to possess digital and techni- make this dream a challenge for sion in a university of less credi- versities. their profiles to crack the world’s enter B-schools as a training ground. leadership styles, provide them with cal competence to grow the business and many to achieve. bility. It is important for a student to top universities with scholarships. Think of it this way — from the indus- opportunities and challenges to devel- take decisions that are aligned with the Why Indian students’ As far as financing the edu- understand the importance of Motivating the students to choose try’s perspective, if they could hire op their leadership capabilities. This is evolving trends. Business schools are International Mobility on rise? cation is concerned, today most building a profile. If one studies the best courses as per their competent business managers from B- aided by lessons from history and real- taking measures to bridge the techno- When you look at the kind of students look at affordable uni- the student profiles accepted in potential and evaluate their pro- schools who have the right seeds of lead- life case studies. functional leadership gap to make stu- course combinations that are pro- versities with part-time work top universities across the world file to provide the information ership already planted then it would Emphasis on experiential learning: dents ready for an ever-evolving busi- vided by international universities opportunities in order to be able there are a few common traits based on a wide range of courses reduce time, cost, and effort down the B-schools are making continuous efforts ness landscape disrupted by technolog- today, they will definitely attract to fund their living cost. The big- within the students: and options available across the road when it is time to select CXOs. to re-design their curriculum in a way ical trends. any student who is willing to ger question however remains Concern for community: if world, is one of the important This clarion call from industry has that enables students to apply academ- The gap in leadership talent is not explore possibilities through var- what exactly are the top universi- you do not bother for people or traits. Overall, one must under- led to B-schools sharpening their cur- ic knowledge into practice through something that can be plugged in the ious courses or inculcate experi- ties looking for in their students conditions around you and do not stand those top universities today riculum and pedagogy to include spe- internships, case studies, industry pro- short term. 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ue to the coronavirus induced lockdown across India, all edu- Dcational institutions were closed. As a learning institution, we believed no crisis should change the trajectory ++ of teaching and learning. We have responded to the ongoing pandemic and made technological advancements to make sure learning continues. The institute seamlessly shifted from offline to online pedagogy using technologi- cal devices to train faculty as well as non-faculty members and conduct online classes for students. '' Changes B-schools will witness In the future, B-schools must focus on creating interactive and immersive teaching-learning ecosystems, which (                are flexible as well as accessible. These approaches can be made robust with    "  /   )/       !/  greater implementation of technology. With the integration of technological    99   tools, students will engage in self-learn-  , ) )#    "     " 75 (* E - ing. Assessments can be conducted via ent sectors, instilling confidence in their ince demonetisation, the you and you can avail its services also aims for one billion digital tomers are also very important. open-book, take-home exams designed ideas. At MDI, classroom education spread of digital banking has anytime. transactions every day as con- to assess higher-order thinking skills and attitudinal training in entrepre- Sincreased. More so, due to sumers in the world's fastest grow-  ) that will help inculcate entrepreneur- neurship goes hand-in-hand. Coronavirus. To prevent the spread  ing smart phone market i.e. India As a rapidly evolving area, ial skills. Cloud-based admissions The future of COVID-19, the Reserve Bank of A digital banker contributes to can transact at the click of a but- digital banking offers a really broad and enrollment of students may take We have envisioned scalability by India (RBI) also issued a notifica- new customer acquisition through  *2 1%'!$ ton. variety of roles and jobs in bank- place in the future. With the entire ped- its research-driven activities of a con- tion urging people to use digital mobile banking registration. They ing and finance. agogy moving online, it will open sistently higher international standard. banking and online payment facil- are responsible for deliver set sales .%$15!+ . )  F)9  Millions of transactions take avenues for business schools to col- Our goal is to provide a world-class ities as much as possible. Due to targets in mobile banking activation %! 5+.3!$ To become a digital banker, place online each day, and banks laborate deeply and conduct joint pro- education to students who emerge as which the value of transactions and usage. They participate in Class XII candidates from need top notch digital teams to help grams with other educational institutes future leaders of the country. We are reached its highest level last month product campaigns to ensure prod- B5+.% Commerce field can make their them in all matters of their digital via online methods. integrating our curriculum with new- on Unified Payments Interface uct information is readily available 0$.520 3.1! future in this field by taking a three- product development and man- Inculcating entrepreneurial skills age skills such as Artificial Intelligence (UPI), a platform designed by to customers and provide excellent year advanced Diploma in Banking agement. Management education acts as a and Intellectual Capital to train our stu- India's largest banks in 2016. sales customer service. Seek cus- 1%'%2 and Finance Course or graduate Due to which many commer- fertile ground to develop entrepre- dents on the same. We are also look- Digital bank offers the same tomer feedback on bank products $!2+$.%@ students from any field, by taking cial banks as well as many Fintech neurial skills in budding managers. In ing ahead to bring infrastructural type of banking services such as a and services. Help in the selling of one year Global PG Diploma in companies are working in the addition to that, independent thinking, developments to establish state-of-the- traditional bank except it operates mobile banking products and ser- 0! $! Banking and Finance course. market which provides services like ability to spot the opportunities, and art labs in collaboration with industries. entirely online without any single vices. They do proper documen- During these courses, subjects online banking, digital payment, risk-taking ability, etc. are all important As per NIRF India Rankings 2020 physical infrastructure, such as a tation and KYC as per the stipu- $!+.%+1! &.$ like Score Based Lending, e-KYC, mobile banking, UPI and digital skill development practice that takes announced by MHRD (GoI), MDI bank branch. So customers of a dig- lated standards. *!!$%2 +! Digital Payments, Crypto wallet. By completing these cours- place in a B-school. For students dri- Gurgaon is currently on 10th position ital bank can control their finances According to a survey, since the Currency, Cyber Frauds and AI in es, the candidate can find a job in ven to be entrepreneurs, a good blend amongst the top private B-schools in entirely from their smart phones COVID-19, three-fourth of Indian +!+ $2!+ % finance are taught to prepare stu- any such company or Banks. of theoretical grounding and practical India. In years to come, we hope to and computers. consumers have started using more 3.1! 1%'%2 dents as a digital banker. Since all exposure and interaction with entre- achieve newer heights by adapting to Digital banks are seen as the digital payments. 78 per cent of the work of digital banking is  )  preneurs is a boon. the technological shift and exceling in next frontier in terms of innovation people expected to continue digi- .% %* related to technology, it is very The digital banker can earn At MDI, the entrepreneurial cell is new age learning. in the financial services sector, tal payments over the next five 5+2! important to have technical knowl- 25,000-30,000 a month to begin also quite active and indulges in a lot Research is an important con- which is traditionally dominated by months. edge in skills. Apart from this, com- with. After gaining experience, of activities to ignite the fertile brains stituent and we encourages research large, well-established banks. This The RBI said last year that it munication skills, interpersonal new opportunities open up with to follow their latent entrepreneurial activities and expects its academic includes Internet banking, mobile aims to increase digital transactions skills, in-depth understanding of increased salary. skills by exposing them to not only skill community to be research-active to banking, UPI, ATM etc. In digital from about 10 per cent to about 15 sales process, numeric and analyt-     , ) 9>   and tactics but also making them lis- carry out research work of a consis- banking, your bank is always with per cent by 2021. The Government ical skills and skills to influence cus- + (  7  , ten to great entrepreneurs from differ- tently higher international standard.

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