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VOLUME 10, ISSUE 130 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | MONDAY, AUGUST 10 | 2020 12 PAGES | `4.00 11 DIE IN ANDHRA COVID CARE CENTRE FIRE AGENCIES It will face action as investigation has been initiated, he said. The Andhra BLAZE AT COVID Vijayawada (AP), August 9: As many Pradesh government announced an ex- as 11 patients died at a star hotel con- gratia payment of `50 lakh each to the CARE FACILITIES verted to a coronavirus treatment cen- kin of the 11 victims. tre here Sunday when panic-stricken Prime Minister Narendra Modi he incident at Vijaywada is not the inmates tried to flee a fire suspected spoke to Chief Minister YS Jagan Tfirst of its kind, as eight Covid to have been caused by a short cir- Mohan Reddy over the phone and en- patients admitted in the ICU of a private hospital in Navrangpura area in cuit, the government said. quired about the incident. Ahmedabad were killed early Thursday Eleven people were killed in the Reddy told Modi that a private hos- (August 6) morning after it caught fire. mishap, Vijayawada Police pital had taken the star hotel on lease The eight killed, between the ages of 42 ‘MAKE IN INDIA’ PUSH Commissioner B Srinivasulu said. to treat COVID-19 patients. The PM and 82, included three women, and a All the victims were patients un- assured all possible help and support father and son. The hospital, designated dergoing treatment there, according to the families of the victims, a re- a coronavirus facility May 16, had no fire to Deputy CM (Health) AKK Srinivas. lease from the CMO said. he hotel leased by a private clearance, Ahmedabad Fire and India halts imports of Twenty people have been rescued. State Home Minister M Sucharita Thospital to treat coronavirus Emergency Services Chief Fire Officer The hotel leased by a private hospital said an electrical short circuit ap- patients had “violated” safety rules MF Dastur said. Hospitals have to renew to treat coronavirus patients had “vi- peared to be the possible cause of the their fire no objection certificates (NOC) 101 military equipment olated” safety rules, according to Fire fire mishap in the wee hours of Sunday. tate Home Minister M Sucharita out due to an electrical short circuit every year. Earlier, on May 23, eight said an electrical short circuit Safety Director Jairam Naik. There were 40 coronavirus positive S in the hotel's front lobby and spread to patients admitted to Cygnus Orthocare ASSOCIATED PRESS appeared to be the possible cause the first and second floors. Hospital – a designated Covid-19 care of the fire mishap As there was only one main stair- centre – were rescued after a fire broke New Delhi, August 9: HOW SAFE ARE CITY HOSPITALS he AP government announced way, the panicked patients tried to es- out at the third floor of the hospital. Defence Minister Rajnath ecent fires at Covid Care Centres (CCC) in Vijaywada, Ahmadabad and New Delhi Tan ex-gratia payment of `50 cape to safety using the stairway after According to the fire department, a call Singh said Sunday that India Rhave raised concern over the fire safety in the Capital’s CCCs and hospitals. Amulya lakh each to the kin of the 11 they noticed the smoke. was received around 5.54pm May 23 will ban the imports of 101 Nayak, a former Fire Department officer, said, “The fires in the COVID Care Centres and victims “They should have actually used a about a blaze at the Cygnus Orthocare items of military equip- Hospital. Eight fire tenders were rushed hospital are a result of gross negligence and carelessness on the part of the authorities. different stairway on the rear side ment in an effort to boost Fire in hospitals is usually from electrical faults. As the hospitals have an endless list of to the spot and rescued all the eight persons undergoing treatment at the and that would have saved their lives. patients safely. local production and im- electrical equipment, they qualify as fire-prone area.” The city has three CCCs with 600 private facility. There were 10 staff Unfortunately, they used the main one prove self-reliance in would attract foreign com- beds and 28 ICU facilities - Hi-Tech Hospital, SIDBI at Jaydev Vihar and PHC at Dumduma. members of the private hospital that in a panicky situation and got caught “The fire alarm did not go off at weapons manufacturing. panies with high-end tech- In addition, the city has three COVID Hospital at KIIMS, Sum Hospital and Aditya Aswini. was running the COVID Care Centre in the fire,” a Fire official said. the time of the accident and there Singh said the govern- nologies to set up their bases However responding to the safety norms at these hospitals, Deputy Fire Officer, Ramesh (CCC). Since there was no other option, was a delay in opening the rear door. ment is planning to pro- in the country in collabo- Chandra Majhi said, “We have been constantly reviewing safety norms at all our hospi- According to sources in the AP the Fire and NDRF personnel used Investigation has been initiated and gressively implement ration with local industries. tals. Detailed meetings were held with the hospitals authorities and we have discussed Disaster Response and Fire Services ladders to bring down other people, there will be action against the hotel the embargo on select mil- The government then an- the safety measures adopted by them to avoid any such mishap.” Department, the fire apparently broke stranded inside the hotel, to safety. management,” he added. itary imports between this nounced that India would year and 2024. stop importing weapons The military equipment that can be made domesti- includes some high tech- cally, in line with the vision IRREGULAR by MANJUL KHURDA, CUTTACK SURPASS nology weapon systems and to make the Indian econ- Heavy rains to lash range from assault rifles omy self-reliant amid the and artillery to transport coronavirus crisis. India, GANJAM IN VIRAL INFECTIONS aircraft and light combat a major buyer of military POST NEWS NETWORK a result of active surveillance and in- helicopters, the Defense equipment, had depended most parts of state crease in testing. Ministry said in a statement. largely on the former Soviet Bhubaneswar, August 9: While Ganjam Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) “Our aim is to appraise Union during the Cold War. PNN & AGENCIES Under the influence of is witnessing a decline in COVID-19 cases, Commissioner Ananya Das said that the the Indian defence indus- But it has been diversify- Khurda and Cuttack districts have now civic body has expedited testing in the try about the anticipated ing its purchases by opting Bhubaneswar, August 9: A fresh Saturday’s cyclonic turned to be new hotbeds of the pan- zone and has undertaken a massive anti- requirements of the Armed for US equipment as well. low-pressure area has formed over circulation, a low-pressure demic in the state with sudden rise in gen-based test of the citizens. Moreover, Forces so that they are bet- During President Donald the Bay of Bengal Sunday, which number of cases. CMC plans to organise special testing ter prepared to realise the Trump’s visit in February, is likely to trigger heavy rainfall in area has formed Sunday Khurda district Sunday reported a camps for vulnerable groups this week. goal of indigenisation,” the two countries signed a most parts of the state in next five over northwest and record number of new cases – 342, while Khurda district currently has 6,445 Singh wrote on Twitter. deal for India to buy more days, prompting the state govern- Ganjam, the former hotspot of the pan- cases of the viral disease – the second “This is a big step towards than $3 billion in advanced Not possible! ment to direct all district admin- adjoining west-central demic, reported 222 new cases. highest number of cases in the state. self-reliance in defence.” military equipment, in- International travel is suspended! istrations to remain prepared to Bay of Bengal off In the last three days, Khurda district There are 166 COVID cases in Bhubaneswar In May, India announced cluding helicopters. deal with possible water-logging surpassed Ganjam by reporting a surge in alone. Cuttack, on the other hand, has that global companies could India was the third-biggest and local flooding. Odisha coast COVID cases. Cuttack too has seen a major the third highest number of cases in the invest up to 74% in the coun- military spender in the world Under the influence of Saturday’s shift, as the cases in the district have been state – 3,130. With the sharp rise in in- try’s defense manufactur- last year after the US and SHORT TAKES cyclonic circulation, a low-pres- been issued should remain pre- rising steadily since the first week of fections in both the districts, it is likely that ing units, up from 49%, with- China, the Stockholm sure area has formed Sunday over pared to deal with any water-logging August. The district administrations of Khurda and Cuttack would lead the chart out requiring any International Peace Research Mahinda takes northwest and adjoining west-cen- and localised flood-like situation, Khurda and Cuttack, however, claim that of COVID cases in the state unless dras- government approval. It Institute said in a report re- tral Bay of Bengal off Odisha-north including in urban areas. Advice the sudden rise in the number of cases is tic measures are undertaken soon. P4 was hoped the new policy leased in April. oath as SL PM Andhra Pradesh coast, the for fishermen should be strictly Colombo: Sri Lanka's former Meteorological Centre here said. implemented. president Mahinda Rajapaksa The low-pressure area now lies Issuing a 'Yellow warning' for Govt stops refund was sworn in Sunday as the over north-west Bay of Bengal off Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, north Odisha- Gangetic West Bengal Kalahandi and Gajapati districts till 301 COVID warriors infected country’s new Prime Minister at a historic Buddhist temple, coast, it said. Monday morning, the MeT office from ineligible days after his party won a Many places in the state have said heavy to very heavy rainfall is landslide victory in the General already been battered by heavy likely to lash some parts of these KALIA beneficiaries downpour in the last few days under with virus in Cuttack district Election. The 74-year-old Sri districts during the period. Lanka People's Party (SLPP) the influence of a low-pressure Heavy rainfall may also occur at POST NEWS NETWORK number of COVID cases reported POST NEWS NETWORK CATEGORY INFECTED leader was administered the area over north Bay of Bengal and isolated places in Ganjam, from the district recently is a con- oath of office for the ninth the new one is likely to bring more Rayagada, Bolangir, Bargarh, Bhubaneswar, August 9: The Doctors 19 sequence of massive surveillance Bhubaneswar, August 9: The Parliament by his younger rainfall of varying intensity in Anugul and Nuapada districts. Cuttack district administration Staff Nurse/ANM 36 and increasing testing in the district state government has put on hold brother and President Gotabaya several areas till August 13, it said. The weather office also issued Sunday revealed that 301 COVID ASHA/AWW 3 through different methods to screen the move to take back the amount Rajapaksa at the sacred Forecasting strong surface winds Warriors from the district have the infected people. received by ineligible Kruskak 'Orange Warning' Monday and Pharmacist 4 Rajamaha Viharaya in Kelaniya, with speeds reaching up to 40-50 Tuesday in the districts of been infected with coronavirus. According to the data made avail- Assistance for Livelihood and a north Colombo suburb. kmph over west-central Bay of Malkangiri, Koraput, Nawarangpur, Most of the infected reportedly LT/Other Technicians 129 able by Chayani, the district till now Income Augmentation (KALIA) Mahinda Rajapaksa completed Bengal, the MeT centre here ad- Kalahandi, Gajapati, Rayagada and contracted the disease on their line NDRF/ODRAF/Police/ they have conducted 44,596 sample scheme beneficiaries keeping in 50 years of parliamentary vised the fishermen to refrain from Bolangir where heavy to very heavy of their duty. Traffic cops 6 tests of which 37,101 samples were view the difficulties faced by peo- politics in July this year. P10 venturing into deep sea till Tuesday. rainfall is likely to occur at some Addressing a virtual press meet, Others 104 tested through the RT-PCR test, ple during the pandemic. In view of the weather predicted places. Water-logging may take place Cuttack Collector Bhabani Shankar TOTAL 301 while 7,495 tests were antigen-based An official letter has been is- Maoist camp busted by the IMD, the state government in low-lying areas in these districts. Chayani released details about the tests. Chayani said that the recovery sued by the Directorate of has directed the district collectors On Tuesday, heavy rainfall is likely impact of the global pandemic on nurses, Anganwadi workers and rate in the district stood at 66.03 per Agriculture and Food Processing in Bargarh district to remain alert and closely moni- to occur at some places in the dis- the district and how the adminis- others. Many of them are engaged cent while the mortality rate in the to the Chief District Agriculture tration is responding to it. in working at the grassroots for Officer in this regard. Paikamal: In a combing tor the situation. In an advisory, tricts of Bargarh, Nuapada, Bolangir, district stood at as low as 0.01 per cent. operation conducted by the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Nawarang- “A total of 301 COVID Warriors screening and surveillance of the Chayani also said that a total of 69 The official communication personnel of Odisha State PK Jena said the districts where pur and Koraput where the MeT have been infected in the district by disease,” he said. people have donated plasma in the said, “In view of the ongoing Armed Police, a Maoist camp Orange and Yellow warning has office has issued yellow warning. August 8. They include doctors, The Collector said that the high district for Plasma Therapy. COVID-19 pandemic and the Kharif was busted in the foothills of crop season it has been decided to Gandhamardan hills under the keep the refund activities of KALIA Paikamal block in Bargarh assistance from the ineligible ben- district, Saturday night. Acting eficiaries in abeyance, for the pres- on a tip-off, the police 11 members of Pak Hindu migrant family found dead ent. Therefore, you are requested personnel carried out the to inform the field extension func- combing operation in the jungle The family belonging to the Bhil community had come to India from Pakistan's Sindh province in 2015 on a long-term visa tionaries accordingly.” and spotted the camp. They did The government earlier this not face any opposition while PRESS TRUST OF INDIA on a long-term visa. They had been Ram (35), the surviving member year had issued instructions to marching towards the camp as living at the Lodta village farm, of the victim family. recover the financial incentives it was deserted, a source in the Jodhpur, August 9: Eleven mem- which they had hired for farming, “She has been living with her received under the KALIA scheme police said. That said, the bers of a family of Pakistan Hindu for the past six months. family in Jodhpur for the past some from the ineligible farmers and forces seized walkie-talkies, migrants were found dead at a farm “There was neither any injury time due to some dispute,” said the many such alleged defaulters had digital cameras, infrared in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district on mark on any of the bodies nor any police officer, citing this as a possible also started receiving the letter wildlife cameras, several Sunday morning, police said. documents, Maoist camouflage evidences of any foul play,” the SP trigger for their suicide. According of recovery from the government. uniforms and some daily need A member of the family, how- said. “But we have roped in a foren- Kewal Ram (35), they had dinner be- The decision of asking the farm- articles from the camp. P5 ever, was found alive outside the sic team and a dog squad before ar- tween 9 pm and 10 pm Saturday ers of Odisha to return the money hut they lived at Lodta village of the riving at any conclusion,” he said. night and went to sleep. did not go well with the people Dechu area, over 100 km away from Preliminary investigation indi- “I went to guard our crop from an- and Opposition parties alike. The WEATHER Jodhpur city, an officer said. cated that there was some dispute imals and slept there,” he said. Congress and the BJP had y “But he claimed to have no idea in the family over some issue. In the morning, when he came launched scathing attacks against BHUB CTK

about the incident, which believed Policemen inspect the site where eleven members of a family of Pakistan Hindu “Once we interrogate the sur- back, he found all his family mem- the government for the move.

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FORTUNE FORECAST Deepika’s Fresh addition to Nickyanka family ARIES unforgettable Los Angeles: Actress Priyanka Chopra and her singer husband Nick Jonas have adopted a new Go with the flow. At least dog, and are already in love with him. that's what Ganesha suggests where relation- The couple introduced their new family mem- ships are concerned. You can be your ber through Instagram. The 38-year-old actress and assertive self some other time. Today, experience the musician, 27, both shared that they adopted you can be large-hearted and fulfill your a dog, who they have named beloved's wishes, maybe even propose. Mumbai: Actress Deepika Padukone said work- Panda, reports What say? ing with superstar Shah Rukh Khan and film- people.com. maker Rohit Shetty on film, Chennai Express, was The Quantico an unforgettable experience. star introduced TAURUS Deepika Sunday took to Instagram to share the puppy by some behind the scenes as the movie clocked seven sharing a set of You may face conflicts on the personal front and years. The movie was released August 8, 2013. photographs of find your thoughts lean- “Unforgettable! #7yearsofchennaiexpress the couple with ing towards aggression today, says #meenamma,” she wrote while sharing many Panda. Ganesha. There is a possibility of suffering happy moments from the set. “Our new losses due to loved ones. Exercise In two images, Deepika is seen having a light family portrait! restraint in arguments with relatives and siblings, advises Ganesha. moment with Shah Rukh, in one she is seen Welcome to the with Rohit during a shoot. In another image, family, Panda,” Deepika, Shah Rukh and Rohit are seen enjoy- Priyanka captioned ing each other's company. her post, adding, “We GEMINI Chennai Express revolves around a north adopted this little rescue (soon It is a good day for you to Indian guy Rahul, (Shah Rukh), whose life takes he won’t be so little) just a few weeks ago. We can’t participate in cultural a 180 degree turn when he crosses paths with south be sure but he seems to be a Husky Australian events and group activi- Indian girl Meena Lochni, played by Deepika, in Shepard mix.... and those eyes... and the ears!!!.” ties, predicts Ganesha. You are likely to be the train Chennai Express. Nick similarly shared the same set of im- an important part of some convention or joint venture, but don't get too bogged On work front, Deepika is coming together with ages and captioned his post, “Welcome to the down by it. In the evening, you may take a Prabhas for director Nag Ashwin's next, which family Panda! 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The talented cast hair and wrote: Zara pata karo that has been THEATRE includes Aahana VIRGO ye look patent hoga (Is it pos- Kumra, Anu Menon, It is more than likely sible to patent this both isolating and CORNER Gagan Dev Riar, that you will reap look?kya#HairLikeKartikAary illuminating, irritating, igniting, Hawaldar, an isolated hip- Hussain Dalal, Joy financial profits from inspirational foreign contacts, pre- an2.0.” isolating. Nine gifted playwrights ster, a young actress trapped Fernandes, Neil Bhoopalam, dicts Ganesha. You will excel in all the Kartik's post has garnered - Abhishek Majumdar, Adhir in her flat, an outspoken hospital Raghav Dutt, Rajit Kapur, Seema activities that you undertake today. a lot of attention from his fans. New Delhi: A digital theatre Bhat, Akarsh Khurana, Anu intern, a philosophical alcoholic, Biswas, Veronica Gautam. 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It fea- spectives of the 150 days of soli- pounder in a quarantine centre, wart playwrights, actors and di- LIBRA “Nobody has better hair tures some of India’s finest actors tude, if not physically, certainly a spunky cable TV repairman. rectors all creating stories in a Lady Luck smiles on you than you,” another one wrote. including Rajit Kapur and Aahana in the mind. These stories vary from hilari- lockdown - a period that has been today. With all the good On the film front, Kartik Kumra. Through the monologues, the ous to heart-warming, from eu- both isolating and inspirational. fortune on your side, it's will next be seen in Dostana 2 The lockdown has affected us audience will meet a range of reka moments to experiential Tickets priced at Rs 499 are assured to be a day when financial gains come your way, espe- and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2. IANS in different ways - introspective, characters -- an exasperated thoughts. available on the platform. IANS cially if you are in the banking business. Agreed everything is going your way today, but be careful not to let your emotions cloud your reasoning and slow you down. SUDOKU PEANUTS post To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, SCORPIO CROSSWORD column and box must contain the numbers Keep your guards up and 0 to 9 and the letters A to E. be wary today, warns Ganesha. A heat seeker meant for someone else may hit you in mid-flight. But all that watch- fulness will save you from embarrassment. Like those old fables, these experiences have a lesson in them, says Ganesha.

SAGITTARIUS Expect yourself to be hit with religious fervour. You may find yourself in the spotlight for an event or inauguration. Ganesha indicates travelling, so pack your bags for a long-distance business trip. CALVIN AND HOBBES

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Male swamp POLITICKLE MANJUL Ex-gratia for Covid warriors deer dies at NZP Barang, August 9: A seven- year-old male swamp deer at Nandankanan Zoological Park is ‘eluding’ teachers: OSSTA (NZP) here died Sunday, an offi- cial said. ALMOST 40 PC OF COVID WARRIORS WERE SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO According to an official of the NZP, the herbivore was unwell for DIED ON DUTY, SAYS THE ASSOCIATION the past few days and was The teachers, posted as in-charge found dead at of temporary medical centres, Enclosure-38 mostly got infected while dealing in the morn- with migrant workers who had re- ing. With turned from across the country, he this, NZP is said. “Even now many teachers left with are engaged in COVID-19 manage- three male, ment. They were not trained be- five female fore deployment in COVID care fa- deer and cilities,” Mohanty said. three fawns. The teachers are also working in NZP deputy director Jayant Das containment zones to collect data said that they were waiting for the and swab samples. Asked about autopsy report to ascertain the the reason behind the high fatality exact cause of the deer’s death. rate among teachers, Mohanty said, “Health workers have experience in handling a medical crisis, but not teachers. The teachers should be given training on basic techniques Jagannath Ballav interpretation centre hangs fire We haven’t received any We have met senior government to deal with a pandemic.” financial assistance officers several times and “We have not received any fi- POST NEWS NETWORK he Tourism dept tre was also supposed to display from the state demanded adequate nancial assistance from the state gov- Thad prepared a details on the annual Rath Yatra and government. We haven’t compensation for the families of ernment. We have not even got the Puri, August 9: The future of a pro- blueprint to carry out the tradition and culture of Puri city. even got the salary of the teachers as given to health salary of my husband for the last posed interpretation centre at the interior work for The meeting had also decided to my husband for the last workers and others. But the two months,” said Bharati Sethi, Srijagannath Ballav mutt here has the interpretation use 3D technology to display de- two months government is yet to make any wife of KC Sethi, a teacher who been pushed into uncertainty as centre tails on Srimandir and Lord announcement in this regard died of COVID-19 while on duty in construction work for the project is Jagannath. A Delhi-based private BHARATI SETHI | WIDOW OF A COVID Ganjam district. Mamata Sahu, the yet to be completed by the Tourism meeting in this firm was roped in by the Tourism WARRIOR IN GANJAM regard was PRAKASH MOHANTY | SECY, OSSTA wife of another teacher who died department. A department to design the interior convened at the during the course of work said, The interpretation centre has office of SJTA of the interpretation centre. AGENCIES Association (OSSTA) secretary “The government should provide a been mooted to popularise February 5 last year The Tourism department con- Prakash Mohanty said. job to a family member as my hus- Jagannath culture among the stituted a sub-committee compris- Bhubaneswar, August 9: The The state government had in band was the sole breadwinner.” tourists and boost tourism sector in he meeting had ing a few researchers and mem- Odisha government accorded state April announced an ex-gratia of Rs Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik the Holy City here. Tdecided to bers of Shree Jagannath Temple funeral to Covid warriors who died 50 lakh for families of all frontline had asked the authorities to clear Puri city has occupied a special implement the project Managing Committee to supervise during novel coronavirus-related du- workers –doctors and other health- all dues of COVID warriors in time. place in the tourism of Odisha. by January, 2020 the interior work. However, the ties, and announced ex-gratia for the care professionals – who die of the “However, nobody pays atten- Thousands of visitors from across project is yet to see the light of the bereaved families. However, a teach- virus while deployed for COVID- tion to the affected teachers' fami- the country and abroad usually The authorities concerned had decorated the boundary walls of the proposed day. It is worth mentioning here ers’ association has said that the gov- 19 duties. Of the 27 frontline work- lies,” Mohanty alleged. throng to the coastal city to visit interpretation centre with stone-carved art work. However, the art work has that the authorities concerned had ernment is yet to provide finan- ers who succumbed to the viral in- To fight against novel coron- Srimandir, the abode of Lord been covered with creepers in the absence of maintenance work decorated the boundary walls of cial assistance to the families of fection while on duty, 11 were school avirus, over 2 lakh Corona war- Jagannath and enjoy quality time the proposed interpretation cen- teachers, who died during the course teachers in Ganjam district, the riors have been engaged across the on the golden beach. structed a few years ago. However, Administration (SJTA) here tre with stone-carved art work. of their work. state’s coronavirus hotspot. state till date, sources said. Besides, the city has several an- the authorities concerned are yet February 5 last year. The meeting However, art work has been cov- Almost 40 per cent of Covid war- “We have met senior govern- Not only health workers but also cient mutts and temples to attract to begin the interior work for the had decided to implement the proj- ered with creepers in the absence riors were school teachers who ment officers several times and de- teachers, police, accredited social tourists. In this context, an inter- project, sources said. ect by January, 2020. of maintenance work. died while performing novel coro- manded adequate compensation health activists (ASHA), Anganwadi pretation centre at Srijagannath It is learnt that the Tourism de- As per the decision taken at the Notably, the state government navirus-related duties in COVID for the families of the teachers as workers, women self-help groups Ballav mutt was mooted to inform partment had prepared a blueprint meeting, the interpretation centre has decided to construct a pilgrim care centres, COVID care homes, and given to health workers and oth- (WSHG), panchayat raj institution details on Jagannath culture to the to carry out the interior work for the would display various Besha (at- centre and a multilevel parking temporary medical camps (TMC) ers. But the government is yet to (PRI) personnel and others have tourists. interpretation centre. A meeting tires) of Lord Jagannath and the his- lot at Srijagannath Ballav mutt as housed in local schools, Odisha make any announcement in this been deployed to work among the A building for the proposed in- in this regard was convened at the tory, tradition and rituals of part of a plan to develop Puri into Secondary School Teachers’ regard,” Mohanty said. infected persons, they said. terpretation centre had been con- office of Shree Jagannath Temple Srimandir. The interpretation cen- a heritage city.

Social activist’s wife alleges WORSHIP TIME Fire dept’s mock flood harassment on social media She threatens committing suicide due to the alleged drill in Mahanadi river ‘character assassination’ by one Subhashis Sarangi on POST NEWS NETWORK social media platforms Cuttack, August 9: The Fire Service department Sunday con- POST NEWS NETWORK leged. She accused Sarangi of rais- ducted a mock drill in Mahanadi ing objections on the investigation river here Sunday to check its pre- Bhubaneswar, August 9: In the lat- process by GRP police and Crime paredness to face possible floods in est development, the wife of de- Branch. Bidyashree alleged that state. ceased social activist, Aditya Dash, it is an attempt by some vested in- The mock drill was conducted in has accused one Subhashis Sarangi terest groups to divert the probe. the wake of release of flood water of spreading false ru- The members of from Hirakud dam a few days ago. mors regarding her on Bidyashree’s and her in- As many as 26 powerboats of various social media laws’ family have been Odisha fire service took part in The mock drill underway platforms. The victim, undergoing severe men- the mock drill, which was inspected Bidyashree has lodged tal trauma due to the un- by Director General of fire service floods. We will conduct another a complaint with the founded rumours being Satyajit Mohanty. mock drill in Mahanadi after 15 Airfield police limits in spread by the accused, According to sources, the Fire days,” said senior fire brigade of- this regard. she alleged. Airfield po- Service department has altogether ficial Sukanta Sethi. As per the com- lice have started inves- 225 powerboats to carry out res- Sethi further revealed that the plaint, she threatened tigation into the matter cue operations during floods. The powerboats at various district fire committing suicide due to the al- after registering a case under IT Act. fire brigade personnel usually ex- service offices would be examined leged ‘character assassination’ by Notably, Dash’s body was found amine the fitness of these boats in phase-wise to review the readi- Sarangi on social media platforms. under mysterious circumstances in regular intervals. ness to face floods. Sarangi has reportedly been men- on rail track near Lingaraj “We had examined the fitness Fire service sources, meanwhile, tioning some random persons as her Railway station July 7. Recently, of all the powerboats by July this claimed that the river current in real husbands by picking up images DGP Abhay has directed the state year. Now, we are examining the fit- Mahanadi was too high and power- of her friends and relatives posted Crime Branch to take over the Girls offer puja to Goddess Khudurukuni at Abakash Lane in Puri, Sunday. Odia girls worship the Goddess for the ness of the boats to check our pre- boats faced a tough task to travel on her Facebook timeline, she al- probe into Dash’s death case. wellbeing of their brothers OP PHOTO paredness to deal with possible upstream. TRIBAL KIDS STRUGGLING FOR E-CLASSES, SAYS STUDY

POST NEWS NETWORK enough for children to dropout and areas and 98 percent in urban areas. go for work if the situation per- MAJOR FINDINGS Access to electricity is crucial for Bhubaneswar, August 9: A study sists,” the report said. digital education, both for powering conducted by eight voluntary or- The study report showed con- CHILDREN IN 46 LOCATIONS DO devices as well as for connecting to ganisations from Odisha with cerns about increasing indebted- NOT HAVE ACCESS TO ONLINE the internet. A nationwide survey support from New Delhi-based ness, threat of dropouts, domestic CLASSES of villages by the Ministry of Rural Partner for Change has revealed violence and child abuse, while Development in 2017-18, showed that children living in Scheduled highlighting loopholes in relief im- THERE ARE CHANCES OF that 16 percent of India’s house- Tribe (ST) dominated areas are de- plementation. DROPOUTS DUE TO THE LACK OF holds received one to eight hours of prived of access to online edu- It claimed that none of the non- FACILITIES FOR E-CLASSES electricity daily, 33 percent got 9- cation. card holders received any ration 12 hours and only 47 percent re- The study collected data from in any of the 80 locations as prom- FREE BOOKS NOT PROVIDED IN 13 ceived more than 12 hours of power 80—73 rural and seven urban— lo- ised under Covid relief plan and only LOCATIONS UNTIL JUNE supply daily. cations in eight districts – Bolangir, in 20 locations have some process Erratic power supply only exac- Bargarh, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, of registering them begun June NONE OF THE NON-CARD HOLDERS erbates the existing digital divide, Keonjhar, Koraput, Rayagada and onwards. RECEIVED ANY RATION IN ANY OF which is evident across class, gen- Sundargarh. “The registration process for ra- THE 80 LOCATIONS AS PROMISED der, region and place of residence. According to the study, children tion cards for non-card holders was UNDER COVID RELIEF PLAN According to National Sample in 46 locations do not have access initiated only in 20 locations as of Survey Organisation (2018) esti-

to online classes. The report June. All ration card holders in who have applied for MGNREGA Hinting at the difficulties faced mates, among the poorest 20 percent

k y m c claimed that there are chances of these locations received their dry ra- have not got any work under the job by people suffering from mental THE GREAT DIGITAL DIVIDE households, only 2.7 percent have ac- dropouts among students due to the tion. Between April and June, card guarantee scheme. In 44 locations, illness, the study report high- According to the Telecom cess to a computer and 8.9 percent lacuna. holders in 74 to 77 locations have re- procurement of the agricultural lighted that people suffering from Regulatory Authority of India, in to internet facilities. In the case of “Free books were not provided in ceived additional ration too,” the re- produce has not been undertaken mental illness are unable to get 2018, total internet density in the the top 20 percent households, the 13 locations until June. In five lo- port said. by any government agencies from any medicine or treatment in 54 country stood at about 49 percent. proportions are 27.6 percent and cations, the situation is serious “In 42 locations where people June onwards,” the study claimed. locations. Of that, 25 percent lived in rural 50.5 percent, respectively. P4 MONDAY | AUGUST 10 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR downtown

Highest single-day spike in Covid deaths EXPRESSING DISCONTENT

k y m c 13 FATALITIES PUSH COVID-19 DEATH TOLL TO 272; WITH 1,734 FRESH CASES, ODISHA’S CORONAVIRUS TALLY NEARS 46,000-MARK

POST NEWS NETWORK & AGENCIES Khurda district once Bhubaneswar, August 9: Odisha recorded the highest single-day again surpassed spike of 13 Covid-19 fatalities, which Covid-19 hotspot pushed the death toll in the coastal Ganjam by reporting state to 272 Sunday, an official of Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) the highest daily spike department said. in positive cases At least 1,734 fresh cases were registered in 29 districts of the among all other state, raising the coronavirus tally districts Sunday to 45,927, said the official. Of the new cases, 1,075 were from the quarantine centres while the rest for the COVID-19 patients. 659 were local contact cases. These hospitals must provide all Khurda district, which encom- possible treatment as per the guide- passes the Capital city of lines issued by the government and Bhubaneswar, once again surpassed regularly share all information to Covid-19 hotspot Ganjam by re- the government regarding avail- porting the highest daily spike in ability of facility, patient informa- positive cases among all other dis- tion, line of treatment, availability tricts Sunday. Policemen inspect commuters near Rasulgarh Square in Bhubaneswar of beds and price charged. Khurda reported the maximum during the weekend shutdown, Sunday OP PHOTO The private hospital, the notifi- number of new cases at 342, fol- cation said, should charge reason- lowed by Ganjam at 222, Cuttack at a Covid-19 patient, but the H&FW hotspot districts, and the steel city able fees from patients and refrain 177, Sundargarh at 126 and Nayagarh department attributed the death of Rourkela and three to four days from collecting exorbitant fees, fail- at 106. to a pre-existing ailment. lockdown imposed by some other ing which strict action shall be “Regret to inform of the demise The total number of coronavirus district Collectors in view of rising taken against the hospital. of thirteen COVID-positive patients patients who succumbed to co-mor- coronavirus cases. The Capital city of Bhubaneswar while under treatment in hospitals bidities rose to 49. To strengthen containment Sunday registered 166 COVID-19 (sic),” the H&FW department said Meanwhile, 1,543 persons re- measure against COVID-19, the cases, taking the tally to 3,929. in a tweet. covered from the disease. The total state government has issued a no- Of the fresh cases, 98 were quar- Of the 13 fatalities, six were re- recovered cases of Odisha now tification for private health in- antine cases while 68 were local ported from Ganjam, two each from stand at 31,784. stitutions for treatment of coro- contact ones. As many as 113 per- Khurda and Koraput, and one each On the other hand, life in many navirus cases. Interested private sons who had earlier tested positive from Balasore, Bargarh and parts of the state came to a grind- hospitals having 30 beds or more for the viral infection recovered Youth Congress activists hold a demonstration at Congress Bhawan in Bhubaneswar seeking employment for the Nayagarh districts. ing halt following a complete week- shall designate a minimum of 10 Sunday, Bhubaneswar Municipal educated young men and women on the occasion of August Kranti Diwas, Sunday. (Bottom) AITUC activists stage an Puri, too, registered the death of end lockdown imposed in four per cent of all beds to be reserved Corporation said in a tweet. agitation in the Capital city to protest the ‘anti-labour policies’ of the Centre and state government OP PHOTOS Incomplete Dandiapali-Garjan 46 pc COVID cases in Cuttack 4 arrested for stealing bridge turns commuters’ bane computers from school POST NEWS NETWORK pany used plaster of Paris to seal city from containment zones the cracks but it did not help, sources THE ACCUSED HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS Bedabyasha, August 9: Delay in added. POST NEWS NETWORK construction of the Dandiapali- As the bridge is at a higher al- PALESWAR SIPAKA, PRAKASH SAGARIA, Garjan bridge at Lathikata block titude above the sea level, protec- Bhubaneswar, August 9: The NARENDRA, AND MOHAN BHOI in Sundargarh district has led to re- tion walls must be erected to pre- Cuttack Municipal Corporation sentment among residents of vent the pillars and roof from (CMC) Sunday said that 46 per cent POST NEWS NETWORK tiated a probe and eventually traced Dandiapali and Garjan. weakening further. of the total new cases Cuttack city the four accused. Meanwhile, an- Work on the project was started People of the two villages have reported in the last one week was Bolangir, August 9: Bolangir po- other accomplice, identified as in January, 2019 to cross an extra 15 detected from the containment lice Sunday arrested four persons Digamber Bhoi, is on the run. by a Rourkela- km of roads to reach zones alone. for stealing 12 computers from in- According to a source, the four based private firm Rourkela city as they CMC Commissioner Ananya Das formation and communication accused broke open the ICT Lab of under the super- depend on the city Sunday held a virtual press con- technology laboratory of Jurabanda the school late night of July 12 and vision of Rural for their day to day af- ference and informed the media High School. All of them have been looted the computers which were Welfare depart- fair. about the preparedness of the civic forwarded to court. provided to the school by the State ment (RWC) A social activist body against the global pandemic. The accused have been identified Education department. Rourkela division. Swagat Swarup Das said that the city in the last A Fire Service personnel sanitises Badambadi police station in Cuttack, Sunday as Paleswar Sipaka, Prakash Since there was no security Even as almost Acharya alleged that one week reported a total of 641 Sagaria, Narendra, and Mohan guard, four persons had taken ad- one and half years use of sub-standard new cases out of which 298 cases (46 seven COVID Care Centres with Bhoi. vantage of it and looted the com- have passed, only EVEN AS ALMOST raw materials and per cent) were from containment 1,235 bed capacity. Two new such cen- The headmaster of the school puters. 20 per cent of the ONE AND HALF absence of monitor- zones and majority of the remain- tres have now started. “We are also Anand Kumar Sethi had lodged Sethi said the incident came work has been ing by the govern- ing were from home and institu- Besides weekend allowing home isolation of COVID an FIR July 13 regarding the loot to light in the morning after a completed so far YEARS HAVE mental department tional quarantines. shutdown, we are also positive patients. A total of 97 pa- of the computers. peon entered the computer room on the two-km- PASSED, ONLY 20 PC concerned are re- “Out of the 641 new cases, 46 per imposing Wednesday tients are there in home isolation Acting on the FIR, the cops ini- to clean it. long bridge. sponsible for the cent was reported from contain- shutdown to contain the in the city now. We are monitor- What’s more OF THE WORK HAS plight of the bridge. ment zones, 33 per cent from home disease. I would like to ing it and the Ward Committee is worrying is the “A bridge is consid- quarantine, 14 per cent from insti- keeping an eye on that. The Primary request the people to not use of sub-stan- BEEN COMPLETED ered the lifeline of tutional quarantine, while 87 cases Health Centres (PHCs) are tracking dard materials by people. The depart- (7 per cent) were local contacts.” visit Malgodown area for and taking care of their medical the firm which has SO FAR ON THE ment should con- Das said that the CMC has ex- shopping purposes needs,” she said. put the entire proj- TWO-KM-LONG stantly supervise the tended the Malgodown contain- ANANYA DAS | COMMISSIONER, CMC The CMC Commissioner said ect in jeopardy, works to address any ment zone and included more that the city has expedited testing sources said. BRIDGE lapses,” he said. colonies under it for better and taken special measures to regulate in the last one week. “This week, we Cracks have Acharya added strict surveillance. “Seeing more pos- Malgodown and it has used differ- have planned to organise special test- surfaced on major portions of the that the villagers will meet the itive areas in the containment zone, ential timings for essential and ing camps for vulnerable areas. We under-construction structure. The Executive Engineer (PWD) Prasant the periphery areas were also non essential shops. “Besides week- are taking special care for preg- cracks are clearly visible on the Panda over the issue. Panda said screened and we found more cases. end shutdown, we are also impos- nant and people with co-morbidi- concrete roof and pillars of the that due to the Covid-19 pandemic We did intensive testing and active ing Wednesday shutdown to contain ties,” she said. bridge. the construction work has been surveillance. As this is an eco- the disease. I would like to request The CMC Commissioner also With no protection walls at both stopped. nomically important centre, we the people to not venture into the said that it has received Rs 5.63 ends of the structure, more cracks “We will resume the work soon,” are taking more care,” she said. area for retail marketing,” she said. lakh fine from people who flouted Representative image are likely to surface soon. The com- he said. Das added that the CMC has also Das said that the city has now the COVID-19 norms in the state. BLOOD DONATION The 86-yr-old manure man of Loisingha

POST NEWS NETWORK children and his wife. However, he is now living with his younger son’s Loisingha, August 9: Indubitably, family after the death of his wife farmers in general across the globe while the rest two sons live sepa- have become increasingly dependent rately. The ups and down of life have on chemical fertilisers to raise their failed to deter him as he goes on col- crops. But an 86-year-old farmer lecting cow dung after finishing here in Bolangir district is reli- his daily chores every day. giously collecting cow dung for the With decline in cattle popula- last 66 years to prepare manure, a tion, he is now finding it difficult to report said. Abadhuta Nayak collect sufficient cow dung in his vil- The farmer is Abadhuta Nayak lage and has to move in the sur- at Jogisarda village under this block ical fertilisers on farmland and in- of farmland has never felt tired by rounding villages to collect the in Bolangir district. Sources said that stead relies on organic manure to doing so and has been collecting stuff. He regretted that despite all the use of cow dung as manure has raise crops. the cattle waste since the days of his his work he has never received any helped him raise good crops year He said that chemical fertiliser youth. He collects the cow dung assistance from the state govern- after year despite all adversities. is bad for health while food crops and dumps them on his farmland ment like 35-kg rice or a house It has also helped in raising the cultivated with organic manure is to prepare manure for his crops. under the welfare scheme. fertility of the soil and in conser- good for health. This is the secret The manure he prepares is used An elderly co-villager Sigson vation of environment while keep- of his good health at this age as he on his farmland while he sells the Deep said they have been seeing ing the air and water bodies clean has never become ill except some surplus to other farmers and earns him doing the work since his youth A blood donation camp organised at the BJD headquarters in Bhubaneswar on the Occasion of August Kranti Diwas, in the area. minor ailments like cold and cough some money. Nayak used to work days but the government officials Sunday. Blood donation camps would be organised across the state till August 15. A target has been set to collect An example for others to emulate, till date, he said. chores to manage his family of have never made any attempt to

10,000 units of blood under the ‘Odisha Mo Parivar-Jiban Bindu’ programme OP PHOTO Nayak strongly opposes use of chem- Nayak having only half an acre three sons, daughters-in-law, grand- reach him and extend him any help.

k y m c P5 MONDAY | AUGUST 10 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR state

No jobs, migrant returnees head back to other states Local contact cases

k y m c POST NEWS NETWORK LIVELIHOOD the lockdown, we have no work. Whenever we asked for work at the soar in Bhadrak dist Bargarh, August 9: Thousands MATTERS panchayat office, only manual labour of migrant workers, after losing Migrant workers from of earth digging was available. We POST NEWS NETWORK their jobs due to the coronavirus- various parts of Bargarh are not acquainted with this work.” SHUTDOWN IN induced lockdown, returned to their district, seemingly Another migrant Nibash Seth Bhadrak, August 9: Local con- KAMAKHYANAGAR native places in Bargarh district upset over the lack of said, “We were earning in other tact COVID-19 cases have soared past with the expectation of finding al- job opportunities, have states to make both ends meet. We those from quarantine centres in Dhenkanal: In view of the increasing ternative livelihood. Despite re- started heading back to have no work opportunities here. I Bhadrak district, adding to the number of cases of COVID-19, luctance, the migrant workers were their workplaces in want to go out, but have no money. headache of the administration. Dhenkanal Collector Bhumesh bound to come home, that too by fac- other states The government should provide Bhadrak reported 58 new COVID- Chandra Behera declared total shut- down in Kamakhyanagar NAC from ing much hardship. loan facility to migrants so that we 19 cases Sunday. Of them, while Scores of people in August 10 to 12. Out of the 29 fresh The central and the state gov- only one is from institutional quar- Padampur sub-division can do some small business.” COVID-19 cases reported from the ernments had announced assis- usually migrate to Another migrant, Ashok Bariha, antine centre, all the re- district Sunday, Kamakhyanagar tance for the returnees and prom- Maharashtra, pointed out that he has been doing maining 57 patients were NAC accounted for 19 cases. The ised creation of job opportunities Telangana, Tamil Nadu, manual labour for several years to found to have contracted shutdown will come into effect for them. Andhra Pradesh and feed his family, comprising three the virus locally. under the Disaster Management However, things did not turn out Gujarat in search of daughters. “There is no scope for jobs With this, the task of Act, 2005 and the Epidemic Disease, After easing of restrictions, middlemen and labour contractors have become active in Padampur to be favourable for the migrant re- greener pastures here. I am exhausted from fre- controlling the COVID situa- Act 1897. The collector has asked the turnees. The migrants reportedly quenting to the office for registra- tion in the district has become CDM & PHO, Dhenkanal/ block med- failed to get livelihood opportuni- Scores of people in Padampur However, after easing of re- officially. Unofficial sources claim, tion as a construction labourer,” tougher for the administration. ical officer in-charge, Kamakhyanagar ties in their home district. sub-division usually migrate to strictions, middlemen and labour the number of migrant returnees he added. District labour officer Meanwhile, the process of shift- to mobilise the required number of With the national economy bat- Maharashtra, Telangana, Tamil contractors have become active in is higher than the official figure. Hemanta Kumar Pradhan said, ing of all the patients to COVID-19 health staff immediately to conduct tered due to subsequent lockdowns, Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat Padampur. It was learnt that Rs 2,000 each has “The labourers working in cotton hospital has started. Similarly, con- active surveillance in the NAC. The the government has started easing in search of greener pastures. Most According to the district labour been provided to 10,549 labourers mills are not being registered as tact tracing drive is on. surveillance will continue from restrictions to allow economic ac- of them work in brick kilns, cotton department, 14,864 migrant work- while in some cases, they have been construction workers. Those who Given the detection of more August 10 till 12. The CDMO have tivities. Migrant workers from var- mills, and some even in hotels and ers had returned to Bargarh from provided work under government have worked in brick kilns are reg- number of local cases, the denizens been asked to submit day-wise sta- ious parts of Bargarh district, seem- as security guards. various states during the lockdown schemes. Narrating his ordeal, istered after submission of appli- here are in fear. With the fresh ad- tus reports to the collector. ingly upset over the lack of job During the lockdown, there was period. Of them, 9,054 were work- Bijitosh Bariha, a migrant worker, cations. About one lakh construc- dition, the district’s COVID-19 tally The virus has so far claimed four opportunities, have started heading a stalemate on trafficking of work- ing in brick kilns and cotton mills. said, “We had migrated to other tion workers were registered in the has gone up to 915. While 653 pa- lives in the district. Swab samples back to their workplaces in other force from some pockets to other Many migrants had returned states in search of work. We return district. They are being provided fi- tients have recovered from the dis- of 22,353 persons have so far been states. states. home without doing registration home every four/six months. In nancial assistance.” ease, 258 are undergoing treatment. tested in the district. Maoist hideout busted in Bargarh, HARROWING TIMES ammunition seized after gunfight

AGENCIES fence. The exchange of fire con- tinued for around 30 minutes. Bhubaneswar, August 9: The rebels managed to escape Security forces busted a camp taking advantage of dense fo- of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) and liage and heavy rain, the officer seized a large number of car- said. During a search operation tridges after an exchange of fire carried out in the area after the with the cadres of the outfit in Maoists. The rebels started in- gunfight, the security person- Bargarh district, the police said discriminate firing on spotting nel busted a Maoist hideout and Sunday. the security personnel, Bargarh seized a large number of car- The gun-battle took place in the Superintendent of Police Padmini tridges, she added. Gandhamardan reserve forest Sahoo said. The forces also seized walkie- in Paikmal police station area The security personnel took de- talkies, digital cameras, infrared Saturday and it lasted for around fensive positions and appealed to wildlife cameras, several docu- 30 minutes, a police officer said. the Maoists to stop firing and ments, Maoist camouflage uni- Acting on a tip-off, a team of surrender, to which they shouted forms and some daily need arti- CRPF and police personnel ‘Lal Salaam Zindabad’, she said. cles from the camp. launched a combing operation Left with no other alternative, Combing operation has been during which they noticed the the security personnel resorted intensified in the area, the movement of around 10-15 armed to controlled firing in self-de- police said. Fake Maoists extort money from businessman, 3 held

They had initially demanded lice officer (SDPO) L Panda said. Rs 10 lakh from the business- The businessman reported man, a resident of the matter to the police and the Badpujhariguda village under number from which the extortion Jaipatna police station limits, call was made could be tracked, Amid shutdown, a woman is carrying her ailing son on bicycle to a hospital in Sambalpur OP PHOTO Saturday after identifying them- leading to the arrest of the three selves as Maoists, a police persons. officer said. During investigation, it was Section 144 at many When the person expressed found that the persons were not BHAWANIPATNA: Three per- his inability to dole out the Maoists, the SDPO said. places in Sambalpur Pandemic leaves Angul sons were arrested Sunday for al- amount it was finally settled at “They wanted to make money legedly extorting money from a Rs 70,000 and the trio collected the at the cost of the businessman,” businessman by posing as money from the businessman’s Panda said. Three mobile phones POST NEWS NETWORK Maoists in Kalahandi district, house Saturday night, and Rs 70,000 have been seized police said. Dharamgarh sub-divisional po- from them, Panda added. Sambalpur,August 9: The dis- idol makers in the lurch trict administration here has im- posed Section 144 of CrPC at eight POST NEWS NETWORK places in the district as a precau- tionary measure to contain COVID- Banarpal, August 9: Every year, Meet 10-yr-old terrace gardener of Bhadrak 19. The Sambalpur police tweeted ahead of the festive season, clay the development Sunday. The Sub- idol makers in Angul district make POST NEWS NETWORK Omm searched for how to do ter- Divisional Magistrate ordered hundreds of idols of various gods race gardening on YouTube. After that the imposition of Section 144 and goddesses. This year, they are Bhadrak, August 9: The Covid-19 seeing several videos he got a basic will remain in force from August living between the devil and deep pandemic has brought several ac- idea about the concept of terrace 9 to August 13. The restriction, sea as their idols are likely to have tivities to a grinding halt. But it gardening. Then in some small which prohibits assembly of four a weak demand in view of the coro- meet their household expenses for tive season are bleak. “If such a has not been able to stop a 10-year- earthen pots he planted lady’s fin- or more persons in an area, was navirus pandemic. a year, from whatever they earn situation persists in the days ahead, boy of Kulana under gers, eggplants, cucumber, beans, imposed Sunday at Bhabani field There are over 300 idol makers be- during the festive season. Amid we may not be able to provide a Bhanadaripokhari block in Bhadrak Bhandaripokhari Sarada Vidya and five types of chilies, bitter area of Dhanupalli, Bank Colony longing to Talamula, Mahidharpur, the lockdown restrictions, the clay square meal a day to our family district from fulfilling his com- Mandir. Amid the pandemic schools gourd, spinach, coriander and mint. and rear side of ISKCON temple Kaniha, Phulupada, Kandasar and idol makers pass through tough members. Our occupation is sea- mitment to the environment by across the state are closed till August To give nourishment and natu- in Sakhipada area, N Guha Lane, Turanga areas under Banarpal times and their fiscal standings sonal; hence, it would become too planting varieties of plants on the 31. When the friends of Omm are ral care to the plants, the compo- Malipada of Bada Bazaar area, block in the district. They make have been staggered badly over the difficult for us to survive under roof of his house. spending their times watching TV sition of his potting include 30 per WESCO Colony of Kalibadi area, idols of Khudurukuni, Ganesh, past four months. Local puja com- these circumstances,” idol makers Son of Jitrendra Kumar Sahoo and cartoon shows on YouTube, cent soil, 30 per cent vermin-com- Sarala area of Dhankouda, Biswakarma, Durga, Lakshmi, Kali, mittees give no advance for making of Banarpal block -- Antaryami and Bimalini Sahoo, Omm Prakash he thought of doing something dif- posting, 30 per cent coco peat and Saimadir area in Gopalmal, Kartikeswar and Saraswati during idols any longer. Chances of pujas Muduli, Dambarudhar Muduli and Sahoo is a fifth grade student at ferent and unusual. 10 per cent neem cake. Nayapada area in Goal. the festive season. Usually, they being celebrated in the coming fes- Kailash Muduli -- lamented. Subarnapur handloom weaver keeps ‘Bandha’ art alive A top exponent of the ‘Bandha’ art, Ghanashyam has extraordinary expertise in weaving sarees, crafting Bandha works, colouring and graphic designing

POST NEWS NETWORK Lord Jagannath’s Suna the book after COVID- HE HAS FOUND Besha (25 inches long 19 cases subside in the A PLACE IN THE ‘LIMCA BOOK Sonepur, August 9: and 20 inches wide) and days ahead,” OF RECORDS’ Ghanshyam Meher, a another of Maa Ghanshyam said. IN 2016 FOR 40-year-old weaver of Samaleswari’s Earlier, he found a DRAWING A Tikiripada village Rajarajeswari Besha place in the ‘Limca BANDHA under Subalaya police (30 inches long and 30 Book of Records’ in DESIGN OF limits in Subarnapur inches wide). These 2016 for drawing a 81,000 district, is a top expo- Bandha designs were Bandha design of 81,000 CONCHES. nent of the ‘Bandha’ lauded and the Odisha conches. That incident THAT INCIDENT art. He has extraordi- government felicitated had given him the in- HAD GIVEN HIM nary expertise in weav- Ghanshyam in 2006. It spiration to seek entry THE ing sarees, crafting was for the first time into the Guinness Book INSPIRATION Bandha works, colour- that his work was of World Records, said TO SEEK ENTRY ing and graphic de- recognised. These days, the weaver. INTO THE signing. Presently, he is Ghanshyam is work- Ghanshyam is the GUINNESS staying in Bargarh ing hard to find a place second son of Rabi BOOK OF town and sells exquis- in the Guinness Book Meher and Malati WORLD itely designed saree to of World Records. To Meher. A Class-X pass RECORDS

handloom weavers of achieve the distinction out, Ghanshyam got at-

k y m c Bargarh, Subarnapur, he had to make 1,20,000 tracted to ‘Bandha’ art GHANSHYAM MEHER, A 40-YEAR-OLD WEAVER OF TIKIRIPADA THESE DAYS, HE IS WORKING HARD TO FIND A Bolangir and conches in Bandha de- from his childhood, PLACE IN THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD VILLAGE ATTRACTED LIMELIGHT, AFTER HE CREATED A DESIGN Boudh districts. sign. He has completed when he was assisting OF LORD JAGANNATH’S SUNA BESHA (25 INCHES LONG AND 20 RECORDS. TO ACHIEVE THE DISTINCTION HE HAD Ghanshyam at- the task and is satis- his father in this tra- INCHES WIDE) AND ANOTHER OF MAA SAMALESWARI’S TO MAKE 1,20,000 CONCHES IN BANDHA DESIGN. HE RAJARAJESWARI BESHA (30 INCHES LONG AND 30 INCHES WIDE) HAS COMPLETED THE TASK AND IS SATISFIED tracted limelight, after fied. “I will officially ditional he created a design of apply for registration in family occupation. P6 MONDAY | AUGUST 10 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR power post

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t reflects on the civilisational The VHP was to press the BJP to power of Lord Rama in this pull back its horses in a seat at ancient land that Faizabad and three in Kerala. The ANY HOUR I Independent India’s five VHP will claim that it had done the Prime Ministers involved them- Shilanyas where it wanted, in the he nation coursing through the perils of a pandemic -- with infections selves in the affairs of his birth- first place. This double cross too and deaths rising daily-- received good news in the form of the Centre place at Ayodhya. Jawaharlal was part of the secret deal. With T releasing `17,100 crore to the bank accounts of over 8.5 crore farm- Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi, Narasimha all these machinations, Rajiv lost ers as part of a periodic pension of a mere `2,000 per family. This would how- Rao, Narendra Modi and, tan- the General Elections. ever help only in a small way in revving up the countryside caught in a dis- gentially, VP Singh in between. Pranab Mukherjee in his mem- tress situation due to the drying up of money supply in these Covid times. First Prime Minister Nehru oirs, The Turbulent Years, has Alongside, another step from the Centre, effecting an import ban on 101 items learnt his early lessons about the confirmed a gem of a story. A week of defence requirement is significant too. limits to his power when the Rama before the Shilanyas, Rajiv es- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who announced the ban on import of cer- idols “mysteriously” appeared on corted by then Home Minister tain weapons and ammunition, says his government, alternatively, plans to the night of December 22, 1949 at Buta Singh visited Godman release `4 lakh crore via contracts to boost defence production internally through the spot where the Lord was sup- Devrahwa Baba who had a de- the Make In India scheme and serve the cause of self-reliance or Atma posed to have been born, and the lightful way of blessing his devo- Nirbhar Bharat scheme. All these schemes have very fancy names and the then UP Chief Minister Govind tees. He dangled his legs from a Ministers are using these slogans to the hilt. Saeed Naqvi Ballabh Pant refused to have the thatched roof and thumped on However, developing any weapons system is a time consuming, highly in- idols removed despite Nehru’s in- Since it is accepted by everybody except the head of those he chose to bless, vestment intensive and tedious endeavor. A government that has wasted nearly sistence. Secularism was a fine perhaps Randeep Surjewala that the in this case the renaissance Prime seven years blaming past administrations for all that India has achieved or ONE MAY concept but not at the cost of Hindu Minister of India, eager to know not achieved till date, seems to have suddenly awakened from deep slumber. faith. Congress is now beyond redemption, the best if he should allow the Shilanyas. In this time period, India’s foreign policy was not only being personally su- QUIBBLE ON In the different approaches to the Gandhi siblings can do is to recover as a The Baba, networked in the in- pervised but also implemented by Prime Minister Modi and yet all the PROPORTIONS, Ayodhya are embedded serious terstellar spaces, transmitted his neighbors of India have turned into aggressive foes in these past few years. divergences within the Congress priceless memento that brick which was message: “Bachcha, ho janedo” Nepal, a self declared Hindoo Rashtra from its inception as a nation, has BUT THERE IS on the centrality of Hinduism in laid in their father’s name in Ayodhya to (child, let it happen). changed its Constitution and labeled itself as a secular nation recently. HINDU national life. Not only was Pandit The soft saffron that Rajiv Now Nepal, in its latest government printed map, has shown the audacity Madan Mohan Malaviya the pres- start a temple for Lord Rama Gandhi adopted by way of electoral of claiming several Indian territories as its own. It has started a whole new MAHASABHA IN ident of the Congress for a record tactics came to him from two conflict in an area that had been undisputed four terms, but he was also a within weeks of each other. of Faizabad, Ram Sharan sources: Indira Gandhi donned since centuries. THE CONGRESS founder of the Hindu Mahasabha. In his very first speech in Srivastava; a more harassed offi- this shade during the 1982 Jammu This awakening from slumber that was DNA JUST AS One may quibble on proportions, Parliament in May 2014, Prime cer I shall never see. election, this being her gut re- marked by Rajnath Singh’s statement is but there is Hindu Mahasabha in Minister Modi had lamented 1,200 Since I was seated next to him, sponse to the Khalistan move- certainly connected with the unexpected THERE IS THE the Congress DNA just as there is years of foreign subjugation. But I could virtually peep into the pit ment. Two years later, the un- intrusion into Indian territory by the Chinese RSS IN THE BJP the RSS in the BJP. Nehru was a after the Shilanyas at Rama’s birth- where the brick was to be laid precedented majority with which PLA. The brutal killing of 20 Indian armed Piate proud “Pandit” but there was a place in Ayodhya, he was specific under instructions from Rajiv Rajiv Gandhi came to power after forces personnel proves that our military and clear mismatch between his elit- about the time-line of the Ayodhya Gandhi, his cousin Arun Nehru Indira Gandhi’s assassination by civilian leadership had no intelligence in- Tathagata ist tolerance of Hinduism and the struggle, that it had taken 500 and the then UP Chief Minister her Sikh bodyguards in 1984 was puts. Waking up and shouting an oft re- Satpathy all-pervasive Hindu faith in the years since Babar’s arrival, to lib- Narayan Dutt Tewari. It was an un- not attributed to a sympathy wave peated slogan can, at best, be considered a O make-up of most of his colleagues. erate the hallowed birthplace. derhand, duplicitous operation, but a massive Hindu consolida- move to endear an individual to his politi- It turns out, in retrospect, that There will of course be argu- totally violative of the Allahabad tion against “minority” commu- cal boss. Nothing more. This ban on imports may result in immediate dam- Nehru’s secularism was a huge ments galore: has the choreogra- High Court order which prohibited nalism. age to the Indian forces. Stopping imported war equipment is not similar gamble. phy at Modi’s Shilanyas brought any construction on the “disputed” This conventional wisdom to declaring an ill conceived Education Policy. With education, the govern- It would be thrilling if the sec- down the curtain on the old con- land. In a show of force, Ashok among Congress senior leaders ment has ample scope to fine-tune or alter errors while implementation is ular experiment succeeded to a sensus on the Idea of India? Is Singhal of the VHP, the Hindu caused him to open the temple in progress. In a battle situation, it is not possible to set things differently point where my brother Shanney that what an emotionally pent-up body leading the agitation for a locks in May 1986. Since then, the when a soldier is facing an enemy attack. could revisit relatives in Karachi nation’s cathartic “victory over temple, threatened “rivers of Congress is wasting away its time, When a nation the size and geographical positioning as of India decides and regale friends in JNU with Babar” entails? Was it that, a vic- blood”: he would lay the founda- wearing soft saffron, selling its to indigenize its battle equipment, it has to accept collaborations and joint the observation which became a tory? tion stone on exactly the spot family heirlooms, even as the BJP ventures in both research and development. Primarily, that would require classic in the 70s: “Nice place”, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra must be which the temple plan dictated, acquires a shade of saffron as friendly and militarily capable nations who would be willing to share their he said, returning from Pakistan, commended for having endorsed namely the “disputed” land. hard as was on show at the R&D with the recipient country. India did have that advantage in the past “but too full of Muslims.” the beginning of a Ram temple, but Clandestinely, the VHP was al- Shilanyas in Ayodhya. decades. The erstwhile Soviet Union had not only supplied numerous Today, this gregarious racon- in doing so she may have slighted lowed to have its say. But Srivastava Since it is accepted by every- squadrons of MiG 21s but it had also shared production technology. This had teur finds himself fixed in the her father’s memory. Rajiv Gandhi was to put out a press note that the body except perhaps Randeep enabled Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to produce the jets in pitying gaze of relatives from may not have been present at Ram’s brick was laid 100 feet away from Surjewala that the Congress is Sunabeda of Odisha and the complete aircraft at Bangalore. Those aircraft across the border. I called him in birthplace for the first bricklaying the disputed site. now beyond redemption, the best still seem to be the mainstay of the IAF. The five Rafale jets that flew in re- Lucknow on August 5, the day of ceremony on November 9, 1989, Rajiv was fighting for his life the Gandhi siblings can do is to re- cently will only become India specific in 2022. Their production will not be the Shilanyas. He didn’t say much. but a foundation stone was laid, at against his once-favoured finance cover as a priceless memento that done in India neither any technical details be shared. It is like an individ- It is instructive that the top-down the behest of Rajiv Gandhi’s gov- minister V. Singh’s rebellion, in the brick which was laid in their fa- ual buying an expensive SUV and spending a fortune for regular maintenance secularism of Nehru and Mustafa ernment under the official su- 1989 General Elections. He struck ther’s name in Ayodhya to start a service at exclusively authorized showrooms. However, we have demolished Kemal Pasha Ataturk faced eclipse pervision of the District Magistrate a desperate deal with the VHP. temple for Lord Rama. IANS our close links with present day Russia and cannot expect them to share man- ufacturing details of their new fighter aircraft. The Chinese intrusion at Galwan forced Rajnath Singh to rush to Moscow and dust the files on some old order for Russian fighter jets. That trip made it obvious that India had not been following up in payments for the Russian aircraft. This overnight hurry is SPECTRUM POLITICS not something appreciated when purchasing high value defence equipment. It rather exposes the unplanned nature of the Indian government. It may not be out of place to mention that many citizens are still questioning the Modi brokered liaison between Anil Ambani’s Reliance Defence and the French producers of the Rafale jets for assembling and later producing them in India. Centenary year of an underrated PM Everyone knows how that very first effort at indigenization through a cor- porate, neglecting HAL, panned out. V Narasimha Rao never succeeded in bringing about a Agricultural Land Ceiling Act from The drive to indigenize defence hardware within India is certainly a wel- dreamt to be the Prime bloodless, peaceful resolution. her Andhra Pradesh counterpart, come decision. However, like everything else in this government, all such P Minister, as he was no lobbyist It was during Narasimha Rao’s for replication in Odisha. slogans and decisions seem to smack of political one-upmanship. There and did not have the instincts in him tenure that diplomatic relations The only blot in Rao’s tenure does not seem to be any genuine concern for India’s security. That would be to side-step anybody. In fact, after were established with Israel. Rao had was the demolition of Babri Masjid, visible only if there is a persistent and comprehensive strategy backed by the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, prior consultations with Palestine but the real question is whether action to make India self-sufficient in its requirements of weapons for the he had packed his bags and re- leader Yasser Arafat over a break- Rao was really culpable? There was future. On the other hand, the natural speed of delivery to a regular client turned to his home state, the un- fast meeting, where he took the a history to the Babri Masjid issue and an irregular client always varies for any producer or supplier. If India divided Andhra Pradesh. He was PLO leader into confidence on his even before he took office on June bans certain defence equipment without first building capacity to produce called back and given the respon- proposed move. Arafat welcomed it, 21, 1991. The doors of the Masjid reliable alternatives, it may lead to a dangerous outcome where supplies could sibility of leading the nation as as he felt India could act as a bridge were opened for the Hindus to offer get delayed at crucial times of need. Thinking through such situations Prime Minister. As a young jour- between Palestine and Israel. Then prayers to Lord Ram Lalla idols in before such heroic calls is the need of the hour. Any hour, for that matter. nalist, I used to meet him often. always be remembered, he has Rao went ahead and signed the file. 1986. Under Supreme Court orders, Anita Saluja Soon after becoming the Prime countless feathers in his cap. It was The Look East Policy of Rao was the Shilanyas was performed in Minister, Rao spelt out his plans to during his tenure that the a philosophical outreach. It pointed 1989. The matter was already sub- transform the nation by liberalis- Constitutional 73rd and 74th to the World, particularly the West, judice, with the Supreme Court WISDOM CORNER WHILE NARASIMHA ing the economy. His Liberalisation- Amendment Bills were passed in to the rich religious, cultural civil- fully seized of the matter. According RAO’S Privatisation-Globalisation pro- Parliament. They not only con- isational traditions in the East. to him, he took all the steps re- There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. gramme transformed the Indian ferred Constitutional status on pan- Apart from the strategic and eco- quired to ensure that the mishap was WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE CONTRIBUTIONS IN economy, as never before. As PM, chayats and urban local bodies, but nomic ties between India and the prevented, but failed owing to the Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now Rao led the nation for five years, also provided one-third reserva- Association of South-East Asian belligerence of the Saffron brigade. accepted was once eccentric. UNLEASHING 1991-96, taking it forward on all the tion for women in these bodies. Nations, the two share the Buddhist A month prior to the demolition, BERTRAND RUSSELL ECONOMIC fronts, mainly on the economic Amid raging social unrest on and the Ramayana Connect. in November, 1992, Rao moved the What is discipline? Discipline means creating an order within you. and the foreign affairs. Yet, he re- Mandal Commission recommen- When Indira Gandhi was push- Supreme Court with a plea to ap- As you are, you are a chaos. REFORMS WILL OSHO mains the most underrated PM dations, Rao brought about a peace- ing for Land Reforms at the na- point the Centre as the Receiver ALWAYS BE due to his strained relations with ful resolution by making the first tional level, it was Rao who imple- for Babri Masjid, which would have Congress president Sonia Gandhi. appointment under reservation for- mented it in right earnest as the given him the locus-standi to de- REMEMBERED, HE Rao led the party and the na- mula. Punjab was on the boil due Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Land ploy police and para-military forces WORDSWORTH tion on his own terms. Perhaps, to militancy. However, with careful Ceiling Act, 1973, when he was to save the mosque. But, on HAS COUNTLESS this was the reason why Manmohan political and administrative man- Chief Minister of the state. This rev- December 2, four days prior to the FEATHERS IN Singh preferred to kow-tow to Sonia agement, Rao brought peace back olutionary measure, in one go, dis- demolition, the petition was dis- Tatterdemalion Gandhi when he became PM. Rao in Punjab. In the insurgency-hit mantled the Jagirdari-Zamindari missed by the apex court. The rest, HIS CAP was nobody’s man and preferred to Jammu & Kashmir, Rao worked structures, empowering the rural as they say, is history. tatterdemalion is a tattered or ragged person. It’s a lively, rattling, have no coterie of his own. hard restoring normalcy. Soon after landless poor through the redis- A multi-faceted personality, Rao Amachine-gun word, one chosen by many writers as suitable This is the birth centenary year the Babri Masjid demolition, there tribution of the surplus land. The had a literary flair. A dazzling poly- accompaniment to invective or disparagement. Here’s Lady Wishfort, in of Rao. While his contributions in was the siege of the Hazratbal then Odisha Chief Minister Nandini glot, he was fluent in several Indian William Congreve’s play The Way of the World: “Frippery? Superannuated unleashing economic reforms will Shrine in Srinagar, in 1993. Rao Satpathy borrowed a copy of the AP and European languages. frippery? I’ll frippery the villain; I’ll reduce him to frippery and rags, a tatterdemalion!.” Or James Joyce, in full flow in Ulysses: “Florry Talbot, a blond feeble goosefat whore in a tatterdemalion gown of mildewed Semester exam, Supreme Court strawberry, lolls spreadeagle in the sofa corner, her limp forearm pendent over the bolster, listening”. But where it comes from is open to argument. Sir, The July 6 UGC notification on mandatory conduct of final semester examinations either online or offline, or both, by the end of The first part seems pretty certain to be our English tatter. Some writers September created ripples among the student community as well as state governments. Prior to this date, many states had declared the ex- trace the second bit to the French maillon, swaddling clothes. Others say it etters aminations cancelled and decided to evaluate the performance based on the internal examination marks. Students too felt relaxed and started comes from the Italian maglia for undershirt or (British English) vest. preparations for the next academic year and concentrated on online classes and admissions. The mandatory conduct of examinations again Support for this comes from the very earliest use, by Ben Jonson in 1611, brought them back to the same problem. The rising Covid positive cases everyday is putting them in a tight spot. Some states are badly af- which he spelt as tatter-de-mallian, reportedly said as though it were Italian. TOL THE EDITOR fected by floods. Conducting the examinations in these adverse situations may turn into a nightmare. Various students and teachers’ asso- Readers of Orissa POST ciations submitted applications to the commission for cancellation of the examination, keeping in view the Covid-19 severity, and they feared are most welcome to contribute letters a risk to their health while appearing for the examination. In states like Odisha, a majority of the students in the remote areas do not pos- (200 words), articles and sess the required gadgets for online examination. Lack of uninterrupted mobile phone network is another hindrance. Some state govern- columns (between 750-1250 LOL words). Contributors are ments also urged the commission to have a rethink. Notably, 31 students across universities including a Covid positive student challenged requested to send their the decision of the commission in the Supreme Court, arguing that the students’ health will be at risk if they are to sit for the examinations contact numbers and full now. On July 30, the commission told the court that it cannot alter its July 6 guidelines, mandating conduct of examinations by end September.

Once a year postal address/email ID. They may also The rationale behind the UGC stand is the importance of the subjects the students read during the final semester. The last semester con-

k y m send in their valuable comments, opinion c and suggestions, preferably by email, sists of Discipline-Specific Elective Courses, Generic Elective Courses and Skill Enhancement Courses. “It is essential to conduct the ex- lfred was listening to his sister replied, to: [email protected] aminations to give value-based/skill-based knowledge to students,” was how the commission explained its stand to the court through an af- Apractice her singing. “Sis,” he “but why?” fidavit. It also clarified that a special examination may be conducted for the students who fail to appear for the September examinations as said, “I wish you’d sing Christmas Alfred replied, and when the situation becomes favourable for the universities. The SC adjourned the case to August 10 and lakhs of students are anxiously carols.” “Because then I’d only have to hear B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, waiting for the verdict. Any further delay would result in immense stress for students. “That’s nice of you, Alfie,” she your voice once a year!” Bhubaneswar-751010 Bhaskar Nath Biswal, Head, Department of Commerce, Nowrangpur College, NABARANGPUR RAJASTHAN DELHI P7

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PRESS TRUST OF INDIA democracy," Gehlot said in the let- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE ter. Pilot was sacked as deputy chief Jaipur, August 9: Ahead of the minister and the president of the New Delhi, August 9: With Delhi Rajasthan Assembly session, Chief state unit of the Congress after he Police now focusing its efforts to ACCORDING TO THE Minister Ashok Gehlot Sunday ap- and some MLAs loyal to him re- trace and rescue missing children DELHI POLICE, AS pealed to all MLAs to listen to the belled against Gehlot. Many be- in the wake of involvement of hun- MANY AS 325 voice of people to save democracy lieve that Gehlot still has an edge dreds of juveniles in recent crime JUVENILES HAVE BEEN APPREHENDED and stand with the truth in the in- in the numbers game and is con- incidents in the capital, 537 minors FOR HEINOUS terest of people of the state. fident of a majority. have been recovered in the last two CRIMES, AND 1,014 The assembly session in the "You may be a legislator from months. FOR NON-HEINOUS state, which has been witnessing any political party, you should en- The police feels that if missing ONES IN THE LAST political turmoil after the rebel- sure and take a decision after un- children are not rescued in time, they SIX MONTHS lion by Sachin Pilot and legisla- derstanding voter's feeling that may fall into the hands of criminals, tors loyal to him, will start August how a people's elected government who will in turn push them into HENCE, A CLEAR 14. Gehlot is likely to seek a trust ment and prosperity of the state. continues to work strongly for criminal activities ranging from MESSAGE HAS GONE vote during the session. "It is my appeal that you should state's welfare,", he said, empha- burglary to heinous crimes like DOWN FROM THE In a letter to all MLAs, Gehlot listen to the voice of people in order sising that efforts to destabilise murders. TOP BRASS TO THE sought their cooperation in ful- to avoid wrong tradition, to maintain government are not successful. According to the Delhi Police's LOWER HIERARCHIES filling the promises of develop- people's trust in us and to save The chief minister expressed half-yearly statistics, as many as TO TIGHTEN THE faith that legislators will act in 325 juveniles have been apprehended NOOSE ON the larger interest of people of for heinous crimes, and 1,014 for CRIMINALS WHO ‘BJP RIDDEN WITH FACTIONALISM’ the state and will cooperate in ful- non-heinous ones in the last six RECRUIT OR USE filling the promises of develop- months. JUVENILES IN ajasthan Chief Minister Ashok ment in the state. Gehlot, on the ment and prosperity. Ahead of the Delhi Police Commissioner S N CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES RGehlot questioned the shifting other hand, defended the stay of session, half a dozen BJP MLAs Shrivastava has made it clear that of BJP MLAs to Gujarat, saying Congress legislators at a Jaisalmer from Rajasthan have shifted to now the extra focus would be on the opposition party was ridden hotel, saying the party required to Porbandar in Gujarat.BJP MLA cases of missing children. with factionalism. keep them together to thwart Nirmal Kumawat had alleged that Police officials are being en- His comments came in the wake horse-trading. “But, what is the Congress government in couraged to put in extra efforts to of the BJP herding its 18 MLAs in worrying the BJP? Rajasthan was "harassing" oppo- find out and rescue these missing through YUVA initiative of Delhi given out-of-turn promotions. This also for the fact that they are sent the past two days to party-ruled They are herding their legis- sition MLAs, and said they were children. Police to upgrade their skills and will help curb crime," Shrivastava to juvenile/correctional homes if Gujarat ahead of the Rajasthan as- lators to three-four places. I see a on a pilgrimage to Somnath to A clear message has gone down make them self-dependent in fu- said. caught and not jails. sembly session beginning August big split in them," Gehlot told re- seek mental peace. from the top brass to the lower hi- ture. The alarming data on the in- At least 20 children go missing in 14. The BJP had claimed that their porters in Jaisalmer. Lashing out Congress MLAs are currently erarchies to tighten the noose on "In the last two months, 724 mi- volvement of juveniles in crime the national capital daily. MLAs were being harassed by po- at the opposition party, Gehlot holed up in a Jaisalmer hotel as the criminals who recruit or use juve- nors went missing in Delhi, while has highlighted the preference given The modus operandi of organised lice and the administration at the said the “tradition they are setting party has accused the BJP of horse- niles in criminal activities. 537 children were rescued during to them by gangsters and other rackets involved in the kidnapping behest of the Congress govern- up is dangerous to democracy”. trading following the revolt by The rescued juveniles are en- the period. Policemen who rescue criminals since it is easy to lure of children is to sell the minors to Pilot and 18 MLAs loyal to him. gaged in constructive activities at least 50 children in a year will be them into the world of crime and organised gangs and other criminals. Enriching habitats PASCHIM VIHAR SEXUAL ASSAULT SIX BJP MLAs LEAVE FOR Accused was released in 2015 UNKNOWN DESTINATION of zoo inmates They reached Somnath from Porbandar Saturday PRESS TRUST OF INDIA sexually assaulted the 12-year-old PRESS TRUST OF INDIA macaques. Perches are created girl at her home in Paschim Vihar evening, with one of them telling reporters that the for animals to climb and sit on. New Delhi, August 9: The man ar- and also hit her on the face and Congress govt was ‘harassing’ opposition MLAs New Delhi, August 9: The They love it," he said. rested for allegedly assaulting a head with a sharp object, police Delhi zoo has undertaken an Food enrichment involves 12-year-old girl sexually and phys- said. He told police that he had en- enrichment campaign to pro- new food and different ways for ically in Paschim Vihar was re- tered the house for burglary but vide its animals conditions sim- animals to get it. This is done so leased from jail in a 2006 murder case the girl saw him and raised an ilar to their natural habitats that the animal does not get after completing his sentence and alarm. He then took a sewing match- and improve their physical and bored of eating the same food not because of "good behaviour", ing and threw it on her. The girl tried mental health. and indulges in activity. Delhi Prisons officials said Sunday. to fight, following which he caught The exercise aims at stimu- "For example, the food is put The 33-year-old man, identified her and stabbed her with a pair of lating curiosity among animals, inside a cardboard box for lions. by police as Krishan, had told po- scissors several times and fled the and encouraging natural be- The animal has to find it and lice that he was released from jail spot. The girl's rectum and intestines haviour, as in the wild, an work for it. In the case of mon- due to his good behaviour. However, "In 2015, the high court modi- were injured severely by some kind official said. keys, food items are hidden in police had said that they were ver- fied his conviction order and con- of impalement and had to be op- One of the enrichment tech- leaves in a corner of the enclo- ifying the facts. Krishan was ar- verted the murder section into 304 erated upon at AIIMS, according to niques is cognitive enrichment. sure or in a box full of straw. This rested for fatally attacking a woman IPC (culpable homicide not amount- a senior doctor at the hospital. As part of this technique, ani- makes the animal more active during a burglary in Sultanpuri. ing to murder) and also modified the The minor is on ventilator and mals are required to solve a and alive to the surrounding "In 2006, he was arrested in the life sentence to imprisonment for she continues to be critical, AIIMS problem to obtain food. environment," the official said. said case, which was registered the period already undergone. sources said Saturday. For bears, a bamboo puzzle Social animals are grouped or under section 302 (murder). In Accordingly, Krishan was released A case has been registered feeder has been prepared. The housed in the same enclosure for 2013, he was convicted for life. in February 2015,” Goel added. under Indian Penal Code Section PRESS TRUST OF INDIA left the guest-house by morning. I animal is encouraged to climb social enrichment. "For instance, However, the accused appealed in In 2016, he was again arrested in 307 (attempt to murder) and have no clue where they went. My up and explore the sections of we have paired lion Sundaram the high court against the con- a burglary case and was released Protection of Children from Ahmadabad, August 9: Six BJP responsibility was to receive them bamboo filled with honey and and lioness Hema, and leopards viction," said Director General after five months, a senior jail official Sexual Offences Act at Paschim MLAs from Rajasthan who had ar- when they reached Somnath from bananas, the official said. Bunty and Bubbly, and Tajas (Prisons) Sandeep Goel. said. Tuesday, Krishan allegedly Vihar West police station. rived in Gujarat ahead of the cru- Porbandar Saturday, and get them "Another way is habitat en- and Bunty," the official said. cial Assembly session in that state to the guest-house. I had left after richment. In this, the habitat Saturday, Union Minister of starting on August 14 left for an dinner. They were supposed to is made more dynamic, and full State for Environment Babul undisclosed location in stay here for two days." of fun. For example, a tire swing Supriyo visited the zoo and the early hours of The The six MLAs, has been hung from a tree for praised the staff for the en- Shekhawat slams Raj govt Sunday. MLAs left the Nirmal Kumawat, monkeys. A rope ladder has richment work being done The Congress guest-house by Gopichand been placed for lion-tailed by them. government in morning. I have no clue Meena, Jabbar Rajasthan under where they went. My Singh Sankhla, over Pak migrants’ deaths Chief Minister responsibility was to Dharamveer Ashok Gehlot is receive them Mochi, Gopal in strife after MANSINGH PARMAR BJP’S Lal Sharma and PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Rajasthan's Jodhpur district Sunday. alive outside the hut they lived at Deputy CM Sachin GENERAL SECRETARY, GIR Gurudeep Singh "The deaths of nearly a dozen Lodta village of Dechu area, an of- Pilot rebelled and was SOMNATH Shahpini, left be- New Delhi, August 9: Jal Shakti refugees from Pakistan put a ques- ficial said in Jodhpur. sacked from the post. tween 2am-3am ac- Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat tion mark on @ashokgehlot51's "But he claimed to have no idea The six BJP MLAs had reached companied by local BJP leaders to Sunday slammed the Rajasthan working style. “The deceased in- about the incident, which believed Somnath from Porbandar Saturday an undisclosed location, guest- government over deaths of 11 mem- clude two men, four women and to have happened in the night," evening, with one of them telling house sources said. bers of a Hindu migrant family five children. One after other, very said Jodhpur’s Superintendent of reporters that the Congress gov- Kumawat had told reporters on from Pakistan, saying the incident frightening incidents reflecting the Police (Rural) Rahul Barhat. ernment in Rajasthan was "ha- Saturday that the Gehlot govern- reflects the “working style” of Chief deteriorating situation of the state, "We are yet to ascertain the cause rassing" opposition MLAs, and that ment lacked a majority in the Minister Ashok Gehlot. are coming to the fore. The gov- and means of death. But appar- they had come on a pilgrimage to Assembly and that "he is harassing Eleven members of a Hindu mi- ernment should swing into action ently, all the members appeared to Somnath to seek mental peace. and putting mental pressure on grant family from Pakistan and and clear the picture," Shekhawat have committed suicide by con- Speaking on the issue, Gir BJP MLAs using SOG (Special belonging to the Bhil community tweeted. One member of the mi- suming some chemical in the night," Somnath BJP general secretary Operations Group) and were found dead at a farm in grant family, however, was found Barhat said. Mansingh Parmar said. "The MLAs departmental raids". EV MAKERS URGE GOVT TO INCLUDE LITHIUM SCOOTERS IN POLICY The new EV policy seeks electric vehicles to account for 25% of the total new vehicle registrations in the city by 2024

REDUCING PRESS TRUST OF INDIA With a bit of support of the Delhi The policy states that two-thirds of new government the adoption of such e scoot- vehicle registrations in Delhi comprise POLLUTION New Delhi, August 9: Electric vehicle ers would have grown multifold, he said two wheelers with the most popular manufacturers have hailed the new elec- hoping the government would look into segments being motorcycles between The policy states that tric vehicle policy of the Delhi govern- it and make some amendments in the fu- 110 and 125 cc and scooters between 90 two-thirds of new vehicle ment and hope it will look into exclusion ture. The EV policy of the Delhi gov- and 125 cc. "Any attempt at electrifica- registrations in Delhi of e-scooters with speed of upto 25 kms ernment aims to replace two wheelers tion of Delhi's vehicle fleet needs to ad- comprise two wheelers with per hour from the incentive scheme. the most popular segments in the standard category that have bulk dress these segments to achieve signif- being motorcycles between As per the policy, only electric two users, to cut pollution level, said Jasmine icant reduction in air pollution," says the 110 and 125 cc and scooters wheelers with minimum top speed of 40 Shah, vice chairman of Delhi Dialogue EV policy. between 90 and 125 cc Km per hour will be eligible for incen- and development Commission who has The demand generation incentives tives. been closely associated with shaping of under the policy, for electric two wheel- “Any attempt at Sohinder Gill, Director General of the policy. ers will be based on battery capacity electrification of Delhi's the Society of Manufacturers of Electric "Resources of a government are lim- (energy content measured in kWh) used vehicle fleet needs to Vehicles (SMEV), said the electric vehicle ited and need to be spent judiciously in vehicles. address these segments to (EV) policy of the Delhi government and as such the EV policy incentivises The incentives will be available only achieve significant extensively covers key measures re- those regular two wheeler users who for the electric two wheelers with ad- reduction in air pollution,” quired by the industry to move in the right replace their vehicles with cleaner al- vanced batteries and subject to a max-

states the EV policy direction. "However a small missing ternatives and thus help reduce air pol- imum incentive of Rs. 30,000 per

k y m c point in the policy is that it does not lution," he said. vehicle. The demand generation support the lithium battery e-scooters The EV policy launched by Chief A purchase incentive of Rs 5,000 per incentives under the policy, with speeds upto 25 km per hour that are Minister Arvind Kejriwal earlier this kWh of battery capacity will be pro- for electric two wheelers particluarly popular with Delhites be- week, seeks that electric vehicles ac- vided per vehicle to the registered owner will be based on battery cause of their attractive prices and ex- capacity used in vehicles count for 25 percent of the total new ve- and subject to maximum incentive of Rs tremely low running costs," Gill said. hicle registrations in the city by 2024. 30,000 per vehicle, as per the policy. The Modi P8 government's 2,914 COMPLAINTS IN JULY MONDAY | AUGUST 10 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR decision of demonetisation and its faulty The NCW received 2,914 implementation of GST and complaints of crimes committed the lockdown have against women in July this year, destroyed the economic the highest since November 2018 when the #MeToo movement y structure of the country national was at its peak in the country

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of the day uote Sushant case: Raut smells conspiracy CISF official asked if Import embargo is PRESS TRUST OF INDIA high sounding I am Indian: Kanimozhi jargon. What it ED grills means is we will try Mumbai, August 9: Shiv Sena to make the same leader Sanjay Raut Sunday claimed Rhea’s brother PRESS TRUST OF INDIA "pressure tactics" were being used equipment (that we Mumbai: Continuing its probe in import today) in 2 to 4 years and in the case of actor Sushant Singh Chennai/New Delhi, August 9: Rajput's death and the issue was the Sushant Singh Rajput case, DMK MP Kanimozhi Sunday al- stop imports thereafter! the Enforcement Directorate being politicised as part of a con- leged that a CISF official asked her P CHIDAMBARAM | CONGRESS LEADER (ED) has grilled Showik spiracy against Maharashtra. Chakraborty, brother of actress if "she was an Indian" as she could It is wrong to see the unfortunate Rhea Chakraborty, for the not speak Hindi, prompting the The increase suicide of the actor from a political second time in connection with paramilitary force to respond say- in the number angle, Raut said in his weekly col- their financial transactions. ing appropriate action will be taken. of cases by umn 'Rokhthok' in the party mouth- Showik, who went to the ED The incident is understood to 506 on Sunday is the piece 'Saamana'. Rajput, 34, was office around noon on Saturday, have taken place when Kanimozhi highest spike in a found hanging at his apartment in was seen leaving after more was at the Chennai international single day in the suburban Bandra on June 14. than 18 hours around 7 am on airport to take a flight to Delhi. state. We are The Central Bureau of Sunday. According to officials, "Today at the airport a CISF officer The incident is discussing the issue with the chief Investigation (CBI) recently took film and business personalities and Sabha member said. he has reportedly given asked me if 'I am an Indian' when minister, who has already over the probe in the case, based on it claimed Mumbai Police will not The Centre's "interference" in "evasive or unconvincing I asked her to speak to me in Tamil understood to have taken announced that Goa will get a a Patna police FIR related to alleged investigate the case properly. "That Rajput's case was an insult of the replies" to the ED team quizzing or English as I did not know Hindi," second COVID-19 hospital place when Kanimozhi criminal conspiracy and abetment government demands CBI probe Mumbai Police, he claimed, adding him and is likely to be Kanimozhi, who is also the DMK's VISHWAJIT RANE | GOA HEALTH MINISTER to suicide against Rajput's girlfriend which is accepted in 24 hours. the CBI may be a central agency, summoned again on Monday. women's wing secretary, said on was at the Chennai and actor Rhea Chakraborty. Attorney General Tushar Mehta but it "wasn't independent and im- Besides, Rhea Chakraborty will her official Twitter account. also be summoned by the ED for international airport to The solatium "If one wants to indulge in politi- tells the Supreme Court that the partial". "Even Narendra Modi and "I would like to know from when cisation and pressure tactics, any- Centre has decided to hand over Amit Shah had earlier questioned another round of questioning on being Indian is equal to knowing take a flight to Delhi announced for Monday. She had first been thing can happen in our country. It the probe to the CBI," Raut said, the Enforcement Directorate and Hindi," she tweeted with the hash- landslide questioned for over eight hours victims was an looks like the script of Sushant's case claiming this was a "direct attack the CBI. They had said the Godhra on Friday. Among other things, tag "hindiimposition." The Central the MP was at the airport to board interim one and the was already written. Whatever has on a state's autonomy". riots case shouldn't be handed over the ED is investigating the Industrial Security Force (CISF) a Delhi flight in the afternoon. She state government happened behind the curtains is a Describing Mumbai Police as to the CBI because it was a political money-laundering angle in the sought details from her soon after. has reached the national capital will hold together conspiracy against Maharashtra," the "best investigating agency in the weapon in the hands of those ruling Sushant case after the late "Warm greetings from @CISFHQrs. and she will be there for a few more those who have lost everything Raut said. world" and a professional force, he at the Centre. If the same view is aired actor's father Krishna Kishore We sincerely acknowledge your days and has official engagements. PINARAYI VIJAYAN | KERALA CM When it is decided to politicise an said, "It investigated the Sheena now, what's wrong in that," the ex- Singh lodged a complaint with unpleasant experience. Kindly DM Kanimozhi is the Member of incident, one cannot say to what Bora murder case where some top ecutive editor of 'Saamana' said. Patna Police to question certain journey details; name of airport, Parliament from Thoothukkudi in extent it can be done and "this is names were involved and sent all "Prima facie, Sushant Singh financial matters pertaining to location, date, and time of the in- Tamil Nadu. The CISF is the na- SHORT TAKES what is happening in the unfortu- to jail. The Mumbai Police probed Rajput's case is that of suicide. his son. On June 14, Sushant's cident for appropriate action in tional civil aviation security force nate suicide of Rajput", he said. the 26/11 terror attack which re- There is no basis for repeated al- body was found hanging at his the matter," the CISF tweeted. and it provides counter-terrorist and Raut said the Bihar government sulted in the hanging of the ac- legations that he had been mur- Bandra flat. According to party sources, the anti-sabotage cover to 64 such fa- K’taka minister alleged involvement of top political, cused Ajmal Kasab," the Rajya dered," he said. incident occurred in Chennai when cilities in the country at present. contracts Covid Bangalore: Karnataka Health Kashmir doctor Minister B Sriramulu Sunday Kerala landslide toll rises said he has tested positive for I-DAY REHEARSAL coronavirus and has been PRESS TRUST OF INDIA landslides at Pettimudi near dies of Covid hospitalised here. "Following Rajamala, various agencies en- fever, I got myself tested and Kochi/Idukki, August 9: Rains con- gaged in the rescue operations on PRESS TRUST OF INDIA found to be infected by tinued to lash many parts of Kerala Sunday recovered 17 bodies. coronavirus," Sriramulu Sunday amid predictions of ex- Despite adverse weather condi- Srinagar, August 9: A senior tweeted Sunday. He has been tremely heavy rainfall in six dis- tions in Pettimudi, rescue opera- doctor in Kashmir who was on admitted to the Government tricts, raising concerns of aggra- tions by NDRF, fire and police de- the forefront of the battle against Bowring hospital in the city for vated flood situation in low lying partment personnel are continuing COVID-19 died at a hospital here treatment. The minister said areas, even as the death toll in the Sunday after contracting the dis- he is praying to God to heal to recover bodies of more people him soon so that he can get recent massive landslide in Idukki feared trapped in the landslide, of- ease, officials said. back to public work at the district rose to 43 with 17 more bod- ficials said. While 12 people were Dr Mohammad Ashraf Mir, a earliest. Sriramulu is the fifth ies being retrieved from the debris. rescued, 43 bodies were found. resident of Pampore area of south minister in Karnataka to have The India Meteorological Meanwhile, incessant rains, land- Kashmir's Pulwama district, passed tested positive for coronavirus. Department (IMD) has predicted ex- slides and opening of shutters of away in the morning at the SKIMS tremely heavy rainfall in Kasaragod, dams across rivers have led to rise hospital in Soura here, they said. Kannur, Wayanad, Kozhikode, in water levels in rivers and streams The officials said Mir had been Malappuram and Alappuzha dis- in central Kerala, aggravating the treating COVID-19 patients for the 12 Naxals tricts. Sounding a red alert, the flood situation. Six shutters of past four months and in the surrender IMD said these districts are likely Pamba dam in Pathanamthitta dis- process, contracted the virus. to receive over 20 cms rain in the trict were opened Sunday afternoon The doctor tested positive for Raipur: Twelve Naxals, five of next 24 hours. IMD officials said al- after its water level rose to 983.45 COVID-19 and was admitted to the them collectively carrying a ` most all districts north of meter mark, raising concerns about hospital with bilateral pneumonia. reward of 6 lakh on their Alappuzha are likely to receive floods in Ranni, Chengannur and He was later shifted to an inten- heads, surrendered in over 20 cms rains. There is likely Kuttanad regions. The shutters sive care unit as he could not main- Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district Sunday, police said. to be a reduction in rainfall from were opened to bring down the tain oxygen saturation and passed The cadres turned Tuesday, they said. Three days after water level in the dam to 982 meters away this morning, they added. themselves in before police the settlements of estate workers in nine hours, Pathanamthitta dis- A contingent of Kolkata police rehearses for the upcoming Independence Day Parade, during Unlock 3.0, at Red Road and the CRPF officials in were swept away by devastating trict officials said. in Kolkata, Sunday PTI PHOTO Dantewada town saying that they were impressed by the rehabilitation campaign being run by the local police and disappointed with the hollow 2,100 kg bell for Ram temple WAIT FOR POWER ENDS Maoist ideology, Dantewada Lieutenant Governor Manoj Superintendent of Police PRESS TRUST OF INDIA through apple and walnut or- Sinha expressed his condolences Abhishek Pallava said. While Dau Dayal, 50, was primarily responsible for making the 'ashtadhatu' bell, Iqbal chards of the Kashmir Valley to the family of the doctor, who was Dantewada MLA Devti Karma Mistri, 56, was in charge of the designing, grinding, and polishing work Srinagar, August 9: Negotiating and the Pherkian Pass at 10,000 feet working as a medical officer in was also present on the months of heavy snowing and in the Shamasbari Ranges. Pulwama. In his message, the Lt occasion, he said. INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE and fitting the clapper. A crane was the COVID-19 lockdown, the Keran remains cut-off for Governor prayed for eternal peace used to pour the alloy into the Kupwara district administration nearly six months due to heavy to the departed soul of the great Etah (Uttar Pradesh), August 9: mould. connected three villages located snow which can reach heights of corona warrior and strength to Thai woman A team of artisans at Jalesar town The 'ashtadhatu' bell is a combi- along the Line of nine to 12 feet. the bereaved family members, an in Etah district of Uttar Pradesh nation of eight metals -- gold, silver, Control in For three hours official spokesman said. gangraped have forged a bell weighing a whop- copper, zinc, lead, tin, iron, and mer- Jammu and of electricity, the He said Sinha also conveyed his Chandigarh: A woman from ping 2,100 kg for the new Ram tem- cury. A team of around 25 workers, Kashmir's Keran Keran area, with deepest sympathies to the family and Thailand was allegedly gang- ple in Ayodhya and are preparing both Hindus and Muslims, worked area to the na- a population of friends of Mir. Jammu and Kashmir raped in a hotel in Haryana's to give it final touches before send- for a month for eight hours a day to tional electricity 14,000 in four Pradesh Congress Committee pres- Hisar town, police said Sunday. ing it to the holy town. make what would be 'among the grid, ending a panchayats, was ident G A Mir also expressed con- Two people, including the While Dau Dayal, 50, was pri- largest bells' in the country. wait since till recently de- dolences over Mir's demise, say- hotel's owner, have been marily responsible for making the "This piece, one of the largest Independence for pendent on three ing the deceased sacrificed his life booked for the crime that was 'ashtadhatu' bell, Iqbal Mistri, 56, was bells in India, will be donated to power supply. old diesel gen- while serving his patients. reported on Thursday night, in charge of the designing, grind- multiple pieces welded together. the Ram temple," said Vikas Mittal, The job was not easy, officials erator (DG) sets, for which fuel was Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and one accused has been ing, and polishing work. Both This is what makes the task much Chairman of Jalesar Municipal said, recalling the acute short- transported from the district said Mir was a hero, and the party arrested. The woman, around pointed out that it was the first more difficult. The whole effort Council and owner of the work- age of manpower for the work headquarters. was deeply saddened by his death. 40 years old, had come to Delhi time in their lives that they were will go to waste even if there is a shop where the bell has been made. after restrictions were imposed "Installed over a decade back, "Deeply saddened to hear about on March 3, and subsequently working on a bell of this size. delay of five seconds in pouring The Mittals got the order to pre- following the abrogation of Article the three DG sets were prone to the demise of Dr. Mohd Ashraf visited Hisar town, some 300 "When you work on a bell of this the molten metal into the mould." pare the bell from the Nirmohi 370 last year and the imposition frequent breakdowns further dis- Mir sb due to Covid. He was work- km from here, with friends. The woman complained that she size, the challenges are greater. It The casting of the bell involves Akhara -- one of the litigants in of lockdown due to the COVID-19 rupting the meagre power supply, ing round the clock since the pan- was drunk when the hotel is really hard to ensure you do not many lengthy steps -- determining the Ayodhya title dispute -- imme- pandemic. more so in winters when con- demic began. May his soul rest in owner entered her room and make a single mistake in the the shape and measurements diately after the matter was de- It is an arduous five hours jour- ducting repairs are next to im- peace & his family find the courage raped her. She said another process," said Dau Dayal. Explaining painstakingly, cutting out wooden cided last November by the apex ney to Keran from here on a fair- possible," Deputy Commissioner, to bear this irreparable loss. Our person also tried to sexually the process, he said: "What is unique templates to make the mould, court, paving the way for the con- weather road that meanders Kupwara, Anshul Garg, said. sincere condolences to the bereaved. assault her. is that the bell is in one piece -- no preparing metal, tuning, grinding, struction of the temple. He's a hero," it said in a tweet.

1 killed, 7 hurt Pune: A man was killed Man goes missing, returns to find he is ‘dead and buried’ Sunday when the wall of his flat collapsed after liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) leaking INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE for two days. On August 5, police of her husband. She claimed that -- who is the man whose body was from a cylinder in his found a body and called the family SURPRISE AND SHOCK it was just a petty fight. "We had a buried by the family? neighbour's house exploded in Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), August for identification. They identified verbal spat on a petty issue. He be- Kanpur Senior Superintendent Pimpri Chinchwad Township 9: When Ahmad Hassan quarrelled the body as Ahmad's and performed ugust 2, he family filed a missing complaint at the came angry and left the home in the of Police (SSP) Preetinder Singh in Maharashtra's Pune with his wife Nagma a week ago and religious rituals and buried it. AAhmad TChakeri police station when he did not return evening. He did not come back for said: "The body was identified as district, police said. Seven went missing for a few days there- To the utter surprise and shock Hassan of home for two days two days. We lodged a missing com- Ahmad's by his family but he has persons from both the after, little did the couple or their of the grieving family, Ahmad re- Colonelganj area plaint. The police found a body and returned alive. We do not think families were injured in the of Kanpur went ugust 5, police found a body and called the family knew they would soon be turned home on August 7 -- alive. asked us to identify. We could not that there is a need to take action

y incident which occurred in missing after family for identification. They identified the faced with a mystery over an Evidently, he too was shocked to A morning, an official said, arguing with body as Ahmad's and performed religious rituals recognise the body even though the against the family as they did it in

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of the day uote IWT MEET Tharoor’s advice: Find new chief fast The sub- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA district Sonia to remain interim chief for now: Cong hospital in India suggests New Delhi, August 9: The Congress Ponda in north Goa must expedite the process of find- New Delhi: The Congress Sunday said Sonia Gandhi will continue as interim presi- will be converted dent till such time a "proper procedure" is implemented in the "not too distant into a COVID-19 ing a full-term president to arrest the growing public perception that future" to elect a party chief. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi, during an facility online media briefing, said it was true that Sonia Gandhi's tenure as interim chief video-conference the party is "adrift and rudderless", comes to an end on August 10, one year after she assumed the post, but it did not PRAMOD SAWANT | GOA CM senior Congress leader Shashi In a letter last week, the Indus Commissioner of mean that the seat automatically falls vacant that day. "Sonia Gandhi is the presi- Tharoor said Sunday. dent, she will continue till such time as a proper procedure is implemented and it The increasing India told his Pakistani counterpart that it is not Tharoor also said that he cer- will be implemented in the not too distant future," he said. "Yes, her tenure comes attacks on conducive to hold the meeting at the Attari Joint tainly thinks Rahul Gandhi has to an end on August 10. But be rest assured that there is a process which goes party workers the "mettle, capability and aptitude through the CWC (Congress Working Committee). This will be followed in the near in Kashmir valley Check Post due to the pandemic to once again lead the party", but if future and a result will emerge," he said. The procedure is written in the shows Pakistan's he does not wish to do so then the her to expect her to carry this bur- Congress' constitution and the party is committed to follow it, Singhvi said, frustration PRESS TRUST OF INDIA party must "take action" to elect a den indefinitely," Tharoor said in an adding that it was being done and information will be shared on it soon. new chief. His comments assume interview. RAVINDER RAINA | J&K New Delhi, August 9: India has significance as they come just ahead "We also need to arrest the grow- by expediting the process of find- said. BJP PRESIDENT suggested to Pakistan that the talks of Sonia Gandhi completing one ing public perception, fuelled by a ing a full-term president, through Asked about growing voices in for discussing pending issues year as interim chief on August dismissive media, that the Congress a participatory and democratic the Congress that Rahul Gandhi Political under the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) 10, with the party yet to find her suc- is adrift and rudderless, incapable process that will offer the winning must come back as party chief and leaders and be held through video-conferencing cessor. "I certainly believe we should of taking up the challenge of a candidate a legitimate mandate if it was the best possible scenario people's in view of the coronavirus pan- be clear about our leadership going credible national Opposition," the and the credibility that will be in- that he returns, Tharoor said, "Of representatives demic, but Islamabad has been in- forward. I welcomed Sonia ji's ap- former Union minister said. dispensable in ushering in much course, if Rahul Gandhi is ready to should follow norms sisting that the parleys be con- pointment as interim president last That is precisely what the needed organisational and struc- resume leadership, all he has to do for safety from ducted at the Attari check post, requested the Pakistan side to con- year, but I do believe it's unfair to Congress needs to urgently address tural revival of the party, Tharoor is to withdraw his resignation." COVID-19 and set an sources said Sunday. sider holding a virtual meeting as example for the public In a letter last week, the Indus a viable option to discuss the pend- Commissioner of India told his ing and new issues, sources added. KIRAN BEDI | LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF MAN HELD FOR PONDICHERRY Pakistani counterpart that it is not They noted that even the diplo- conducive to hold the meeting at the matic talks with other countries FESTIVE SPIRIT Attari Joint Check Post due to the have been taking place through THRASHING SON pandemic. On Pakistan's request, virtual meetings and the Indus SHORT TAKES a meeting was scheduled in last meeting can take place in a simi- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE week of March to discuss pending lar manner. BJP activist issues under the Indus Water Treaty. Currently, one of the pending Agra, August 9: A man has been However, it was deferred due to issues between the two sides is the arrested for beating his 11-year-old injured in J&K current pandemic. disagreement over the Kishenganga son after tying him upside down. Considering the fact that it may and Ratle hydroelectricity proj- The boy's fault was that he had Srinagar: A Bharatiya Janata stolen some wheat from the house Party (BJP) activist was take some time for the situation ects. The Kishenganga project had injured on Sunday when to normalise and international been in operation since 2018 while to get sweets in exchange. The militants fired at him in travel to resume, the Indian work on Ratle stands abandoned father, Guddu Khan (45), was so Jammu and Kashmir's Commissioner, in the first week since 2014 due to a contractual dis- enraged when he learnt of his Badgam. Police sources said of July, proposed to hold the meet- pute between the Jammu and son's deed, that he stripped the Abdul Hamid Najar was on a ing through video conference or Kashmir government and the con- boy, tied him upside down and morning walk when the any alternative means, sources tractor. thrashed him. militants fired at him near said. In response, the Pakistan After prolonged negotiations, None of the neighbours dared the railway station. Najar, Commissioner, in his letter sent India in 2016 sought appointment to intervene and save the boy but the president of Badgam BJP in last week of July, insisted on of a neutral expert to resolve this some of them captured the entire OBC Morcha, has been holding the conventional meeting issue while Pakistan made a re- incident on their mobile cameras. shifted to Srinagar for at Attari Joint Check Post instead. quest for appointment of a Court Guddu Khan was arrested treatment, sources added. “The Indian Commissioner re- of Arbitration (COA). from him house in Mewali vil- Earlier, militants killed a BJP sponded stating that the situation In November 2019, after a meet- lage, under Jagner police station, Sarpanch, Sajad Ahmad in India is still not conducive for ing of the Indian delegation headed on Saturday. The incident took Khanday in Qazigund area of travelling of his delegation and by Jal Shakti Ministry Secretary place on Friday evening. Kulgam district on August 6. holding the meeting at Attari JCP with the World Bank to explore a Ravi Kumar, additional super- as proposed by his counterpart way forward, it was agreed that intendent of police (ASP Agra and may take some time to allow the matter may be discussed by west), said, "Guddu Khan has been Couple killed such meeting at Attari JCP or New the two commissioners as per the arrested for torturing his son. The Delhi as desired by Pakistan,” a Treaty provisions to decide the child has been sent for a medical Aurangabad: In a suspected source said. A clay artist makes an idol of Lord Krishna as a part of preparation ahead of the Janmashtami festival, during Unlock examination. His statement will case of honour killing in mode of resolution --- by the CoA Bihar's Aurangabad district, The Indian Commissioner also or a neutral expert. 3.0 in Kolkata, Sunday PTI PHOTO be recorded for further action." a 19-year-old woman and During interrogation, Khan her 22-year-old boyfriend claimed that he was not under the were stabbed to death influence of liquor but was angry allegedly by her family at his son over his behaviour. At the RECORD 64,399 NEW CASES time of the incident, his wife was members and an attempt Drive-in concept to combat was made to cremate the away at her sister's house. two bodies, a senior police PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Neighbours alleged that the man had officer said Sunday. Two The number of corona this Durga puja also thrown hot water on the child. persons have been arrested New Delhi, August 9: With a high- recoveries surged in this connection, and at est single-day spike of 64,399 cases, PRESS TRUST OF INDIA least three others detained India's COVID-19 tally zoomed past to 14,80,884 ULTRA KILLED, for questioning, Aurangabad 21 lakh Sunday, while the death toll with record Kolkata, August 9: With little Superintendent of Police climbed to 43,379 with 861 more fa- more than two months to go for (SP) Pankaj Kumar said. The talities, the Health Ministry said. 53,879 more people Durga puja, festival committees TWO INJURED victims, residents of Kapasia The number of recoveries surged in the city are brainstorming village in Mufassil police recuperating in to 14,80,884 with record 53,879 more ways to ensure the safety of pan- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE station area of the district, people recuperating in the past 24 the past 24 hours, dal-hoppers amid the COVID-19 were in a relationship for the past two years, he said. hours, taking recovery rate to 68.78 taking recovery rate crisis, while offering them a Jammu, August 9: A terrorist per cent. The case fatality rate has glimpse of the goddess. was killed and two others injured dropped 2.01 per cent, according to 68.78 per cent Three Durga puja committees Sanitiser will be sprayed on as the Army foiled their infiltra- to the ministry data. in the city, all crowd- pullers and the cars before every puja pandal, tion bid on Sunday from across 6 die in J’khand There are 6,28,747 active cases of located within one-km stretch in he said. "The drive-in route has the Line of Control (LoC) in Deoghar: Six persons died the coronavirus disease (COVID- pacity has increased over five lakhs," Two persons each succumbed south Kolkata, have joined hands been mapped in a certain way... Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch Sunday after inhaling 19), comprising 29.20 per cent of scientist and ICMR media coordi- to the contagion in Chhattisgarh and to introduce a drive-in 'darshan' Revellers will get to catch a district. poisonous gas inside a the total caseload in the country. nator Lokesh Sharma said. Goa, while Chandigarh, Andaman concept - an arrangement which glimpse of the Badamtala puja dec- Defence Ministry spokesman septic tank in Jharkhand's The total coronavirus cases have Of the 861 more deaths, 275 are and Nicobar Islands, Manipur and would allow people to slow down oration, before proceeding west- Colonel Devender Anand said: Deoghar district, a senior mounted to 21,53,010, including from Maharashtra, 118 from Tamil Meghalaya have registered a fa- their car to take a look at the pan- wards to 66 Pally, and finally the “A group of terrorists attempted police officer said. Two 43,379 deaths, it said. Nadu, 97 from Andhra Pradesh and tality each. Of the total 43,379 deaths, dal and the Durga idol without Nepal Bhattacharya Street Durga to infiltrate in the Krishna Ghati labourers had got into the This is the third consecutive day 93 from Karnataka. Fifty-one more Maharashtra has reported the max- having to alight from their cars. Puja at the end of the trail," Sector but alert Indian troops septic tank of a private that the COVID-19 cases have in- people died from the pathogen in imum of 17,367, followed by 4,808 in "As maintaining physical dis- Pathak explained. detected them close to the LoC and home in the morning to creased by more than 60,000. India West Bengal, 47 in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, 4,098 in Delhi and 3,091 tance is mandatory, we had to The organisers have decided to engaged them, resulting in the clean it. When they failed to had crossed the 20-lakh mark on 23 each in Punjab and Gujarat. in Karnataka. think of a concept that would pay tribute to auteur Satyajit Ray killing of one terrorist and seri- return, the house owner's Friday. As many as 7,19,364 sam- Delhi registered 16 more fatali- There have been 2,628 fatalities avoid crowding near the pandals. this time, he said. "As this year ous injuries to two others.” two sons entered the tank, ples were tested on Saturday, the ties, followed by 15 in Madhya in Gujarat, 2,028 in Uttar Pradesh, Our patron, Texas-based Mridul marks Ray's birth centenary, we He said that security forces Superintendent of Police highest in a day. A total of 2,41,06,535 Pradesh, 13 in Bihar, 11 in Rajasthan 2,005 in West Bengal, 1,939 in Andhra Pathak, came up with this drive- chose Apu trilogy as the theme are maintaining a robust counter- Piyush Pandey said. As all samples have been tested so far, ac- and 10 in Jammu and Kashmir. Pradesh and 977 in Madhya Pradesh. in concept during a video con- for the three marquees. Badamtala infiltration grid along the LoC four of them did not respond cording to the Indian Council of Eight fatalities have been reported A total of 778 people have died in ference. Shortly after, we set the will portray scenes of 'Pather to foil any nefarious design to calls, the house owner Medical Research. from Assam, seven from Haryana, Rajasthan due to the pandemic, fol- ball rolling," Kapil Dev Pathak, an Panchali', 66 Pally of 'Aparajito' and of Pakistan. The spokesman raised an alarm following which two neighbours went "India is performing around 500 five each from Puducherry and lowed by 627 in Telangana, 562 in officer-bearer of Badamtala pujo Nepal Bhattachaya Street Pujo added that Pakistan troops in, the SP said. tests for detection of COVID-19 per Uttarakhand, and four each from Punjab, 474 in Haryana and 459 in committee, said. will depict 'Apur Sansar'," he added. violated ceasefire at many loca- minute and the per-day testing ca- Jharkhand, Kerala and Tripura. Jammu and Kashmir. tions on Sunday.

Four killed erupted. In fact, his speech mentioned five buyers. Thus, the Modi government has fulfilling the dreams of millions of Hindus Yogi but his ideology and Hindutva has not Four people Mahasamund: south-east Asian nations — Indonesia, revived an old plan to bring a Gold Amnesty by commencing the construction of Ram come in the way as an administrator. He were killed and five injured Malaysia, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia — Scheme. Under the scheme it will ask Temple during his tenure. If he was the has emerged as a tough task master. The Sunday when their multi and neighbouring Nepal and Sri Lanka people with unaccounted holdings of the chief guest at the ‘bhoomi pujan’, he may political class and the elite may differ with utility vehicle crashed into a Kuru where Lord Rama is being worshiped in yellow and white metal to declare it to tax also inaugurate the "Bhavya Ram Temple" his style of working and some may dub stationary truck on National more ways than one. He was indirectly authorities and pay levies. It was first in 2023. He categorically told the temple him anti-Muslim. Some even blame him for Highway 53 in Chhattisgarh's Kolumn wooing a Muslim country like Indonesia envisaged by the Modi government long trustees and UP Chief Minister Yogi promoting casteism. But he has made Mahasamund district, police while praising Lord Ram’s reach and his before it demonetised notes. Modi had Adityanath that he wants the temple to be room for himself in the party. He fought his said. The incident took place teachings. Then came the China moment unveiled three state-backed plans in 2015 completed within the stipulated time way and is an established Chief Minister in the early hours of the day when Modi said references to Lord Ram to try to tap the world's largest private gold frame. The Central government will not among his veteran peers. Obviously, now near Teka village under were found in China as well as Iran. He said stash of about 25,000 tons held by provide any money for the Trust and funds Pithora police station limits PM targets China he is way ahead of even Shivraj Singh in these countries the cultural influence of households and institutions to trim would be collected through a world-wide Chouhan too. Insiders in the BJP say that when the Tata Sumo was on the ancient epic Ramayana is still felt. And physical demand, and reduce imports by campaign. A corpus of Rs 5,000 crore its way to Maharashtra from at bhoomi pujan he is now the "third pillar" – the first two then he significantly added that "when a providing people with alternative avenues will be created for the temple and being Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. The West Bengal, said NK t went unnoticed. But Modi passed a snide nation is strong; it is able to ensure peace." for investment. The programmes failed to allied activities. Ram Temple ceremony list of invitees is an Swarnkar, station house remark against China by saying that there I generate interest as a section of the people indication that Yogi is even ahead of many officer (SHO) Pithora police cannot be any love without the fear-factor. didn't want to part with their gold, usually top notches in Delhi. If reports are to be station. "The driver Modi invoked Lord Ram while addressing Govt plans gold in the form of jewellery and worn on Yogi’s political graph rising apparently lost control of the believed he is exploring the possibility of y the gathering of saints and leaders and used amnesty scheme special occasions, while others feared ver since he rode to power in Uttar visiting the USA in September-October. He vehicle and it rammed into a the couplet, "Bhay bin ho na priti" (There is

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She paid a short 400 Taliban prisoners its 75th anniversary of the US visit to Radha Krishna Mandir and resignation in protest over government performance atomic bombing, with the mayor enjoyed a simple Indian vegetarian and dwindling survivors urging mealm -- Puri, Chhole and Daal AGENCIES tude of the catastrophe caused by world leaders including their own the Beirut earthquake that shook to do more for a nuclear MUKTESH PARDESHI | INDIAN ENVOY TO NEW ZEALAND Beirut, August 9: Lebanon's in- the nation and hurt our hearts and weapons ban. formation minister resigned Sunday minds, and in respect for the mar- At 11:02 am, the moment the B- as the country grapples with the af- tyrs, and the pains of the wounded, 29 bomber Bockscar dropped a termath of the devastating blast missing and displaced, and in re- 4.5-ton (10,000-pound) plutonium Because of that ripped through the capital and sponse to the public will for change, bomb dubbed “Fat Man,” Nagasaki economic loss raised public anger to new levels. I resign from the government," survivors and other participants and uncertainty, many The resignation comes after a Abdel-Samad wrote. In the country stood in a minute of silence to families are night of demonstrations against where civil war raged for 15 years, honor more than 70,000 dead. The confronting the the ruling elite, blamed for the few, if any, have been held ac- August 9, 1945, bombing came wrenching decision chronic mismanagement and cor- Manal Abdel-Samad countable for it and most of the three days after the United States to pull their children out of Catholic ruption that is believed to be behind warlords remain in power or lead- dropped its first atomic bomb on schools the explosion in a Beirut Port remained “elusive” and she regrets ing powerful political factions. On Hiroshima, the world's first ever warehouse. failing to fulfill the aspirations of Sunday, France's ambassador to nuclear attack that killed 140,000. SEÁN PATRICK O'MALLEY | Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at the Loya Jirga, a grand assembly Hundreds of tons of highly ex- the Lebanese people. Lebanon said his country is taking On August 15, Japan surrendered, AMERICAN CARDINAL plosive material were stored in the Local media also reported that an- part in the investigation of the Aug. AGENCIES pealed to the hardline Islamist waterfront hangar, and the blast other minister, and a close advisor 4 blast. Bruno Foucher tweeted that group to pledge to a complete cease- sent a shock wave that killed at to Prime Minister Hassan Diab, 46 officers are operating as part of We had hoped Kabul, August 9:Afghanistan fire ahead of talks. least 160 people, wounded nearly was also expected to resign. Diab the judicial investigation. That to bring two of agreed Sunday to release 400 “hard- Deliberation over the release of 6,000 and defaced the coastline of met with his Cabinet reportedly probe was started by a French pros- the fugitive core” Taliban prisoners, paving Beirut — destroying hundreds of to discuss the resignations Sunday, killers to justice in last batch of Taliban prisoners, ecutor after a national of France, 'Mujib Year' during the way for the beginning of peace accused of conducting some of the buildings. Manal Abdel-Samad said but there were no comments after Jean-Marc Bonfils, was killed in Bangabandhu's talks aimed at ending more than 19 bloodiest attacks across in her resignation letter that change the meeting. “Given the magni- the blast and others injured. birth centenary years of war. Afghanistan, had triggered out- celebration. We have been able to Under election-year pressure rage among civilians and rights catch one. We hope we will get from U.S. President Donald Trump groups who questioned the moral- another for a deal allowing him to bring ity of the peace process. In 2019 COLOURS OF ‘LOVE’ home American troops, the war-torn alone, more than 10,000 civilians ending World War II. At the event A.K. ABDUL MOMEN | BANGLADESH country’s grand assembly, or Loya were killed or injured in the con- at Nagasaki Peace Park, scaled FOREIGN MINISTER Jirga, Sunday approved the re- flict in Afghanistan, putting total down because of the coronavirus lease, a controversial condition casualties in the past decade over pandemic, Mayor Tomihisa Taue raised by the Taliban militants to 100,000, a United Nations report read a peace declaration in which SHORT TAKES join peace talks.“In order to re- said last year. he raised concern that nuclear move an obstacle, allow the start of Ahead of the Loya Jirga, Human states had in recent years retreated the peace process and an end of Rights Watch cautioned that many from disarmament efforts. Instead, Storm hits bloodshed, the Loya Jirga approves of the prisoners had been jailed they are upgrading and minia- the release of 400 Taliban,” the as- under “overly broad terrorism laws turizing nuclear weapons for eas- Greek island sembly said in a resolution. that provide for indefinite pre- ier use, he said. Taue singled out Athens: Five people, Minutes later, Afghan President ventive detention”. Ahead of the US and Russia for increasing including an en elderly Ashraf Ghani said, “Today, I will November US elections, Trump is risks by scrapping the Intermediate- couple and an 8-month-old sign the release order of these determined to fulfil a major cam- Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.“As baby, have been found dead 400 prisoners.” paign promise of ending America’s a result, the threat of nuclear as a storm hits the island of Last week Ghani invited some longest war. weapons being used is increas- Evia in central Greece, 3,200 Afghan community leaders The drawdown will bring the ingly becoming real,” Taue said. authorities said Sunday. and politicians to Kabul amid tight number of US troops to “a number Noting that the Nuclear Two others are missing, and security and concerns about the less than 5,000” by the end of Proliferation Treaty entered into dozens have been trapped COVID-19 pandemic to advise the November, Defense Secretary Mark force 50 years ago, Taue urged the by flood waters in their government on whether the pris- Esper said in an interview broad- US and Russia to show a (aster- homes and cars. oners should be freed.With the re- cast on Saturday. isk)workable way(asterisk) towards lease, the Afghan government will In a February pact allowing for their nuclear disarmament at the fulfil its pledge to release 5,000 the withdrawal of US troops, NPT review process next year. S’pore PM calls Taliban prisoners.Talks between the Washington and the Taliban agreed warring Taliban and government on the release of the Taliban pris- for resilience will start in Doha this week, oners as a condition for the talks Singapore: Singapore's Prime Western diplomats said. Ghani ap- with Kabul. A couple smile as their faces covered with coloured powder during the Holi Festival in Kyiv, Ukraine PTI PHOTO US tops 5 million Minister Lee Hsien Loong Sunday called for resilience confirmed virus cases in the face of severe economic downturn on the AGENCIES 55th National Day. When No parties, no trips: Colleges delivering his National Day US begins highest level Rome, August 9: With confirmed message, Lee said set Covid-19 rules for fall coronavirus cases in the US hitting Singaporeans are 5 million Sunday, by far the high- understandably anxious and ASSOCIATED PRESS universities planning to wel- est of any country, the failure of worried as business closures, Taiwan visit in decades come at least some students the most powerful nation in the retrenchments and Chicago (US), August 9: As back. Wide-scale Covid-19 test- world to contain the scourge has unemployment are all likely to go up in the coming AGENCIES Taiwan's government-run health protests from Beijing. they struggle to salvage some ing, quarantines and plexiglass been met with astonishment and months, reports said.. care system has been credited with Azar's office said he will hold semblance of a campus expe- barriers in classrooms won’t alarm in Europe. Taipei, August 9: US Health and keeping the number of coronavirus discussions on COVID-19, global rience this fall, US colleges are work if too many students mis- Perhaps nowhere outside the Human Services Secretary Alex cases to under 500 with just seven health and Taiwan's role as a sup- requiring promises from stu- behave. “I think that the ma- US is America's bungled virus Azar arrived in Taiwan Sunday in deaths, despite its close proximity plier of medical equipment and dents to help contain the coro- jority of students are going to response viewed with more con- Belarus holds the highest-level visit by an to China where the virus origi- technology Azar's visit was facili- navirus — no keg parties, no be really respectful and wear sternation than in Italy, which presidential vote American Cabinet official since nated. tated by the 2018 passage of the long road trips and their masks, was ground zero of Europe's the break in formal diplomatic re- China sees Taiwan as a key ir- Taiwan Travel Act, which encour- no outside guests social distance, epidemic. Minsk: Tensions were high in lations between Washington and ritant in its troubled relationship aged Washington to send higher- on campus. keep gather- Italians were unprepared when Belarus as the country held a Taipei in 1979. with Washington, with whom it is level officials to Taiwan after decades No kidding. ings small,” the outbreak exploded in February, presidential election Sunday. Beijing has already protested also at odds over trade, technology, during which such contacts were Administrators said incoming and the country still has one of the Eight staff members for the Azar's visit as a betrayal of US the South China Sea and China's re- rare and freighted with safeguards warn that failure Tulane world's highest official death tolls main challenger to the commitments not to have official sponse to the virus pandemic. to avoid roiling ties with Beijing. to wear masks, University sen- at 35,000. But after a strict na- authoritarian president were contact with the island. China The US maintains only unofficial China has cut contacts with Tsai practice social dis- ior Sanjali De tionwide, 10-week lockdown, vig- reportedly detained by police claims Taiwan as its own territory, ties with Taiwan in deference to over her refusal to recognise China's tancing and avoid Silva. “But I ilant tracing of new clusters and and one of the campaign's leading figures fled the country. to be brought under its control by Beijing, but is the island's most im- claim to the island and has brought mass gatherings could bring fear that there will be a distinct general acceptance of mask man- The election pits President military force if necessary. portant ally and provider of de- increasing diplomatic, economic serious consequences, including group of students that will de- dates and social distancing, Italy Alexander Lukashenko, who Azar is due to meet with the is- fence equipment. and military pressure against her, getting booted from school. cide not to do that. And it’ll be has become a model of virus con- has held an iron grip on the land's independence-leaning Azar is the first health secretary including by poaching away sev- Critics question whether it’s a big bummer.” tainment. ex-Soviet nation since 1994, President Tsai Ing-wen along with to visit Taiwan and the first Cabinet eral of its remaining diplomatic realistic to demand that college Tulane students have already Yet, more than four months into against four others in an health officials during a three-day member to visit in six years. In allies and excluding it from inter- students not act like typical col- received a stark warning from a sustained outbreak, the U.S. atmosphere charged with visit aimed at highlighting coop- 2014, then-Environmental Protection national gatherings including the lege students. But the push il- the school in New Orleans, an reached the 5 million mark, ac- wide public dismay over the eration in the fight against the coro- Agency administrator Gina World Health Assembly. lustrates the high stakes for early pandemic hot spot. cording to the running count kept country's deteriorating navirus. McCarthy visited Taiwan, sparking by Johns Hopkins University. economy, political repression and Lukashenko's brushoff of the coronavirus threat. MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA: LANKA’S MAN FOR ALL SEASONS Nine killed in The 74-year-old has returned to power, with his newly-formed Sri Lanka People's Party scripting history by becoming the political Egypt car crash party with the shortest life span to gain absolute power in the island nation’s political history Cairo: A car crash Sunday left at least nine people dead and seven others PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Sunday by his younger brother and tered Parliament when he was just Sirisena in the elections in 2015. injured north of the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the 24, becoming the youngest law- During his tenure as President, Egyptian capital, Cairo, the Colombo, August 9: When two- Rajamaha Viharaya in Kelaniya, maker. After losing the seat in 1977, Rajapaksa concluded several key state-run news agency said. time President Mahinda Rajapaksa an ancient Buddhist shrine that he focused on his law career until infrastructure deals with China, lost Sri Lanka’s presidential elections has often been associated with the reentering Parliament in 1989. raising concerns in India and in 2015, many thought the shrewd rise and fall of Sri Lanka. He served as labour minister the West. Critics say it was due to Volcano erupts leader, who crushed the Tamil Tigers His party bagged a total of 150 (1994–2001) and minister of fish- Rajapaksa that the country has in a brutal military campaign, was seats with its allies in the 225-mem- eries and aquatic resources fallen into the "Chinese debt trap". Jakarta: Indonesian a spent force. ber assembly, securing two-thirds (1997–2001) under President The strategic Hambantota port, authorities issued a flight But five years later, the 74-year- majority in Parliament needed to ef- Chandrika Kumaratunga, who ap- which was funded by a Chinese alert following the eruption old has returned to power, with his fect key constitutional changes to pointed him as prime minister after loan during his regime, was leased of the Sinabung volcano in newly-formed Sri Lanka People’s consolidate the powerful Rajapaksa the general election of April 2004, tion to crush the Liberation Tigers of rising prices and concerns of to Beijing on a 99-year debt-for-eq-

North Sumatra province. Party (SLPP) scripting history by clan's control on power. The when the United People's Freedom of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which had corruption and abuse of power, uity swap in 2017 after the country

k y m c The National Volcanology becoming the political party with Rajapaksas want to repeal the 19th Alliance won a majority. established a de facto government and, in an attempt to secure an- failed to pay off the debt. In 2015, Agency said that the the shortest life span to gain ab- Amendment to the Constitution He was chosen as the Sri Lanka in northern Sri Lanka. other presidential term before los- Parliament restored a constitu- 2,475-meter high volcano solute power in the island nation’s which had curbed the presidential Freedom Party's presidential nom- The Rajapaksa family has dom- ing support, he again called for an tional two-term limit on the presi- located in Karo district political history. powers. However, it has not been a inee in November 2005. Shortly inated Sri Lankan politics for two early presidential poll. But his po- dency barring Rajapaksa from con- spewed a 2-km high column Rajapaksa was sworn in as the smooth sailing for Rajapaksa, a after his victory in the election, decades. His domestic popularity ap- litical gamble backfired and he was testing again. In August, Rajapaksa of volcanic ash, reports said. Prime Minister for the fourth time street-fighter politician who en- Rajapaksa announced his inten- peared to wane during 2014 because defeated by former ally Maithripala was elected to Parliament. Down the road, as the ‘INDIA ATTRACTIVE PROPOSITION FOR UK’ P11 economy is continuing to MONDAY | AUGUST 10 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR open up, if we see that inventories are India is an attractive option for UK businesses accumulating rapidly then that would looking for alternatives to China, in view of the be a clear sign that there is a demand prevailing sentiments globally, the UK-India deficiency problem. At that point, I Business Council (UKIBC) has said. UKIBC’s first think stimulus would be very useful Indian Group CEO Jayant Krishna said he expects to see growth in UK-India trade as both countries business ARVIND PANAGARIYA | FORMER

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k y m c of the day uote ` Twitter keen to buy It pains me PM launches 1L cr financing facility that 90% of the focus of AGENCIES tem that reaches farmers in every TikTok ops in US industry bodies is on major industries AGRI-INFRA FUND corner of the country. in big cities. There is New Delhi, August 9: Asserting Modi also interacted with farm- REUTERS seldom any focus on that the government's agri-reforms ers from Karnataka, Gujarat and rural, tribal and remote areas. There are focussed on empowering small Madhya Pradesh who are among the New York, August 9: Twitter Inc is a need to change it. Advance farmers, Prime Minister Narendra initial beneficiaires of the credit fa- has approached TikTok’s Chinese sector wise planning is the need of Modi Sunday launched a financ- cility under this new fund through owner ByteDance to express inter- the hour to make India a super ing facility of `1 lakh crore under Primary Agricultural Credit est in acquiring the US operations power the Agri-Infra Fund that will help Societies (PACS) for creating post- of the video-sharing app, two peo-

NITIN GADKARI | ROAD TRANSPORT, create post-harvest infrastructure harvest facilities. ple familiar with the matter told HIGHWAYS AND MSME MINISTER in villages and generate jobs. Under the Agri-Infra Fund, about Reuters, as experts raised doubts over He also said the country does `1 lakh crore will be sanctioned Twitter’s ability to put together fi- not face problems in farm produc- under the financing facility in part- nancing for a potential deal. tion but in post-harvest losses, and nership with multiple lending in- It is far from certain that Twitter It is far from certain that Coal-related therefore efforts are being made to stitutions as loans to PACS, farmer would be able to outbid Microsoft and mining- strengthen post-harvest infra- groups, Farmer Producer Corp and complete such a trans- Twitter would be able to related structure facilities and ensure bet- Organisations (FPOs), agri-entre- formative deal in the 45 days that outbid Microsoft Corp businesses are ter income for farmers. preneurs, startups and agri-tech US President Donald Trump has and complete such a becoming an Legal hurdles are being removed players. given ByteDance to agree to a sale, increasingly and major push for agri-reforms Already, 11 of the 12 public sec- the sources said Saturday. transformative deal insignificant part of are being given to encourage in- tor banks have signed initial agree- The news of Twitter and TikTok the group's portfolio in 45 days vestment in rural India for creating ments with the Ministry of being in preliminary talks and JUGESHINDER SINGH | CFO, ADANI GROUP post-harvest linkages, he added. Agriculture. Microsoft still being seen as the Modi launched the Agriculture Under the fund, about 3 per cent front-runner in bidding for the “If it (Twitter) tries to put to- Infrastructure Fund through a On the auspicious occasion of Balram Jayanti, a interest subvention and credit guar- app’s US operations was reported gether an investor group, the terms GeM 4.0 aims video conference on the auspicious special fund of `1 lakh crore has been launched to antee of up to `2 crore will be pro- earlier by the Wall Street Journal. will be tough. Twitter’s own share- to offer a occasion of 'Balram Jayanti', a day create agriculture-related infrastructure facilities in vided to the beneficiaries to in- Twitter has a market capital- holders might prefer that man- unified system when farmers worship plough. the country, which will help in creating better crease the viability of the projects. ization of close to $30 billion (23 bil- agement focus on its existing busi- that is smarter, Agriculture Minister Narendra storage facilities and modern cold storage chains in Loans will be disbursed in four lion pounds), almost as much as the ness”, he added. One of Twitter’s better unified, more Singh Tomar and farmers from villages, creating employment opportunities years starting with a sanction of valuation of TikTok’s assets to be shareholders, private equity firm intelligent and ` some states also participated in the NARENDRA MODI, PRIME MINISTER 10,000 crore in the current year divested, and would need to raise Silver Lake, is interested in help- inclusive. This video conference. and `30,000 crore each in the next additional capital to fund the deal, ing fund a potential deal, one of involves a technology roadmap that "On this auspicious occasion, a three financial years. according to the sources. the sources added. enhances each and every step of special fund of `1 lakh crore has portunities will get created in vil- build a global presence in areas Citing reasons for poor invest- “Twitter will have a hard time Twitter has also privately made the user experience on the portal: been launched to create agricul- lages," Modi said after the launch. putting together enough financ- creating unified and seamless user such as organic and fortified foods. ment in agri-infrastructure, the a case that its bid would face less journeys for buyers and sellers ture-related infrastructure facili- The prime minister reiterated He also mentioned that this prime minister said there was "neg- ing to acquire even the US opera- regulatory scrutiny than ties in the country. This will help in that India has a huge opportunity scheme provides a good opportunity ligible" investment due to legal hur- tions of TikTok. It doesn’t have Microsoft’s, and will not face any TALLEEN KUMAR | CEO, GEM creating better storage facilities to invest in post-harvest manage- for startups in agriculture to avail dles in the wake of a provision of enough borrowing capacity”, said pressure from China given that it and modern cold storage chains in ment solutions like warehousing, the benefits and scale their opera- stock limit under the Essential Erik Gordon, a professor at the is not active in that country, the villages. Many employment op- cold chain and food processing, and tions, thereby creating an ecosys- Commodities (EC) Act. University of Michigan. sources said. SHORT TAKES High stockpile CBDT issues BIZ BUZZ NINL’s fate at stake as leads to 43% drop guidance note CAIT launches campaign to US senators mull 'Make New Delhi: Indian authorities in coal imports will not deviate from the boycott Chinese goods Billionaires Pay Act' promoters deny funding resolution order passed by New Delhi: On the anniversary of Quit India New York: Three Senators, led by Bernie statutory appellate body ITAT PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Movement, the Confederation of All India Traders Sanders, have attracted global attention for The Officers’ Association of NINL earlier had urged in cross-border tax disputes (CAIT) Sunday launched a campaign ‘China Quit India’ introducing the “Make Billionaires Pay Act,” which are undergoing the Centre to review its decision to disinvest New Delhi, August 9: India’s to boycott Chinese goods. The trader’s body said aiming to tax US tech’s top leaders tens of simultaneous resolution coal import fell 43.2% to 11.13 mil- there is an urgent need to check “China’s growing billions of dollars in wealth made during the 100% equity in NINL through mutual agreement lion tonnes (MT) in July this year footsteps in India and import of Chinese goods”. coronavirus pandemic. The "Make Billionaires procedure (MAP), the I-T on account of high stockpile of Adding a new dimension to its nationwide campaign Pay Act" would impose a one-time 60 per cent department has said. MAP is “Bhartiya Saamaan-Hamara Abhimaan”, CAIT said it tax on wealth gains made by billionaires the dry fuel at pitheads, plants an alternative dispute has launched the movement to boycott Chinese goods between March 18, 2020, and January 1, 2021. and ports. The country had im- resolution process under the and held a protest dharna at about 600 places in Riding growing global despair about inequity, ported 19.61 MT of coal in July tax treaties, under which different states. Expressing the Senators suggest that funds would be 2019, according to a provisional competent authorities of two concerns over Chinese used to pay for compilation, by mjunction services countries enter into investment in various out-of-pocket limited, based on monitoring of discussions to resolve tax Indian companies, start- health-care vessels' positions and data received related disputes. ups and digital apps, CAIT expenses for from shipping companies. said there is a need to take all Americans Mjunction, which is a joint ven- necessary action in this for a year. ture between Tata Steel and SAIL, ‘Railways, GeM regard. It said that Chinese Besides is a B2B e-commerce company portal to integrate’ investments in government Sanders, the that also publishes research re- projects and various Senators are POST NEWS NETWORK Rajya Sabha MP Amar Pattnaik ports on coal and steel verticals. New Delhi: Indian Railways is sensitive construction Ed Markey and urged Prime Minister Narendra "Imports in July 2020 stood at committed to integrate with works should be put under Kirsten Bhubaneswar, August 9: After Modi for merger of Neelachal Ispat 11.13 million tonnes (provisional). the government e- government scanner. Gillibrand. the decision of strategic disin- Nigam Ltd (NINL) with Earlier, coal and coke imports in marketplace (GeM) portal to vestment of 100% shares in SAIL/RINL/NMDC. July 2019 stood at 19.61 MT," it move all its procurement to Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd (NINL) NINL has been producing and ex- said. the platform, Union Minister DGTR recommends CVD on steel imports taken by the Central Government, porting pig iron and in fact it was During April-July 2020, total Piyush Goyal said Sunday. the fate of the company at a stake. the largest exporter of pig iron coal imports were recorded at The railways’ direct New Delhi: The Commerce Ministry has recommended imposition of provisional countervailing duty (CVD) on Major promoter MMTC as well as since 2002. It also produces billets, 57.27 MT, which is 35.76 per cent procurement of goods for its certain steel products from Indonesia to guard domestic manufacturers from subsidised imports. The other minor promoters have stopped LAM coke, crude tar, fertiliser and lower than 89.15 MT imported dur- operations or its PSUs stood ministry’s investigation arm Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) in its preliminary findings has ` ` further funding for running of the sinter among others. The present ing April-July 2019, it said. at about 70,000 cr- 75,000 recommended the duty after concluding in its probe that ‘Flat Products of Stainless Steel’ have been exported plant leading to suspension of pro- capacity of the plant is 1.1 Million Commenting on the current cr, the Railways Minister to India from Indonesia at subsidised prices. The duction of all units from March Ton per annum. trend in coal imports, mjunction said. "I am happy to share domestic industry has suffered material injury due that GeM and Indian to subsidisation of the product and therefore it is 2020 during COVID-19 lockdown The state government allotted MD and CEO Vinaya Varma said, Railways are burning the necessary to recommend imposition of provisional period. an undisputed 2,500 acre land “Import demand continued to be midnight oil, working day countervailing duty on these imports, the DGTR has The Officers’ Association of with iron ore mines of 110 Million weak amidst high stockpile of coal and night to ensure this said in a notification. It said that the directorate is NINL earlier had urged the Centre Ton reserve. The plant has all at pitheads, plants and ports. The entire `70,000 cr of the view that imposition of provisional to review its decision to disinvest infrastructure facilities to en- procurement on the GeM countervailing duty is required to offset 100% equity in NINL and demanded hance its capacity to 10 MTPA platform," Goyal said. subsidisation and injury, pending completion of the that major promoters infuse funds without any hassles as regards to investigation. for running of the steel plant at availability of land and raw the optimum level. material supply. OMCs hold fuel prices New Delhi: Oil marketing companies (OMCs) continued All you need to know about home insurance to keep automobile fuel prices unchanged Sunday, with diesel prices across the ur home is where we ganisation who is an owner of haps a repair activity at your market participants seem to have four metros remaining belong, where we painstak- the property can also now take a The overall insurance penetration home may cause a loss to your adopted a wait and watch approach untouched for the ninth day ingly build our dream home insurance policy. Home in- in India is less than 1% which is neighbor’s property. All such con- and are currently looking for a in a row. Petrol prices have Ohome and take measures surance provides coverage against tingencies can be effectively cov- direction. We do not expect to see not changed for over 40 days to protect it by installing security fire and allied perils, burglary, considerably lower and hence we see a ered under home insurance by opt- any significant variation in vol- now in the country. In the doors, cameras or essential lock- theft, terrorism, etc. for build- dismal contribution made by home ing for public liability coverage. umes in the short-term.” national capital, diesel was ing systems to ensure that our loved ing, contents, jewellery & valu- During April-July 2020, non- priced at `73.56 per litre ones are safe. Now, one of the best ables, curios and works of art. insurance as well n Flexible valuation: Home in- coking coal imports stood at 38.84 Sunday. Petrol price in ways to protect one’s house is also surance provides the flexibility MT as compared to 60.97 MT im- Bhubaneswar was `81.03 p/l, Home Insurance which is funda- Why is home insurance calamities where you can shield to choose one’s preferred type of ported in the corresponding period the same since June 29 while mentally an insurance cover one important? not only the structure of your insurance like on agreed value last year. diesel’s was `80.03 p/l. takes to safeguard his/her home house but also the contents. basis where the loss is settled by against unknown adversities which n Security against n Covers risk arising due to fire the insurer on the value of the cause substantial financial losses. natural calamities: and theft: In case of incidents property or content agreed by Aramco’s Apr-June On an average, we spend most One of the biggest such as fire, a home insurance pol- the insured at the time of pur- ‘E-auctioning dates part of our lives in paying our home losses in any nat- icy not only helps you with the chasing the insurance policy or profit down 73% loans but we forget one essential ural calamity is cost of construction as per your Reinstatement basis where the in- likely to be extended’ New Delhi: Energy giant protection measure which is home the loss of one’s policy terms and conditions, but surer will settle the loss by re- Kolkata: The dates for submission Saudi Aramco has reported a insurance. Overall insurance pen- home. During also offers add-ons such as re- placing the damaged property of bids for online auction of coal 73% fall in its profit, or the etration in India is less than 1% such calamities settlement cover for situations or item with a new one. blocks for commercial mining net income, for the April-June which is considerably lower and a drastic dif- when you need to relocate due to n Add-on covers: Home insur- could be further extended due to quarter to $6.6 billion amid hence we see a dismal contribution ference has severe damages at your home. ance also has add-on covers like disruptions caused by the COVID- the pandemic. During the made by home insurance as well. been noted In case of a theft in an insured’s loss of rent, temporary resettle- 19 pandemic, sources said Sunday. same period of 2019, the between the home, a home insurance policy ment cover, public liability, dog The Centre had earlier extended company had reported a net Who can buy home insurance incurred eco- can cover stolen or damaged con- insurance cover, ATM withdrawal the dates for submission of

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k k y y m m c Kolkata: Former India Lewandowski leads c defender and Mohun Bagan captain Manitombi Singh died Sunday at the age of 39 at his native village near Imphal in Manipur, club sources said. Bayern’s goal rush Manitombi was suffering from Napoli ‘Messimerised’ prolonged illness and breathed his last in the early hours of Sunday. He is AGENCIES in February. He then said they stood a scuffed shot. survived by his wife and an no chance of winning Europe’s top But Napoli’s slack defending al- eight-year-old son. “Mohun Barcelona, August 9: A fired-up prize, which has eluded them since lowed Lenglet to score with a free Bagan family is deeply Lionel Messi led Barcelona to a 3- 2015, unless they improved. header which settled Barcelona saddened by the untimely 1 win at home to Napoli here Messi would have been worried nerves while Messi effectively killed demise of former club captain Saturday for a 4-2 aggregate vic- by Barca’s stuttering start which saw the tie off with his goal and by win- Manitombi Singh,” the club tory. The win took the club into the Napoli swarm all over the ning the penalty by chasing down posted on their Twitter handle. Champions League quarterfinals for home side’s area and Kalidou Koulibaly in the area and Manitombi was a key member the 13th consecutive season where Dries Mertens clip earning a foul. of the Stephen Constantine- they face Bayern Munich. the crossbar in However, the fact Napoli ended coached India under-23 side The Catalans had a shaky start the second the game so well, with Hirving that lifted the LG Cup in 2003 but took the lead in the 10th minute minute Lozano hitting the post and by defeating Vietnam 3-2 in Ho with a powerful header from a cor- with Arkadiusz Milik’s header ruled out Chi Minh City. ner by Clement Lenglet before for offside, will certainly be a cause Messi scored a superb second of concern for Barcelona. However, in the 23rd minute. He saw off they always can fall back on Ready to roll four defenders to curl the ‘Messimagic’ to guide ball into the far bottom Lexington: Serena Williams is them through. ready and raring to go. She is corner. preparing for the inaugural Messi had the ball in GOAL HUNGRY: Robert Lewandowski scores from spot during the Champions Top Seed Open tennis the net again soon after League game played Saturday against Chelsea tournament which starts here following a superb team Monday. It is an event which is move but the goal was ASSOCIATED PRESS any opponent, we have the requi- being seen as a build-up to harshly ruled out for site respect for Barcelona and we’re this month’s US Open in New handball by the Munich, August 9: The going to prepare well,” Flick added. York. Other top stars in the Argentine following a coronavirus pandemic Lewandowski has 13 goals in event are Venus Williams, VAR review. However, has changed almost every- seven Champions League games Victoria Azarenka, Sloane Messi was not done for the RESULTS thing about the Champions this season and 53 in 44 across all Stephens and Coco Gauff. for the night. He game, Barcelona 3 Napoli 1 League (CL) – empty stadi- competitions. However, the main attraction won a penalty knowing ums, games in August and a Bayern started with a 3-0 lead is Serena, currently World No. which Luis how difficult it Bayern Munich 4 Chelsea 1 tournament in Portugal. from the first leg in February. They 9. Serena has a history of Suarez con- would be and so However, one thing hasn’t went ahead after 10 minutes when blood clots and pulmonary verted for it proved as they changed. Bayern Munich keep Lewandowski scored from the embolisms that have affected Barca’s third. made it tough for winning, and Robert penalty spot after he’d been tripped her lung capacity. She said she Napoli got us in certain mo- Lewandowski keeps scoring. by goalkeeper Willy Caballero when is ‘super, super careful’ in one back ments,” said The Poland striker scored twice through on goal. Lewandowski avoiding exposure to COVID- It will be tough 19. The 38-year-old acknow- when Suarez after the and set up two more goals as Bayern then provided the perfect pass to game. “We were for us because Munich hammered Chelsea 4-1 play in Ivan Perisic for Bayern’s sec- ledged during Saturday’s they (Bayern) virtual news conference that Lorenzo taken by surprise Saturday for a 7-1 win on aggre- ond goal. she’s been ‘a bit of a recluse’. Insigne con- at the start but we had an excellent gate here to book a ticket to Lisbon. Corentin Tolisso added another “I’ve been a little neurotic to verted a spot- scored first. If they season. It will be Bayern Munich have won 18 for Bayern in the 76th when he an extent, but that's just kick at the end of had scored it would difficult for us straight competitive games going was left unmarked to meet a cross what I have to be right the first half. They have caused uncer- but also for them. back to February and hasn’t lost from Lewandowski. now,” Serena said. were the better side after tainty but we managed They are an since December. Next up is a quar- Then Lewandowski headed in the interval but Barcelona the game well,” the excellent team, terfinal against Barcelona which the fourth off an assist from Alvaro survived to set up a mouth-wa- Uruguyan added. but so are we is expected to be a mouth-water- Odriozola eight minutes later. In be- tering clash with Bayern in the Messi had sounded ing clash. tween Chelsea got a goal just before Juve appoint Pirlo QUIQUE SETIEN I ‘Final Eight’ tournament begin- the alarm after BARCELONA COACH “We wanted to win the game the interval through Tammy Turin: Italian midfield great ning in Lisbon next Friday. Barcelona’s rusty per- and show we were picking up where Abraham. But then even the writ- Andrea Pirlo has been “We got the result we wanted. formance in the 1-1 draw we left off,” Bayern coach Hansi ing was clear on the wall for the appointed as the new head We’ve spent two weeks preparing in the last-16 first leg back Flick told ‘Sky Sports’. “As with English side. coach of Serie A champions Juventus. He will replace Maurizio Sarri, who was sacked after the Champions IPL-13 TITLE SPONSORSHIP ENGLAND WIN SERIES OPENER AGAINST PAKISTAN Verstappen sweeps League exit. Pirlo, the 41-year- old former World Cup winner past Mercedes duo was announced as his successor. “Andrea Pirlo Vivo exit doesn’t No negative thoughts for Buttler to emerge victorious today signed a two-year contract until 30 June 2022,” AGENCIES said Juventus in their PRESS TRUST OF INDIA statement, Sunday. The Silverstone (United Kingdom), decision also comes just nine bother BCCI boss Manchester, August 9: With just August 9: World Champion Lewis days after Pirlo was a half century to boast about in 13 Hamilton’s winning streak was in- announced as the coach of PRESS TRUST OF INDIA earlier innings, Jos Buttler feared terrupted Sunday when he finished the Juve’s under-23 squad. Kohli excited as he might be playing his last Test in second in the Formula One (F1) This will be the first New Delhi, August 9: BCCI pres- the match against Pakistan. 70th Anniversary Grand Prix here. managerial job for Pirlo, who ident Sourav Ganguly has described IPL-13 gets closer However, the keeper-batsman laid Max Verstappen of the Red Bull retired from football in the suspension of the IPL title Mumbai: India captain Virat Kohli took those doubts to rest with a crucial drove brilliantly to emerge win- November 2017. Juventus was sponsorship deal with Chinese mo- to social media Sunday to share his knock under pressure to guide ner in the race. The Red Bull driver the last club Pirlo played for in bile phone company Vivo as just excitement at the prospect of leading England to a memorable three- TIMELY KNOCK: Jos crossed the line here 11.3 seconds Italy after a highly successful ‘blip’, dismissing talk that it might Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in wicket win. Buttler raises his bat clear of Hamilton. In the process, 10 years at AC Milan. lead to a ‘financial crisis’. the 13th edition of the IPL which Buttler (75, 101b, 7x4, 1x6) shared after reaching his half he ended the dominance displayed The BCCI and Vivo decided begins September 19 in the UAE. The a 139-run partnership for the sixth century against Pakistan by Mercedes since the F1 began Thursday to suspend their part- Bangalore-based team have reach the wicket with Chris Woakes (84 not at Old Trafford, Saturday after the coronavirus-induced Stadium named nership for the 2020 IPL beginning finals thrice but failed to win the title. out, 120b, 10x4) to fashion a mem- break. Hamilton’s Merc teammate September 19 in the UAE. This de- “Loyalty above everything. Can’t wait orable win for England after the Valtteri Bottas finished third. The Punjab Chandigarh: cision was taken amid the clamour for what’s to come,” Kohli said in a hosts had been reduced to 117 for n’t keep well, I missed some chances Hamilton however, will head to Cricket Association (PCA) has Stokes ruled out to boycott Chinese products. tweet with video snippets of his time five after lunch. Yes Woakes did next week’s Spanish Grand Prix decided to name its new and at this level you can’t afford to The title sponsorship is a signif- at RCB. Kohli also said that he and his put the icing on the cake with the Manchester: England’s star all-rounder do that no matter how many runs with a 30-point championship lead stadium in Mullanpur after great friend South Africa batting great Ben Stokes will miss the remainder of the last ruler of erstwhile icant part of the IPL’s commercial winning shot, but it was Buttler you score. You’ve got to be better, I over Verstappen. revenue. Vivo annually pays `440 AB de Villiers have never thought who had got the counter-attack the three-match Test series against know that,” Buttler added. Mercedes have been the class act Patiala state, late Maharaja about leaving RCB. “I can never think crore to the BCCI for the IPL spon- going to unsettle Pakistan. Pakistan due to family reasons, ECB Buttler said he kept believing of the field this year and, after pole- Yadavindra Singh, who played of leaving this team. Till I am playing sorship. The deal is till 2022. Buttler had been had been strug- said Sunday. It however, did not speci- in himself and was pleased to have sitter Bottas beat Hamilton to the a Test match for India in 1934. IPL, I am never leaving this team. We fy the exact reasons for his pullout. “I wouldn’t call it as a financial gling with the bat for quite some made a contribution to the team’s first corner, it looked as though it He was the father of present know we both want to win the title,” “Stokes will leave the UK later this Punjab Chief Minister crisis. It’s just a little bit of a blip,” Kohli had earlier said on Instagram. time. Lapses with the wicket- week and travel to New Zealand. He cause. “You’ve got to try and shut would be a straight fight between Amarinder Singh. The Ganguly said during a webinar keeping gloves at Old Trafford only will miss England’s two Test matches them (negative thoughts) out and the all-black cars for victory. decision to name the new Sunday. “BCCI has made this game brands do it. Sensible corporates do added to the scrutiny around him, against Pakistan at the Ageas Bowl focus on the here and now and play But Verstappen, who moved stadium after the maharaja so strong that it is able to handle all it,” said the former India captain. with critics calling for his head. starting Thursday 13 August and Friday the situation. I’m pleased that I ahead of Racing Point’s Nico was taken during a meeting these blips,” Ganguly added. He in- “Big things don’t come overnight. “At times there’s been some lonely 21 August,” the ECB statement said. was able to do that,” Buttler said. Hulkenberg at the opening bend, Saturday. It was attended by formed that the BCCI always has a And big things don’t go away nights thinking about it. Definitely Brief scores: Pakistan 326 and 169 remained hot on their heels. Both PCA president Rajinder Gupta ‘Plan B’ for this kind of situations. overnight. Your preparation for a thoughts go through your head. (Stuart Broad 3/37) lost to England Mercedes cars started on the and secretary, Puneet Bali “You keep your other options long period of time gets (you) ready Potentially if I don’t score any runs, your head,” Buttler said Saturday 219 and 277 for 7 (Chris Woakes 84 medium tyres, with Verstappen apart from other office- open. It is like Plan A and Plan B. for losses and for gets you ready for I’ve played my last game. These after the win against Pakistan in the n o, Jos Buttler 75, Joe Root 42, on the more durable hard tyre. It bearers of the association. Sensible people do it. Sensible successes also,” Ganguly added. are the kind of things that are in series opener here. “I’m aware I did- Yasir Shah 4/99) by three wickets. helped him immensely. “The idea was proposed by the PCA president and has been given approval,” Bali said. The PCA has also started PANDEMIC-FORCED HIATUS FOR TOP INDIAN BADMINTON PLAYERS ENDS SOME IMPORTANT TOURNEYS TO BE SCRAPPED the process of renovating the existing IS Bindra Stadium to turn it into an international cricket academy. Saina begins training with hubby Kashyap BCCI eyes Nov 19 to PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Saina has just nine courts at the academy and joined training. players generally train for an hour start domestic events Knight gutted New Delhi, August 9: Shuttler She will join the or two. So I think few more players London: England captain Saina Nehwal has resumed train- Gopichand can be allowed to train there,” PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah,” Heather Knight said that she ing at a separate facility in Academy after a couple of Kashyap stated. a senior BCCI official said. was ‘gutted’ that the 2021 Hyderabad after the coronavirus- weeks. She wants to reach a “Since badminton is not a con- New Delhi, August 9: The BCCI Regarding quarantine the official Women’s World Cup in New induced break. She is likely to join decent level of fitness before tact sport, it can be done. In is mulling November 19 as tentative said, “That’s an issue primarily for Zealand has been postponed the national camp at the SAI Pullela going there Bangalore, everyone is training date for start of the domestic sea- the uncapped players.Now even if by a year. She is hoping it Gopichand Academy in a couple and you need good sparring part- son with Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 a player’s team are knocked out be- PARUPALLI KASHYAP doesn’t turn out to be an excuse of weeks. ners. How long can just eight play- tournament. However, Indian play- fore play-offs, he won’t be back be- for boards to put women’s Saina is one of the eight Olympic ers train,” asked Kashyap. World ers in various IPL teams won’t be fore November 3 and till November cricket on the backburner for hopefuls who have been allowed by probably start training at the Champion PV Sindhu, along with able to play first few rounds due to 17 will be in quarantine.” the next 12 months. The the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Gopichand Academy in a couple of B Sai Praneeth and N Sikki Reddy, quarantine protocols in place. It was learnt that unlike the last decision to postpone the event to resume training at the academy weeks. She wants to get fitter and resumed training Friday under The delay in the beginning of two years where five teams with was taken Friday by the ICC. from August 7. This came after the reach a decent level. She has sought strict safety protocols at the the domestic season due to COVID- most points qualified from group “Pretty gutted to be honest. I know tough decisions have to Telangana government’s approval permission from Gopi sir and dis- Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad. 19 pandemic means that only A and B, this year, top two teams be made right now and it August 1 on the proposal. cussed it with new Indonesian coach It ended a four-month-long coron- Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Ranji from group A, B and C (eight team would have taken a lot of However, the former World No. BACK ON TRACK: Saina Nehwal trains Agus Dwi Santoso,” Kashyap added. avirus-forced hiatus for them. Trophy (December 13- March 10) groups) will qualify for quarterfi-

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