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Zydus Cadila vaccines to begin commercial rollout from mid-Sep WORLD ATHLETICS U20 C'SHIPS AROUND 20 DAYS Amit wins 10,000m Zydus Cadila's three-dose indigenous Covid-19 vaccine PM praises Indian race walk silver ZyCoV-D is the world's first DNA-based jab that can be Scientists Khatri won the sil- administered to people aged 12 and above. Zydus Cadila ver with a timing of "India is fighting COVID-19 received the EUA in India on Friday. 42:17.94. He was in with full vigour. The approval the lead for a good "Our vaccine can be stored at 25 AoC for 3 months. Our for world's first part of the race walk DNA based effort is to make 30 to 50 lakh vaccine doses in the before being over- 'ZyCov-D' vaccine taken by Kenya's coming few days, we are trying to produce 10 million of Zydus Universe Heristone Wanyonyi is a testimony to doses per month from in the last two laps. the innovative October," said zeal of India's scientists. A This is also India's Nairobi|Agencies silver at least I could fulfil the company official. momentous feat indeed." second medal in the hopes of India," Amit was quot- ongoing competi- ndian race walker Amit ed as saying by Athletics Team Absolute|New Delhi cine is 66 per cent effective against the age of 12 years have participated ply of vaccines will begin by mid- tion. Earlier on Khatri won silver in the Federation of India (AFI) after the delta variant, with higher anti- in the trial, while 1,400 children September. He further said that the Wednesday, the Imen's 10,000m race walk the medal. In January this year, day after getting the emer- body levels in the age group of 12 whose age is less than 12 years have company is aiming at increasing the event at the World Athletics U20 Khatri set a new national record gency use authorisation years and 18 years. "So far, 28,000 applied for the trial. No adverse production of the vaccine up to 1 Indian quartet of Championships in Kasarani while claiming the men's (EUA) in India, Zydus volunteers have participated in the impacts were observed during the crore doses per month from the Bharat Sridhar, Stadium, Nairobi on Saturday. 10000m race walk title at the Cadila has said that the trial of the vaccine at more than 50 vaccine trials, we have also conduct- month of October with the help of Priya H Mohan, Eventually, Wanyonyi won the Junior Federation Cup in commercial rollout for the locations. The results of the first and ed trials on Delta and Delta Plus the new production plant. Patel Summy and Kapil gold medal with a timing of Bhopal. The young walker from Avaccine will start from mid- second trials have been published in variants." Talking about the vaccine added that Zydus vaccine is the 42:10.84. Spain's Paul McGrath Rohtak, Haryana finished race had won the bronze September. The pharma major the Lancet for scientific research and price, he said that there will be more world's first vaccine to be delivered medal in the 4x400m clinched the bronze medal with in 40 minutes 40.97 seconds, informed about the future rollout scrutiny, the results of the third clarity about the price of the vaccine with a microneedle injector manu- a timing of 42:31.11. "As it's a improving on the existing plan in a virtual press conference phase trial will take 2 to 3 months to by next week. factured with DNA technology that mixed relay final high altitude, so breathing prob- national record of 40:37.78 by held on Saturday. Zydus' Managing come. On the question of mass supply of can reduce injection costs and with a season-best lem for me. It was my first inter- Akshdeep Singh and nearly half Director Sharvil Patel, said: "Our vac- "So far, all the volunteers above the vaccine, Patel said that the sup- adverse effects by 25 per cent. timing of 3:20.60. national competition and won a minute ahead of statemate silver for India. I'm happy with Paramdeep Mor. Madikeri witness Neelakurinji Don't starve yourself, food is bloom after Twelve years key to get fit: Malaika Arora Siddhi Jain|New Delhi nutritious meals that do not have any undisguised flavours but are also deli- ctress and fitness icon Malaika cious. The actor has curated each dish, Arora says that it is a misconcep- keeping in mind that it adds all the Ation that Indian food is loaded required nutrients in a single bowl with fat. She says: "There is a reason with easy ingredients from my kitchen. why we term an Indian meal as a well "The menu comprises of items created balanced one, because it is complete with easily available ingredients to with nutrients, the goodness of vegeta- offer wholesome meals without miss- bles and the rich flavour of Indian ing out on taste and nutrition. In the spices." Malaika has recently launched near future, I will also expand the her own food bowl brand called Nude menu to seasonal favourites and create Bowls, the idea behind which is that new concoctions based on the reac- healthy food can be tasty and whole- tions and feedback I receive." Nude some too. Sharing that food is an inte- Bowls are available to order on gral part of self-care for her and "being EatSure, a food delivery app. "We were mindful of what we eat and what we able to launch in 200 locations at one choose to expose our body to is as go which helped us reach more cus- important as exercising for our holistic tomers easily and quickly as compared well-being", the Bollywood star says to dine-in," says Malaika when asked if The flower has 250 that she wanted to share what she con- a retail presence could soon be expect- varieties and they bloom sumes daily which are simple and ed of the new brand.

Madikeri (Karnataka)|Agencies country. Thousands of tourists from

at different times. Some across the state and native district are "There is a perception that healthy food is not delicious, or that nutritious food doesn't taste as good and I ❝ ❝ bloom in a gap of 5 or those who love to witness the making a beeline to witness the beauty wanted to break this myth. Nude Bowls promises the goodness of flavours without compromising on taste and hills of Coorg (Madikeri) bathed in of nature amid Covid fears on weekdays indulgence and guarantees transparency of all ingredients without using artificial flavours and colours." years, 12 years and Fa dreamy shade of blue, the as restrictions are imposed during some varieties take 14 Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes kunthiana), weekends. The blooming of flowers a flower which blooms once in 12 years started in the last one week and the Bengaluru: Linganabundi is a small wait to get their hands dirty. From digging the soil to years to bloom, say are already giving sight to behold. entire hillock region will be covered BARREN village in Koppala district, Karnataka selecting a variety of plants, they have been actively The two hillocks of Mandalpatti and with rare flowers in a few more days. where Morarji Desai Residential involved. The campus garden has around 2000 differ- experts. A total of 46 Kote Betta and Kumara Parvata have The flower symbolises love and is LAND TURNED School is a sight to behold. The ent varieties of plants and trees. The staff approached varieties of Neelakurinji witnessed the flowering of Neelakurinji also called the 'flower of love'. Locally, vibrant school campus spread across the village panchayat and got a rainwater harvest unit for the last few days, and the region is they are called 'Kurinji' flowers. INTO GARDEN, HATS 8 acres is a result of the hard work of inside the campus. Looking at the effort and interest flowers are found in painted a vibrant bluish-purple hue. Visitors often take journeys to have a 250 students. It all began around these kids were putting in, some youth from the village India. The plant has also Nature's feat in Madikeri, known as surreal experience of nature's feat. The OFF TO SCHOOL three and a half years ago when 250 joined hands. The result is an 8-acre plush green cover. Kashmir of Karnataka is witnessed and Neelakurinji's name originated from the students from classes 6 to 10 decided to Mango, Cherry, Tamarind, Jackfruit, Banana, Papaya, got medicinal value. celebrated by nature-lovers across the River Kunthi. STUDENTS take up gardening seriously. The teachers Cotton, Jamun, Ficus, Palm and several other varieties led the way for these kids who would eagerly of plants are planted at the school garden. Students from across India Bangladeshi youth waves flag to stop train, saves 300 lives share creative projects Sumi Khan |Dhaka of Koktara village in Panchbibi upazila, said down there and saw a break in the line of that he was walking along the rail line near about eight inches. Running a train over a youth in Bangladesh's Joypurhat on his house when he suddenly saw the bro- broken line could lead to a fatal accident." on urban rivers Friday showed great presence of ken railway line. Seeing the train coming, Railway authorities repaired the broken Team Absolute|New Delhi Amind to flag down an approaching he immediately rushed home, found a red part of the line and the train left the station train and prevent a major accident after towel, and waved it, and the train driver for Panchagarh two hours later. Panchbibi tudents from the leading finding the rail line broken, officials said. stopped the train a little before the broken station master Abdul Awal said that the institutes across India on The incident was reported from Panchbibi part. Engine driver Shah Alam said: "The incident took place near the station on SThursday presented upazila of the district as the Panchagarh train was traveling at a speed of 80 kmph. I Friday morning, and the train service was their thesis at the grand finale Express, an intercity train, was supposed to decided to stop the train as soon as I saw stopped for two hours, till around 10 a.m., of a competition organised by pass on Friday morning. Shafiqul Islam, 28, the young man waving the red towel. I went until the repair work was done. the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and the National Institute for National Mission for Clean Urban Affairs (NIUA) on the Ganga (NMCG). He shared theme 'Re-imagining Urban that the idea behind this the- Twitter working on rules, replay option for Spaces Rivers'. The purpose of this sis competition was to con- sponsored thesis competition tinuously engage with young For now the rules are unclear but this will "block" Spaces, which may indicate that Twitter was to tap into the intellect researchers and scholars who  and creativity of the students can think in integrated ways probably include a section for hosts to will let users restrict a live conversation to a spe- to arrive at innovative solu- and have new planning per- cific group of people. tions for re-imagining the spectives. Secretary in the define what can and cannot be said on outlook and management of Ministry of Housing and Spaces. What's even more interesting are the codes about rivers that flow through cities Urban Affairs, Durga Shanker and their associated features, Mishra, emphasised on the There will also be a new option to a "replay" option for Spaces, the report added. the release claimed. importance of river tourism "Namami Gange is an inte- in the urban areas. Citing the these new features are still under develop- users, the report said. At present, the only in that chat. As per the report, since these grated programme with many success stories of the ment and were discovered in Twitter's code way to join Spaces is when the conversation are only findings from Twitter's code, it's innovative features, and it has Sabarmati river front in San Francisco|Agencies by developer and app researcher Nima Owji. is live. After Spaces is over, users cannot lis- unknown when these features will be rolled been engaging with academic Ahmedabad and the Indore More specifically, the code indicates that ten to it again, it said. Now it seems that out to the public. Earlier in August, Twitter institutes to get new ideas Water Plus city, he said, "The icro-blogging site Twitter's Spaces is Twitter is adding four new options to Spaces Twitter wants to change that, but most likely introduced the option to add a co-host to and perspectives in river reju- development which we had about to get more options, includ- that should give hosts more control over the the "replay" will become an optional feature. Spaces, as well as including its live audio venation," said Rajiv Ranjan been planning for so many Ming replay, and even rules for partic- room. According to Owji's findings, the com- When enabled, users will also be able to see platform in Twitter's official API for third- Mishra, Director General, years is happening currently." ipants in a live chat. According to 9To5Mac, pany wants to provide "rules" for Spaces the duration and which people participated party clients. 02 Mumbai, Sunday, August 22, 2021 nation 14 held in Assam for pro-Taliban DELHI RECEIVES HIGHEST social media posts Guwahati|Agencies mid talks of the pres- ence of Taliban sympa- Athisers in India after the insurgent group recently took control of Afghanistan, RAINFALL SINCE 2009 Assam Police have arrested at least 14 persons for put- ting up Taliban related social Team Absolute|New Delhi storm with light to moderate intensity media posts, officials said on rain would occur over and the adjoin- Saturday. elhi received the highest rain- ing areas of most places of Delhi-NCR Assam's Special Director fall in a month since 2009, the (Bahadurgarh, Faridabad, General of Police, G.P. Singh, DIndia Meteorological Ballabhgarh, Loni Dehat, Hindon AF tweeted: "Police have arrest- related to the Taliban. These ed from Darrang, Kamrup Department (IMD) said on Saturday, Station, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, ed 14 persons for social posts made comments sup- (Rural), Cachar, Hailakandi, leading to waterlogging and traffic Noida, Greater Noida) Kaithal, Karnal media posts regarding porting the coup in Karimganj, Barpeta, Dhubri, snarls across the national capital. The on Saturday.Scores of residential Taliban activities that have Afghanistan or the activities South Salmara, Goalpara last highest rainfall of 110 mm was areas and several roads and junctions attracted provisions of law of of the Islamist militant and Hojai districts. recorded on August 10, 2010. were waterlogged which caused traf- the land. People are advised group. The posts were put up According to the officer, For the 24 hours till 8.30 a.m. on fic jams.Taking to Twitter to inform to be careful in posts/likes during the past two weeks," the arrested persons include Saturday, the Lodhi Road people of the situation, the Delhi etc. on social media plat- the official told the media, one MBBS student from Observatory recorded 149.0 mm of Traffic Police said: "Traffic is affected forms to avoid penal action." requesting not to be Hailakandi studying in the rainfall, while the Delhi Ridge almost due to water logging in MB Road, A senior police officer in named.The police said the Tezpur Medical College, and matched with 149.2 mm. Meanwhile, Khanpur T-point to Hamdard Nagar Guwahati said that 14 people posts were put up by 14 peo- two Muslim religious leaders. Palam saw 84.0 mm rain, while Aya Red Light traffic, Mehram Nagar belonging to 10 districts were ple from 10 districts of The police also said that Nagar recorded 68.2 mm, the IMD Under Pass. Rajokri underpass, both arrested after they were Assam, while three other they are trying to gather added. the routes from Rajghat to Shantiv. tracked by the cyber cell of profiles belonged to resi- more inputs about the three The Safdarjang Airport recorded "Water logging on Dwarka under- Assam Police, which keeps dents of Assam who are persons who are settled out- this monsoon season's highest single- pass and Bijwasan flyover. Rajdhani constant vigil on social presently settled in Dubai, side Assam, and would for- day downpour on Saturday with 138.8 Park Metro Station to Mundka And media networks. "At least 17 Saudi Arabia and Mumbai. ward their details to the mm. Nangloi to Najafgarh road near water social media profiles were The 14 people, aged between Intelligence Bureau once According to the IMD, thunder- tank." noticed making various posts 23 and 65 years, were arrest- they have them. AICC observer Chidambaram Tejashwi left people of Bihar to to visit poll-bound Goa struggle with floods, says Tej Pratap Panaji|Agencies enior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, the LONDON | Agencies Tej Pratap is calling Jagadanand Singh Snewly appointed All Shishupal, and Sanjay Yadav as India Congress Committee tepping up the attack on his Duryodhan. (AICC) election observer in- younger brother Tejashwi Yadav, "Just like Krishna was abused by charge of Goa, will arrive in STej Pratap Yadav has alleged that Shishupal in the Mahabharata, simi- the poll-bound state on a the former has left the people of Bihar larly I am a victim of Jagadanand's two-day visit from August 25- at a time when floods have ravaged abusive words. People also know how 26 to oversee the prepara- several parts of the state and gone to Duryodhan was killed. It was Krishna tions for the 2022 Assembly Delhi. who gave tips to attack on the thighs polls, said the Goa Congress Such allegations were earlier lev- of Duryodhan," Tej Pratap said. on Saturday. elled by the ruling party, but now the Earlier, Tejashwi Yadav on Friday "P. Chidambaram will sibling rivalry between the two war- had said that Tej Pratap Yadav is his meet and discuss with vari- ring brothers has given a new agenda elder brother but he has to follow the ous leaders and party func- to the leaders of Bihar's NDA. discipline of the party. "Our parents tionaries during his two-day Tejashwi Yadav went to Delhi to taught us to respect elders," Tejashwi visit. He will interact with Congress added. This two- for Goa Assembly elections". discuss party matters with national said. Reacting to this, Tej Pratap said Pradesh Congress day official trip is the former Chidambaram will be president Lalu Prasad and the ongo- that the parents of Jagadanand Singh Committee (PCC) office Union Home Minister's first accompanied by AICC Goa ing turmoil in the RJD, which started went to Delhi. He was brainwashed him," Tej Pratap said. Tej Pratap also did not give such advice to him. bearers, frontals, district and visit to Goa, since his in-charge, Dinesh Gundu after a series of statements by Tej by his advisor Sanjay Yadav on whose likened several RJD leaders to the Hence, he is humiliating poor leaders block presidents and take appointment by the interim Rao. The polls to the state Pratap Yadav against the party's state advice Tejashwi is working. Sanjay characters of the Mahabharata. He of RJD. He added that many leaders inputs to work out strategies Congress President Sonia Assembly are scheduled to president Jagadanand Singh. Yadav who hails from Haryana is con- claimed that he himself is Krishna of say that party chief Lalu Prasad is for upcoming 2022 Goa Gandhi to "oversee election be held in early 2022. "Tejashwi Yadav left the people of structing a mall in Delhi. Every mem- the party. He has also given the name watching every development in the Assembly elections," the Goa strategies and co-ordination Bihar to struggle in the flood and ber and leader of RJD knows about Arjun to Tejashwi Yadav. Interestingly, party. EARTHQUAKE-LIKE TREMORS FELT IN Husbands of three village heads killed in Bihar 50 VILLAGES OF K'TAKA'S KALABURAGI Patna|Agencies KALABURAGI | Agencies olitical killings continue in Bihar ahead of the panchayat elections as three persons, who eople of about 50 vil- Pwere husbands of village panchayat heads, lages in three taluqs of were killed in separate incidents on Saturday. PKalaburagi district In the first incident, Raj Kumar Shah, husband of experienced earth-quake like Asha Devi who is the village head of Bankh pan- tremors on Friday night. The chayat, was gunned down on Patna's outskirts in incident forced people to run Maner sub-town. away from their houses and Shah had visited a Lord Shiva temple for per- spend the whole night out- forming puja in Narhanwa village on the last day of side for safety.Kalaburagi MP Shravan. While returning to his native village in Dr Umesh Jadhav and Sedam Kanhauli, some miscreants surrounded him. MLA Rajkumar Patil Tekur "They asked Shah to stop his bike near Kanhauli. rushed to the villages late in As soon as he stopped the bike, one of the miscre- the night and assured the vil- ants shot at him, killing him on the spot," said lagers of all help in any situa- Santosh Kumar, Deputy Superintendent of Police tion. The district authorities Friday. The villagers also they have been experiencing (DSP) in Danapur sub-division, who reached the district, unidentified assailants shot dead Pintu with stab wounds was found near a canal. made all possible efforts to heard a loud noise. They ran loud noise, light tremors for a spot for investigation. Saw, the husband of the village head of Painal pan- The deceased was identified as Ajay Kumar calm down villagers and con- out of their houses into open long time.The Gadikeshwara Following the incident, the accused fled from the chayat."As per the statement of eyewitnesses, the Singh, husband of the Sarpanch of Lewda village vinced them that the earth- fields thinking that an earth- villagers have been experi- spot. attackers came on two bikes and fired indiscrimi- panchayat.As per the statement of the deceased's quake has not struck. quake has struck. encing earthquake-like As news of the killing spread, a large number of nately at Saw who was on his way to Bihta. The family members, Ajay went to his friend's house for The villages of Sedam, Announcements were tremors for a long time. On villagers assembled at the crime site. They blocked deceased received multiple gunshot injuries and a birthday party on Friday evening but did not Chincholi and Kalagi taluqs made in the villages by beat- Friday night more than 50 vil- the Patna-Arrah main road for an hour but left after died on the spot," said an investigating officer of return in the night. His body with stab wounds was in the Kalaburagi district ing of drums asking people lages in three taluqs experi- assurances by the police that the accused would be Bihta police station.In the third incident in Rohtas's found near a canal, said Rajesh Kumar, SHO of experienced tremors not to sleep inside homes. enced this at the time of arrested soon. In another incident in Bihta in Patna Lewda village under Nokha police station, a body Nokha police station. between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m on Local villagers explained that going to bed. Ganga Expressway to Congress slams govt over misappropriation of MGNREGA funds K'taka to provide free post-treatment become backbone of UP's Team Absolute|New Delhi to black fungus patients Vijayapura |Agencies economy: Sitharaman he Congress on Saturday slammed the arnataka Chief Lucknow: Union Finance TNarendra Modi govern- Minister Basavaraj Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ment over the reports of mis- Bommai on Saturday on Saturday hailed UP chief appropriation of Rs 935 crore K said that the government will minister Yogi Adityanath for of funds of the Mahatma provide free treatment to taking the state to the path of Gandhi National Rural patients affected with black development, saying that Uttar Employment Guarantee Act fungus disease even after Pradesh will soon emerge as a (MGNREGA) saying it reflects getting discharged from the shining example for others in on the real intentions of the hospitals. time to come. BJP and the government as it "The post-treatment for Sitharaman was on a trip to allowed and tacitly partici- black fungus is expensive. It Uttar Pradesh during which she asserted that in the last four to pated in the misappropria- costs between Rs 10,000 and five years a series of world-class infrastructure projects such as tion of crores of tax-payers Rs 12,000 per injection. The Purvanchal Expressway, Bundelkhand Expressway, money which was meant for patients have to take injec- Gorakhpur and Ballia Link Expressway and now Ganga the poor. Addressing a press tions for four weeks at their tiative, he added. Expressway have been initiated in the state which will take the conference at the party head- homes after being dis- Speaking on the possible state on the road to a 'new' Uttar Pradesh."The thought behind quarters, Congress charged," he said. Covid third wave affecting the Prime Minister's Vocal for Local is clearly reflected in the spokesperson Pawan Khera Considering this econom- children, he said according One District One Product (ODOP) scheme here," she added. said, "MGNREGA was intro- marginalised during the first System (MIS) of the Rural Audit Units (SAU) under ic burden on families, the to the recommendations by Further referring to the Uttar Pradesh Defence Corridor, she duced by the UPA and the second wave of the Development Ministry, Rural Development government has decided to the experts on the third said that the state, which was known for agriculture and Government to eradicate Covid-19 pandemic. reveals that Rs 935 crore were Departments (RDD) across take up all expenditures of wave, it has been directed to MSME sectors, not only showed interest in undertaking such poverty from India, and the Khera said that MGNREGA misappropriated in MGNRE- India have found financial black fungus patients. The start camps for children to big and important projects, but has also been executing them current regime through the has come back to haunt the GA schemes over the last misappropriation of Rs 935 government will provide all monitor their health. The successfully. Prime Minister (Narendra BJP government led by four years under the very crore under various schemes expenditures until they are Women and Child Welfare Terming it as a grand success, Sitharaman credited it to the Modi) referred to MGNREGA Narendra Modi today. "An nose of the Modi govern- of the MGNREGA. fully recovered, he Department will provide 'visionary' duo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief as a living monument to the expose in the media which ment," the Congress leader It also claimed that only announced.Though the malnourished children with Minister Yogi Adityanath.The Finance Minister was giving her failures of the Congress." He accessed publicly available said. His remarks came a day about Rs 12.5 crore of this number of black fungus food kits and sick children views in a meeting organised for Ganga Expressway at Indira said that MGNREGA became information through the after media reported that in amount which is 1.34 per cases has been reduced, the will be shifted to district Gandhi Pratishthan on Saturday. a life saver for the poor and Management Information the last four years Social cent, has been recovered so government will take this ini- hospitals, he said. Like our stories? Have something to share? facebook.com twitter.com instagram.com Live TV Live Tv Send in your bouquets and brickbats to @absoluteindianews For Generation Ace [email protected] @absoluteindianews @absoluteindnews @absoluteindianews ❝ Nothing is impossible. The word itself

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VOL. 8, ISSUE 278, MUMBAI | SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 2021 I 5 I PAGE 08 PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM MUMBAI, BHOPAL AND NEW DELHI 150 Indians allegedly abducted from Kabul airport but later released: Reports TALIBAN; ON THEIR OLD WAY

Team Absolute|New Delhi source confirmed to Kabul Now," Daryabi said in a different tweet. 'Taliban wants ties with all countries, including US' mid reports of the alleged abduc- However, the Taliban denied the "The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan wants diplomatic tion of around 150 Indians from report of abducting Indian nationals. and trade ties with all countries, particularly with the Aoutside the Hamid Karzai "The report about kidnapping is a United States of America. We never talk about cut of trade International Airport in Kabul on rumor. The Taliban members are help- ties with any countries. Rumor about this news has been a Saturday, local Afghan journalist Zaki ing all foreign nationals to get access to propaganda. It is not true." Daryabi said that the kidnapped per- the airport. We are determined to pro- Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Taliban's sons were released and they were on vide safe passage to all foreigners to get political chief the way to the airport. to the airport," Ahmadullah Waseq, a "Two sources confirmed that the Taliban spokesperson, told local media Indians released by the Taliban," Eitlalatroz. No Recognition Of Taliban, No Political Talks: EU Daryabi tweeted. "There may be a proposal of an increase in the 57 mil- The reports also said that these lion euros ($67 million) in humanitarian aid which the Indians were taken to the nearby area TALIBAN LOOSES 3 Commission had allocated this year for Afghanistan. The of Alokozai compound, a garage desig- DISTRICTS AGAINST aid tied to respect of human rights, good treatment of nated for US forces, as there was a huge UPRISING GROUPS minorities and respect for the rights of women and girls. rush at the airport and the Taliban We may well hear the Taliban's words but we will meas- allegedly inspected their documents Kabul: Tens of members of ure them above all by their deeds and actions." and released them. armed uprising groups attacked the von der Leyen, President, EU The abductors later ushered them to Pol-e-Hesar district of northern the right place at the airport from Taliban have abducted over 150 peo- abducted near Kabul airport Men affili- Baghlan province in Afghanistan Need To Step Up Kashmir Outreach where their evacuation flight would ple, mostly Indian citizens, from an ated with the Taliban have abducted and cleared them of the Taliban. "We have to step up our outreach to Kashmiris, we take off for India after getting the slot, area close to the airport. over 150 people, mostly Indian citizens, Ever since the Taliban toppled all also have to re-assure them that India will continue to be the report added. A local publication 'Kabul Now' had from an area close to Hamid Karzai but Panjsher province on August 15, a secular democracy. We need to understand that the Earlier the day, the Afghan media also confirmed the development. International Airport earlier this morn- the fighters were engaged in their victory in Afghanistan is being seen (by terror groups) as reported that men affiliated with the "Over 150, mostly Indian citizens, ing, Saturday, August 21, a reliable first armed conflict which erupted a Pakistani victory and an Indian defeat.... We have to between them and the people's organise ourselves for a renewed offensive by elements uprising.Local residents claim two like the JeM. We have to be prepared for Pakistani inten- NO CO-EDUCATION IN UNIVERSITIES: TALIBANI FATWA other districts -- Deh Salah and tions (covert operations) supported by radical elements here." Kabul: Taliban officials in Afghanistan's Herat province have ordered the government and private universities that Qasaan -- have also been taken General Shankar Roychowdhury, Ex- Army Chief girls will no longer be allowed to sit in the same classes with boys, Khaama News reported. back from the Taliban, Afghan In a three-hour meeting between university lecturers, owners of private institutions, and the Taliban officials, the latter media .Local residents have also will talk to Taliban if necessary said that there is no alternative and justification for continuing co-education and must be ended. Mullah Farid, head of claimed to have killed 40 Taliban "What I want to assure people is that our political and higher education of Afghanistan Islamic Emirate who was representing the Taliban in the meeting in Herat has said that fighters and wounded 15 more, diplomatic efforts to find a solution for Afghanistan, work- co-education should be ended because the system is the root of all evils in society.Lecturers in Herat said, since private however, the Taliban have not com- ing with the Taliban, of course if necessary, will go on and institutions cannot afford separate classes, thousands of girls may remain deprived of higher education. mented on the conflict yet. our commitment to Afghanistan is lasting." Boris Johnson, PM, Britain

40 KG HEROIN ALONG Former UP CM Kalyan Singh passes away INTERNATIONAL BORDER 3 terrorists killed in Kashmir encounter Lucknow: Former Uttar No entry in medical colleges: SC SEIZED IN PUNJAB Srinagar: A top Jaish-e- es of forest area of Pradesh chief minister and Mohammed (JeM) terrorist Nagaberan Dhoka area of Bharatiya Janata Party veteran Chandigarh: In a major commander Wakeel Ahmad Tral, a joint cordon and Team Absolute|New Delhi breakthrough, the Punjab Kalyan Singh, who was ailing for Shah was among three ter- search operation was some time, breathed his last on Police in a joint operation rorists killed in an encounter launched by Police and he Supreme Court has Saturday night, the Sanjay Gandhi with the Border Security between terrorists and the Army in the said area. said that it could not Post Graduate Institute of Force on Saturday seized security forces in a forest During the search operation, Tshow sympathy to stu- Medical Sciences said in a state- 40 kg heroin along the area at Nagbaeran Tral in the hiding terrorists fired on dents who entered a medical ment in Lucknow. He was 89. international border with South Kashmir's Pulwama the joint search party, which college through backdoor. Singh was admitted to SGPGI on July 4 in the Pakistan in Amritsar dis- district, officials said on was retaliated leading to an A bench comprising jus- Intensive Care Unit in critical condition.He died due trict, officials said. Saturday. encounter. In the ensuing tices L. Nageswara Rao, B.R. to sepsis and multi-organ failure, the hospital said in The seizure was made in Police said on a specific encounter three terrorists of Gavai, and Krishna Murari the statement. Singh was the UP chief minister when the Ramdas sector, around input generated by proscribed terror outfit JeM junked the review petition the Babri mosque was demolished by a mob in 300 km from Chandigarh. Awantipora Police regarding were killed and their bodies by a group of students, Ayodhya on December 6, 1992. He later also served as "Proud of SSP Amritsar presence of a group of JeM were retrieved from the site against its July 20, 2020, the governor of Rajasthan. (Rural), Gulneet Khurana terrorists in the upper reach- of encounter. judgment, which dismissed and his team for recovery a plea by Glocal Medical of over 40 kg heroin from College. Ramdas sector of Indo-Pak Last year, the top court border around 3 am today had upheld the Medical morning," Director Council of India's decision General of Police Dinkar to discharge 67 MBBS stu- Gupta said in a tweet. He dents, after it was found that said the operation was they secured admission conducted on specific through private counselling, the said notification con- issued by the state of Uttar inputs generated by in the backdrop of Uttar ducted private counselling, Pradesh. In such a situation, Amritsar Police. Punjab Pradesh government's notifi- which was not at all permis- no sympathies can be shown shares a 553-km long inter- cation for common coun- sible in law. The students to such students who have national border, with a selling. "Glocal Medical cannot be said to be igno- entered through backdoor", barbed wire fence, with College in contravention of rant about the notification said the bench. Pakistan. Indian children at extremely high risk of climate crisis impacts: UNICEF „ CCRI has placed India as one of the 33 extremely high-risk countries with flooding and air pollution being the repeated environmental shocks leading to socio-eco- nomic adverse consequences for women and children. „ Approximately 1 billion chil- dren live in one of the 33 countries classified as "extremely high-risk", includ- ing the four South Asian Team Absolute|New Delhi South Asian countries where children countries. are at extremely high risk of the ndia is among four South Asian impacts of the climate crisis, with a „ It is estimated that more countries where children are most ranking of 14th, 15th, 25th and 26th than 600 million Indians will Iat risk of the impacts of climate respectively. face ''acute water shortages'' change threatening their health, edu- Dr Yasmin Ali Haque, UNICEF cation, and protection, according to a India Representative, said, "Climate in the coming years, while at new UNICEF report. change is a child rights crisis. The the same time flash flooding ''The Climate Crisis Is a Child Children's Climate Change Index data is to increase significantly in Rights Crisis: Introducing the has pointed to the serious depriva- the majority of India's urban Children's Climate Risk Index'' tions faced by children due to the (CCRI) is UNICEF's first focussed on intensifying effect that climate and areas once the global tem- children. It ranks countries based on environmental shocks have on exist- perature increase rises above children's exposure to climate and ing inadequate access to essential 2 degree Celsius. Twenty-one environmental shocks such as services such as water and sanitation, of the world's 30 cities with cyclones and heatwaves, as well as healthcare and education." their vulnerability to those shocks India's neighbours Nepal is ranked the most polluted air in 2020 based on their access to essential 51st and Sri Lanka 61st. Bhutan is were in India. services. Pakistan, Bangladesh, ranked 111th, with children at rela- Afghanistan and India are among four tively lower risk. 04 Mumbai, Sunday, August 22, 2021 madhya pradesh MP to groom budding ALL SHOULD COME TOGETHER TO MAKE THE TWO-DAY sportspersons for MEGA VACCINATION CAMPAIGN A SUCCESS: CM CHOUHAN 2024, 2028 Olympics Madhya Pradesh is second state to do maximum vaccination in the country, „ After the success have decided to look for of Indian players at new talented players under as 60 percent of its population has received the first dose a campaign and train them the Tokyo in 18 sports academies of Team Absolute|Bhopal should also join this mega campaign and Olympics, CM Madhya Pradesh. We will make it successful. Chouhan said that Chouhan has taken churn out not one but many hief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan brothers and sisters should remember this decision such players, who will bring on Saturday discussed through video about getting vaccine on Rakshabandhan. laurels to the country and Cconference with the collectors of the On Rakshabandhan, brothers and sisters „ According to CM the state in the Olympics state, members of Crisis Management should mutually ensure whether they have Chouhan, around besides in national and Groups in the presence of ministers to make tried to save life by getting vaccinated or not. 50,000 youths international competitions". the vaccination mega campaign a success Chouhan said that mega campaign has to Chouhan said the state on 25 and 26 August. Chouhan, while inter- be made successful because it is the dose of have registered government has set its eyes acting with public representatives, adminis- life. He also thanked Prime Minister their names under on the 2024 Paris Olympics trative officers, gave detailed instructions. Narendra Modi ji. Vaccination and covid the talent search and the 2028 Los Angeles Chief Minister said that everyone together friendly behaviour is the only effective programme Olympics. should make this great campaign a success. means of corona control. For the vaccine, He said Madhya According to the strategy prepared for vacci- every person, every organisation should Pradesh's sportspersons will nation in the state, it has been decided to motivate people that they must get the vac- Team Absolute|Bhopal win medals for the country give first and second dose to 20 lakh people cine. Those whose second dose is due have there. on August 25 and second dose to 10 lakh to be specially motivated. hief Minister Shivraj According to Chouhan, people on August 26. In the month of Chouhan said that if various religious Singh Chouhan on around 50,000 youths have August, out of about 74.7 lakh doses leaders and social workers also join this CSaturday said that the registered their names received from the Government of India, 73.9 campaign, then there will be good success. state will train budding under the talent search pro- lakh have been consumed. Necessary In the state, 100% target of first dose is to be sportspersons for the 2024 gramme, so far. dosage arrangements have been made for role in the vaccination campaign in the preparing the list of beneficiaries for the achieved through public awareness till and 2028 Olympics. He urged the youths the mega campaign in the state. Out of 5 state. He said that the minister-in-charge second dose. Impetus should be given to September. In the two-day campaign, the Under Madhya Pradesh's interested in sports to regis- crore 48 lakh 9 thousand population of the should keep an eye on the preparations for the mega campaign of vaccination through work of mobilizing the backlog beneficiaries talent search programme, ter themselves for the talent state eligible for vaccination, 3 crore 32 lakh this mega campaign. Create a festive atmos- establishment of control rooms, door-to- of the second dose will be done through the the state government has search campaign of the have received the first dose and 64 lakh 9 phere. Citizens are becoming negligent after door visits by workers to invite people for members of Crisis Management Group, started looking for Madhya Pradesh govern- thousand population has received the sec- administration of the first dose. By not vaccination by giving yellow rice and other about one lakh Covid volunteers, 32 thou- sportsperson who can be ment. ond dose. Madhya Pradesh is the most vac- applying the second dose, the effect of the innovations. People should be motivated by sand mobilizers and 3.75 lakh brigade groomed for the Olympics. Recently, Chouhan had cinated state in the country after Gujarat. first dose is reduced, it is necessary to raise appealing on social media also. The cooper- members. Registration of volunteers has After the success of offered Vivek Sagar, mid- Chouhan said that motivate everyone for people's awareness while telling this to the ation of eminent persons from different also been done on Sarthak Lite App under Indian players at the Tokyo fielder in the Olympic vaccination, this is an act of philanthropy. general public. The target is to get the first fields should also be taken for this. the mega campaign. Each volunteer will Olympics, CM Chouhan has bronze medal-winning Not only Asha and Usha, Anganwadi work- dose administered to 100% of the eligible Chouhan said that if all the public repre- receive a list of about 20 beneficiaries due taken this decision. Indian hockey team, service ers, officers of health department, but also population by the month of September. sentatives cooperate, then the campaign will for the second dose for mobilization. The Madhya Pradesh in MP Police as a DSP. Sagar other departments should play an active Panchayat wise, work is being done by definitely be successful. The general public chief minister said, "We hails from Itarsi in the state. CM PLANTS GULMOHAR SAPLING IN SMART GARDEN MP WILL BECOME SELF-DEPENDENT IN OXYGEN AVAILABILITY: CM Team Absolute|Bhopal duced can be made available directly to the hief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on patients from the oxygen generation plants Saturday virtually dedicated the newly installed in the hospitals. Cset up oxygen plants in 10 hospitals of Chouhan said that it has also been decided the state. These oxygen plants set up at a cost that CT scan facility will be made available in of about Rs.6.5 crore have the capacity to pro- all the districts by the month of October. Work duce 5500 LPM (litres per minute) of oxygen. is in full swing to install 32 slice CT scan These plants have been set up at Ashta and machines in 30 districts of the state. Along Rehti in Sehore district, Vidisha and Sironj in with this, 784 ICU beds have been made func- Vidisha district, Khargone and Barwah in tional in government health institutions Khargone district, Khurai in Sagar district, under the health department. By September, besides Katni, Tikamgarh and Narsinghpur. 650 additional ICU beds will be functional. As on March 2020, there was no oxygen gen- Also, 11 thousand 156 oxygen beds have been eration plant in any government hospital in made functional in these institutions. By the the state. As many as 190 oxygen plants are month of September, their total number will being set up in the state. Of these, 68 plants be 14 thousand 255. In the Covid-19 scenario, have already been set up and 65 plants have there were 2993 ICU beds in government been made functional so far. All the remain- medical colleges. By September, their number ing plants will become functional by the will increase to 3438 with an additional 445 beds. Keeping in view the possibility of babies Bhopal: Chief Minister Chouhan planted a sapling of month of September. Chouhan has said that efforts to achieve getting infected in the third wave of Covid-19, Gulmohar in Smart Garden on Saturday. On this occa- 350 new paediatric ICU beds in addition to sion, Chouhan congratulated Rahul Kothari on his self-reliance in the field of oxygen in the state are like a boon. We have understood the the available 200 paediatric ICU beds are birthday and got him to plant sapling as well. Former being arranged. Similarly, 320 new paediatric MLA Sudarshan Gupta, MLA Niwari Anil Jain were importance of oxygen in the time of Covid. In the second wave, oxygen meant life and delay was a big problem. This was possible with the Pradesh for the state. All including ministers, ICU beds and 992 new paediatric oxygen beds present on this occasion. Gulmohar is considered one are being arranged for the treatment of chil- of the most beautiful trees in the world. Flowers bloom- in getting oxygen meant the end of life. Our blessings of the Prime Minister. MPs, MLAs and public representatives Prime Minister Narendra Modi assesses the Chouhan said that we are all committed to extended their full cooperation. Chouhan said dren in the institutions of the Health ing in large clusters amidst the shimmering fern-like Department. Chouhan said that the process of leaves of Gulmohar give a distinct charm to this tree. In present as well as the future. Due to his ensure that there is no third wave of Covid. that 88 plants are being set up in the state efforts, other states including Madhya And if it comes, we are fully aware and ready through PM Care Fund, 13 from Chief filling up the posts of doctors, nursing and summer, the Gulmohar tree is full of flowers instead of paramedical staff is also almost complete. The leaves. It is also rich in medicinal properties. Pradesh got oxygen on time, as a result of for it. Chief Minister said that we will never be Minister's Relief Fund, Corporate Social which many lives could be saved. Efforts are able to forget that time when neither we nor Responsibility and local efforts. A total of 221 recruitment process has been completed for CM GREETS ON ONAM being made to make Madhya Pradesh self- you slept. Oxygen was arranged immediately metric tonnes of medical oxygen will be pro- 429 posts of Radiographer, Lab Technician FESTIVAL sufficient in oxygen. Arranging the tankers from Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Uttar duced from all these plants. The oxygen pro- and Ophthalmic Technician. Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has extended warm greetings to the citizens on the occasion 100-YEAR-OLD of Onam. This is the main festival of Kerala. The festival Governor, CM extends Raksha Bandhan is also being celebrated in Madhya Pradesh. Chouhan HOUSE COLLAPSES IN has tweeted on this occasion and said that it is a prayer greetings to the people of the state to Lord Vishnu and King Mahabali that the crops in the RAIN fields should always be flourishing. Chief Minister has Team Absolute|Bhopal has appealed that eligible people must get expressed his best wishes that there should be immense overnor Mangubhai Patel and Chief the vaccine to protect against Covid on Bhopal: A 100-year-old residential joy, enthusiasm, gaiety and prosperity in everyone's life. Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan have August 25 and 26 in the Vaccination Maha building recently collapsed in Sagar dis- Gextended greetings and good wishes to Abhiyan. Chief Minister said that on this trict following heavy rain. No casualties the people of the state on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, all brothers and sisters were reported. The incident was captured CM TAKES PART Raksha Bandhan. should keep in mind the bond of protection by neighbours in undated video clips, one IN SUNDERKAND ON GAUR'S Governor Patel has appealed to all the peo- from vaccines while understanding the of which shows the chilling moments of ple to take a pledge to respect women on the importance of protecting health. Raksha the structure turning into rubble. The DEATH ANNIVERSARY occasion of Raksha Bandhan. Bandhan is a special festival associated with incident took place in the Gandhi Circle In his congratulatory message, Patel said our culture. In the present era, the most area of Sagar and the house belonged to Bhopal: Chief that the festival of Raksha Bandhan, a symbol important thing is to save lives by getting vac- one Raju Saraf. The residents were not Minister Shivraj of the sacred and deep love of brother and cinated to protect against Covid. Chouhan inside the structure when it fell, but a lot Singh Chouhan sister, inspires family harmony. All brothers said that vaccination is the dose of life. By of household items got crushed. Due to reached MLA and sisters celebrate the festival with mutual providing free doses to all the states, Prime incessant rains, several bridges and hous- Krishna Gaur's respect, trust and good wishes. Patel has Minister Narendra Modi has done the work es have been destroyed in parts of residence and expressed the confidence that this festival of of giving Sanjeevani. Chouhan said that this Madhya Pradesh in recent days, with sev- paid tributes to Indian culture will strengthen the spirit of is not just a vaccine to protect against Covid, eral videos and photographs of such former Chief but through this an attempt has been made destruction being shared widely on social social harmony, women's honour and Chouhan, while congratulating the people of Minister Late national unity. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh to save people's lives. Let us all make this media and messaging apps. Babulal Gaur on the state on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, great campaign a success. his second death anniversary. Chief Minister Chouhan offered flowers at Gaur's portrait and also took part in Sunderkand. Pandit Virendra Sharma recited the Gita. Higher Education Minister Mohan Yadav, senior leader Orange Alert Predicting Very Heavy Rains For Four Districts Raghu Thakur and representatives of social organiza- tions were present. The India Meteorological four districts in western Madhya Pradesh places is issued for 13 districts- Mandsaur, winds.Large parts of Madhya Pradesh have FIRE BREAKS OUT AT EOW Department (IMD) on Saturday even as showers continued to lash large Neemuch, Datia, Bhind, Morena, Shivpuri, been witnessing intermittent rainfall for the parts of the state. Agar Malwa, Shajapur, Jhabua, Betul, last three days.Gwalior, Betul, Ratlam, and issued an orange alert predict- The IMD also issued two separate yellow Rajgarh, Narsinghpur and Chhindwara, he Bhopal city received 25.6 mm, 12 mm, 9 mm OFFICE, NONE INJURED ing heavy to very heavy rains, alerts warning of heavy rains, a thunder- added. and 8.4 mm rainfall, respectively, between Bhopal:A fire broke out at the Economic Offences ranging from 64.5 mm to 204.4 storm and lightning strikes in the 28 districts Another yellow alert predicting lightning 8.30 am to 5.30 pm on Saturday. Wing (EOW) office late Friday night, said an official. The mm, in four districts in western of the state. strikes accompanied by thunder at isolated Saha said a monsoon trough was passing EOW office is situated at Arera Hills in Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh even as show- All three alerts are valid till Sunday morn- places is sounded for 15 districts, namely through the Tikamgarh and Sindhi districts According to information, the fire broke out in the room ing, an IMD official said. Dewas, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Ratlam, of MP. Besides, the cyclonic circulation is of the EOW police station in-charge Dinesh Joshi. AC, ers continued to lash large parts According to the orange alert, heavy to Shajapur, Agar, Ujjain, Gwalior, Shivpuri, lying over northeast Rajasthan and adjoin- computers and important documents have been gutted of the state. heavy rainfall accompanied by thunder and Sheopur, Datia, Ashok Nagar, Guna, Bhind ing northwest Madhya Pradesh, he said, in the fire. The security personnel who spotted the lightning might occur in isolated places in and Morena, he said. adding these two systems were bringing smoke coming out from the building informed the Team Absolute|Bhopal Dhar, Ratlam, Ujjain and Dewas districts, PK Met Department issues a yellow alert forth moisture, causing rain in MP. police control room. The fire tenders were pressed into Saha, a senior meteorologist with the IMD's when weather conditions are less severe but Heavy rains had wreaked havoc in action and it was distinguished. Though the exact rea- he India Meteorological Department Bhopal office, said. people should be aware of the danger. An Gwalior and Chambal divisions of Madhya son for the fire incident is yet to be established, it is (IMD) on Saturday issued an orange A yellow alert forecasting heavy rainfall orange alert is a forecast of rain and thun- Pradesh earlier this month, triggering floods believed the fire broke out because of a short circuit. Talert predicting heavy to very heavy ranging between 64.5 and 115.5 mm, and dershowers, along with heavy rainfall in iso- and killing at least two dozen people Police said that a case has been registered and inves- rains, ranging from 64.5 mm to 204.4 mm, in thunder with lightning strikes at isolated lated pockets accompanied with gusty between August 1 and 7, officials had said. tigation was on. maharashtra 05 Mumbai, Sunday, August 22, 2021 CM Thackeray urges oppn 'Don't endanger lives of citizens': CM appeals parties to win people's trust Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has urged to political, religious, social organisations the opposition parties to win people's trust "I urge all political parties, religious ruling Shiv Sena in Maharashtra has also criti- and social organisations not to do any- cised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for their and also called upon them to stay united Jan Ashirwad Yatra, saying that it would further thing that endangers lives of citizens. enable the spread of Covid-19 disease in the and strong. The COVID crisis is not over yet," state. Maharashtra cabinet minister Aslam Uddhav Thackeray said. Shaikh on Wednesday said that the BJP is invit- Team Absolute|Mumbai The Sena's Rajya Sabha polls to provide a government ing Covid-19 infections by organizing such ral- member said that Sonia that believes in the values of e made this appeal Team Absolute|Mumbai lies. "By holding this kind of rallies they are doing Gandhi had personally called the freedom movement and nothing but inviting people to gather. They need during a virtual meet- up the leaders of all parties provisions of the hief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on to understand that people currently are badly Hing of opposition lead- and requested them to join Constitution.Raut said that Saturday said that the Covid-19 crisis was affected, shopkeepers, small businessman is ers convened by Congress the meeting. apart from discussion on how Cnot over yet and also asked political, reli- already struggling, some of the people have lost president Sonia Gandhi on The meeting was attended to prepare for the next general gious and social organisations to not do anything their jobs too because of the pandemic, and by Friday. by leaders of 19 opposition elections by staying united, that would endanger the lives of citizens. holding such rallies BJP is inviting the COVID-19 Talking to reporters, Shiv parties, including NCP supre- several issues like alleged The CM made the remarks after inaugurating infection. They should refrain from this," Shaikh Sena leader Sanjay Raut on mo Sharad Pawar and four Pegasus snooping, issues con- a Covid-19 hospital for children at IT Park in said, on Wednesday. Another Sena MP, Sanjay Saturday said, "During the non Congress chief ministers cerning farmers, price rise Mumbai's Kalina campus. "CM Uddhav Raut, has also said that the rallies by BJP will lead meeting, Thackeray stressed - TMC's Mamata Banerjee and "attack on democracy" Balasaheb Thackeray inaugurated a well- to the third wave of the pandemic. "Jan Ashirwad that the parties must win peo- (West Bengal), DMK's MK figured at the virtualmeeting, equipped Children's COVID Center in Mumbai Yatra will invite the third wave. Jan Ashirwad ple's trust." Stalin (Tamil Nadu) and he said. When asked about today," the chief minister's office (CMO) tweeted Yatra is performed when there is no need. It will "As of today, there is no lust JMM's Hemant Soren the developments in earlier in the day. Following the inauguration, 18, Thackeray had asked the people to not vio- increase the corona crisis in the state," Raut said. for power among the opposi- (Jharkhand) and Uddhav Afghanistan, Raut said, India Thackeray while addressing the reporters said, "I late the Covid-19 protocols in place in The BJP, on Monday, flagged off the rallies tion parties, but even when Thackeray. During the meet- faces the threat of Taliban urge all political parties, religious and social Maharashtra, in view of the upcoming festivals across 22 states in the country to introduce its the chair of power is in sight, ing, Gandhi urged the leaders since it has support of organisations not to do anything that endangers and celebrations in the state, several news newly inducted cabinet ministers to the people. people should be able to trust to rise above political compul- Pakistan and China, which are lives of citizens. The COVID crisis is not over reports showed. He also said that the second The decision was made after the opposition the opposition parties with sions to take on the BJP in the India's enemies. "If there are yet." wave of infections had come under control in the protests in the Parliament disrupted Prime the belief that they will remain interest of nation and start voices of support for Taliban The comments were in line with the previous state and appealed to all political parties to avoid Minister Narendra Modi's introduction of his strong and united," Raut planning "systematically" to in India, the government remarks Thackeray had made. Earlier on August public gatherings and crowds. Meanwhile, the new cabinet in both houses. quoted Thackeray as saying realise the "ultimate goal" of should crush them immedi- during the meeting. winning the 2024 Lok Sabha ately," he said. DGGI busts Rs 118 cr GST ICCR, Pune varsity to help refund fraud, nabs kingpin Team Absolute|Mumbai stranded Afghan students ne person operating through seven students while Management Council companies has been arrested in con- Team Absolute|Pune member Sanjay Pandey would take Onection with an alleged Rs 118 crore he Savitribai Phule Pune up the issue with the Union Minister GST fraud involving fake bills without supply- University (SPPU) and the for External Affairs, S Jaishankar. ing goods or services, officials said here on TIndian Council of Cultural On its part, Sarhad has started Saturday. Relations (ICCR) have assured to coordination efforts with various The operation was carried out by the extend all help to Afghan students Sikh, Buddhist, Hindu and Muslim Directorate-General of GST Intelligence stranded in India or Afghanistan organisations and educational insti- (DGGI), Mumbai Zonal Unit, which led to the which is currently facing a political tutions to help them out in the arrest of the mastermind, Santosh Doshi, who crisis, officials said here on Saturday. humanitarian efforts. is the Managing Director of Masum Overseas SPPU Vice-Chancellor NR An estimated 11,000 Afghan stu- Pvt Ltd. Doshi also runs/controls seven other Karmalkar announced a special dents, including nearly 35 per cent companies: Amal Overseas, C-Kluster helpline (020-25621938), in addition women, study in colleges and univer- Expotrade, Meticulous Overseas, Ekon As it turned out, the exporting units were to NGO Sarhad's WhatsApp helpline sities across India with the largest Crystalmerchants, Ninad Overseas, White created solely for the purpose of availing ITC (0-8007066900) for Afghan students chunk of nearly 5,000 in Opal Expotrade and Parees Overseas.Of these, refunds fraudulently, without any actual across Maharashtra. Maharashtra, according to Umrani. White Opal Expotrade fraudulently availed transactions taking place. NGO Sarhad's President Sanjay They include nearly 3,000 in Pune, input tax credit (ITC) on bogus invoices with- During investigations, the DGGI sleuths Nahar along with a group of Afghan 700 in Mumbai and the rest scattered out actually supplying goods/services to claim raided several key persons and officials students met N.R. Karmalkar, who in other cities, though the ICCR data refunds of Rs 118 crore against non-existent engaged in exports or freight forwarding and discussed their issues with ICCR shows less than 2,500 students here exports. recorded their statements. visas in Afghanistan. The officials ness to 'adopt' 1,000 stranded stu- President Vinay Sahasrabuddhe. on government scholarships. Explaining the modus operandi of the The DGGI found that Doshi, a resident of concerned in the Ministry of External dents by bearing all their lodging, The ICCR Head spoke on concall A majority of the students in the financial fraud, DGGI officials said that sever- Pune, was the promoter and operator of the Affairs are in touch with the authori- boarding, fees and other expenses till with the V-C and a few of the Afghan state, including nearly 600 girls, with al dummy companies were formed in above seven export firms, and used a web of ties concerned at all levels," Nahar the situation in Afghanistan nor- students' representatives, and spelt self-finance face common problems Jharkhand and West Bengal using forged doc- complex, multi-layered transactions starting told IANS after the meeting. malises. Even the SPPU authorities out the various measures the Central of expired or soon-to-lapse Indian uments, which in turn passed the bogus ITCs with manufacturers to traders to middlemen The Indian government has said it have decided to chip in by offering all government is taking to ensure no visas, no contacts with families back to shell trading firms acting as intermediary to exporters to facilitate encashing the claims will help not only those students help, including accommodation student misses an academic year. in Afghanistan as banking and diplo- entities in Chhattisgarh. Several similar fake under ITC. Doshi, who was earlier arrested by coming here through ICCR scholar- facilities to the students, according to "All efforts are underway to help matic channels are shut, due rentals units were set up as export fronts in Mumbai the Mumbai Customs in another case, was ships but also others wanting to pur- Nahar. those students who have taken and money for food, college fees or and Pune, which purportedly acquired the produced before a designated court which sue academics in the country At a meeting on Friday, the V-C admission in Indian universities or through self-finance modes. and Pro V-C, NS Umrani had readily other routine expenses. fictitious export goods from Chhattisgarh. shunted him to judicial custody. Further have submitted passports for India probe is on. Sarhad has announced its readi- agreed to help all past and present Nagpur metro, passing through a 20-storeyed skyscraper, is operationa Covid task force averse to reopening of schools before Diwali The Nagpur Metro's unique section avoid road traffic hassles and promised all financial with a metro train zipping through the assistance for it. Puri said that the project foundation The situation is dif- reopening of schools will be schools should be opened in fourth floor of a 20-storeyed commer- stone was laid exactly 7 years ago on August 21, 2014 ferent in case of col- taken in consultation with districts with zero per cent cial building, a first in India became by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and it is one of the the task force. We will go Covid-19 positivity rate. The fastest moving metros in the country. leges which might ahead when it tells us to do final decision will be taken by operational on Friday, running 1.6 kms He said that Nagpur Metro is a green metro with be allowed to con- so. However, considering the the chief minister in this between Sitabuldi-Zero Mile- two-thirds of its energy needs met from solar power, duct offline classes situation at present, the task regard," Pawar said. Kasturchand Park. it will recycle 100 percent water used by it, plus har- force is of the opinion that For colleges, the situation vest rainwater, bio-digesters are provided at all sta- provided the stu- schools shouldn't be is different and they could be Team Absolute|Nagpur with another 19 kms coming up in the east-west tions, making it a clean and sustainable project. Puri dents and college reopened before Diwali," said allowed to conduct offline directions, with barely a handful of such metro train added that a traditional Rajput-style architecture has staff are fully vacci- Pawar in Pune after chairing classes if students and col- he iconic corridor, incorporating unique archi- passing through commercial or residential structures been used in designing the Kasturchand Park station nated. a Covid-19 review meeting. lege staff are fully vaccinated. tecture and design, has been constructed by in the world, said a MahaMetro official. including its facade, umbrellas, arcs, nets etc, mak- He added that there is a "Colleges can be allowed Tthe Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd Flagging off the inaugural train along with Gadkari ing it a unique structure in the city.Nagpur Guardian Team Absolute|Pune stream of opinion that the to reopen for students who (MahaMetro) and was inaugurated by Chief Minister and Puri, Thackeray affirmed that development Minister and Congress leader Nitin Raut expressed government should allow are aged above 18 and have Uddhav Thackeray along with Union Ministers Nitin work would not be hindered anywhere in the state. confidence that the Nagpur Metro would prove a big eputy Chief Minister schools to be reopened in the taken both the vaccine doses. Gadkari and Hardeep Singh Puri in the presence of "While development should take place, we must boon in the infrastructure development of the state's Ajit Pawar on Friday districts where infection rate Teachers and non-teaching top officials. ensure that there are no shortcomings in it. We shall second capital.Bharatiya Janata Party's Leader of Dsaid that the is low. staff should also have been The 1.6 km corridor in the Zero Mile Freedom do a good job in the 75th year of Indian Opposition Devendra Fadnavis said that the 'Zero Maharashtra government's "A section of parents and fully vaccinated. They can be Park station and 20-floor tall commercial tower is Independence and it will last for another 75 years," Mile' has an immense historic significance with the Covid task force believes that management of educational allowed to hold offline class- part of the upcoming 19 km long north-south metro said Thackeray.Gadkari urged the government to Great Trigonometry Survey launched by the British schools should not be institutions feel that the gov- es by following social dis- rail that will be ready by the year-end. construct a tunnel to give access to the Zero Mile here in 1907 from Zero Mile, Nagpur, the country's opened before Diwali. ernment shouldn't wait for so tancing norms," the minister It is part of the total 38-km long Nagpur Metro Freedom Park station from the Cotton Market to geographical centre-point. "The decision regarding long. It's an opinion that added. One more extortion case filed against Param Bir Singh, fourth within month

This is the fourth such case against Singh, ducting raids on two bars and restaurants, the Maharashtra police Waze was made in-charge of Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU), including second in Mumbai. Two other cases which he ran in partnership, and also department in 2009 post Agrawal decided to help him in collections from hotels fear- were filed in Thane city. All these FIRs were forced him to buy two smartphones worth 26/11 Mumbai terror ing his business will be in trouble. registered within a span of one month. around Rs 2.92 lakh for them. The incident attacks, police said. In Waze called Agrawal at Kandivali office of crime branch on occurred between January 2020 and March March 2012, an offence August 31, 2020, where the officer said that he had been told Team Absolute|Mumbai 2021, it said. was registered against him by 'Number-1' that he had suffered losses of Rs 6 crore per Based on the complaint, the case was at the Economic Offences month due to COVID-19 and in order to recover the losses, umbai police have registered one more case of filed under IPC sections 384 and 385 (both Wing (EOW) of Mumbai he has been given the target of collecting Rs 2 crore daily. extortion against former city police commissioner pertaining to extortion) 34 (common inten- police and he was also In his statement, Agrawal claimed that Waze said Param MParam Bir Singh on the basis of a complaint lodged tion) against the six accused and probe in arrested by the CBI and Bir Singh had told him to have a "setting" with all the book- by a builder-cum-hotelier, an official said on Saturday. the case is on, he said. Singh is currently the ED in 2017, they said. ies, who would be allowed to start their business from This is the fourth such case against Singh, including sec- posted as DG Home Guards and he has not Goregaon police Mumbai. aze told Agrawal that he was facing tremendous ond in Mumbai. Two other cases were filed in Thane city. All been attending office since May as he is on recorded Agrawal's state- pressure from 'Number-1' and he should help him by provid- these FIRs were registered within a span of one month. sick leave. ment in connection with ing all the information related to collection from hotel, bars The latest FIR was filed on Friday night at Goregaon police Singh was shunted out as Mumbai police his complaint, in which he and bookies, otherwise he will not allow him to operate his station based on the complaint lodged by 48-year-old Bimal commissioner in March this year after the arrest of dismissed said that in February 2020, Sachin Waze had met him and business as well. Waze was more desperate for collections, Agrawal, the official said. police officer Sachin Waze in the case of an explosives-laden told him that Param Bir Singh would soon become Mumbai although the hotel industry was not open yet due to COVID- In this case, dismissed police officer Sachin Waze and four vehicle found near the residence of industrialist Mukesh CP. 19, the statement added. During the meeting, Agrawal told others - Sumit Singh alias Chintu, Alpesh Patel, Vinay Singh Ambani in Mumbai. Singh later accused the then state home Agawal said Waze asked him to restart his hotel business, Waze to seek help of two persons for collection from hotels alias Babloo and Riyaz Bhati - have also been named as minister Anil Deshmukh of corruption, leading to the latter's and assured to set up things as the job of 'collection' from and bars, and from bookies. Accordingly, Waze called the accused, he said. resignation in April. The complainant in the latest extortion hotels would be given to him. Agrawal then started a hotel in concerned person and told him that henceforth he had to As per the complaint by Agrawal, the accused extorted col- case, Agrawal, had bagged a contract to provide bomb dis- partnership, but it was shut due to COVID-19 since March give all the collections from bookies to Param Bir Singh only, lectively Rs 9 lakh from him in several tranches for not con- posal suit, a total containment vehicle (TCV) and a robot for 2020. As Param Bir Singh became Mumbai CP soon later and Agrawal claimed in the statement. 06 hollywood Mumbai, Sunday, August 22, 2021 The Bond is Back WORLD PREMIERE OF JAMES BOND FILM NO TIME TO DIE WILL FINALLY BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 28 AT LONDON'S ROYAL ALBERT HALL AFTER LENGTHY COVID DELAYS

Los Angeles | Agencies

he world premiere of the James Bond film No Time To Die will take place on September 28 at the TRoyal Albert Hall in London, it has been confirmed. Daniel Craig's final outing as 007 has been repeatedly delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. A message on the film's official Twitter account said the actor, will be joined by pro- ducers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli and director Cary Joji Fukunaga on the red carpet.

The premiere - which will be held on a Tuesday - will 'Birds'Birds OfOf Prey'Prey' come two days before the film is released in cinemas on Thursday September 30. A number of Bond premieres have taken place at the famous London venue, including 2015's Spectre where the Duke and Los Angeles | Agencies Green, who have worked together on the period drama Duchess of Cambridge and Duke of Sussex were in attendance. "Underground" and the supernatural series "Lovecraft No Time To Die was the first major film to fall victim to the pan- ctress Jurnee Smollett's character Black Country". The actress starred on both series. demic when its April 2020 release was pushed to November as the Canary is getting her own movie as a Details of the plot are currently under wraps. As of now, virus swept the globe. It was subsequently delayed a num- A"Birds Of Prey" spin-off is in the works. there is no word on who will direct the "Birds of Prey" spin- ber of times while cinemas around the world "Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of off. Black Canary is a vigilante with the metahuman ability remained shuttered. One Harley Quinn" spin-off is in early development at of hypersonic screams, which she inherited genetically from HBO Max and will be focusing on the vigilante that was por- her mother. In the movie, she is depicted as a singer in a trayed by Smollett in the 2020 Warner Bros./DC movie, club that Roman Sionis played by Ewan McGregor owns. reports aceshowbiz.com. According to The Hollywood "Birds of Prey" itself was developed as a spin-off to 2016's Reporter, "Lovecraft Country" showrunner Misha Green is "The Suicide Squad". tapped to write the script, with Smollett being set to reprise Bringing back Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, it also her role as Dinah Lance/Black Canary. stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosie Perez, Chris Messina, The "Black Canary" movie will reunite Smollett and Ella Jay Basco and Ali Wong among others. Lady Gaga is the KYLIE JENNER EXPECTING SECOND BABY Los Angeles | Agencies

eality TV personality and make-up mogul Kylie best performer of Jenner is expecting her second child with Travis R Scott. Multiple sources exclusively confirmed the news to pagesix.com.The two already have three-year-old daughter Stormi. Kylie has been open about wanting a sibling for her. A source said our generation: the entire family is "thrilled." The news came after Caitlyn Jenner sparked speculation Thursday by announcing that she is expecting another grand- child, but it turned out to be about her son Burt Jenner, who is expecting his third baby with girlfriend Valerie Pitalo. Talking about having a sibling for Olivia Rodrigo Stormi during an interview for Harper's Bazaar's March 2020 issue, Kylie had said: "My friends all pressure me about it... They love Stormi. I definitely feel pressure to give her a sibling, but there's no plan." Kylie, who started dating Los Angeles | Agencies Scott in April 2017, spent her first pregnancy in hiding, announcing Stormi's arrival only after she had given birth. She later shared the reason op star Olivia Rodrigo says she will never forget how why to Andy Cohen: "I shared so much of my life. I was also really "incredible" the Grammy Award-winner Lady Gaga's dra- young when I got pregnant, and it was just a lot for me personal- Pmatic stage presence was when she took to the stage at the ly. I didn't know how I would bring that to the public too MTV Video Music Awards.Rodrigo recalled the award event and have everyone's opinion. I think it was just from 2009, where Gaga performed her early hit "Paparazzi", something that I needed to go through reports femalefirst.co.uk. "She acts this whole thing out - it's by myself." incredible. I love Lady Gaga. I think she's like the best performer of our generation. Just watching her on the piano is just incredi- ble, and so magical," Rodrigo said during an interview with ABSOLUTE PIC OF THE DAY French outlet Konbini. Gaga's iconic performance saw her lifted in the air by her troupe of dancers as fake blood gushed down her. Meanwhile, the "Deja Vu" hitmaker recently praised pop Owen Wilson used to star Taylor Swift for being "so supportive of other women". Rodrigo received a letter from singer Swift after she achieved global stardom with her hit single "Driver's License". She said it felt "so nice" to be "welcomed" into the music industry by a fel- think about death a lot low female musician that she looks up to. Los Angeles | Agencies dying,' and seeing my dad turn away and catch himself. And I ollywood star Owen was surprised to see that reac- Wilson, who attempted tion." Owen's older brother BTS officially call off postponed Hsuicide in August 2007, Andrew temporarily moved in started to think about death after with him after his suicide turning 11, but he never spoke to attempt 14 years ago. And at 'Map of the Soul' world tour his parents about it. "As a kid, times, Owen says he's felt the there's a lot of things that you need to "hang on" in life, reports think about. Death - that kind of femalefirst.co.uk. "Sometimes it Seoul | Agencies landed with me when I was seems like life is being played by about 11. And I don't remember Gene Hackman in 'Hoosiers'. -Pop super band BTS have officially can- ever talking with my parents Tough but fair. He's going to celled their 'Map of the Soul' world tour, about it," said the actor. Owen demand a lot, but if you play as a Kwhich has been postponed since April added: "Although I do remember team and do your job, things 2020. The announcement was made by their one time saying to my dad - and work out. That's a good feeling. label Big Hit Music through a post on Korean I remember exactly where in the Things make sense," he told web platform, Weverse, reports nme.com. The house - saying, 'I worry about Esquire magazine. statement read: "Our company has worked hard to resume preparations for the BTS MAP OF THE SOUL TOUR, knowing that all fans have been waiting eagerly and long for the tour." "However, due to changing circum- stances beyond our control, it has become dif- ficult to resume performances at the same scale and timeline as previously planned. Therefore we must announce the cancellation of the BTS MAP OF THE SOUL TOUR." "Our sincere apology to all fans who have waited for the BTS MAP OF THE SOUL TOUR to resume. We are working on preparing a viable schedule and performance format that can meet your expectations, and we will provide updated notices as soon as possible." BTS or Bangtan Sonyeondan, are a septet comprising Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook. The band is also known as the Bangtan Boys. The band were meant to commence their tour in April last year, but were forced to cancel their four Seoul appearances because of the pandemic. It was later announced they would be postpon- ing the tour altogether, due to the ongoing global Covid situation. Rihanna 07 Mumbai, Sunday, August 22, 2021 'WE HAVE WINGS' IPL 2021: First batch of Delhi Unveiled as concept of Paralympics opening ceremony Tokyo | Agencies Capitals players arrive in UAE

e Have Wings" has Dubai | Agencies been announced as MI START OFF WITH FIRST Wthe concept of the ormer India leg-spinner Tokyo Paralympic Games Amit Mishra was among the TRAINING SESSION opening ceremony to be held FDelhi Capitals' (DC) players Abu Dhabi: With the second leg of the on August 24. to arrive here ahead of the Indian Indian Premier League 2021 set to resume The Tokyo 2020 organising Premier League 2021 which is set in UAE, defending champions Mumbai committee also said in a to resume next month after being Indians began their first training session statement on Saturday that suspended in May due to emer- at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in the concept of the closing gence of Covid-19 cases. "A few Abu Dhai. The five-time champions took to ceremony of the Paralympic Share." The Tokyo Mohammad Ashraf Ghani members of the Delhi Capitals' social media to post videos and pictures of Games is "Harmonious Paralympic Games will run left the country, while the squad, which included leg-spin- the players and support staff training Cacophony". As announced from August 24 to September Taliban ordered its members ner Amit Mishra, all-rounder under lights. Indian members of the squad in July, the overall concept 5, reports Xinhua. to enter the capital of Kabul. Lalit Yadav, domestic players arrived in Abu Dhabi on August 13 and behind all four ceremonies of Meanwhile, the organisers "Currently, a situation exists Lukman Meriwala, Manimaran completed their one-week quarantine. both the Olympic and have said that Afghanistan in Afghanistan. That situa- Siddharth, Ripal Patel and Left-handed batsman Ishan Kishan was Paralympic Games is will not send athletes to the tion is the reason for their Vishnu Vinod arrived in Dubai seen practising a scoop shot. There was a picture of Director of Cricket Operations "Moving Forward" and the Paralympic Games. Toshiro inability to come to Japan," on Saturday, 21 August 2021 for Zaheer Khan seen alongside fielding coach concept of the Olympic Muto, CEO of the Tokyo 2020 he said. "We regret that they the remainder of the IPL 2021 James Pamment. "First day at office in 55 Games opening ceremony is organizing committee, said are not able to come, for the season. The players will stay in seconds! Turn on your notifications and "United by Emotion," which that he has been aware of the Afghanistan athletes, officials quarantine following BCCI and stay tuned," captioned the franchise giv- is also the slogan of the information that Afghanistan and stakeholders. I hope they IPL protocols," said Delhi ing a summary of their training in a video Olympics, and the concept of is "unable to take part in the are spending their time safely Capitals in a statement. The play- on social media. the Olympic Games closing Paralympic Games." in their own country," said ers will be in a hard quarantine ceremony is "Worlds We Afghan President Muto. for six days, according to the rules. The Delhi Capitals will take Buttler, Archer to miss 2nd leg Punjab Kings rope in Australian pacer Nathan Ellis on the Sunrisers Hyderabad on 22 September 2021 at the Dubai Jaipur: Rajasthan Royals' England batsman Dubai: Indian Premier League (IPL) side Punjab Kings on Lahiri makes the cut at Northern Trust golf International Cricket Stadium in Jos Buttler will not be available for the Indian Saturday roped in Australian pace bowling sensation Nathan Ellis Jersey City (New Jersey): India's Anirban Lahiri carded a second successive 2-under 69 to safely make their first match on the resump- Premier League (IPL) 2021 that will resume for the remainder of the 2021 IPL season begin- the weekend rounds of The Northern Trust here but the golfer would know that he needs a better tion of the season. The franchise next month in the United Arab Emirates ning in the UAE on September 19. It caps off a is leading the points table, having (UAE). While Buttler will miss the tournament whirlwind 48 hours for the 26-year-old, who was showing to progress into next week's BMW Championship in the FedExCup Playoffs.After starting named as a travelling reserve in Australia's squad strongly on Friday with three successive birdies on his front nine at the Liberty National Golf Club, the won six of the eight matches it due to the birth of his second child, Rajasthan Royas' (RR) English pace bowler Jofra Archer, for the Men's T20 World Cup on Thursday (August 34-year-old Indian suffered bogeys on 14 and 15 before bouncing back with a birdie at the next hole to has played. DC 12 points, two who is nursing an elbow injury which forced 19). It had been widely reported that Ellis was conclude his day in tied 36th place. Lahiri requires at least a top-10 finish this week to have a chance of more than Chennai Super Kings being pursued by three IPL franchises for the and Royal Challengers him to sit out of the ongoing series against improving on his 121st ranking and move inside the top-70, which is the cut-off for the second Playoffs India, will also miss the lucrative league. Dubai leg of the cash-rich tournament. event. He is four strokes outside the top-10 presently, and eight behind leader Jon Rahm of Spain. Bangalore. Six Indians win on opening day Tsitsipas sets up Cincinnati of Asian Youth & Junior Boxing semifinal clash against Zverev Cincinnati | Agencies TEICHMANN, TOP SEED BARTY orld No. 3 Stefanos IN CINCINNATI SEMIFINALS Tsitsipas of Greece defeat- Cincinnati: Wildcard Jil Wed Felix Auger-Aliassime Teichmann of Switzerland upset of Canada 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 after two her higher-ranked countrywoman, hours and 12 minutes to reach the Tokyo Olympic Games champion semifinals of the Western & Belinda Bencic, to earn a semifi- Southern Open here on Saturday nal spot at the Western & (IST). For most of the first two sets, Southern Open and set up a clash Tsitsipas played patiently to take a with No. 5 seed Karolina Pliskova 6-2, 5-4 15/40 lead as Auger- of the Czech Republic, who ICC T20 World Cup is 'big Aliassime struggled to find rhythm. advanced after Paula Badosa of Sapin retired due to a right shoul- But the Canadian made a remark- der injury. Top seed Ashleigh value to us', says able turnaround with a backhand Barty of Australia reached her that barely clipped the back of the head rivalry. sixth semifinal of the year, and baseline to upset the Greek play- Tsitsipas is trying to win his sec- second at the Western & Namibia skipper Erasmus er's rhythm. ond Masters 1000 title after tri- Southern Open, with a straight- Dubai | Agencies respective preliminary bouts. The Next up for Tsitsipas will be umphing in Monte-Carlo earlier sets defeat of ninth seed Barbora Windhoek (Namibia)| major event we have quali- 2021 World Youth Championships Tokyo Olympics gold medallist this season. Alexander Zverev Krejcikova of the Czech Republic. Agencies fied for in 18 years so it will ohit Chamoli, Ankush and bronze medallist Bishwamitra Alexander Zverev of Germany, delivered a reality check to Casper She will face Angelique Kerber of be of big value to us. The Gaurav Saini were among the Chongtham will begin his campaign who defeated Casper Ruud of Ruud and his growing hard-court Germany, who progressed after Namibia cricket captain players are looking for- Rsix Indian boxers who regis- in the continental event as six youth Norway 6-1, 6-3. Tsitsipas leads the confidence with an easy 6-1, 6-3 Petra Kvitova of the Czech Gerhard Erasmus said on ward to it a massive event tered victories on the opening day of Indian boxers will be seen in action German 6-2 in their ATP head-to- victory. Republic was forced to retire. Saturday that the ICC T20 in their lives. it could be the ASBC Youth & Junior Boxing on the second day on Sunday. Apart World Cup, scheduled to something that propels Championships here on Saturday. from Bishwamitra, Daksh Singh be held in UAE and Oman their careers forward," In the junior boys' category, Rohit (67kg), Deepak (75kg), Aditya Janghu PRIYA MOHAN FINISHES FOURTH IN 400M FINAL in October-November this Erasmus told icc- (48kg), Ankush (66kg) and Gaurav (86kg) and Abhimanyu Loura (92) year, was "big value to us" cricket.com. Drawn in (70kg) claimed confident victories will play their opening round match- Nairobi | Agencies as "we have qualified for it Group 1 alongside Sri against their respective opponents es, while among women, Preeti after 18 years". Namibia Lanka, Ireland and and confirmed medals for the coun- (57kg) will kick off her challenge. The India's Priya Mohan came up with her personal best will start their T20 World Netherlands, Namibia start try by securing semifinal berths. ongoing Asian Championships will but had to be satisfied with the fourth place in the Cup campaign on October their tournament with Chandigarh's Rohit outclassed provide the much-needed competi- women's 400m at the World Athletics U-20 18 when they face Sri what on paper should be Alhassan Qadous Sriya 5-0, while tive tournament to the promising tal- Championships here on Saturday. On a day Amit Lanka in Abu Dhabi in their most difficult match Ankush blanked Bader Shehab from ent at the Asian level after a gap of Kumar won a silver medal for India in the 10000m race their opening match of the of the first round. It is a Kuwait 5-0. Haryana's Gaurav too put almost two years. The event has been walk, Priya, the 18-year-old from Bangalore, made a First Round and Erasmus challenge they are relish- up a dominating show against anoth- witnessing thrilling action in the pres- brave effort in the final 100 metres as she came close to is aware of how big an ing. Namibia secured their er Kuwaiti boxer Yaqoub Saadallah ence of pugilists from strong boxing the leading group but could not overtake as she fin- opportunity he and his spot in the tournament by before he was declared winner with nations like Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan ished fourth in 52.77 seconds. Nigeria's Imaobong Nse teammates have at the reaching the semifinals of 'referee stopping the contest' (RSC) in and Kyrgyzstan, to name a few. Uko (51.55) took gold ahead of Poland's Kornella tournament. the T20 World Cup the second round of the bout. The gold medallists in the youth Lesiewicz (51/97) and Kenya's Sylvia Chelangat The clash will be Qualifier 2019 in the Ashish (54kg), Anshul (57kg) and age group will receive prize money of (52.23), all coming up with their personal best efforts Namibia's first at an ICC United Arab Emirates. Preet Malik (63kg) were the other USD 6,000 while silver and bronze to take the top three positions. Kornella and Sylvia global event since 2003 Erasmus was the 'Player of three junior pugilists to emerge victo- medallists will get USD 3,000 and were fighting for the first spot with around 25 metres to when they played in the the Series' at the qualifying rious in their respective opening- USD 1,500 respectively. The junior go before Nigeria's Uko came up with a strong finish to men's Cricket World Cup tournament, but it is round matches. Yashwrdhan Singh champions will be awarded USD overtake them. Priya, who was in lane 2, had pulled in South Africa. "Obviously Namibia's collective (60kg), Usman Mohd Sultan (50kg), 4,000, while USD 2,000 and 1,000 will near to them in the home straight but the three found the T20 World Cup is a strength that he says will Naksh Beniwal (75kg) and Rishabh be given to the silver and bronze some reserves of energy and managed to stay ahead. massive event for Cricket fuel their success at the big Singh (81kg) suffered defeats in their medallists. Namibia. It is the first dance. AFC Cup Qualifiers: Bengaluru out NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE RACING: of contention after goalless draw JAGAN SCORES IMPERIOUS WIN Male | Agencies Udanta Singh. At the other end, Chennai:| Agencies Oscar Bruzon fielded a Bengaluru FC bowed out of the Bashundhara side that remained efending champion reckoning in the group stages of unchanged from their 2-0 win Jagan Kumar (TVS the 2021 AFC Cup with a goalless over Maziya. In a game of two DRacing) came up with draw against Bangladeshs halves, Bashundhara held the a dominant display on his Bashundhara Kings, at the upper hand in the first period and super quick Apache RTR 160 National Stadium here, on created some good chances. bike to win the premium Pro- Saturday. Bengaluru, who had their chances Stock 165cc Open race in the The result meant Bengaluru in the first period, dominated the first round of the Indian stayed third in Group D with one second half but could not score National Motorcycle Racing point, while Bashundhara despite coming close on a num- Championship at the MMRT, climbed to the top with four ber of occasions. Sunil Chhetri, here on Saturday. Earlier, points, ahead of ATK Mohun Cleiton Silva and Yayesh Rane Alwin Sundar (AS Bagan's late clash against Maziya came close as they managed to Motorsports), the English S&RC. rattle the woodwork a couple of Literature student from With Bengaluru FC needing a times and were also thwarted by Chennai's Guru Nanak win to maintain their hopes of the rival defence on other occa- College, and who turns 19 in qualifying for the next stage. chief sions. Attacking with intent, the a week's time, gave himself coach Marco Pezzaiuoli made Blues came close on several occa- an advance birthday gift by pace after starting from pole SK69 Racing) who, in turn, three changes to the team that sions in the closing stages. winning the Novice (Stock position that it virtually held off TVS Racing's Deepak lost to ATK Mohun Bagan, with Bengaluru will be back in action 165cc) race that he started destroyed a classy field to fin- Ravikumar after a cat-and- Parag Shrivas, Danish Farooq and on August 24, at the same venue, from P5. Chennai's Jagan ish well ahead of arch-rival mouse battle through the six- Bidyashagar Singh replacing when they take on Maziya S&RC Kumar, 31, winner of nine and fellow-international lapper, the organisers said in Sarthak Golui, Ajay Chhetri and in their final Group D game. National titles, set such a hot Rajiv Sethu (Idemitsu Honda a release on Saturday. 08 entertainment Mumbai, Sunday, August 22, 2021 Second Front Page Tiger Shroff blocks Christmas 2022 for 'Ganapath' release Team Absolute|Mumbai Vashu Bhagnani and Pooja Entertainment pres- ent Ganapath in association with Good Co. Directed ctor Tiger Shroff and Kriti Sanon's upcoming by Vikas Bahl and produced by Vashu Bhagnani, action thriller "Ganapath" has been blocked Vikas Bahl, Deepshikha Deshmukh, Jackky Aas a Christmas release and will hit the screens Bhagnani. Bahl said: "If nervousness and excite- on December 23, 2022. Tiger, son of actor Jackie ment leads to a great final output then I want a bit Shroff, also treated his fans with a teaser of the film more of both". He added that there are a few hurdles on Instagram. He is heard saying in Hindi: "Apun ko given the pandemic situation worldwide but they janta ne aur God ne bola aane ko, to apun aa re la have a great team and there is immense excitement. hai." The actor labels "Ganapath" as one of his most Bahl said: "Tiger keeps setting the benchmarks for ambitious projects. Tiger said: "'Ganapath' has been us and Jacky is the adrenalin running in our sys- one of my most ambitious and challenging projects. tem." Actor-producer Jackky Bhagnani said: "The This one truly is going to challenge me to an film has great action, it has a strong emotional core extreme level in terms of action as well. The idea is that takes it to another level. Tiger's phenomenal to take the bar a lot higher for myself and Ganapath energy, discipline, and commitment to the film have is just the right vehicle to express a new action for simply wowed us all." our audiences here." Guru Wanted to be part of Randhawa meaningful to turn cinema: Bhumi actor Pednekar I have Team Absolute|Mumbai Team Absolute|Mumbai inger-composer Guru Randhawa, who is all set to try his luck as an actor in Bollywood, always ctress and environmentalist Bhumi Pednekar has always Sis eager to explore different genres and not Team Absolute|New Delhi signed up films that have sent out a clear message to the just limit himself to any one particular genre. Aaudience and have meaningful content. She says always Talking about it, Guru Randhawa told reporter: idolised or actor Mahesh Shetty playing the role of a wanted to be part of cinema that goes down in the history of "I'm personally a big fan of Robert De Niro and Squadron leader ‘Laxman Karnik in the movie "Bhuj: Hindi films as path breaking. Bhumi said: "I have been fortu- Leonardo DiCaprio movies. This is my first film FThe Pride of India" comes as a great opportunity as nate that film-makers who have tried to change the face of and I want to give my 100% to it, I would try and he got a chance to work with Ajay Devgn. He is depicted content in India, have felt that I could be a part of their vision." like to explore different genre like romantic, Ajay as the younger brother of Squadron leader ‘Vijay Karnik She added: "This gives me immense joy and confidence thriller etc in movies and not to get stuck with essayed by Ajay. As he said: "I have idolised Ajay Devgn for because I have always wanted to be part of cinema that goes one." Opening up on why he decided to try his long and literally have grown up seeing him on the screen down in the history of Hindi films as path-breaking." The 32- luck in acting, the singer expressed: "Well, it was Devgn: and an opportunity to work with him is what made me year-old's journey in cinema has just started and she says her all very instinctive. I mean, there wasn't a fixed take up Bhuj and it was an exhilarating experience to work filmography comprises outstanding gems that are among the process and I think it is a series of events that with him." The actor who is known for his on-screen char- generation defining films of my time. She says: "My journey in leads to one particular big event. It all fell in acter of ‘Siddhant Kapoor' in "Bade Acche Lagte Hain" cinema has just begun and I feel blessed that my body of work place one thing after the other. We signed this 'Bhuj' finds this role entirely different from what he has done so has some outstanding gems that are among the generation film last month and since then I've been excited far. He shared: "I have never played a role like this before defining films of my time!" "I have only strived to better myself to see my journey and the road ahead." His and working with such a talented cast was really special. with each film and show everyone that I relish a good chal- debut film is a Hindi musical drama which actor The film made me know so much more about the armed lenge. I think that's what has worked for me because filmmak- showcases the tumultuous journey of a young forces and my respect for them has increased manifold." ers have chosen me to portray really challenging roles." Bhumi musician. If Guru Randhawa tastes success as Mahesh said portraying these kinds of roles is always credits all the directors she has collaborated with so far to be an actor, would he like to continue both acting tough and full of challenges. "Every role itself is a chal- behind her success. The actress said: "I can't thank them and singing? "I would like to do both and I think Mahesh lenge and yes even portraying the character of ‘Laxman enough for doing so because they have made me a better for me they will go hand in hand," he replied. Karnik' was a challenge. The preparation for the character artiste and fuelled my hunger to constantly push my bound- However, the musician is not ready to give up if was intense and to bring out the passion and emotions aries. I live to play a great character that people take back his initial projects as an actor do not make it big. Shetty during the war scenes was challenging but I loved it," he home and discuss about. "I want to be called that actor who "That's destiny but my hard work will be con- added. never shied away from pushing herself and experimented stant always," he shared. every single time she came on screen," she added. INSTAGRAM PIC OF THE DAY Sukhmani Sadana replaces Gauahar Khan in 'Those Pricey Thakur Girls'

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ctress Sukhmani Sadana has replaced Gauahar Khan in the upcoming web Aseries 'Those Pricey Thakur Girls'. I 'Those Pricey Thakur Girls' is an adaptation of the novel by Anuja Chauhan by the same name. Directed by Habib Faisal, and pro- am yet to feel duced by Sobo Films, the series stars Raj Babbar, Padma Dhillon, Padmini Kolhapure, Pankaj Kalra, Akshay famous and successful: Oberoi, Anjali Anand, Chandrachur Singh, Aditya Kapadia, Medha Shankar, Sahher Bambba and oth- Rinku Rajguru ers. Joining the ensemble t the age of 14 when Rinku Rajguru made her debut in a cast of 'Those Pricey Marathi film, she did not know its end result. She did not Thakur Girls', Sukhmani A know that her debut film "Sairat" would become a suc- says, "Yes, I am excited to cessful film of her time with a huge box-office collection and be a part of this web series. It's multiple awards. She did not know that within six years, she will a story of five sisters and I'm playing one of the be working with iconic stars such as Amitabh Bachchan, sisters." Amol Palekar or Lara Dutta and that two of her anthologies Sukhmani has written scripts for films like will be releasing on two prominent OTT platforms. '1920 London', and other films for Kunal Kohli, Rinku says she is yet to feel famous and successful Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Endemol, Balaji, because she never counts on end result but looks Netflix. In 2017, she won the 'Best Actress' in for a new project, new story and new learn- Digital Awards 2017 for her web series 'Love ing every day. The actress shared that Bytes'. She also hosted the 2019 IIFA Awards. she is not "treated like a star" 'Those Pricey Thakur Girls' will be streaming at home. on Disney+ Hotstar. Huma Qureshi

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