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y k y cm SHRADDHA’S FURRY FRIEND GRAVE MISTAKE PADDLER SCRIPTS HISTORY On International Dog Day, Shraddha Kapoor US officials in Afghanistan naively handed Taliban Bhavinaben Patel becomes the first Indian table takes to Instagram to share a special video a ‘kill list’ to target Afghans who aided tennis player to secure a medal in the Paralympics of her furry friend Shyloh LEISURE | P2 American forces INTERNATIONAL | P10 SPORTS | P12 VOLUME 11, ISSUE 148 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | SATURDAY, AUGUST 28 | 2021 12 PAGES | `5.00 POST NEWS NETWORK state. The policy will also promote terest subvention in loans, waiving innovation and facilitate R&D in of road tax and registration fees dur- State’s EV Bhubaneswar, August 27: In a bid areas relating to EVs and batteries, ing the policy period (five years). to promote electric vehicles (EVs) he said. In order to reduce the rap- Under the policy, the govern- in the state, the Cabinet headed idly increasing global tempera- ment has given 100 per cent ex- by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik ture, Mahapatra said, it is now emption of road tax and registra- policy gets Friday approved the Electric Vehicle necessary to reduce emissions tion fees on EVs purchased within Policy, 2021. caused by vehicles running on tra- Odisha. The government will Briefing media about the deci- achieve adoption of 20 per cent ditional fossil fuels. provide 15 per cent subsidy — a sion taken by the Cabinet, Chief battery operated EVs in all vehicle The state government has de- maximum of `5,000 for two-wheel- Secretary Suresh Chandra registrations by 2025 and promote cided to extend financial incen- ers, `12,000 for three-wheelers, and Cabinet nod Mahapatra said the policy has been manufacture of EVs and their com- tives for manufacturing industries, `1 lakh for four-wheelers — on the formulated with an objective to ponents including batteries in the buyers, scrapping along with in- base price, sources said. Why BJD joins caste census bandwagon n Caste-based politics was sus. Reliable sources claimed that never a part of the political the Home Minister was not only cold to the BJD delegation but flatly narrative in Odisha. The refused to back their demand. paradigm shift in the BJD’s The regional party also came approach could be seen from out with the slogan ‘Palli to Delhi’ at a recent press conference to give the perspective of the their demand a ‘national’ look. ensuing panchayat elections Political analysts however, see sus in Odisha. The party has also this change of stance by the BJD as and the likely threat from said that it wants the reservation an effort to woo the OBC commu- Opposition parties ceiling in the state for Scheduled nities in the state. The party is also Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and trying to counter its political POST NEWS NETWORK Other Backward Classes (OBC) be adversaries who are trying to in- increased above the 50%-mark as fluence the OBC groups. Caste in the Bhubaneswar, August 27: A large prescribed by the Supreme Court. past has not been used for political number of regional parties have BJD supremo and Odisha Chief battles in Odisha. However, the up- raised their demand for a caste- Minister Naveen Patnaik has taken coming panchayat polls and the based census in their respective the lead in this regard. Party MPs likely threat from Opposition par- states. The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) recently met Union Home Minister ties could have triggered this par- has also recently joined this cho- Amit Shah in Delhi to press for adigm shift in the BJD’s approach. RAVAGED BY RAIN: A view of the collapsed Rani Pokhari bridge on the Dehradun-Rishikesh highway after heavy rain, near Dehradun, Friday PTI PHOTO rus and demanded a caste-based cen- their demand for a caste-based cen- Contd. P3 IRREGULAR by MANJUL CM unveils region’s 2 INFANTS DIE Biden vows revenge DUE TO COVID largest ECMO facility n 33 people in 0-18 age n The US media citing local group have died of COVID n “Though it is a costly treatment, officials says up to 170 dead The expensive treatment the people of Odisha will get the since August 15, while the required by a number of service free of cost. The state gov- in Kabul blasts, while Biden infection rate among the critically ill COVID patients ernment will bear all the expenses,” admin warns more attacks group now stands at 12.99 % he said. Patnaik said the ECMO post-recovery will be provided facility in Cuttack is the largest could come ahead of the free of cost at SCB such facility in eastern India as Tuesday deadline for POST NEWS NETWORK nowhere nine ECMO machines Yes, I come daily only to return POST NEWS NETWORK are available in one place. foreign troops’ withdrawal Bhubaneswar, August 27: The disappointed. But I don’t come for “The second wave of the pan- state health department Friday said IT portal, I come for job sites! Cuttack/Bhubaneswar, August demic was very much painful. Even AGENCIES that two infants succumbed to 27: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik as the lockdown restrictions have COVID-19 as per the latest estimates. Friday inaugurated eastern India’s been relaxed, the pandemic is not Washington, August 27: US The deceased were a 12-day-old baby largest ECMO facility in Cuttack yet over. We have to remain more President Joe Biden has vowed to girl from Cuttack and a five-month- MARKET WATCH for providing free treatment to crit- cautious for the impending third ‘hunt’ down the terrorists and old baby. The department claimed ically ill COVID-19 patients. wave,” he said. make them ‘pay’ for the twin blasts that the two had comorbidities. The facility, having nine ECMO In a video message, Patnaik said at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan Since August 15, as many as 33 INDEX VARIATION (extracorporeal membrane oxy- health experts have predicted that that killed 13 American soldiers To those who Thursday. “As you all know, the ter- children and adolescents have died genation) machines, was set up at more children will be infected in and injured 18 others, and ordered carried out this rorist attacks that we’ve been talk- due to COVID-19 in the state, ac- SENSEX 56124.72 175.62 the SCB Medical and College the possible third wave. his commanders to develop plans ing about and worried about within cording to the health department, attack...we will not Hospital. “To protect our children, we to strike back at them. the intelligence community, was while a total of 1,496 people in the BOURSES NIFTY 16705.20 68.30 “The patients of Odisha now need to strictly follow the COVID- Two suicide bombers and gun- forgive. We will not an undertaking attack by a group 0-18 age group have tested positive DOLLAR 74.09 `0.55 need not be airlifted to other states 19 norms. I appeal to people to wear men attacked crowds of Afghans forget. We will hunt you known as ISIS-K,” Biden said. for the infection. for ECMO treatment,” Patnaik masks, maintain a proper hand flocking to the Hamid Karzai down and make you pay Biden said he has ordered his Odisha’s COVID-19 caseload EURO 87.36 `0.10 JOE BIDEN | US PRESIDENT CURRENCY said, launching the facility as the hygiene routine and practice social International Airport in Kabul air- commanders to develop operational Friday surged to 10,04,875 as 816 GOLD `47,226 `11 state readies to fight the possible distancing. Stay safe and keep chil- port Thursday, killing more than plans to strike ISIS-K assets, lead- more people tested positive for the third wave of the pandemic. dren protected,” he said. 100 people, including 13 US troops. ership and facilities. “We will re- infection while 69 fresh fatalities SILVER `63,240 `517 The Islamic State's Afghanistan his head for a moment of silence spond with force and precision at our pushed the state’s coronavirus BULLION affiliate, dubbed Islamic State for US service members killed in time at the place we choose in a mo- death toll to 7,697, an official said. Khorasan or ISIS-K, claimed re- the attacks at the Kabul airport. ment of our choosing...These ISIS The new COVID-19 cases in- sponsibility for the attack. “These American service mem- terrorists will not win,” he said. cluded 106 children and adoles- WEATHER “To those who carried out this bers who gave their lives – it’s an He asserted the US is determined cents below 18 years of age whose attack, as well as anyone who wishes overused word, but it's totally ap- to continue with its mission to infection rate stands at 12.99 per BHUB CTK America harm notice, we will not propriate here - were heroes,” said evacuate American nationals from cent. However, the state’s positiv- forgive. We will not forget. We will Biden, who appeared to be fighting Kabul by August 31. “We can and ity rate now is 5.64 per cent. MAX 32.7° 33.0° hunt you down and make you pay. back tears. He ordered US flags to we must complete this mission A total of 1,496 people in the 0- TEMP MIN 24.5° 23.8° I will defend our interests and our half-staff across the country. and we will. That’s what I’ve ordered 18 age group have tested positive for Forecast people with every measure at my Biden said the ISIS-K was be- them to do.