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     thousands queuing up in front worse. Especially after you him. Ayushman Bharat thereby Swasthya Kalyan Yojana is each and Nuapada and of the liquor outlets to buy (State Government) told me Prime Minister Narendra depriving almost 60 lakh mostly restricted to facilities Nabarangpur two each.  R   hough puritans may look their regular quota. “How do that all those shops which do Modi launched the scheme on needy beneficiaries from within the State thereby Besides, 81 cases were report- Tdown at them with con- you make our citizens do this? not conform to the standards September 23, 2018, under availing of this pro-poor restricting usage by migrant ed from the State pool. tempt, the judiciary has a soft We are talking about the col- are closed down,” said the which a financial cover of Rs healthcare services,” the MPs workers at their place of work Meanwhile, another 64     corner for them. On Tuesday, lective dignity of citizens. Just Justice, who disclosed that he 5 lakh per family per year has said in the memorandum. as well as denying the choice patients succumbed to the dis- the Kerala High Court came because those people had personally visited the out- been provided for secondary The per capita spending of availing better healthcare ease in the last 24 hours, he Directorate of Estate, down heavily on the Kerala are poor and hard- lets in Kochi to get a first-hand and tertiary care hospitalisa- by the Government of Odisha options available to people of mounting the total death toll to Tunder the Ministry of Government and the Kerala working experience of the situation. tion to about 13.44 crore on healthcare is only Rs 1,501 Odisha outside the State. 6,565 in the State, the Health Housing and Urban Affairs Beverages Corporation and The judge shared pho- needy families or 65 crore in FY 2020-21 compared to “In the larger interest of and Family Welfare has asked Lok Sabha member (Bevco), the monopoly liquor tographs of the shop he had individuals in India, the MPs the national average of people of Odisha, especially Department said. Chirag Paswan and other traders in the State for the seen the previous day. said. Rs1,944. the State’s huge migrant work- The maximum 20 deaths occupants to vacate the 12 cruel manner in which they “It has got a barricade. If During the 1st and 2nd Further, as per 15th er population who are unable were reported from Khordha Janpath bungalow, allotted to treat consumers of spirits. you see if, it looks scary. It’s a wave of the Covid-19, Finance Commission, Odisha to utilise State-sponsored district followed by eight from his late father and former Justice Devan dark room, so dark that you Ayushman Bharat proved to has 12th poorest doctor-pop- healthcare scheme at their Sundargarh, six from Baleswar, Union Minister Ram Vilas Ramachandran, while hearing can’t see inside it. And even in be a lifesaver for countless ulation ratio in the country at places of work, four from Kandhamal, three Paswan. The eviction notice a petition regarding the non- this photograph taken just Indians as testing and treat- one doctor per 1,864 people and in preparation for the each from Cuttack, Jajpur, was issued on July 18. implementation of the Court’s they come in this morning, you can see a ment of Covid-19 were made in comparison to the nation- 3rd wave of Covid-19 pan- Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh and A senior official said on earlier order to provide a dig- the evening few people queuing out- available free of cost under al average of one doctor per demic, we call upon your Puri, two each from Angul, the condition of anonymity nified way to citizens to pur- and they buy side it. It is worse in the the scheme, the MPs said. 1,456 population, memoran- personal intervention for Deogarh and Jharsuguda and that the bungalow is ear- chase liquor from BEVCO their liquor, evening. I want to know “It greatly pains us to dum said. It is also crucial to directing State Government one each from Balangir, marked for Union Ministers outlets, lambasted the their beverage, it whether this shop has been inform that even after three note that while AB-PMJAY for taking necessary actions to Dhenkanal, Ganjam, and the occupants of the Government of Kerala as well doesn’t mean you found suitable by the excise years since the launch of the has pan-India portability, it implement the AB-PMJAY in Jagatsinghpur and Sambalpur. Government accommodation as the authorities for Bevco for can treat them commissioner,” said the AB-PMJAY scheme Odisha can be used by Odia migrant Odisha at the earliest,” they So far, 9,69,916 patients have have been asked to vacate it. their indifference towards the like cattle, or Justice. remains one of the few States workers at their place of work, added. recovered from disease in city.    &'(&)"*)+*")- )((" ../010. 

         


  !   !  00 1  00 1 aveline star Neeraj Chopra, 3 Jwho created history by win- he Covid-19 pandemic ning India’s first Olympic track Thas adversely affected the and field gold medal since  ance deposits over Rs 7.52 lakh State tourism with an over 84- Independence at Tokyo last and other movable and per cent decline recorded in week, was treated by an expert  immovable properties., whose total number of tourists vis- in sports surgery and sports value was estimated to be over iting in 2020-21. medicine here for shoulder Rs 1.66 crore. As per the annual report pain four years ago.   Similarly, Khsetrabasi of Odisha Tourism, the over- Chopra was taking part in Mahanta, Senior Technical all fall in tourist visitation Asian Athletic Championship n allegation of posses- Consultant, Samagra Shiksha (both domestic and abroad) being held at the Kalinga Osion of assets dispropor- Abhiyan (SSA), Joda Block, to the State stood at 84.29 per Stadium in July 2017 when he tionate to known sources of Keonjhar was in Vigilance net cent in 2020-21 compared to walked into the clinic of Dr income, simultaneous house as his asters at four places in 2019-20. While the number of witnessed since 2019 as the official. As on March, 2021, (Major) Sarthak Patnaik with a searches were launched on Keonjhar district were raided. foreigners visiting the State State recorded a 3.12percent 358 places in the State have friend one evening complain- the properties of Krushna Mahanta’s properties that dropped by 99.35percent, the fall in the total numbers of been identified as Tourist ing of pain in his right shoul- Chandra Jena, Statistical came to the notice of the figure for domestic tourists visitors in 2019-20 compared Centres (places that hold der. Assistant, ICDS Project, Puri Vigilance sleuths include a (from and outside Odisha) to 2018-19. The Tourism potential to attract tourists “I examined the young on Tuesday and Jena’s assets of double storeyed building and went down by 84.19percent. Department has adopted a from outside), he informed. athlete and found that the pain said. “I found him a very soft- He won the event with a throw Rs 1.66 crore were traced.The a plot at Pabitradiha In 2020-21, total multipronged strategy to The department is also was mostly muscular and spoken, humble and down- of 85.23 m, a championship assets of Jena include two Kamargadia, Keonjhar, two 23,76,523 domestic tourists increase tourist arrivals, undertaking various post- tendinous. We managed the to-earth sportsman. He was record, beating Ahmed Bader triple-storied buildings at Puri buses, three four wheelers, visited the State as against extend their duration of stay, pandemic measures to revive pain conservatively while his very happy to know that I was Magour of Qatar. “Today I am and Bhubaneswar, six plots of one two wheeler, insurance 1,50,35,593 in 2019-20. The create basic tourist infra- sector. It has formulated SOPs friend was treated for a ham- a retired Army officer myself,” very proud that Chopra has land including one at deposits of over Rs 66 lakh, arrival of overall foreigners structures, promote and posi- and guidelines for stakehold- string pull,” Patnaik, presently Patnaik said. proceeded to win a gold medal Nuagaon, Bhubaneswar and bank deposits of over Rs 2.42 dropped from 1,00,567 in tion Odisha as one of the pre- ers like hospitality units, tour Senior Consultant in the Chopra went on to claim in the Olympics and I will five in Puri district, two four lakh and other movable and 2019-20 to only 652 in 2020- ferred destinations among operators, transport services, Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine the gold in men’s javeline throw always cherish the memory I wheelers, 10 two wheelers, immovable properties, which 21. The fall in overall tourist domestic and international guides and excursion agents, and Surgery Department at at the championship which had with him four years ago,” bank deposits including fixed were estimated to be worth visitation to Odisha has been tourist markets, said a senior the official added. SUM Ultimate Medicare here, was held from July 6 to 9, 2017. Dr Patnaik said. deposits of Rs 49 lakh, insur- over Rs 2.04 crore.  'O ,  -! ,#% 

  
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Managing Director (MD) of a the firm subsequently failed to a rehabilitation centre of the  00 1 have been increased by 38,000, In an example, Excise private finance company from pay the installments and final- ruling party, the BJP also the number is increased in Department officials on Trichy in Tamil Nadu in con- ly the account turned NPA on said that it has become a 30-year-old woman tipped Science by 13,000 and in  19  of us needs the blessings from Tuesday arrested a woman nection with a Rs 5 crore fraud November 1, 2009 with an signboard institution. Aoff the Commissionerate Commerce by 3900,” informed our seniors,” he told while from the slum and seized 95 case registered in Bhubaneswar. outstanding balance of about Demanding at least a Rs Police about her husband’s ille- State School & Mass Education espect the elderly people felicitating Kunal Behera for his grams of brown sugar from her The accused, identified as Rs. 5.63 crore, the EOW said. 1,000-crore budget for the gal possession of firearms lead- Minister Samir Ranjan Dash on Rbecause you will get old contribution to martial art and possession. The identification S. Kathiresan was arrested from Preliminary investigation WODC every year and special ing to his arrest from Nayapalli Tuesday. Applications had been too! Take out time for them, no Aviram Satpathy for maintain- of the accused was yet to be Gnanaoli village on August 8 revealed that Kathiseran had provisions for irrigation, Beherasahi here on Tuesday. made for hiking the seats by matter what. Each wrinkle on ing regular physical exercise. revealed by the officials. and was brought to Odisha on disbursed the loan to various health, education, drinking The man Basudeb Sahoo alias 72,000 (40,000 for Arts, 25,000 their face recites the story of a The other speakers gave stress Based on regular inputs a transit remand on Tuesday. non-existent agriculturists and water and electricity, the BJP Baban (34), who worked as a for Science and 4,000 for decade! Senior citizens have a on safety of the senior citizens about illegal drugs trade in the Kathiseran, the MD of submitted forged documents to said the Government should contractor, is also accused of Commerce streams) for admis- lot to contribute to society and their overall fitness in slum, the Excise Department Jagannatha Financial Services the bank with a criminal intent provide adequate staffs and domestic violence by his wife sion into Plus II courses this aca- through their life experiences, their address. The Senior sleuths put the house of the Limited and CEO of KAS to defraud the bank. infrastructure for smooth Subhashri Sahoo. demic session, he said. About said Jharsuguda MLA and Citizens Association conferred accused under surveillance and Foundation, had availed a loan The entire amount was running of the institution. It Currently, he is being inter- admission, the Minister said the Health Minister Naba Kisore Jharsuguda Samman to Health laid a trap in the morning. of Rs 5 crore from the misappropriated by the also demanded that the rogated by the Nayapalli police application process would begin Das, attending the 14th annu- Minister for his excellent han- As a part of the trap, police Corporation Bank (now Union accused, the EOW said. “After WODC headquarters be in this connection. As per the from August 12. “The students al ceremony of the Senior dling of Covid crisis in sent a cop as a decoy in the dis- Bank of India) in 2009.He was a case in this connection was shifted immediately to any complaint, Baban is a habitual can apply for admission into Plus Citizens’ Association here on State.Association president guise of a customer and arrest- arrested on the basis of a com- registered, the accused was western Odisha district and drunkard and used to beat his II courses on official website of Sunday. “Our elders are the real Purna Chandra Mafidar ed the accused while striking a plaint filed by KN Narasimha, absconding. After evading the State Government nomi- wife on numerous occasions. SAMS Odisha from August 12. torch bearers of our lives. They presided while secretary deal. The market value of the the then Chief Manager of the arrest for a long time, he was nate local MPS, MLAs and Harassed over this, Subhashri However, the admission fee has act as our mentors and nurture Tularam Patel read out annual seized drug would be around erstwhile Corporation Bank. arrested from Gnanaoli vil- expert members to make it a informed the police about not been hiked this year due to our lives. The children can report. Professor Tahalu Sahoo Rs 10 lakh, said Excise officials. The complainant had alleged lage at Trichy (Tamilnadu). full-fledged and autonomous Baban’s involvement in various the Covid-19 pandemic,” Dash progress further with the bless- gave vote of thanks. Engineer Further investigation was that the accused had availed the The investigation of the case is institution. illegal acts. told reporters. PNS ings of their parents and each Narahari Patel coordinated. ongoing into the case. loan for the purpose of lending continuing,” EOW added. -.    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Prof They held a meeting at versant with their own lan- both identity forming and iden- Mohapatra said Mishra wrote in Karlapat and sang songs to save guage…as language orphans….It tity threatening,” said Krishnan, several genres but book ‘Letters the hill from mining. The private companies are trying to is not implementing the PESA is such a big loss,” she said, deliv- who has edited over 130 books To Jorina’ stands at a point of Khandualmali hill is located in mine the hill. The Act here. “Around 300 rivers  9931 his bust should be put next to ering the sixth Ganeswar Mishra translated into English from 14 intersection of fiction and non- the heart of the Karlapat forest, Khandualmali hill’s flora and are flowing in Karlapat region; Gopabandhu’s. “We have Memorial Lecture at an online Indian languages. fiction works. “Mishra was a dual where tribals consider the hill fauna along with tribals’ liveli- 10 lakh trees alongwith an ele- oncerning a row over for- no reservation for Das’s idol event. Speaking about Mishra, she writer, who wrote in Odia and as abode of Kondh Goddess hood will be destroyed if min- phant corridor will be Cmer MLA Bishnu Das’ stat- installation anywhere in The lecture, organised by quoted Munshi Premchand, who English. Khandual. ing is allowed.” destroyed when mining takes ue installation next to Raghunathpur but we cannot Bhubaneswar-based Sateertha, a said, “Literature lights the path His writings can be split into The hill is surrounded by Niyamgiri Surakhya Samiti place.We want the Government Utkalmani Gopabandha Das in accept the present arrange- socio-cultural organisation, of life,” and Nani Palkhivala, who two: one of a homebound pil- the Karlapat wild life sanctuary. convenor Lingaraj Azad said if to withdraw its mine plan Raghunathpur, the Congress ment,” Biswal told. marked the sixth death anniver- said, “A major mistake of our grim always searching for his placards and banners, the trib- the Government wants to mine here,” he said, adding agitation has warned of intensifying the He urged the district sary of Mishra, who was an emi- central and state governments roots and other of a cosmopoli- als, took out a rally from the hill, it should hold gram will be intensified if the min- stir across the State. Collector to refrain from the nent academic, writer, translator was to complete insulate people tan, a traveller, a restless wayfarer. Saisurni village to Karlapat vil- sabhas in the region. “The ing proposal is not dropped. PCC vice-president and act of putting up a wall between and editor. ‘Letters To Jorina’, an from ancient culture and keep ‘Letters To Jorina’ is synthesis and lage and raised slogans against Supreme Court’s decision to dei (65), a tribal resident of former MLA Chiranjib Biswal the proposed place for instal- English rendition by Prof them totally ignorant of their has gems of self-introspection; it the mining saying the hill hold gram sabhas in the Karlapat said, “I have been liv- visited Raghunathpur on lation of Das’s statue and Himansu Mohapatra and Prof priceless heritage,” and under- is about personal liberation as belongs to them and nobody Niyamgiri hill located in ing here since my birth and Sunday where party men have Gopabandhu’s statue and Paul St-Pierre of Mishra’s Odia scored that Mishra lived by and well as for a grand project for should try to destroy it. Kalahndi’s Lanjigarh block pro- eking my livelihood from the been resorting to hunger strike demanded shifting of proposed novella Chitti Jorina Paine, was combined these two ideas in his unification of cultures,” he Khanualmali Surakhya tected thousands of tribals hill. for last four days opposing statue from the spot to else- released on the occasion. works.Noted author and former observed. Prof Jatindra Kumar Samiti president British Kumar lives. We want gram sabhas The Government should Das’s idol installation close to where. Krishnan highlighted the key Chief Secretary of Odisha Dr Nayak, who gave an introductory said, “The hill is being pro- here on the mining issue in have thought of my bread Gopabandhu’s. Expressing his warned that the Congress role translation can play in bridg- Subas Pani reminisced about his speech, said Mishra’s great con- tected by tribals’ ancestors Khandualmali hill here too,” he before leasing hills for mining. strong displeasure, Biswal will intensify the agitation ing the gap in cultures and at the decades-long friendship with tribution to literature and culture since 1988 and it has been their said. Environmentalist Prafulla I will die here but not allow hill argued that late Das was not a across the State if the demand same time pointed out that it can Mishra and said there was a has created a rich legacy which home and livelihood. But now Samantra said the Government for mining at any cost.” leader of big stature for which is not met. be ‘disruptive’, capable of dis- “smell of soil” in his writings. continues to inspire many. &'(&)"*)+*")- )((" ../010.  2

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Kerala's death toll (CPT) were foreclosed wrong- n an effort to facilitate the izens who have completed 14 came down to 68 and the the Galwan Valley clash, IAF Pakistan on valid visa docu- 02 grenades in the heart of crossed the 18,000 mark on fully, causing a loss of over 45 Ifully vaccinated citizens to days after Covid second dose, infections dropped to 4.505, the chief RKS Bhadauria said here ments between 2017-18, have Srinagar City. More arrests are Tuesday. crore to the exchequer. travel in local trains and obtain are required to carry a hard deaths doubled to touch a tally on Tuesday. come under the scanner of the expected. Investigation going While the average Test The CBI had registered a railway monthly pass from copy of Covid-19 Vaccination of 137, while the infections rose The IAF had carried out air Jammu & Kashmir police as on. Further details shall Positivity Rate across the State case on July 31 last year on a August 15, the Brihanmumbai Final Certificate and a Photo by 1,104 to touch a daily tally strikes in 2019 at terrorist they were actively involved in follow". too increased to 15.91 per cent complaint from Indian Bank, Municipal Corporation (BMC) ID for verification. 5,609. With 137 fresh fatalities, camps in Balakot in Pakistan in terrorist activities and helping Meanwhile, Director , 152 persons lost their lives to Chennai against two private will embark upon a gigantic “Once the verification is the total number of deaths in retaliation to suicide attack in local commanders to radicalise General of Jammu and the pandemic on Tuesday and persons, Branch Manager, offline verification process for completed and both the docu- the state increased from Kashmir killing 40 CRPF per- vulnerable youth to join the ter- Kashmir police Dilbagh Singh this took the death toll in the Indian Bank, Koyambedu Covid-19 Final Vaccination at ments are found to be valid, the 1,34,064 to 1,34,201,, while sonnel. rrorist ranks. who visited frontier district of State till date to 18,004. Branch, Chennai and other 53 railway stations in the certificate and the identification the infections -- with 5,609 new In Galwan, 20 Indian army In another related devel- Rajouri to take stock of the Malappuram remained the dis- unknown public servants metropolis and 109 railway proof will be stamped in the cases – rose from 63,57,833 to personnel including the com- opment a local journalist from security situation told trict with highest number of besides private persons on the stations in Mumbai prescribed format,” Chahal 63,63,442. manding officer were killed in Pampore area of Pulwama was reporters, "during 2017-18 new cases (3603) while Idukki allegations of committing Metropolitan Region (MMR), said. As 7,720 patients were dis- a bloody brawl with the arrested by the police along around 57 kashmiri youth went had the lowest number of new fraud, forgery, impersonation from Monday. “The stamped Covid charged from the hospitals Chinese troops. with two grenades from Lal to Pakistan on tourist and cases (382). with the intention to cheat the Two days after the Certificate shall be presented at across the State after full recov- More than 30 Chinese also Chowk area of Srinagar short- study visa but after some time Dr S S Lal, public health bank to the tune of Maharashtra Government the ticket window at the railway ery, the total number of people were killed but Beijing is yet to ly after a grenade attack was they returned as trained ter- specialist with considerable 100,57,50,000. announced that the fully vac- station. Railway Monthly Pass discharged from the hospitals make official the number of reported in Hari Singh High rorists along with weapons via experience across the world Searches were earlier con- cinated people could travel by will be issued by Railway, since the second week of March casualties. In this backdrop, street. LoC". The DGP said instead of said the State government failed ducted at 22 locations includ- suburban local trains in accordingly on its basis. last year increased from Bhadauria said India's air Two civilians received studying there, they joined in all rounds in controlling the ing at Chennai, Tirunelveli, Mumbai from August 15, However, this pass-based trav- 61,51,956 to 61,59,676. The power capabilities in terms of injuries in the grenade attack militancy. pandemic. Tuticorin and Nagercoil which Brihanmumbai Municipal el facility will be valid from recovery rate in the State rose hitting targets with precision, while security forces, who were DGP said, so far we have “Instead of declaring it as led to recovery of several Commissioner I S Chahal August 15 only and not before from 96.76 per cent to 96.8 per defending assets and use of new targeted, escaped unhurt. In eliminated 17 such terrorists a medical emergency, the incriminating documents and unveiled a vaccination verifi- that,” the Mumbai civic chief cent. The total “active cases” in technologies have gone up sig- another incident, a CRPF jawan and 13 more are still active in Government of Kerala blew it material objects. cation plan under which the said. the state dropped from 68,375 nificantly after the Balakot air received injuries after their Kashmir valley. He said around out of proportion and por- Out of the arrested BMC help desks will check As many as 358 help desks to 66,126. The fatality rate in strikes and rapid developments patrol party was targeted by the 17 among them are still camp- trayed it as a law and order accused, eight were produced Final Vaccination Certificate will carry out the verification the state stood static at 2.1 per in eastern Ladakh terrorists in Zainapora area of ing in Pakistan and we are try- issue. The so called Kerala before the Special Judge for CBI (second dose) on Cowin App process at 53 railway stations in cent. following the Galwan Valley Shopian early Tuesday morn- ing to closely monitor their Model was a bunkum,” said Dr Cases, Chennai and remanded and photo ID of the citizen Mumbai Municipal Pune with 13,892 active clashes. ing. activities. Lal. to Judicial Custody. Remaining concerned. 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Lt Gen Mark Taliban’s combat victories. 9H UNSC in August to hold discus- by IAF which it shares with Milley, Commander US Forces in Chairman, Pakistan’s Senate sion on Afghanistan whereas an Russia. Calls for evacuating Afghanistan in 2013, said: “The Defence Committee, Mushahid M5J 1- emergency session was required 3,000 Indian nationals are grow- 7-  Afghan Army and police are very, Hussain characterised Pakistan’s calling for an end to violence ing louder but, most of all, Delhi very effective in combat.” As core interests in Afghanistan 11  and sanctioning Taliban leader- must urgently help Kabul in Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, he with four Noes: no cross-border    DM ship. India is exploring anoth- containing Taliban by overt seems less confident about them. terrorism from Afghanistan; er route to checkmate Taliban — and covert mechanisms. The Special Inspector General of no military solution; no accep- 31; Iran. Foreign Minister Javad Time has also come for Afghanistan Reconstruction tance of more refugees; and no 3  Zarif has said Islamic Emirate is US/Afghanistan to act against (SIGAR), established to investigate tolerance for presence of 6,500 a threat to Iran and India and Quetta Shura, the Baradar- waste and fraud, exceeded its brief. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan =31 N  existential threat to Pakistan. He Doha gang, and Pakistan’s ISI Besides audit, in 2014 it produced (TTP) in Afghanistan. Will passed more or less the same who have held Kabul hostage for ‘Lessons Learnt’. Its most famous Taliban’s blitzkrieg result in    strictures on Taliban at this decades unless regime change is quotation is by James Dobbins, for- cracks in ANSF and collapse of  19 year’s Raisina Dialogue. Iran too being allowed by a State-spon- mer US envoy to Afghanistan and Kabul? 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It is a shame that a cause that should unite us all in our resolve to fight for equality and justice has instead got this government to find reasons to divide us further. The recent act of cruelty and vio- lence, as alleged by the parents, on the Dalit girl speaks volumes about the gen- der-based and caste-based violence    :- prevalent in the country. This incident   0 is just one among many other intersec-  019  tionality-based violence cases in India. It eerily reminds us of the last case that @? :1 shook the country, the rape and the sub-   H sequent death of a 19-year-old Dalit  3 - woman in Hathras. It is such brutal                 crimes of violence against the most vul- 1  nerable sections that have marred our this happen. No one can ever for- Delhi but sadly nothing has deeply entrenched in Indian soci-                 country’s road to socio-economic devel-  get the outrage that the Nirbhaya changed for women on the ety.               ( opment. As we celebrate our 75th inde-   0 case led to; it should never be for- ground. Every such case report- In a few days, we will be cel-           9     pendence year, what has truly changed  9 9 gotten either. At that time the ed from the national capital leads ebrating the seventy-fifth year of            (    ( when we consider the development 9 1 country stood united to make this to both the Centre and the State India’s independence, when India             "     ( and progress for our most vulnerable    country a safer place for women, accusing each other. This down- drafted its constitution which population — children, women, and bring in stricter laws for perpe- ward spiral unfortunately for a would be the guiding light for  6            (  31            #       ) socially backward communities? trators of such heinous crimes, cause that is above politics has Indians and would promise equal As per the latest statistics available Q 19 and ensure justice for the parents become deeply political and rights and justice to all. Have we  $            through National Crime Records   of Nirbhaya. It is indeed tragic divided. managed to work with total com-        (     .     Bureau, a total of 4,05,861 cases of crime   4 ; that the case took years to reach There is a lack of accountabil- mitment to what our forefathers       "   )        against women registered in 2019,  9 a final conclusion and it was only ity and absence of protection by perceived for our nation? That is       ( .  .     %  showing an increase of 7.3 per cent over her parents’ resolve that ensured the State as enshrined in the for every Indian to think over and  1                      ( 2018. The crime rate registered per lakh justice though delayed was not Constitution. With the lackadaisi- for the government to work upon.                 .  . women population increased to 62.4 per  denied. cal approach of the government, Indian as a society has to commit /   +         / S    cent in 2019 in comparison with 58.8 per  However, the reason to essentially seen during recent itself to free itself of the biases and centin 2018. A total of 1,48,185 cases of remember that case is also to parliament sessions, where the prejudices that we have cement-             (   1 crime against children registered during 11 remind ourselves how it became government is not ready to ed as a way of life. 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Crime Delhi after its anti-corruption legally but the Indian society not intermingle across caste and rate registered showed an increase from movement, while it also gave the envisioned as a melting pot of religious barriers we will contin-              %  21.2 per cent in 2018 to 22.8 per cent in Bharatiya Janata Party reasons to cultures, stands stratified on the ue to struggle for an equitable   , .  )          2019. These numbers are hard pills that score political points against the basis of gender, caste, and class. society. The government of the                 ( we as a country have to swallow. The UPA government. The kind of The victim has the right to legal day needs to shed the temptation  (              .    growth and development of a country politics that emerged from then remedy but what about the social to seek political fortune out of the                  ( are not merely defined on the econom- also brought about the culture of remedy? 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This extremely unlikely without it says deep, rapid emissions without question, warming very high confidence in further hour or day can become more now affecting every continent, oceans. is because the warmer atmos- human influence on the cli- cuts could spare Australia, and Australia has warmed by warming and heat extremes intense or more frequent, even region and ocean on Earth, and The IPCC finds Earth’s phere is able mate. the world, from the most severe about 1.4 degree Celsius since through the 21st century – the in areas where the average every facet of the weather. global surface temperature to hold more moisture — Human influence has also warming and associated harms. 1910. The IPCC assessment extent of which depends on rainfall declines. The long-awaited report warmed 1.09 degree Celsius about 7% more for each addi- been detected for the first time The report is the sixth concludes the extent of warm- global efforts to reduce green- For the first time, the IPCC is the sixth assessment of its between 1850-1900 and the last tional degree of temperature — in compounded extreme produced by the IPCC since it ing in both Australia and glob- house gas emissions. report provides regional pro- kind since the panel was decade. This is 0.29 degree which makes wet seasons and events. For example, incidences was founded in 1988 and pro- ally are impossible to explain If global average warming jections of coastal hazards due formed in 1988. It will give Celsius warmer than in the pre- rainfall events wetter. of heatwaves, droughts and vides more regional informa- without accounting for the is limited to 1.5 degree Celsius to sea level rise, changing world leaders the most timely, vious IPCC report in 2013. (It Higher concentrations of fire weather happening at the tion than any previous version. extra greenhouse gases in the this century, Australia would coastal storms and coastal ero- accurate information about cli- should be noted that 0.1 degree CO2, growing faster same time are now more fre- This gives us a clearer picture atmosphere from human activ- warm to between 1.4 degree sion – changes highly relevant mate change ahead of a crucial Celsius of the increase is due to Present-day global con- quent. These compound events of how climate change will ities. The report introduces Celsius to 1.8 degree Celsius. If to beach-loving Australia. international summit in data improvements.) centrations of atmospheric car- have been seen in Australia, play out in Australia specifi- the concept of Climate Impact- global average warming reach- This century, for example, Glasgow, Scotland in The IPCC recognises the bon dioxide (CO2) are higher Southern Europe, Northern cally. Drivers (CIDs): 30 climate es 4 degree Celsius this centu- sandy shorelines in places such November. role of natural changes to the and rising faster than at any Eurasia, parts of the Americas It confirms the effects of averages, extremes and events ry, Australia would warm to as eastern Australia are pro- The IPCC is the peak cli- Earth’s climate. However, it time in at least the past two and African tropical forests. human-caused climate change that create climate impacts. between 3.9 degree Celsius jected to retreat by more than mate science body of the finds 1.07 degree Celsius of the million years. Oceans: hotter, higher and have well and truly arrived in These include heat, cold, and 4.8 degree Celsius. 100 metres, under moderate or United Nations and the World 1.09 degree Celsius warming is The speed at which atmos- more acidic Australia. This includes in the drought and flood.The report The IPCC says as the plan- high emissions pathways. Meteorological Organisation. It due to greenhouse gases asso- pheric CO2 has increased since Oceans absorb 91% of the region of the East Australia confirms global warming is dri- et warms, future heatwaves in The IPCC report says glob- is the global authority on the ciated with human activities. In the industrial revolution (1750) energy from the increased Current, where the ocean is ving a significant increase in Australia – and globally – will ally, climate change means state of Earth’s climate and other words, pretty much all is at least ten times faster than atmospheric greenhouse gases. warming at a rate more than the intensity and frequency of be hotter and last longer. oceans are becoming more how human activities affect it. global warming is due to at any other time during the last This has led to ocean warming four times the global average. extremely hot temperatures in Conversely, cold extremes will acidic and losing oxygen. We are authors of the lat- humans. 800,000 years, and between and more marine heatwaves, We are climate scientists Australia, as well as a decrease be both less intense and fre- Ocean currents are becoming est IPCC report and have Global surface tempera- four and five times faster than particularly over the past 15 with expertise across historical in almost all cold extremes. The quent. Hotter temperatures, more variable and salinity pat- drawn from the work of thou- ture has warmed faster since during the last 56 million years. years. Marine heatwaves cause climate change, climate pro- IPCC noted with high confi- combined with reduced rain- terns – the parts of the ocean sands of scientists from around 1970 than in any other 50-year About 85% of CO2 emis- the mass death of marine life, jections, climate impacts and dence that recent extreme heat fall, will make parts of Australia that are saltiest and less salty – the world to produce this new period over at least the last sions are from burning fossil such as from coral bleaching the carbon budget. We have events in Australia were made more arid. A drying climate can are changing. assessment. 2,000 years, with the warming fuels. The remaining 15% are events. They also cause algal been part of the international more likely or more severe lead to reduced river flows, It also means sea levels are Sadly, there is hardly any also reaching ocean depths generated from land use blooms and shifts in the com- effort to produce the IPCC due to human influence. drier soils, mass tree deaths, rising and the oceans are good news in the 3,900 pages below 2,000 metres. change, such as deforestation position of species. Even if the report over the past three years. These events include: crop damage, bushfires and becoming warmer. This is lead- of text released today. But there The IPCC says human and degradation. world restricts warming to 1.5- The report finds even The Australian summer of drought. ing to an increase in marine is still time to avert the worst activities have also affected Concentrations of other 2?, as is consistent with the under a moderate emissions 2012–13, also known as the The southwest of Western heatwaves such as those which damage, if humanity chooses global precipitation (rain and greenhouse gases are not doing Paris Agreement, marine heat- scenario, the global effects of Angry Summer, when more Australia remains a globally have contributed to mass coral to. snow). Since 1950, total glob- any better. Both methane and waves will become four times climate change will worsen than 70% of Australia experi- notable hotspot for drying bleaching on the Great Barrier It’s unequivocal: humans al precipitation has increased, nitrous oxide, the second and more frequent by the end of the significantly over the coming enced extreme temperatures attributable to human influ- Reef in recent decades. are warming the planet but while some regions have third biggest contributors century. (Via AP) years and decades. Every The Brisbane heatwave in ence. The IPCC says this dry- (Via AP)

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The split came pressure on Canada ahead of a China views Taiwan, an with Pakistan Army chief Gen have conversations with the Afghanistan has intensified as used its influence over the tle changed from its predeces- hours after Chinese state media court ruling on whether to island which has been inde- Qamar Javed Bajwa. Pakistani leadership about the US and NATO troops wrap up Taliban to press the insurgents sor. Those at the head of the called the union a “malignant hand over the executive to pendent since 1950, as a rebel Austin, in a phone call safe havens that exist along that their withdrawal from the war- into talks with the US and the key defence, foreign affairs, tumor” that should be eradi- face U.S. criminal charges. region that must be reunited with Gen Bajwa on Monday, border between Afghanistan torn country. Afghan Government to find a interior and finance ministries cated.The Professional Michael Spavor and anoth- with the mainland - by force if discussed the current situation and Pakistan. With Taliban attacks political solution to the crisis. remained unchanged. But new Teachers’ Union is the city’s er Canadian were detained in necessary. in Afghanistan, regional secu- “We are mindful that those increasing, Afghan security Pakistan Prime Minister names were appointed to lead largest single-industry trade China in what critics labeled The Chinese Foreign rity issues and the bilateral safe havens are only providing forces and government troops Imran Khan last month said the ministries of information, union, with 95,000 members. “hostage politics” after the Ministry said that “the decision defence ties, Pentagon Press a source of more insecurity and have retaliated with airstrikes that the US “really messed it social affairs and domestic “Regrettably, the changes in the executive’s 2018 arrest in con- (to allow Taiwan to open a rep- Secretary John Kirby said. more instability inside aided by the United States. up” in Afghanistan as he ques- trade and consumer protection. social and political environ- nection with possible violations resentative office under its During the phone call, Afghanistan. Afghanistan and the US tioned the American motive for The reshuffle, weeks after ment in recent years have of trade sanctions on Iran. 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Curriculum designers their onboarding process. tutes in India those offer the respected industry experts with knowledge and sharpen their ing the variety found among Other noteworthy develop- fast-booming industry offers and subject matter experts Course managers have a vital best Spanish learning courses; 15+ years of working experi- Spanish speaking skills effec- the diverse Spanish-speaking ments include a steep 83 per several career opportunities as work in collaboration with role to play in enhancing the we wish to make your choice a ence who impart the skills of tively. communities. cent increase in the number of well. Here are some of them: content creators to come up learning experience for stu- little simpler by listing down structuring and delivering long Instituto Hispania: LanguageNext: paid users and a 50 per cent App developer: With with interesting learning aids. dents. the Best five institutes for lean- speeches in Spanish. The suc- Established in 1997, Instituto LanguageNext is a Foreign increase in the time spent with mobile platforms gaining pop- The content could comprise The growth of the EdTech ing Spanish. If you are aspiring cessful completion of the Hispania is one of the oldest Language Institute that provides EdTech tools, which rose from ularity as the preferred mode of videos, podcasts, presentations, industry is set to continue to carve a career path out of course allows you to attain the Spanish Institutes in Delhi that students with Spanish language 60 to 90 minutes. These are learning, the demand for app e-books, quizzes, images, etc. along an upward trajectory this, you may definitely want to certificate of Spanish Language is known for providing an training regardless of their lin- strong signs that the EdTech developers is rapidly rising. Academic consultant: even after the passage of the consider these courses. Training and is followed by exceptional and high-quality guistic level. 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 BE teams we saw in the final (in Simranjeet got a lucky break Championships in Paris in is a different feeling. the magnitude of his feat, Tokyo). I think they are the to be a part of the Olympic- women’s long jump, at his “So, joining the national Chopra said, “I wasn’t believ-     Annu Rani. worth 1.09 crore a year, plus benchmark and that’s what we bound squad after the side. camp changed my career and ing that I have won Gold. I was “He (Hohn) is on way out. boarding, lodging, medical need to be aiming for,” Reid told International Olympic The 23-year-old superstar I want to thank the AFI for asking myself whether this is a ormer world record holder His contract is unlikely to be facilities and leave travel. He reporters. Committee allowed three also felt that his inclusion in that.” dream but I realised that the Fand national javelin coach extended by SAI (Sports wanted to increase it to 1.64 “If you look at Belgium, it’s reserve players to be part of the the national camp by AFI in After joining the national Gold medal is with me. So this Uwe Hohn is on his way out as Authority of India),” a source crore a year when the contract a pretty good mirror to what we contingent in team competitions 2015 despite finishing fifth camp, Chopra was first with is not a dream.” his contract, which runs till the privy to the development said. was up for renewal in October should be aiming for.” due to the Covid-19 pandemic. during the National Games in late Australian coach Gary Chopra said he will have to end of Tokyo Olympics, is It is learnt that Hohn, 2020. Reid, a master tactician, “That’s the quality of play- Kerala was a turning point in Calvert. After that, he was make changes in the angle of unlikely to be extended further. whose 104.80m throw in 1984 “SAI in 2020 had said a strong bonding developed ers we have in the group. It’s his career. under former world record release of the javelin to be able The 59-year-old German led to change in javelin design informed him that his between the players during the about one person being able to Before joining the nation- holder Uwe Hohn before to cross the 90m mark. was appointed as chief coach in 1986 and restarting of world demands were unreasonable Covid-19 forced lockdown was stand up at a different time when al camp in early 2015, he was switching to train under bio- “90m mark is my dream in November 2017 for one year records, had demanded 50 per and unacceptable since the the key to success in Tokyo. someone else doesn’t. We were training at Tau Devi Lal mechanics expert Klaus and I will have to work with to train the likes of Olympic cent hike in his salary, which result of the throwers he was “If you go back 15 months, fortunate (to have Simranjeet) Stadium at Panchkula after Bertonietz who accompanied my coach to achieve that. I champion javelin thrower is to be tax-free, besides first training did not warrant an it was very tough for all of us but so were other teams as well. being shifted from Shivaji Chopra to Tokyo. wanted to do it this year but Neeraj Chopa, other Tokyo class air tickets. increase of 55 lakh,” sources because most of us haven’t seen I think the rule change worked Stadium at Panipat. “I respect Hohn sir, I won Olympic Gold is there, the Olympians Shivpal Singh and His original contract was in the SAI said. our family for a long time. So it out very well,” Reid said. PTI )I> !.#,6 (    +  86 ;A    3 

   the showpiece event in the Canterbury all-rounder Cole       UAE. McConchie, and Wellington ew Zealand players’ partic- Senior batsman Ross paceman Ben Sears,” it added. op Indian men’s doubles Nipation in the IPL was Taylor was picked for the three Tplayer Chirag Shetty on New Delhi:The Wrestling compete in any national or approved by its cricket board ODIs in Pakistan but then it SQUADS Tuesday admitted it was difficult Federation of India (WFI) on other domestic event until she on Tuesday when it also was mutually agreed that he T20 World Cup & India T20s: to come to terms with the early Tuesday ‘temporarily suspend- files a reply and WFI takes a announced different squads would remain at home to pre- Kane Williamson (C), Todd exit from the Tokyo Games but ed’ star grappler Vinesh Phogat final decision,” a WFI source for the sub-continent tour and pared for the Test tour of India. Astle, Trent Boult, Mark said he and his partner would for indiscipline during her for- said. T20 World Cup as part of its New Zealand will tour Pakistan Chapman, Devon Conway, look to utilise the Olympic gettable Tokyo Olympics cam- The officials who were in workload management in after 18 years. Lockie Ferguson, Martin experience to win medals at the paign and also issued notice to Tokyo said that Vinesh had cre- Covid times. While the first- “The first BLACKCAPS Guptill, Kyle Jamieson, Daryl upcoming events, especially the young Sonam Malik for mis- ated ruckus when she was allot- choice New Zealand team led squad will depart for Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, World Championships in conduct. ted a room near those of her by Kane Williamson will tour Bangladesh on August 23 and Glenn Phillips, Mitchell December. It has been learnt that Indian team-mates — Sonam, India after the T20 World Cup, the players from the Test tour Santner, Tim Seifert (wk), Ish Chirag and Satwiksairaj Vinesh, who crashed out of the Anshu Malik and Seema Bisla Tom Latham will captain a sec- to India will return home and Sodhi, Tim Southee, *Adam Rankireddy, ranked world No Tokyo Games in the quarterfi- — arguing that she might con- ond string side to Bangladesh emerge from MIQ just before Milne (injury cover) 10, won two of their three group nals after a crushing defeat by tract coronavirus since these and Pakistan in September- Christmas,” said New Zealand B’desh T20Is & Pak ODIs: matches but failed to qualify for ‘fall’, has been given time till wrestlers travelled to Tokyo October as it coincides with the Cricket (NZC) in a statement. Tom Latham (C, wk), Finn the knockout stage after games August 16 to reply to the notice from India. suspended IPL resuming from “While the Test squad to Allen, Hamish Bennett, Tom won by each pair were consid- Wang Chi-Lin of Chinese Taipei The 24-year-old from that mentioned indiscipline on “She did not train with any September 19. tour India will not be Blundell (wk), Doug Bracewell, ered to decide the two qualifiers in their opening match. Mumbai is now targeting the three counts. of the Indian wrestlers. It Most of the New Zealand announced for another month Colin de Grandhomme, Jacob following a three-way tie. However, they lost to top upcoming major events such as Vinesh, who had travelled appeared as if she had come players picked for the T20 or so, the BLACKCAPS white- Duffy, Matt Henry (ODI only), “It was kind of good and sad seeded Indonesian pair of Sudirman Cup (September 26- to Tokyo from Hungary where with the Hungary team and had World Cup will get to play in ball squads will comprise a total Scott Kuggeleijn, Cole experience for us as we had to Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and October 03), Thomas Cup he had trained with coach nothing to do with the Indian the preceding IPL, which will of 32 players — including two McConchie, Henry Nicholls, go out early,” said Chirag. Kevin Sanjaya Sukamkuljo (October 9-17) and World Woller Akos, had refused to stay contingent. serve as good preparation for new to the set-up in Ajaz Patel, Rachin Ravindra, “I thought we would go to before claiming a straight game Championships (December 12- at the Games Village and train “One day her timing Ben Sears (T20 only), Blair quarterfinals after the win on the win over Great Britain’s Ben 19). with the other Indian team clashed with the training tim- Tickner, Will Young. first day but unfortunately three Lane and Sean Vendy in their “There are a lot of positives members. ings of the Indian girls and she Pakistan T20Is: Tom Latham pairs, including us, won two last group match. to take from the Olympics, we She also did not wear the chose not to train at the same (C, wk), Finn Allen, Todd matches each and it was decid- “We knew from the begin- played well game-wise and there name of the official sponsors of arena with them,” the official Astle, Hamish Bennett, Tom ed by games won, so it was ning that our group was tough are a lot of tournaments coming the Indian contingent, Shiv added. Blundell (wk), Mark Chapman, unfortunate but overall it was a with world No 3 and 1 and and up like the Sudirman Cup, Naresh, and chose to wear a Nike “This is not acceptable. Colin de Grandhomme, Martin good experience.” Great Britain there. But to go out Thomas Cup and World singlet during her bouts. This is not how senior wrestlers Guptill, Matt Henry, Daryl Chirag and Satwik had despite winning two matches did Championship in December. “This is gross indiscipline. are supposed to behave.” Mitchell, Ajaz Patel, Ish Sodhi, notched up an incredible win hurt us. People whom we beat, “So we will look to do well She has been suspended tem- The 19-year old Sonam has Ben Sears, Blair Tickner, Will over third seeds and eventual to see them win Gold was diffi- in these events and hopefully we porarily and barred from all been given a notice for miscon- Young. Gold medallists Lee Yang and cult,” Chirag said. can come back with a medal.” wrestling activities. She can’t duct. PTI 5!   <  !66
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to bid for cricket’s inclusion in the IOA, the BCCI was not very the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. enthusiastic about cricket’s inclu- *    Moeen has played only The ICC has been making the sion in the Summer Games white-ball cricket since his case for cricket’s inclusion for a earlier but now Shah has assured oeen Ali has been last Test appearance in while and the bid will also have India’s participation at the Mrecalled to the England February when he took eight the backing from the world’s world’s biggest sporting extrav- squad for Thursday’s second wickets and hit a second- richest board BCCI as made aganza if the ICC manages to Test against India. innings 43 in a losing cause. clear by secretary Jay Shah secure its entry. PNS The 34-year-old all- rounder has played only one Test match in the last two years, against India in Chennai almost six months ago, but will link up with the team at Lord’s. England were outplayed for large periods of the drawn opener at Trent Bridge last week and are looking to rebal- ance the side in the continued absence of all-rounders Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes. “Worcestershire spinning all-rounder Moeen Ali has been added to the England Men’s Test squad,” the England and Wales Cricket Board said in a statement. “He will join the Test party later today and will train this afternoon with the England squad.”