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Ministry opened the doors of last 10 months when the pan- Just two months ago on these schools for girls. demic first struck the globe. August 29, Europe recorded There are more than 30 The powerful “second just 42,000 new cases in a day. Sainik Schools, which works wave” has shaken the world On October 29, this figure under the Ministry of Defence, after the virus took a breather went up to 2.39 lakh, under- in India. The first school was for a few weeks across Europe, lining the enormity of the cri- set up in 1960 to prepare stu- the USA, and Latin America sis staring Europe. dents for entry into the presti- two lists will be termed List A Class IX. and people were beginning to Three months ago it gious National Defence and List B. Students of Sainik Schools think that the worst maybe seemed that Italy was all but Academy (NDA). The circular said within are called cadets like the behind. free of coronavirus. The coun- The reservation for OBC each list, 15 per cent seats are trainees of the pre-commission The global trend reversal try added just 289 new cases on students will commence from reserved for Scheduled Castes, military academies. The UPSS has a clear message for India, July 29, but on October 29, the the next academic session com- 7.5 per cent seats are for is the only Sainik School func- where the number of new cases figure of new cases touches mencing 2021-22. Scheduled Tribes and 27 per tioning under the State has come down drastically over 26,000. " Announcing it through a tweet, cent seats are for non-creamy Government with the rest the last few weeks. Any com- On July 29, France added Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar layer OBCs. being run by the Defence placency could see the onset of just 1,392 new cases, but three said 27 per cent seats in Sainik This decision comes an Ministry. a similar dangerous “second months down the line on schools will be reserved for year after the Defence Ministry The Ministry had issued wave” that could impact the October 29, it added more Other Backward Classes asked five Sainik Schools to directives to the principals to nascent economic recovery than 47,000 new cases. The (OBCs). admit girls from 2020-21. This take steps to carry out adequate and pose a serious challenge to same has been the story of the “OBC reservation to be step was taken after the pilot publicity through newspapers, health infrastructure and med- UK and Germany. ! "#$ % & introduced in Sainik Schools project of the Defence Ministry websites and other means. ical fraternity. The Latin American ' & from the year 2021-22,” Kumar in Sainik School Chhingchhip, Monitoring the registration The addition of nearly five nations such as Brazil, Chile, $ && said on Twitter and posted Mizoram was a success when strength vis-a-vis the capacity and a half a million cases in a Colombia, and Peru have also images of an October 13 cir- six girl cadets were admitted of exam centres, recruitment day carried an ominous por- seen a sharp rise in the num- $ # cular that was sent to principals into Class VI in June 2018. of exclusive staff, provision of tend that situation could get out ber of new cases. () $ & of all Sainik schools across the Defence Minister Rajnath infrastructure required for girl of control with the onset of With the world better pre- *# country. Singh approved five Sainik children and taking adequate winter. The dangerous dimen- pared to deal with Covid-19, The circular said 67 per Schools — Sainik Schools steps are the other instruction sion of the “second wave” could the second wave is turning out !$ ) cent of the seats in a Sainik Bijapur, Chandrapur, to the Principals. be gauged from the fact that the to be far less fatal than the first (# & school are reserved for candi- Ghorakhal, Kalikiri and world took five months to add one. The Thursday death toll " && dates from the State or the Kodagu — for these admis- 5.45 lakh cases between stood at around 7,000, which Union Territory in which the sions. " January 22 and May 24, where- denotes a casualty rate of + , & & school is located and the It was Uttar Pradesh Sainik as it needed just 24 hours to around 12 per cent on the total - #) & remaining 33 per cent is School (UPSS), the first Sainik # $ % make the matching gain on count of 5.45 new cases on that .%, & reserved for those who come School of the country estab- October 29. day. from outside that state or lished in 1960 which admitted Europe has seen a massive Continued on Page 2 & & Union Territory (UT). These 15 girl cadets in April 2018 in &''( 7# 5 '*+ *89: Chennai:Tamil Nadu P Q R & Governor Banwarilal Purohit # O P has assented to a Bill for 7.5 %&'() #$$ ) O per cent quota to %3 #4 5"3% " 30 / " Government school students 56 # # #4 "#$ who have cleared National 8$ #"#) #$$5 0 ' Eligibility-cum-Entrance $85 $ # $ 95$#8 #:! Test in admission to under- #8#"O4 "#$$5) he police have claimed graduate medical courses. 85"9$ # ) #4#959$54 TPakistan-based terror out- ) '*+ Kamal Nath, Ex-Chief Minister, A day after the State #8 3 : fit Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) Madhya Pradesh, with imme- Government took the exec- was behind the killing of three ,-/ diate effect for the current by- utive route to implement BJP leaders in Kulgam district elections of Legislative the quota regime from the on Thursday. " %01 Assembly of Madhya Pradesh.” current 2020-21 academic & &+(); #$5#5 On a day his son complet- It said no permission will be year itself and issued a gov- 9 #8 58 55 ed his first year, BJP leader Fida / -2 granted by authorities to Kamal ernment order to facilitate it, )#5"9 54 85% Hussain Yatoo was laid to rest Nath as a star campaigner. the Raj Bhavan said “this is -5%" 44 # ## in his native village on Friday. “However, if any campaign to inform the people of Tamil #% .5 $56 # # He, along with two other BJP “The names of LeT mili- Referring to the issue of is done by Kamal Nath from Nadu that the honourable 9 # #"95 545 officer bearers, was gunned tants — a local militant from providing security cover to the he Election Commission now onwards, the entire expen- Governor has given his 5 5 down by terrorists in YK Pora Dooru, Nisar Khanday; and protected persons, IGP said T(EC) on Friday revoked Nath for using the word “item” diture related to travel, stay and assent to the Bill.” 345 # $# 985 area of South Kashmir’s Abbas from Khudwani who they had prepared a list of 1,619 the star campaigner status of for a woman candidate and said visit will be completely borne The Governor sought #"9 5 %99$#% #5 Kulgam district late on was previously associated with vulnerable persons who were senior Congress leader and that the usage of the word for by the candidate in whose con- legal opinion from the 8 8 # ##)9 #8: Thursday night. Hizbul Mujahideen and is now lodged in secure locations former Madhya Pradesh Chief a woman constitutes a violation stituency he carries out cam- Solicitor General of India The entire neighbourhood with LeT and also claims to be before the Centre’s decision to Minister Kamal Nath for of the advisory issued by the paigning,” it said. The EC (SGI) on September 26 and in his village witnessed a sur- from TRF — are cropping up. revoke the special status of repeated violations of model commission. The Commission pulled up Nath for using words the opinion was received on ! charged atmosphere. Chanting The involvement of these two Jammu and Kashmir on code. In another decision has further expressed its dis- such as “item” to address a October 29, the release said. ,-.) ! 5% 54 %$#" patriotic slogans, local villagers is there, but there may be a for- August 5 last year. regarding senior BJP leader pleasure and said despite being woman during campaigning “As soon as the opinion 4 5" # 53 55 and party workers attended the eign terrorist involved as well “We had made a list of Kailash Vijayvargiya remarks a leader of a political party, for the bye-elections while the was received, honourable $## #5 #95% funeral prayers. Senior BJP in the attack,” he said. 1,619 vulnerable persons before “chunnu-munnu” and “gad- Nath is repeatedly violating Model Code of Conduct is in Governor has given assent to 5%549 #85,5# leaders, including J&K Chief IGP Kumar also appealed August 5 (last year) and we had dar” against Congress’ the provisions of Model Code effect. Taking another com- the Bill,” the statement said. #=6 89 556 # Ravinder Raina, too attended to the protected persons in the kept them in different hotels in Digvijaya Singh and Kamal of Conduct and breaching eth- plaint in consideration, where Amid accusations that 6 8 #O55 the last rites and visited the valley not to move around secure areas. We had kept Fida Nath, the EC advised him not ical and dignified behaviour. the Congress leader has spoken Purohit delayed clearing the 9 58 #) 58 #8 % family of Yatoo to offer con- without their security. in a hotel in Pahalgam where to use “any such word” in his The commission said, against current State Chief Bill, the Raj Bhavan pointing 59 85#%5 5#$ dolences on behalf of the top He said, “We have provid- he stayed for three weeks. public utterances during the “...for repeated violation of Minister Shivraj Singh out that the Bill was %$#"5 $:"5 #5 brass of the party. ed PSOs and security to 157 Recently, he gave an under- model code period. The EC Model Code of Conduct and Chouhan and referred to him approved soon after the # $ " 3 % #5$ The Inspector General of BJP workers, and nearly 30 taking and left the hotel. We are also barred MP Minister for completely disregarding as “mafia” and milawatkhor”, receipt of legal opinion — 5"959$ 5 #5 Police (IGP), Kashmir range, have been provided with investigating what they were Mohan Yadav from holding the advisory issued to him, the the Commission has said that that the Bill is in sync with " 8 5 6 8 Vijay Kumar Friday claimed guards and we will provide doing in a car in an area far any campaign. Commission hereby revokes its report confirms violation of Constitution — assumes sig- "3 9% 3 8 3 that LeT had executed the more security to those who away from home,” he said. 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New Delhi: Delhi Lt Governor !! he Shiv Sena-led MVA Anil Baijal has approved the TGovernment has made a Delhi Government’s proposal elhi’s air quality was recommendation to to allow buses to run with full Drecorded in the “very Maharashtra Governor Bhagat seating capacity even as Covid- poor” category on Friday Singh Koshyari to nominate 19 cases are witnessing a surge morning after a slight improve- Bollywood actress Urmila in the city. ment from the severe level. Matondekar as one of the 12 The buses are currently However, more improvement members in the State running with 20 passengers in in air quality is likely due to Legislative Council that are view of the outbreak of coron- number of passengers in DTC favourable wind speed on due to be fillled from the fields nominated as an MLC by the avirus. and Cluster buses was raised in Saturday. of literature, science, arts, coop- Governor”. Baijal, who is the chairman a DDMA meeting on October According to the Ministry erative sector and social service. Informed official sources of the Delhi Disaster 23. Transport minister Kailash of Earth Sciences’ air quality Confirming that said that the 12 nominated Management Authority Gahlot had sought permission monitoring agency, SAFAR, Matondkar’s name had been members were finalised at the (DDMA), has also approved for full seating without any pas- the share of stubble burning in recommended by the State weekly State Cabinet meeting resuming inter-State bus ser- senger standing on buses. Delhi’s PM 2.5 pollution was 36 ##$ %# # Government for nomination as held on Thursday. vices and the process to plan a The number of DTC and per cent on Thursday — the " one of the 12 members of the Subsequently, the 12 recom- standard operating procedure Cluster buses seat up to 40-45 maximum so far this season. State Legislative Council, Shiv mended names were sent in a for it is on and the service is passengers. Bus stops in the city Delhi recorded an AQI of 353 on Monday. est this season so far, according showed a large, dense cluster of Sena spokesperson and MP sealed cover to the Governor likely to restart from next week, witnessed long queues as a 380 at 9:30 am. The 24-hour On Thursday, PM10 levels to CPCB data. PM10 levels fires that covered most parts of Sanjay Raut said: “Chief for formal approval and decla- a senior government officer result of reduced capacity of average AQI was 395 on in Delhi-NCR peaked to 424 below 100 μg/m3 are consid- Punjab and some regions of Minister Uddhav Thackeray ration of the nominated mem- said. passengers allowed in the Thursday. It was 297 on microgram per cubic meter ered safe in India. Haryana. has spoken to Matondkar. She bers. The issue of raising the buses. PTI Wednesday, 312 on Tuesday, (μg/m3) at 10 am — the high- NASA’s satellite imagery Continued on Page 2 has given her consent for being Continued on Page 2 !"#$%&%& 3 % 7%/R & * #+

+- ?*+. Serengdag is worst hit by left rebels targeted them. casualty from either side and deployment of CRPF and dis- ity of police station indicates wing extremism which the Rebels also triggered a the loot and loss of fire weapon trict police has been done; a security lapse and intelligence t least two police person- state government last year had landmine explosion on the has been reported. It is said that massive search operation also failure. Anel were injured during an claimed the area reclaimed main road besides opening Pandey sustained a bullet on started. Since Serengad shares Left wing extremists have encounter with CPI (Maoist) from extremists. fire on a police patrolling party his chest whereas Singh sus- a border with Ghaghra police once again targeted security rebels at Shahighat locality Sources in the security to inflict maximum damage. tained a bullet injury on his station of Gumla district; forces after a lull of 11 months. under Serendag police station agencies said that the involve- Injured police personnel iden- thigh. Gumla police too has started Ravindra Ganjhu and his Bhardwaj, vice-chairperson of of Lohardaga district on Friday ment of an armed squad led by tified as Upendra Singh of A constable Krishna Oraon combing operations. armed squad had gunned .'+'.+ HSCW told The Pioneer over morning. CPI(Maoist) sub-zonal com- Lohardaga police and Anjani had gone missing during the The attack on the police down three home guard jawans the phone. The place where the mander Ravindra Ganjhu is Kumar Pandey of Special encounter but he safely reached force must have left Jharkhand and an ASI ranked official of team of the Haryana State "The commission is very encounter took place is situat- suspected behind the attack. Auxiliary Police were airlifted the police station an hour after Police worried since rebels Latehar police on November 22 ACommission for Women concerned about the incident ed barely half km from Seven police personnel were to Ranchi for their treatment at the encounter ended. planting landmines and tar- last year ahead of assembly (HSCW) will soon visit the and the safety and security of Serengdag police station. doing foot patrolling when Medica hospital. So far, no While the additional geting police in the close vicin- elections. Fortis hospital in Gurugram to women," she added. take stock of alleged rape of a 21- “We have written to the year-old patient while she was on Gurugram police commission- 7# 5 '*+ rorism. life support system in the ICU of er to complete the investigations “You know it all. Recently, ( ) P$ $ the hospital. into the matter on time being From Page 1 media persons also received The National Commission manner and prescribed guide- Sharing preliminary details threats through ‘Kashmir Fight’, !! Sharing his vision on gov- When the government heard changes happen.” for Women (NCW) on lines of Ministry of Home Affairs of the investigations IGP said, an online medium which is run ernance, the deputy chief min- us, it was a positive sign for the Citing Mohalla Clinics, Thursday had also taken suo of completing probes in two an Alto car used by the LeT ter- in Pakistan, or the TRF website. ister said that “People like me policy,” Sisodia said. and “Door-Step Delivery motu cognisance of the matter months in cases of sexual rorists has been seized by the They claimed the attack yes- elhi Deputy Chief Minister are dreamers and so we work He emphasised that there Services” as examples of how and had sought a detailed report assault," Bhardwaj said. police. “Three terrorists came in terday on ‘Kashmir Fight’ as DManish Sisodia interacted hard to make those dreams are many ways in which young simple ideas were adapted by from the police and the hospital Meanwhile, three days after a car belonging to a local ter- well. This is Pakistan-spon- with the students of Ashoka come true,” professionals can get involved the Delhi Government, he said, management. registering the case the police is rorist identified as Altaf. Fida sored terrorism and this proves University at an online “master On policy-level-interven- with policy-making. “This is another way in which According to the HSCW yet to establish the identity of the Hussain was with his two col- that these killings take place on class” on Entrepreneurship in tions in governments, Sisodia Sisodia encouraged stu- one needs to be entrepreneur- they too have taken suo motu accused. leagues in a car when these ter- the orders from Pakistan,” he Governance and shared the explained that it is important dents to not shy away from pol- ial while working in the gov- cognisance of the matter and The police said the investi- rorists fired indiscriminately said. success stories of the Delhi for students to understand that itics. He said, “You do not have ernment. How can we ease the have also sought a detailed gation was on and they were on them from close range. As a countermeasure to Government. for a successful policy, “the to necessarily stand in elec- running of the system, and action taken report from the waiting for the statement of the They received grave injuries such attacks, Kumar appealed While interacting with stu- public bind” is essential. tions, but by simply becoming does it help the public at- chief minister' office (CMO) victim who is still on ventilator and succumbed on the way to to the protected persons to fol- dents on how they can impact “During the Right to a member or even a party large? The scale is important in and the police. and unfit for the statement. the hospital”. low the standard operating policies and get involved in Information Act movement, worker, you can engage in var- governance.” The hospital administration “The investigation team Kumar said after the attack, procedures (SOP) laid down governance, Sisodia said “If you lawmakers, and policy makers ious departments where work Sisodia also shed light on has also been directed to send an have questioned a number of the terrorists fled in the same by the security agencies for want to be a part of the change, involved us. I was not in poli- on research, analysis, and pol- how the Skills and action taken report in the mat- staff members or outsourced car towards Achbal area, from their movement and not to we should not shy away from tics then but we mobilised icy-drafts is being done regu- Entrepreneurship University ter. “It was a shocking incident workers of the hospital in con- where the car was seized this move around in vulnerable joining politics. The govern- enough people, and stake- larly. Use the skills of your edu- in Delhi looks to fix that gap which took place inside the hos- nection with the matter. The morning. Asked whether the areas especially without their ment needs skilled and knowl- holders to create a policy pres- cation to work at grass-roots between job-seekers, and job- pital premises. A team of the CCTV footage of the hospital is attack was pre-planned, the security. edgeable professionals.” sure group on the government. levels; that is where the real creators. HSCW will soon visit the spot being scanned but still didn’t IGP said it was possible. and will talk to the family mem- find any breakthrough, said “It seems so to us as well bers of the victim. As the victim Maqsood Ahmed DCP (east), because what were they doing 99 5 $8 " 4 # -5#%#5 Q R & is still on ventilator we wish her adding that the police didn’t away from home, waiting for #"45 "#8 $ 85"9 #3$# #8$ speedy recovery,” Preeti detain anyone.” someone or not, then terrorists !5/%.6& 85%$$#) #) GD% $#H G9 5 #3##554 From Page 1 was found to be in violation of came, attacked them and then - #4 ## $ # "# # .5 5 5 99 5## #8 #"# #5H: In the order against BJP the provisions of the model ran away to Achbal. There is a 445 4555#"9$" 54%8 4 85 : ! A. !% # # leader Kailash Vijayvargiya, code. 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The complaint is in 8 per cent. The USA has also economists expect the rebound have increased over the last few )##) #5: 9 5"#:M 54 # M 5 #)## Code of Conduct for the an election driven narrative of seen the arrival of a powerful next year to be weaker than months -- were carried out at #9 O9 5 59 8 #4A+ " 5 # 5 %3,85,%#8# $ # Guidance of Political Parties the Congress party to change second wave as the poll-bound previously thought. the local level by the terrorists 9 3 % #(8 % 5 #O85 #85 $555 85#%#5 $ and Candidates”. the course of the election, he country has completely disre- The Oct 6-Oct 27 Reuters or did the ultras get orders from 54 #) -5% 54 959$:! + ,( # 9 #8#9$$# 5 $ 5 The commission had said. garded the protocol required to polls of economists across Asia, Pakistan, the IGP said this was 3 #% 5 #OL8 )54 :M % 5 #5%) 5 5#4 %99 $#"#5 : issued a notice to the BJP The BJP leader also said contain the menace. Europe, and the Americas, part of Pakistan-sponsored ter- # 95A $# # 9 595D%5 # 885 8 leader on October 26 seeking that “abiding by the directions After recording sub 50,000 covering 46 economies, showed his reply. The poll body advised of the Election Commission new cases daily for weeks, the scant sign of activity recover- Vijayvargiya that “while mak- and the provisions of the Model USA suddenly saw a massive ing to pre-Covid-19 levels any- ing public utterances he should Code of Conduct is paramount rise in the number of new time soon. not use any such word or state- for him as well as every party cases. On Thursday, the new Nearly three-quarters of ment during the period of worker of the BJP, and he has cases stood at 91,000. But 150 analysts who responded to Model Code of Conduct.” the highest regard of the same.” Americans continued to throng an additional question said the According to the notice, Bypolls to 28 Madhya Pradesh at the rally of US President resurgence in virus cases posed the statement made in Sanwer, Assembly seats will be held on Donald Trump in big numbers. a high risk of halting the cur- Indore, during an election rally November 3 for which cam- The resurgence of the coro- rent global economic recovery on October 14 against the two paigning is on. navirus cases could derail the as early as this year.

no dispersion condition has 12.5 degrees Celsius on released by the Union Ministry P *** resulted in the current situation, Thursday - the lowest in of law and justice on Thursday, From Page 1 it said. October in 26 years. the 22-year-old Environment SAFAR said accumulation An increase in surface wind The city’s ventilation index Pollution (Prevention and of locally generated pollutants speed and better ventilation - a product of mixing depth and Control) Authority (EPCA) has and increased external intru- conditions are likely to “signif- average wind speed - is likely to been dissolved and replaced by sion due to north-north west- icantly” improve the situation be around 7,000 meter square a powerful commission com- erly boundary level winds from by Saturday, SAFAR said. per second on Friday - prising 18 members. regions where stubble is burnt According to the India favourable for dispersion of The Commission for Air were the major factors for the Meteorological Department, pollutants. Quality Management in the increase in PM2.5 levels. the predominant wind direc- On Thursday, the Centre National Capital Region and Extremely calm surface and tion was northerly and the introduced a new law through Adjoining Areas will specifically boundary layer winds along maximum wind speed was 10 an ordinance that put in place look at Delhi-NCR and adjoin- with the low night time bound- kilometers per hour. The min- a powerful oversight body to ing areas only and it will be ary layer height resulted in low imum temperature was record- curb air pollution. binding on the states to follow ventilation practically stagnant, ed at 13.1 degrees Celsius. It was Under the ordinance its directions.

and contested the Lok Sabha elections from Mumbai unsuc- From Page 1 cessfully against BJP’s Raju Given that the nominations Shetty in the 2019 polls. She quit are required from the fields of lit- the Congress after the 2019 Lok erature, science, arts, cooperative Sabha polls. sector and social service, the rul- The Governor’s nomination ing Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) of 12 members to the Upper partners --Shiv Sena, NCP and House of the State Assembly has Congress - are understood to been delayed considerably, given have taken care that the names the terms of the earlier nomi- recommended were the specified nated members ended on June fields of activities. The three par- 15. So much so that the Shiv ties have reportedly four names Sena had joined issue with the each. The reported recom- Opposition in July this year mendation of Matondkar’s over the delay in the nomination names on the heel of “Rangeela” of 12 members by the Governor actress crossed swords with con- to the State Legislative Council. troversial actress Kangana In his Sunday column Ranaut. Matondkar had ‘Rokhtok’ in the Sena mouth- slammed Kangana for her com- piece Saamna, Shiv Sena’s MP ment likening Mumbai to PoK and spokesperson Sanjay Raut and said she would “never tol- had ticked off the Opposing BJP erate any defamatory remark” by accusing it of playing politics about the city. every during the Covid-19 and On Kangana’s comment trying to influence the “Union about rampant drug use by Home Ministry-nominated” Bollywood personalities, Urmila Governor to delay the process of had said that if Kangana had nominating 12 new members to information about illegal drugs the Upper House of State in Bollywood she should look to Legislature in place of equal her State Himachal Pradesh and number of outgoing legislators would be better served by going whose terms ended on June 15. to the authorities rather than Indirectly suggesting that tweeting about it. the current Governor was not in “Which girl from a civilised a mood to nominate the 12 per- cultured house would use this sons recommended by the kind of language? Like ‘kya Maharashtra Cabinet headed by ukhaad loge’, ‘kiska baap ka kya chief minister Uddhav hai’, speaking about Jaya ji the Thackeray, Raut had written in way she did,” Urmila said in a his column: “Normally the television interview. On her part, Governor appoints experts from Kangana hit back at Urmila by various fields as members of the calling her “a soft porn star”. “She Council based on the recom- isn’t known for acting for sure mendation of the State Cabinet. and is known for doing soft porn. If the nomination does not hap- If she can get a ticket, why won’t pen on time, such a thing would I get a ticket?,” Kangana had tantamount to trampling upon asked. Matondkar, it may be the Constitution and gagging of recalled, had joined the Congress the State Council.

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But during tion and for every person resid- from the Central government. movement of four criminals of During the firing, two am Aadmi Party (AAP) this whole time, the BJP ruled ing in that city, Rs 488/- per On behalf of the AAP, I want ollowing a brief exchange of Gaurav-Monti gang with illegal accused person -- Rinku and AChief Spokesperson MCD repeatedly blamed the person is given as municipal to request the BJP to handover Ffire, the Delhi Police has fire arms and they may commit Vishal -- sustained injuries. Saurabh Bhardwaj on Friday Delhi government for this cri- development funds. In total, Rs the MCDs to the AAP. We will arrested four alleged members robbery, carjacking and extor- The other accused persons said that the Bharatiya Janata sis and also quoted baseless fig- 2,87,636 is given as municipal run the MCDs in surplus as we of Gaurav-Monti gang in tion. were overpowered. Party (BJP)-ruled Municipal ures against the AAP govern- funds to all the cities of the did it in case of the Delhi gov- northwest Delhi’s Bawana area. On Thursday, police spot- Both injured persons were Corporations has put a massive ment,” he said. country except the Delhi ernment,” he added. The accused have been ted a car, without number shifted to MV Hospital, Pooth burden of debts on the citizens The AAP leader further MCDs,” he said. Attacking the BJP leaders, identified as Rinku (24), a res- plate, and signaled to stop it, Khurd. They were later referred of Delhi and it is high time the said that to expose the lies of The Central government he said "In the last 14 years, all ident of Pooth Khurd village, but the occupants tried to flee to BSA Hospital, they said. BJP should hand corporations the BJP, Deputy Chief Minister has granted funds to Ghaziabad three corporations have ruined Vishal (24), a resident of from the spot, a senior police Two semi-automatic pis- to the Delhi Government for its of Delhi Manish Sisodia on and Gurugram from this fund some of the popular markets of Muzafarnagar district in UP, official said. tols, two country-made pistols, better functioning. Thursday wrote to all the three but none to the MCDs in Delhi at South Ex, Amar Deepak (22), a resident of When police blocked their one car robbed from Bawana Bhardwaj said that BJP- mayors. Sisodia has noted that Delhi. Colony, GK 2 etc. “They sealed Bajitpur Thakaran, and Lalit way, the occupants of the vehi- area, 10 live cartridges have ruled MCD has to take Rs as on 1st April 2020, a total of Based on Delhi’s popula- the shops of these beautiful (24), a resident of Jharoda cle fired at police. Police also been recovered from their pos- 18,000 crore from the central Rs 6,008 Cr loan is outstanding tion, this amounts to a total of markets and took crores of Kalan, they said. retaliated and during cross fir- session, police added. government and must return shops are sealed, shopkeepers over the three MCDs. Rs 18,000 Cr over the last 15 money from the shop owners Rs 8500 crore to Delhi are devastated. “It is well known that the years that should have as conversion charges and as Government. "For the past several Central Government provides been granted by the Centre to parking tax. Despite such mas- He said that the MCDs months the BJP-ruled MCDs grants to all the Municipal the MCDs. sive harassments to the shop have sealed Delhi's big markets were not paying the salaries of Corporations of our country. This means that the MCD owners the BJP-ruled MCDs and illegally taken conversion the doctors and nurses. For this The amount given to should return around Rs 8,500 have not yet allowed those fees and parking charges but yet inhuman behaviour of the BJP Municipal Corporations is cal- Cr to the Delhi government shops to run,” he said. $ !! ing continuous, unobstructed access to $%+ water,” he said. n the continuous endeavours to devel- Chadha said, "For a long time, resi- !! Irfan to finalise a deal related to stone Iop a planned and consistent water sup- dents have had to face unnecessary works. It was also revealed that Irfan ply to meet Delhi's growing demands, problems because of the unpredictable he Delhi Police on Friday rescued had earlier also got into a dispute with Raghav Chadha, Vice Chairman of Delhi supply of water. Now, with the success- Ta Delhi-based contractor who was Chandra over some payment issue. On Jal Board (DJB) inaugurated a tube-well ful completion of ground water extrac- abducted by one of his co-workers and the basis of technical at Indra Park on Friday. tion, I am certain there will be no com- his associates from Uttar Pradesh's surveillance, police reached Sitapur, Tube-wells are vertical drilled wells plaints, and every resident here will get Sitapur district. Police said that they rescued Chandra from a jungle and that extract water for various purposes and the required amount of water to serve have also arrested three accused from arrested the accused on Wednesday,” provide domestic water sup- their needs." there. Police said that one of the said the DCP. ply. The newly commis- DJB has nine water accused, who used to work with the “During interrogation, Irfan said sioned tube-well will ratio- treatment plants and victim, planned the abduction follow- he was engaged in the work of stone nalize the water supply to eight sewage testing lab- ing a dispute over payment with him polishing along with Chandra in Delhi Indra Park, Pandav Nagar. oratories set up with ade- The accused have been identified but a dispute had erupted between "In spite of the global quate facilities and as Irfan Ali (27), Aziz Ali (35) and them over some payment issue. In pandemic that is the manned by qualified Bablu (24), all residents of Sitapur. order to teach Chandra a lesson, he COVID-19, our service persons for inspection According to Atul Kumar Thakur, made a plan to abduct him. He asked towards our family here in and evaluating the raw the Deputy Commissioner of Police the victim to come to Lakhimpur kheri Indra Park has not stopped. sewage and final effluent. (DCP), South district, on October 24, on the pretext of finalising a deal of Despite the tremendous Laboratories collect sam- a woman, who is a resident of Malviya some work,” said the DCP. financial strain we are going ples from sewage pump- Nagar here, lodged a complaint with “When Chandra arrived at through Arvind Kejriwal's ing stations and drains in the police. Lakhimpur Kheri bus stand on government has allocated a special fund its command area and conduct routine “She alleged that her husband October 24, he was abducted by for the ground water extraction work here surveys of river Yamuna downstream Ramesh Chandra, who had gone to Vakeel, the elder brother of Irfan, and at Indra Park, Pandav Nagar," Chadha said. from Wazirabad to Okhla barrage to Lakhimpur Kheri in UP for some work Aziz Ali, who took him to Sitapur from "Our government's vision to provide monitor the quality deterioration. on October 23, has been abducted by there in a car, driven by Bablu, the DCP 24*7 water for all is certainly not a pipe DJB is responsible for production of unidentified people, who had also said. dream but a living breathing reality just water in Delhi and its distribution in the demanded a ransom of Rs four lakh for The accused also demanded Rs like water. With this ground water extrac- area under the control of Municipal his release. A case was then registered four lakh as ransom. The car used in tion work, my family here at Indra Park, Corporation of Delhi. under relevant section at Malviya the crime has also been recovered, Pandav Nagar will have increased access Besides, the Board is responsible for Nagar police station,” said the DCP. police said, adding that efforts are to high quality water to serve their needs. collection, treatment and disposal of “Investigation revealed that the vic- being made to nab Vakeel and anoth- I fully understand the importance of hav- sewage in Delhi tim was called to Lakhimpur Kheri by er accused named Samim. !"#$%&%& ! " %3 0 " 3 0 $ $,

The 2+2 ministerial level invitation to Australia in 2007 60 helicopter of Japan. sea only’ exercise in view of dialogue between India and saw China expressing its The Indian Navy partic- COVID-19 pandemic, will ays after announcing the the US here earlier this week displeasure to all the four ipation in Phase 1 will be led showcase the high-levels of Dparticipation of Australia had expressed satisfaction countries. However, the US by Rear Admiral Sanjay synergy and coordination for the first time in the Malabar over the forthcoming and Japan were in favour of Vatsayan, Flag Officer between the friendly navies, series of naval exercises despite Malabar exercise. It will see Australia joining this presti- Commanding Eastern Fleet. which is based on their China’s strong objection, India all the four Quadrilateral gious exercise and the process Indian Navy units partici- shared values and commit- on Friday released the sched- countries exercising together was on for the last two years. pating in the exercise include ment to an open, inclusive ule of the annual exercise. It for the first time. Giving details of the destroyer Ranvijay, frigate Indo-Pacific and a rules- will take part in the Bay of China had all along upcoming exercise, officials Shivalik, Off Shore Patrol based international order. Bengal and the Arabian Sea in objected to the inclusion of said here the 24th edition is Vessel Sukanya, Fleet Support The first phase will witness two phases. Australia claiming it will mil- scheduled in two phases in Ship Shakti and submarine complex and advanced naval In all four countries itarise the Quad and increase November 2020. Phase-1 will Sindhuraj. In addition, exercises including surface, including India, Japan, US tension in the Indo-Pacific see participation of Indian Advanced Jet Trainer Hawk, anti-submarine and anti-air and Australia will exercise region. India announced the Navy units with USN Ship long-range maritime patrol warfare operations, cross deck together in the first phase for decision about Australia’s par- USS John S McCain (Guided- aircraft P-8I, Dornier mar- flying, seamanship evolutions four days from November 3 ticipation on October 19. missile destroyer), Ballarat itime patrol aircraft, and heli- and weapon firing exercises. to 6 in Visakhapatnam in the The Malabar exercises (long range frigate) with inte- copters will also be partici- The second phase is sched- Bay of Bengal. The next ses- started in 1992 when India gral MH-60 helicopter of pating in the exercise. uled to be conducted in the sion will commence in mid- and US exercised together. Australia and Onami The exercise, being con- Arabian Sea in mid- guided missile corvette INS Missile Corvette INS Kora hits November. Japan joined in 2015. An (Destroyer) with integral SH- ducted as a ‘non-contact, at November 2020. Kora in the Bay of Bengal. the target at max range with ustaining the momentum to Stating that the missile hit precise accuracy in Bay of somewhere in the Arabian Sea. The Indian Navy has sig- eastern Ladakh. also carried out a two-day carried out a military exercise Sbe operationally ready to the target at maximum range Bengal. Target ship severely The missile was fired by nificantly increased its deploy- The Indian Navy has par- mega exercise in the Indian with a US Navy carrier strike meet any challenge in the back- with precise accuracy, officials damaged and in flames,” the frontline corvette INS Prabal as ment in the Indian Ocean ticipated in a number of joint Ocean Region with the group led by the nuclear-pow- drop of the ongoing tension at said here the drill reflected the Navy tweeted. part of a mega drill involving Region in an attempt to send maritime exercises in the last Australian Navy that featured ered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz the Line of Actual navy’s combat readiness in the Last week, the Navy aircraft carrier INS across a message to China in few weeks, including a three- a range of complex naval off the coast of Andaman and Control(LAC), the Indian Navy strategic sea lanes around India, released a video of an anti-ship Vikramaditya and a number of the wake of escalation in ten- day drill with Japanese navy manoeuvres, anti-aircraft drills Nicobar Islands. The USS on Friday successfully test fired officials said. “Anti-ship missile missile destroying a sinking warships, attack helicopters, sion between the two countries from September 26-28. and helicopter operations. Nimitz is the world’s largest an anti-ship missile from its fired by Indian Navy’s Guided ship with “deadly accuracy” and other assets of the Navy. over the border standoff in Last month, Indian Navy In July, the Indian Navy warship. , $ # -. )$ -1 ,$# #- ", P / # $ # *+&I*6! cases against themselves.The directions of the Supreme %($, ut of the 80 candidates in - !AC Court have had no effect on he Enforcement Othe fray for the November -+ the political parties in selection TDirectorate (ED) has arrest- 3 Gujarat Assembly by-elec- of candidates as they have being conducted on the ground. ed Bineesh Kodiyeri, son of tion, 18 per cent have declared A+ *'A again followed their old prac- The grand alliance consisting of Kerala CPI (M) leader Kodiyeri criminal cases against them- tice of giving tickets to around ongress on Friday demand- Congress, RJD, and left parties Balakrishnan, for money laun- selves. According to a report by -+ -AA 18 per cent candidates with Ced immediate suspension has also demanded that Prime dering. poll rights group Association . A! criminal cases,” the report said. of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Minister Narendra Modi dis- The agency on Friday for Democratic Reforms “All major parties contest- and Deputy Chief Minister miss the NDA Goverment of claimed that Kodiyeri alleged- (ADR), which also gives details ! ACA ing in Gujarat bye-elections Sushil Modi over the Munger Bihar over the incident. ly credited “huge amounts of of the financial background of have given tickets to 25 per police firing incident. A dele- Two incidents of violence unaccounted funds” into the candidates, said a total of 20 or cent to 38 per cent candidates gation of party from national occurred in Munger within 72 bank accounts of the drug 25 per cent of them have candidates analysed from who have declared criminal Capital met Bihar Governor. hours that had erupted follow- peddler Mohammed Anoop. of unaccounted funds were granted ED custody till 5 PM declared financial assets worth Bhartiya Tribal Party, three cases against themselves,” it The congress delegation was ing excess committed against The ED has initiated being regularly credited in his of November 2. Further cus- crores of rupees. (38 per cent) out of eight can- said. “Out of the 80 candidates, also likely to meet President of devotees during immersion of investigation against accounts by Bineesh Kodiyeri. todial interrogation and inves- While a total of 81 candi- didates analysed from BJP, two 20 (25 per cent) are crorepatis. India during the next couple of idol of Goddess Durga near Mohammed Anoop and oth- These were preceded by large tigation is under progress, it dates are contesting the elec- (25 per cent) out of eight can- Eight (100 per cent) out of 8 days in this regard. Azad Chowk in Munger district ers based on the FIR registered cash deposits in Kerala into added. tions, the report is based on an didates analysed from Congress candidates analysed from BJP, The Congress delegation on October 26. by Narcotics Control Bureau, the accounts of Bineesh Benamidar is a person in analysis of affidavits furnished and eight (15 per cent) out of 6 (75 per cent) out of 8 candi- led by General Secretary Surjewala said that a youth Bengaluru on August 22 this Kodiyeri,” it said. whose name the benami prop- by 80 of them. Bypolls in 53 Independent candidates dates analysed from Congress Randeep Surjewala submitted a Anurag Kumar was killed in year. During the course of erty is held or transferred, and Abdasa, Limbdi, Morbi, Dhari, have declared criminal cases and 6 (11 per cent) out of 53 memorandum to Bihar police firing and it was also evi- Earlier, Mohammed investigation, it was revealed a beneficial owner of the Gadhada, Karjan, Dang and against themselves in their affi- Independent candidates have Governor Fagu Chauhan dent from the report of CISF. Anoop, a drug peddler, was that Mohammed Anoop is a person for whose benefit the Kaprada assembly seats in davits. One (50 per cent) out of declared assets worth more demanding immediate dis- Eight others were injured in arrested by ED on October 17, Benamidar of Bineesh property is being held by the Gujarat were necessitated after two candidates analysed from than 1 crore,” the report stat- missal of Nitish Kumar gov- lathi charge on the fateful night 2020 and, during his custodi- Kodiyeri and all his benamidar. the sitting Congress MLAs Bhartiya Tribal Party, two (25 ed. The average assets per can- ernment, alleging its failure in of October 26, he added. al interrogation, he inter-alia financial dealings were done The NCB had claimed in resigned. per cent) out of eight candi- didate is 1.16 crore, it said. handling the situation in Congress leader said that admitted that he was indulging on the instructions of Bineesh the past that “prominent The report said that seven dates analysed from BJP and “Among major parties, the Munger where one youth was the party had demanded from in sale and purchase of nar- Kodiyeri who had paid huge musicians and actors” in or 9 per cent of the candidates four (8 per cent) out of 53 average assets per candidate for killed in police firing and sev- the Governor for immediate cotics drugs and closely asso- amounts of money to Karnataka are under its scan- have declared serious criminal Independent candidates have eight Congress candidates eral others were injured in lathi- dismissal of Nitish Kumar gov- ciated with Bineesh Kodiyeri, Mohammed Anoop. ner after the operation involv- cases against themselves, while declared serious criminal cases analysed is 4.38 crore, eight charge on those participating in ernment for its failures in han- the ED said in a statement. He could not explain these ing Anoop and Kodiyeri. 14 or 18 per cent have declared against themselves, the report BJP candidates analysed is Rs immersion of idol of Goddess dling the situation in Munger. “It is also revealed that he cash and fund transactions Kodiyeri has maintained criminal cases against them- said. 2.52 crores, two Bhartiya Tribal Durga on October 26. Stringent action should be taken held various bank accounts and was completely evasive in that he knew Anoop and his selves. Serious criminal cases “Two (25 per cent) out of Party candidates have average AICC sources said that against DM and SP of Munger, and indulged in transfer- his replies, the agency said. family and the latter had bor- are non-bailable offences with eight constituencies are red assets of 17.85 lakhs and 53 party is also seeking an appoint- who were at the helm of affairs ring/layering of huge proceeds Bineesh Kodiyeri was rowed money from him and over five years of imprison- alert constituencies. Red alert Independent candidates have ment from President Ram Nath during the incident, after plac- of crime into various accounts. produced before the ED some others for setting up the ment. constituencies are those where average assets of 70.52 lakhs,” Kovind to apprise him of the ing them under suspension Fund trail investigation also PMLA Court on Thursday restaurant business in According to the report, three or more contesting can- it added. breaking law and order situation with the immediate effect, the established that huge amount and the designated court Bengaluru a few years ago. one (50 per cent) out of two didates have declared criminal in Bihar when elections are party said in its memorandum. 6 "( # ( #P # ",$#$ 2 $

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cation and photograph of the candidates. plea has been filed in the It said that ballot and EVM ASupreme Court seeking a without political party symbol direction to the Election have many benefits as it will Commission to remove sym- help electors to vote and sup- bols from ballot and EVMs and port intelligent diligent and day after a Pakistani politi- replace it with ‘name, age, edu- honest candidates. Acian in Assembly confessed cational qualification and pho- “Ballot and EVM without that the country was behind the tograph’ of candidates. political party symbol will con- Pulwama terror attack that The plea filed by BJP leader trol dictatorship of political claimed the lives of 40 CRPF and advocate Ashwini Kumar party bosses in ticket distribu- personnel in J & K, Union Upadhyay has also sought tion and forced them to give Minister Prakash Javadekar on directions to declare that use of ticket to those who religiously Friday sought an apology from party symbol on EVM is illegal, work for people’s welfare,” the a state task force (STF) led by the Congress for its conspira- unconstitutional and violative plea said. additional Chief Secretary or cy theories around the incident. of the Constitution. Referring to a study done he Centre has asked States principal secretary (health), What was described as a The plea, filed through by Association for Democratic Tto constitute committees and a district task force (DTF) terror attack inspired by advocate Ashwani Kumar Reforms (ADR), a non-gov- for coordination and oversee- to be headed by the district Pakistani terror outfits had Dubey, said the best solution to ernment organisation working COVID-19 vaccination magistrate. prompted Indian punitive air weed corruption and crimi- ing in electoral reforms, the drive while ensuring minimal An annexure attached with strikes at Balakot across the nalisation in politics is to plea said that out of 539 MPs, disruptions in other routine the letter outlines the terms of borders, last year. replace political party sym- 233 (43 per cent) MPs have healthcare services, and references for the committees Taking to Twitter, C BG.'0+!H Ayurveda and meditation, an ing traditional items from bols on ballot and EVM with declared criminal cases against stressed early tracking of social according to which the SSC Javadekar said, “Pakistan has official release said. Jammu and Kashmir and the name, age, educational qualifi- themselves. media to dispel rumours which will ensure active involvement admitted its hand behind rime Minister Narendra It also has a `yoga and North-East. could impact the community of all departments concerned Pulwama terror attack. Now, PModi, who is on a two-day meditation’ garden, souvenir He showed keen interest acceptance of coronavirus inoc- and devise innovative strate- Congress and others who visit to Gujarat, inaugurated shop and a cafeteria serving in the processes involved in 0 ulation. gies for improving communi- talked of conspiracy theories four new tourist attractions “Ayurveda foods”. making them, an official said. Stating that COVID-19 ty engagement (‘Jan must apologise to the country,” near the Statue of Unity at Modi also visited a digital The PM next inaugurated vaccine introduction will span Bhagidaari’) for improved cov- he said. Kevadiya in Narmada district information centre and an a Children’s Nutrition Park, % over a year with multiple erage of COVID-19 vaccine The alleged terror attack on Friday. indoor plants garden inside dubbed as the world’s first groups being included “sequen- once it is available. took place on the Jammu- The Prime Minister inau- Arogya Van. such technology-driven theme tially starting from health care “Ensure early tracking of Srinagar National Highway on gurated Arogya Van, Ekta Mall, The prime minister then park developed over 35,000 $ % #( workers”, the Health Ministry social media and other plat- February 14, 2019, when a Children’s Nutrition Park and inaugurated Ekta Mall, a square meters. Its primary has sought constitution of com- forms for possible misinfor- convoy of vehicles carrying Sardar Patel Zoological Park/ unique store near the Statue of objective is to make children which he said had its origins in mittees at state and district lev- mation and rumours around security personnel was struck Jungle Safari. Unity where tourists can buy understand the importance Pakistan, noting that the civilised els which will review prepara- COVID-19 vaccine that could by a vehicle-borne suicide He was scheduled to handloom and handicraft of nutritious food, officials ndia has dealt with the “worst world needs to act with firmness tory activities in terms of cold impact the community accep- bomber at Lethpora near launch 17 new projects, includ- products from various states. said. Icrisis” in decades along its bor- to address the threat of terror- chain preparedness, opera- tance for the vaccine,” it said. Awantipura in Pulwama dis- ing a seaplane service, on The two-storey air-condi- The park has 47 attrac- der with China with “firmness ism. tional planning, strategies for The SSC will also have to trict of Jammu and Kashmir. Friday and Saturday. tioned complex is spread over tions providing “infotain- and maturity” despite facing Delving into major geo- state-specific challenges in institute a reward/recognition Lok Sabha polls were held Modi first inaugurated 35,000 square feet and hous- ment” to children with the the challenge of the coronavirus strategic issues, he said the terms of geographical terrain mechanism for achievement of in 2019 and on the first Arogya Van (`health forest’), es 20 emporia, said the gov- underlying theme of “Sahi pandemic, Foreign Secretary immediate challenges have not and hard-to-reach areas, etc. best performing anniversary of Pulwama attack, spread over 17 acres with a ernment release. Poshan Desh Roshan”. Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on been able to distract India from In a letter to states and district/block/urban ward, etc. former Congress president wide range of medicinal plants. Modi, accompanied by Modi then inaugurated Thursday. broader strategic goals, especially union territories, Union Health The COVID-19 vaccine Rahul Gandhi had held the BJP The sprawling garden, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Jungle Safari, a state-of-the- In an address at a leading in the Indo-Pacific Region where Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has introduction will span over a responsible for security lapses which boasts of five lakh plants Rupani, visited several empo- art Zoological Park spread think-tank in Paris, Shringla it is moving purposefully at suggested setting up of a state year with multiple groups asking who benefited the most of 380 species, also highlights ria. The prime minister spent across 375 acres and seven lev- mentioned two recent terrorist multiple levels to create an steering committee (SSC) being included sequentially from the attack. the importance of Yoga, significant time at stalls sell- els. incidents in France, one of “open, inclusive architecture”. chaired by the chief secretary, starting from HCWs. !"#$%&%& "

,- % / 0/// 1 (20 - 5 # 0 ' a local militant from Dooru, kept them in different hotels in came, attacked them and then 58# Nisar Khanday; and Abbas from secure areas. We had kept Fida ran away to Achbal. There is a 0"1 9 '*+ %" n a day his son turned a Khudwani who was previously (Hussain) in a hotel in chance that it was a pre-planned Oyouth Bharatiya Janta Party associated with Hizbul Pahalgam where he stayed for attack and we are investigating 3 *- wide discrepancies and con- smuggling activities. “I will (BJP), leader Fida Hussain Mujahideen and is now with three weeks. Recently, he gave it and will soon solve it," he said. tradictions in the former’s come out with their names at Yatoo, mercilessly killed by the LeT and also claims to be from an undertaking and left the On a question as to whether inarayi Vijayan’s continua- stance. the appropriate time. But before Lashkar-e- Tayyeba (LeT) ter- TRF -- are cropping up. The hotel. We are investigating what the attacks on BJP activists -- 0J 95$#8 Ption as Chief Minister has “Chief Minister had told in that I ask Vijayan to submit his rorists along with two other offi- involvement of these two is they were doing in a car in an instances of which have become untenable in the back- his initial reactions that he resignation and go home,” said cer bearers in YK Pora area of there, but there may be a foreign area far away from home," he increased over the last few drop of last two days’ events , did not know who the con- Surendran. South Kashmir's Kulgam dis- terrorist involved as well in the said. months -- were carried out at Srinagar: The Jammu and according to K Surendran, troversial woman was and has He said Vijayan while trict late Thursday night, was attack,” he said. Sharing preliminary details the local level by the terrorists Kashmir Police have arrested president, Kerala BJP. not met her. But when Swapna meeting the media on laid to rest in his native village IGP, Kashmir also appealed of the investigations IGP said, an or did the ultras get orders from two terrorist associates from In a scathing attack on Suresh (the controversial Thursday read out from a pre- on Friday. to the protected persons in the Alto car used by the LeT ter- Pakistan, the IGP said this was North Kashmir's Handwara Pinarayi Vijayan and the woman) told the Enforcement pared statement and stayed The entire neighbourhood valley not to move around with- rorists has been seized by the part of Pakistan-sponsored ter- and recovered arms and CPI(M), the BJP leader termed Directorate sleuths that it was away from sensitive questions. in his village witnessed a sur- out their security. police. "Three terrorists came in rorism. ammunition from them, offi- Vijayan as the chief of a mafia Vijayan who introduced her to “There are enough evidence to charged atmosphere while fam- He said, "We have provid- a car belonging to a local ter- "You know it all. Recently, cials said on Friday. dealing in gold smuggling, principal secretary Sivsankar, link the chief minister to the ily members and his supporters ed PSOs and security to 157 BJP rorist identified as Altaf. Fida mediapersons also received Police said on the basis of drug trafficking and hawala he retracted his earlier state- LIFE Mission, the flagship pro- bid final farewell. Chanting workers, and nearly 30 have Hussain was with his two col- threats through 'Kashmir Fight', a specific information regard- transactions. “Chief Minister ment and said he knew her. gramme of the Kerala patriotic slogans, local villagers been provided with guards and leagues in a car when these ter- an online medium which is run ing the movement of anti- Vijayan heads a smuggling The Enforcement Government,” charged the BJP and party workers attended the we will provide more security to rorists fired indiscriminately on in Pakistan, or the TRF website. national elements, the mafia, a mafia specialising in Directorate in its charge sheet leader. funeral prayers. Senior BJP those who have severe threat them from close range. They They claimed the attack yester- Handwara police along with smuggling of gold, money has said that it was with the Ramesh Chennaithala, leaders including J&K Chief perception". received grave injuries and suc- day on 'Kashmir Fight' as well. the army and the CRPF estab- laundering and hawala trans- knowledge and concurrence Leader of Opposition, went to Ravinder Raina also attended Referring to the issue of cumbed on the way to the hos- This is Pakistan-sponsored ter- lished check points at different actions. of the chief minister that the extent of calling Pinarayi the last rites and visited the fam- providing security cover to the pital". Kumar said after the rorism and this proves that locations in the town and start- Vijayan is the prime Swapna Suresh, whose educa- Vijayan as a mafia chief. “He ily of Yatoo to offer condolences protected persons,IGP said they attack, the terrorists fled in the these killings take place on the ed searching vehicles and accused in gold smuggling,” tional qualification is dubious heads a mafia of gold smug- on behalf of the top brass of the had prepared a list of 1,619 vul- same car towards Achbal area, orders from Pakistan,” he said. pedestrians. lambasted Surendran while was appointed as Chief glers, drug dealers and hawala party. nerable persons who were from where the car was seized As a countermeasure to "During search/checking addressing the media at Executive of Kerala operatirs. Kerala has never Meanwhile, Inspector lodged in secure locations this morning. such attacks, Kumar appealed to at Chinar Park Handwara, two Thiruvananthapuram. Government owned Space seen in the past a group of General of Police, Kashmir before the Centre's decision to Asked whether the attack the protected persons to follow persons riding on a bike were Quoting from statements Park,” said Surendran. criminals heading a govern- range Vijay Kumar Friday revoke the special status of was pre-planned, the IGP said the standard operating proce- found in suspicious condition, made by Vijayan since July The BJP chief said that two ment,” charged Chennithala, claimed Pakistan based terror Jammu and Kashmir on August it was possible. dures (SOP) laid down by the who on seeing the search party 2020 when the gold smug- more ministers in the Kerala the frontrunner in Congress for outfit Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) 5 last year. "It seems so to us as well security agencies for their move- tried to escape from the spot gling scam was busted by the cabinet and two more senior the post of Chief Minister after was behind the killing of three "We had made a list of because what were they doing ment and not to move around but were chased and appre- Customs Department, officials in the Chief Minister’s the next year’s assembly elec- BJP leaders in Kulgam district. 1,619 vulnerable persons before away from home, waiting for in vulnerable areas especially hended by the search party," Surendran said that there were Office were involved in gold tion. "The names of LeT militants -- August 5 (last year) and we had someone or not, then terrorists without their security. police said. Police said the apprehended persons on preliminary questioning disclosed *" "$58 $$ # )#$554#) 45 98# $ %540J , - . their identity as Liyakat Ahmad Mir and Aqib Rashid Mir, both 0 ' National Conference, Muzafar Democratic Alliance in Kargil. it and achieve the goal and act residents of Hyen Trehgam Shah of Awami National Addressing a separate as a voice for this area. /- , 0 Kupwara. head of visiting Jammu Conference. gathering in Drass Omar said Meanwhile, in Jammu "On their personal search, Anext week a delegation of While attending a series of that no elected assembly or National Conference leaders Aligarh: A bulldozer ran from 2.25 crores. cial Navneet Goyal, colonizers arms and ammunition were the People’s Alliance for meetings with the local leaders Chief Minister of the state staged a protest demonstration Kurana to Hamidpur on the The special executive officer are doing plotting by showing a recovered from their posses- Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) Omar conveyed a clear message signed the August 5 order and against new land laws for J&K Aligarh Palwal road in Yamuna of the authority along with the dream to customers which is sion," police said. led by former Chief Minister to the ruling dispensation in it was forcefully implemented and forcefully restricting the Development Authority. During team camped in Kurana village illegal.Without the permission of "During questioning it Omar Abdullah Friday visited New Delhi that we will con- which "we haven't accepted movement of the party presi- which, many houses, boundaries on Thursday morning. The vil- the Yamuna Development came to surface that the duo are Drass area of Kargil in the tinue to fight for the special sta- and will fight for the restoration dent Dr Farooq Abdullah. of plots etc. were demolished. lage is on Aligarh-Palwal road, Authority, plotting cannot be working with terror outfit LeT Union Territory of Ladakh to tus of Jammu and Kashmir. of all that has been snatched Led by NC Provincial According to Yamuna about 3 km from the Yamuna done on the above-mentioned as associates and were about to take stock of the prevailing "We are united in our and forcefully President, Devender Singh Development Authority Special bridge. lands. Action is fixed on those distribute the arms and ammu- political situation in the region. resolve that the pre August 5th, implemented" Rana, senior NC leaders Executive Officer Navneet The team demolished half- who have done plotting. nition among the terrorists in The delegation included 2019 position must be restored He said that with support protested outside their office Goyal, illegal construction on 2 dozen houses and the boundary Those who need to pur- South Kashmir." PDP leaders Ghulam Nabi in Jammu and Kashmir", Omar from the people of Drass and when they were not allowed to lakh 20 thousand square yards wall above the foundation by chase the plot should first The police have registered Lone Hanjura and Waheed said during his meeting with Kargil Peoples Alliance for march towards Raj Bhavan in has been demolished by JCB. JCB from Kurana to Hamidpur. inquire from the Yamuna an FIR and started the investi- Para, Nasir Aslam Wani of the leaders of the Kargil Gupkar Declaration will fight Jammu. The cost of this land is about According to the authority offi- Development Authority. PNS gation. IANS # 3.4 ((!")," -##) #)959$ *3 K55 #== #$ !$ ,)% 5 5 5#5$8;(0 95$$#)# 3#8$3 Aligarh: Dozen ATMs of Canara 54(# "3$ 53678 " Bank running without security guards are on target of thieves $ # .%9 Patna: Observers have not rec- # ' Mumbai: In another day of rel- Of the 127 deaths report- cases” in the state dropped these days. In Aligarh and ommended Repolling in any of atively low Covid-19 infec- ed, Mumbai accounted for a from 1,27,603 to 1,25,418. Hathras, robbers are knocking Jammu: A day after three BJP to commit such dastardly acts to the 71 seats that went to polls Aligarh: It is not an easy task tions and fatalities, as many as maximum of 32 deaths, while Pune district, which con- on ATMs of Diebolt (company workers were shot dead by mil- demoralize the nationalist pop- in the first phase of the Bihar to encapsulate the awe-inspir- 127 people died of coronavirus there were 15 deaths in Thane tinued to be the worst-affected special) company. Masked itants in Kulgam district, senior ulace in the Valley". assembly elections on October ing traits of the Prophet and 6,190 others tested positive and 14 in Pune. city-district in Maharashtra, thieves enter the ATM cabin and party leader and ex-deputy chief "The PDP and NC were prop- 28, sources in the Election Muhammad (Peace Be Upon for the parts of Maharashtra on In the lower range, there saw the total number of cases taking out the money with the minister Kavinder Gupta on agating a false narrative in Valley Commission said on Friday. Him), who propagated the Friday. were 8 deaths in Aurangabad, increase from to 3,32,354 to help of cards and keys. Up to Friday accused the PDP and NC to instigate people to use violence State Chief Electoral Officer final message of God in a short A day after Maharashtra 6 in Solapur, 5 each in Beed and 3,33,106 while the total num- 5000 rupees dispense at a time of "propagating a false narrative" as a mean to show resistance (CEO) H R Srinivas, in his time, said Aligarh Muslim witnessed 156 deaths and 5,902 Nagpur, 4 each in Raigad, ber of deaths in Pune increased but it is not deducted from the in the Valley to instigate people against recent changes that report based on inputs provid- University (AMU) Vice infected cases, the daily death Ahmednagar and Jalna, 3 each from 6657 to 6,671. account of the account holder. in resorting to violence as a Jammu and Kashmir witnessed ed by returning officers and Chancellor, Professor Tariq tally dropped to 127, while the in Sangli and Latur, 2 each in Thane district remained Therefore, the account holder is means of showing resistance due to the Narendra Modi gov- district election officers, has Mansoor. infections went up marginally Nandurbar, Kolhapur, in the third spot --after Pune not aware of this theft. When the against the recent changes in ernment's efforts to completely also concluded that repolling He was delivering the pres- to 6190. Ratnagiri, Akola, Yavatmal, and Mumbai – after the total bank officials noticed these inci- Jammu and Kashmir. unite erstwhile state of Jammu was not required in any of the idential address in the online With 127 fresh deaths, the Wardha and Bhandara and number of infections rose from dents in a dozen ATM cabins in He however maintained that and Kashmir with the country," seats, they said. Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi (Birth Covid-19 toll in Maharashtra one death each in Nashik, 2,21,770 to 2,22,507 while the a fortnight, the issue came to the such "cowardly" acts by the mil- he said.On Tuesday, the Centre, General observers conduct- anniversary of the Holy rose from 43,710 to 43,837. Jalgaon, Satara, Parbhani, pandemic toll climbed from lead bank manager. The investi- itants cannot deter BJP's com- in a gazette notification, omitted ed post-poll scrutiny of all the Prophet) function in Similarly with 6190 fresh infec- Osmanabad, Buldhana, 5,316 to 5331. gation has been started by mitment to work for the nation- the phrase "permanent resident 71 seats in the presence of can- AMU. tions, the total infected cases Washim, Gondia and Out of 89,06,826 samples putting the technical team in the al cause. Chairing a meeting of of the state" from Section 17 of didates/political parties and Prof Mansoor said: Despite jumped from 16,66,668 to Chandrapur. In addition, one sent to laboratories, 16,72,858 case and cases have also been senior party leaders here on the Jammu and Kashmir concluded: "The polling the power and the massive 16,72,858. person from outside the state have tested positive (18.78 per registered in many police sta- Friday, Gupta said, "The killing Development Act that deals with process was completed on poll following, the Prophet never As 8241 more people were died in Maharashtra. cent) for COVID-19 until tions. In October, one day the of the three BJP workers in disposal of the land in the union day peacefully and in accor- led a luxurious life. Instead, he discharged from various hos- With 32 deaths, the Covid- Friday. team arrived at the ATM of Kulgam is an outcome of the territory, paving the way for peo- dance with statutory instruc- continued with spartan pitals in the state, the number 19 toll in Mumbai rose from Currently, 25,29,462 people Canara Bank's Gular Road SSI recent provocative statements by ple from outside Jammu and tions in all the 31,371 polling life. of people discharged from var- 10,229 to 10,261 while the are in home quarantine while branch in the morning to feed PDP and NC leaders who delib- Kashmir to buy land in JK and booths spread across 71 con- He sought no personal ious hospitals after full recov- infected cases shot up by 1,145 12,411 people are in institu- money, the top part of the erately toed a line to incite pas- Ladakh, over a year after the nul- stituencies in 16 districts of the gains and lived by the princi- ery since the second week of to trigger a jump in the infec- tional quarantine. machine was found open. PNS sions of people prompting them lification of provisions. PTI state," they said. PTI ples he espoused. PNS March this year went up to tions from 255,360 to 256,505. 15,03,050. The recovery rate in Meanwhile, the mortality the state rose from 89.69 per rate in the state stood at 2.62 cent to 89.85 per cent. per cent. The number of “active !"! # $%# ()Q!)+

, one in connection with the poster incident. Macron has come in for criticisms Muslim leaders and organisation following the public beheading of a Paris teacher Mumbai:Within hours after who had shown students in his posters of French President class the cartoons. On his part, Emmanuel Macron — who is Macron said the teacher had under fire from Muslim leaders been "killed because Islamists and organisations for his com- want our future" and promised ments defending the rights to that his government would publish cartoons of the Prophet intensify a crackdown on radi- — surfaced on Mumbai’s cal Islam. Mohammed Ali Road in south After India expressed soli- Mumbai, the city police on darity with France, posters slam- Friday stepped in and removed ming Macron for defending the the posters from the busy road rights to publish cartoons of the on Friday afternoon. Prophet surfaced in Mumbai After the videos of people and Bhopal late on Thursday trampling upon and cars driving and early on Friday. on the posters pasted by some The Opposition BJP sought unknown persons on the to make a political capital out of Mohammed Ali Road went viral, the controversy, by pillorying the the police from the nearby ruling Shiv Sena for "supporting Pydhonie police station rushed Islam terrorists" and demanding to the scene and removed them. action against the protest- Unconfirmed that the ers."When France speaks out posters were part of a protest against Islamic terror then here organised the Raza Academy, a (in Maharashtra) the govern- Muslim organisation, against ment stands behind people sup- Macron who has come in for a porting fanatic Islam terrorists?" severe flak from for defending BJP leader Kirit Somaiya said. the rights to publish cartoons of Another city BJP leader and the Prophet. As the police were MLA Atul Bhatkalkar rooted for preoccupied with the arrange- stringent action against those ments for Eid Milad-un-Nabi responsible for sticking posters procession taken out in the of the French President who has afternoon, they had neither reg- stood by India solidly vis-a-vis istered a case nor arrested any- China in recent times. !"#$%&%& # .+) $. 4 8355 :85"? #$9#5 >! #$#5 # ) ":85"? #$9#5 ? ++)= #@ +(( < ) %R /% # , , 9- : ( ! 5%$53$4 " 854 ! $#3 8##$58### $$ ? + ( "58 8# 5%$% D% $ #) 4 5" ( 1 # 4 little enthusiasm for the idea of : ! @4:!A women holding public office or working in businesses not deal- 4 ing with females or children.” ,- What all this adds up to is a far cry from what Afghan women — .- at least those in urban areas — enjoy in terms of opportunities, rights and freedoms. Women in .> ,-.> rural areas doubtless lag behind. ( They, however, legally have the $%$% right to the opportunities avail- ( : % able in the cities and, a great deal # s the world is pre-occu- of their distress will disappear .- ( pied with dealing with when peace returns — a goal that the COVID-19 pan- seems distant but should not be S ( demic, and individual abandoned. Besides, the most # ( countries solve their important question is whether respectiveA specific problems, such what the Taliban means what as India with its confrontation with they say or are peddling false- China, the fate of Afghan women hoods aimed at persuading the # ( ( has received little attention. No Americans to take a less stringent Government seems to be bothered line with them. by the fact that a political order in In an article titled The false 5 Afghanistan, shaped according to inclusivity of the Taliban’s emirate ( ,>= ( the Taliban’s dictates, may once (www.aljazeera.com), Mehdi J ( ( again relegate them to virtual house Hakimi writes, arrest and deprive them of almost “Notwithstanding repeated .>2 % 1 ,>= ( all freedoms, including the econom- claims that they support women’s ( ic activity of their choice, and inde- rights, for instance, the Taliban 4 ( pendent access to healthcare — as has continued to attack girls’ they were during the Taliban rule schools. Also, women and young 4:! B + from 1994 to 2001. are imprisoned, as are the shop- besides others where rural ular education, which accords people, while comprising most of In a report titled The Taliban’s keepers and rickshaw-drivers.” minority ethnic groups live. with views voiced even by the country’s population, are #C War on Women: A Health and Things began to change after They have to get permission Mullah Omar.” They said they conspicuously missing from the Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan, the Taliban were booted out of from men in their families to did not object to women work- Taliban’s negotiating team. + Physicians for Human Rights, a power in 2001 by US-led coali- access health care, attend school ing or to the education of women Moreover, despite Afghanistan’s S respected human rights organisation forces. As George R Allen and work. Many Afghan men are in their country. However, what rich pluralism and cultural # tion based in the United States, pre- and Wanda Felbab-Brown state deeply conservative. Typically, they objected to and prevented mosaic, there is extremely little : sented a nightmarish picture of the in their paper, Fate of Women’s families allow their girls to have by force was if this work or edu- ethnic, religious, linguistic, cul- condition of Afghan women under Rights in Afghanistan, which is a a primary or secondary educa- cation breached Islamic Shari’a. tural and professional diversity <% Taliban rule. It wrote: “The Taliban part of Brookings Institution’s tion — usually up to puberty — Nowadays, there were scores of within their ranks. This 4 was the first faction laying claim to 19A: Gender Equality Series, and then arrange their marriage. schools, especially for girls in the absence…tells us, through cali- +D ? ( power in Afghanistan, which had “The post-Taliban constitution in Even if the male guardian of a area under the Islamic Emirate, brated action rather than hollow targetted women for extreme 2004 gave Afghan women all young woman permits her to and women performed jobs rhetoric, who is actually welcome ( repression and punished them bru- kinds of rights, and the post- attend a university, she may not such as “teaching of girls and in the Taliban’s emirate.” tally for infractions. To our knowl- Taliban political dispensation be allowed to work after gradu- medicine for women.” They fur- Referring to the “blatant D 1 edge, no other regime in the world brought social and economic ation. Also, rural women have to ther said, “We encourage this and inconsistency between the had methodically and violently growth that significantly bear much of the brunt of the we call for it on condition that Taliban’s mantra of inclusion +D % forced half of its population into vir- improved their socio-economic devastating conflict between the hospitals for females are segre- and praxis of exclusion, this tual house arrest, prohibiting them condition.” They further state Taliban and Government forces gated from hospitals for males, early in the intra-Afghan talks,” ? on the pain of physical punishment, that against fewer than 10 in and local militia. Loss of hus- and on condition that the work and their reneging on their from showing their faces, seeking 2003, the percentage of girls bands, brothers and fathers to the conditions are in harmony with “counter-terrorism pledges to # medical care without a male escort enrolled in primary schools rose fighting causes severe psycholog- Islamic Shari’a, not to satisfy the United States by continuing : 5 + or attending school. to 33 in 2017. Registered female ical trauma and fundamentally instincts, whims and lust. We do to operate closely with al-Qaeda,” + : 4 “It is difficult to find another enrolment in secondary schools jeopardises their economic sur- not care if the West or the world Hakimi concludes by writing Government or would-be rose from six to 39 per cent in the vival and ability to go about complain about us in this respect. that the Islamic emirate’s recur- @:4A 1 " @#5A ( Government that has created such same period. Three-and-a-half everyday life. All we want is to establish Islamic ring duplicity “must serve as a ( poverty by arbitrarily depriving million Afghan girls were in As a result, attitudes differ. Shari’a in Afghanistan; we do not reminder of the perils of hastily half the population under its con- school with 1,00,00 studying in While women in rural areas care who is satisfied and who is taking a leap of faith towards the trol of jobs, schooling, mobility and universities. They further say, “By want peace — many of them not satisfied. Taliban. A lasting peace, after all, % healthcare. Such restrictions are lit- 2020, 21 per cent of Afghan civil even on the Taliban’s terms — “Similarly, several intervie- is possible only through a gen- ? + erally life-threatening to the women servants were women (com- urban women generally want the wees presently active in the uinely inclusive process — not and their children.” pared with almost none during Government not to give in and movement said that an Islamic through one masquerading as Lt-Gen Kamal Matinuddin the Taliban years), 16 per cent of accept a political order in which State should not only allow such.” (Retd) of the Pakistan Army wrote them in senior management the Taliban can implement their women to go to school, but it Clearly, there is no guarantee " " in Taliban Phenomenon: levels; and 27 per cent of Afghan retrograde gender and social must encourage them; indeed, that the Taliban will implement Afghanistan 1994-97, “Girls are members of Parliament were agenda. Hence, the question: Are the State should use its resources even their currently professed , - ; being denied education, women women.” the Taliban prepared to moder- toward this end. The condition stand on the opportunities and have been prevented from working. These gains are no doubt ate their stance and, if so, to what for such education is that girls freedoms they would grant If they leave their house, they have unevenly distributed. The ben- extent? should observe the proper hijab women — which themselves fall to be covered from head to foot with eficiaries have mainly been Borhan Osman and Anand and that there should be full seg- far short of what Afghan women $ ) a veil (burqa); besides being veiled, urban women. According to Gopal write in Afghan Views on regation. There appears to be lit- enjoy now — when they are in * women have to be accompanied by Allen and Felbab-Brown, in a Future State; (With an intro- tle change on the view of women’s power. Afghan women are in # a male relative when they venture rural Afghanistan, where 76 per duction by Barnett Rubin: right to work, however. Most peril. Civil societies in all democ- out on the streets. Shopkeepers have cent of Afghanistan’s women NYU/Centre on International interviewees accepted the need of racies must press on their + + ,-./ been directed not to sell goods to live, life has not changed much Cooperation), “a number of women in the sectors of health Governments not to abandon 0 unveiled women. Rickshaw drivers from the Taliban era, their for- interviewees emphasised that and education, and in any them. 1 are not to pick up women passen- mal legal empowerment Taliban redlines lie not with Government department dealing (The writer is Consultant 23 ) gers unless they are fully covered. notwithstanding. This goes par- female education as such, but with women and children. 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A new-age, tech-enabled hub es a financial burden but also results in per cent of the cases present in the advanced stage + C!B+A basis can help educate people about the and spoke expansion across geogra- emotional drain for the patients as well 4 % ) $ had a high mortality rate. The numbers are stag- C!*-* importance of early detection and its phies, equipped with live video-confer- as their families. Factors such as stay- gering and constantly rising. As per the National !*.!+!* implication on the outcomes. encing facility for online consultation ing away from their hometown and # 4 ( Cancer Registry Programme Report, released by -+! Lack of access to doctors, medi- with oncologists, diagnosis, treatment loved ones, unfamiliar surroundings, + $ the Indian Council of Medical Research recent- A*'! *A!! cines and other required facilities: guidance and pharma delivery support rigorousness of the treatment can cause % ly, the country will have 13.9 lakh cases of can- + ! Official data indicate that in India the to patients, is needed. Oncology experts emotional and physical upheaval for the + F cer this year and this number is likely to increase ! ratio of oncologists to patients is from the hub can serve a large number patient and their families. @ to 15.7 lakh by 2025. +O' + !A*6 1:2,000. Hence, there is an acute short- of cases with live monitoring and By establishing cancer care centres A # ( Sadly, India is lacking in overall healthcare +'+! !A: age of oncologists to treat current and reporting of instances to the in rural areas, patients can focus entire- ( facilities, including cancer care, even after years !6*-'AA!* future cases as the numbers are expect- Government authority for better regu- ly on the treatment without having to + C $ H .=;/ of efforts and push by philanthropists, healthcare ed to rise each year. Geographically con- lation. worry about transportation or accom- professionals and the Government. Though (*P . centrated centres compel patients from Financial burden: Financing is modation during treatment. A number <--- 1 % 1 ( cancer facilities have greatly improved in urban !-*C+ small towns to travel long distances for another problem in the treatment of of start-ups are also working towards .- P Q areas, the same is not the case with rural India. .*.+ A diagnosis, treatment and follow-ups. cancer patients from lower and mid- providing mental health counselling to 4 $)S $)S Our villages are perpetually short of basic '++'+ Only top hospitals are equipped with income groups. Due to lack of health patients and are offering an integrated $ healthcare facilities. Hence, advanced treatment --+ expensive equipment like Pet-scan, insurance coverage, treatment becomes approach towards healing the disease. 5 procedures for diseases like cancer are still a dis- !-+ radiotherapy machine and histopathol- a financial burden for the patients and Though healthcare infrastructure has tant dream for the rural population. 6- ! A ogy laboratories which are critical for their families. In a number of cases, considerably improved over the last two : $ (B4 ( There are a number of issues that rural areas *++!* diagnosis and post-treatment care. when the patient has to undergo decades, rural areas are still grappling 1 9 face when it comes to cancer care. Right from lack !+! !A Heavy dependence on these centres chemotherapy, man-days are lost which with the lack of necessary facilities for 9 ( of adequate screening to minimal awareness and 66*+( increases their load and reduces the results in loss of income. The feeling of diseases such as cancer. $ # stigma about the disease, there are a few funda- quality of treatment. having financial support can ease the There is a growing need for better mental issues that need attention. On the other hand, there are many burden of the patients to a great extent medical facilities in villages and small- 9N$ : 9 Stigma and lack of awareness: Late detec- not-so-famous hospitals with good and it can go a long way in quicker and er towns. In order to address this # 9 tion of cancer is one of the key reasons behind doctors and equipment that are oper- better treatment in the lower and mid- humongous problem, a number of 1 % $ <-( the high fatality rate in the segment. Early detec- ating below capacity. Inadequate income patient segment. Though the public and private players have to

9 $ 9 tion of the disease is highly correlated with the Government-run healthcare infrastruc- Government has included cancer in the come together to create solutions that 4 $ level of awareness in the locality. Earlier detec- ture for cancer treatment compels Ayushman Bharat healthcare scheme, are in line with the requirements of + ( B4 9 tion results in effective treatment. The word “can- patients to depend on private hospitals there is not enough awareness of the rural patients. The focus has to be on ( cer” has negative connotations in society. This is where the overall treatment cost bur- same. expanding the covered geographies $ true not just in rural areas but even in cities. It’s den is very high, resulting in extra hard- Emotional and physical drain: under affordable rural cancer healthcare B4 9 important that we change the way we talk about ship to patients and their family mem- Currently, due to the lack of available facilities in order to make treatments ) $ cancer and opt for a constructive approach bers. Rural and urban tie-ups can facilities, rural patients end up travel- available at an affordable price. The real towards its treatment and care. ensure better availability of doctors and ling to cities to access treatment. In cases challenge, however, lies in creating a What can be done to bring more awareness create the required infrastructure such that require intensive chemotherapy hassle-free network to support this kind 1 and change the conversation? Creating awareness as doorstep medicine delivery and sessions, most rural patients end up of lower fixed investment model for @ S about the disease and its implications is no easy post-treatment services to patients. In spending considerable money on find- cancer care and creating mass aware- A ( feat. It requires grassroot level planning and exe- addition to this, setting up teleconsul- ing a place to stay and on transporta- ness about the disease so as to avoid $S + cution at a mass level. A number of start-ups and tation facilities in smaller private clin- tion within the city. In some cases, when delay in detection and healing. NGOs are working towards building more ics in association with hospitals in there’s a gap between treatment sched- (The writer is Director, Universal @ A awareness by holding screenings and through reg- urban areas can provide on-time sec- ules, they have to travel back and forth Cancer Conquest) ' -

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chase. On the other hand, Walmart fied. The net provides a sense of secu- online either for buying or to do ly encourages its employees to blog in quickly adapt to changing conditions owned the blog in question and was rity, by pretending to be someone else, research on the products available, its favour and criticise the company’s as they carefully mould their messages praising itself for all the good work. thereby making it a perfect platform which makes it easier for astroturfers competitors. to suit the environment. The ability of In both cases, it was not the employ- for astroturfing. Since it is challeng- to spread information throughout In 2010, evidence of online astro- human astroturfers to communicate ees or the customers but the organi- ing to check the authenticity of a per- the digital world via online forums, turfing emerged during the with actual people on the internet sations themselves patting themselves son online, it is easy to develop false comments, blogs, and social net- Massachusetts Senate war between makes them more believable. on the back for positive publicity. This identities and impersonate as sponta- works. It can also be corroborated that Martha Coakley and Scott Brown, in However, astroturfing poses a misleading attempt of displaying pre- neous individuals and promote a some large organisations have used the forms of several hundreds of considerable threat wherever it is planned, stage-managed publicity in belief or opinion. Additionally, inter- public relation firms as astroturfers to tweets generated by several fake used, be it in the business world, pub- (*+ A.!! . ! the disguise of spontaneous comments net, digital technology and social create posts and shame their critics, Twitter accounts. This had a wide lic health or politics. There can be hor- +*. 3$'& from society is known as astroturfing, networks allow an individual to cre- while other institutions have utilised reach and may have had an influence rible consequences when a fake sup- a term first used in the US by former ate several identities to give a notion paid individuals to propagate on the final outcome. Fake positive port to a controversial product, service #" ## 5 Senator Lloyd Bentsen. to the general public, that there are favourable images online. 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This practice of cal platform and opportunity for general public, through various com- There are two ways to initiate an portals and websites are detrimental #" ## "$ from midnight onwards, hours before creating an illusion of extensive sup- astroturfing. There are several ways in munication channels, which influence online astroturfing activity: to consumers and their right to infor- the opening of the branch that morn- port of the masses is not new in the which preferred outcomes can be the decision-making ability of con- Automated systems and human oper- mation. Proper checks and mecha- %#5 #85% ing. In another part of the world, in non-digital world but it gained achieved: A solo professional blogger sumers. 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Washington: There are no size. But the rallies continue — Democrat Joe Biden, in 3 01 crowds at Disneyland, still shut even as the U.S. Sees cases contrast, has shunned rallies and down by the coronavirus. Fewer spike, especially in the Midwest instead holds online and drive- fans attended the World Series and the Plains. The nation post- in events where people honk 3 this year than at any time in the ed a record high number of new their horns to show support. He past century. Big concerts are infections last week — nearly calls the Trump rallies “super- cancelled. 500,000. spreader events” and says he’s Paris: It’s been targeted again virus victims, dying drug But it’s a different story in And the crowds keep turn- listening to the warnings of pub- and again, threatened and fire- addicts, world leaders, neo- Trumpland. Thousands of ing out for Trump. lic health experts. bombed and struck in an attack Nazis, popes, bishops, Jewish President Donald Trump’s sup- Ysabel Benejam, 69, of West Since Feb. 7, when Trump that killed a dozen staff mem- leaders, and other religious, porters regularly cram togeth- Bloomfield, Michigan, drove told author Bob Woodward bers, but satirical French news- political and entertainment fig- er at campaign rallies around about 90 minutes to Lansing that he knew the coronavirus paper Charlie Hebdo won’t ures. the country — masks optional and waited more than four was airborne and deadlier than stop poking fun at Islamic This week’s issue features a and social distancing frowned hours in rainy, near-freezing than the flu, the president has extremism. cartoon of the funeral of a upon. temperatures to see Trump on hosted more than 50 rallies in The newspaper’s many crit- beheaded teacher, showing offi- Trump rallies are among Tuesday. more than two dozen states. ics worldwide say its editorial cers carrying two coffins, one the nation’s biggest events being “I’m not afraid at all,” said They were halted during most staff is attacking Islam itself; the for the body, one for the head. held in defiance of crowd Benejam, wearing a “Make of March, April and May " $ # # " , P " people who work for Charlie Since a trial opened last restrictions designed to stop the America Great Again” hat and because of the pandemic. After ,$ $ % "" % %7 $ " Hebdo says they are calling out month over the 2015 attack that virus from spreading. This at a a mask emblazoned with they resumed in late June, they intolerance, oppression and a killed 12 of its cartoonists, the time when public health experts “Trump 2020.” “We need to step were held primarily outdoors at Dubai: Thousands of Muslims, President Emmanuel Macron province, thousands more political form of Islam that newspaper has chronicled the are advising people to think back into normality.” airports. AP from Pakistan to Lebanon to from a highway overpass after burned an effigy of Macron threatens democracy. proceedings daily and devoted twice even about inviting many the Palestinian territories, pounding it furiously with and demanded that Pakistan But with freedom of nearly half of its weekly covers guests for Thanksgiving dinner. poured out of prayer services to their shoes. Several demon- sever ties with France and boy- expression as its credo, the to mocking Islamic extremism, “It doesn’t matter who you 7-8 $ join anti-France protests on strators were wounded in cott French goods. publication routinely pushes “We need strong actions to stop are or where you are, when you Friday, as the French president’s clashes with police and author- In Jerusalem, hundreds of the limits of French hate speech Islamism but also to condemn have congregate settings where vow to protect the right to car- ities deployed more security Palestinians protested against laws with often sexually explic- the slightest gesture, the slight- people are crowded together icature the Prophet continues forces to protect the embassy. Macron outside the Al-Aqsa it caricatures that take on or est intolerant or hateful word and virtually no one is wearing O$ P to roil the Muslim world. In Pakistan’s eastern city of Mosque, the third holiest site in offend nearly everyone. toward French people of immi- a mask, that’s a perfect setup to Demonstrations in Lahore, thousands of worship- Islam, chanting, “With our Its decision to publish new grant backgrounds. Because have an outbreak of acquisition Washington: The election ral- both the numbers highest in the Pakistan’s capital Islamabad pers celebrating the Mawlid, souls and with our blood we cartoons this week ridiculing its France isn’t divided between and transmissibility,” Dr. lies of Donald Trump are world. turned violent as some 2,000 the birthday of the Prophet sacrifice for our prophet, opponents in the Islamic world Muslims and non-Muslims, Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top “super-spreader events”, “Donald Trump just had a people who tried to march Muhammad, took to the Muhammad.” formed the backdrop for yet between believers and non- infectious disease expert, recent- Democratic presidential nom- super-spreader event here again. toward the French Embassy streets, chanting anti-France Some youths scuffled with another attack Thursday in believers, between people with ly told Yahoo News. “It’s a pub- inee Joe Biden has alleged and They are spending more than were pushed back by police fir- slogans, raising banners and Israeli police as they exited the France, where three people French roots and French peo- lic health and scientific fact.” questioned the US president’s just coronavirus; he is spreading ing tear gas and beating pro- clogging major roads en route esplanade into the Old City. were fatally attacked in a ple of immigrant backgrounds,” The Trump campaign, efforts in addressing the chal- division and discord,” Biden, 77, testers with batons. to a Sufi shrine. Israeli police said they success- church. read this week’s editorial from which distributes masks and lenges posed by the coron- said at a drive-in election rally Crowds of Islamist activists In Multan, a city in fully dispersed the gathering Charlie Hebdo has lam- Charlie Hebdo’s editor, who hand sanitizer at its rallies, says avirus pandemic. in Tampa, hours after the pres- hanged an effigy of French Pakistan’s eastern Punjab and detained three people. AP pooned dead child migrants, goes by the name Riss. AP those who attend are peaceful The raging coronavirus out- ident and First Lady Melania protesters who, just like Black break has become a key issue in Trump addressed a huge crowd Lives Matter demonstrators, the November 3 presidential in the city in Florida, a battle- " have a right to assemble. The election between 74-year-old ground state. 0 < president says he wants to get Trump, a Republican, and 77- Thousands of people, many the country back to normal. year-old Biden, a former US vice of them without masks, crowd- 4 %% Some states have fined president. The US has so far ed together at an outdoor event = - $ -, venues that host Trump rallies recorded 8,945,891 COVID-19 in Tampa on Thursday to hear 1 for violating caps on crowd cases and 228,668 deaths — Trump at the rally. PTI '' '+ and take out of context what I ! wrote on my blog,” Mahathir /% ormer Malaysian leader said in a statement. Warsaw (Poland): Customs These events eventually led FMahathir Mohamad said He said critics failed to read -G6+-H officials at Warsaw airport have to a change of party and gov- Friday he is disgusted because his posting in full, especially the discovered and seized valuable ernment leadership in Poland in his comments on attacks by next sentence which read: “But new suspect is in custody historical documents and 1970. Muslim extremists in France by and large Muslims have AFriday in the investigation recordings from 1967-68, of Pozorski said that some 11 had been taken out of context. not applied the ‘eye for an eye’ into a gruesome attack by a Poland’s communist-era secu- sets of written files and over 100 Mahathir, 95, sparked law. Muslims don’t. The French Tunisian man who killed three rity, in two packages destined recordings made by the then- widespread outrage when he shouldn’t. Instead the French people in a French church, as for the U.S., authorities said dreaded Interior Ministry and wrote on his blog Thursday should teach their people to France heightened its security Friday. regional militia authorities have that “Muslims have a right to be respect other people’s feelings.” alert amid religious and geopo- The files describe the situ- been seized and passed to a state angry and kill millions of He said Twitter and Facebook litical tensions around car- ation and views inside the com- historical institute, IPN, that French people for the mas- removed the posting despite his toons of the Prophet munist Polish United Workers’ analyzes old documents, espe- sacres of the past.” Twitter explanation, and slammed the Muhammad. Party, or PZPR, in power at the cially from World War II and removed a tweet from move as hypocritical. The suspect is a 47-year- time, as well as the social mood the communist era. Pozorski is Mahathir containing the “On the one hand, old man believed to have been among students, artists, intel- the chief investigator at IPN. remark, which it said glorified they defended those who chose in contact with the attacker the lectuals and workers in the The institute confirmed the violence, and France’s digital to display offending carica- night before the attack on the time leading to and during the discovery, first reported earlier minister demanded the com- tures of Prophet Muhammad ... Notre Dame Basilica in the 1968 students’ revolt and anti- this week, to the AP Friday. The pany also ban Mahathir from And expect all Muslims to Riviera city of Nice, according Semitic purges, Deputy sender and the intended recip- its platform. swallow it in the name of free- to a judicial official. The offi- Prosecutor General Andrzej ient in the U.S have not been “I am indeed disgusted dom of speech and expression,” cial was not authorized to be Pozorski said. named. AP with attempts to misrepresent he said. publicly named. Q$0R > 5 < 5 0 % 1 3 0 / - ? & ) Dubai: The number of report- 1 / Istanbul: A strong earthquake ed coronavirus cases has gone struck on Friday in the Aegean over 3 million in the Middle Lagos: Nigeria’s president is Sea between the Turkish coast East, an Associated Press count expressing sadness over a and the Greek island of Samos, showed Friday, with the true “gruesome vehicle accident” collapsing buildings in the city number likely even higher. in which 21 people, most of of Izmir in western Turkey, and Across the Mideast, there them young school children, officials said at least six people have been over 75,000 deaths were killed. were killed and scores were attributed to the virus by health The accident occurred injured. authorities, the AP count rely- Wednesday in Awgu, Enugu A small tsunami struck ing on reported figures by state, when a truck lost control the Seferisar district of Izmir, individual countries shows. and hit a school bus conveying said Haluk Ozener, director of There have been 2.5 million 61 children. A teacher also was the Istanbul-based Kandilli recoveries from the virus caus- among the dead. Observatory and Earthquake ing the COVID-19 illness. The children were with Research Institute. At least four In the Mideast, the hardest- the Presentation Nursery and people were slightly injured on $ hit nation remains Iran, which Primary School, which is run Samos, where a tsunami warn- $#%0 %8$ % " served as the initial epicenter of by the Catholic diocese of ing was issued. the virus in the region. In Iran Awgu. Six people were killed in ings were destroyed and more flooding in the Seferhisar dis- alone, authorities say there President Muhammadu Izmir, Turkey’s third-largest than 10 collapsed, while others trict, and Turkish officials and have been over 600,000 con- Buhari asked vehicle owners to city, including one who also were damaged. Search and broadcasters called on people firmed coronavirus cases, with ensure roadworthiness, “as ini- drowned, and 202 were injured, rescue efforts were continuing to stay off the streets after some 477,000 recoveries and tial reports attributed the acci- according to Turkey’s Disaster in at least 12 buildings, AFAD reports of traffic congestion. 34,000 deaths. Yet even those dent to brake failure by the truck and Emergency Management said. Turkish media showed Health Minister Fahrettin numbers are believed to be low, involved.” Serious accidents Presidency, or AFAD. wreckage of a multiple-story Koca tweeted that 38 ambu- Iranian officials say. In some with high death tolls are com- Izmir Gov. Yavuz Selim building, with people climbing lances, two ambulance heli- war-torn nations, it remains mon in Nigeria due to poorly Kosger said at least 70 people it to start rescue efforts. Smoke copters and 35 medical rescue difficult to know the scope of maintained vehicles, reckless had been rescued from the rose from several spots. teams were working in the the pandemic as well. AP driving and bad roads. AP wreckage. He said four build- Videos on Twitter showed city of Izmir. AP 8 $ 8 Taoyuan (Taiwan): Two les- then exchanged rings in front bian couples tied the knot in a of an audience of family mass wedding held by Taiwan’s members and their senior military on Friday in a historic officers. celebration with their peers. Yumi Meng, 37, and her Taiwan is the only place in wife, army Maj. Wang Yi, 36, Asia to have legalised same-sex wiped back tears as they marriage, with more than exchanged rings. Meng wore 4,000 such couples marrying sneakers under her wedding since the legislation passed in dress, while Wang wore her May 2019. The mass wedding officer’s uniform. They each with 188 couples was the first carried a pride flag through- time same-sex couples have out the ceremony. been wed and celebrated at a Meng’s parents had not military ceremony. come to the celebration, but Both couples viewed their in support both of Wang’s ceremonies with a sense of ; $<$,#%%$ # <=#P# $ # parents as well as her teacher responsibility towards repre- # 8 $ % 8 " came out to support the cou- senting the LGBT community. ple. “We are hoping that more ly,” said Chen Ying-hsuan, 27, sexual orientation while serv- “I really feel that this is a LGBT people in the military an army lieutenant who mar- ing. huge breakthrough for the can bravely stand up, because ried Li Li-chen, 26. The ceremony at an army military because before gay our military is very open- Chen wore a rainbow base in the northern city of people really had to go minded. In matters of love, wristband and said she has Taoyuan was brief. The couples through a lot,” said Amy everyone will be treated equal- always been open about her took part in a parade and Chao, mother to Wang. AP !"#$%&%& 4 1AAA " 03; $ # 3@ A9 *!+ potato will arrive from Bhutan the commodity is available to in the next few days, he added. consumers during the festival !*A++ C . In a virtual press conference, period.” Goyal said the retail prices of About 30,000 tonnes of 0 The cumulative fiscal ed to climb past 80 per cent this (6*+ onion, potato and some of the potato is arriving from Bhutan deficit of the Centre and states year,” the report said. pulses had increased. But for in the next couple of days, he stood at over 7 per cent of GDP As of July-end 2020, the the last few days, the prices said. 6 in FY20 as against an average total quantum of outstanding have been stable after the gov- In case of pulses, the min- 6.6 per cent in the previous five central government securities ernment took proactive mea- ister said prices of most puls- 37 8 years, as the Centre main- (bonds and T-bills) stands at Rs s retail onion prices sky- sures, including ban on export es are stable now and in fact tained the deficit below 4 per 75.6 lakh crore or USD 1.01 Arocket to over 80 a kg in of onion, to increase local sup- much lower than what they cent for four years from FY16 trillion, while that of the states some parts of the country, plies. prevailed four years back. ' ( to FY19, before a cocktail of called state development loans Consumer Affairs Minister As a result, all India aver- However, to ensure bad data -- revenue and high- stood at Rs 34 lakh crore or Piyush Goyal on Friday said age retail price of onion has smooth domestic supply, the he pandemic-induced er spending -- pushed it to 4.6 USD 459 billion, nearly half of private import of 7,000 tonnes been ruling stable at around government has extended Tgrowth contraction and per cent in FY20. the G-Secs.Among the states, and another 25,000 tonnes 65 per kg, while that of pota- Afghanistan and Turkey by other measures, Goyal said the the time-limit for import of additional spending to support “The pandemic related the top five issuers in FY19 shipment before Diwali are to at 43 per kg, for the last private traders. Even Nafed government has banned export 4 lakh tonnes of tur dal till the needy amounting to a lit- pressures might see the com- were Maharashtra, Uttar expected to improve the three days, he added. will import on its own capaci- of onion seeds and imposed December, Goyal said. tle over 2 per cent of the econ- bined fiscal deficit jump to 13 Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bengal domestic supply situation and However to ensure consumers ty, he added. Further, the stock limits on traders to curb Licences have been issued omy are likely to push the com- per cent of GDP this year,” and Andhra Pradesh, account- check price rise of the com- get these commodities at rea- minister said along with hoarding. for import of 1.5 lakh tonnes of bined fiscal deficit to 13 per house economists at ed for more than half the total modity. sonable rates during the festi- imports, the arrival of new That apart, Nafed, which urad, and import duty of 10 per cent of GDP this fiscal - near- Singaporean lender DBS led by issuances, and top 10 states Enough supply will be val period, Goyal said the gov- kharif onion crops in mandis is holding about 1 lakh tonnes cent on masoor will continue ly double of the past year, Radhika Rao said in a note on made up almost 75 per cent of there in the market as cooper- ernment has taken steps to from next month will improve of buffer stock onion on behalf till December-end, he said. according to a report. Friday. the total. According to finance ative Nafed will also com- import onion and relaxed the supply situation and ease of the government, is offload- The government has also Similarly, these numbers It can be noted that gener- ministry data on the ownership mence imports, he said. fumigation norms till pressure on prices. ing it in the open market to decided to extend memoran- will see the government debt, al government debt levels have pattern of G-Secs, as of June Not only onion, about 10 lakh December. “So far, 7,000 tonnes Kharif onion is expect- check prices. So far, Nafed has dum of understanding (MoU) which has been under 70 per come down from the highs, 2020, commercial banks own tonnes of potato is also being of onion has been imported by ed to hit mandis from next offloaded 36,488 tonnes. with Mozambique for import cent of GDP for long, shooting averaging around 70 per cent of 40 per cent of the outstanding imported for which customs private traders. Another 25,000 month. The government has To improve the supply of of 2 lakh tonnes of tur for past the 80 per cent mark this GDP for the past three years. G-Secs issuances, followed by duty has been reduced to 10 per tonnes of onion is expected to pegged kharif and later kharif potato, the minister said, “We another five years and also to year to Rs 75.6 lakh crore or “But due to the pandemic- insurance companies (25 per cent till January 2021, the min- arrive before Diwali,” he said. onion output lower by 6 lakh are going to import about 10 enter into a five-year MoU with USD 1.01 trillion, making the led impact on growth shock cent), the Reserve Bank (15 per ister said. Onions are imported from tonnes to 37 lakh tonnes in the lakh tonnes of potato and bring Myanmar for import of 2.5 country the second most and the resultant lift in bor- cent) and foreign investors (2.4 About 30,000 tonnes of countries like Egypt, current year. Among prices under control and ensure lakh tonnes of urad, he added. indebted in Asia after China. rowings, debt levels are expect- per cent). )0"!!0+#4++) 70$ $ & ,- $ $ % )!,()#)"!,% , ' ( Market heavyweight expected to offer support to Reliance Industries rose 1.37 domestic equities,” said Arjun ' ( responses from households he Sensex and Nifty retreat- per cent ahead of its results. Yash Mahajan Head regarding their sentiments on he Niti Aayog has released Ted for the third session on During the week, Sensex Institutional Business at he Reserve Bank has general economic situation, Ta draft model Act and rules the trot on Friday amid con- tumbled 1,071.43 points or Reliance Securities. Tlaunched the latest round of employment scenario, price for states on conclusive land tinued weakness in global mar- 2.63 per cent, while Nifty BSE telecom, auto, bankex, surveys to capture consumer level, households’ income and titling with an aim to reduce lit- kets due to rising Covid-19 sank 287.95 points or 2.41 per FMCG, finance and teck confidence and inflation expec- spending. igations and ease the land cases in Europe and uncer- cent. indices fell as much as 2.37 per tations of households, which The survey is conducted acquisition process for infra- tainty ahead of US elections. “Concerns over prospects cent, while realty, metal, ener- are useful inputs for its mone- regularly in 13 cities -- structure projects. After gyrating 746 points of global economic recovery gy, oil and gas and power tary policy. Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, The model Act and rules during the day, the 30-share due to resurgence of Covid-19 closed in the green. The central bank has Bhopal, Chennai, Delhi, will provide state governments BSE Sensex ended 135.78 in various nations continued to In the broader markets, been regularly conducting Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, power to order for establish- points or 0.34 per cent lower at weigh on investors’ sentiments the BSE midcap index Consumer Confidence Survey Kolkata, Lucknow, ment, administration and man- notification, the register of title Registration Officer shall make 39,614.07. as domestic equities declined advanced 0.62 per cent, while and Inflation Expectations Mumbai, Patna and agement of a system of title reg- attains conclusivity without an entry to that effect in Similarly, the broader NSE for third consecutive day. the smallcap gauge slipped Survey of Households (IESH). Thiruvananthapuram. It covers istration of immovable prop- any external action. Register of Titles and in the Nifty slipped 28.40 points or Financials and Auto were the 0.03 per cent. The results of these sur- about 5,400 respondents across erties. Conclusive land titles are Register of Disputes and refer 0.24 per cent to 11,642.40. major drags today, white other In rest of Asia, bourses in veys “provide useful inputs for these cities. The aim of the draft model guaranteed by the state for the case to the land dispute res- Bharti Airtel was the top key sectoral indices staged a Shanghai, Hong Kong, Seoul monetary policy”, the RBI said The IESH is conducted to Act is to reduce a large num- correctness and entail provision olution officer. A party loser among the Sensex con- recovery towards the end of the and Tokyo ended the day with while announcing the launch of capture subjective assessments ber of land related litigations for compensation by the state aggrieved with an order of the stituents, shedding 3.82 per session. significant losses. the November 2020 round of on price movements and infla- and also improve land acquisi- in case of any dispute. land dispute resolution officer cent, followed by Maruti, HUL, “Volatility in markets is Stock exchanges in Europe CCS and IESH through two tion of about 6,000 house- tions for the infrastructure According to the draft Act, may file an appeal before the Bajaj Finance, ICICI Bank, expected to persist in coming were also trading on a negative statements. holds, based on their individ- projects. any person aggrieved by an Land Titling Appellate Tribunal Kotak Bank and Bajaj Auto. week as well led by uncertain- note as fresh lockdowns in The next meeting of the ual consumption baskets, Under the model Act, the entry in the Record of Titles within 30 days of passing of On the other hand, Tata ty over global economy and US France, Germany and other RBI Governor-headed across 18 cities. The cities land dispute resolution officer notified under Section 11 may such an order. It also said that Steel, NTPC, Sun Pharma, presidential election. countries dented risk senti- Monetary Policy Committee include Ahmedabad, and land title appellate tri- file an objection before the Title a special bench of High court Nestle India, TCS, Tech However, better corporate ment. Meanwhile, internation- (MPC) is scheduled for Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Delhi, bunal are one-shot institutions Registration Officer within shall be designated to deal Mahindra and ONGC were earnings so far and improve- al oil benchmark Brent crude December 2 to 4, 2020. 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The report, which Friday. day, it gained 6.44 per cent to Nath Kovind on Nov 9, an offi- contains recommendations While alarming, the pro- 8.92.On the NSE, it jumped cial statement said on Friday. pertaining to five financial jection from the World Travel 4.79 per cent to close at 8.75. The commission under years, 2021-22 to 2025-26, will & Tourism Council was lower In traded volume terms, 939.19 Chairman NK Singh on Friday be tabled in Parliament by the than previously expected, large- lakh shares were traded at the concluded its deliberations on union finance minister along ly because of a strong recovery BSE and 41.75 crore units on the report. The report was with an action taken report of in domestic travel in China and the NSE during the day. The signed by Singh and members the Govt of India. “The com- rebounds in other countries. 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Excerpts: Inspired by the United Nation’s Pause campaign, which is part of the Tell us Verified initiative, Mask On aims to about MTV generate awareness around the Sound snowballing surge of misinformation Trippin’ and duction team and we kind of really did our nient but the kind of satisfaction and the in the wake of the unprecedented whathomework. We did a bunch of meetings kind of love you get from doing something global crisis. Produced by indepen- prompted about how we could approach the shoot that you love is beyond comparison. dent music label Kalamkaar and fea- you to be a and I think by the second or the third day turing its affiliates Rashmeet Kaur, part of it? of it, we realised that we are in safe hands. Gully Boy has been a raging success and Karma and Yunan, the inspiring I have been We didn’t need to be that nervous because people have loved your work. How anthem encourages listeners to sup- watching Sound we had set up some stringent rules of how would you describe that journey? port the global crusade against mis- Trippin’ for quite we were going to shoot. By the end of it Gully Boy was quite a unique experi- information by verifying the authen- some time now. It’s when we returned to Mumbai, we all got ence for me, especially because I do not ticity of information before they rate, trusted information can be the one of my favourite ourselves checked and everyone was make hip hop music. I listen a lot of hip share it. difference between pessimism and shows. They proposed COVID negative, so we were relieved. It hop, but I do not make it per se. For me, Commenting on this, Raftaar optimism, division and unity, and that I should become a was quite something we were happy and it was a very interesting journey as it was states, “This is Kalamkaar’s humble even life and death. We are proud part of it. It was some- proud about. one of the few times where a major film contribution on the occasion of the to be supporting Verified and its thing that didn’t take from the country was expressing a unique, 75th anniversary of the UN. work to tackle the Coronavirus me much time to jump Out of the four cities, Uttarakhand, honest sound. Usually what ends up hap- Currently the world is in a state of infodemic by rapidly spreading reli- on to because the idea Goa, Mumbai and Jodhpur, where you pening is that things get a sugar coating chaos. A lot of people want to able, science-based information to was exciting and I was travelled and shot for the show, which from the film industry but in this case it lament on a lot of things due to the protect people and communities actually looking at was the most memorable one and why? was the director herself, she was kind of built-up anguish, anxiety and annoy- around the world. Misinformation something to challenge We travelled via Dehradun to adamant in presenting a raw image. So, it ance and it’s understandable. and fake news on COVID-19 across me in terms of making Mussoorie and Rishikesh, we travelled to was an amazing experience for me to work Unfortunately, over the years the social media and other communica- a new kind of sound. It Goa, Jodhpur and then came back to on a project where everyone was bringing human race hasn’t given importance tion channels can be deadly, disrupt was perfect in every Mumbai. For me, going back to out their ‘A-game’. Every department was to mastery of emotions and thoughts crucial health services and endanger sense. I have always Uttarakhand was the most exciting because challenging the other department to get and now we face serious trials when life. Taking a brief pause before shar- believed that art it’s my hometown. Being indoors for so better. there is a multitude of emotions ing information will help to break enables you to bend long, I was kind of missing home, so being being generated due to the unprece- the chain and significantly lessen the things most people see back to where I belong was the most What is next for you? Any forthcom- dented crisis. However, this doesn’t inclination to share shocking or as a straight line. That’s thrilling experience. Having said that, the ing projects that you would like to give anyone the right to spread emotive material and slow the spread exactly what I get to do in excitement levels that I got in Rajasthan share? misinformation which is a virus and of misinformation.” the show by exploring unex- was another level, it was just so surreal. There are a few projects coming up, in exploits our biases and prejudices. Misinformation is damaging plored sounds and creating terms of there are a couple of movies. We are in a moment of global the world. It hijacks people’s emo- music out of elements that What has been some of the major chal- Shakun Batra is directing one, Gurmeet unrest with growing COVID-19 tions, taps into their weaknesses, don’t fit the routine. lenges since the time you started and how Singh is directing one. Shakun’s film is with cases, economic volatility, climate tricking them into contributing to a did you overcome them? Dharma, the other one is with Excel and emergency, worldwide protests for chain of events that can have serious How has been the expe- I have been making music since the apart from that there are a few Netflix pro- racial justice. Misinformation, hate consequences on people. COVID-19 rience of travelling and 90s, so if I start counting the challenges jects that are coming up. Right now, I just speech and fake news is empower- misinformation undermines the col- shooting on-ground, espe- then there will be a never ending list. But finished A Suitable Boy that recently ing and distorting all of these issues. lective ability to control the pandem- cially after the lockdown? the one thing that is recurring in an inde- released on Netflix. Then there is a show Often, we share on impulse, before ic and keep people safe. In response Well, you can say that pendent musician’s life is that every time with Conde Nast that is coming out on checking the authenticity of the to COVID-19 infodemic, the initia- it was challenging because you feel that you have found a comfort- Netflix where I’ve done music supervision. content but I urge everyone to con- tive is focussing on empowering I’ve been indoors for quite a able spot, life throws another challenge at I have worked on my single, my EP and tain this impulse.” people to help combat false informa- while, so I was very nervous you. I think one must be on their toes all more. Echoing his views, Rashmeet tion by sharing only trusted infor- in the beginning. But we got the time when it comes to doing something (The show premiers every Friday at 7 adds, “COVID-19 has provided a mation, fact-based advice and sto- a really good unit, a great pro- that you really love. It is not very conve- pm only on MTV.) stark reminder that access to accu- ries from the best of humanity. his year, actor, martial artist and vival and presence plays a crucial role wildlife enthusiast, who is in the sustenance, balance and well- Tknown to follow a vegan life, + 8 being of the ecosystem. It is our duty Vidyut Jammwal, has come on board to conserve their habitat and help to support the cause and help raise increase the number of wild tigers in awareness about conservation of the , 1 BC! 2,""+, any way we can. I feel honored to be big cat and their habitat. Animal associated with the channel to pro- Planet, in partnership with World mote such an important cause,” adds Wide Fund for Nature India (WWF *- - he. India) and others, is back with a new “We remain committed in our edition of its flagship initiative Project efforts of spreading awareness and C.A.T: Conserving Acres for Tigers, conserving the wildlife. Project C.A.T that aims to sensitise people about the mega line-up of wildlife documen- is our effort towards the global goal cause of saving the wild tiger popu- taries in the third season of Mission of doubling the number of tigers in lation. Big Cat, an anthology of shows ded- the wild by 2022. We are confident Vidyut who has always shown icated to big cats. The programming that Vidyut’s strong support for this affinity towards animals, is well included series like Big Cat Tales, Big noble initiative will help more peo- poised to front this social service Cats of Serengeti, Desert King, The ple to join us and encourage them to campaign on tiger conservation. In Lion Queens of India, Tigerland and contribute towards the same,” says the campaign video, actor encourages The Lion Kingdom. Megha Tata, Managing Director — people to be a part of this initiative “Tigers teach us so many attrib- South Asia, Discovery. by helping the nearly extinct species utes that are applicable towards shap- By conserving nearly six million by donating towards the cause to help ing our personalities. I often take acres of protected land including conserve the habitat. The actor made inspiration of their agility and fierce- India and Bhutan among other coun- the campaign video special by per- ness in several aspects of my life. As tries, this initiative aims to ensure a forming Kalaripayattu moves part of this initiative, I tried to depict healthy habitat for tigers. The chan- inspired by the movements of tigers and imbibe the nature, kindness and nel has further increased the ambit to make sure the message of their ferocity of the beast through of the project by extending support conservation hit homes. Kalaripayattu,” Vidyut shares. for tiger conservation initiatives in As part of this initiative, the chan- “Saving the tiger population is Sundarbans forest located in the nel recently introduced a stellar certainly the need of the hour. Its sur- coastal region of Bay of Bengal. ()* + ,99 !"#$%&%& 2 85 !! * 55O858"%8 # %5"53#$9 8 #4 8 $5 4#$" ! " 358 :(! C C

ord Vs Ferrari, the Oscar nominated film is a sports Fdrama directed by James Mangold. The plot follows around the American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles’ battle corporate interference, the laws of physics and their own personal demons to build a revolu- tionary race car for Ford in order to defeat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in france in 1966. It stars renowned actors Matt Damon and Christian Bale as Carol Shelby and Ken Miles. In this interview, Matt discusses about his role, experience of working with Christian & James and his first car.

Do you know much more chance. So the film really follows then got to know about about cars now than you ever that relationship and the Christian, I didn’t give it a sec- thought you would? dynamics in a way that these ond thought. I’ve been follow- No, not at all. I just acted two guys who are very different ing Christian for a really long like I did. I was never really a car but have a deep and abiding time. You can say that I am a fan person but I love the film’s respect for each other, attempt of his and Jim’s work. I’ve script because it really feels to do the impossible. known Jim for 20 years and relatable even if you’re not a car we’ve never found something to nut. What did you love the most do together. So it was a very easy about the script? choice for me to sign this one. Which one was your first car? When I first read it I found The first one I ever bought it incredibly relatable because How do you think the film was after I got the job in school this relationship is the center- will captivate people? ties. And before the movie piece of the film and you can Any time you make a film started, I was out here for about sense what this means to both about a particular subset of three months, so I needed a car of them individually. You go into human beings, in this case, it’s and I got to salvage. It was an 89 the back to the home with car lovers, you know, presum- Acura Integra else that had Miles and see his relationship ably that those people will like been in a crash and had been with his wife and son. You see it as you’re going to recreate that restored. So I got a good deal. what’s at stake in the crossroads. time in their life. He’s financially at trouble. And I grew up in Cambridge, Tell us your view on the you get that with Shelby as well. Massachusetts, taking the sub- underdog theme of the film. You know that this is an inflec- way. I didn’t grow up in a car This film is really a classic tion point in both of their lives. culture. The fact that I love the underdog story. At that time in They need each other in order film even then means that this the Lamon, 24 hour race was to have the desired outcome but can get people excited. It’s kind dominated by Ferrari. It seemed they fight like brothers and of a great underdog story. ctor Tahir Raj Bhasin is chemistry. He says, “A lead pair that every year he would go and drive each other crazy, which is Aready to start shooting for in acting is a bit like a dance win, he was just the master a lot of fun. It’s like a classic How excited were you for the his next, Looop Lapeta, oppo- duet. The performance works builder and designer of these buddy film. film? site actor Taapsee Pannu. if both dancers do. To have beautiful cars that were famous I had most fun working The young actor is thrilled Taapsee is going to be brilliant around the world for being the How was it working with with Christian every day and to be back on a film set. “I can’t and I hope the audience sees epitome of perfection. director James Mangold? watch him act. I think that guy wait to get started on the film. this chemistry.” I’ve always said that I sign is an amazing actor. Even the The script is good and I’ve lived Tahir is excited about the Your opinion on Ken Miles films based on who’s directing script is really good and the with the story as drafts have industry restarting itself after and Carroll Shelby. them. That’s the first thing that director is great. improved through the lock- over six months of total shut They were both old, in I look at and then there’s the (The film will premiere for down. I can see it being chal- down due to the Coronavirus their 40s. Miles was at the end screenplay, role and co-actors. the first time on Star Movies on lenging but equally fun to do. pandemic. “The lockdown was of his run and this was his last But when I heard it was Jim and November 1 at 12 pm and 9 pm.) It is also very different from a time to pause and reassess for anything that I’ve explored everyone. Projects have had before which doubles my time for rewrites and # excitement!” says Tahir, who improvements. People appre- will also be seen playing the ciate being at work and around role of Sunil Gavaskar in the friends more. It has changed 5)$""+("#!),+ )$!% Ranveer Singh starrer 83. our attitudes toward health He adds, “The producers and safety. To be back in the — Atul Kasbekar and Tanuj ring and a part of one of the anushi Chhillar has a strong She also reveals her plans to eager to roll out these plans do feel that we have a collec- Garg are aware of the new work first few projects to kick start Mvoice and is an opinion expand the scope of work of her and bring as much awareness tive responsibility towards our environment we are venturing its engines is a great feeling. It leader who likes to take a stand initiative. Says she, “I’m already across India about menstrual next generation and we are into. They ensure that the film is simultaneously invigorating on societal issues. Immediately actively working on Project hygiene. It’s a cause that I feel looking at a serious crisis hit- set is a safe work to work.” and a responsibility to set a sus- after winning Miss World in Shakti which I’m keen to deeply connected to.” ting us if we don’t pay atten- The actor is confident that tainable work template,” he 2017, she conceived and spear- expand and reach out to more The debutant adds, “My tion to them.” audience will love the duo’s adds. headed a non-profit organisation, women in newer cities of India. Miss World tenure showed Project Shakti, aimed at improv- We had elaborate plans for me that we as a society, as indi- ing the menstrual hygiene of 2020 but we had to wait on these viduals have to constantly try women. The debutant is clear that discussions because of the to help others because there she wants to help raise awareness Coronavirus pandemic. I’m are so many people in need. I on issues regarding children and education in the near future. Manushi says, “My journey with Miss World opened my eyes to life, society and most importantly, humanity. I cherish every moment because I got to meet the most incredible people across the world and came across fascinating stories of self-belief, self-reliance and survival. The lessons I learnt has shaped me as a human being and I want to do my bit constantly for social good.” Manushi, who will be debut- ing in Bollywood opposite Akshay Kumar in YRF’s Prithviraj, adds, “I want to use my equity as an actor to take up more and more causes and dedicate my life towards bringing attention to initiatives on children and education. How we protect our future generation will lay the foundation stone on how this world will shape up.” 3.

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'( ly have a clear-cut edge over DC and having confirmed their last heir play-off berth secured, four berth, the title holders Tdefending champions would be playing without any Mumbai Indians would look to pressure. add to the woes of Delhi Capitals, Regular skipper Rohit who are on a three-match losing Sharma, who missed the last streak, and consolidate their three games due to a left-leg position at the top when the two hamstring injury, is unlikely to teams face each other in their take the field again, but there is penultimate league game here on no substantial word from the MI Saturday. management in this regard yet. Chennai Super MI are unlikely to Kings six-wicket win MATCHES 25 tinker with the playing over Kolkata Knight DELHI CAPITALS 12 XI, with their top- Riders on Thursday MUMBAI INDIANS 13 order firing on all sealed MI’s play-off cylinders. berth. The defending champions While MI had roared back to are currently on 16 points and form after thrashing RCB by with an excellent net run rate, are five-wickets in the last game, almost certain to finish in the top there are problems aplenty for two. DC. Despite three defeats on the The Shreyas Iyer led side trot against Kings XI Punjab, need to pull up their socks quick- KKR and Sunrisers Hyderabad, ly after a hat-trick of defeats. DC are placed third with 14 Their batsmen crumbled points from 12 games, courtesy under pressure against SRH in their consistent run in the first their last game and were bundled phase of the league. out for 131 while chasing an The three defeats should imposing 220-run target. come as an eye opener for DC as Shikhar Dhawan(471 runs) they can ill-afford to take things has been in blazing form for DC, lightly and need at least a win to with two centuries but needs seal their play-off place. support from the likes of Ajinkya But it won’t be an easy task Rahane, who has replaced Prithvi as their last two games are against Shaw, skipper Shreyas Iyer, the top two teams on the table — Rishabh Pant, Shimron Hetmyer MI and Royal Challengers and Marcus Stoinis. Bangalore. The South African pace duo If DC lose their last two of Kagiso Rabada (23 wickets) and games, it is entirely possible that Anrich Nortje (15) have been KXIP will go past them on NRR exceptional for DC, barring an off even if they finish on 14 points day for the latter against SRH. and in such a case, the Delhi side Tushar Deshpande and could be eliminated if other Ravichandran Ashwin have been teams on 14 have a higher NRR. erratic off late and need to come Going by paper, MI definite- good. RCB one win short of playoffs

A+0 Just winning both the games might not be enough for SRH. n IPL Play-offs spot at stake, They would be hoping that at ARoyal Challengers Bangalore least one out of RCB, DC (14 need to shrug off the disappoint- points) and Kings XI Punjab (12 ment of two back-to- points) don’t reach the back defeats and put up MATCHES 15 magic figure of 16. a strong challenge ROYAL CHALLENGERS 07 If that happens, SRH against strong-willed SUNRISERS HYDERABAD 08 will progress to the play- Sunrisers Hyderabad offs because of a superi- when the two teams clash, here on or NRR than all the teams which Saturday. can finish on 14 points. But it would be easier said RCB need to regroup as their than done since SRH are brim- confidence definitely took a beat- ming with confidence after their ing after crushing defeats at the crushing win over Delhi Capitals. hands of MI and CSK. Going by current standings, For RCB, batting has been RCB are better-placed at num- their strength with the likes of ber two and they need to win Virat Kohli, young inform open- one of their remaining two er Devdutt Padikkal, AB de Villiers games — against SRH or DC — and Aaron Finch doing the job. to make the cut. Thier biggest challenge will be And even if RCB lose both to counter Afghanistan spinner their matches and stay on 14 Rashid Khan, who remain an points, they can still qualify. But unsolved mystery for batsmen in for that they need favourable the 2020 season. The pressure he results from other games. build with dot balls has helped RCB can ill afford to lose both SRH in big way. their last two games as it will affect SRH, on the hand, were their NRR , resulting in their clinical in their 88-run win elimination if other teams over DC and would look on 14 points have higher to continue in the same run rates. vein. SRH, on the other hand, Skipper David Warner have nothing to lose. Sitting (66) and on the seventh spot with Wridddhiman 10 points from 12 Saha (87), were a games, the Hyderabad treat to watch in outfit need to win their 107-run their remaining two opening partner- matches — against ship against DC, RCB and MI — to while Manish reach 14 points to Pandey continues stay in the reckon- to shine in the mid- ing. dle-order.