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$ %'( $) " ! " #$ % $&' ) * istered its first Covid-19 cases in Kerala to one million counts $#"%&#%'#()&() ndia crossed three-million on July 16. )#%* #"#)#%"* #"# ICovid-19 count on Saturday Eight States: Maharashtra, +(+)#&"& with yet another day of huge Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, R spike of around 70,000 new Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi:The Centre has cases. Delhi, and West Bengal-have asked all States to ensure that India added the last one collectively contributed more there should be no restrictions million cases in just 16 days. than two million cases. on inter-State and intra-State The country had crossed two- India has been reporting movement of persons and million count on August 6. On the highest number of daily goods during the ongoing the other hand, the country Covid-19 cases globally for the unlocking process. went from one million to two last 18 days. While India has In a communication to million cases in 19 days reported more than 60, 000 Chief Secretaries of all States " between July 16 and August 5. cases or more during the peri- and Union Territories, Union s part of efforts to re-cre- India is also adding around od, the USA and Brazil, which Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla $ Aate a crime scene and re- 1,000 deaths daily. are ahead of India in terms of said there were reports that $ assess the circumstances lead- The country took nearly total cases, are logging in local level restrictions on ing to the death of Sushant five-and-half month from around 45,000 cases daily. movement were being % " Singh Rajput, the CBI team on January 31, the day India reg- Turn to Page 4 imposed districts and States. " Saturday visited the late actor’s duplex-flat in Mount Blanc at $" % & ' $ +,- Bandra’s Carter Road in north- & & ()P $ + & " 6.7'.(8) )'.((9 8.:0.''8 west Mumbai along with $# -.7-.8'0 6.8)0 -.'-.):0 $ Sushant’s flatmate and friend has been directed to investigate conceded to the CBI that they " & Siddharth Pithani and cook the case based on the FIR reg- conducted the post-mortem -.89.)'6 -.':( ).9).6-: % '( Neeraj Singh and grilled these istered by the Patna Police, is late at night after being told to / 3 ).7'.:76 8.6'9 '.:8.96: ' two key witnesses. looking afresh at the case from do so by the Mumbai Police. ..1 '.:).896 ).:67 '.-'.)(9 " Ahead of zeroing in on the all angles. The CBI team reportedly & ) "" late Sushant’s flat, the CBI One of the questions that questioned Sushant’s cook 210.1 #$ '.60.0'6 ./0. '.88.'-: * " investigators visited the Bandra the CBI team reportedly asked Neeraj Singh as to from where ,# '.-9.9(6 ).7-7 '.08.(9( ) & police station where Accidental the team of doctors that con- he had obtained and supplied $ '.'(.(0( 60' (9.-7) Death Report (ADR) was reg- ducted the post-mortem on drugs to the late actor. //344 # , '.0'.:69 788 7:.7-9 + istered on June 14 the day when Sushant’s body, as to why it In a related development, " the actor was found hanging in conducted the post-mortem from the New Delhi-based 3150 :(.86( )-8 67.68) ", Q. his flat and the Cooper before the receipt of the actor’s AIIMS — upon a request by * :9.67: ).::' 6:.-97 / Hospital, where the post- Covid-19 test report. The stand the CBI — a five-member ; $ 79.9-7 89) 9).)77 " mortem was conducted. taken by the doctors that there team of medical board of foren- Though the Mumbai Police was no provision under the law sic experts is visiting Mumbai <* 6(.)68 (88 98.'88 had gone through these exer- that prohibited from conduct- to look into Sushant’s autopsy /# 96.-98 )'( -6.9-9 % " cises as part of the investiga- ing the post-mortem before the report and study the case from 9-.)(0 9(7 88.0'- tions they conducted after reg- receipt of the corona report. A various other angles. istering ADR, the CBI, which doctor, however, reportedly Turn to Page 4 9'.:66 '.)06 -(.-(( Q " Q & .01 "# $ % " Q ! % 0 " #$ % &#$ % $# $ ! 234 ! * " '(() !$ *$ ", #$$ & $ #$ , -) suspicious movement ahead of && . $ &# $ , the State and any division of the State is border security fence. Sensing the ( ( * / $. $ unacceptable to us. We unanimously reit- he Border Security Force (BSF) situation, BSF troops immediately $. $ $& # R erate that there can be ‘nothing about us Ton Saturday shot dead five launched a special operation. ! % " ! #$ ! ! -01 without us’,” said the statement issued by the Pakistani intruders in the Ferozepur Subsequently, BSF troops cor- , ! leaders of National Conference, Peoples sector of Punjab after a suspicious doned the area and challenged the 12 Democratic Party, Congress, CPI(M), movement along the international intruders to stop and surrender but , Awami National Conference and People’s border. The BSF recovered one AK- the Pak armed intruders did not ! 3 #! $ Conference. 47 along with two magazines and pay any heed to the challenges and 14" $ $ $## idelined mainstream Kashmiri politicians Interestingly, some of the signatories of 27 live rounds, four 9 mm Beretta opened fire on BSF troops. !#$ &$ , !3 Son Saturday tried to put up a “united” the joint statement are yet to clearly demon- pistols with seven magazines, 109 In self-defence, BSF troops 5 4! #$ $ % front under the leadership of sitting par- strate their actual strength on ground zero rounds of ammunition, nine pack- retaliated with fire due to which five , , $# liamentarian and National Conference chief and have decided to join the bandwagon of ets (9.92 kg) of contrabands sus- Pak armed intruders succumbed to 5!#$&$ # &. $& $ Farooq Abdullah to carry forward their mainstream leaders to save their own skin pected to be heroin, two mobile bullet injuries,” the BSF said in a " # $ !$ , , $ struggle for the restoration of Statehood, as common people have completely lost faith phones and 610 Pakistani cur- statement. 62 $ $ 3 # ,1 Article 370 and 35-A in Jammu & Kashmir. in their leadership abilities. rency from the slain terrorists. So far this year, the BSF has ! Gaining freedom after a gap of almost Dr Shah Faesal, who had also attended Beretta semi automatic pistols seized 356.81 kg of heroin, includ- one year, these leaders made clear their the joint meeting at the residence of Dr have been used by the United ing the seizure during the day, 25 ! intent to wage a political struggle in a joint Farooq Abdullah on August 4, 2019 was not States military as service pistols weapons of different types, 42 $ !""# ! /$3 statement. a signatory to this statement as he had since 1985. magazines of various weapons, 472 3$ , $$ “We all reiterate that we are bound, recently decided to quit politics. The incident occurred in the rounds of ammunition of different # & $ $## wholly, by the contents of the Gupkar In the very beginning, the joint state- area of responsibility of 103 calibres and six mobile phones 7 / " # & #$$&# %$, Declaration and will unwaveringly adhere ment noted the events of August 5, 2019 Battalion of BSF under sector besides six Pakistani SIM cards. !# #&$ $ to it. We are committed to strive for the have “unrecognisably changed the rela- Ferozepur. The BSF has apprehended 73 11 "" )0)' $ *$# # 3$# restoration of Articles 370 and 35A, the tionship between J&K and New Delhi”. “On 22 August, 2020, alert intruders and 15 Pakistani intrud- ,$ $## ! $ & $ 1 Constitution of J&K and the restoration of Turn to Page 4 BSF troops on duty noticed some ers till now this year. & + 82" & '/ ( ' -' (.)(*# $'& 0 " )* " $ & ! / / " " $ & + *',! " $ % 0 Nizamuddin in Delhi. The 1/ UP DGP Hitesh Chandra ( bench in its order noted that Awasthi sounded an alert in the ' " % " he Aurangabad bench of there was a big propaganda # ' State following the arrest of an Tthe Bombay High Court against the foreigners who had alleged ISIS operative in Delhi. " has said that the foreign nation- come to the Markaz in Delhi. Security checks have also 7 9 %" als, who had attended the “A political Government been intensified along the " Tablighi Jamaat event held in tries to find the scapegoat Delhi border in Uttar Pradesh’s ( $ Delhi in March this year, were when there is pandemic or Noida. 79" made “scapegoats” and allega- calamity and the circumstances ith the arrest of a sus- The terrorist, Mustakeem ,$ tions were levelled that they show that there is probability Wpected ISIS operative, a Khan, alias Abu Yusuf, is a res- $ were responsible for spreading that these foreigners were cho- major terror strike was avert- ident of Uttar Pradesh’s : Covid-19 in the country. sen to make them a scapegoat,” ed in the national Capital. The Balarampur district. He was akistan has for the first A division bench of Justices the court said in its order. accused was nabbed from the under watch and he had Ptime acknowledged the " " TV Nalawade and MG “The propaganda against central Delhi’s Ridge Road area planned to carry out a “lone presence of Dawood Ibrahim Sewlikar made the observations the so-called religious activity following a brief exchange of wolf” strike in the Capital. on its soil after the Government 42 on August 21 while quashing (Tablighi Jamaat) was unwar- fire. Detailed report on P3 imposed sweeping sanctions on the FIRs filed against 29 for- ranted. The activity was going 88 banned terror groups and the FATF’s grey list, Pakistan on eigners, who had attended the on for more than 50 years and their leaders which also includ- Friday imposed tough financial $ event. it is there throughout the year,” ed the name of the underworld sanctions on 88 banned terror The bench also noted that it added. don wanted by India. groups and their leaders, while the Maharashtra police It said that the circum- There was no official con- including Hafiz Saeed, Masood & & acted mechanically in the case, stances and the latest figures of firmation on Pakistan Azhar and Ibrahim, by order- the State Government acted infection of Covid-19 in India Government including ing the seizure of all of their under “political compulsion”. show that such action against Ibrahim’s name in the list of ter- properties and freezing of bank 3 The 29 foreign nationals the petitioners should not have ror groups and its leaders on accounts, Pakistani newspa- were booked under various been taken. “It is now high time whom fresh restrictions have per ‘The News’ reported on provisions of the IPC, the for the concerned to repent been imposed. But if Pakistani Saturday. Epidemic Diseases Act, about this action taken against media reports are true, this Ibrahim, who heads a vast ; Disaster Management Act and the foreigners and to take some could be the first time and multifaceted illegal busi- Foreigner’s Act for allegedly positive steps to repair the Islamabad has acknowledged ness, has emerged as India’s violating their tourist visa con- damage done by such action,” & , &- the presence of Ibrahim on its most wanted terrorist after the $ ditions by attending the the court said. $. #! "&"& ! soil. 1993 Mumbai bombings. $ Tablighi congregation held at Turn to Page 4 " / ,"/- & " Seeking to wriggle out of Turn to Page 4 + ,-. ,/,/ .' /'/)' B 4

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have recovered, migrated or been discharged. t least 1,412 fresh cases of The highest single-day "/6) Acoronavirus reported on spike of 3,947 cases was report- Saturday, taking the total tally ed in Delhi on June 23. of persons infected with Covid- According to the Indian 19 to 1.6 lakh, while the death Council of Medical Research, # toll from the disease rose to suspected individuals who test 4,284. negative for COVID-19 in According to the Delhi rapid-antigen tests should “During interrogation, it health department bulletin the undergo RT-PCR to rule out was revealed that after he was active cases tally was 11,594. the infection. ith the arrest of a sus- not able to execute his plan on According to the bulletin, out Rapid-antigen testing Wpected ISIS operative, a August 15, now, he felt the of the total number of beds in requires a prescription and an major terror strike was avert- security could be lax so he Covid hospitals, 10524 are ICMR form filled by a regis- ed in the National Capital. could come here. But his luck vacant. tered doctor, and a government Police also recovered two pres- ran out and he was nabbed by Fourteen fatalities have identity proof, same as that for sure cookers ‘Improvised the team of special cell,” said the also been recorded in the last RT-PCR test. Testing was Explosive Devices’ (IEDs), DCP. 24 hours. As per report, 3597 ramped up June 18 onwards, from the accused who was “Khan had planned to use beds in Covid care centres are when Delhi started conducting nabbed from the central Delhi's the pressure cooker IEDS in a occupied by persons under who have returned by ‘Vande flights, it said. per million, as was 74, 334, it tests through the faster rapid- Ridge Road area following a heavy footfall area of the city. fidayeen vest for a suicide quarantine, including travellers Bharat Mission’ and bubble The number of tests done said. A total of 144138 patients antigen methodology. brief exchange of fire. Police After planting IEDs, his plan attack and had tested smaller sources said that the terrorist, was to wait for fresh instruc- devices near the burial ground to execute his plan of a terror tions and then the next plan in his village. Investigations are strike, came to National Capital was to carry out fidayeen on to find when he made the 121324242 $ after directions were given to attacks. But he was not told pressure cooker IEDs or him by his handler sitting about when and where the whether someone gave them to :5 across the borders. strike was to be carried out. A him,” the DCP added. $< & Security was stepped up in terror strike has been averted After the suspected ISIS #$& & the national capital and in due to this operation in terrorist was nabbed with IEDs, neighbouring Uttar Pradesh National Capital,” said the a bomb disposal team of the ities and had donated Rs 2 politics? Uttarakhand Assembly elec- NEW DELHI: A Delhi court following the arrest. DCP. National Security Guard (NSG) crore to the AAP in April “There was a vast differ- tions was solely intended to on Saturday sent an alleged ISIS The terrorist has been “The security agencies had also reached the spot along ongress Delhi unit presi- 2014,” he said. ence in the words and deeds of expand AAP’s corruption net- operative, arrested with impro- identified as Mustakeem Khan, kept an eye on Khan for the last with a robot to help pick up a Cdent Anil Kumar has According to the Delhi the Kejriwal Government as the work,” he said. vised explosive devices (IEDs) alias Abu Yusuf, a resident of a one year. Police teams had bomb or an IED and a TCV demanded a judicial enquiry Police the duo one Mukesh Chief Minister himself has Meanwhile, party vice from central Delhi's Ridge village in Uttar Pradesh’s been conducting surveillance (total containment vessel) vehi- into the alleged donation of 2 Kumar and one Sudhanshu turned out to be the most cor- president JaiKishan demanded Road area, to eight-day police Balarampur district. Police said on him through sources. Police cle used to defuse a bomb in a crore was made to the AAP in Bansal had formed shell com- rupt because the party funds the Delhi Government to pro- custody. that he was under watch for teams also found he was in controlled environment. April 2014 by two persons panies on the basis of fabricat- are directly under his control,” vide Rs 1 Crore to those poor According to the court over a year and he had planned touch with ISIS and directly in Meanwhile, following the who were arrested by ed documents and thrived only he said. sanitation workers who died sources, the accused was pro- to carry out a “lone wolf” touch with its commanders,” arrest of Khan Hitesh Chandra ‘Economic Offences Wing’ because of the Arvind He also alleged that the due to Coronavirus. He duced before Chief strike at a high footfall area in said the DCP. Awasthi, the Director General (EOW) of the Delhi Police on Government’s patronage, he AAP party collected Crores of accused the government of Metropolitan Magistrate Pawan the national capital. “Khan was first handled by of Police, Uttar Pradesh sound- Friday. said. rupees from the candidates neglecting the interest of san- Singh Rajawat and the Delhi According to Pramod Yusuf-al Hindi who was killed ed an alert in the state and Kumar said that Aam Kumar wondered where who contested the last itation workers of municipal Police sought eight days' cus- Singh Kushwaha, the Deputy in Syria. After that he was han- asked all police officers, espe- Aadmi Party’s political exis- are all those “honest people” Assembly elections in Punjab, Corporations. tody. Commissioner of Police dled by Abu Huzefa, a cially those in field posting, to tence is based on deep-rooted who ran the ‘India Against Delhi and some other states as “The party will stage a During in-camera pro- (DCP), Special Cell, Pakistani, who was killed in a remain vigilant and take nec- corruption. “The EOW of the Corruption’ campaign to foist well as the Municipal demonstration at the residence ceedings, the police told the Mustakeem Khan, who was on drone strike in Afghanistan. essary precautions. Delhi Police arrested two Arvind in power and what Corporation of Delhi elections. of Chief Minister if the family court that custodial interroga- a TVS Apache bike, was caught Later, another handler instruct- “Security checks have been frauds, who ran four shell happened to the promised “AAP convenor Arvind’s of sanitation worker will not tion of the accused was on Friday night after a brief ed him to carry out ‘lone wolf’ intensified along the Delhi companies for money laun- Lokpal and Swaraj to create announcement that the party provide relief,” he said. required to unearth the larger exchange of fire on the section strikes,” said the DCP. border in Uttar Pradesh’s dering and other illegal activ- transparent, corruption-free will also contest the conspiracy, the sources said. of the Ridge Road between “After getting instructions Noida. The vehicles and pas- The court allowed the plea Dhaula Kuan and Karol Bagh. from his handler, Khan had sengers moving to and from and directed them to produce “The two IEDS he was come to Delhi to carry out lone Delhi are being checked at the the accused before it on August found with were “fully ready” wolf attacks. Besides two pres- border. Gautam Buddh Nagar #% 3 % $ $ ,$ 30. and just needed to be activat- sure cookers IEDs, police team district is also on alert mode,” The Delhi Police has ed with a timer. Khan had also recovered a sophisticated said Rajesh, the Deputy % . & ! $# #$% ; stepped up vigil in the city fol- planned to strike in the nation- pistol, four cartridges, and the Commissioner of Police, lowing the arrest. The securi- al capital on August 15, but bike. Police suspect the bike he Noida. Senior police officers in carried out the rescue opera- ty checks have been intensified could not do so due to heavy was riding could be a stolen Noida also assessed security tion quite efficiently.” along the Delhi border in Uttar security arrangements,” said one,” said the DCP. checks in the district bordering Wolf snake found inside The NGO also rescued a Pradesh's Noida. PTI the DCP. “Khan had also prepared a Delhi. Athe engine of a Hyundai cobra that was found under the are more active during night. sedan was rescued by the mattress in a house near Raj Due to its resemblance to the Wildlife SOS Rapid Response Ghat and another cobra was Common Krait, ahighly ven- Unit from Greater Kailash-2 , rescued from a house in omous snake species found in # O -./P New Delhi. The snake was Faridabad. India, wolf snakes are often later safely released in a safe Kartick Satyanarayan, misidentified and end as vic- the two injured persons, who habitat. CEO, Wildlife SOS, said, tims of human-wildlife con- were assaulted in Tilak Nagar A family residing in W- “Incidents such as this have flict.” elhi Police Commissioner, area on August 4, to hospital in block of Greater Kailash -2, was been the driving force behind This similarity is not coin- DSN Shrivastava, on time, thereby saving the life of caught off guard by the sight of the establishment of the cidental, as resembling one of Saturday, held a ‘Crime and one of the victims. They also a wolf snake perched on top of Wildlife SOS Rapid Response the most venomous snakes in Covid-19’ review meeting in came forward fearlessly to get their car bonnet, late Friday Unit. Our goal is to alleviate India helps this species to sur- the National Capital. The CP their statements recorded night. While the security common misconceptions about vive. This similarity in snake also rewarded two good samar- before the police and court of guards stepped in to take a clos- reptiles and sensitize people to appearance exemplifies a kind itans and police personnel law. er look, the snake swiftly these incredible animals, using of protective mimicry that from West, Outer-North dis- “The extent of cooperation crawled under the bonnet. education, awareness and pos- evolves in certain related tricts and Cyber Crime Unit in extended by them indicates Sameer Jain, the person itive intervention to help mit- wildlife species, including other recognition of their exemplary good relations between local who called Wildlife SOS, igate human-reptile conflict.” species of snakes. works done by them during the police and public. Ashish said,“This is the first time Wasim Akram, Deputy The common wolf snake past few days. Vohra and Sandeep Chhabra, we’ve seen a snake in such close Director - Special Projects, (Lycodon aulicus) is a non-ven- The CP praise for Ashish have been awarded in recog- quarters. The Wildlife SOS Wildlife SOS, said, “Wolf omous snake species found in Vohra and Sandeep Chhabra, nition of their outstanding team arrived promptly and snakes are nocturnal, so they South Asia and Southeast Asia. the Good Samaritans shifted work,” said the CP. + ,-. ,/,/ 5 ++ :6;4<= ;4> Noida (UP): Uttar Pradesh's positive cases stood at 0.62 per Gautam Buddh Nagar on Saturday cent, the same as Friday. recorded 98 new COVID-19 cases, It was 0.63 per cent on @ 6 / pushing the district's tally to 6,901, Thursday, 0.64 per cent on even as the recovery rate reached Wednesday and 0.65 per cent on almost 90 per cent, official data Tuesday, according to official sta- New Delhi: The Confederation of All showed. tistics. The recovery rate of India Traders (CAIT) on Saturday The number of active cases patients improved to 89.03 per said that the import of 'Made-in- rose to 813 from 793 on Friday, cent from 87.88 per cent on Friday, China' Ganesh idols has been nil this according to the data released by 87.64 per cent on both Thursday year. the UP Health Department for a and Wednesday, 87.61 per cent on Speaking on the occasion of 24-hour period. Tuesday and 86.96 per cent on Ganesh Chaturthi, CAIT Secretary The district dropped to 14th Monday, per the statistics. General Praveen Khandelwal said: position in the state in terms of Meanwhile, Gautam Buddh "Every year about 30 crore idols of active cases, the data showed. Nagar (813) stood at 14th position Lord Ganesh are purchased across Also, 79 more patients got dis- on the list of districts in the state country." charged during the period. in terms of active cases. "As per an estimate China used So far, 6,144 patients have The maximum active cases are to make export of Ganesh idols to the recovered from COVID-19 in in Lucknow (6,647) followed by extent of about Rs 500 crore every Gautam Buddh Nagar, the third Kanpur Nagar (3,630), Gorakhpur year and adhering to the boycott highest among districts in UP after (2,700), Allahabad (2,341), Chinese call, no import of Ganesh industries.According to Khandelwal, of flocking to temples, people pre- Lucknow (14,229) and Kanpur Varanasi (1,740), Bareilly (1,548), Kushinagar (816), according to the recovered across the state, while idol was done this year. smaller idols are being preferred this ferred to temporarily install idol of Nagar (8,185), it showed. Ghaziabad (1,142), Aligarh data. the death toll linked to "Earlier, CAIT had given a call to year. Lord Ganesh in their homes and offer The district has so far record- (1,100), Saharanpur (947), There are 48,294 active cases Coronavirus stood at 2,867, boycott Chinese goods across sectors The festival of Ganesh Chaturthi prayers," he said. ed 43 deaths linked to coronavirus Moradabad (908), Barabanki across Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. showed the data. to encourage Indian began on Saturday."This year instead PTI and the mortality rate among (900), Deoria (850) and So far, 1,31,295 patients have PTI ==+3 * " * *' 10 London: A pair of gold-plated those who bid,” said auctioneer Mangotsfield, South nance of the glasses, which are arms and prescription lenses. vendor is included,” it added. spectacles believed to have been Andy Stowe of East Bristol Gloucestershire in south-west likely to be one of Gandhi's ear- Jointed by a gold plated nose bar. Gandhi became synony- worn by Mahatma Gandhi and Auctions, as he closed the bid for England, who will split the liest pairs during his time in The spectacles formed an mous with the iconic round- presented as a gift in the 1900s the online auction on Friday 260,000 pounds with his daugh- South Africa. important and somewhat icon- rimmed Windsor-style glasses, (/ have broken all records for a UK “These glasses represent not ter. The lot, titled “Pair of ic part of Gandhi's overall common during the period auction house by selling for only an auction record for us but The glasses are said to have Mahatma Gandhi's Personal appearance," it said. when he was studying law in New Delhi: The DDA has now 627 flats have been 260,000 pounds. a huge find of great historical been in the family of the vendor Spectacles”, was part of the auc- "It was known that he would England in the late 1800s and received a good response to its booked, it said. The glasses, which were importance. The vendor had in England, also an elderly gen- tioneers' Military, History and often give away his old or 1900s. online scheme for disposal of The income of the appli- dropped through the letterbox presumed them to be interest- tleman, who was told by his Classic Cars online sale and had unwanted pairs to those in need While initially used infre- 916 flats in the EWS category, cant in this category should not of East Bristol Auctions in ing, but of no value and did tell father that they were a gift to his attracted much worldwide inter- or those who had helped him. A quently, the glasses became a with 627 of those already exceed to Rs 3 lakh per annum Hanham, south-west England, me to dispose of them 'if they're uncle when he was working for est. rare and important pair of spec- regular feature during the booked, officials said on and family income should not four weeks ago were estimated not worth anything',” said Stowe. British Petroleum in South “A pair of early 20th centu- tacles,” it added. national movement and Saturday. exceed to Rs 10 lakh per to fetch between 10,000 pounds “I think he nearly fell off his Africa between 1910 and 1930. ry c1920 gold plated circular “The uncle working for Gandhi's civil disobedience The tentative cost of a flat annum, officials said. and 15,000 pounds but the chair when we presented our “The story that appears rimmed spectacles by repute British Petroleum at the time protests in India. He is is Rs 10.89-12.29 lakh after Booking amount of Rs online bids for the lot kept mul- valuation. It's a really great auc- with the lot is exactly what the owned and worn by Mahatma and was stationed in South known to have handed over his concession, the DDA said. 10,000 has been taken for a flat tiplying to finally go under the tion story – and one that we all vendor told us, and exactly Gandhi,” read the auction lot Africa, and it can be presumed personal items as gifts to admir- "The DDA had launched and it is not refundable, the hammer of the six-figure sum. dream of,” he said. The unnamed what was told to him by his details. that these were gifted by way of ers and a number of similar an online scheme for disposal statement said. “An incredible result for an new owner of the spectacles is father some 50 years ago,” says “The spectacles of usual thanks from Gandhi for some items have emerged on the auc- of EWS flats at Pocket- 1A Buyers can download incredible item! Thanks to all an elderly man from Stowe in reference to the prove- form, with sprung gold plated good deed. A note from the tion circuit over the years. PTI Sector A1-A4 Narela at con- demand-cum-allotment letters cessional rates with 40 per online from the DDA website cent concession on construc- using their login id and pass- earlier told the Mumbai Police tion cost on a first come first word from August 28, for mak- + # 80 " CCC that he had received a call from serve basis on August 7," the ing timely payment as per the From Page 1 Siddharth at 1.05 pm on June housing authority said in a demand-cum-allotment letter, 7 6&5% Among other things, the 14. In turn Rafique asked statement. it said. "Demanded amount is " AIIMS team will study the Siddharth to share a photo- A total of 916 flats have to be deposited within a peri- injury pattern on Sushant’s graph of the door lock on his been included in the scheme. od of three months otherwise Patna: The flood situation in The bulletin said that about . 9 body and correlate it with cir- WhatsApp number The scheme has elicited alloted flat will be cancelled," Bihar Remained critical on 5.50 lakh people have been cumstantial evidence. The team He said that till then, he encouraging response and as of the DDA said. PTI Saturday as nearly 70,000 more evacuated so far by 26 teams of From Page 1 constitutional guarantees will also examine the pre- was unaware that the house people were affected by the National Disaster Response “In a spitefully shortsight- forcibly taken away, against served viscera and check and belonged to Bollywood actor calamity, raising the number of Force and State Disaster ed and unconstitutional move, our will. We want to assure the analyse if any anti-depressants Sushant Singh Rajput. He also ( )*666 marooned people to 83,62,451 Response Force. Articles 370 and 35A were people that all our political were given to the actor in the mentioned that he did not in 16 districts of the state, a The state government has abrogated and the State was activities will be subservient to run-up to his alleged suicide. know the caller’s identity then, From Page 1 noted that many Muslims from Disaster Management transferred Rs 577.57 crore bifurcated and relegated to the the sacred goal of reverting to Friday’s investigations were but later came to know that it In its order, the bench across the world come to India Department bulletin said. into the bank accounts of status of two Union Territories the status of J&K as it existed crucial considering that the was Sidharth Pithani after sev- and visit the Markaz Masjid in Flood water entered in 11 9,62,617 flood-affected families and its Constitution tried to be on 4th August 2019,” the state- CBI took Sushant’s flatmate and eral media reports stated it. Delhi as they are attracted to fresh panchayat areas since in the state till date. Each fam- made unenforceable. ment said. friend Siddharth Pithani and Rafique, who did not know the reform movement of Friday and the number of ily has been given Rs 6,000 as The series of measures These leaders also cook Neeraj Singh to the late as to whom the flat where he Tablighi Jamat. affected panchayats is now gratuitous relief, it said. undertaken on August 5, 2019 expressed gratitude to the peo- actor’s flat for re-creation of was supposed to go belonged, “It is a continuous process 1,333 in 130 blocks. Meanwhile, the river were in reality measures of dis- ple of India, the political par- crime scene and grilled them reached the late actor’s flat lit- and it appears that there are Flood-related deaths Ganga is flowing above the empowerment and a challenge ties, the intelligentsia and other on things that happened at the tle later. He tried to open the arrangements of stay also made remained unchanged at 27, danger level at three places in to the basic identity of the peo- civil society groups for oppos- flat on the night of June 13 and lock but failed to do so. by the Muslims at Markaz the bulletin said. the state -- Gandhi ghat and ple of J&K. ing the “unconstitutional mea- on June 14 before and after the The keymaker reportedly Delhi,” it said. The highest 11 casualties Hathidah in Patna and “The measures attempt to sures of August 5, 2019 and actor was found dead in his told Siddharth that he could The bench added that the were registered in Darbhanga Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur dis- redefine who we are. These ever since standing with the room. not open the lock because it visits of these foreigners to district, followed by six in trict, the Water Resources changes were accompanied by people of J&K in this crisis”. Apart from the actor’s girl- was a computerised lock and Masjids in India were not pro- Muzaffarpur, four in West Department said. repressive measures meant to “We appeal for their friend Rhea Chakraborty who suggested that the lock had to hibited and there is nothing on Champaran and two each in The water level of the silence people and coerce them unstinted support to our just has been accused of abetting be broken using a hammer record to show that this activ- Saran, Siwan and Khagaria. Ganga is witnessing a rising into submission, and continue cause till the unconstitutional Sushant’s suicide, Siddharth which he did. He, however, was ity is prohibited permanently Darbhanga is the worst-hit trend in Buxar, Digha, Gandhi unabated,” it said. measures of 5th August 2019 and Neeraj are key witnesses in not allowed to enter the room by the government. “The activ- district with 20.82 lakh people ghat and Kahalgaon. It has These political parties reit- are undone and the special sta- the sensational case. While where it was subsequently ity of Tablighi Jamat got stalled affected by the deluge while remained steady at Munger erated their commitment to tus of J&K restored,” they said Siddharth knew personal found that the actor was lying only after the declaration of Muzaffarpur has 19.69 lakh vic- and is going down at Hathidah, collectively fight to restore the in the statement. things about Sushant, Neeraj — dead. Siddharth sent him away lockdown in Delhi and till tims, the bulletin said. the department said. special status of J&K as guar- They also exhorted on the being at the flat at all times — from the flat by paying Rs 2,000 then it was going on,” the court Of the total six relief cen- The 16-flood affected dis- anteed under the Constitution leadership of the subcontinent was privy to many things that to him for his services. said. The bench further ques- tres, in which 5,186 people are tricts are Sitamarhi, Sheohar, and the commitments made to take due notice of the ever went on in the actor’s flat for Apart from scanning tioned as to whether the peo- now staying, five are in Supaul, Kishanganj, from time to time. increasing skirmishes at the the previous several months. Sushant’s flat, the CBI is also ple in India are really acting as Samastipur and one in Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, “There is unanimity Line of Actual Control and Neeraj knew minute details examining the terrace attached per its great tradition and cul- Khagaria, it said. Gopalganj, West Champaran, amongst us that a collective Line of Control, resulting in of the late actor’s lifestyle and to the late actor’s flat. ture of welcoming guests. Altogether 2.09 lakh flood-hit East Champaran, Khagaria, institution is the effective way casualties on both the sides and the people, including Rhea The investigators are “During the situation created people were fed at 269 com- Saran, Samastipur, Siwan, to fight for these rights and tire- unabated violent incidents in Chakraborty and the actor’s expected to do a dummy test of by COVID-19 pandemic, we munity kitchen centres on Madhubani, Madhepura and lessly struggle to get back the J&K and work for enduring family members who used to how the actor could have need to show more tolerance Saturday. Saharsa. PTI special status and restore the peace in the region. visit and stay at the flat hanged himself. and need to be more sensitive The CBI team reportedly Having taken into posses- towards our guests, particular- questioned at any point of sion Sushant’s things like lap- ly like the present petitioners. -' (.)(666 freezing of their bank accounts, banned. With Pakistan’s continua- time he had obtained and sup- top, mobile phone, plates, glass- “Instead of helping them, the report said. Though various sanctions tion in the ‘grey list’, it will be plied drugs to the late actor. It es, bed-sheets and the piece of we lodged them in jails by mak- From Page 1 These terrorists have been were in place against almost all difficult for the country to get also questioned if he suspect- cloth that he allegedly used to ing allegations that they were In 2003, the US declared barred from transferring of those listed by the UNSC, financial aid from the IMF, ed Rhea was giving him “over- hang himself, the CBI is likely responsible for violation of Ibrahim as a Specially money through financial insti- the government through the World Bank, ADB, and the dose” medicine or anti-depres- to examine the contents inside travel documents and that they Designated Global Terrorist. tutions, purchasing of arms new notifications consolidated European Union, thus further sant to Sushant and in her the laptops and call data in his are responsible for spreading India has repeatedly asked the and travelling abroad, it said. and documented the previ- enhancing problems for the absence, whether Siddharth mobile phones, while it would the coronavirus,” the court Government of Pakistan to The notifications ratified ously announced measures, nation which is in a precarious would give him any medicine. send other things for a foren- said. hand over Ibrahim to India so a complete ban on all leaders the report said. financial situation. It may be recalled that the sic test. that he can be prosecuted for and members of defunct The UNSC Sanctions If Pakistan fails to comply witnesses in the cases had ear- The Central Forensic the crimes committed by him. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Committee deals with sanc- with the FATF directive by lier told the Mumbai Police that Science Laboratory (CFSL) It is reported that Ibrahim is (TTP) hiding in the Pakistan- tions on entities and individu- October, there is every possi- the room where Sushant was officials accompanying the vis- based in the southern port Afghanistan border areas. als declared as terrorists. All bility that the global body may found dead had been closed, a iting CBI team are examining city of Karachi. The paper reported that states, including Pakistan, are put the country in the ‘Black key maker tried unsuccessful- the building and recreating The Paris-based Financial Saeed, Azhar, Mullah Fazlullah bound to implement the sanc- List’ along with North Korea ly open it and the lock had to the scene. Action Task Force (FATF) put (alias Mullah Radio), Zakiur tions which include assets and Iran. The FATF is an be broken open using a ham- Meanwhile, the CBI team Pakistan on the grey list in June Rehman Lakhvi, Muhammad freeze, an arms embargo, and inter-governmental body estab- mer. members are studying the case 2018 and asked Islamabad to Yahya Mujahid, Abdul Hakeem travel ban. lished in 1989 to combat During their questioning, diary and the 56 statements implement a plan of action by Murad, wanted by Interpol, It is believed that the lat- money laundering, terrorist the CBI asked both Siddharth that the Bandra police have the end of 2019, but the dead- Noor Wali Mehsud, Fazal est move by the Pakistan gov- financing, and other related and Neeraj as to who had recorded during the inquiries line was extended later due to Raheem Shah of Uzbekistan ernment is part of its efforts to threats to the integrity of the called the key maker - identi- under the Code of Criminal COVID-19 pandemic. Liberation Movement, Taliban wriggle out of the grey list of international financial system. fied as Rafique Chabiwala - to Procedure. It is also studying a The government issued leaders Jalaluddin Haqqani, the global money laundering The FATF currently has 39 the late actor’s sixth floor dozen statements recorded by two notifications on August 18 Khalil Ahmad Haqqani, Yahya and terrorist financing watch- members including two region- duplex flat and who called the the Enforcement Directorate announcing sanctions on key Haqqani, and Ibrahim and his dog FATF. On al organisations - the European police control room and (ED) in connection with a figures of terror outfits such as associates were on the list. August 12, Pakistan Commission and Gulf reported about Sushant’s death. money laundering case regis- 26/11 Mumbai attack master- The notifications said that Parliament’s lower house Cooperation Council. PTI Key maker Rafique had tered by them. mind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa leadership of the defunct TTP, passed four bills related to the (JuD) chief Saeed, Jaish-e- and other organisations includ- tough conditions set by the Mohammed (JeM) chief Azhar, ing Lashkar-e-Taiba, JeM, FATF after the government and 90 active cases. had nearly contained the out- and underworld don Ibrahim. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Tariq and the Opposition reached a 666 South India has seen mas- break before the virus struck The Pakistan government Geedar group of TTP, Harkatul consensus. sive surges in cases during the back viciously. On Saturday, has proscribed 88 leaders and Mujahideen, Al Rasheed Trust, The legislation was part of From Page 1 last one months While the first day of the 10-day long members of terrorist groups, in Al Akhtar Trust, Tanzim Jaish- the efforts by Pakistan to move The Covid-19 tally in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Onam festivities, the State compliance with the new list al Mohajireen Ansar, Jamaat-ul from the FATF’s grey list to the Maharashtra increased to Nadu are reporting a huge diagnosed 2, 172 new cases. issued by the United Nations Ahrar, Tanzim Khutba Imam white list. 6,71,942 on Saturday after the number of cases in the range The situation is deteriorating Security Council (UNSC) Bukhari, Rabita Trust Lahore, In its third and final ple- State reported 14,492 new of 6000 to 10,000 daily, in Kerala by the hour with recently, The News reported. Revival of Islamic Heritage nary held virtually due to the cases and 297 deaths. So far Karnataka has also come more and more towns and The notifications Society of Pakistan, Al- COVID-19 pandemic in June, more than 21,000 people have abreast with them. Andhra panchayats coming under the announced sanctions on key Haramain Foundation the FATF decided to keep died due to Covid-19 in reported 10276, Tamil Nadu grip of the pandemic. The day figures of terror outfits such as Islamabad, Harkat Jihad Al Pakistan in the “grey list” as Maharashtra. 5980 and Karnataka 7300 new also the department of health the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), Islami, Islami Jihad Group, Islamabad failed to check the ON Saturday, 5 new cases on Saturday. confirmed 15 deaths across JeM, Taliban, Daesh, Haqqani Uzbekistan Islami Tehreek, flow of money to terror groups COVID19 cases reported in National capital Delhi the State on account of Covid- Group, al-Qaeda, and others. Daesh of Iraq, Emirates of like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Dharavi area of Mumbai. reported 1400 plus cases and 19. The death toll in Kerala on The government ordered Tanzim Qafqaz working Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). The Total number of cases in 14 deaths on Saturday. account of coronavirus the seizure of all movable and against Russia, and Abdul Haq plenary was held under the Dharavi rose to 2,705 includ- In the South, the latest to touched the 218 marks on immovable properties of these of Uyghurs of Islamic Freedom Chinese Presidency of ing 2,355 discharged cases join the race is Kerala, which Saturday. outfits and individuals, and Movement of China have been Xiangmin Liu. + ,-. ,/,/ (6 B

/:0: 1 ' Ayush Minister Shripad Naik nating (against) our fellow cit- How long is this attitude of language problem , but were do you have to do that? You can “The statement of ;, < * to demand an inquiry into the izens on the basis of language,” excluding non Hindi speakers told that they (the speakers) at least make an effort to put Secretary of the Union matter. she wrote. to be tolerated ?” were not fluent in any other subtitles. I don't think any Ministry of Ayush Vaidya, 9 stand the language and has Kanimozhi reminded Naik The DMK MP also asked Kotecha said his comments language. In a 40-second video officer has the right to say, ‘I am Rajesh Kotecha, that non- sought probe into the matter about “the promise made by that all officials of the Ministry has been manipulated. When clip that has been circulated going to speak only in Hindi, Hindi speaking participants which she termed “high con- then Prime Minister Jawaharlal be directed to conduct all meet- contacted Kotecha said that he online, Kotecha can be seen you can leave if you don't could leave during a ministry MK MP Kanimozhi on demnable”. Nehru... on the floor of the Lok ings in English, with transla- was speaking in both the lan- saying: “Whoever wants understand,” she said. training session, speaks vol- DSaturday took exception to Kanimozhi, who earlier Sabha that as long as non- tions to be made in Hindi guages but some hooligans English can leave... I am com- “Why can’t they make an umes about the Hindi domi- reports that Union Ayush this month said it was “shame- Hindi speaking states require wherever and whenever need- somehow entered the pro- fortable in Hindi and would effort to learn both languages nation being imposed. This is Ministry Secretary Rajesh ful” to equate knowledge of English as an associate lan- ed. The MP took to the twitter gramme and started shouting. prefer speaking in Hindi...” so they can communicate with highly condemnable,” she said Kotecha asked non-Hindi Hindi with nationalism and guage, it will continue.... to raise the issue and tweeted He also alleged that the “video Talking to a TV channel, everybody? We're questioning in one of her tweets. speaking yoga teachers and called out an instance of lan- “I urge you to order an that the “Government should has been morphed.” Kanimozhi said it was like the imposition of one lan- The Lok Sabha MP from medical practitioners to exit a guage bias at an airport, said inquiry... and take action place the Secretary under sus- The report also quoted “excluding one part of the guage,” she added. Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi Central Government webinar if the alleged incident was “high- against all officials who have pension and initiate appropri- programme participants as say- country”. “It is like excluding She also posted a series of then repeated her tweets in they did not speak or under- ly condemnable” and wrote to acted in a manner discrimi- ate disciplinary proceedings. ing they had tried to explain the one part of the country. Why tweets on the incident. Tamil. <* # &$ $ $ , & $ 6) &24 $ . . - $& &$% Nariman, Navin Sinha and court at Lucknow has com- Bharti, both of whom appeared accordance with law so that the Indira Banerjee said, “Having pleted the recording of state- in person. time-frame is no longer Giving details of the fifth round through the meetings of the he Supreme Court has read the report of Surendra ments of the 32 accused under Advani''s statement was breached. of parleys since the stand-offs WMCC, Srivastava said. Textended by a month the Kumar Yadav, learned Special section 313 of CrPC in the recorded barely days before the It had indicated to the ith nearly ten rounds of started in early May, external Sources said India also deadline for completion of Judge, and considering that the case. groundbreaking event on special judge to avail the facil- Wtalks at the military and affairs ministry spokesperson insisted in the talks its stand trial in the 1992 Babri Masjid proceedings are at the fag end, The mosque in Ayodhya August 5 for a Ram temple at ities of video conferencing to diplomatic levels making little Anurag Srivastava had said that status quo ante be restored demolition case involving 32 we grant one month''s time, i.e., was demolished on December Ayodhya. complete recording of evi- headway to defuse tension at the two sides had a “candid” on the LAC and no effort to accused, including BJP veter- till September 30, 2020, to 6, 1992, by ''kar sevaks'' who Last year, a five-judge dence and hearing of applica- the Line of Actual and in-depth exchange of views change the LAC is acceptable to ans LK Advani, MM Joshi and complete the proceedings claimed that an ancient Ram Constitution bench of the top tions that are filed during the Control(LAC) in Ladakh as on the existing situation in the it. Restoring status quo ante Uma Bharti, and said that including the delivery of judg- temple stood at the same court had ruled that the 2.77- course of trial proceedings. China is not withdrawing its India-China border areas. means that China will have to judgement should be delivered ment”. site. acre land claimed by both The top court order was troops, Defence Minister They reaffirmed that in retreat to its positions across the by September 30. The order was passed on Former deputy prime min- Hindus and Muslims would be passed after the special judge Rajnath Singh on Saturday accordance with the agree- LAC as they were on April 30. The top court, which had August 19 and was uploaded ister LK Advani and BJP vet- handed over to a trust for the had written a letter seeking an here reviewed the situation ments reached between the In this backdrop with earlier fixed August 31 as the on the apex court website eran MM Joshi, who were building of a temple. extension of time granted to with the three Services Chiefs, two Foreign Ministers and the diplomatic level talks along deadline for completion of recently. among those leading the Ram The court had also ordered him for completing the trial in National Security two Special Representatives with five rounds of military fail- proceedings including pro- On May 8, the top court temple movement at that time, the allocation of a five-acre the politically sensitive case. Advisor(NSA)Ajit Doval and (SRs), the two sides will con- ing to make China withdraw nouncement of the verdict, had extended by three months had deposed before the court land at another site in Ayodhya On July 19, last year the Chief of Defence tinue to sincerely work towards from the friction points espe- took note of the report filed by the time for completion of trial through video conferencing. for building a mosque. top court had asked the special Staff(CDS)General Bipin complete disengagement of the cially Pangong Tso(lake)and special judge S K Yadav in the in the case and said that judge- The court has also record- The top court had in May judge to deliver the verdict Rawat. troops along the Line of Actual Depang valley, Rajnath was high-profile case. ment should be delivered by ed statements of BJP stalwarts asked special judge S K Yadav within nine months, which While the top brass Control (LAC) in the briefed about the assessment of A bench of justices RF August 31. The special CBI like Kalyan Singh and Uma to control the proceedings in was to end this April. favoured continuing dialogue Western(Ladakh) Sector. In the armed forces of likely at all levels to break the three- this context they agreed to sequence to unfold in the com- month long logjam, the two- resolve the outstanding issues ing weeks, sources said. hour meeting insisted China in an “expeditious” manner Not willing to take any !-" $ %7 2 ?6<3?!! 1 <!7 disengage from all the friction and in accordance with the chances all along the 4,000 km points at the earliest as a con- existing agreements and pro- long LAC from Ladakh in the "( 8 /; department of health confirm- open more liquor outlets to fidence building measure. tocols. west to Arunachal Pradesh in New Delhi: The CBI has booked by the agency on Friday, they ing 15 deaths across the State coincide with the Onam festiv- The operational readiness The two sides were in the east, the Indian armed KS Oils Ltd, a company based in said. Another director of aturday was Atham, the first were on account of Covid-19. ities. of the armed forces was also agreement that restoration of forces in the past weeks had also Madhya Pradesh's Morena, and the company Devesh Agarwal Sday of the 10-days long The death toll in Kerala on A total of 1,964 persons reviewed in case the with- peace and tranquility in the ramped up their capabilities. its directors, including has also been booked by the CBI Onam festivities, the ‘national’ account of coronavirus touched contracted Covid-19 through drawal takes time. The likely border areas would be essential While the army had Managing Director Ramesh but no searches were carried out festival of Kerala which has the 218 mark on Saturday. local transmission while 153 deployment of the troops even for the overall development of deployed its mountain warfare Chandra Garg, for alleged Rs at his premises, they said. become the State’s biggest shop- As on Saturday, there were patients failed to furnish the during the winter months in bilateral relations, he said. trained troops at vantage posi- 938-crore loan fraud in State “It was alleged that the find- ping festival over the years. But 19, 538 persons under treat- source from where they got Ladakh was discussed as the The two sides further tions along the LAC for speedy Bank of India (SBI) and carried ings of the forensic audit indi- Onam-2020 is all set for a ment in the State while Saturday afflicted. The increase in the armed forces were prepared for acknowledged the need to movement, the IAF moved out searches at five locations, cated that the financials of the washout was proved as the alone saw the hospitalisation of number of health workers in a long haul, sources said. maintain close communication most of its frontline fighter officials said Friday. company while applying for State diagnosed 2, 172 persons 2,699 persons afflicted with the State ending up as covid-19 The ministerial level meet- through both the diplomatic planes to the forward bases The factory and registered loan facilities were inflated. It with Covid-19 on Saturday. the pandemic. At the time of patients is a matter of concern. ing came two days after the and military channels so as to near the border. Similarly, the office of the company in was further alleged that the Situation is deteriorating in going to Press, there are enough On Saturday, 54 health workers diplomatic level talks under the ensure complete disengage- Navy had intensified patrolling Morena, residences of Garg and loan amount was misappropri- Kerala by the hour with more indications that many more were tested positive for the aegis of the Working ment. In this regard, they also in the Indian Ocean region another director Saurabh Garg ated through fraudulent diver- and more towns and panchay- places in the State would come pandemic. The number of Mechanism for Co-ordination agreed to continue their ongo- since the face-offs lingered to and its office at Barakhamba sion,” CBI Spokesperson RK ats coming under the grip of the under Containment Zones. The hotspots in the State stand at and Consultation(WMCC). ing engagements including deny any advantage to China. Road, New Delhi were searched Gaur said. PTI pandemic. 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9 ‘Truth is one, paths are many,’ economic slowdown to the job ing monsoon session of the + # 6 Mahatma Gandhi,” the crisis. The Congress is planning Parliament that is likely to Congress leader tweeted, quot- to corner the Government on commence from September 9 ''(%8)B#("@(' aunching a fresh attack on ing Mahatma Gandhi. all these issues in the upcom- 10. &@(A&+")M# Lthe Narendra Modi Of the 36 Rafale fighters (@%"#()"&"!)'87 Government over the Rafale that India had ordered, the first foreign terrorist, believed <> < M&@)($$7)$#&) fighter jet deal, former batch of five Rafale jets were N;!$ ,$ , ,O Ato be the cadre of Lashkar- #H()##"+&($&'!%# +@(+)#D)'(+ Congress president Rahul received last month. The Modi e- Tayyeba hailing from $(%'&()#%'@#($ nfazed by criticism over B)%"#()"&()'%"&# Gandhi on Saturday said that government had signed a Pakistan, was gunned down by )$(%+"#()"7(!## Uhis stand favouring #"#(#E&#"%)!&N money was stolen from the ?59,000-crore deal with Rafale is damaging the party. the joint teams of security Centre's decision to lease out "%((%&"8 Indian exchequer. Dassault in September 2016. “Many of Rahul Gandhi's forces in village Check-i- @%&)'($#%%(%&#&) the airport here to Adani Rahul's latest attack on In the run up to the general n a sharp riposte to Congress Congress colleagues confide Saloosa Kreeri area of #"%"() "#!%8"N Enterprises, senior Congress fits of attracting businesses to Twitter followed a news report, elections last year, Rahul had Ileader Rahul Gandhi on the in private that Rahul''s obses- Baramulla on Saturday. leader Shashi Tharoor said on our city that are now deterred which he tagged on his handle, made the deal his party’s main French fighter jet purchase sion with Rafale to wash off his This is the second ever they fired indiscriminate- Saturday privatisation would by our poor (& worsening) air that claimed that the Ministry election plank and alleged controversy, Union Minister father''s sins is damaging the encounter in the same area in ly upon the joint search party, help expand its potential and connectivity. of Defence (MoD) told the financial irregularities and Piyush Goyal on Saturday said party. But if someone is want- the last five days. which was retaliated leading to attract investors. The spinoff benefits in Comptroller and Auditor cronyism in the way Indian off- he is welcome to contest the ing to self-destruct, who are we According to a police an encounter”. The congress MP had faced employment & income gener- General (CAG) that details of set partners, especially Anil 2024 general elections on the to complain? We invite him to spokesman, “the operation was In the ensuing encounter, flak not only from the Left par- ation will also increase the the off-set deals would be Ambani-headed Reliance issue and claimed that many fight the 2024 elections on launched by the joint teams of 01 terrorist was killed and his ties but even from his own state govt's tax revenues,” shared by the makers of the Defence, were chosen. The Congressmen felt that the Rafale,” Goyal tweeted. security forces on the receipt of body was retrieved from the party for his stand favouring Tharoor said. Rafale — Dassault Aviation — government as well as Gandhi scion's obsession with The controversy over the information about the presence site of the encounter. privatisation of the Trivandrum The Union cabinet had on three years after the deal. Ambani's group strongly the Rafale deal was “damaging” purchase of the high-end of terrorists in the area on Police spokesman claimed, airport. “Dear @drthoma- Wednesday approved the pro- Citing sources in the CAG denied the allegations. the party. multi-purpose French combat Saturday”. “Although the affiliation of the sisaac, thanks4yr thoughtful posal for leasing out airports at office, the report claimed that The former Congress chief Goyal, who is Railway planes , five of which landed in The police spokesman said, killed terrorist is being ascer- criticism of my stand on Jaipur, Guwahati and information regarding offset has been attacking the Modi Minister and a senior BJP India this month amidst high during the search operation as tained, reliable sources indicate TvmAirport. I think you miss Thiruvananthapuram through contracts were not shared by government on a plethora of leader, claimed that many in media focus, was one of the the presence of terrorists got that the killed terrorist is Anees the point, which is not about public-private partnership MoD. issues - from its handling of the the Congress have confided Congress poll planks in the ascertained they were given the @Chotu Sultan, a Pak nation- revenue. It is about expand- (PPP) for a 50 yearperiod. “Money was stolen from Covid pandemic to the face-off that Rahul’s obsession with 2019 Lok Sabha poll. opportunity to surrender, how- al affiliated with LeT”. ing the potential of the airport Adani Enterprises had won the Indian exchequer in Rafale. with China in Ladakh from the to its fullest, there by providing the rights to run six airports - a better facility to businesses & - Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, locals & attracting investors,” Mangaluru, Tharoor tweeted on Saturday in Thiruvananthapuram, and ! 9!: * % $ reply to a tweet by state Finance Guwahati -- through the PPP Minister Thomas Isaac. model after a competitive bid- ; % $ Isaac had earlier tweeted ding process in February 2019. that Tharoor was “vocal for The CPI(M)-led LDF gov- ing the budget session (2020). 58,000 crore, Dassault Aviation has agreed primitive accumulation of cor- ernment and the UDF spear- " # The session ended, before date, due to to provide all fighters in a fly away con- porates in contemporary headed by the opposition inance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on COVID. Now the report will be placed in dition between 36 to 67 months from the India.” “...Tharoor is so elo- Congress had opposed the cen- 9 "&&"8&!' FSaturday said the CAG report on the next session. The contents will be date of signing of the inter-governmental quent against primitive accu- tre's decision and an all party %&#%'#()&"#('" defence offset performance will be tabled known only after that,” Sitharaman said in agreement in 2016. mulation of British in India but meeting called by Chief +@(&87&#%'# in the forthcoming session of Parliament. a series of tweets. Observing that the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on so vocal for primitive accu- Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on fter receiving a series of 8+)&#%"#()&(%7 #"#& The report of the Comptroller and Auditor first Rafale fighter jet was handed over to Saturday made a fresh attack on the gov- mulation of corporates in con- August 20 had demanded its Acomplaints of blockades "+(!)##(("#()($# General of India (CAG) on offset perfor- India in October 2019, the minister said, ernment over the Rafale fighter aircraft temporary India. When we withdrawal. in inter-State borders, the B!8)&&&!87# mance was scheduled to be tabled in the “There is a year-wise phasing of how much deal. have successful model of CIAL Earlier Tharoor had come Centre on Saturday directed all !)8%#@%(&()&($# last session of Parliament but could not be offset obligation the companies/OEMs In a tweet, Gandhi quoted a source- in Kochi why does Tharoor out in support of the centre's States to allow unhindered &"&#% ")"B+)#'#/26 done as the session had to be curtailed fol- have to fulfill. MoD informs me that claims based news report which claimed that the consider Adani is indispensable decision and said “a private movement of persons and nomic activities and employ- lowing the outbreak of coronavirus pan- of such obligations being fulfilled are com- CAG has submitted its performance audit for TVM? #airportprivatisa- entity running the operations goods and services. ment, besides affecting supply demic. ing in.” on defence offset contracts to the gov- tion. competitively is the only way The Ministry of Home of goods and services,” said “The C&AG Report No 20 of Last month, India received the first set ernment with no mention of any offset “Thiruvananthapuram air- this airport could flourish.” Affairs (MHA) told the States MHA in statement. 2019...Defence Offset Performance was of five Rafale fighters from France. In the deals related to the purchase of Rafale airport privatised to Adani reject- “The people of that restrictions placed at local The MHA has said such scheduled to be tabled in Parliament dur- 36 aircraft deal, signed for around Rs craft. ing the claim of Kerala govt, Thiruvananthapuram want a levels by district administra- restrictions at local level even after offer to match first-class airport worthy of tions are violation of Centre's imposed by District Adanis rate.PMOs promise to the city's history, status and guidelines. There should be no Administrations or by States, ()@ accept Kerala proposal broken. potential.In this context, a deci- restrictions imposed on inter- amount to violation of the =#>7 ?" :/' People of Kerala will not sion, however, controversial, is State and intra-State move- guidelines issued by the MHA ;2A accept this act of brazen crony- preferable to the long delay we ment of persons and goods and under the provisions of the most of the people confined to Covid- 19 (slightly more than ism.#Airportprivatisation,” have suffered,” he had said in a services during the present Disaster Management Act, their homes and places of the 1,282 tested positive on Isaac had tweeted on August tweet. prevailing Unlock-3 guidelines, 2005. Drawing attention to the inayaka Chathurthi and dwelling, the State diagnosed Friday) on Saturday. Its neigh- B 20. However, Congress party the MHA outlined. MHA’s Order dated July 29, Vthe 381st Foundation Day 5,980 new Covid-19 patients. bouring districts Chengalpet ( Tharoor in his tweet today state chief Mullappally “In a communication to 2020 specifying Guidelines for of Chennai City turned out to The day also saw 80 persons 406), Kancheepuram ( 257) < said the Airport Authority of Ramachandran had criticised Chief Secretaries of all States Unlock-3, the communication be a day people would like to getting succumbed to the pan- and Thiruvallur (3840 India receives Rs 2,500 crore Tharoor's stand and said there today, the Union Ministry of reiterates that there shall be no forget because of the coron- demic with Chennai alone remained critical showing no ive more people died in yearly. was no need for anyone to sup- Home Affairs (MHA) has stat- restriction on inter-State and avirus pandemic. Chennai Day recording 11 deaths. abatement in the number of FRajasthan due to coron- “But since you mention port a corporate giant and the ed that it has been reported that Intra-State movement of per- is an occasion to commemorate The only news that gave patients. avirus on Saturday, taking the revenue, in Delhi airport, move to privatise the airport local level restrictions on move- sons and goods. No separate the founding of the city of some consolation to Tamil Situation in Coimbatore death toll to 938, while 612 @GMR agreed to give 46% rev- was “deplorable”. ment are being imposed by var- permission/ approval/ e-permit Madras (present day Chennai) Nadu was the slight fall in the (389) and Cuddalore ( 309) fresh cases pushed the tally in enue share to@AAI_Official, a “We need to protest in ious districts/States. Such will be required for such move- as it was on August 22, 1,639 number of positive cases and continued to be issues of con- the state to 68,566, a health huge amount the Govt had order to force the centre to restrictions are creating prob- ments. This includes move- that the East India Company deaths from that of Friday. cern for the Government as department official said. never made before. Today for withdraw this decision.None of lems in inter-State movement ment of persons and goods for bought the Chennapattanam (On Friday, there were 5,995 number of patients remained Out of the fresh deaths, Mumbai and Delhi airports, us need to be in the payroll of of goods and services and are cross land border trade under from the Vijayanagar new cases and 101 deaths). critical. As on Saturday three were reported in Jaipur AAI gets 2500 crores yearly. these corporate giants,” impacting the supply chain, Treaties with neighbouring Empire. Chennai saw 1,294 new evening, the State has 53,710 and one each in Kota and And for Thiruvananthapuram, Ramachandran had said on resulting in disruption of eco- countries,” said MHA. On Madras Day 2020, with persons getting diagnosed with active Covid-19 cases. Tonk, he said. there are the additional bene- Thursday.PTI + ,-. ,/,/ ;

4 $ , ! O $ 5# - # % $ , "< 8?A & $ % % &$ ( ) # $ /#O # < < 3!$ < < here is a hindrance seen in the construction of the . + Tcountry's first defense corridor. Farmers expressed & he Aligarh police and cyber cell have dissatisfaction with the compensation given in the acqui- < < Texposed a large gang of fraudsters who sition of the proposed land for defence corridor at Andala /; used to bluff unemployed youths by pre- village in Aligarh. reatment with Remdesivir injection started for coro- tending to offer them a job. Vicious ran a In the acquisition of land, government and admin- Tna patients in JNMC of AMU. Here two patients got rime Branch of the Kerala fake call center in Noida. They used to ask istration are giving farmers twice as much compensa- their first injection. They will be given a 5-day dose. The CPolice on Saturday arrested the youth to deposit money in the bank in tion as the circle rate. Whereas the farmers are demand- cost of 5 injections in private hospitals is around 40-45 Renuka and Surya, mother and sis- the name of registration, process fees and ing four times more compensation than the circle rate. thousand but it is available in JNMC in just 20,000. After ter respectively of the prime accused interviews with the youth. The three vicious that the coalition achieves the And the farmer here are in a mood to agitate for the the procurement of injections, poor patients will get it Sooraj in connection with the Uthra fraudsters of this gang have been arrested mark,” Jaiswal said while compensation, just like the movement held in Jikarpur free of cost. murder case. Uthra, wife of Sooraj, and sent to jail. Aligarh police informed the ihar BJP on Saturday set a addressing the two-day state and Bhatta Parsaul if their demands are not fulfilled. In JNMC is a level 2 hospital and is treating serious was found dead in her house on Noida police and sent all the information to Btarget to win three-fourth of executive committee meeting this movement of farmers, the Indian Farmers Union and patients. So far more than 70 thousand corona infected May 7 after bitten by a king them about the fraud going on as their main seats for the NDA in Bihar that started Saturday. National Congress have entered. The participation of both have cases have been diagnosed and tested here. Patients also cobra. center is Noida. assembly elections due in Democratic Alliance in Bihar given strength to farmers. receiving plasma therapy here. The principal of JNMC Investigation by the police SP City Abhishek Kumar said that October-November. comprises of BJP, Nitish Kumar- Today, farmers had called a panchayat for this move- Prof. Shahid Siddiqui said that on Thursday, Remdesivir revealed that it was a murder Gurjit Kaur of Kwarsi area had filed the case Stating the target in pres- led JD(U) and Ram Vilas ment. Despite the vigil of the administration, former MP injection was given to 2 patients of Aligarh. One dose was planned and executed by Sooraj on 18 August. It was alleged that there was ence of BJP national general sec- Paswans LJP. Bihar has 243- Chaudhary Vijendra Singh and State President of also given on Friday. with the intention of getting rid of cheating done of 23,300 rupees online in the retary Bhupendra Yadav and member assembly. Bharatiya Kisan Union, Chaudhary Harpal Singh They will also give injection on Saturday, Sunday and the woman so that he could usurp name of job. The investigation revealed the others, state party president Precautions have been taken reached Andala village for this panchayat but the local Monday. Only then this course will be complete. This the hefty cash, gold ornaments name of CM Prime Solution Call Center Sanjay Jaiswal made an appeal to for conduct of the meet in the administration did not let the panchayat to happen. The injection was made available from a pharmaceutical com- and the expensive car given as operated in Sector-2 of Noida. Police arrest- 76 lakh party workers in the state midst of raging Covid-19 pan- farmers then shouted agitation at the Shiva temple in the pany in 20 thousand for one patient. State Government dowry by Uthra’s parents. ed Abhishek Chauhan - resident of upto Panchayat level to ensure demic in the state with only a village and said that there will be agitation like Jikarpur already made a contract for this with pharmaceutical com- The arrest of Renuka and Surya Bhuteshwar Colony Hathras, Randhir Yadav that the coalition achieves the handful of leaders including Tappal (Aligarh) and Bhatta Parsol (Gautam Budh Nagar) panies. is based on the evidence that both - resident of Roshanganj, Sinkdarau mark. Bhupendra Yadav, Jaiswal and to get four times more compensation and the movement Tenders have been invited from companies for the had conspired to kill Uthra by (Hathras) and Tej Pratap Singh- resident of “We have set a target of state ministers-Nand Kishore has started buzzing. supply of injections in these Covid hospitals. After this, using venomous snake as the Hamirpur. In the interrogation, they told that winning three-fourth seats for Yadav and Prem Kumar- sitting Land acquisition work is going on in Andala village pharmaceutical companies themselves will deliver the weapon and tried to destroy the evi- many of his colleagues are running such fake NDA in Bihar. We will ensure on dais in the state headquarters. of Aligarh for country's first defense national corridor. injection directly to these hospitals. dence. call centers. #,$# 0 @%(A ! ";$> ! # : % % , )6. $## $ ; 0 +8 " $ %B' $ &# ! %## #, $ , New Delhi: India has crossed a sig- /; nificant milestone of testing over 10 Thiruvananthapuram: The Following the rise in coro- Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh lakh samples for Covid-19 in a day, famed Lord Padmanabha navirus infections, the shrine has Legislature on Saturday passed Surendran, chief of Kerala BJP, made a with more than 3.44 crore such tests Swamy temple here will open for remained shut since March 21. around two dozen important bills, Ksurprise check on the residential apart- conducted so far, while the caseload devotees from August 26, adher- In the backdrop of various tem- including the one under which riot- ments for the poor being constructed at in the country is nearing the 30 lakh- ing to strict CVOID-19 proto- ples opening for devotees, the ers will have to pay for any dam- Wadakkancherry in Thrissur district on mark. col. Devotees will have to managing committee of the age to property, without any dis- Saturday as part of the LDF Government’s As has been reported from the book for darshan online through shrine decided to allow darshan cussion, amid a din by the opposi- LIFE Mission and termed it as thoroughly states and Union territories (UTs), the temple website “spst.In” a day for devotees, but with restriction which protested and shouted unsafe for people to stay. which have pushed ahead with ahead of their visit to the shrine tions.The darshan is from 8 am slogans against the government. “This is being touted as a Rs 20 crore pro- aggressive testing, there is a com- and before 5 pm, keep a copy of to 11 am and from 5 pm to Once the bills were passed, pre- ject by the Government of Kerala. The mensurate decline in the positivity the same and carry their origi- deeparadhana around6.45 pm, siding officers of both the legisla- media advisor to Chief Minister Pinarayi rate, the Union health ministry said nal Aadhaar card along with a temple press release said. tive assembly and legislative coun- Vijayan himself has alleged that Rs 4.5 crore in a statement on Saturday. them during the visit. At each point of time only cil adjourned the Houses abruptly had changed hands as commission. What “Although a higher number of They will have to wear 35 devotees would be allowed sine die. The two houses were to kind of security would be there in a high rise tests will initially lead to a rise in the masks and after washing hands inside the shrine and a maxi- conclude the Monsoon Session on building like this when it is built with sub- positivity rate, it will eventually come with soap in front of the temple mum of 665 people a day, Monday but with the government standard materials?” asked Surendran after down when combined with other and sanitisers, would be allowed Executive officer, V Rateeshan completing its legislative agenda visiting the apartment complex. measures such as prompt isolation, entry. said. PTI soon, Saturday was the last seating He wanted the Government to conduct efficient tracking and timely, effective of the session. a thorough safety audit of the building at the and clinical management,” the min- Assembly Speaker Hriday earliest. “If the Government fails to do so, the istry said.Union Health Minister <4C C #, Narayan Dixit told PTI, “In all, 27 BJP will appoint a safety audit committee of Harsh Vardhan said, “Keeping with bills were tabled in the assembly experts who would inspect the building,” said its promise of exponentially increas- = and passed by the House. The aver- the Kerala BJP boss. ing the number of daily Covid- & '8.8() age attendance of MLAs was above He also disclosed that the Kerala 19tests, India has crossed a significant D +!! 300.” When asked how much time Government had hired two private consul- milestone of testing more than 10 $ & was taken in the passage of the bills, tancy firms including KPMG to bid for the lakh samples in a day.” Muzaffarnagar: A 10-year-old Dixit said, “It took 60 to 90 min- Thiruvananthapuram Airport and act as the With 10,23,836 Covid-19 tests girl was allegedly married to her utes”. legal consultants. “An amount of Rs 2 crore performed on Friday, the country has rapist almost six months ago and Soon after the House met and was paid to KPMG and a legal consultancy achieved its resolve to test 10 lakh then given triple talaq, a child n what one may call it a coin- paid tributes to two of its former company to prepare a report about the sig- samples daily, he added. conducted daily in the country dur- population, the apex health research care helpline representative said Icidence, Maharashtra record- members Vivek Singh and Kunwar nificance of Kerala Government’s move to bid The average number of Covid-19 ing the last five days. body said. in UP's Muzaffarnagar on ed an all-time high of 14,492 Bahadur Misra, the opposition for the airport and also the legal implications,” tests conducted daily over the last A total of 3,44,91,073 samples Of the total 10,23,836 samples Sunday.The helpline has hand- Covid-19 infections for the members trooped into the Well of said Surendran. He said the legal consultants three weeks also depicts the progress were tested for the disease in the tested on Friday, around 3.8 lakh were ed over the case to police. second time in 48 hours on the House, shouting slogans and appointed by the Kerala Government for the made in increasing the number of country till August 21. subjected to rapid-antigen tests, The incident came to light Saturday, while 297 more peo- holding banners to lodge their work at a fee of Rs 5.54 million was a com- such tests across the country, Vardhan India is also testing around 74.7 sources said. Of the total when a team from the helpline ple succumbed to the pan- protests over law and order, the pany in which the Adani Group has major said. people per one-lakh population, samples tested for COVID-19 so far visited her for counselling at a demic in various parts of the government''s handling of coron- stakes. Surendran said he could get these According to the Indian Council much higher than the World Health in the country, around 28 per cent village under the district's state. avirus pandemic and floods in the details under the RTI act from the Kerala of Medical Research (ICMR), on an Organization's (WHO) guidelines were subjected to rapid-antigen tests, Budhana police station on After it recorded 14,492 state. PTI Government itself. average, 8,89,935 Covid-19 tests were of testing 14 people per one-lakh they added. PTI August 6. PTI and 14,161 infections on Thursday and Friday respectively, another 14,492 people tested positive for Coronavirus ( @ / "* on Saturday, taking the total number of infections in the ! state to an alarming 6,71,942. Pune with 1,47,671 fresh ; ' cases continued to race ahead of Mumbai with 1,35,362 in terms of the total infections. ! )& With fresh fatalities, the total number of deaths in the New Delhi: Union Minister state inched closer to 22,000 to Jitendra Singh on Saturday said touch 21,995. States and Union Territories can Of the 297 deaths report- avail of scores on the Common ed on Saturday, Pune topped Eligibility Test, to be conducted by the list once again with 76 the National Recruitment Agency deaths, followed by 32 deaths (NRA), to shortlist candidates for in Mumbai, 24 in Thane and 22 government jobs. in Ahmednagar, 19 deaths in This would actually help the Nagpur, 13 in Sangli, 12 deaths recruiting agencies including the in Nashik, 10 each in Palghar state and UT governments to save and Raigad. the cost and time spent on recruit- On the lower side, there ment, while at the same time also were eight deaths each in be convenient and cost-effective for Kolhapur and Amravati, 7 each the young job aspirants, he said. in Latur and Osmanabad, 6 An arrangement in the form of !! + !' + each in Jalgaon and Satara, 5 Memorandum of Understanding ! & " & each in Dhule, Solapur and (MoU) could be put in place for Ratnagiri, 4 each in Beed and using the CET score by them, said year lacked its usual pomp and view of the pandemic, while Nanded, 3 in Aurangabad, 2 Singh, the Minister of State for show, with the Centre and state gov- Wadala's GSB Sewa Samiti, consid- each in Nandurbar, Jalna and Personnel. “Eventually, he 10-day Ganesh festival began ernments restricting mass gather- ered one of the richest mandals in Hingoli and one death each in this could prove a win-win arrange- Ton Saturday under the shadow ings and movement in the wake of the metropolis, postponed celebra- Akola, Buldhana, Wardha, ment both for the employer as well of the coronavirus pandemic, with the pandemic. tions to 'Magh Shudh Chaturthi' in Bhandara and Chandrapur. as employee,” he said. devotees restricting celebrations to Only a limited number of peo- February next year. At a relatively low 46 Singh said that the CET score their homes and using online plat- ple wearing face masks and gloves, In Madhya Pradesh's deaths, Mumbai’s daily fatality could be shared with the recruiting forms to get 'darshan' of the Lord at and maintaining social distancing Burhanpur, for the first time in the tally continued to be below 50- agencies in the state and Union temples, amid strict COVID-19 installed Ganesha idols at temples, last 103 years, the idol of Lord fatality mark. The total number Territory governments as well as restrictions imposed by govern- with devotees watching the process Ganesh could not be installed at the of deaths in the metropolis rose public sector undertakings (PSUs) ments. online. The Lalbaugcha Raja, Tilak on the first day of the festival from 7356 to 7388, while the and also later on with the private The festival, which begins with Mumbai's best-known Sarvajanik due to the COVID-19 situation. total number of infected cases sector, according to an official grand processions and collective (community) Ganeshotsav Mandal, Freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar increased by 1134 to touch statement. prayers at decked up pandals, this cancelled the festival this year in Tilak had started this practice in 1,35,362. “States and Union Territories 1917 during his visit to Burhanpur In a related development, can avail the Common Eligibility bordering Maharashtra. as many as 9241 patients were Test to be conducted by the “It is after more than a century discharged from hospitals in National Recruitment Agency for that the city has missed on its date the state after full recovery, tak- job selection, the decision for with Ganeshiji at Tilak Hall,” ing the total number of which was passed at the Union Maharastrian Brahmin Samaj pres- patients discharged from var- Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime ident Arun Shende told PTI. I n ious hospitals after full recov- Minister Narendra Modi on Maharashtra and its capital Mumbai, ery since the second week of Wednesday,” it said. the festival was missing its pomp March this year to 4,80,114. The NRA is mandated to con- and glory this year. The recovery rate stood at duct the CET online for selecting The Maharashtra government 71.45 per cent. The mortality candidates for a majority of central in its guidelines for Ganeshotsav cel- rate in the state is 3.27 per cent. government jobs. Singh said the ebrations has said that processions The state health authorities Department of Personnel and should not be taken out before pegged the number of “active Training (DoPT) and he himself are installing and immersing of idols. cases” in the state at 1,69,516. in touch with many state and It also said that the height of idols Out of 35,66,288 samples Union Territory governments installed by sarvajanik mandals and sent to laboratories, 6,71,942 which have expressed their incli- at households should be limited to have tested positive (18.84 per nation to be a part of the sharing /# !! ) ! four feet and two feet, respectively, cent) for COVID-19 until arrangement of CET score. PTI ! 6 6 1# & " this year. Saturday. + ,-. ,/,/ < 3 6

Kathmandu: China’s expan- boundary arrangements. and assimilated into the at the same time dodge criti- sionist designs is going on The surveying and map- Chinese territory. cism at the domestic front for unchecked in Nepal as it is ping department has also Besides the reports of land losing territory to China. The slowly and gradually encroach- reported that China has occu- grabbing by the two Nepali Nepali government has also ing Nepali land at multiple pied Nepali villages in Gorkha agencies, the Ministry of suspended the 2012 border locations with the tacit support and Darchula districts. Similar Agriculture also recently came talks to save itself from getting of the present dispensation to Dolakha, China has relocat- up with a report highlighting into an indecisive situation. headed by Prime Minister KP ed Boundary Pillar Numbers multiple cases of land grabbing In June, members of the Sharma Oli. 35, 37 and 38 in Gorkha district by China. opposition Nepali Congress According to a report by and Boundary Pillar Number The Ministry reported moved a resolution in the the Survey Department of 62 in Nampa Bhanjyang in about China’’s occupation of House of Representatives, the Agriculture Ministry of Nepal, Solukhumbu. Nepali land in at least 11 places lower house of the Nepalese China has illegally occupied The first three pillars were falling under four Nepali dis- Parliament, asking the Oli Nepal’s land in several places located in Gorkha’’s Rui village tricts. Most of the areas occu- Government to restore the spreading over seven bordering and slowly progressing within meters towards Nepal in and areas of Tom River. Though pied in these districts are catch- country’’s territory, which had districts. The report stated the country. Prime Minister KP Dolakha. Nepal’’s official map shows the ment areas of rivers, including been encroached upon by Beijing is fast moving forward Oli government has preferred It has pushed the boundary village as a part of Nepali ter- areas of Bhagdare river in China. and further pushing Nepali to keep mum over the ‘’illegal pillar Number 57 in the ritory and citizens of the village Humla, Karnali river, Sanjen The Nepali Congress law- % ! . ! F % boundaries by encroaching occupation’’ of the village by Korlang area in Dolakha, which have been paying taxes to Nepal river, and Lemde river in makers alleged that China had # ! ! ! GH more and more landmass. China under fears of displeas- was previously located at top of government, China had occu- Rasuwa; Bhurjug river, Kharane encroached 64 hectares of land ' % & It is important to note that ing the CCP. Korlang. pied the region and merged it river, and Jambu river in in Dolakha, Humla, the data is being under-report- The Nepali, districts which The pillar has been an with the Tibet Autonomous Sindhupalchowk, Bhotekoshi Sindhupalchowk, ed and the actual scenario are victims of China’’s land- issue of confrontation between Region of China in 2017. river and Samjug river in Sankhuwasabha, Gorkha and could be worse as the Nepali grabbing plan including the two countries and China Similarly, the Human Sankhuwasabha; Kamkhola Rasuwa districts of the country. ) Communist Party (NCP) is Dolakha, Gorkha, Darchula, pressurised the Nepali gov- Rights Commission has report- river and Arun river. They alleged that few of the trying to shield the expan- Humla, Sindhupalchowk, ernment not to sign the fourth ed that a portion of the Jiujiu Nepal has refrained itself total 98 boundary pillars along sionist agenda of the Chinese Sankhuwasabha and Rasuwa. protocol on resolving and man- Village of Darchula has also from going ahead with the the 1414.88 km long border ' Communist Party (CCP). According to the surveying aging border disputes between been occupied by China. border talks with China since between Nepal and China had It is believed that China has and mapping department of the two countries as China Numerous houses that 2005 as the Nepali government gone missing while several oth- made inroads into several other Nepal, China has pushed the wanted to maintain the status used to be a part of Nepal have does not want to offend China ers had been shifted inside the "8 + areas of Nepal, occupied land, international boundary 1,500 quo and further transgress the been now taken over by China by reclaiming Nepali land and territory of Nepal. AGENCY

Washington: President Donald Democratic administration, 1 52 Trump spent the week of the motivating them to show up at ! C H ! Democratic National the polls and attempting to turn Convention forsaking what has away moderates who might be historically been an incum- leaning toward voting for Joe * bent’s greatest advantage: He’s Biden. " =# # in the job his challenger wants. “Where is it written that Traditionally, an incum- you have to stay home and let " ' Berlin: The head of the UN’s bent would devote the week of your opponent attack you for a atomic watchdog agency will New York: The world hit a his rival’s convention to bol- week?” said Trump campaign Berlin: Russian dissident care unit in the Siberian city of head to Tehran next week to grim coronavirus milestone stering his own credentials as communications director Tim Alexei Navalny, who is in a Omsk on Thursday. press Iranian authorities for Saturday with 800,000 con- a leader. But rather than focus- Murtaugh. coma after a suspected poi- His supporters believe that access to sites where the coun- firmed deaths and close to 23 ing on his command of the job “The president is a fighter soning, arrived in Berlin on tea he drank was laced with try is thought to have stored or million confirmed cases. or using its power, Trump hit and one who fights back, and a special flight on Saturday poison — and that the Kremlin used undeclared nuclear mate- That’s according to a tally the campaign trail, where he that’s what he was doing.” The for treatment by specialists is behind both his illness and rial, the organisation said kept by Johns Hopkins flouted his own administra- dynamic will be on display next at the German capital’s main the delay in transferring him to Saturday. University. Governments have tion’s pandemic safety guidance week as Trump prepares for his hospital. a top German hospital. It will be the first visit to been attempting to balance and expressed gratitude for own convention. A representative of the When German specialists Iran of International Atomic public health with economic support from adherents to an While he is set to rely on NGO that arranged the flight arrived aboard a plane Energy Agency Director health. extremist conspiracy theory, the trappings of the office – confirmed that the plane had equipped with advanced med- General Rafael Grossi since he Officials believe the true QAnon. including the unprecedented landed and that Navalny was in ical equipment Friday morning took office last December, and numbers are far higher because It was a consequence of use of the South Lawn as the stable condition. at his family’s behest, Navalny’s comes amid intense interna- of a lack of testing and report- Trump’s unwillingness to share backdrop for his acceptance “Navalny is in Berlin,” Jaka physicians in Omsk initially tional pressure on the country Vienna tweeted that “we hope At the same time, Iran has con- ing. In the U.S., the nation with the limelight, but also a neces- speech – the crux of his mes- Bizilj, of the German organi- said he was too unstable to over its nuclear program. this visit will lead to reinforced tinued to provide IAEA inspec- the most infections, health sary attempt to shift the sage is expected to be sound- zation Cinema For Peace, told move. The focus will be on access mutual cooperation.” tors with access to its nuclear officials believe there may be November campaign from a ing the alarm over the conse- The Associated Press. Navalny’s supporters to sites thought to be from the Since President Donald facilities — one of the major 10 times more cases than the referendum on his job perfor- quences of a Biden victory. “He survived the flight and denounced that as a ploy by early 2000s, before Iran signed Trump unilaterally pulled the reasons the countries still party confirmed 5.6 million. The mance to a choice between “No one will be safe in our he’s stable.” He said all other authorities to stall until any poi- the 2015 nuclear deal with U.S. Out of the nuclear deal to the agreement stress it’s U.S. Also leads the world in himself and Joe Biden. country, and no one will be information on the 44-year- son in his system would no world powers. Iran maintains with Iran in 2018, the other important to keep it alive. deaths, with more than Ten weeks out from spared,” he said Friday. Sensing old’s health would have to longer be traceable. the IAEA inspectors have no countries involved — France, Last week, the US ratcheted 175,000. Election Day, as the coron- vulnerability, Democrats spent come from his family and the The Omsk medical team legal basis to inspect the sites. Britain, Germany, Russia and up the pressure, officially The news comes as South avirus pandemic has ravaged their convention hammering German doctors now looking relented only after a charity that “My objective is that my China — have been struggling informing the United Nations Korea, once considered a coro- Trump’s reelection chances, Trump’s fitness for the job he after him. had organized the medevac meetings in Tehran will lead to to keep it alive. The deal, known it was demanding the restora- navirus success story, banned aides have recognized that a currently occupies, with former After touching down plane revealed that the German concrete progress in addressing as the Joint Comprehensive tion of all UN sanctions on Iran, large gatherings, shut vote on his presidency is not President Barack Obama shortly before 9 a.M. At a spe- doctors examined the politician the outstanding questions that Plan of Action, or JCPOA, arguing that Iran is in non- nightspots and churches and one he is likely to win. declaring that Trump has “no cial area of the capital’s Tegel and said he was fit to be trans- the agency has related to safe- promises Iran economic incen- compliance and invoking a banned fans from profession- Acting “presidential” — interest in treating the presi- airport used for government ported. guards in Iran and, in particu- tives in exchange for curbs on provision of the nuclear deal to al sports to slow a viral resur- holding briefings and leading dency as anything but one and military flights, Navalny Deputy chief doctor of the lar, to resolve the issue of access,” its nuclear program. “snap back” even more sanc- gence. Germany, which also negotiations — won’t suit him, more reality show that he can was taken by ambulance to the Omsk hospital Anatoly Grossi said in a statement. But with the reinstatement tions. Russia, China, Britain, initially slowed the virus, in the view of many aides, if his use to get the attention he downtown campus of Berlin’s Kalinichenko then told “I also hope to establish a of some American sanctions, France and Germany, who reported a four-month high of presidency is what is holding craves.” Charite hospital. reporters that Navalny’s con- fruitful and cooperative chan- Iran’s economy has been steadi- often disagree, all declared the more than 2,000 cases on him back. “Donald Trump hasn’t Navalny, a politician and dition had stabilized and that nel of direct dialogue with the ly deteriorating and Tehran US action illegal, arguing it is Saturday. Schools there Trump is not hoping to win grown into the job because he corruption investigator who is physicians “didn’t mind” trans- Iranian government which will has begun violating provisions impossible to withdraw from a reopened two weeks ago, and over converts. Instead his can’t,” Obama said bluntly. In one of Russian President ferring the politician, given be valuable now and in the of the agreement to try to pres- deal and then use the resolution at least 41 schools this week reelection strategy hinges on appearances this week, Trump Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics, that his relatives were willing future.” The Iranian delegation sure the other countries to do that endorsed it to re-impose reported students or teachers his ability to animate his most at times seemed to be trying to was admitted to an intensive “to take on the risks.” AP to international organizations in more to offset those sanctions. sanctions. AP were infected. AP loyal supporters with fears of a prove their point. AP D3. " 1 " <

Washington: More than a dozen the usually routine visa renewals had journalists with the US government’s not been processed. premier international broadcaster In addition, he said not even the may soon be forced to leave the affected journalists had been given United States as their visas expire with details of their status. There are no action from the agency’s new lead- roughly 80 foreign VOA employees ership. in the United States, but the docu- Some 16 Voice of America jour- ments of the 16 are among the first nalists will have to return to their to come up for renewal, according to native countries in the coming weeks congressional aides who were not unless the government agrees to authorized to discuss the matter either renew their visas or extend publicly and spoke on condition of grace periods for them to depart, anonymity. according to congressional aides. Engel, D-N.Y., also appealed to Several of the journalists, from China the departments of State and and Indonesia notably, could face dif- Homeland Security to extend grace ficulties at home because of their periods for those journalists whose work for VOA, the aides said. visas have already expired so they are Rep Eliot Engel, the chairman of not forced to leave without having the the House Foreign Affairs time to make adequate arrangements. Committee, complained Friday that “It’s unconscionable that a US the US Agency for Global Media, government agency would create which oversees VOA and its sister such fear and uncertainty for people outlets, had ignored congressional whom we asked to do a job,” Engel requests for an explanation as to why said in a statement. AP ) -. :

/; H I ing a regional military force, an indication that it is preparing op West African officials are for a military intervention in case Tarriving in Mali’s capital follow- its negotiations with the junta leading a coup in the nation this week to ers fail. meet with the junta leaders and the The high-level delegation is to deposed president in efforts to nego- hold talks with the junta, including tiate a return to civilian rule. Col. Assimi Goita, who has declared The mediation efforts on himself the group’s leader. Saturday come a day after thousands Later the regional delegation will of Malians took to the streets of meet with Keita and the other Bamako, the capital city, to celebrate detained officials, according to the the coup. ECOWAS program. The West African regional bloc The widespread support for the known as ECOWAS has strongly con- coup shown by the demonstration in demned the coup and said the high- Bamako Friday means the junta may level delegation will work “to ensure argue to the ECOWAS delegation that the immediate return of constitu- they enjoy popular support. tional order.” The coup occurred on Tuesday ECOWAS also demanded the when soldiers detained the president reinstatement of deposed president and forced him to resign and to dis- Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. solve the National Assembly and gov- ECOWAS had said it is mobiliz- ernment. = + ,-. ,/,/

5$-A * #E$/ < " " "' 4 . F " A< D $ " * !A3 I % % 8 - "# Mumbai: Optimism over the GDP numbers are expected to via intermediaries to either <' development of Covid-19 vac- show contraction between 15- sell or buy US dollars to keep cine along with broad-based 20 per cent and any positive the rupee in a stable orbit. " "4 # growth trends is expected to surprise could help the market “This week the movement 4<; induce volatility in the rupee’s sentiments.” According to in USD/INR spot has mainly Chennai: In a share swap deal, value during the short term. Anindya Banerjee, DVP, been dollar driven and the spot non-life insurer ICICI eff Wilke, the CEO of < $ % % The US Fed’s FOMC min- Currency and Rates, Kotak traded in a very tight range. Lombard General Insurance tate-run power generation JAmazon’s worldwide con- & ! !&$!$ , utes, US-China trade talks, Securities: “Dollar is going to Going ahead, insights into how Company will acquire the busi- Scompany NTPC proposes to sumer division, is set to retire he Finance Ministry on , 5, &$# and expectations on Q1 GDP be range-bound due to lack of the US economy is recovering ness of Bharti AXA General set up a wholly-owned sub- early next year after serving the TSaturday said 24 proposals &$$ $ ! rate will be the other key fac- triggers.” from the coronavirus pandem- Insurance Company Ltd. sidiary to house its growing company for over two decades. worth Rs 8,594 crore of stressed ! $# 3 tors steering the rupee. Last “The RBI intervention ic, optimism over vaccine, along In a regulatory filing late renewable energy portfolio so Dave Clark, Amazon’s NBFCs and HFCs have been HI week, the rupee strengthened below Rs 74.80 and exporter with uncertainty regarding the Friday, ICICI Lombard said the that more focus is brought Senior Vice President of Retail sanctioned under the special & $ !$ , to Rs 74.85 against a greenback. selling above Rs 75.30 may US-China trade talks will keep boards of the two companies — into the business that Operations, will succeed Wilke, liquidity scheme announced as $# ! . “Expect next week range at keep it between Rs 74.50 and playing out on the USD/INR ICICI Lombard and Bharti holds the potential of being the Amazon said in a statement part of the Rs 20.97 lakh crore > ! 1 Rs 74.60 to Rs 75.10 with some Rs 75.50 per dollar for the pair,” said Rahul Gupta, AXA General — had met on next growth engine for the on Friday. ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ package. &$# #$J$ $ & $ appreciation bias,” said Sajal medium term.” Head of Research-Currency, Friday and approved entering company. In a memo to employees, The scheme, which was % % 3$ , Gupta, Head, Forex and Rates, The Reserve Bank of India Emkay Global Financial into definitive agreements for The company, which had Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff launched on July 1, permits !&$$ ! Edelweiss Securities. “FY21 Q1 is known to enter the markets Services. IANS demerger of Bharti AXA’s non- installed a generation capacity Bezos called Wilke his “tutor”. both primary and secondary life insurance business into of close to 63,000 ME, propos- Wilke, who joined the market purchases of debt and ICICI Lombard through a es to have 32,000 ME of renew- company in 1999, is often cred- seeks to address the short- Scheme of Arrangement. able energy capacity under its ited with shaping the logistics term liquidity issues of non- Core Investment Companies) According to ICICI hold by 2032. It already has system that the e-commerce banking financial companies and any HFC registered with Lombard, the shareholders of 5,000 MW of commissioned giant has today. (NBFCs) and housing finance the National Housing Bank Bharti AXA General will renewable energy projects “When you see us taking companies (HFCs). under the National Housing receive two shares of ICICI in its fold under the develop- care of customers, you can Sharing implementation Bank Act, 1987, which is com- Lombard for every 115 shares er-mode model. thank Jeff for it,” Bezos said in status update of the Rs 30,000 plying with certain specified of Bharti AXA General held by The NTPC has secured a the memo, announcing Wilke’s crore Special Liquidity Scheme conditions, are eligible to raise them as on the date on which bid from NITI Aayog and departure from the company. (SLS), Finance Minister funding from this facility. the Scheme of Arrangement is Disinvestment department “Jeff’s legacy and impact Nirmala Sitharaman in a tweet The Reserve Bank of India approved by the Board of DIPAM for its new renewable will live on long after he said that 24 proposals with a (RBI) has provided funds for Directors of the two compa- energy subsidiary and propos- departs. He is simply one of total sanctioned amount of Rs the scheme by subscribing to nies. The share exchange ratio es to carve out the new entity those people without whom 8,594 crore have been cleared government-guaranteed spe- was recommended by inde- soon after taking the board’s Amazon would be completely as on August 21, while 17 cial securities issued by a trust pendent valuers and accepted approval and shareholders’ unrecognisable,” the Amazon more applications seeking set up by SBI Capital Markets by the boards of the two com- nod. The capital structure of CEO said. financing of up to Rs 3,684.5 Ltd (SBICAP). panies, ICICI Lombard said. the new subsidiary will be In a message to Amazon crore are under process. The scheme is being imple- Under the terms of the worked out later. teams around the world, Wilke “The amount disbursed mented by SLS Trust, the SPV agreement, AXA and Bharti “...concurrence had been said that “it’s just time” for him stood at Rs 3,279 crore as on set up by SBICAP. The spe- will receive a total of 35.8 mil- obtained from NITI Aayog, “to take time to explore per- 21.08.2020. Compared to cial liquidity scheme is open for lion shares of ICICI Lombard Government of India (GoI) sonal interests that have taken 07.08.2020, there is an increase three months for making sub- on closing, which would rep- and Department of Investment a back seat for over two of Rs 2,195 crore in the amount scriptions by the Trust. resent 521 million euros, at cur- and Public Asset Management decades.” sanctioned & an increase of Rs Under the scheme, the rent market value — the clos- (DIPAM), Ministry of Finance “I’m planning to retire in 2,279 crore in the amount dis- government will provide an ing price of ICICI Lombard (MoF), Government of India, Q1 of next year. I don’t have a bursed,” she tweeted. unconditional and irrevocable shares on August 21, AXA for formation of a wholly- new job, and am as happy with NBFCs and HFCs came guarantee to the special secu- said in a statement. According owned subsidiary for NTPC and proud of Amazon as ever,” under stress following a series rities issued by the Trust. to ICICI Lombard, the pro- renewable energy business. Wilke said. of defaults by IL&FS group The instruments will be posed transaction would enable The aforesaid wholly-owned Several top Amazon exec- firms in September 2018. commercial papers and non- it to consolidate its market subsidiary will be incorporat- utives have recently announced NBFCs including microfi- convertible debentures with a and become the third largest ed under the provisions of the their plans to leave the com- nance institutions registered residual maturity of not more non-life insurer in the country Companies Act, 2013,” pany including Vice President under the RBI Act, 1934 than three months and rated as with a market share of about NTPC informed the exchanges of Robotics Brad Porter, The (excluding those registered as investment grade. 8.7 per cent. IANS on Friday. Verge reported. ! 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805 E, #4F, Jaipur: Chief Minister Shri Scheme, Aburod City, District Ashok Gehlot said every per- Sirohi son dreams of having his own 14.Khoda Ganesh Phase New Delhi: Punjab National at 14.11% as on June 20 as ture to improve operational house. The Rajasthan IV Housing Scheme Bank, India’s second-largest against 15.49% in June 19. efficiency and provide steady Government is committed to Kishangarh (Ajmer) public sector bank today Net NPA ratio reduced to growth momentum. Business realise this dream of the peo- announced its financial result 5.39% as on June 20 down from and control functions have ple. He said Rajasthan Housing Four Chief Minister public for the Quarter ended 30th June 5.51% as on March 20 and been segregated to have a Board should work with mis- housing schemes inaugurated 2020. The bank recorded a Net 6.97% as on June 19.Provision focused approach for business sion spirit in this direction, 1. Chief Minister Jan profit of Rs 308 crore. Global Coverage Ratio (PCR) development and improve cus- focusing on quality, timeliness Awaas Yojana, Sector-3, Pratap Business of the bank reached Rs improved to 80.75% as on June tomer service.Departmental and expansion. Nagar, Jaipur 17,96,612Crore. The amalga- 20 from 70.37% as on June Verticals at Head Office have Gehlot was addressing the 2. Chief Minister Jan mation process ison course 19.Internet Banking users been re-organised, and the foundation stone and inaugu- Housing Board was seen as a Housing Board has earned rev- (Ajmer) Awaas Yojana, Sector-28, with the rollout of verticalised crossed 233 lakh. number of Zonal Offices & ration ceremony of 25 projects white elephant in the previous enue of about 1400 crores by 4. Niwai Residential Pratap Nagar, Jaipur organisational structure, com- UPI transactions increased Circle Offices have been of Rajasthan Housing Board government and had come to selling various residential and Scheme, Niwai (Tonk) 3. Chief Minister Jan pletion of harmonisation of by 76% YOY to 19.16 increased to 24 and 161, through video conference at the close it, but the will of the cur- commercial properties, which 5. Chief Minister State Awaas Yojana, Sector-7 (GH.3), process, augmented capacity, Crore.POS installed increased respectively.57 Customer Chief Minister’s residence on rent state government and the is a big achievement. He said Employees Housing Scheme, Indira Gandhi Nagar, Jaipur capability, and outreach. YOY by 17.78% to 88,204. Acquisition Centers for focus- Saturday. He inaugurated 14 dedication of the officers and that along with revenue acqui- Pratap Nagar, Jaipur 4.Chief Minister Jan Awaas Operating profit grew by Bharat/BHIM QR Code ing on liability business from housing schemes and 4 Chief employees of the Housing sition, the board has tried to 6. Weekend Home Yojana, Sector-7 (GH4), Indira 2.5% on a YOY basis to Rs. installed increased YOY by Corporates, Institutions, HNIs, Minister Jan Awas Yojana and Board to work The result of this give them a concrete form by Registration Scheme-2020, Gandhi Nagar, Jaipur 5,280 Crore in Q1 FY’21.CRAR 139% to 1,73,958. NRIs, including Wealth laid the foundation stone for 7 is that the board has got new life. taking many useful decisions. Nayala, Jaipur as on June 30, 2020, improved The bank has rolled out a Management and Retail projects as well as his booklets. In the future, the Board should On this occasion, the Chief 7. Patel Nagar Extension- The foundation stone of these to 12.63%. Gross NPA ratio is verticalised organisation struc- Business. He also launched Rana Sanga work with this spirit to strength- Minister added a Kalpavriksha Part-2 Residential Scheme, 7 schemes Market, Pratap Nagar, en its goodwill. Expressing hap- to be planted in the City Park, Bhilwara 1. Coaching Hub, Pratap Jaipur. On this occasion, the piness at the inauguration of Mansarovar on his own behalf, 8. Shahpura Residential Nagar, Jaipur Chief Minister launched the new projects, he said that this handed over to the Scheme, Bhilwara 2. City Park, Mansarovar, mobile app ‘RHB Sajag’ for will not only give people a ter- Commissioner and started the 9.Shastri Nagar Residential Jaipur quality control and released the race, but will also provide facil- plantation program. Also, Urban Scheme, Bhilwara 3. Mahatma Gandhi booklet. ities like parks, coaching hubs, Development and Housing 10. Atal Nagar Housing Sambal Residential Scheme, Residential plans should be open gyms, open theater, food Minister Shanti Dhariwal and Scheme, Bhinder, Udaipur Badli, Jodhpur developed according to the courts, walk-way. Pawan Arora were entrusted to 11. Dwarkapuri Yojna, 4. Jodhpur Chowpatty, expectations and expectations Urban Development and plant the Rudraksha plant in the Savina II and South Extension Jodhpur of the public. Housing Minister Shanti city park. Around 21 thousand Residential Plan - Udaipur 5. Kota Chowpatty, Kota The Chief Minister said Dhariwal said that it is the saplings will be planted in the 12. Mahatma Gandhi 6.Community Center, that providing quality housing result of the public-friendly city park. Sambal Residential Scheme, Sector-3 Pratap Nagar, Jaipur to the economically weaker thinking of the Chief Minister Chief Secretary Rajiv Badli, Jodhpur 7. Community Centre, and minority sections of the that today the project of big Swaroop, Additional Chief 13. Manpur Housing Sector-26 Pratap Nagar, Jaipur society is also a part of good gardens like City Park in Jaipur Secretary Finance Niranjan governance. Housing board is taking concrete shape. At the Arya, Information and Public has a big role in this. He said same time, the dream of own- Relations Commissioner that with the hope and expec- ing houses for the economically Mahendra Soni and other tations of the people, the weaker sections is coming true. senior officers were present on Housing Board should do mas- He said that the Housing the occasion. ter planning for housing Board, which is on the verge of These 14 housing schemes schemes across the state, so that closure, is running fast today inaugurated the purpose with which the due to the efforts of the State 1. Vatika Residential Housing Board was set up 50 Government. Scheme, Sanganer, Jaipur years ago can be realised. Giving the presentation, 2. Mahla Residential The board got new life due Commissioner of Housing Scheme, Ajmer Road, Jaipur to the will of the government. Board Pawan Arora said that in 3.Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Gehlot said the Rajasthan last ten months, Rajasthan Residential Scheme, Nasirabad + ,-. ,/,/ % $ /

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uman association with the elephant to touch, is an elephant that’s been subjected to hor- sometimes in the late 1980s. At the ground level is lack of good habitat and food. Elephants are a long dates back 2,000 years. The human-ele- rific abuse for this use. It’s not just riding and cir- people are not used to these animals at all. ranging animal and they are not able to move freely phant conflict is just as old. They cus-style shows that involve suffering, it's the Elephants are not just moving inside the forested between habitats, as corridors and connectivity appear in Hindu mythology and in bathing and selfie opportunities that you might find area. They are also moving through agricultural land between forest areas are blocked either by human Buddhist scriptures. Books talk about at so-called sanctuaries, orphanages or rescue cen- and villages. How does one expect people to deal habitation and by developmental activities. They howH elephants were tamed and prepared for war. ters. This isn’t innocent fun. This is cruelty. with this? They have not seen wild elephants since constantly encounter humans, as a result of that We have paintings that show how the jumbos were “Our focus is to reduce cruelty towards the wild the Mughal times. I would therefore not put all the stress level increasing, injury due to cruel attacks used to intimidate the enemy. Their height offered animals globally where they are captured for onus of the conflict entirely on humans. What we by humans and retaliatory killing,” Lahkar says. advantage over the foot soldiers. But it also meant entertainment and other commercial benefits. All should do is to prevent the jumbos from entering He has a reason for the brutal, if not inhumane that the animal was the first to be killed, brutally. wild animals belong in the wild. Until this commer- all the places. There is no real natural habitat for attacks on the gentle giants. We associate the elephant with intelligence, cial practice is stopped, this cruelty is not going to the elephants in southern West Bengal. They are “If a person’s house is damaged every week, ini- benevolence, devotion and even beauty. But we also end. The same applies to the jumbo to a certain level. moving and taking refuge in small patches of for- tially for a few weeks he may bear thinking elephant associate it with killing humans. Herds in search If one were to look at the elephant-man conflict, est during the day time. At night they come out and as God, however after that he would defend his of food have entered human habitats and damaged many of them stem from privately owned elephants eat the crops,” Sukumar says, who has an overall home and try different means of safeguard. On top houses and crops are commonplace. People con- destroying crops or injuring the mahout. There are strategy. of that villagers do not receive compensation on sider the animal a problem since it leaves behind other incidents where the wild elephants enter farms The most important being – to prevent the ele- time, there is a huge gap between Forest Dept and a trail of destruction. Also, unlike the tiger or the and destroy the crop. The two need to be dealt with phant from moving beyond a certain point with- villagers, so conflict becomes more negative. We, rhino, elephants are not State-protected. When they differently. The elephants in captivity can be dealt in a State. “There has to be some line that we need human beings, are losing our tolerance level come in contact with humans, there is apathy. with — ensuring that no new elephant enters cap- to draw. The entire conflict depends on the push- towards elephants and people try to do brutal Elephant killing is, thus, common. tivity. For the wild elephant-man conflict can be pull factors. The push factors indicate that there is attacks,” Lahkar explains. Given this scenario, it is not surprising to come tackled if all the stakeholders come together for a something transformative happening in the ele- Sadly, despite the elephant-man conflict that has across reports that two elephants died after sustain- holistic approach for a solution,” Sharma says. phant’s natural habitat. Humans are taking over the been a topic of debate, no progress has been made ing severe wounds in their mouth after they alleged- “The elephant is a sensitive animal. Keeping it land eating into the forest. If one were to look at is because the elephants are intelligent animals and ly chewed fruits stuffed with explosives. The under urban cities is a torture for them. The con- the forest today, there are changes happening. Take a single mitigation approach does not work and con- female elephant in Kollam district had died in stant city noise makes them uncomfortable. Just J for example mining in Jharkhand and Odisha. flicts are site specific, mitigation measures work in Pathanapuram forest range area under Punalur divi- because something was done historically and the Mining is impacting and fragmenting the habitat one place may not work in another. sion, the other elephant that was pregnant died on kings used the animal for rides doesn’t mean that and not just directly but indirectly as well. Take the “The mitigation measures are also expensive as May 27 in Palakkad district. the same practice needs to continue. The animal North-east. There has been large scale deforesta- the size of the animal is large, so difficult to cover Or read reports that 40 elephants died in the has served us well in ancient times. The society has tion in States like Assam during the 1990s. The ele- a large area. Time has come to take some holistic last 100 days (December 2017) due to electrocu- evolved. It is time that we give them a better life by phants have been pushed out,” Sukumar tells you. approaches. Also, we need to move away giving so tion, poisoning or trains mowing them down. The leaving them in their natural habitat,” Sharma says. Then there are the pull factors and we have to much attention to the tiger and concentrate on the reason for apathy towards elephants, conservation- He tells you that we need to understand that it see what is happening outside the forests. Due to Asian Elephant which is now endangered. There is ists say, is due to pressure from increasing human is not the elephant that is at fault. better irrigation facilities — canal water systems and a lack of political will to conserve the National population, consequential developmental activities “We are the ones who have entered their habi- pumping of ground water — farmers instead of Heritage Animal of India. I feel slowly it is going and ivory poaching. tat. While we have good animal protection laws in growing one crop a year, are now growing two-three to be a heritage. The Government constituted an Another problem is that unlike National Parks place, the problem lies in the implementation of crops a year. The elephant needs a lot to eat and it Elephant Task Force (ETF) in 2010 under the lead- that are well-protected, elephant reserves enjoy no these at the village level. The people at this level don’t ;< 4; ; sees huge fields with an abundance of nutritious ership of historian Mahesh Rangarajan to review privilege. Take the case of Assam. The State has know what the law says when it comes to protec- < < ? food, making an attractive source of food for them. the existing policy of elephant conservation in India around 500 elephants and around 10,000 sq km of tion of wild animals. There is a lack of general ; < There are biological factors too where one finds that and formulate future interventions. The task force forest cover. Only a small portion falls under nation- awareness about the wildlife protection laws and if in small areas — outside Bengaluru — one has over came out with a comprehensive report in the same al parks and sanctuaries. The jumbo is vulnerable they commit a crime against wild life, there will be ; ? 40 bulls which have taken residence in agricultur- year, called Gajah: Securing the Future for Elephants outside the protected zone. serious repercussions. The enforcement of laws < ? < al areas for the food. in India. What happened to this report? One can According to a report by World Animal needs to be strengthened and the community needs < 4;< “The big drought in 1981-82 in southern India compare that annual budget of project elephant and Protection, over 200 elephants in India were kept to be made aware how they can coexist with the ani- < also left an impact. An elephant clan from Tamil project tiger,” Lahkar says. in severely inadequate conditions. The new report mal,” Sharma tells you. Nadu moved into Andhra Pradesh. The State had The solution, according to Lahkar, lies in the exposed the dismal conditions of elephants at enter- Dr Raman Sukumar, a well-known elephant ; < ;< never seen this and the elephants left for greener need to protect elephants and their habitat what- tainment venues in the country and alarming ele- expert of Asia and Honorary Professor at the Indian 41 pastures never to return to their home land. Some ever remains; appreciate the conservation value of phant tourism trends across Asia. The third edition Institute of Science Bangalore, tells you that the ; sanctuaries were created for the elephant in elephants. of the report — Elephants, Not Commodities was human-elephant has been on the rise especially in Andhra but one can’t hold back the animal, which “Ensure uninterrupted movement in corridors released last week on World Elephant Day. It com- the last three to four decades. 1 has moved further northward into Andhra” and between forests including interstate and trans- pares research spanning a decade into elephant “What has changed at the ground level is how ;< Sukumar says. boundary, conduct scientific study particularly study tourism, assessing venues across Thailand, India, this very complex relationship has changed. I have < ; . The condition in other Asian countries is no movement and habitat use. Most importantly we Laos, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. written four books on this animal and one of them different. There are over 3,800 captive elephants in need to understand the human dimension of ele- India is home to the second highest number of is about the cultural history that dates back to < ? ; 357 elephant tourism venues. Thailand is home to phant-man conflict. Provide compensation on elephants used in tourism in Asia, and of the 21 ancient times and talks about elephant-man rela- ; ; three quarters of the elephants and has seen a shock- time, livelihood support to families in affected areas venues housing 509 elephants, the report found 45% tionships. If we take a starting point some 30-40 ing 70 per cent increase in their number in just 10 and build capacity of local people on how to live (225) of the elephants were kept in severely inad- years back, the conflict has been on the rise. Back K < / <. years. What is truly horrifying is that 2,390 (63 per with elephants will enhance the tolerance level,” equate conditions. in 1980-81, when I began my research on the ele- ;

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League — previously known as attack in the third minute over his decision to take over A highly-rated coach in the UEFA Cup — for an incred- but was only given a yellow Real. Spain’s youth set-up, Lopetegui ible sixth time. card. “It was a very emotional landed a first job in elite club “You have to know how to Lukaku scored the spot game but in the second half coaching when he took over at cope with difficult moments kick, but Sevilla fought its way we controlled the game a bit Portuguese giants Porto in 2014 and overcome them. This is a back into the game with two better we dug in,” Lopetegui but was sacked 18 months later feeling of immense happiness,” headers from Luuk de Jong, said through a translator, pay- after failing to win a trophy. Lopetegui told reporters. setting the stage for Diego ing particular tribute to Diego He was named Spain coach “I’m so grateful to our play- Carlos to hit his game-win- Carlos. and led his nation to qualify for ers for how hard they worked. ning kick in the 74th. “He gave away the penal- the 2018 World Cup in style but Our anthem says we never give The loss extended Inter’s ty then he scored that wonder- his stay in Russia ended in sur- up and tonight we proved that wait for a first European tro- ful overhead kick.” real circumstances when he again.” phy since Jose Mourinho led the Italian club to the Champions League title in 2010. Sevilla has won the ; ; about things. I also have a future. But I have no regrets Europa League in four of the private life and I need to whatsoever.” last seven seasons. & ! / ' ! & " + ntonio Conte has hinted understand what’s going on,” After the last Serie A “This group deserve this. Athat his future at Inter he said. game of the season against We’ve been fighting all season extended because of the coro- could do nothing to stop winning goal as a substitute off Marcelo Brozovic’s free Milan remains uncertain Taking the Inter Atalanta, Conte said the club and getting over the problems navirus pandemic. Lukaku’s powerful penalty against Manchester United in kick. after losing to Sevilla in the job was worth it, could have done more to that we’ve encountered,” said After just three minutes kick into the bottom- the semifinals. The Lukaku could have put final of the Europa League. “regardless of what protect the team from criti- Sevilla right-back Jesus Navas, Lukaku surged away with the left corner. Dutch striker gave Inter back in front in the Conte on Friday said he will ultimately come cism and “attacks.” who won his third Europa ball when a Sevilla attacking The lead lasted just Sevilla a 2-1 lead in the 65th when he burst in behind needed time to reflect after to pass in the com- On Friday he pushed League with Sevilla — 14 throw-in was cleared, and seven minutes before 33rd with a header at Sevilla’s defense but Bounou the 3-2 loss in the final left ing days,” he said. back at suggestions there years after his first. Diego Carlos pushed him Luuk de Jong leveled the far post at a free charged out to block his low his Inter team the runner-up Conte added: could be a rift with club down as he prepared to shoot. the score with a diving kick, but three minutes shot. for the second time this sea- “I’ve had an president Steven Zhang The game started at header off a cross from later Inter scored in After Sevilla reclaimed son after finishing a point incredible experi- and Inter’s Chinese own- breakneck pace despite being Goalkeeper Yassine right-back Jesus Navas. nearly identical fash- the lead, Jules Koundé stopped behind Juventus in Serie A. ence at this club, ers, saying his relationship the 54th game of 2019-20 for Bounou had played a key part De Jong was rewarded ion, Diego Godin heading in Inter leveling once again when “It’s only right that I regardless of what with them remained both teams in a season in Sevilla’s run to the final but with a start after scoring the from almost the same position he cleared substitute Alexis start to reflect and to think will go on in the “strong.” - R ' ! wrestlers, only 15-16 girls meanwhile had said that the were going to be there and lack of training partners ; to help my teammates in the best Messi’s shadow so he could take he national camp for wom- when some say they can’t would make it difficult for her possible way. I’m incredibly a leading role somewhere else. Tens wrestlers, that was attend, others follow suit. Now to train in Lucknow. eymar is finally getting his happy. I’m very, very happy.” And it made sense to do it at scheduled to be held at the we want to avoid a situation “We will assess the situa- Nbig chance to shine. Neymar set up one of the PSG, the big-spending French Sports Authority of India (SAI) where we force them to come tion next week but chances are He is getting the opportuni- goals in the 3-0 win over Leipzig club that had made it to the centre in Lucknow from by threatening disciplinary that nothing will take place at ty to prove he doesn’t need to put PSG in the final for the knockout round of the September 1, has now been action and then something least for the next 15 days,” Lionel Messi to help him first time. Champions League five straight postponed. SAI on Saturday happens to them, responsibil- Tomar said. win football’s biggest club “We made history but we times but couldn’t get past the said that new dates for the camp ity for that will fall on our He, however, also said tournament. don’t want to stop here. We want quarterfinals. will be “intimated in due course”. heads,” Tomar said. that the men’s national camp He is getting the chance more,” he said in his post. “We Neymar struggled at first Wrestling Federation of Tomar said while Asian which is set to start on to demonstrate that Paris are going after the trophy.” with PSG, getting into con- India (WFI) Secretary General Games Gold medallist Vinesh September 1 at the SAI centre Saint-Germain was right to The 28-year-old Neymar frontations with teammates and Vinod Tomar said that the Phogat had told the federation in Sonipat is on course to start pick him to lead its quest for already won a Champions failing to perform at his best. 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Tuesday’s semifinal against award that year, a prize Neymar help his club defeat five-time “I just took another Covid The 28-year old is current- a record 222 million euros “On the ground with an Leipzig. has always said he wanted to champion Bayern. Test and am still positive,” ly on the cusp of taking away (more than $260 million at the injury in 2018. On the ground “Two years in a row suffer- win. If he pulls it off, he will final- Nishikori said in a social media Liverpool’s European crown as time) to sign the Brazilian star with an injury in 2019. On the ing an injury in crucial moments According to media reports, ly have reached glory. He will post Friday. PSG prepare to face Bayern from Barcelona three years ago. ground being thankful in 2020,” for me and for my team. Now I one of the reasons he left finally have shown that he can “I have very minimal symp- Munich in the final on Sunday. He failed in his first two he said in an Instagram post this am fully fit, uninjured, and able Barcelona was to move out of be the best in the world. toms and am staying in full iso- Ahead of the chance to lation. Next test will be early next finally break big-spenders PSG’s week at which time we will woes in Europe, Neymar was >< $, ' 3 update you.” asked about the Reds and Klopp. ! $# World number 31 Nishikori He told the Daily Star: “Over has produced his best Grand the last two seasons Liverpool #,,$ Slam efforts at Flushing have played some of the best % % 9 Japanese tennis star Meadows, including his loss to football in Europe. ; ; < Kei Nishikori on Friday said he Marin Cilic in the 2014 final and “Last season winning the is still positive for Covid-19 and semi-final runs in 2016 and Champions League and this ormer Sweden midfielder antes was held to a 0- will remain in isolation into early 2018. Nishikori, whose most season winning a league was FFreddie Ljungberg has quit as N0 draw at 10-man anchester United and next week as the start of the US recent victory came in 2019 at strong, because they won the assistant coach of Arsenal, the Bordeaux in the first game MEngland defender Harry Open looms. Brisbane, has won six of 12 Premier League so comfort- English club said on Saturday. of the French league season. Maguire’s trial on charges of The 2014 US Open runner- career ATP titles on US soil. ably.” Neymar also offered up a The 43-year-old Ljungberg Nantes failed to capital- assault and attempted bribery up tested positive in Florida last The potential loss of Liverpool prediction for the took the decision because he ize after Bordeaux mid- has been postponed until Sunday and withdrew from the Nishikori from the first Grand 2020/21 season, with Klopp’s wanted to “progress my manage- fielder Mehdi Zerkane was Tuesday after he testified before ATP tuneup that starts on Slam event is another blow for men set to face Leeds United ment experience” after two years Edu said. sent off after 20 minutes for a prosecutor. Saturday in the same Covid-19 the US Open, which will already first up on September 12. at the club where he also played “However, we know he has a crude foul on center half The three defendants are bubble atmosphere where the be without defending champion He added: “Their coach has from 1998-2007. had various opportunities over the Nicolas Pallois. Bordeaux not obliged to attend the trial New York hardcourt Grand Rafael Nadal, reigning women’s built a strong team and next sea- He returned to Arsenal in June last 12 months and stuck to the job center back Laurent and are free to return home, the Slam begins August 31. champion Bianca Andreescu son I am sure they will be very 2018 in a coaching capacity, first- at Arsenal. Koscielny helped the home prosecutor’s office said on Should he continue to test and top-ranked Ash Barty. AP competitive again.” ly with the under-23 team and “Now he has the opportunity side’s defense hold firm. Saturday. then with the seniors. Ljungberg to consider other options, and it It was the first league United captain Maguire, left on Mykonos, an island in the also had a month as caretaker makes sense for his career at this game played in France since the court building in an Cyclades group in the Aegean manager between the firing of time.” March 8, after which the unmarked van for an undis- Sea. H&7 P & Unai Emery and the hiring of Ljungberg has helped young remaining matches of the closed destination. He and the Police tried to break up the Mikel Arteta last December. players like Ainsley Maitland- previous season were post- two other defendants were fight. Maguire and another 9 Serena Williams I was able to win in this crazy “We’re really sad to see Freddie Niles, Reiss Nelson, Bukayo Saka poned and then canceled charged with multiple instances defendant are also charged with believes the withdrawal of some circumstance where there was leave as we know how much he and Joe Willock transition to altogether because of the of assault and battery in regard attempted bribery and assault of the world’s top tennis players no fans. It was just so sterile and loves Arsenal,” technical director Arsenal’s first team. pandemic. to a fight they had with others against a policeman. from this year’s US Open amid weird, but I mentally came the Covid-19 pandemic will through. It might be a more not take the shine off a poten- mental test than anything.” tial record-equalling Williams, who has a 5 55!-#. 24th Grand Slam history of blood clots and title for her. pulmonary embolisms, said she Six of the top had concerns over travelling to the World Championships last Mary Kom defeated Nikhat 9- tournaments and prep myself ments,” said Nikhat. 10 women’s play- New York and is living in a rent- year after the Boxing 1. for them.” “Currently with no tourna- ers, including ed house instead of the official oxer Nikhat Zareen, who Federation of India had hinted “It is every athlete’s dream The 24-year-old insisted ments lined up for the year, I defending champion Andreescu players’ hotel as a precaution. Bwas making the headlines that there would be no trials to represent his/her country in that as no tournaments are am channeling all my efforts and world No 1 Barty, have “I have health issues and I in the early part of 2020, has between the two boxers for the Olympics. Thus, when I did lined up this year, now she is towards improving my fitness dropped out of the Aug 31-Sept don’t necessarily want to get sick, grown past the disappoint- going to the Olympic Qualifiers not qualify for the Tokyo working towards channeling all and agility for all the tourna- 13 event, boosting Williams’ and if I do, I want the good ver- ment of not making it to the and that the six-time World Olympics, I was taken aback,” her efforts to improve her fit- ments that will be held in the chance of winning the major for history we have never been sion,” she said. Tokyo Olympics and is now Champion would go for the Nikhat said. ness and agility for the events year 2021. the first time since 2014. through in this world.” “I didn’t want to be in the focussed on putting out a “phe- Olympic Qualifiers, originally “But I took it in my stride, which will be held in 2021. “These tournaments will “It still has to be tennis that’s “I think we are living a hotel because I have lung issues nomenal” performance in the scheduled to be held in Wuhan with a core belief that every- “For now, I have my goal pave the way and hone my played, asterisks or not,” the six- future history lesson. I think and felt it was a big risk for me Commonwealth Games and and eventually took place in thing happens for a reason and set for the CWG and Asian skills to better perform at the time US Open champion told regardless, there is always going personally. In a house, I can con- the Asian Games slated to be Amman in March. However, instead of dwelling upon it, we Games being held in the year CWG and Asian Games, post reporters on Friday. “I think this to be some asterisk by it, because trol more. I needed to put my held in 2022. the duo participated in the tri- should accept, learn and move 2022. I am already preparing which I will be dedicating my whole year deserves an asterisk, it’s never been done before. mind at rest so that I could per- Nikhat and Mary Kom had als in the national capital in forward. I decided to look myself to deliver a phenomenal entire focus on the Olympics,” because it’s such a special year — “If you win, it was, like, wow, form.” Agencies been at loggerheads ever since December last year where ahead, focus on the future performance in these tourna- she added. + ,-. ,/,/ % ..

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Buttler helped him conquer his a few more to come.” “The PCB now feels that it nerves en route his maiden century The 22-year-old right-handed is best if the burden was reduced on the first day of the third Test batsman said he had thought of on Misbah and allow him to against Pakistan. keeping the hundred out of his focus on his job as head coach Playing in his eighth Test, head but could not do it complete- as there are a number of impor- Crawley hit an unbeaten, career-best ly. tant ICC events coming up in 171 as he and Buttler (87 not out) “Luckily when I got to about 70 the next three years,” the source shared an unbroken fifth-wicket I calmed down a bit, but that peri- said. partnership of 205 to put England in od in the middle I played a couple “Wasim Khan the PCB said. control after closing the opening day. of rash shots and managed to get CEO was in England recently The source said the board “When I was about 91, I was through that. and has also observed from had closely watched the selection really nervous. Jos didn’t think I was, “Jos batted great as well and close quarters how Misbah is process for the Tests in England so I must have been hiding it pret- made it easy for me. It was an unbe- handling both responsibilities. and felt that Misbah had not ty well!,” said Crawley. lievable feeling, to see everyone Wasim also spoke to Misbah in handled the pressure well. 6 =6 “It was handy batting with else up there on the balcony, clap- England and having a new chief “The feeling is that in the Jos — he’s a very calm head ping — it almost flashed before my selector is now an option for the third Test where a fifth bowler > 6+22/ and he’s always telling you to eyes, my whole career so far.” Board,” he stated. should have been played and .4 H '/1.)B “When Misbah was initial- also one pacer rotated, Misbah ly appointed as head coach and came under pressure from the also a new England fifth-wicket record a clipped boundary off paceman chief selector last year, the first social media and media and # @ &! D6!60+( 6 6 G# ! in Tests, surpassing the 254 shared by Mohammad Abbas saw him to 250. person in Pakistan cricket his- retained Fawad Alam in the Keith Fletcher and Tony Greig against But his near 10-hour innings ended tory to be given this dual role, playing eleven,” the source ; ; bowlers conceded over 100 runs each, India at the Brabourne Stadium in when he was stumped down the legside there was skepticism whether added. with leg-spinner Yasir Shah (2-173 from Mumbai in February 1973. by Mohammad Rizwan off part-time the former captain would be able The source also confirmed ak Crawley converted his maid- 39 overs) and teenage paceman Naseem One of the few false shots of his spinner Asad Shafiq. Crawley faced 393 to do justice to both responsibil- that there was no danger to the en Test hundred into a superb Shah (1-109 in 27) both going for more innings saw Crawley, 186 not out at balls, hitting 34 fours and one six. ities,” the source said. captaincy tenure of Azhar Ali at Zinnings of 267 and shared a than four an over. lunch, go to 200 when he edged a four Together with Buttler, he had taken He said that the option of least for the next few months. record-breaking stand with Jos Buttler England, 1-0 up in a three-match past second slip off Naseem — his 25th England from 127-4 to 486-5. having a new chief selector is “All this talk about him as England piled on the runs against contest and looking for a first series win boundary in 331 balls. World Cup-winner Buttler, best also under consideration being removed as captain after Pakistan in their series finale at over Pakistan in a decade, had 10.5 The 22-year-old Crawley was the known as a batsman for his skills in a because the Board wants to the series is not happening Southampton on Saturday. overs in which they made inroads into seventh England batsman to turn his run chase, saw his seven-and-a-half- inject more life into the selection because he has been appointed Crawley and Buttler, who made the tourists’ top order taking 3 prize maiden Test hundred into a double cen- hour innings end in tame fashion process. captain for 12 months by the 152, shared a stand of 359 that powered wickets for 24 runs before stumps. tury and the first since Rob Key against when he chipped a gentle return catch “A former fast bowler Pakistan board,” the source England to 583-8 declared on the sec- Crawley’s innings was the seventh the West Indies at Lord’s in 2004. to Fawad Alam, another occasional known for his outspoken com- added. ond day of the third Test. highest maiden hundred in 143 years Earlier, Buttler completed just the spinner. ments and who was a big star in “So after the England series It was England’s highest Test total of Test-match cricket and the 10th high- second hundred of his 47-match Test Chris Woakes made a brisk 40 as his playing days is under consid- Azhar has the opportunity to since their 589-8 declared against est individual score by any England career and first as a wicketkeeper. Pakistan became increasingly ragged in eration and after the England play in domestic cricket and get Pakistan at Old Trafford four years ago. batsman. Crawley, advancing down the pitch, the field before England captain Joe series is over things will be back his form and carry on as Three of Pakistan’s frontline His partnership with Buttler was .$ # ! lofted Yasir over long-off for six before Root eventually called a halt. finalized with him,” the source captain,” he said. PTI 3# P > # @ ,$ ) ; /< week quarantine and have remaining four matches of the " $# :8 ? COVID-19 tests before starting Pakistan Super League 5 and the he Pakistan Cricket Board their training,” a PCB source entire domestic season,” he said. Cup winning former India skipper Tare all set to host Zimbabwe informed on Saturday. Zimbabwe was originally has changed the perception of lead- at home in October-November The source said that the scheduled to play three ODIs hennai Super Kings bowling ership among captains across the apart from starting off with PCB was presently busy in and three T20Is but they have Ccoach Lakshmipathy Balaji feels world. their domestic season in a bio- preparing the protocols for the now requested the Pakistan Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s unique- “From the year 2000, according secure environment to counter bio-secure bubble in line with Cricket Board to arrange a few ness lies in his ability to “remain to me, there’s nobody like Dhoni the Covid-19 threat. Government SOPs in the Covid- extra matches for them. detached” despite constant scrutiny who’s had such a massive influence on “Dates are being finalised 19 situation. “Their ODIs are part of the and speculations around his career. not just Indian cricket but world with Zimbabwe but tentatively “The bio-secure bubble will ICC Super League Moments after announcing his cricket. they will come to Pakistan ten- be applicable for both the inter- Championship but they want to international retirement on Instagram “I’ve heard about brutal hitting, tatively between October 10 to national series against play some extra matches as on August 15, Dhoni walked up to the hard hitting that when someone hits 15 and first remain in a two- Zimbabwe, probably the well,” he said. former India pacer, discussed a few the ball, it’ll be difficult for a bowler things and left. But Balaji remained or a fielder to even keep their hands $6& 6+ ) oblivious to Indian cricket’s biggest on the ball. I saw that for the first time story of the day. with Dhoni.” $$ # $&5&$ & “After practice gets over, I nor- Balaji said Dhoni’s leadership ( $ mally talk a lot to Dhoni about the and batting styles were totally differ- ? ? wicket, about practising and playing ent. conditions. That day, I finished prac- “Even now if there are 20-plus icket-keeper batmsan Alex Carey on tice and I went inside. I did not realise leaving for the UAE for the upcom- runs needed to win in the last over WSaturday admitted that he is “disappointed” t was “steaming” outside as the South African that he had already put his retirement ing IPL. and if I had to pick someone, it would to lose Australia’s white-ball vice-captaincy but Itrio of AB de Villiers, Dale Steyn and Chris message at 7:29 pm. Balaji added, “It was a huge always be Dhoni. Such massive added that he understands the decision to go back Morris arrived in Dubai in the wee hours of “So, after posting the message, moment in his life. But, just like that impact he has. to a more traditional leadership set-up. Saturday to join their Royal Challengers Dhoni walked up to me as usual and he moved on, and that’s Dhoni for you. “His leadership and his batting Carey along with pacer Pat Cummins had Bangalore teammates for the upcoming IPL. he casually told me that he had asked “Then I finally realised he styles are totally different. His lead- shared the vice-captaincy title in limited overs The video of their arrival was shared by the groundsman to water the ground announced his retirement. It took ership changed the perception of cricket since that leadership structure was imple- RCB on their official Twitter handle. extra for the pitch. I said okay. And some time for me to sink in the leadership among all captains. mented under then new coach Justin Langer in “I am very excited, very happy to be here. I didn’t realise anything,” Balaji said moment. Dhoni’s uniqueness is in the “The way he maintains his emo- 2018. Travelling was bit different to normal but we on Star Sports 1 Tamil show Cricket way he remains detached. He will tion on field, maintaining the team However, last week skipper Aaron Finch have made it here with my South African Connected - Aatam Thodarattum. never stop no matter what the situa- environment and camaraderie, lead- informed that the team would be reverting to a fine,” said. friends and we are very happy to be back in the The Dhoni-led CSK underwent tion is, and moves on in his own style.” ing the team successfully, only MS more “streamlined” leadership process and “I don’t see it as a setback, I see it as a really RCB family. I am looking forward to my Covid- a short camp in Chennai before Balaji said the two-time World Dhoni could do it,” he said. Cummins will be the sole deputy, having been pre- big opportunity just to go out there and perform 19 test,” de Villiers said. ferred ahead of Carey. my skills,” he added. All the Indian players from the star-stud- “I’ve had a lot of clarity around the decision. Carey said with several senior players in the ded Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers You’re always going to be disappointed with that side, the team is not dependent on just the skip- Bangalore, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight J " 6 << but I’m also really grateful and thankful for the per and vice-captain for leadership. Riders and Mumbai Indians touched down in opportunity I‘ve had in that role in the past 24 “Pat Cummins is a fantastic leader and the UAE on Friday for the T20 league. 9 Following the developed within India, by which includes its founders, border earlier this year, the months,” Carey was quoted as saying by Finch is as well. Through the likes of Warner, Steve “It’s going to be interesting to play in the criticism that Indian Indians and is exclusively all 400+ Indian employees Government banned 59 cricket.Com.Au. Smith, Maxwell — there’s so many senior figures heat. We got here like 3 am in the morning and Premier League’s new title available for only Indian and our Indian investors Chinese mobile applica- “I would love to still have the title next to my and heads around the group that we’re not reliant it was steaming outside. Looking forward to sponsor Dream11 is associ- sports fans,” a Dream11 such as Kalaari Capital and tions. name but it’s not going to change anything from on just one or two people (to lead).” what’s it going to be like in a few weeks,” said ated with Chinese investors, spokesperson said. Multiples Equity. This led to a huge my end. I’m still going to rock up with a big smile Australia are scheduled to tour England for veteran speedster Steyn. the fantasy league sports The spokesper- Out of the five uproar against BCCI having on my face and try really hard around the group. a limited overs series that will include three ODIs RCB skipper Virat Kohli made his own platform has clarified that it son further stated investors, one of Chinese smartphone mak- It’s going back to the old model, which has worked and as many T20Is from September 4-16. arrangements to reach Dubai directly from is a ‘completely homegrown that the majority of the investors has ers VIVO as IPL title spon- in the past,” Carey added. The tour will see Australia resume action for Mumbai following all BCCI SOP. Indian brand’. its investors are Chinese origins sors. Subsequently, VIVO The 28-year-old glovesman stressed that he the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic halt- On arrival, Morris said he was feeling a bit “Dream11 is a com- Indians with and holds a very opted out as its title spon- is comfortable with the decision and just wants ed cricketing activities all across the globe in mid- nervous. “It’s been quite a while that we have pletely homegrown Indian Chinese-origin investors small minority stake,” the sor for the year, with to resume playing cricket. March. “I’m really keen to just to play the best played the game that we love. So yeah very chal- brand. We are proud to say holding a minority stake. spokesperson explained. Dream11 stepping in as “The decision sits really comfortably with me cricket I can play. I’m just really excited to go on lenging but we are very excited to get going, a that the entire product and “Dream11 is almost After the rising ten- the IPL 2020 sponsor at now. I just want to play cricket for Australia this trip, it’s been six months (since) we played little bit nervous too to be honest,” Morris said. technology of Dream11 is entirely owned by Indians, sion at the India-China 222 crore. IANS and…if there isn’t a title next to my name that’s cricket,” Carey said. " / %?4?<6"'

Normally domestic season 5 55 starts in August but the pandem- CCI president Sourav Ganguly ic has wreaked havoc with the cal- ? ? According to domestic Australia women’s team captain Meg Lanning Bhas confirmed to its affiliated ender and Ganguly’s letter to state media reports, Cricket has stated that 2022 will be a massive year for her team units that India will be hosting associations made it clear that the ustralia’s cricket squad Australia’s medical team has and she is looking forward to it. England for a full series in February Board is yet to lock in a date. Awill leave on Sunday for drawn up bio-secure proto- In 2022, four major tournaments — rescheduled ODI next year after playing an away rub- The domestic season is now a six-game, limited-overs tour cols which will be stricter World Cup, T20 World Cup, Birmingham Commonwealth ber in Australia. expected to begin with the Syed to England. than those in place when Games and women’s Ashes — are currently scheduled to The Board supremo also Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament, ten- It is the first Australian England hosted the West be played. “No doubt we were disappointed the World Cup informed the state units that the tatively from the third week of national sports team to trav- Indies and during Pakistan’s (2021 edition shifted to 2022) got pushed back by a year; 2021 IPL will be held in April, with- November. el overseas since the Covid- current tour. we were gearing up for that as a bit of light at the end of in five months of the upcoming “The BCCI is making all efforts 19 pandemic began, and the Captain Aaron Finch’s the tunnel but at the same time we understand the deci- edition, which concludes on to ensure that domestic cricket schedule of three One-Day squad can train while in quar- sion. There’s so much that goes into those things and prob- November 10. resumes as and when the condi- Internationals and three antine but will generally oper- ably a lot we don’t know or understand This is Ganguly’s second com- tions permit. The health and safe- Twenty20s will be played ate in a strict bio-secure “bub- and that’s the decision the ICC has munication to the states in last two ty of players and all other involved under strict bio-secure pro- ble” at their south-coast hotel made,” Lanning was quoted months as he seeks to keep the Australia for its series starting in World Cup in 2023.” in domestic cricket is of utmost tocols. in Southampton. as saying by ESPNcricinfo. members posted about India’s December this year, and will come The former India captain also importance to BCCI and we are While Australia’s borders Players will even have to “Now we’re just looking commitments in the Future Tours back to the country for a series said that the tours of the Indian constantly monitoring all aspects,” are largely closed and over- make their own beds to avoid towards 2022, which is going Programme (FTP). against England starting February women’s team are “under discus- Ganguly wrote in the letter to pres- seas trips can only be made interaction with hotel staff. to be a massive year for us and He said that India is ready to next year. sion” but did not elaborate on that. idents and secretaries of the its affil- in extraordinary circum- They can play golf on could potentially be a couple of host the T20 World Cup next year “This will be followed by IPL He has assured all state asso- iated member associations. stances — just one in four the adjacent course but, world tournaments in there and a and the ODI World Cup in 2023. 2021 in April,” Ganguly said in an ciations that domestic cricket will “All members will be duly applications to travel has other than that, will not be Commonwealth Games. So that’s “The BCCI and the Indian email to all the affiliated units. start as and when the situation is informed about the future course been approved — the tour able to leave the hotel “bub- something we’re looking forward to cricket team will continue to fulfil “The BCCI continues to be the safe amid the Covid-19 pandem- of action and suggestions will be has been given the green ble”. Any protocol breach- and we’ll get started with this series its FTP commitments. The senior host for the ICC T20 World Cup ic, but did not specify a date for the taken before we resume domestic light after close liaison es could put the series in coming up and then build toward Indian men’s team will travel to 2021 and the 50-over ICC Cricket season’s kick-off. cricket.” between both Governments. jeopardy. 2022,” she added. IANS "$(%$(. + ,-. ,/,/ N 3$ , $# & $J $ &O

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He said no there are chocolates is just plain chocolate, but On the trip, Chordia met a person However, it was tough for him to ute to the day to which we owe our music to. making process,” he tells you. no errors, what you just tasted is pure because it is so much better than India named Martin, who used to conduct a brave the stares when he decided to dig Was it tough to collaborate with so many artists? This was not all, during his stint as chocolate, he was surprised how I got chocolate we think it is the best. I three-week chocolate tasting certifica- deep in the business. “My family was In order to collaborate with artists who were from different gen- a consultant for Godrej, he learnt how to taste the exact flavour and then I told thought that it is an opportunity per- tion, which got him interested. “They supportive, but there were people who res and different industries — Bollywood, Tollywood, Kannada, to eat chocolate the right way. “One day, him that it stayed there in my mouth haps,” he tells you. used to conduct a three-level certifica- laughed at the idea. Moreover, it was Malayalam industry and classical singers — it was tough theoret- I got two chocolates as samples from an for sometime. Then he told me that this To begin with, Chordia did a 20- tion course and co-incidentally the level tough to quit at a time when you get a ically. But when I approached them, they were cooperative and Irish guy. I was left highly disappoint- is the right way of eating chocolate. It day backpack trip to Belgium to know one certification was to happen in three six-digit salary. But I knew I was not enthused to do the video. This has been one of the most fun videos ed because usually people sent in big is not to be eaten like food but enjoyed all about chocolates. “First four days weeks after I returned from the trip. I made for it. Everyone thought I was that I have had the pleasure to do and be part of. boxes. So I decided to call him up and and eaten slowly. I was left fascinated. went into tasting different chocolates did the course and I met people from nuts. But I believe in taking risks and What is Omkar Music Trust about? ask the reason. I waited for the right That was my introduction to good and the rest of the time I began meet- 17 different nationalities. It was an eye had I not taken the risk back then, I It is a trust that I have started in Bengaluru where I stay. The time and during the course I thought chocolates,” Chordia recalls. ing manufacturers, visited retail stores opener since we all got to learn so much wouldn’t be here today. It was all foundation was laid in Kolkata where I am from originally. I have of tasting one. I opened the packet and From then on, Chordia’s fascination and attended chocolate related social about chocolates. After the course, I worth it,” he says. built an academy that has eight-nine branches. We teach vocals and put a piece into my mouth. Suddenly, for chocolates grew leaps and bounds gatherings. One thing that I got to know started taking chocolate tasting sessions For those, who want to know the dances. We organise programmes for those in the academy, senior I received an important email and got and he decided to explore the world of about them is that there is one big com- and giving lecture to keep the money difference between a good and the best or junior. They come here and perform and enrich us with their occupied with it. All this while, the chocolates, just like Willy Wonka from pany that makes chocolate and sells it flowing. The response was amazing and chocolate, Chordia has a few words of performance. We have a student base of 200-250. Last year, Amit chocolate remained on my tongue as I Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. to 2000 different manufacturers who I continued it for six months. Soon after wisdom for them. Kumar had come and performed for our trust and did a jugal bandi forgot to chew it and in a minute or two, “In 2013, I got tired of the corporate life further just melt it, put it in a mould Martin announced the level two and I “If you get to know the taste of with the artists. We have other well-known classical artists who keep it tasted like different berries while melt- and decided to go back to Chennai to with all the add-ons and wrap it in their went for it. That was when I learnt cocoa beans and berries and you are to the academy. ing into my mouth. I was shocked, I do something of my own, however packaging and sell it to the end con- chocolate making,” he tells you. able to understand the efforts of the Are there any challenges the classical vocalists face today? picked up the wrapper to check in the small or big it is. And the very obvi- sumer. They do all this in a small 500 After getting the certificate, chocolate maker, then you are having The challenges are two-fold. If one looks at the materialistic flavours. To my surprise, it was basic ous choice for me was chocolates sq ft area which is both their manu- Chordia, along with his wife Poonam, the best chocolate. The more deep market, unfortunately, there are very few sponsors who come up chocolate without any added flavours. because I thought that this is the one facturing and selling unit. On that trip, came up with an institute called flavours you can taste, the better the and sponsor a classical event as it should be done or as they do for I loved the chocolate so much that I area that interests me and also there is I discovered that chocolate is made Cocoashala. chocolate is. Rest can fall in the cate- lighter musical events. Generally, large sponsorships come for pop- immediately called up the concerned a gap in the industry in India. Because from a plant, so it can be a vegan prod- “A lot of students started enrolling gory of good chocolates,” he tells you. ular artists which has a handful. This is a challenge for young classical artists in our country. When parents are looking at classical music as a career option for their ward, the first thing they see is Q "'2'=' 2=@ the money inflow and if it is consistent. This is not the case, but //(00. we are trying to change this through our academy and promote /' .'/R classical music. 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he year 2020 marks the birth centenary of Nani A Palkhivala, a name that is the byword in India’s legal world. Palkhivala reigned the country’sT court rooms for almost six decades. More than a lawyer what made him a household name in India was his concern for the poor and middle class. He could identify himself with their happiness and sorrow because he too was a member of that strata of the society. While honouring Palkhivala with a D Sc degree in 1998, Prof B M Hegde the then chancellor of the Manipal University, said in his address: “We are honouring Nani Palkhivala with this D Sc because he gave us our democracy.” That sums up his passion for democracy, liberalism and free enterprises. Palkhivala has authored two books for the Indian public: We,The Nation — The Lost Decades and We, The People. Both the books are collection of essays ')=' .# /' written by Palkhivala and speeches he )'I"2 delivered at the convocation ceremonies of various universities and essays he =! B% G authored on varied topics ranging from the country’s education system, causes ! for the economic backwardness of India and faulty economic planning by policy >-- makers and decision makers. It was in one of his speeches Palkhivala pointed out the Achilles’ Heel government hospitals. Alternatively of Indian economy and slow rate of more money can be put into health growth. “We have too much government Shourie, the celebrated journalist too a man of soft words. He has lived to that nomic policies. In the opening chapter TV debates were heard questioning the insurance facilities who intermediate and too less governance. Our rulers are wrote a book (Governance and the image through this scholarly work. No ill itself, the authors have proved how gov- failure of the government in improving between individuals and private health- only concerned about the Gross Sclerosis That Has Set In) explaining the feelings towards anybody, that is Kelkar. ernment intervention even in solving upon the country’s health sector. Kelkar care providers. Both these pathways Domestic Product instead of Gross reasons which ‘sustained’ India as a poor The authors have stayed away from any small problems, rapidly turns into a and Shah point out that healthcare and work poorly,” write Kelkar and Shah National Happiness. And the rulers are country. There are many people in New controversies. They have presented a mess. For the first time in modern India public health are two different entities — (page 322). yet to understand the difference between Delhi itself who do not want India to superb brief demanding the annihilation (post 1991), two economists have asked healthcare being the domain of the pri- The authors have suggested a new socialism and capitalism,” said develop. These people survive only of unnecessary governmental interven- the government to stay away from cer- vate sector while public health is popula- strategy: “Imagine a contract between a Palkhivala who was out and out against because of poverty and scarcity in the tion in all matters of governance. After tain activities and initiate new areas of tion-scale initiatives that address exter- network of healthcare providers and the the concept of socialism followed by country. going through the book, one feels like work that better fit into the tasks of the nalities and provide public goods. patient which underwrites all healthcare Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and of The country saw a change of govern- saluting Palkhivala again for his com- government. Even as one reads from one Veteran doctors like Prof B M Hegde for the patient for life, in exchange for course all the Left of the Centre politi- ment in 2014 and a lot was expected of it ment that we have too much govern- chapter to another, the picture that and Dr C V Krishnaswamy who consid- fixed monthly payments. This must be cians. over the next few years. But the tragedy ment and too less governance. unfolds before the eyes is that of con- er their profession a noble service to the not just one doctor, but a network of For Palkhivala, socialism meant is that though a lot of programmes and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has temporary India. The Vedanta Group’s society frown at the concept of health- providers that cover all aspects of health- social justice and not the State’s monop- initiatives were announced, nothing been talking about minimum govern- copper smelter plant at Thoothukudi in care, which has become a part of a major care. When you get sick you would go to oly over industries and businesses. The seems to have worked. The top political ment and maximum governance since Tamil Nadu is an issue which should be industry and money spinner. your healthcare network and they would Government has no business to be in leadership is handicapped by the scarcity he launched his election campaign in seen in this context. The entire responsi- “The public sector is not effective at render you healthcare services, at no business,” was his catchwords. In the of people who could think out of the box 2013. But things have not moved for- bility of the stand off between the local translating expenditures into healthcare additional cost. Such networks are called 1970s, he articulated the concept that the and come up with solutions which could ward as the Indian versions of Sir population and the Vedanta manage- services. Privately produced healthcare is “Health Maintenance Organisations”. Government should never end up as a address the ever increasing problems. Humphrey Appleby and Sir Bernard ment remains with the Centre and State afflicted with market failure. Health This is known as out of the box thinking. job providing agency but a job creating It is at this juncture that former IAS Woolley continue to call the shots in governments. Wasn’t it possible to nip in insurance companies suffer from poor A must read for those who want to agency. Even after five decades, the officer Vijay Kelkar and his friend Ajay New Delhi’s corridors of power. If there the bud itself revolts and riots which financial regulation of insurance and take up politics as a serious profession Central and State governments continue Shah have come out with a book, “In are ministers in this government who resulted in the closure of the factory? from dealing with a malfunctioning and also students of economics and pub- to be what Palkhivala did not want them Service of the Republic — The Art and are devoted to their work, the first book An important issue which has been healthcare system. Greater government lic finance. These are not mere academic to be; job providing agency! Science of Economic Policy,” published by they should read is the one authored by discussed by the authors, and is of topi- spending on healthcare is popular. At findings but real life experiences from a Those who have read the books Penguin. The authors are economists of Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah. cal relevance, is the Health Policy of the present, there are two pathways for this bureaucrat who has seen how the gov- authored by Palkhivala are yet to come repute. Kelkar who served India as a The book, which has eight parts and Government which is shrouded in chaos increased expenditure . More money can ernment “operate” in India and an econ- across something that contradicts what civil service officer and held top-notch 40 chapters, takes the readers through and confusion. During Coronavirus be put into government healthcare facili- omist who has learnt the subject because he wrote in 1980s and 1990s. Arun positions in bureaucracy is known to be the intricacies of governance and eco- induced lockdown, several panelists on ties such as Primary Health Centres or of his passion for it. 4B .* " 11C

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( L11H+ ( n the year 1963, an American Economist numeracy or a study of mathematics Educational IRobert Heilbroner published a book named and the natural sciences; destinations eclining gross enrolment ratio at mentation of the mentioned strategies. achieve 100 per cent gross enrolment “The Great Ascent”. In the book, Heilbroner work-experience; and of Asian and Dthe primary and secondary stages Foundational education in a ratio in preschool to secondary level by wrote, “Economic growth is not merely a mat- social service. African stu- has proven to be an indomitable chal- child’s mother tongue has been rec- 2030. Having a cohort of well-trained ter of physical resources or of training skilled dents owing lenge for India’s education system. ommended by several research stud- teachers is a pre-condition for achiev- workers, it needs ‘education’ of the Thirdly, there is a clear shift of focus from to affordabil- Close to 10 per cent of the enrolled ies. UNICEF reports from across the ing this. Other than the obvious mea- whole population in new ways of life, thought education during the formative years to a life- ity of educa- children do not complete their ele- world support mother tongue educa- sures of improving teachers training and work.” long education. This change was highly nec- tion and mentary education. Of those who do, tion for a more efficient and inclusive and increase in recruitments, NEP And five years later, the independent India essary to enable our human resources adapt diverse cul- nearly 30 per cent drop out after Class learning environment. Children learn recognised critical gaps like urban-rural published its first National Education Policy to the disruptive changes. The Covid-19 cri- ture system. VI and of the remaining 44 per cent best if they learn in their mother divide in the availability of teachers. (NEP 1968). It manifested our unequivocal sis created an exponential need for online edu- The NEP will drop out before Class VIII. This tongue in the early years. The chal- Recruiting teachers from local commitment to embark upon the “great cation, and the teaching fraternity and students open door to ( 5H'LL11 ( means that more than three crore chil- lenge of coping with a language that areas, providing them housing facili- ascent” of economic development that were involuntarily familiarised with various international dren in the 6-17 years age group are is not used in the households is ties and discouraging frequent trans- Heilbroner talked about. conferencing platforms. universities to establish their campus in India. excluded from the education system. greater for children from marginalised fers would lead to a more sustainable Since then, we have come a long way. Fourthly, it takes our endeavour of uni- Hence, it can be an opportunity for Indian and A large majority of them are children communities, Scheduled Tribes in teacher-student relationship in rural Indian education system has given one of the versal education to the next level, viz. the uni- foreign universities to have collaboration and from marginalised communities, particular. Those who can afford sup- areas. Making a provision for “special most sought-after brains to the world. We have versal high-quality education. This emphasis establish their campus. This sort of collabo- including Scheduled Castes, Scheduled plementary training in an unfamiliar educators” for differently-abled chil- groomed one of the finest mathematicians, on quality is also reflected in the restructur- ration will form a platform for exchange of Tribes, religious minority groups and language gain a significant advantage dren at the middle and secondary level engineers, doctors and accounting profes- ing of school curriculum and pedagogy from knowledge that will not restrict itself differently abled children. Girls are the over their poorer counterparts. is another novel step towards a more sionals that form the backbones of Fortune 500 today’s 10 + 2 system to a new 5+3+3+4 design: to academic level but it will reach among the worst affected across these categories The NEP recommends that the inclusive and equitable education sys- companies. India forms the fastest growing and Foundational stage, consisting of 3 years of pre- students. and literacy data from several reports medium of instruction until at least tem. Providing barrier free access to the fifth largest economy in the world and school and 2 years of primary school; prepara- Seventhly, multidisciplinary approach in have underlined this. class five to be in the local lan- school infrastructure, providing them boasts having the most vibrant diaspora in dif- tory stage, consisting of grades 3-5, building educational system will bring holistic devel- As per the 75th round of NSSO guage/mother tongue/home language. with appropriate technology assis- ferent geographies, thanks to the traditional on the pedagogical and curricular style of the opment among the students. It will also pro- data, female literacy rate in India was This initiative would be a great leveller tance tool and creation of accommo- quench to seek wisdom and truth through dif- foundational stage; middle stage, consisting of vide an opportunity to students to pursue their 70.3 per cent compared to 84.7 per for all those children; besides improv- dation facilities for these children on ferent sources of knowledge. grades 6-8, introducing experiential learning passion and give various dimensions from cent for males among people of 7 years ing their learning and reducing the school premises are all steps recom- In the last three decades, we have witness within each subject and explorations of rela- students’ latest knowledge to the respective and above. The provision to create a dropout ratio after class five. mended in the policy towards creat- tremendous technological advancements and tions among different subjects, along with the sectors. “Gender-Inclusion fund” for capacity Offering a wide range of choices ing an enabling ecosystem for differ- drastic changes in economies and societies, but introduction of more specialized subjects building towards providing equitable of subjects to secondary school stu- ently-abled children. education could not remain immune from that. and subject teachers; secondary stage, con- A thorny path ahead and quality education to all girls and dents would lead to a more holistic The NEP recognises that socio- An ever-evolving technological landscape sisting of grades 9 -12, involving greater depth, A great policy does not necessarily result transgender students is a historic step learning environment for the children. economic marginalisation and exclu- and the commensurate requirements of greater critical thinking, greater attention to into a great outcome, unless there is a con- towards a more inclusive learning Streams like music and arts have sion is multidimensional and that chil- improved knowledge, skills and attitude called life aspirations, and greater flexibility and stu- tinued commitment towards the objective. The environment. been undervalued in the educational dren from socio-economically disad- for an equally agile and adaptive human dent choice of subjects. earlier NEP 1968 envisaged an investment of A vast body of international system for far too long. Although pri- vantaged groups (SEDGs) have been resource development. Our current educa- In particular, the students would have an 6 per cent of GDP in the educational sector. research has conclusively shown that vate educational institutions have underrepresented in the education sys- tional system increasingly struggled to offer option of exiting after grade 10 and re-enter- As against that, our current outlay in the sec- 90 per cent of brain development in a realised their importance making tem. Categorising their exclusion on solutions to these challenges. It looked increasing in the next phase to pursue vocational or tor is pegged at about 4.43 per cent (source: child occurs before the age of five. them integral to their curriculum, gov- the lines of gender, socio-cultural ingly static, compartmentalised and detached any other courses available in grades 11-12, NEP 2020). This leaves us with an investment Modifying the existing 10+2 struc- ernment schools have continued to and geographical identities, disabilities from the ground realities. including attending a more specialised school, gap of almost Rs 3 lakh crore year on year. ture of school education and intro- neglect them, dubbing them as “extra- and vulnerabilities that include victims Against this backdrop, the committee if so desired. Out of the current expenditure, a sizable ducing the Early Childhood Care and curricular”. Underprivileged children of trafficking, orphans, child beggars headed by renowned scientist and former ISRO This, coupled with the changes in grading portion is spent on the primary education, Education (ECCE) programme, NEP in government schools have not been in urban areas, and the urban poor, the chief K Kasturirangan has proposed ground systems and introduction of continuous feed- leaving an insufficient investment in the 2020 has responded to this impending exposed to a whole new world. NEP has broadened the framework of breaking changes in both, educational policy back mechanism may bring about the desired higher education. And the outcome is glaring. need with a strong commitment to uni- The NEP has also recognised the looking at exclusion from a class-caste- and its implementation, culminating into the qualitative changes in the educational sector. A recent OECD report mentions that around versalising pre-school foundational huge educational potential of gender lens. The recommendation to National Education Policy (NEP 2020). The NEP also focused on providing vocational 71 per cent of adults in India do not have upper learning. The NEP envisions that (Anganwadi) AWCs in India. There are create “special education zones”, areas While a lot has been written and shared education and internship at school level. secondary education. every child under the age of five will close to 14 lakh AWCs in India but they with large presence of SEDGs, would in the public domain about NEP 2020, what These internship will not limit benefitting only A lot of effort would go into building new be included in foundational learning have been predominantly looked at as ensure inclusive actions in most of impressed me as an educationist are the below to the academic institutes and students, but it curriculum, material, testing standards, devel- process. A large percentage of children nutritional supplement centres till these areas. five aspects: will also have advantage for local market, oping AI-based evaluation apps, capacity entering primary education in India, now. This policy realises their poten- The NEP substantially lays the Firstly, it introduces a much-needed flex- industry and agriculture sector. As the local building, etc. To bring about the desired qual- especially in Government schools, do tial as foundational teaching spaces. As critical foundation for a more inclu- ibility, so that learners can choose their learn- market will acquire the latest information for itative change in education, the NEP 2020 not possess the ability to read and AWC are largely used by children from sive school education. However, there ing trajectories and programmes. There the latest trends and latest development envisages conducting 6-month certificate pro- comprehend basic texts, meaning that marginalised communities, envisaging are innumerable challenges ahead in would be no hard separations between arts and respective fields from the students, it will assist grammes for the anganwadi workers in Early they are not school-ready. them as centres for foundational learn- terms of its implementation. And the sciences, between curricular and extra-cur- them to explore new market opportunities Childhood Care and Education (ECCE). Just Pre-school foundational learning ing is a significant step towards a more implementation of the provisions will ricular activities, between vocational and nationally and internationally. Students will imagine, there are around 13 lakh anganwa- will ensure that children are school inclusive pre-school education. Scaling essentially depend upon a harmonious academic streams, etc. have an exposure to local corporate and agri- di workers in India. So, how much time will ready as they enter grade 1 and will sig- up the infrastructure of AWC would cooperation between the units of the If we delve into the history, we see multi- cultural sector that can lead them to utilise it take to conduct their certifications? Thanks nificantly reduce the number of yield dual results: Improved nutritional federal structure. ple examples of how great personalities had their knowledge to resolve issues faced by local to Government of India, where Prime Minister dropouts at the primary school level. status of children and providing them switched over from one educational sector to market and also can contribute for its growth. Modi has given his consistent focus on infra- Many research studies have shown that with foundational learning. (The writer is an another. Sir Charles Darwin had left his med- In this way academic institutes can play a role structural development in the field of infor- pre-primary education is of tremen- Research shows that undernutri- Assistant Professor at ical education at Edinburgh halfway, and of catalyst for local social transformation. mation technology which can enable flow of dous importance as it gives children a tion is one of the biggest impediments the Centre for later pursued his passion in Botany at Fifthly, the NEP proposes the much need- information from urban to rural India. The solid foundation to begin an efficient in the path towards education of chil- the Study of Cambridge. Jack Ma was a dropout of ed “de-bureaucratisation” of the higher edu- NEP focuses on online and digital education. and more productive educational dren from underprivileged house- Social Exclusion and Harvard prior to building his Alibaba cation in India. It envisages an umbrella organ- These days Internet is flooded with educational future. While children from privileged holds. Inadequate food and lack of Inclusive Policy, JNU, Empire. Similarly, Sachin Tendulkar is prac- isation, the Higher Education Commission of content. The content available thus need to be and mostly urban households had the nutrition not only compromises their Delhi) tically a PhD in Cricket; however, the current India (HGCI) that would facilitate a “light but monitored and authorised by Ministry of benefit of attending pre-schools, chil- immunity but also impairs their learn- educational system didn’t call him even a grad- tight” regulatory framework. The committee Education to eliminate unwanted content bur- dren from marginalised families, rural ing ability. Several studies have found uate. However, things are expected to change and the Government of India deserve a den on the students. and remote areas were left in the lurch. clear association between school meals during NEP 2020. round of applause for drafting and approving The pursuit of knowledge (jnan), wisdom To mitigate the exclusion of such chil- and educational performance. Secondly, it envisages making education a policy that envisions a faceless and trans- (pragyaa), and truth (satya) has always been dren, the NEP also commits to give pri- Introduction of breakfast in schools is more experiential. It’s worth mentioning parent regulatory intervention using technol- considered in Indian thought and philosophy ority to areas that are particularly socio- a great step towards eliminating class- para 1.25 of NEP 2020, which says, “In our ogy, thereby reducing the human interface. as the highest human goal. Thus, NEP 2020 economically disadvantaged. room hunger and universalisation of opinion, all good and purpose- Sixthly, education is one of the crucial tools is a great step forward to achieve that goal. The Setting up of the National Mission primary education. ful education should consist of in soft power politics. Many international stu- destiny of India is being shaped in universi- on Foundational Literacy and A vision of an inclusive education at least four basic elements: dents carry impact of the country where they ties and academic institutions. Numeracy to achieve universal foun- system towards achieving universal literacy or a study of lan- study. In India, more than 1 lakh international dational literacy by 2025 will ensure education is one of the biggest high- guages, the humanities students attain their educational degrees in var- (The writer is executive president of MIT- a focussed and time-bound imple- lights of the NEP. It sets the goal to and the social sciences; ious universities. India is one of the favourite World Peace University, Pune ) 1C 1229A434741!

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Even of Pakistan, and the 1971 Bangladesh 2005. inclusion in military was celebrated The partition of British India in 1947 of trust deficits”. though the religious factor cannot be war came as a testament to this. In 2008, the Pakistan Army had as a watershed moment, the com- is often seen in a similar vein - a Religion gave the country a discounted, ethnic identity provides As an essential evil for the state’s two Hindu officers in its Medical munity still continues to live on the product of the collective ego of common cause and identity, and a an alternative explanation. The exclu- sustenance, some space had to be corps: Capt Danish and Capt Aneel periphery. Equal citizenship, human elites who exploited religion for perceived threat to Islam and exis- sion of the Hindu community from created for the ethnic minorities, Kumar. In 2019, Dr Kelash Garvada rights, religious freedom, these are power and political gains. tential threat from India gave the the military at large may be seen as including Balochis, Sindhis, and became the first-ever Hindu Major sporadic political gimmicks used by India’s tryst with destiny under army the grandeur, power and con- a subset of Pakistan’s attitude towards religious minorities such as Hindus. in the Pakistan Army. the Pakistan Army to strengthen Jawaharlal Nehru found a secular lib- trol it desired. The Pakistan Army Mohajirs - an ethnic group which has Evidently the prospects of Hindu their domestic hold while portraying (/+ ++"&5( eral State. The Islamic Republic of functioned without any account- been sidelined in Pakistan’s social Hindu’s tryst with Pak Army officers rising higher up in the hier- a positive image to the world. Pakistan, on the other hand, posit- ability, as rightly pointed out by his- fabric despite their Islamic affiliation. Interestingly, in 2001, when archy seem to be limited evident Nevertheless, the toxic blend of ed the army as custodian. One won- torian Ayesha Jalal, and posited When General Ayub Khan took up Pervez Musharraf became the from the fact that after seven decades martial race and Islamic garb will ders why the status of the army fol- itself as the protector of Islam and the reins of Pakistan in 1958, tension President, the chicken started com- of existence, the country’s highest- continue to keep Hindus on the lowed a different script in both guardian of the national borders. between Mohajirs on one hand and ing home to roost. Musharraf, a ranking Hindu officer is still a fringe. countries despite mutual hatred, However, that wasn’t enough for the Sindhis, Punjabis and Pashtuns on Mohajir, needed to build a support Major. Moreover, since Major Kelash paranoia, fear, and antagonism on army to establish political clout the other started surfacing. It was base for his unelected party and thus is being celebrated as the country’s (Prem Anand Mishra is a doc- both sides. The answer perhaps lies internally. Islamic garb convenient- during this period that a sense of co-opted the Mohajir Quami first Hindu officer to have braced the toral candidate at the School of in events that occurred at the time ly veiled the baggage of colonialism alienation started enveloping the Movement (MQM). This political rank of Major, it is safe to assume that International Studies, JNU, New of partition. Pakistan suffered early for the Army to carry out its own community. alliance gave a sense of security to the both Capt Danesh and Aneel Kumar Delhi. Divya Malhotra is a non-res- "LF ++ '57( setbacks: The passing of Jinnah and design and shape its narrative. Thus, The ethnic cleavages in con- alienated Mohajir community, who did not rise further up the ranks. 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