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 R   + /        oicing concern over the spike Vin coronavirus cases in big cities like Lucknow, Varanasi and   + Development Department to address should be followed in its spirit and Bahraich, Balrampur, Shravasti. He Prayagraj, Chief Minister Yogi the problem of malnutrition. Other an awareness campaign should be sought to know about the child’s Adityanath said that special efforts iving a clarion call to eradicate departments such as Agriculture, launched to inform people about the weight, age, growth, benefits provid- were required to control the viral Gthe social ill of malnutrition Rural Development, Food and Civil qualities of Mint, Turmeric, Bel, ed by the government etc. infection and asked senior officials among children, Chief Minister Yogi Supply, AYUSH and Horticulture also Aolna, Neem and Tulsi, Yogi said. Mothers of the children thanked to review health services in the Adityanath said special care should have to play an important role in this He said that a target was fixed to the chief minister for improvement cities. be taken of the health of mothers because they help families to improve bring down malnutrition by one per in their kid’s health. The chief min- “Special efforts are required to because this was the key to make their economic status and availabil- cent in the next six months. He asked ister suggested to parents to follow control COVID-19 infection in Uttar Pradesh healthy and it required ity of food grain,” he said. The chief officials to identify SAM children. A cattle rearing and asked the district Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar, participation of every citizen. minister said that no such drive could one day-drive will be launched to administration to make available Gorakhpur, Varanasi and The chief minister sought to be successful without public partic- take measure of height and weight of cows to the families of the most mal- Prayagraj. Senior officials should inmates be kept in temporary in Lucknow that there were 58,595 spread this message while reviewing ipation. He asked the official machin- all the children to fix the baseline to nourished child. He said that the go there and monitor ground jails first. The chief minister direct- active cases in UP, while 5,006 the preparations for National ery to connect people’s representa- gauge future progress. In addition to compost and milk from the cow realities,” Yogi said at the Team 11 ed officials to conduct surveillance, COVID-19 patients had recovered Nutrition Month-2020 commencing tives, media persons, voluntary this, the Health Department will would be beneficial for their kids. meeting in Lucknow on Friday. door-to-door survey and medical in the last 24 hours, taking the on September 7 and speaking with organisations and social workers check up SAM/MAM children. While interacting with the father The chief minister directed the testing effectively to control number of cured patients to parents of some of the most malnour- with this drive to make it a public The chief minister also of 3-year-old Aryan from Gaisdi in additional chief secretary (medical COVID-19. He also asked them to 1,90,818 in the state. ished children through video confer- movement. He also asked officials to announced award for the best per- Balrampur, the chief minister was education) to visit Kanpur Nagar make extra efforts to augment ICU “On Thursday, 1.46 lakh sam- encing.. integrate Anganwadi workers, ASHA, forming districts. told that Aryan’s weight was 2 kg to make on-the-spot inspection of bed capacity. ples were tested. There were 30,084 It may be recalled that September ANMs, gram pradhans and self- The chief minister directed offi- when he was born, and now his health services on September 5. “It is necessary to take patients asymptomatic patients in home is observed as National Nutrition help groups to create an awareness cials to monitor the target during 3- weight was 12.9 kg. “We are getting Similarly, the additional chief sec- to Covid hospital at the earliest to isolation. Till now 1.15 lakh pos- Month and owing to the coronavirus among the people about nutritional 6 month and make assessment by benefited with the continuous avail- retary (health) and additional save lives,” he said. itive patients went for home iso- pandemic this year, the works under value in their children. “The sanita- March 2021. He directed the district ability of nutritious food,” Aryan’s chief secretary (panchayati raj With the second highest num- lation in out of which 85,110 have this will be undertaken through dig- tion workers and ODF workers magistrates to convene a meeting of father said. and rural development) were asked ber of 6,193 fresh COVID-19 recovered,” he said. ital means. should also be involved in this drive,” the district nutrition committee to Similarly, 4-year-old Supriya’s to review the situation in Lucknow. cases on Friday, the count of con- Giving age-wise figures of The chief minister said that the chief minister said.. facilitate the convergence of depart- mother, Neelam, said that now her “The top officials should be firmed cases in UP mounted to positive patients in the state, the “nutrition drive” was an important On this occasion, the chief min- ments concerned. Yogi also daughter’s weight was 13 kg. The accompanied by the vice chancel- 2,53,175, thus crossing the 2.5 additional chief secretary said that event inspired by Prime Minister ister directed officials to set up a announced that he would review the mother of 13-month-old baby lor of KGMU and director of lakh-mark. The death toll also 14.12 per cent were in 0 to 20 years Narendra Modi and it aimed at ‘Nutri Garden’ in which the land of progress of this programme in two Chetna told the chief minister that SGPGI. The situation in Lucknow reached 3,762 with 71 fresh casu- age group, the highest 48.70 per looking after the well-being of chil- government schools, residential months and before that the chief sec- her daughter was gaining weight and Kanpur Nagar has to be con- alties in the last 24 hours. cent were in 21 to 40 years age dren and mothers. schools, anganwadi centres and gram retary would review it in a month. It because of the continuous availabil- trolled,” he said The recovery rate of COVID- group, 28.50 per cent in 41 to 60 He hoped that all the depart- panchayat should be given prefer- will be preceded by weekly review at ity of nutritious food through vari- Yogi also directed that the 19 patients in the state has gone up years age group and 8.68 per cent ments concerned would make a ence. the district level and later by the divi- ous schemes. additional chief secretary (medical to 75.37 per cent, while fatality rate in the age group of above 60 years. concerted effort to take Uttar Pradesh Under the ‘Nutri Garden’ con- sional commissioners. Najma’s daughter, who is now 10- education) and a team would fur- has come down to 1.48 per cent, Prasad also said that till date to the top in the country as far as cept, apart from community places, The chief minister, inquired month-old, said the girl was just one ther move to Prayagraj for inspec- which is lower than the national Covid surveillance was done in nutrition is concerned. every household would be encour- about the condition of children from kilograms when she was born but tion on September 6. He asked the average. 87,569 areas by over 3.15 lakh “The departments of Health, aged to grow fruits, vegetables and the parents who have been benefit- now her weight was 6.100 kg. officers to carry out regular check- Additional Chief Secretary teams, covering 2.12 crore hous- Panchayati Raj and Education should medicinal plants . ed by various nutrition schemes in Akram’s mother said that now his 13- up of jail inmates and said that new (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said es having 10.64 crore people. converge with the Women and Child The rich heritage of Ayurveda five aspirational districts including month-old son weighed 8.5 kilos. ,+R       <3*53''(*(5("$(!83)(5$5*3" Lucknow (PNS): The younger on Friday afternoon. The MLA Lucknow (PNS): A youth detained by and ordered a probe. Further inves- whom it was alleged that he was brother of a BJP MLA from and local officers reached the the police committed suicide in tigations are underway. unconscious and in a serious condi- Tirwa seat of Kannauj, who was spot to collect first hand infor- Gilaula police station of Shrawasti on Meanwhile in Ballia, after a tion, was the first one to flee. In a med- infected by coronavirus, ended mation and ascertain the rea- Friday, after which the SHO was sus- police-public clash left a dozen ical examination, not even a scratch his life by leaping off the terrace son for the suicide. pended and a probe was ordered. injured, an FIR was lodged against 102 was found on his body,” he said. of a medical college hospital on Other family members, As per reports, Wajid Ali of people, including 60 unnamed, on “Police outpost in-charge Friday. including Sanjay’s wife, also Darjinpurawa village was arrested Friday. SP of Ballia, Devendra Nath, Dharmendra Singh and head consta- As per reports, Sanjay tested positive. All of them after being accused in a criminal case said, “An FIR has been registered ble Rajbali were suspended over the Rajput (45), the younger broth- were in home isolation at their and lodged at Gilaula police station. against 102 people, including 60 incident. The Gangsters Act will be er of legislator Kailash Rajput, Chhibramau residence. On Friday morning, Ali went to the unnamed and 42 named, for clashing invoked against the accused,” the SP had tested positive for coron- On Friday, Sanjay Rajput’s bathroom in the police station premis- with police, indulging in brick-batting said. Enraged over the police beating avirus infection on August 28 condition worsened and he es. But when he did not come out till and injuring 12 people, including up Rajbhar, villagers had blocked and was admitted to Kannauj was admitted to Kannauj med- late, the door was opened by the cops policemen. Of them, 15 have been Ballia-Lucknow highway on Thursday medical college hospital after ical college hospital and put up and they found him hanging with a arrested.” The SP denied the allega- and when the cops tried to remove his condition worsened. in a private ward on the second rope. Taking a serious note of the lax- tion that Pannalal Rajbhar (35) was them, the mob hurled stones at cops, However, he jumped off floor. The cause behind the ity, SP AK Singh suspended SHO of beaten up by the police. “When the ransacked a temporary police post and the terrace of the hospital later incident is yet to be ascertained. Gilaula police station, Vinod Kumar, brick-batting started, Rajbhar, about damaged six vehicles. 8*63 + /8
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However, would have to hide their faces. whereas it should be Ankit bars in containment zones will On her part, BSP chief Mayawati Sharma. remain closed. alleged that the previous Samajwadi The permission to open Party regime and the present appointments in SSC-CGL in 2017 Ambedkar was broken and the was however subject to certain Bharatiya Janata Partygovernment while the result of the exam did not monikers of districts and institutes NOTICE restrictions. As per orders were the same as far as oppression of come out in 2018. The SSC-CGL named after them were changed, issued by the Excise Dalits and Brahmins was concerned. exams were not held in 2019 while in exactly the same thing is happening Department, bars and clubs In a post on Facebook, Pryianka 2020, the vacancies were not released. now under the BJP government. I Sanjeev Kr. Singh have will implement the guidelines posted, “Third incident in the past 20 In a tweet, she said, “No exams if Such incidents, first in Varanasi and changed my daughter's name for social distancing and sani- days in Lakhimpur. Three-year-old vacancies are released, no results if then in Jaunpur, are extremely con- from Sanskriti to Parinidhi. In tisation issued by the Central murdered after being raped. Another exams are held, no recruitments if demnable. The government should future she will be known as and the state governments. case of murder after rape in results come out.” take appropriate steps in this matter,” Parinidhi. Sanjeev Kumar Liquor at the bar will not Kaushambi. Rape in a bus in Meanwhile, in a series of tweets, Mayawati wrote in a series of tweets Singh Rampur Noornagar, be served at the counter and it Ayodhya. Crimes against women are Mayawati said that the kind of on Friday. Jalalpur Bazar Kanhi, Chapra will be mandatory for all increasing and the UP government is oppression Brahmins and Dalits were Earlier, the BSP chief had lashed Sadar, Bihar-841412 employees to use masks and hiding figures. If this continues, the facing in the previous SP government, out at the BJP government over dip- gloves during business hours. government will find it difficult to the same was being done under the ping law and order situation in the yƒ ˆx Bar owners have been hide its face. It has become a jungle current BJP government. state and sought to know whether this directed to not allow the entry raj.” “Besides, Muslims are also being was the Ram rajya that the ruling of any person without thermal Earlier, the Congress leader cited oppressed and are being implicated party promised. Citing recent cases of r†wu ‚xG s‚q ‡Vrs sAx scanning and only 50 per cent a report over SSC-CGL examinations in false cases which is extremely sad. crime in some parts of the state, %& ('! tT ‰ r†w† vs q† seating capacity will be allowed and slammed the UP government, The way in which the statue of Dalit Mayawati demanded strict action ys‚ay ys‚ay w†qxHa r†h 2„sW‚x inside the bar. saying that there had been no messiah Baba Saheb Bhimrao against those involved in them. ‰hsq (" ('# q† GAxxˆ vw %& ('! tu ‰hsq qu ‡x6 Eur u ˆu  syht ‘“xr ‡„‘wx‡v„wd       0    Axxˆx yƒ†Hu qxˆv„w ˆ‘w6   + arrested. second wife killed his seven-year-old daughter During quizzing, he owned up the crime. and buried her in his house at Izzatnagar. rimes against the fairer sex continued The police said that the accused was earli- As per reports, Ravi Babu of Alok Nagar Cunabated across the state as a 17-year-old er booked for rape at Puramufti police station married Ritu after the death of his first wife girl was raped and murdered in Kaushambi, and sent to jail in connection with the case. about two years ago. On Thursday, they cou- while opposition to teasing of a Dalit girl led to In Jaunpur, one person was killed and two ple killed Kajal (7) and buried her in the house. the murder of one person and serious injuries others were seriously injured after they opposed After the cops came quizzing on a complaint of to two others in Jaunpur. the teasing of a local Dalit girl on Thursday their neighbours, the couple said that they had In Kaushambi, Savita (17) of Malak night. The Dalit girl from Chauhan Basti in buried their pet dog. But some kids informed Mohiddinpur hamlet of Puramufti, left home Dhema hamlet of Badlapur was going to ease the police that Kajal had died and was buried to attend the call of nature late Thursday herself on Thursday night when some youths there. The girl’s cousin Suraj also lodged a police evening. On her way, Rajesh alias Hero dragged from Brahmin basti intercepted her and start complaint alleging that his sister had been mur- her into a paddy field and raped her. The rapist teasing her. When the girl raised an alarm, dered. then strangled her to death. Dinesh Chauhan (25) came to her rescue but Following orders by the district magistrate, When the victim did not return home till the youths attacked him with sticks and rods. the girl’s body was exhumed. NOTICE late in the night, her family started searching Some locals from the Dalit basti also Ravi and his wife were detained and the for her and found her body in the bushes. They rushed but they too were attacked in which matter was being investigated. later informed the police about it. Dinesh died while two others, identified as In Lakhimpur Kheri, the autopsy report of My daughter name mentioned Superintendent of Police of Kaushambi, Narain Chauhan (50) and Pradeep (38), were a three-year-old girl, who was found dead in a in school record as Iqra Saeed Abhinandan, reached the spot and oversaw critically injured. On being informed, the cane field, confirmed that she was raped before by mistake, this to be correct- investigations wherein the name of Rajesh of the police along with senior officers rushed to the being murdered. This is the third such incident ed as Iqra. Similarly my name same village cropped up. spot and shifted the injured to a hospital. in the district in three weeks. wrongly mentioned as Rafia As the police closed in on his home on A case was registered but no one could be The accused was nabbed in an encounter Saeed by mistake, same to be on Friday. The girl’s body, which bore injuries corrected as Rafia Sultana. 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   12  3  3        + ing a webinar organised by a Nephrology department develop kidney injury when cine, has issued a statement, ‘A health organisation, Health (SGPGI), Dr Narayan Prasad urine-making process is affect- call to action: Furthering the esting has been increased Minister JP Singh said that the said they were carrying out ed and patients cannot pass fight against falsified and sub-   + Tin the district and 9,000 state government was working research which shows that the urine, resulting in the meta- standard medical products’, on samples were tested on on all the fronts to check the mortality rate is high among bolic waste getting accumu- behalf of its member acade- head of the restart of metro September 2 even though the upsurge of Covid-19, ranging patients on dialysis infected lated in the the body. The sec- mies on Friday,” he said. Aoperations amidst coron- number was usually kept to from testing and healthcare with coronavirus. ond category of patients is “There is a growing men- avirus pandemic, UPMRC 6,000 to 8,000 per day. CMO activities to submission of “We have collected data of those suffering from chronic ace of fake vaccines, medi- managing director Kumar incharge MK Singh said they reports on a daily basis, which more than 200 patients on renal disease,” he explained. He cines, and other medical prod- Keshav inspected the pre- were continuously making Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath dialysis across the state and it added that 20 per cent of the ucts that can kill you. The toll paredness of stations on the efforts to increase the number reviews and monitors. is showing that the death rate patients suffer from acute kid- from falsified and substandard stretch from Munshipulia to of Level-2 and Level-3 beds to About the current status of is higher among them. The ney injury and 7-10 per cent of medical products may be as KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium. He ensure better treatment and the pandemic and govern- reason is that these patients them require dialysis. high as a million lives lost per inspected all the stations and facilities for patients. “We have ment’s strategy, the minister have a very low immunity and Meanwhile, Indian year. The IAP has recom- took stock of the cleanliness at sufficient ICU and HDU beds said: “We have redefined the they are malnutritioned too, National Science Academy mended a set of actions and ticketing counters, AFC gates, but we are making efforts to testing ecosystem as the num- hence they are more suscepti- (INSA) consultant CM urged all stakeholders to join TVMs, entry/exit gates and increase the number of beds,” ber of tests being conducted ble to infection. Also, they suf- Nautiyal said they have taken forces and solve this urgent high-frequency touch points. he said. per day is high. Likewise, to fer from comorbidities. Forty up the issue of fake & spurious issue. Falsified and sub-stan- He also instructed the opera- A senior official at the scan the minutest details of the per cent patients who are on drugs and substandard equip- dard medical products — such tional staff such as station con- CMO office said Lucknow upsurge and to bend the curve, dialysis have co-morbidities ment in Covid-19 times which as vaccines, medical devices trollers, customer care assis- continues to be the top district we are conducting Sero-sur- and 80 per cent of them have is a serious issue and must be and veterinary products that tants and security personnel to %    
           in the state in terms of the veillance in 11 worst-hit dis- heart disease and coronary dealt with sternly. are ‘fake’ or of poor quality — wear masks and gloves while number of tests conducted. tricts of the state.” heart disease. The mortality “The issue has come to are an increasing global dealing with commuters. for generating tokens from future of East-West corridor, he “We have carried out a total of Emphasising the need to rate among these patients fore during this pandemic scourge that threatens life, Keeping in mind the health ticket-vending machines for said it would get full benefits. 3.25 lakh tests in the district till build strong healthcare infra- down with Covid-19 is 13 per again, though known for a long health and security in signif- and safety of commuters their family members. “It is necessary and one-line now. We will now be organis- structure in the country, the cent,” he said. time. INSA, as a part of Inter- icant ways. This is because amidst the pandemic, UPMRC The stations will be sani- operations will not help. It ing camps in 107 slums of the minister said the greatest learn- “Covid-19 patients in Uttar Academy Partnership (IAP), a patients receiving these prod- has revisited the operational tised at an interval of every 4-5 should get a nod because the district for testing. At 73 per ing from the pandemic was to Pradesh have two types of global network consisting of ucts not only get ineffective framework to adhere to the hours and each train will be expenditure of the East-West cent, the recovery rate is high have a well-designed health- kidney problems. One catego- over 140 national and region- treatment but are also often highest standards of health sanitised twice a day. The corridor is over a period of five in the district,” he added. care infrastructure in place. ry is those who suffer from al member academies of sci- exposed to serious harm,” he and hygiene. The revamped UPMRC managing director years and only 20 per cent is the Meanwhile, while address- Meanwhile, head of Covid-19 pneumonia and then ence, engineering and medi- said. guidelines of UPMRC extend said they have adopted the contribution of the state and to every outlet and encompass highest level of hygiene and Central governments towards check-in procedures, station safety measures for the well- equity. It should come up con- premises and surveillance sys- being of commuters. He also necting all those congested tems. UPMRC has already urged people to practise areas with the North-South !(''3)$$)4 8     
  made arrangements for the hygiene, cleanliness, social dis- corridor,” he said, adding that availability of tissue papers tancing and adhere to precau- they were waiting for a nod and sanitisers at all the wash- tions for the overall well-being from the state government. (!C)633,$"43 rooms of metro stations. of themselves as well as that of He further pointed out that  )   Special emphasis is being also their families. they were currently focusing on laid on mopping and cleanli- Meanwhile, on the third running the train for a safe jour- ness inside the station premis- anniversary of Lucknow Metro ney. “We will also be focusing on 6$'$!3*(5("$   + his phone. “The bike-borne has been no let-up in crime inci- es. Keshav also advised the staff on Friday, Keshav said the property development and miscreants sped off in no time,” dents. The police are constant- to encourage passengers to use fourth year has begun with commercial development Navy officer was deprived Sharma said. As the news broke, ly carrying out drives against GoSmart cards to reduce the challenges and efforts were because we have to begin our   + he was ending his life by setting Aof his mobile phone, forc- the police sent into a tizzy. chain/mobile-snatchers and transmission risk. The com- required to gain the confidence loan repayment from April himself afire and that his in-laws ing police to remain on toes for Senior officials reached the robbers but the criminals are muters can also use these cards of commuters. Asked about the 2021,” he said. pset over the alleged provo- were responsible for that. It several hours on Thursday scene and directed the Vibhuti apparently fearless,” they said. Ucation by his in-laws after changed the direction of inves- night. However, the police were Khand police to register a case Meanwhile, a man was his wife committed suicide, a tigation. yet to get any clue about the and arrest the accused. A day allegedly deprived of Rs 25,000 N !"(553*!43E34 property dealer immolated him- The police said the fire miscreants. On Thursday after the incident, the police inside a bank in Ghazipur police self at his house in Ashiyana late engulfed the refrigerator which evening, two bike-borne were yet to get any clue about station area on Friday and fled Thursday night. Police recov- exploded and the flames spread unidentified miscreants looted the miscreants. “Yogendra told unchallenged. However, police -3*!"$$5(3!O ered a suicide note in which he further. “Neighbours came to an expansive mobile phone us that he was a relative of the claimed that he was tricked by alleged that his in-laws pro- know of the incident after they from a Navy officer, said to be Deputy CM,” police spokesman some conman. As per reports, Lucknow (PNS): Twenty-five out addressing the issue of voked him to take the extreme heard the explosion and then a relative of Deputy CM Dinesh AK Dwivedi said. He added that Amrish of Nandi Vihar Colony per cent of the global ground- water, especially that of pure step. The deceased was identi- they called us. The police Sharma. the teams were scanning CCTV in Chinhat went to the bank to water extraction happens in and drinking water, the goals fied as Abhishek Bhardwaj (38) reached the scene and recov- The victim, identified as footage in the area and were deposit the money on behalf of India, of which 63% is used for of human development could of Rajni Khand locality in ered Abhishek’s charred body,” Yogendra Sharma of hoping to get a clue about the his brother-in-law. Around irrigation. NGT has laid down not be achieved. He also Ashiyana. His wife Diksha had the police said. The police said Gomtinagar, was standing at miscreants soon. The police 12:50 pm, he was counting the directions for formulation and stressed on the need for committed suicide two months that in the suicide note, Kathauta Jheel crossing and spokesman said teams had been currency notes when he heard execution of STP and utilisa- designing a national water ago due to financial crisis and Abhishek mentioned the names talking to someone on phone formed to nab the miscreants. someone say that the server was tion of treated water for each management strategy, making Abhishek was living all alone in of father-in-law (Munna Lal), when he was targeted. He said Sources said the police dysfunctional. “As I stood up, city, town and village. investments in water infra- the house. Sources said that a mother-in-law (Bitto), brother- he was on a walk near his arrested over a dozen someone snatched the cash This was stated by former structure, adopting advanced case was registered against in-laws (Pawan & Amit) and house and talking to a friend chain/mobile-snatchers in the from me and fled the scene,” Chief Secretary of UP and technologies, creating new Abhishek. others. The Ashiyana police when the miscreants snatched past fortnight. “However, there Amrish said. member of Oversight water sources, adopting prin- The couple are survived by said a case was registered Committee, National Green ciples of circular economy two minor children who are against the accused for abet- Tribunal, Anup Chandra and implementing innova- currently staying with their ment to suicide. Ashiyana SHO Pandey while addressing the tive water management maternal uncle. As per reports, Sanjay Rai said the suicide note   !! virtual ‘CII Water Summit’, solutions. some neighbours heard an was recovered from under the held on Friday. He also said explosion in the house late photo of the deceased's wife in Lucknow (PNS): Energy peak demand was 23,419 24,500 MW. Sharma further that there was a huge potential Thursday night after which a a room. Minister Shrikant Sharma said megawatt (MW) which was said that construction of 50 in this segment and the indus- fire broke out. A team of police Meanwhile, a man, identi- that UP Power Transmission met successfully. By next sum- new sub-stations would be try should come forward. reached the scene but by then fied as Bablu Rathor of Badal Corporation Limited (UPPT- mer, the maximum demand is completed in a time-bound Chairman of CII Northern the fire had taken a violent turn. Kheda in Para, suffered fatal CL) was preparing to boost expected to reach 26,500 MW manner by June, 2021, which Region Council Nikhil Neighbours had no idea that electric shock at his house transmission capacity as and we are improving our net- would help prevent unneces- Sawhney pointed out that the Abhishek was inside the house around noon on Thursday and demand was likely to reach work,” Sharma said. sary tripping. He also warned issue of water needs to be and they were shocked when died later. Reports said Bablu of 26,500-MW level by next Keeping the increased of stern action against irre- addressed before it turns into the police recovered his charred Unnao was a native of Unnao summer. He directed the demand in mind, the state’s sponsible officers. a severe crisis. He pointed out body. The fire was doused later. and was living in Lucknow on UPPTCL officials to add 50 capability to import power Sharma said that Chairman that recycling should be The police were initially under rent. His landlord Dhaniram new power transmission sub- from outside will be increased of UPPCL and Director- encouraged through policy the impression that Abhishek said Bablu was fixing a snag in stations to ensure uninter- to 14,000 MW, while power General Vigilance had been mandate. got trapped in the fire but then a table fan when he suffered the rupted power supply across transmission capacity (PTC) asked to formulate action plan Chairman of CII UP State the suicide was recovered dur- electric shock. The police sent the state. Presently there are will be enhanced to 28,000 to bring down transmission Council Ankit Gupta said that ing investigation. In the suicide the body for autopsy and start- 550 grid or transmission sub- MW. At present, the TTC is and distribution losses to below the objective of the summit was note, Abhishek had written that ed further investigation. stations in UP. “This year the 12,300 MW and PTC is at 15 per cent. to give the message that with-     (  8/ 0R/      (       9  Lucknow (PNS): Uttar Pradesh Corridor and it would be con- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath verted into a gateway of devel-   + the constable shot at the SSI in quarters. His room mate, con- on Friday called upon officials opment in near future, more so his abdomen and then shot stable Ajay Kumar, said that he to make Bundelkhand a role because the under-construction iffed at being denied himself. Both were rushed to a reached the quarters around 8 model of organic farming. Bundelkhand Expressway starts Mleave, a police constable hospital and later referred to pm and found the room bolt- Asking officials to explore pos- from here. The CM issued shot at his senior and then tried Bareilly in view of their serious ed from inside. When banging sibilities of organic agricul- directions for land acquisition to end his life in Budaun on condition. the door and calling him over ture and promotion of zero- for development projects at Friday. Both cops suffered seri- Meanwhile in Meerut, a phone did not elicit any budget agriculture, he said it the earliest. ous injuries and were referred head constable posted in response from within the would give a new identity to He said only 50 hectare to a Bareilly hospital for treat- Brahmapuri police station was room, he broke open the door this region, which is no longer land acquisition was left for ment. As per reports, constable found hanging at his quarters with the help of others and considered as a drought-hit Defence Corridor which Lalit Kumar, posted at Ujhani on the campus on Friday. found Mange Ram hanging backward area. should be completed by police station, applied for a 10- Mange Ram was in-charge from the ceiling. The CM was reviewing October next year. The DMs of day leave. of police station malkhana Keeping in mind the rising projects worth over Rs 50 crore Chitrakoot and Hamirpur Since SHO of Ujhani police (storeroom for arms and number of suicides among and other developmental apprised the CM of its progress. station, Omkar Singh, was suf- ammunition). The police are police personnel due to stress schemes of Chitrakoot division Yogi reiterated that time- fering from COVID-19 and yet to ascertain the reason for and other reasons, UP Police through video-conferencing. line of every developmental was on leave, SSI Ram Avatar the suicide. However, a pre- brass had chalked out a plan to “Gone are the days when work should be ascertained was in charge of the police sta- scription for anti-depressants deal with the crisis in a pro- Chitrakoot and Banda districts and finished in a time-bound tion. The SSI allowed only a was recovered from the pock- fessional manner by engaging of the division were infested by manner while maintaining four-day leave to the constable et of the deceased. experts last year. The plan also dacoits. Now is the time to turn quality norms. The officers which led to an altercation Sources said that Mange included providing remedial Bundelkhand into a develop- and people’s representatives between the two on Friday Ram last spoke to his family measures regularly for all per- mental hub,” he said. should submit proposals of morning. over phone around 5 pm on sonnel, especially constables He said Chitrakoot is one new schemes to the govern- In the heat of the moment, Wednesday and then left for his and sub-inspectors. of six nodes of Defence ment, he added. Q+   5      R

  + Dhanipur village as per a history is equally important, if Babri Masjid also covered that complex at Dhanipur village Supreme Court order in the not more,” the professor said. much of space. will also have a research cen- he architect assigned with Ayodhya title case in “Old mosques were built “The mosque’s design will tre, hospital, community Tdesigning a mosque in November, 2019. according to traditions of that be completely unique,” he kitchen and a museum and the Ayodhya said that it would be Akhtar also said that he time. Today, it will be con- added. Akhtar said, “Very IICF is making a public appeal built in the contemporary style would take it as a responsibil- structed keeping in mind the soon, its design work will start. for donations to aid the con- and not as per “traditional, ity to deliver the project that needs and requirements of the One of my teams will work on struction work. The IICF has nostalgic imagery”, and there could serve the society and the 21st century. The design of this. As soon as its design is opened accounts in ICICI would be no element of Babri complex would provide a 16th century will not work for complete, we will present it Bank and HDFC Bank in mosque in the new Ayodhya glimpse of Hindustaniyat, the new mosque. Today, before Indo-Islamic Cultural Lucknow for this purpose. mosque. insaniyat (humanity) as well as mosques are being construct- Foundation (IICF) . All this In February this year, the Dean of Jamia Millia Islamic values. ed in India as well as entire might take some time as peo- Sunni Waqf Board established Islamia university’s architecture “Community and nation- Europe, following new ple’s opinion also needs to be a trust, Indo-Islamic Cultural department, SM Akthar, has building are important and designs,” said Akhtar, a native sought. Right now, it will be Foundation (IICF), which been chosen for the job to be education plays a key role of Lucknow. He also said that early to comment on anything handed over the responsibili- overseen by UP Sunni Waqf here. And I don’t just mean tra- the mosque would be con- related to timing and cost of ty of designing the mosque to Board in the five-acre land ditional education. Knowing structed in an area spanning construction.” renowned architect SM Akhtar. allotted for the mosque in yourself, your culture and your over 15,000 square feet, as Besides the mosque, the     !"  #$%&%&     
  
";!   6&7       2 eye hospital at Neem Sarai. -= 0    -    Apart from this, a doctor of Upardhan CHC, steno of CRO, ith four more deaths on he coronavirus infection is tourism officer, development WFriday, the COVID-19 Tspreading alarmingly in officer of LIC and many toll in the district has increased the district. As many as 317 employees of the court. The list to 150 on Friday. As many as people have also been found of all those who come in con- 184 new cases have been positive late on Thursday night. tact will be prepared and test- detected during the day and MP Dr Rita Bahuguna Joshi ed. with this, the number of cases has also been found positive. Meanwhile, four people has reached 8,735. During the She has been admitted to died on Thursday due to coro- day, the follow-up negative SGPGI, Lucknow. Besides, four na. Of them, two were women. reports included 170 patients. persons were also killed due to All four died in Swaroop Rani Out of them, 161 patients this deadly virus. Thus, the Nehru Hospital. According to recovered from home isolation death toll due to corona has the nodal officer, all the and the total number of reached 165 in the district so deceased were cremated under patients cured at home has far. the protocol. Dr Rishi Sahai increased to 4,373 while nine On Thursday, test report of said that a 49-year-old woman recovered from the hospitals. 2,936 people was received late from Himmatganj was admit- With this, the total number of on Thursday night.. Of these, ted to Beli Hospital but was patients who have been dis- 2,619 reports have come neg- brought to SRN Hospital where charged from the hospitals has ative. At the same time, 317 the condition worsened. The reached 2,344 while the total persons were found positive. 72-year-old elder of number of cured patients is Thus, a total of 10,693 people             Pritamnagar was admitted to 6,717, leaving 1,868 active have been hit by COVID-19 so SRN Hospital in August. He patients. With this, the recov- far. Of these, 2,712 people are was afflicted with BP and sugar. ery rate has slightly improved still infected. Of the total infect- Thursday. registrars, assistant directors. He could not be saved. to 76.69 per cent while mortal- ed, 2,269 patients are in home He said that the test report Dr Rishi Sahai, the nodal offi- The 72-year-old woman from Dhumanganj was admit- ity rate has increased to 1.71   isolation. While others are of COVID-19 can be seen on cer for Corona confirmed this. per cent.      (     #  3      admitted in different hospitals. the website. Its print can also be It is reported that out of 317 ted to Beli on August 28 from Meanwhile, a five-day long CMO Dr GS Bajpai said obtained. Samples are being positives on Thursday, 232 where she was referred to SRN sero surveillance campaign has veyed along with COVID-19,’ children of 5-17 age group. received. Till then, the total test that 68 patients admitted to taken at 10 locations in the have been tested with antigen, Hospital after her condition been started as Varanasi is one said Sharma, adding that the Overall, there is a plan to col- reports received were 1,19,448 hospitals have recovered and urban area between 10 am to 5 67 with RTPCR and 18 in deteriorated after suffering of the 11 districts of UP where findings from this study will lect at least 1,080 samples from and the results of 3,001 are gone home. The home isolation pm. Apart from these, samples TruNat machine. These includ- from sugar, where she died. it is being launched with the help in developing plans for the district for antibody testing awaited. Out of these 1,10,757 of 155 people was also complet- are being taken for testing ed senior officers of higher edu- Similarly, on August 25, a 55- help of King George Medical prevention of COVID-19 in and all samples will be sent to were negative while 8,891 pos- ed. A total of 223 people recov- with the help of mobile vans. In cation, nurses of Daraganj year-old patient from Utraon University (KGMU), Lucknow. future. KGMU for study. itive. ered on Thursday. However, the rural area, samples can be PHC, railway officers, consta- was admitted to a cardiac hos- District Magistrate (DM) According to the Chief Besides, under the guid- The total number of sam- they would remain in home given at all community health bles of Naini police station, SSE pital. Kaushal Raj Sharma directed Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. VB ance of NER Divisional ples collected was 1,32,469. quarantine for now. Till date, a centres between 10 am to 2 pm. of Relevant Signal, four advo- He was admitted to SRN the Health department to lay Singh, samples will be taken Hospital (Lahartara) health Earlier, three persons suc- total of 7,816 patients have Corona on Thursday also cates of Allahabad High Court, Hospital on Wednesday after special emphasis to carry the from the people till September team, a testing camp was cumbed to COVID-19 which beaten COVID-19. The CMO targeted health workers, offi- two lawyers of Lower Court, he tested positive for Covid in campaign as per the plan. In 8 and 45 villages and wards organised at Manduadih included males ages 53 and 76 said that a total of 2597 sus- cials, advocates, employees, branch manager of Yes Bank, the test, where he died the next view of the increasing preva- have been identified for survey. Coaching Depot under the from Bhagwanpur (Lanka) and pects’ samples were taken on including two doctors, joint ophthalmic surgeon of a private day. lence of COVID-19 in the The district has 11 teams and guidance of SDMO Dr Neeraj Phulwariya (Cantt.) respective- state, the level of immunity all teams were trained at the Kumar in which 53 railway ly at SSH BHU and one male arising against the disease will CMO office on the eve of the employees were tested through (81) from Kanakpur (Pindra) at be assessed and its main objec- start of campaign. Each team rapid antigen kits. Out of them, DDU Hospital. Besides, with tive will be to assess the status will consist of five members two were found positive. The the addition of 31 new red    8(/    of people being directly and including one each of physi- campaign has been going on zones, the total number of indirectly infected with cian, lab technician, lab assis- since August 24 last and con- hotspots has increased to 1,589 -    COVID-19. ‘This is a commu- tant, ANM and ASHA. It will tinues till all the railway including 374 red zones. Five nity study that will be done visit 32 houses and collect employees are not tested. green zones have been convert- ater level of the Ganga among the population of rural blood samples of 24 persons Earlier, CMO has informed ed into red zones again. Wand the Yamuna has and urban areas identified in including half of them women that by the first of the day at 11 Besides, there are 1,215 started receding but at very the district. Hepatitis B and C above 18 only after obtaining am, 140 positive patients were green zones including 17 new slow pace, still the flood threat diseases will also be sero sur- written consents and of eight detected out of 2,371 reports ones. cannot be denied because the Yamuna is expected swell with- in a couple of days receiving water from the Chambal. The Ganga was expected to :   
     enter Bade Hanuman Mandir, but the water stagnated at the door step of the temple on -= 0    Friday. Water level recorded on he river Ganga has started Friday at 4 pm reads- Ganga Trising in the city on Friday at Phaphamau 81.53 mt (-02 again and inched close to the cm), and at Chhatnag 80.65 mt warning level, which is still (-04 cm), and the Yamuna at about 1.5 metres above from Naini 81.30 mt (-08 cm). This the present water level. The receding trend was witnessed fluctuating up and down trends after 12 noon and the reading have increased the pulse-rate of shows the difference in four thousands of residents living in hours. According to the bulletin issued Pradesh. There is a continuous than three and a half lakh several localities near the banks The water level of the here, the water level of Ganga release of water in the rivers, cusecs of water has been of river Varuna, which starts Ganga and Yamuna recorded a had started increasing at a which are being found in the released from Haridwar, reverse flow from its conflu- decline in the day. Due to this speed of three centimeters per Yamuna. Narora, Kanpur barrage in ence in the northern part of the the people living in the lower hour in Chhatnag. At the same The effect of strong cur- Ganga. In this, 2.59 lakh cusecs city when the level crosses areas felt some relief but the time, the speed of decrease in rents in Kane, Betwa, Chambal of water has been released above 69 metres mark. risk of flooding has not been the water level of Yamuna was is also being seen here in from Kanpur barrage, which However, the people have avoided. Rivers coming from also slowed. Yamuna on Friday. Brijesh will have a direct impact here. heaved a sigh of relief as both Madhya Pradesh are in spate. According to the bulletin Kumar Singh, Executive The result was visible in the the rivers Ganga and Yamuna, This is expected to increase the issued by the Irrigation depart- Engineer, Irrigation Flood evening. The water level of prior to their confluence at level of the Yamuna river rapid- ment, the water level of both Section, said that the water will Ganga was rising at three cm Sangam (Prayagraj), have ly. the rivers decreased by four cm increase in the Yamuna from per hour in Chhatnag. At the become steady again. At the same time, more per hour during the day. Thursday evening. However, its same time, Ganga had become According to the report of than three and a half lakh However, this sequence only effect started to appear only on stable in Phaphamau. In such the local office of Central Water cusecs of water has been lasted till evening. This led to Wednesday evening and the a situation, there is a possibil- Commission (CWC), the water $          3        released in the river Ganga the return of water entering the drop in water level was just two ity of a sharp increase in the level of Ganga was recorded at from different places. This is low-lying areas but a large cm per hour. water level of both rivers in a 68.59 metres against warning believed to increase the water amount of water has been left Apart from this, according day or two. There was some level of 70.26 metres this morn- Ballia, the flood situation con- almost all the activities at the persons were seen at some level of the Ganga. Its effect was behind in both rivers. Incessant to the bulletin issued at 8 decrease in the water level of ing and during the last 24 tinued to remain grim as the ghats have been restricted and ghats including Tulsi and oth- also visible in the evening. rains continue in Madhya o'clock in the morning, more Ganga on Wednesday. hours, its level was increased by river was at 58.07 metres at some places, the water has ers offering pind-daan to their 29 centimetres. The river was against a red mark of 57.61 started entering the low-lying forefathers during the ongoing steady at Phaphamau and metres and it is expected that lanes. Pitrapaksh, though contrary Allahabad in the upstream but by Saturday morning the same At Assi, the river water has to other years only a started rising again at Mirzapur, would be at 58.15 metres. already entered the site of limited number of people are $  
 


  
 Varanasi and Ballia, though it Meanwhile, due to high Subeh-e-Banaras event. reaching there for such reli- was constant at Ghazipur. In water level in the river Ganga, However, despite this some gious rituals. it is found that people were the provisions Section 112-B of Government Advocate stated -    conglomerating and were vio- the U.P. Municipal that the boy who was at police lating the COVID 19 Corporations Act, 1959 and station ran away on the next he Allahabad High Court Regulations of maintaining under similar provisions of day and no details in relation *     

+ Tdirected that the state may physical distancing and wear- the Municipalities Act, 1916 as to him were available. However, revitalise its Primary Health ing of masks’, the court added. well’, the court added. later, one mentally retarded Centres (PHCs) and other dis- The court further direct the As and when we find that person was brought by the pensaries in the urban, subur- State Legal Services of Uttar the scheme which we are try- police and the police is having -= 0    Vyapar Mandal, met the SSP him instead of taking action plained adding, the traders are ban and rural areas to ensure Pradesh to appoint advocate ing to implement through our apprehension that he may be and complained, the criminal against the guilty, the delega- being harassed by cops unnec- that collection centres of sam- commissioners in consultation order succeeds in Allahabad, it Shiv Kumar Trivedi and, there- istressed with the police incidents against the business- tion complained adding, some essary particularly during the ples for testing the COVID-19 with the Municipal shall be gradually implement- fore, a DNA and biometric tests Datrocity, the local traders men are on rise in the district criminal elements tried to loot unlock. virus be there in all such health Commissioner, Prayagraj ed in all other districts of Uttar are proposed to be conducted on Friday lodged a complaint and when the victims sought a jewellery trader in The SSP assured to pay centres all over the district. Nagar Nigam for overseeing Pradesh, the court added. to determine his identity. The with the Senior Superintendent the help, the policemen Pandeypur but the cops man- serious attention to the griev- Hearing a PIL seeking bet- the work of corporators of the HC DIRECTS PETI- court on this had observed, ‘We of Police Amit Pathak regard- harassed them instead of tak- handled him instead of taking ances of traders and assured the ter facilities at quarantine cen- 80 wards of the municipal lim- TIONER TO FILE REPLY: fail to understand why the ing this. The SSP assured of ing action against guilty. The initiative to apprehend the delegation to take action tres, a division bench compris- its of Prayagraj. Each advocate The Allahabad High Court police authorities instead of paying serious attention to neighbour of a trader installed criminals. against the erring cops if found ing Justice Siddhartha Varma commissioner must be a resi- directed petitioner, in a PIL placing on record all the details their grievances and taking electricity meter on his wall by Similarly, the cops made guilty. Ajit Singh Bagga led the and Justice Ajit Kumar also dent of one of the wards in regarding missing BHU stu- relating to the facts that hap- action against erring cops if force and when the victim harassment of businessmen in delegation which consisted of directed the state government respect of which he shall be dent, to file a reply to an affi- pened on and after February 12 found guilty. reached Chetganj police station Jansa in the name of checking Pramod Agrahari, Nanhe to take all necessary steps to making the inspection. davit filed by SSP Varanasi. a and more specifically after the A delegation of traders, to lodge complaint, the SHO despite showing all the papers Jaiswal, Sunny Jauhar and establish a dedicated Covid ‘Each Advocate personal affidavit of SSP boy ran away from the police associated with Varanasi not only harassed but also beat of vehicles, the traders com- Kavindra Jaiswal. hospital as early as possible and Commissioner shall have four Varanasi and certain docu- station, which facts must have place before this court a blue wards under him/her and the ments in sealed cover were also been recorded in the general print for the project within ten Advocate Commissioner shall filed in the court. SSP Varanasi, diary, have filed a vague affi- days. The court directed to put on a regular basis go around Amit Pathak was present in the davit.’ and had directed SSP, up this matter on September 7, his/her area and see if any court and was asked to remain Varanasi to remain present on 229 : 2020 for the next hearing. The crowd is there and also see if present, again on the next date September 3. court directed the district anyone is avoiding the wearing of hearing which was fixed as WRITTEN EXAM administration may, within the of mask in public. The September 22. The bench com- HELD: With reference to -= 0    passion and innovative ideas BHU) in the name of municipal limits of Prayagraj, Advocate Commissioners shall prising Justice SK Gupta and Employment Notice No S&GQ put by Prof. Mishra, in promot- Opulence in the year install sufficient number of report any violation of the Justice Shamim Ahmed passed 2019-20, Written Examination rofessor of Chemical ing and strengthening 2004 which became the high-end CCTV cameras in COVID-19 Guidelines imme- the order in a letter turned for 02 Posts of Level-1, and PEngineering department in entrepreneurship despite chal- largest co-curricular event addition to the ones which have diately to the Zonal Officer of into PIL by advocate Saurabh Level-2, against Scout & Guide Indian Institute of Technology, lenges. in 2009 (Magnum Opus - been already installed in all the Nagar Nigam who shall in Tiwari, a BHU alumnus. Quota for the year 2019-20 was Banaras Hindu University (IIT- Presently, due to the pre- 2009) and later merged into such places where normally it his turn take suitable steps as It was alleged in the letter conducted on March 1, 2020 at BHU) and coordinator of vailing COVID-19 situation, Technex in 2010 by the insti- is known that crowd of more per the orders of the District that Shiv Kumar Trivedi, a BSc Prayagraj. Total 360 candi- Malviya Cetre for Innovation, this award will be presented to tute. than 100 accumulates. ‘When Magistrate. ‘Since now people II year, BHU student, was dates appeared in the written Incubation and him by the Entrepreneurship He also initiated PraGyan the CCTV footage is are likely to get affected in large picked from MP theatre examination. On the basis of Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) PK Development Institute of workshop series for entrepre- seen/reviewed by the Zonal numbers on account of the ground of the university on merit list, total 30 candidates Mishra has been selected as the India on September 6 in the neurship in BHU in 2004. He Officers of the Nagar Nigam Unlock-4 as they are taking the February 12 on the basis of a were called against Level-1 and joint winner of ‘Dr VG Patel presence of Gujarat Governor has the credit to initiate start- then they shall report the mat- COVID-19 directives casually, call made on 112 by a fellow 10 candidates were called Memorial Award-2020 for Acharya Devvrat. up fairs, business plan compe- ter to the Senior health issues would be of para- student who reported that against Level-2 for documents Entrepreneurship Trainer/ Prof. Mishra initiated titions and entrepreneurship Superintendent of Police, mount importance. Under such Trivedi was there in an uncon- verification conducted at Educator/ Mentor’. This pres- entrepreneurship and man- talk series in IIT-BHU as well Prayagraj who shall immediate- circumstances the State scious/unusual way since then Railway Recruitment Cell, tigious award is provided for agement festivals in the then as in other academic institutes ly take action against the police Government may take mea- he was missing. Prayagraj on dated August 24 the dedication, commitment,   4   Institute of Technology (IT- of the region. official posted in the area where sures to act in accordance with On August 26, Additional & August 26 respectively.    !" #$%&%&   

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Adirective, serological sur- -+ # 0 magistrates assigned hospitals officer of the district appoint- During the visit the officer vey took off in Kanpur Nagar to monitor the working, hos- -+ # 0 ed for Covid-19 Anurag Yadav inspected the Covid hospital in a big way on Friday to anpur Nagar reported 382 fresh cases of coronavirus infec- pital fee being charged and the directed the officials to enforce and became aware with the determine the prevalence of Ktion, taking the tally to 16,291 on Friday evening. quality of treatment on a reg- he president of Federation the Covid protocol effectively arrangements. novel coronavirus and other So far 12,145 COVID-19 patients have been cured in the city, ular basis. Tof Indian Exports and adopt all possible ways for TIPS GIVEN: SP Ajay infections among the people. including 192 who recovered in the last 24 hours. At present 3,680 He said all the hospitals Organisation, Sharad Kumar controlling the pandemic. At a Kumar Singh inspected the Chief Medical Officer Dr active coronavirus cases are undergoing treatment in he city. would monitor the presence of Saraf while welcoming the meeting of top officials of the should be allowed to move and office of UP 112 on Thursday Anil Mishra said the objective The city witnssed 10 COVID-19 deaths, pushing the toll to specialists doctors, working notification No.30 dated district at the Collectorate on an eye should be kept on them and gave tips to make the ser- of the sero surveillance was to 466 on Friday evening. inside the ICU through CCTV September 1, 2020, said that it Thursday, the officer was to ensure whether they were vice more responsive. The SP identify people with the pres- which should be linked to the will help in resolving the apprised by the DM that in following the norms or not. For inquired about the condition of ence of antibodies against sampling would be only for The sero surveillance drive NIC for counter monitoring as impasses, resulting in blockage Covid hospital seven patients such patients he said that a tele- vehicles engaged in service SARS-CoV-2 (novel coron- individuals above five years of has been launched under Dr well. of MEIS benefits since April were admitted in L-2 category phonic contact should be made and problems from the per- avirus), Hepatitis B and age. Avinash Yadav. The CMO The district magistrate also 1,2020 and would provide huge and 18 in L-1 besides 160 daily and if they did not sonnel, if any, while carrying Hepatitis C viruses and the He said in each selected appealed to the people to coop- stressed on interaction of kin relief to majority of exporters patients were under home iso- respond for one or two days out their duties. He inspected immunity level of the people. house, six samples would be erate in the drive. with the COVID-19 patients on and give them stable policy lation. Moreover, 18 ventilators they should be contacted phys- the records and the services Dr Mishra said the blood taken. three of males and three phone and transparency in the environment for exports. He were available in the hospital. ically. The officer directed the which had been provided ear- samples would be sent to King of females and eight areas / treatment. He said the kin of added that however, the sudden He directed the DM to allow SP to ensure the compliance of lier. The SP inquired about the George’s Medical University in would be picked up randomly    the patients could directly imposition of a cap of  2 crore home isolation on the condi- Covid protocol even among the location of the vehicles and dis- Lucknow for further research. for the testing which would make complaint to the chief per IEC, on MEIS benefit of tion of proper availability of vendors, hawkers and veg- cussed ways to reduce response He said the survey would make 32 samples each. He said Meanwhile, District medical officer in case of neg- exports made between from facilities otherwise such etable sellers by making them time. He directed the staff to also identify comorbid condi- thus 32 samples each from 45 Magistrate Alok Tiwari while ligence of overcharging. September 1, 2020 to patients should be admitted in agree to it. The officer inspect- create more trust among the tions of the patients and help areas would be taken to com- carrying out surprise inspec- Tiwari summoned the ros- December 31, 2020, was going the hospital. He said that no ed the covid control room, people through sensitivity, per- the government in taking plete the sero surveillance tion of Regency Healthcare in ter of medical and paramedical to seriously affect exporters, patient under home isolation inquired about the activities formance and instant action. remedial measures to treat The CMO said the team Govind Nagar, directed the staff to check their presence on whose numbers may not be them accordingly before the had been given a questionnaire hospital administration to duty. He personally inquired very large, but their contribu- 0 3
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     5  5 of auditors. Vindhyachal police arrested and sent him to jail. deceased, Ramprasad, lodged a counsel Devendra Dwivedi Saraf said moreover, fixa- an accused under Gangster SUICIDE: A young named complaint against three produced all the three brothers refused to grant interim bail on He said on the basis of sec- Act and announced cash tion of rate for over 10,000 Act. Reports said that a case woman committed suicide in residents of the village. On its in the court, which sent them Friday, he would file applica- tions 323 and 504 of the Indian reward of Rs.25,000 each on items at 8 digits would be a under Gangster Act had been Dubeypur village under Padari basis police registered a case to jail. tion for their regular bail on Penal Code, police had impli- their arrest and this was time consuming exercise, par- registered on July 20 at Katra police station. Deepika (23), under Sections 302 and 201 of Dwivedi said as the court Saturday. cated them under the Gangster opposed by him in the court. ticularly as it had to meet the Kotwali. One of the gangsters, wife of Amitdhar Dubey, was the Indian Penal Code (IPC) discipline of WTO. Mohammad Ahmad, a resident found hanging from the ceiling against three persons in this He said the extension in of an area under Dhoomanganj fan in her room. She was mar- connection and arrested one of the MEIS Scheme till March 31, police station, was still at large. ried about three years ago and them. SP (South) Vipul Kumar 2021 will help in a smooth On being tipped off by an she had given the birth to Srivastava said a case was reg- )0  
    rolling of the RoDTEP Scheme informer that the accused was twins. Her maternal house was istered against three persons as well since the scheme was present at Kalikhoh and was in Narkhoriya village under and one of accused had been going to stay for zero rating of SHO Vindhyachal Shesh Dhar Robertsganj police station in arrested. Two others were exports. He urged the govern- Pandey rushed to the spot and Sonbhadra. Police took her absconding. Police force had ment that since the issue of the nabbed him. After completing body for completing the nec- been deployed in view of the
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Special galows and surplus land of the Station Officer Jagdish he Department of ister for extending MEIS till Secretary (Logistics) Pawan British India Corporation Yadav said Mohd Mehmood  TCommerce convened a December 2020 and said that Kumar Agarwal, said that post- (BIC) here. of Shivrajpur had lodged a meeting of Minister of Railway, despite all hardship carpet Covid-19, Railway has changed In its report recently sub- report, alleging that 1.18 Commerce and Industry industry has been able to show many of its policies and mitted to the BIC and the lakh were fraudulently with- 3  Piyush Goel through Webex growth of 2.60 per cent in June increased its speed and request- Union Textiles Ministry, the drawn from his HDFC Bank platform. Commerce Secretary, this year and 15.16 per cent in ed to opt for the services of NBCC has suggested the plan account on August 23. KANPUR (PNS): The Dr Anup Wadhawan, DGFT, July. Sanjay Kumar elaboraed Indian Railway as their freight after evaluation of the cost of During investigation, the Research Establishment Amit Yadav, and representa- on the successful organisation partner. CEPC Chairman Siddh BIC’s vacant bungalows and cyber cell found that the Officer, IIT, Kanpur, Dr tives of all Export Promotion of the first virtual edition of Nath Singh raised the issue to other surplus land. The report entire amount was spent on Anando Chatterjee, addressing Councils (EPCs) and 40th India Carpet Expo (ICE) make operational inland con- included the details of the online shopping. The person a virtual faculty development Federation of Indian Export which has received over- tainer depot (ICD) location of the BIC bungalows shopping online using Mohd session ‘on Blockchain and Organisations (FIEO) were pre- whelming response from Madhosingh, Bhadohi, and and surplus land, mostly sit- Mehmood’s debit card had Parallel Computing’ at KIT sent in the meeting. Minister in around 364 overseas buyers requested to provide the ser- uated in posh areas like VIP placed orders for wrist watch- discussing Blockchain said it his opening remarks thanked from 61 countries and 191 buy- vices. At present members were Road, McRobertganj, PPN es, mobile phones, goggles was a system of recording Commerce Secretary, DGFT ing representatives from across the facing the problem of availabil- Market, Civil Lines, Gwaltoli      '" 5  5 and other articles. information in a way that made and all EPCs for their support world in the Expo. The response ity of containers and delivery of etc. After contacting the bank it difficult or impossible to and patience and hard work in of the exhibitors was very encour- goods on time, he said. Being The circle rate of proper- the ministry has urged the workers. He said for the VRS and shopping companies, change, hack, or cheat the sys- bringing export back on track. aging with almost every partici- export goods they needed assur- ty in these areas is very high. government to allocate funds and salary arrears, he would orders worth  54,000 were tem. He said a blockchain was Minister stressed the need for pant having video conferencing ance for timely services at eco- All the properties of the BIC for the VRS and payment of soon visit Delhi to press for got cancelled and the amount essentially a digital ledger of bearing with the government meetings with overseas buyers and nomical cost. Singh said that in these areas are worth crores arrears to Lalimli workers. his demand. refunded to victim’s account. transactions that was duplicat- on Merchandise Export from buying representatives and Council was taking up the issue of rupees. The development of Maithani had also Lalimli Karmachari The balance  64,000 were ed and distributed across the India (MEIS) and requested for received lot of enquiries. All for the past two-three years and a big township and multi-sto- approached Union Textiles Sangh convenor Ashish spent on purchase of three entire network of computer submitting data for Remission exhibitors were very happy and also had meeting with MD of ried buildings on this land Minister Smriti Irani who Pandey and president Ajay mobile phones which had systems on the blockchain. He of Duties or Taxes On Export a good business was expected. Concur but had not get any would greatly add to govern- has assured to arrange pay- Singh said around 500 work- already been delivered to the said this made history of any Product (RoDTEP) Scheme at Sanjay Kumar raised the fol- amicable solution. Singh raised ment’s exchequer. ment of arrears and VRS ers of the mill were still get- accused. digital asset unalterable and the earliest. DGFT Amit Yadav lowing issues:- enhancement the issue of non-completion of The NBCC teams had amount to the Lalimli work- ting salary as per the 3rd Pay Circle Officer Geetanjali transparent through the use of in address expressed concern over of import duty upto 200 per cent Gajia railway crossing for the recently visited the city to take ers. Commission recommenda- Singh said they obtained the decentralisation and crypto- the declining trend in some of sec- on carpets under chapter 57, past four years and for consid- stock of the BIC’s properties It may be recalled that tion. They had demanded address of the buyer from the graphic hashing. He said in tors which is due to Covid-19 and requested to make mandatory ering the request for not closing and carry out their valuation. Lalimli workers have not been payment of their salary as per company and the accused simple terms it was a Google global recession. Amit Yadav also RCMC of CEPC for all who are the railway level crossing at After the preliminary report paid their salaries for the 5th Pay Commission recom- turned out to be Mohd Doc and when created a doc- mentioned about the MEIS noti- exporting carpet and other floor Ahmadganj in Bhadohi and of the NBCC, the Land past 25 months and also the mendation from 2007, which Mehmood’s relative Hasan ument and shared it with a fication dated September 2, coverings etc. allowing light vehicles like rick- Management Agency would arrears of revised pay scale. was declined by the Union alias Oman Jafri, a resident group of people, the docu- 2020, putting ceiling/cap on Meanwhile the Department shaw, cycle, trolley etc as this also submit its report on the The Union Textiles Ministry Textiles Ministry. of Madanpur village in ment was distributed instead of MEIS benefits available to of Commerce convened a place was the heart of the carpet BIC’s properties to the gov- has clarified that they would Bilhaur. copied or transferred. He said exporters on exports made meeting through Webex plat- belt and the road the lifeline of ernment. only be paid the arrears of , 2 / On Thursday evening, the this created a decentralised from September 1, 2020, to form under the chairmanship of city. People were using it for Meanwhile, the Union their salary and retirement 2 " ,  police arrested Hasan. distribution chain that gave December 31, 2020, informed Pawan Kumar Agarwal, Special their livelihood otherwise they Textiles Ministry has geared benefits. The revised pay scale The accused disclosed everyone access to the docu- that the government was replac- Secretary (Logistics), Ministry of would have to travel eight to up the work of retiring of 2007 was not allowed to A farmer was duped of that a few days back, when he ment at the same time. He said ing the MEIS Scheme with Commerce and Industry, nine km extra for covering Lalimli workers under the them. 1.18 lakh by his relative who visited Mehmood’s house, he thus no one was locked out RoDTEP after December 31 Government of India. CEPC small portion/area of 200 voluntary retirement scheme Maithani said that on made online shopping from had noted the details of his awaiting changes from anoth- this year and requested all Chairman Siddh Nath Singh, metre. Singh was hopeful that (VRS). April 3, as part of their inter- his debit card. debit card and the CVV code. er party, while all modifications EPCs to submit data for members, COA, CEPC, Umesh with the intervention of Special On the request of the BIC im relief, the ministry had The cyber crime police He said the articles purchased to document were being RoDTEP scheme at the earliest. Kumar Gupta, Sandeep Kataria, Secretary industry would be management and the demand released 17 crore towards arrested the accused on by him were to be sold to recorded in real-time, making Executive Director, CEPC, and Executive Director, CEPC, able to get a solution to its long- of MLA Surendra Maithani, nine months’ salary of the Thursday evening and man- other persons. changes transparent. Sanjay Kumar, attended the Sanjay Kumar, attended the pending issues.    !" #$%&%&  



to defuse the current crisis. NCB custody till September 9. peddling, especially bud, after former Congress leader to secure students’ “right to life”   0. values the works of SCO Rajnath is on an official visit to Besides moving forward Parihar was made to join the through which he used to earn Jyotiraditya Scindia and the and ignored “teething logistical C ..0  Regional Anti-Terrorism Moscow from September 3-5 at infantry and tanks in the investigation based on Zaid a substantial amount of money. MLAs supporting him quit difficulties” to be faced in con- Structure (RATS). We laud the invitation of Russia Defence Chushul sector, the Chinese Vilatra’s interrogation. Both A resident of suburban the party and their posts as ducting the exams during the & & RATS’ recent work in the cyber Minister General Sergei have also brought ahead their Basit and Zaid are understood Bandra, Parihar is “learnt to legislators in March this year. COVID-19 pandemic. domain to prevent the spread Shoigu. long-range artillery guns. They to be involved in the alleged have linkages” with the nar- Besides Madhya Pradesh, The plea had said the apex Referring to the threats of radicalism and extremism. are now positioned not more drug peddling and supplying cotics case registered against bypolls in eight seats in the court order fails to satisfy the faced by the world, Rajnath The adoption of anti-terror  & & & than 15 km from the volatile contraband to high-profile peo- Rajput’s girlfriend and actress Gujarat Assembly are pend- safety and security concerns of said, “We need the institution- measures by the SCO Council LAC and these guns have a ple. Rhea Chakraborty and others, ing as well. These are the students who have to appear for al capacity to deal with both to counter extremist propa- ;0# ;0 range of more than 20 km. On his part, Sushant’s officials said. Abdasa, Limdi, Karjan, Dang, the exams. traditional and non-tradition- ganda and de-radicalisation is < .G In a precautionary step, the father Krishna Kishore Singh The role of Rhea’s brother Kaprada, Morbi, Dadhada, al threats - above all, terrorism, a significant decision.” Indian forces have also started has blamed the former’s live-in Showik Chakraborty and his and Dhari constituencies. In =   &  < drug-trafficking and transna- He reaffirmed India’s com- 0 < ; increasing its strength in the partner Rhea Chakraborty purported links with people July, the EC had deferred tional crime. As you all are mitment to the evolution of a area with additional troops, behind the death of the actor. nabbed by NCB are under the polls in one Lok Sabha seat, &  =   aware, India unequivocally global security architecture “We will continue to utilise tanks, and guns. Moreover, the During the raids, digital scanner of the NCB. and seven Assembly seats ;0  condemns terrorism in all which will be open, transpar- all existing mechanisms to Indian Army now dominates devices of Showik and Miranda Rhea, her parents Indrajit due to “extraordinary cir- forms and manifestations and ent, inclusive, rule-based and reduce tension and to ensure all the crucial heights in the were checked. The WhatsApp and Sandhya Chakraborty, her cumstances peculiar to these &  condemns its proponents. India anchored in international laws. that the status quo is not uni- south of the Pangong and can chats of Showik, Rhea and brother Showik, Sushaant’s ex- constituencies”. C%G laterally changed,” he added. easily detect any movement of Miranda, accessed by the manager Shruti Manager They were the Valmiki On the morale of the the Chinese tanks and troops Enforcement Directorate (ED) Shruti Modi and others have Nagar Lok Sabha seat in “A lot of people have been troops guarding the frontier in on the other side of the LAC in and passed onto the NCB, had been named in an FIR lodged Bihar, along with two vaccinated and what we don’t the current surcharged atmos- Moldo, sources said here. earlier revealed the drug angle by the actor’s father KK Singh Assembly seats each in Tamil know is whether the vaccine phere, Naravane said, “It was Incidentally, IAF chief RKS in the Sushant Singh Rajput with Rajiv Nagar police station Nadu and Uttar Pradesh, and works...at this stage we do not very satisfying to see our sol- Bhadauria had visited critical deadth case. in Patna. It was on the basis of one each in Assam, Madhya have the clear signal of diers and local commanders in air bases on Thursday in east- During the last few days, this FIR that the Supreme Pradesh and Kerala. Most of whether or not it has the level high morale and good health. ern India. This review came as Goa-based hotelier Gaurav Court ordered the transfer of these seats had fallen vacant of worthwhile efficacy and It gives me confidence that they the armed forces all the along Arya has been grilled by ED. the Sushant Singh Rajput death due to the death of sitting safety...,” she added. are well prepared to safeguard the 4,000 km LAC stretching Chats between him and Rhea case to the CBI on August 19. members. Russia granted regulato- the territorial integrity of our from Ladakh in the west to too have revealed the drug Rhea, her parents, her ry approval to a COVID-19 nation. The army is known for Arunachal Pradesh in the east angle. brother and others have been 0>&# & vaccine in August after less its commitment and resolve. are on high alert. The IAF has In a related development, booked as part of this FIR than two months of human The nation can count on us.” deployed most of its front line Sushant’s sister Shweta Singh under sections 341 (wrongful 0=  &00 testing, prompting some The Army Chief on the fighter jets on the airbases Kirti tweeted: “Good going restraint) 342 (wrongful con-  .>& Western experts to question spot assessment came in the closer to the LAC and are NCB... Thank You God.” finement, 380 (theft), 406 its safety and efficacy. backdrop of the Chinese sig- maintaining round the vigil. On Thursday, a Mumbai (breach of trust),420 (cheating), One of the review pleas was A report in the Lancet on nificantly enhancing their court had remanded an alleged 306 ( abetting suicide) and 120- filed by ministers from West Friday said that patients troop strength besides deploy- 0 O 0&0 contraband dealer Zaid Vaitra B ( conspiracy) of the Indian Bengal (Moloy Ghatak), involved in early tests of a ing tanks and heavy guns. (21), who has been arrested in Penal Code. The CBI, ED and Jharkhand (Rameshwar Russian coronavirus vaccine These deployments took place  + connection with the drugs traf- NCB are investigating the case Oraon), Rajasthan (Raghu developed antibodies with near the southern bank of the   &O ficking case linked to the case from different angles. Sharma), Chhattisgarh “no serious adverse events”. 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Vilatra,” a NCB official had Constituency. The bypolls long and full academic year reelection in November 3 The investigations by the said. were scheduled to be held cannot be wasted”. polls, has said a vaccine could NCB are focused on the pro- Zaid runs an eatery at earlier this year. But they In their review plea filed be ready for distribution curement of the contraband Bandra in north-west Mumbai had to be deferred due to through advocate Sunil before the elections. The and supply to the 34-year-old which, he said, the NCB was Covid-19 pandemic situa- Fernandes, the ministers of six coronavirus pandemic is like- Sushant. not giving any pecuniary gains tion. States — ruled by parties like ly to be a major factor among Meanwhile, Abdel Basit since lockdown. 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  Singh said Kumar would as faulty merely because it has on October 31, 1984 by her two   supported beds, it said.    ( abide by all the conditions reversed earlier verdict. We Sikh bodyguards. As a result of these measures, he Supreme Court on which would be imposed by will hear you finally someday,” On May 13, the apex court ndia on Friday crossed a positive India’s total Covid-19 recoveries     TFriday dismissed the plea of the court. Senior advocate HS the bench said. had dismissed the plea by Imilestone as its total Covid-19 crossed 30 lakh (30,37,151) on Friday. former Congress leader Sajjan Phoolka, who has been appear- Kumar is serving life impris- Kumar who had sought inter- recoveries crossed the 30-lakh mark. With the recovery of 66,659   Kumar, who is serving life ing for some of the riots vic- onment after the Delhi High im bail or parole on health With it, the country’s recovery rate has patients in the last 24 hours, India has imprisonment in an 1984 anti- tims, opposed the plea and said Court had convicted him and grounds, saying he did not now gone past 77 per cent, which the continued its trajectory of posting more he Congress on Friday hit out at the BJP-led Sikh riots case, seeking inter- the required treatment is others in the case on December need hospitalisation as per Union Health Ministry showcased as than 60,000 recoveries for the eighth TNDA Government over issues of unemploy- im bail on health grounds. already being given to Kumar 17, 2018. The high court had medical report at the moment. a positive sign even as it asserted that consecutive day, the ministry said. ment and poverty. It alleged that its intent behind “Sorry. We are not inclined. at hospital. reversed the acquittal of Kumar In its verdict, the high India’s fatality rate was lower than the The recovery rate amongst Covid- providing jobs to youth was not sincere and that Dismissed,” a bench headed by “We will hear you finally by the trial court in 2013 in the court had convicted and sen- global average and only a minuscule 19 patients is 77.15 per cent demon- in spite of “collecting crores from the sale of forms Chief Justice SA Bobde said. someday but cannot grant you case related to the killings of five tenced Kumar to imprison- percentage of patients were on venti- strating that the number of patients for recruitment”, especially in SSC and Railways, Senior advocate Vikas bail like this,” said the bench, Sikhs in the Raj Nagar Part-I area ment for “remainder of his nat- lator support. recovering is steadily rising over the the Government was yet to hold some exams and Singh, appearing for Kumar, also comprising Justice AS in Palam Colony in southwest ural life” in the case saying the One of the goals of the ‘Test- past several months, it said. in a few cases, declare results even after months. argued that interim bail be Bopanna and V Delhi on November 1-2, 1984, riots were a “crime against Track-Treat’ strategy of the Centre is The higher number of recoveries While former Congress president Rahul granted to Kumar on health Ramasubramanian. and burning down of a gurdwara humanity” perpetrated by to reduce Covid mortality and keep the has also led to a steady enhancement Gandhi attacked the Government over unem- grounds as he has been in jail “We are not treating the in Raj Nagar Part-II. those who enjoyed “political case fatality rate low, the ministry said in the difference between the recov- ployment rate that has gone up in August as rural for 20 months, has lost nearly judgement (of the Delhi High The riots had broken out patronage” and aided by an in a statement. ered and active cases, and this differ- jobs dipped, Congress general secretary Priyanka 16 kg weight and needs to Court which convicted and after the assassination of then “indifferent” law enforcement There has been sharp attention on ence has crossed 22 lakh, as on date. Gandhi Vadra slammed the Government over the recover from past ailments. sentenced Kumar in the case) prime minister Indira Gandhi agency. sustaining high levels of recoveries and This ensured that the actual case- alleged rise in unemployment and privatisation. to strengthen the clinical treatment load of the country (8,31,124 which are In a tweet in Hindi, Rahul appealed to the protocols to provide a uniform stan- under active medical care), has Narendra Modi Government for “employment,    dardised level of medical care to save reduced and currently comprises only reinstatement, results of exams”.”Provide solutions ()45#9(4-(:)*) lives, it said. 21.11 per cent of the total positive to the problems being faced by the youth of the “Not only is India’s case fatality rate cases. country,” he wrote.    lower than the global average and pro- The total number of Covid-19 Raising the issue of Staff Selection Commission    
 
    gressively declining (current figure is cases mounted to 39,36,747, while the Combined Graduate Level Exams allegedly being     1.74 per cent), but a very small pro- death toll due to the disease climbed in a state of limbo, Priyanka said, “2017-No portion of active cases, amounting to to 68,472 with 1,096 people suc- appointments till now under SSC CGL. 2018-Even   

   
>   less than 0.5 per cent, are on ventila- cumbing to it in a day, the Ministry’s results are not out of the CGL exam. 2019-CGL    tor support,” the ministry said. data updated at 8 am showed. exam was not held. 2020 SSC CGL-No vacancies   of designating lawyers as senior 2018 guidelines are required to Data also shows that two per cent India is set to replace Brazil as the sec- taken out. If vacancies come out, then no exams. advocates be conducted via be effectively executed for cases are in ICUs and less than 3.5 per ond worst-Covid-19-hit nation after If exams take place, then no results. If results come he Supreme Court Friday virtual mode. proper implementation of the  .0 +# 0I #J cent of the active cases occupy oxygen the USA. out, then no recruitment.” Tagreed to hear an applica- Jaising has said in her 2017 verdict. tion seeking direction application that in pursuance of It said that “designation of olice went into a tizzy after for effective implementation of the apex court’s directions, the senior advocates is in public Pthey received a phone call, its 2017 judgment and the ‘Supreme Court guidelines to interest and enables litigants to which later proved hoax, 9  :   :  guidelines to regulate confer- regulate conferment of desig- have a wide variety of talent. that a terrorist had entered ment of designation of senior nation of senior advocates’ Each senior advocate brings to the famous Gorakhnath advocate. were published on August 6, the table a unique set of exper- temple here.  3 , /   Kharif crops in a total area of However, the growth, driven received bountiful rains so far The apex court in its 2018 and laid down the process tise, experience and talent Uttar Pradesh Chief 1,075.71 lakh hectare. largely by a bumper rabi har- like Telangana, Madhya October 2017 verdict had of designation of senior advo- thereby assisting the court in Minister Yogi Adityanath is the mid the nationwide lock- According to Union vest and facilitated by relax- Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand. issued a slew of guidelines, cate. multiple ways such as complex head priest of the temple. Adown due to the coron- Agriculture Minister Narendra ation in lockdown, may not Among the other States that including setting up of a per- “Since August 2018, as per pro bono matters”. After getting the call on avirus pandemic and Singh Tomar, there was no have resulted in a big rise in have planted paddy in more manent committee led by the 2018 guidelines, the Supreme It said that process for Thursday night, the police flood situation in many States, impact of Covid-19 on progress income for a section of farm- area are West Bengal, Odisha Chief Justice of India, to accord Court registry ought to have senior advocate designation swung into action and SP City India has reported an all-time of area coverage under kharif ers. India’s rabi production in and Karnataka compared to senior designation to lawyers. initiated the process of desig- can commence in the lock- Kaustibh along with CO record acreage of Kharif crops as on date. This is expect- the 2019-20 crop year (July to same period last year. A bench headed by Justice nation in January 2019, July down period as the initial Gorakhnath Ratnesh Singh led (summer sown). ed to increase further as the June) is estimated to be around Surprisingly, the paddy area in R F Nariman issued notice to 2019, January 2020 and July stages of calling for application a strong force to search the As on Friday, the total sowing of paddy and other 149.60 million tonnes, 4.10 Punjab has come down by the secretary general of the 2020,” it said. from the candidates can be entire temple. Kharif crops sowing was report- crops are still going on. The final per cent more than the previ- 1.78 lakh hectares from the last apex court on an application “However, no such appli- conducted through electronic But they did not find any ed at 1,095.38 lakh hectares sowing figures for the current ous year. kharif season. filed by senior advocate Indira cations inviting applications mode. suspicious thing or man inside against 1,030.32 lakh hectares kharif season will be closed on As per the data, total area Area under pulses has Jaising who has sought initia- for designations have been The application said that in or outside the temple, the during the corresponding peri- October 2. Kharif sowing begins sown to rice has increased by increased by 4.67 per cent to tion of process for designation issued by this court in the last the event of virtual court hear- police said here on Friday. od last year - an increase by over with the onset of southwest 8.27 per cent to 396.18 lakh 136.79 lakh hectare as against of senior advocates as per the four windows and that the ings being extended to a con- They said someone from 6.32 per cent. This is despite the monsoon from June and har- hectare so far in the current 130.68 lakh hectare, while that guidelines. process of inviting applica- siderable period in future, the the Bansgaon area informed fact 5-6 lakh hectare crops have vesting from October onwards. kharif season from 365.92 lakh of area sown to coarse cereals The application, while tions for designation of senior entire process of senior advo- the police control room over been reportedly damaged due to As per the Government hectare in the year-ago. increased by 1.77 per cent to referring to the virtual court advocates has come to standstill cate designation can be done the phone around 10 pm on floods in 11 States. The previ- data, agriculture growth in the There has been a substan- 179.36 lakh hectare area as hearings due to COVID-19 after August 6, 2018,” it said. virtually through electronic Thursday about the presence of ous record was achieved in first quarter of 2019-20 was 3.4 tial increase in planting of against 176.25 lakh hectare in pandemic, said that the process The application said that mode. a terrorist in the temple. 2016 when farmers had sown per cent at constant prices. paddy in many States that the year-ago. ;%"     76   0 0     Washington: The United States “We therefore have tenta- Stakeholders and public after the Indian Ambassador to has announced that it plans to tively decided to amend Air have 21 days to respond to this the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu,    restore Air India’s ability to self- India’s permit to remove that proposal, before it can be had a conversation with the conduct its ground handling condition,” the Department of finalised and enforced. Transportation Secretary Elaine New Delhi: The CBI on Friday operations at American air- Transportation said. The order comes a day Chao. PTI arrested a branch manager of ports. Bank of Baroda and a private US Department of person in a bribery case and Transportation has reversed its +!-18  :  %  recovered 10 lakh cash during previous order of July 2019 that searches in Maharashtra. had suspended the right of Air         Agency arrested Branch India to self-handle at US air- Manager, Bank of Baroda, Parola ports. New Delhi: Air India on Friday ports has been contracted to any self handling of its flights in Branch, Jalgaon (Maharashtra), The Department and other said the US government’s plan another company. USA,” Air India told PTI. Kiran Thakre and Narendra US government agencies have to allow the airline to self-con- The USDOT on Friday “However, the relaxation Patil in the graft case. continued to work with the gov- duct ground handling opera- announced that it plans to will give us an opportunity to The CBI registered a case on ernment of India towards sat- tions at American airports is an restore Air India’s ability to self- self handle at US airports in a complaint against the said isfactory resolution of this mat- “opportunity” and the airline conduct its ground handling future, if there is ever such a Branch Manager before con- ter. In that connection, recent will encash it in future “if there operations at American air- need,” the carrier stated. ducting searches at his premis- positive developments have led is ever such a need”. ports. The USDOT’s announce- es and subsequently arresting the department to tentatively The national carrier clari- Ground handling services ment came a day after Indian him. “It was alleged that the determine that the public inter- fied it was not affected by include loading and unloading Ambassador to the US Taranjit Branch Manager had demand- est now calls for removal of the the July 2019 decision of the of baggage in the aircraft, de- Singh Sandhu had a conversa- ed a bribe of 56,000 (8 per cent permit condition we had US Department of icing, check-in and ticketing. tion with US Transportation of the loan amount sanctioned) imposed in order 2019-7-9, Transportation (USDOT) to “Air India was not affected Secretary Elaine Chao. from the complainant for sanc- said the order issued by Joel suspend the right of Air India by this restriction by the US “India and the US have tion and disbursement of Szabat, Assistant Secretary of to self-handle at the US air- Department of Transportation partnered in Aviation sector Agriculture Loan of 7.10 lakh Transportation for Aviation ports. 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Fever, cough, be treated any way people like — be crimes like slavery and incar- prevention. The result of all this        ?0?5+    (          three sub-types of Ebola viruses and shortness of breath are among its they can be killed for fun as in the ceration in concentration camps has doubtless been the enormous 5   8 S   (    ,         one known as Marburg. Named symptoms, as is diarrhoea. criminal activity that goes by the but murder and genocide. material progress witnessed from $!5     9#!  , :  8        after Ebola River, which meanders Patients often develop pneumo- name of hunting, for food, sav- Nevertheless, as often as not, per- the emergence of the initial trib- through northern Zaire in Africa, nia. Birds, particularly crows, are agely hurt in the name of fun — petrators of such crimes against al communities to the establish-   8!# D 8  98#D8:   8    0 (  it first emerged in 1976 in 55 villages the natural hosts of West Nile bull fights in Spain, Jallikattu in humans are punished. Mussolini ment of the complex modern            #!$         near the banks. Fruit bats are Virus which causes neurological parts of South India, or cock- was shot while on the run; Hitler civilisations of the information                    7  believed to be its natural carriers. diseases that can be fatal. It is fights and dogfights in many had to commit suicide. Several age. This in turn has led to the The virus, which spreads through commonly found in Africa, parts of the world. They are made German perpetrators of war identification of progress with "     8      " @AA=       ! human to human contact, is a Middle East, North America, to pull or carry heavy loads that crimes and crimes against mastery over nature. The latter   /  !6 )              killer; the death rate so far has been Europe and West Asia and make them stagger and under- humanity during World War II was not the matrix to live in har-       8   P  Q     !   88 per cent of those infected. As the spreads though infected mosqui- go horrendous suffering in the were brought to justice at the mony with but to be destroyed disease progresses, persistent fever toes biting humans. name of medical experimenta- Nuremburg trials. More recent- and subordinated at will.                 "     is followed by a strange combination Eighty per cent of the peo- tion benefiting humans. ly, most perpetrators of war What was forgotten in the          8    !        (  of haemorrhaging and blood clot- ple infected by the West Nile Of course, animals are not crimes during Bangladesh’s process was that humankind       ( +     /     ting all over the body, especially in Virus do not show any symp- the only living beings that Liberation War in 1971 have emerged from the cradle of the spleen, liver and brain, in what toms. About one-fifth of the humans treat horribly. We treat been sentenced, a few to death. nature, which included all non-   ' 0              8 (  is known as disseminated intravas- infected develop fever and the whole of nature, of which ani- No murderer of a tree or the human living beings as well, and      E   *0  6       ! cular coagulation. Death comes headache, body ache, vomiting, mals are a part, in the most cruel perpetrator of the genocide of a has existed in the supportive         P  !    Q      8S from haemorrhaging and shock. diarrhoea and or rash. Less than and exploitative manner. The forest has been given similar environment provided by it. Severe Acute Respiratory one per cent of those infected worst victims are plants which punishment. This is because Destruction — even severe dam- P   Q               Syndrome (SARS), Middle-East develop illnesses like encephali- are feeling, communicating, trees, forests and the rest of age to the latter — could threat-    8     4         "   F Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), tis or meningitis involving mutually caring and benevolent nature, including other non- en its very existence. The devas-       8             " ! and West Nile Virus have also inflammation of the brain. Apart living beings that need to be human living beings, are gener- tating effects of climate change, originated in animals. SARS coro- from the symptoms described treated with respect, and forests, ally held to be existing for human including extinction of species,               *0        ! navirus emerged in China’s above, those seriously ill suffer which provide a wide range of convenience alone and, hence, and the cyclones and tidal waves     S                Guangdong province in 2002. First from stiff neck, tremors, vision environmental benefits, includ- have been put outside the uni- that are increasingly playing     08+                *0 identified in 2003, it most probably loss, numbness and paralysis. ing attracting rainfall and pre- verse of morality that people have havoc, are widely known. Now originated in bats and then spread Rabies, originating among venting soil erosion. They are, created for themselves. Thus, the abominable conditions exist-   4         8            to other animals like civet cats before other species, in dogs and mon- however, casually felled in India while the punishment for killing ing in Wuhan’s live animal mar-   (     (       8        8S infecting humans. There were 8,000 keys, and entirely preventable to make way for industrial enter- a human can be death, that of ket have unleashed the COVID-                       cases of the disease in the 2003 epi- through vaccination, is perhaps prises and coalfields when coal, killing an animal is a fine and a 19 virus on humans. This is                        demic, which affected 26 countries. the most talked about of the a highly polluting source of laughably short stint in jail. unlikely to be the last zoonotic or Transmitted from person to person, number of zoonotic diseases energy, is increasingly in disuse The attitude towards nature natural calamity visiting our        0        (8     ' . its symptoms are similar to those of affecting humans. The question everywhere. described above has been com- world. There will be others, and #     8+.(?            (    influenza — fever, muscle pain, is, how do these come to infect Underlying such conduct is pounded by the adversarial view perhaps even more catastroph-  "     (S             headache, diarrhoea and shivering. people? While transmission not only callousness but sadism, of it that emerged during the long ic, if we do not mend our ways. 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The educators were revered in the true sense as     O      '!    even the king would not take decisions without                the consent of the Raj Guru.    8     "         Even though the Raj Guru is often depicted               PQ as a poor person in popular culture, the king   "     0  !      would invariably receive the guru by standing up           !         ! from his seat. The teacher in turn would often   *     '     ! visit the king’s court in moments of crisis to coun- & &&0 &               $  ,S  sel the ruler. Sadly, those days are long gone. &0                 PQ We need to understand today as to why the 0  +0   judgement of teachers was final in the days of   &. = '         yore. To be precise, the objective of the king (or 0              & in today’s parlance the politician) is to remain & 0;                8    in power. Similarly, the aim of the common peo-                 ! ple is to be rich or famous or powerful. However,  #&   *             '  the objective of a teacher is nothing but to see & & &0< < 8         " 8     his/her students grow and achieve what they &0.  & P Q              *0 aspire to. This is the only profession where the & =  8      (    ! individual works not for oneself but for other & ;  .        0     0 9: people’s growth and success and derives pleasure  &0 <       0         in the attainments and achievements of the stu- 0 dents whom s/he teaches. However, to expect ; &               ! such dedication we, too, must have complete trust for us all. The Narendra Modi ment was released. Talking about the tion of an independent body to coor-          & in teachers and grant autonomy in pedagogic & 0 Government issued its New Education NEP while addressing the conclave, dinate school education among the "               activities; as individuals and as a system. Policy 2020 (NEP) on July 29, after a Modi had said, “Today, there are views States of India. This, it said, was nec-     "            In India, we celebrate Teachers’ Day on the & = mammoth discussion nationwide for and opinions coming from all across essary because education is a national       "           birth anniversary of Dr Sarvepalli  #&&0 &  five long years. The Ministry of Human the India. People are sharing their concern and the major responsibility of  D                 Radhakrishnan, a scholar of philosophy and a &  .0 & Resource Development (MHRD), now thoughts on this. It has been widely wel- maintaining quality and content of            9L  : '    great teacher loved by all who had the good for- &  & < renamed the Ministry of Education comed and one thing that has been school education as well as higher edu-                      tune to be taught by him. Radhakrishnan taught   =   (MoE), had started the discussion in observed is that no one is saying that cation rests upon the Union                  Indian philosophy and religion at many British   <&  2015 and people at the grassroots level this policy has any bias towards any one Government. The University Grants            /      and Indian universities. He later joined the free- were consulted through 33 identified area... that is a great thing. Now every- Commission (UGC) was established on dom struggle, because he believed that to serve areas or themes; and then a commit- one’s focus is on how this will be imple- the recommendation of the Dr      '  ( '      O a foreign rule was “irreligious” or adharm in the tee under TSR Subramanian (a retired mented. As far as the political will to Radhakrishnan Commission but the               " 8  Hindu tradition. bureaucrat) was asked to prepare a draft implement this is concerned, I want to School Education Commission (SEC)                 ! Radhakrishnan pursued his study of Indian on the basis of all the documents and assure you that I am fully with you... all has not been established till date. We  8S      S        " philosophy while continuing to make his con- feedback that were collected. the way.” need to get this going.  S                  tribution to the freedom struggle. He was in a However, this report was widely He called upon the educators to The best tribute to Dr                 relentless search for the ultimate truth, which he criticised and was largely unacceptable own the policy and implement it in let- Radhakrishnan would be to give school         L     "      believed was the pursuit of every Hindu schol- to most stakeholders. So, a new com- ter and spirit. The message conveyed teachers an independent statutory                @<<   ar i.e. Sa Vidya Ya Vimuktaye (attaining salvation mittee was constituted to prepare a was that the nation has realised that the body to regulate themselves instead of                 C<

teachers who made us as we are. in learning was guru-dakshina, where teacher-student relationship in mind, Right from becoming a good human a student would offer a gift or fee for Tariq Mansoor, who himself is a pro- being to a civilised citizen of the the knowledge gained by him. fessor and the Vice-Chancellor of the country. Actually, Dronacharya blessed historic Aligarh Muslim University, The United Nations Educational, Eklavya with immortality by asking says, “Teachers are the backbone of Scientific and Cultural Organisation him for his thumb because whenev- any academic institution and always (UNESCO) started observing er people think of an ideal student play a very big role in shaping the O&0 & Teachers’ Day on October 5, 1994 as and devotion to a teacher, they lives and careers of students.” This is   0 . 4,# it commemorates the anniversary of think of Eklavya and not Arjuna. a fact as our foundational education the adoption of the 1966 A teacher has a very high status completely depends on the guidance &$$6$$!(-!(4(5! International Labour Organisation and is given a lot of importance in we get. 8*65,-(!3!)(!$ OVID-19 has forced schools (ILO)-UNESCO Recommendation Islam. There is a famous saying of Teachers’ Day is a wonderful )$!(!-(!#,(!3
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$ in the past. Irrespective of religious President of India in 1962, his stu- remember me as a good teacher that ship. This story is an example of ded- ter to face any challenge with confi- to be a respected person in society. /*$"3$8)3$$$ beliefs, Teachers’ Day is celebrated dents and friends sought permission will be the biggest honour for me.” ication, hard work, obedience and dence and commitment. With enor- Let’s remember ours, wherever they 83(6()(($7.(
$!$ across the world, albeit on different to celebrate his birthday. However, Dr A teacher, who may give us a paying the guru his due. This also mous understanding of the subject are, especially for preparing us to be ('83!5$!"538$34( days. This is because, no matter what Radhakrishnan politely requested piece of advice and the lessons of a shows that acquiring or gaining matter and with deep knowledge and resilient in these pandemic times. )$!(!-3)"("$$$ society one belongs to, we all have them to celebrate his birthday as a lifetime, is always considered a high- knowledge is not possible without the wisdom, they always nourish the lives (The writer is the Chairperson, grown up with the realisation that we day dedicated to all the teachers in ly honoured person in every commu- teachings and blessings of the guru. of their students. Department of Linguistics at Aligarh 6$(!-'38(57 must always show respect to the the country. nity. In ancient times, a common practice Keeping the importance of the Muslim University.) I $"(3()J    !" #$%&%& - 

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Pautomobile industry, Union have alternative fuel pumps ority sector lending to include The Heavy Industries uto industry body SIAM upcoming regulations, invest- Wadhera also said that minister Nitin Gadkari on also,” Road transport minister start-ups funding up to 50 Minister also shared that the Aon Friday said that man- ments are very steep and the there should not be an over- Friday encouraged automakers Gadkari said addressing SIAM’s crore, and loans to farmers for proposal for the auto scrappage New Delhi: Pandemic Covid- ufacturers were not in a posi- commensurate revenues have dose of regulations as India’s to introduce flex-fuel engines 60th annual convention 2020 - installation of solar plants and policy was ready and all stake- 19 battered auto industry tion to invest further in the not been realised by the indus- emission standards are already in India on a large scale to pro- ‘Rebuilding the Nation, compressed biogas plants.The holders have provided inputs, awaits GST rate reduction implementation of upcoming try due to lack of consumer at par with the strictest in the mote alternative fuel in align- Responsibly’ through video Priority Sector Lending guide- therefore its announcement and scrappage scheme government regulations as the demand,” SIAM President world.Seeking government ment with the Government’s conference. lines have been comprehen- was likely “very soon”. announcement to tide over sector was going through an Rajan Wadhera said while support to offer some form of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ drive. Gadkari, who also holds sively reviewed and revised to Elaborating on the possi- these testing times said extremely difficult period. speaking at the industry body’s demand boosters, Wadhera To encourage alternative the MSME portfolio, said the align it with emerging nation- bilities of the GST rate cut on Kenichi Ayukawa, MD & Society of Indian annual convention here. said: “We feel that whatever we fuel, the Government has vision was to make the Indian al priorities and bring sharper vehicles segment, he said the CEO, Maruti Suzuki India. Automobile Manufacturers So, the industry does not are talking on reviving decided to allow automakers automobile industry number focus on inclusive develop- details of the proposals are Ayukawa spoke at the (SIAM) also noted that gov- have the ability to invest fur- demand will provide the meeting certain criteria to set one manufacturing hub in the ment, after having wide rang- being worked out by the 60th SIAM Annual ernment support was required ther into the implementation required push to consumers to up own fuel pumps, provided globe and cut on huge annual ing discussions with all stake- Finance Ministry and he is not Convention which was held to pursue the targets set under of new regulations like come to dealerships.” they sell green fuel too, Gadkari crude imports bill to the tune holders, the RBI said on Friday. privy to all the details. virtually. the Automotive Mission Plan Corporate Average Fuel said, asserting that carmakers of 7 lakh crore by promoting “Revised PSL guidelines will However, Javadekar said, IANS could easily introduce flex alternative fuel.Wondering enable better credit penetration “naturally in a logical sequence, some good news surely very Minister Narendra Modi and way forward which I also see, Sitharaman had said at an engines on par with Brazil, the when automakers like BMW, to credit deficient areas; 2-wheelers, 3-wheelers, public soon”. Finance Minister Nirmala progress will be done,” said industry interaction last month. US and Canada if they could Mercedes, Hyundai, Honda, increase the lending to small transport vehicles, in that cat- The minister said he will Sitharaman. Javadekar. She said a rate revision pro- leapfrog from BS-IV norms to Toyota and Suzuki could man- and marginal farmers and egory only, and then 4-wheel- definitely discuss the auto- “We may not agree imme- Two-wheelers are neither posal would be taken up by the BS-VI. ufacture flex-engine vehicles weaker sections; boost credit to ers, in that order it should motive industry’s demand for diately for reduction in GST a luxury nor sin goods and so GST Council. Two-wheelers “Government has taken a for the US, Canada and Brazil, renewable energy, andhealth come. Goods and Services Tax but that is not a final no. merit a GST rate revision, currently attract 28 per cent decision that the companies Gadkari asked why couldn’t infrastructure,” the RBI said in I hope that you will get (GST) reduction with Prime There can definitely be a Finance Minister Nirmala GST. with a worth of more than 250 they start production in India. a release. PTI 8 /
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 30-share BSE Sensex opened on ended in the red. macroeconomic indicators. On   China. “...The anti-dumping molten metal, is used in sectors Trade Remedies (DGTR). the backfoot and remained in the Axis Bank was the biggest weekly basis too, the domestic duty imposed under this noti- like construction. In a separate notification dated he Sensex crashed 634 points negative territory throughout loser, declining 4.07 per cent, fol- currency gained 25 paise vis-à- ndia has extended anti- fication shall remain in force up The duty of USD 218 per September 2, the department Twhile the Nifty closed below the session. It finally finished at lowed by Tata Steel. vis US dollar. At the interbank Idumping duty on imports of to and inclusive of the 7 th tonne was imposed for the has imposed provisional anti- the 11,350-level on Friday as 38,357.18, down 633.76 points or The Indian rupee rebounded forex market, the rupee opened float glass from China for three December, 2020, unless first time on September 8, dumping duty on imports of investors pressed the panic but- 1.63 per cent. Similarly, the NSE by 33 paise to close at 73.14 on a strong note at 73.38 and months till December 7, as per revoked, superseded or amend- 2015 for five years. Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride ton after a tech-led rout on Wall Nifty plunged 193.60 points or against the US dollar on Friday, gained further ground to close at a notification. ed earlier,” the Department of It was extended after the medicine from China for a Street. Reliance Industries, bank- 1.68 % to close at 11,333.85. shrugging off tepid sentiment 73.14, registering a gain of 33 The move is aimed at Revenue said in the notifica- recommendation of the com- period of six months. ing and finance stocks account- Barring Maruti, which spurted emanating from sell-offs in paise a dollar over its previous guarding domestic industry tion. Float glass, made by float- merce ministry’s investigation It is used to treat different ed for the bulk of the losses. The 1.70 per cent, all Sensex stocks domestic equities and weak close. from cheap imports from ing molten glass on a bed of arm Directorate General of kinds of bacterial infections.   BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 11,354.40 11,452.05 11,303.65 11,333.85 -193.6 Script Open High Low LTP AFFLE 2705 2837.75 2676.3 2731.95 RAIN 111 115.1 111 113.25 JKCEMENT 1466 1516.15 1453.05 1491.8 MARUTI 6,985.00 7,324.00 6,965.05 7,210.00 137.4 IDEA 11.31 13.45 11.31 12.01 MUTHOOTFIN 1125.9 1155.6 1097.25 1123.4 RAYMOND 278.5 290 278.5 284.9 GUJALKALI 349 358.6 341.05 347.05 BAJFINANCE 3,541.50 3,649.80 3,520.75 3,617.00 -2.7 RELIANCE 2065.6 2097 2065.6 2077.4 FEDERALBNK 53.5 55.05 53.5 53.8 RALLIS 304.9 309.65 301 306.6 KAJARIACER 440 448.95 432 443.7 TCS 2,275.00 2,324.25 2,262.95 2,297.65 -1.85 TATAMOTORS 147.4 153.6 146 147.75 HDFCLIFE 570 580.7 569.05 574.85 HAVELLS 642.1 648 631 634.55 PRESTIGE 242 252.75 242 247.1 GAIL 96.95 99.1 96.15 98 -0.1 SBIN 209.35 212.3 205.85 206.65 ULTRACEMCO 3900 3951.5 3877.35 3926.05 WHIRLPOOL 2136 2230.5 2108.25 2161.85 ABB 978.5 978.5 945 947.75 BAJAJ-AUTO 2,880.00 2,926.10 2,840.00 2,890.00 -6.4 ICICIBANK 373.1 379.3 368.7 372.8 DLF 156 157.5 153.3 154.9 DIXON 8225 8640 8189.35 8576.75 RITES 245.5 251.1 245.25 246.5 HINDUNILVR 2,115.00 2,140.90 2,114.00 2,131.00 -8.15 ITC 189.6 190 185.75 186.65 TECHM 743.2 758.1 743.2 748.55 IBREALEST 61.7 64.4 60.75 62.35 NESCO 545 563.8 535.3 543.05 HEROMOTOCO 2,918.85 2,976.50 2,867.60 2,928.90 -12.5 INFRATEL 213 230.75 207.55 214.75 MGL 923 927.55 910.05 913.05 ITI 133 138.55 131.25 135.3 IRCON 88.5 89.05 87.55 87.75 ZEEL 215.4 223.8 210.6 219.25 -1 BAJFINANCE 3516.5 3649.5 3516.5 3595.95 PETRONET 232 240.15 232 235.15 CGCL 217.35 226.55 217.35 224.9 TIMKEN 1168 1223.95 1154.4 1168.75 HCLTECH 695.15 704.5 692.05 702 -4.75 INDUSINDBK 605 642 605 615.7 PAGEIND 19105.35 19264.8 18400 18470.05 PIIND 1826.5 1900 1826.5 1883.15 GSPL 197 205.75 197 198.8 ULTRACEMCO 3,913.25 3,931.95 3,880.00 3,921.30 -27.7 MARUTI 6980 7321 6976.15 7191.5 IRB 117.5 133 116.2 125.4 EIHOTEL 84.35 88.5 83.25 87.65 CHENNPETRO 78 80 76.05 78.8 FCONSUMER 10.85 11.17 10.85 10.91 BALKRISIND 1290 1324.4 1284 1292.05 WABAG 200 204.6 196.4 198.9 BAJAJFINSV 6,250.00 6,422.95 6,201.00 6,301.60 -53.95 IIFLWAM 999.1 1020 990.1 993.65 AXISBANK 470 472.3 452.65 455.25 SRF 4221.05 4373.45 4167.85 4203.8 IDBI 38.7 39.05 37.45 38.4 JBCHEPHARM 760 788.25 760 783.8 BRITANNIA 3,730.00 3,809.00 3,698.55 3,715.00 -31.85 ZEEL 216.5 223.65 210.45 220.4 M&MFIN 135 140.45 134.25 137.25 DCBBANK 87.4 90.1 87.4 88.4 UJJIVANSFB 35 35.25 34.15 34.6 KOTAKBANK 1,380.00 1,394.70 1,354.00 1,384.00 -12.7 TCS 2242 2323.5 2242 2289.75 CANBK 104.95 104.95 102.3 103.25 UJJIVAN 240 247.9 240 245.7 MINDAIND 315.35 345 315.35 342.9 HDFCLIFE 570 581 569.05 576.8 -5.4 BHARTIARTL 530.1 537.3 519.6 523.1 MINDTREE 1172 1210.45 1172 1193.2 TRENT 620.1 658 620.1 649.55 CASTROLIND 121 121 119.1 119.85 NESTLEIND 16,155.00 16,423.90 16,150.00 16,239.80 -153.95 BANDHANBNK 301.55 318.5 301.55 314.05 JAMNAAUTO 42.15 51.6 42.15 47.3 PTC 58.1 59.8 58.1 59.1 TCNSBRANDS 381.5 390 358.9 362.85 HDFCBANK 1,110.00 1,125.40 1,104.40 1,119.00 -11.9 HDFC 1799 1799 1762.4 1770 DABUR 491.05 495.75 481.55 483.7 GODFRYPHLP 910.05 951 910.05 938.75 SUPREMEIND 1337.15 1409.95 1331.25 1379.9 ASIANPAINT 1,958.00 1,993.70 1,951.00 1,957.10 -20.9 INDIGO 1240 1310.6 1240 1256.6 ASTRAZEN 3700.1 3929 3654.8 3891.6 AMBUJACEM 211 212.6 207.5 208.65 AAVAS 1363 1422 1363 1406.45 IOC 84 84.85 82.75 84.15 -0.95 INDIAMART 4150 4259.3 4041.95 4099.95 APOLLOTYRE 121.3 124.2 118.95 121 FSL 55.6 63.35 55.6 62.45 INTELLECT 185 190.6 183.3 187.05 ONGC 78.55 79.1 77.35 78.15 -0.9 BIOCON 420 434.15 418.8 420.8 TATAPOWER 59.9 60.3 58.25 58.8 CUB 140.1 143.95 138.25 141 KPITTECH 81.2 85.75 81 84.2 TECHM 747 758.4 743.55 749.7 -9.85 HDFCBANK 1106 1124.5 1104.55 1119.8 CHOLAFIN 235.05 239.1 232.2 234.2 BERGEPAINT 542 560.4 542 551.9 TIINDIA 665 668.8 646.9 663.35 RELIANCE 2,083.55 2,096.95 2,072.20 2,080.00 -32.1 BLUEDART 2123 2323.3 2102 2299.75 LICHSGFIN 294.05 301.85 293.75 295.5 ATUL 6098.95 6196.5 5901 6113.15 KEI 395.7 395.7 387 388.5 INFY 915 929.5 914.45 920.5 -15.05 WIPRO 279 279.7 275.35 276 BATAINDIA 1318 1390.45 1318 1349.5 BAJAJCON 169 175 163 167.2 FDC 312 324.15 312 318 HINDALCO 188.05 194 184.85 188.85 -3.15 RBLBANK 188.3 195.5 184.8 188.95 UPL 517.8 517.85 504.65 508.45 GNFC 201 216.45 201 208.75 GICRE 145 147.5 143.1 144.3 TASTYBIT 11980 12175 11814.9 11864.5 LT 948 956.15 940 945 -16.15 CIPLA 729 750 717.05 724.7 ICICIPRULI 432 432 416.3 421.05 VINATIORGA 990 1037 990 1003.6 BAJAJHLDNG 2630 2648 2584.5 2590 MAHINDCIE 123.1 136.05 123.1 132.15 CIPLA 733.75 750 717.1 725.45 -13.15 ASHOKLEY 68.25 72.55 67.35 69.75 COLPAL 1355 1379.35 1355 1362.5 POLYCAB 860 884.4 854.3 865.3 GRSE 193.5 204 193.5 200.4 INDOCO 218 221.5 215 219 SUNPHARMA* 516.3 530.15 508.5 512.3 IFBIND 480 572.4 474 553.45 GODREJCP 663 668.6 653.2 655.35 CROMPTON 268.05 268.05 260.7 263.35 EICHERMOT 2,167.00 2,226.00 2,165.00 2,191.10 -40.05 ALLCARGO 121.6 123.8 118.55 119 DRREDDY 4365 4482 4294.1 4323.15 RECLTD 111.5 111.6 109 110.1 IFCI 6.79 7.95 6.62 7.06 VAIBHAVGBL 1700 1720 1660 1664.8 INFRATEL 214 230.8 207.5 214.35 -4.15 REDINGTON 106.5 114.35 106.5 112.3 LAURUSLABS 1151 1237 1148.55 1182.2 CENTURYTEX 339 364.75 335 348.7 JSWENERGY 57.8 59.5 57.6 58.8 HATHWAY 35.5 37 34.7 35.1 POWERGRID 177.2 178 173.7 175 -3.5 CCL 256.2 260.7 251.85 255.1 DMART 2235.3 2367.85 2223.4 2249.15 SUNTV 473 486.7 462.45 476.45 WOCKPHARMA 288 307.9 288 299.95 OIL 96.2 96.2 94.1 94.45 TITAN 1,161.60 1,198.05 1,155.00 1,162.00 -23.3 NILKAMAL 1278 1302.45 1263.45 1276.15 SRTRANSFIN 685.2 697.75 670.7 686.85 SBICARD 810.05 827 810.05 816.4 EQUITAS 52.75 53.3 51.3 52.45 PNCINFRA 156.05 164.95 156.05 162.45 M&M 629 649.8 626.3 631.7 -12.95 MAHLOG 350 360.25 348 352.2 TITAN 1155.55 1198.7 1155 1158.9 TATACHEM 308.7 308.7 302 303.55 DEEPAKFERT 173 178.5 165 169.05 KTKBANK 45.1 46 45.05 45.15 ICICIBANK 375 379.95 368.35 375 -7.75 CARBORUNIV 267 267 254.5 256.25 JINDALSTEL 218.75 218.75 209.3 210.75 COALINDIA 135 136.4 131.4 132.4 HINDZINC 221.05 225.9 220.3 221.8 BALMLAWRIE 116 118.45 113.1 116.9 COALINDIA 134.1 136.45 131.35 132.95 -2.75 DHANUKA 756.2 780.5 756.2 772.05 KOTAKBANK 1386 1394.4 1354.6 1378.55 L&TFH 65.05 67.9 65 65.9 NOCIL 125.65 131.35 125.65 127.7 HIMATSEIDE 72 78.4 72 75.8 HDFC 1,783.60 1,789.00 1,761.80 1,771.00 -37.75 DALBHARAT* 744.8 759.8 737 744.05 PVR 1383 1445.15 1340.1 1386.85 MCX 1558.2 1631.15 1548.75 1606.9 GARFIBRES 1885.85 2030 1885.85 1954.3 COCHINSHIP 329 330.5 325.1 327.05 INDUSINDBK 611.05 642 603.55 618.6 -13.25 THYROCARE 753.95 767.5 745.85 749.95 ASIANPAINT 1910 1992.35 1910 1956 FORCEMOT 1070.55 1182.3 1050 1121.35 UNIONBANK 29.45 29.6 29.1 29.35 KRBL 259.7 264.6 255.6 262.65 JKLAKSHMI 267 267 260 263.7 WIPRO 278.7 279.5 275.1 276.7 -6.15 HCLTECH 691 704.35 691 701 SUZLON 3.38 3.43 3.28 3.35 PHILIPCARB 124.5 128.2 123.85 124.15 PERSISTENT 961.55 1003.95 961.55 989.8 TIMETECHNO 40.9 42 40.45 41.05 BPCL 409 411 400.6 404 -9.4 ADANIENT 288 293.5 280.2 285.1 PNB 33.7 34.2 33.35 33.6 LTI 2475 2488 2430 2478.1 SYMPHONY 830.2 876.85 830.2 848.8 CENTRALBK 17.35 17.35 16.95 17.2 ITC 190 190 185.7 187.25 -4.35 GRANULES 321 350.3 316.2 346 HAL 912 926.8 905.2 910.75 HUDCO 35.2 37.8 35.2 37.15 LEMONTREE 27.1 28.1 27.1 27.95 ESSELPRO 275.1 285.3 275 278.8 GRASIM 705 724 698.7 708 -16.75 HEROMOTOCO 2915 2975.65 2872 2914.75 POWERGRID 177 177.6 173.75 175.05 TAKE 46.7 52.5 46.7 50.25 OMAXE 70.2 70.2 69.35 69.55 HINDCOPPER 37.2 37.2 36.05 36.35 SHREECEM 20,300.00 20,500.00 19,950.00 19,952.75 -476.25 PEL 1335 1335 1275 1292.1 ALKYLAMINE 3181 3405.25 3170.15 3350.75 RVNL 21 21.15 20.6 20.95 OBEROIRLTY 376 376.05 364.5 369.35 ASTERDM 128.85 130.05 126.1 128.1 UPL 514.75 517.85 504.55 509.65 -12.2 TATASTEEL 427.05 433.75 419.15 421.3 FRETAIL 112.45 112.45 112.45 112.45 SCHNEIDER 83.75 86 81.9 82.6 CESC 592.35 616.25 592.35 607.4 JTEKTINDIA 77.8 78.35 75.95 76.3 SUNPHARMA 518 530.4 508.25 511.15 -12.3 INFY 921.5 929.5 915.55 919.25 MOTHERSUMI 112 116 111.35 112.8 AMARAJABAT 740 754.35 733.9 742.4 SJVN 23 24.25 23 23.5 SHANKARA 353.65 377.2 353.65 361.65 DRREDDY 4,400.00 4,483.45 4,291.95 4,322.00 -111.15 TATACONSUM 571 587.3 555.65 565.9 VARROC 316.05 350 303 320.9 GMRINFRA 23.5 24.05 23.2 23.75 MIDHANI 209.65 210.35 205.35 208.75 METROPOLIS 1793 1814.25 1777.55 1787 SBIN 210 212.3 205.9 207.5 -5.65 BHEL 38.95 39.85 38.4 38.65 NESTLEIND 16279.55 16417 16144.7 16231.45 GUJGAS 306.4 313.5 303.8 307.3 JKTYRE 61 61 59.2 59.75 SIS 351 368 313.65 360.35 BHARTIARTL 531.5 538 519.5 523.65 -14.35 ESCORTS 1182.1 1214.9 1179.2 1183 BEL 103.2 108.4 103.2 106.35 SUNTECK 275.1 284.2 274 280.75 JYOTHYLAB 140 141.5 137.65 139.45 CHOLAHLDNG 412 437.95 412 421.1 TATAMOTORS 147.9 153.65 147 147.6 -4.25 ABCAPITAL 71 77.4 69.05 72 ADVENZYMES 220 235 215.2 232.95 SWANENERGY 128.25 131.1 126.2 130 PHOENIXLTD 654 659.7 643.3 648.55 AIAENG 1803 1826.65 1802 1810.6 GAIL 95.5 99 95.5 98.05 JUSTDIAL 382 396.45 380.9 389.65 SYNGENE 464 475.75 458.1 469.05 ARVINDFASN 148.95 157.25 146 146.9 NTPC 96.05 97.45 94 94.8 -2.9 INDOSTAR 269.3 269.9 255.25 262.2 DIVISLAB 3255 3322.5 3208.85 3226.45 SHREECEM 20020.05 20480.05 19626 19924.45 BOMDYEING 67.5 68.95 66 66.45 GSFC 67.9 67.9 65.2 65.5 ADANIPORTS 363.4 363.4 351.1 354.2 -11.8 GHCL 161.75 166.7 160.5 162.2 IBULHSGFIN 197 197 190.6 192.75 GLENMARK 482 493 474.2 476.1 BEML 685.05 689.85 672 674.25 CENTURYPLY 162 164.9 157.2 162.5 JSWSTEEL 286.05 291.25 280.55 283.1 -10.3 ITDC 226 248.05 226 240.95 EICHERMOT 2151.3 2225.95 2151.3 2180.55 APLLTD 928 951.55 917.55 927.4 IDFC 29 29.3 28.2 28.5 ZYDUSWELL 1620 1620 1581 1594.5 TATASTEEL 428.1 433.95 419 421.9 -16.2 RAMCOCEM 710 722 703.9 716.4 BRITANNIA 3746.9 3807 3700 3705.8 JUBILANT 809.9 840 785.2 829.6 GESHIP 241 251.5 236.85 246.8 VIPIND 280.4 288.95 280.4 285.15 AXISBANK 469 472.95 452.6 457.05 -17.9 GODREJAGRO 487 494.1 481.15 490.4 IDFCFIRSTB 31.1 32.65 30.25 31.7 MANAPPURAM 148.5 156.6 148.5 152.15 BBTC 1335 1381 1273.9 1303.35 IEX 194.75 194.75 189.75 191.2 SKFINDIA 1620 1650 1600 1636.8 GRASIM 694.05 724 694.05 706.45 MRF 57947 58764.3 57593.5 58435.65 JAICORPLTD 83.15 91.15 83.15 89.65 TATACOFFEE 113 113.75 111.25 111.9     LUXIND 1385 1393.6 1332.5 1350.75 LUPIN 952.05 966 935.9 944.65 BLISSGVS 149.05 152 146.2 148.85 NATCOPHARM 768 789.5 751 766.4 HEIDELBERG 181.5 187.15 181.5 185 ENDURANCE 1090 1090 1048.7 1062.15 OFSS 2882 3017.5 2882 2981.6 EXIDEIND 160.6 165.8 160 163.55 DELTACORP* 106.15 113 105.15 107.4 MRPL 31 31.7 30.85 31.5 SHRIRAMCIT 943.6 967.55 943.6 960.7 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE ADANIGAS 187 200.9 182.95 187.75 IOC 84 84.85 83.5 83.95 AVANTI 509.9 522.35 502.95 509.2 EMAMILTD 360 375 359 369.85 MOTILALOFS* 680 681.25 662.2 679.05 NIFTY NEXT 50 27,249.85 27,507.05 27,045.30 27,105.50 -508.7 TATAMTRDVR 52.75 56.9 52.75 56 PNBHOUSING 278 299.7 275 291.7 KALPATPOWR* 245.2 260 243.5 253.25 APLAPOLLO 2301 2399.25 2301 2397.05 TCIEXP 778 796 771.6 774.9 OFSS 2,910.00 3,019.50 2,907.00 2,990.00 54.55 BAJAJ-AUTO 2895 2925 2842 2882.1 SOUTHBANK 7.2 7.46 7.19 7.42 JINDALSAW 63.2 66.5 63.2 63.5 GREAVESCOT 80 81.05 78.4 78.85 TEAMLEASE 2397.95 2397.95 2250 2280 SIEMENS 1,201.00 1,234.35 1,200.05 1,224.55 6.8 TATAELXSI 1130 1167 1130 1150.8 AUBANK 662 680.4 645 659.95 BSOFT 161.6 169.9 161.6 167.8 MOIL 151.45 151.45 147.6 148.75 MMTC 18.35 18.7 18.3 18.55 ABBOTINDIA 16,200.00 16,700.00 16,200.00 16,516.00 71.5 CONCOR 395.1 400.3 388.8 391.4 CHAMBLFERT 145 147.15 145 145.75 HAWKINCOOK 4838.9 4939.2 4752.6 4842.25 TVSSRICHAK 1513 1513 1453.6 1483.1 ICICIGI 1,270.00 1,296.90 1,265.55 1,289.00 0.75 CEATLTD 887.65 895.7 879.6 883.2 MEGH 70.7 72.55 69.45 70.35 J&KBANK 17.05 17.9 17.05 17.6 UFLEX 340 340 332 332.65 BERGEPAINT 547.95 561 546.3 553.85 -2.45 ACC 1319.7 1327.1 1301.8 1307.9 GLAXO 1559 1599 1543.9 1574.55 FLUOROCHEM 502 539.4 496 530 LINDEINDIA 700.2 728.05 700.2 707.9 BANDHANBNK 305 318.5 302.8 311.3 -1.6 TV18BRDCST 30.2 32.25 30 30.2 MPHASIS 1145 1176.2 1141 1144.4 KANSAINER 475 493 475 484.3 DCMSHRIRAM 366 366 358 359.25 NHPC 21.3 21.85 21.3 21.4 -0.15 CAPPL 516.35 546.6 515 532.95 TORNTPOWER 332 340.4 331.5 332.6 UCOBANK 13.27 13.5 13.13 13.28 SPANDANA 585.65 604.4 585.65 594.55 TORNTPHARM 2,775.95 2,832.00 2,747.00 2,777.60 -19.85 SBILIFE 825 845.75 825 834.55 CANFINHOME 373 380.75 373 375.2 SCI 58.5 58.85 57.75 58.2 GPPL 78.5 80.5 78.5 80.2 DMART 2,251.10 2,367.85 2,183.30 2,259.95 -18.45 NBCC 27.6 28.15 27.1 27.3 VBL 743.5 762.25 725.3 739.8 NIACL 110.15 114.3 110.15 113.05 KSB 511 532.25 511 519.8 BOSCHLTD 12,764.25 13,188.70 12,600.00 12,949.90 -114.35 DCAL 169.2 186.4 169.2 185.6 STRTECH 137.4 150.65 137.4 146.9 TTKPRESTIG 5833.15 6100 5833.15 6022.95 SUNDRMFAST 445.55 446 430.1 437.65 PIDILITIND 1,436.90 1,464.50 1,418.05 1,435.05 -14.1 AARTIIND 1021.2 1079.05 1021.2 1069.15 SANOFI 8300 8484.2 8218.05 8423.45 ERIS 470 507.95 470 502.85 GRINDWELL 497 541.4 497 533.85 PGHH 10,005.00 10,233.00 10,005.00 10,060.00 -107.75 TVSMOTOR 430 441.5 425 433.55 GMM 5618 5752.85 5592.15 5683.8 CRISIL 1766.05 1834.4 1735.95 1761.3 PGHH 9997.05 10200 9997.05 10071.85 MUTHOOTFIN 1,115.55 1,156.00 1,096.05 1,123.00 -12.4 NCC 33.5 34.5 33.1 33.8 PARAGMILK 107 108.65 105.2 106.35 CYIENT 385 391.5 383.35 385.2 GODREJIND 444.7 448.9 436 442.65 COLPAL 1,375.00 1,379.00 1,358.05 1,365.20 -16.3 ABFRL 136.7 144.5 135.3 136.8 WELSPUNIND 56.05 57.95 55.65 56.5 IIFL 87.5 87.5 84 84.95 MAHSCOOTER 3022.1 3088.4 3022.1 3033.8 BIOCON 421.7 434.4 418.45 420.35 -5 INDIACEM 115 115 113.2 113.65 LTTS 1510 1581.45 1510 1562.8 SOBHA 254 259.55 251.2 254.2 DBCORP 76.45 79.5 76.4 77.9 SBICARD 811 827.5 810 817.8 -10 AJANTPHARM 1530.05 1547 1480 1491.95 ABBOTINDIA 16412 16697.25 16250 16547.8 FINOLEXIND 522.95 522.95 507.3 512.05 BRIGADE 165 168.75 161.5 164.2 SRTRANSFIN 689 698.05 669.05 689 -8.7 GODREJPROP 865 938.55 865 919.85 ALKEM 2874.8 2874.8 2751 2803.1 NBVENTURES 58.05 62.8 58.05 60.3 POWERINDIA 910.55 919 903.15 905.1 HINDZINC 221.95 226 220.5 221.95 -2.8 NATIONALUM 36.05 37.3 36.05 36.3 FINEORG 2495 2650 2448.65 2622.9 DBL 364 370.3 356.55 365.95 SOMANYCERA 150.05 163 149.65 158.2 HINDPETRO 198 203.75 195.75 197 -2.8 APOLLOHOSP 1648.2 1689.1 1643.6 1650.65 JKPAPER* 92.25 95.3 92.25 93.5 KNRCON 235.5 249.1 234 245.25 SCHAEFFLER 3828.4 4010.15 3828.4 3969.45 IGL 403.85 407.7 397.5 403.15 -6.05 BANKINDIA 49.45 49.85 48.35 48.55 BAJAJELEC 500 505 485.55 489.85 SUDARSCHEM 450.25 469.5 448.4 449.95 LAOPALA 207.8 214.65 206.15 209.25 PETRONET 236 240.2 234.1 235.35 -3.75 ADANIGREEN 544.65 550 544.65 544.65 LAXMIMACH 3351 3750 3321.2 3700.25 BAYERCROP 5865.05 5950 5848.85 5876.35 MINDACORP 73.5 77.2 73.3 74.25 NH 325 325 312.9 320.4 MARICO 379 379 371.7 373.3 -6.05 LT 945 956.05 940.1 942.9 IPCALAB 1981 2035 1981 2020.5 EDELWEISS 80 80.5 77.5 78.75 CSBBANK 221.15 232.45 221.15 227.65 WESTLIFE 369.4 382.75 366.3 369.85 DIVISLAB 3,241.00 3,320.95 3,209.00 3,230.10 -52.4 BPCL 406 410.95 400.55 403.4 BOSCHLTD 12800 13188.15 12650 12886.45 3MINDIA 19920 19970 19610 19649.95 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duced antibody response in all study lead author Denis Logunov, convalescent plasma from 4,817 Belarus’ capital Friday to detained nearly 7,000 people of staging unsanctioned TV anchors who resigned from participants with no serious from Gamaleya National people who had recovered from protest the disputed reelection and beat hundreds, drawing protests last week, and a court state TV in solidarity with the  & adverse events in small human Research Centre for mild or moderate COVID-19, of the nation’s authoritarian international outrage and caus- in Minsk handed them new 15- protesters were handed 10-day trials, according to the first peer- Epidemiology and Microbiology, they said. president, while police dis- ing the anti-government day sentences Thursday. sentences for taking part in espite a denial from reviewed results of the preventive Russia. Both vaccine formulations persed university students demonstrations to swell. The Earlier this week, six unauthorized rallies. DGreece, the chief of published in The Lancet journal “This helps teach the were safe over the 42-day study attempting to show solidarity government has since shifted Belarusian journalists were They beat journalists, they NATO said Friday that on Friday. immune system to recognise period and well tolerated, accord- with peers who were detained tactics, seeking to squelch detained while covering a stu- put them on trial, strip them Greece and Turkey have start- Results from early-phase and attack the SARS-CoV-2 ing to the study. earlier in the week. protests with threats, the selec- dent demonstration and of their credentials and deport ed technical discussions non-randomised vaccine trials in virus. To form a powerful The most common adverse Information technology tive detention of protesters charged with taking part in them from the country, Andrei aimed at reducing the risk of a total of 76 people show that two immune response against SARS- events were pain at the injection workers and other protesters and the prosecution of activists. unsanctioned protests. During Bastunets, head of the conflict or accidents amid formulations of the vaccine have CoV-2, it is important that a site, hyperthermia, headache, formed chains of solidarity in On Friday, police entered a Friday court hearing, police Belarusian Associaton of military tensions between the a good safety profile detected over booster vaccination is provided,” asthenia (weakness or lack of various parts of Minsk to keep the State Linguistics University officers in ski masks testified Journalists, told The allies over offshore energy 42 days, and induce antibody Logunov said. energy), and muscle and joint pushing for the resignation of in Minsk to disperse an action against them via a video link. Associated Press. The law resources in the eastern responses in all participants with- The trials took place in two pain. The authors note that these President Alexander by students who were express- The journalists could get 15- doesn’t work, they accuse jour- Mediterranean. in 21 days. Secondary outcomes hospitals in Russia, and were adverse effects are also seen with Lukashenko, who extended his ing solidarity with classmates day jail sentences, if convicted. nalists with cameras of coor- No agreement has been from the trial suggest the vaccine, open-label and non-randomised, other vaccines, particularly those 26-year rule in an Aug. 9 elec- detained earlier. Officers Authorities also have dinating the protests. The reached from the military- approved last month by Russia, meaning that participants knew based on recombinant viral vec- tion that the political opposi- rounded up several partici- revoked the accreditation of United States and the level talks, NATO Secretary also produces a T cell response that they were receiving the vac- tors. 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But I also “We must realise that this is a also the distinct striking of the change has come about after the inherited and decided to keep believe, positive judgments process and to unlearn what we palms, with open fingers, to clap, landmark judgement by Supreme long after we achieved strengthen one’s ability to survive have been force-fed for more than which is often associated with the Court on Section 377, which Independence. It was a draconian if not live a fuller life as a legitimate a century, and have been condi- transgenders. It’s usually looked at decriminalised homosexuality. On piece of legislation showcasing the citizen.” tioned to falsely accept, will take as a “different” kind of a clap. Over September 6, the verdict will turn extremely narrow-minded thought For Iyer, “Every organisation time to undo. We are in this the time, it has been related to only two years old. process of the Britishers. So when should have a non-discriminatory together. When we say we are part abusing and begging on the streets. Harish Iyer, Gay Rights the people of India say that homo- clause. And its workplace harass- of the society, we need to work The idea was first questioned and Activist, appreciates the increase in sexuality is a foreign import, I’d like ment policy should include all ‘with’ the society and not against it. opposed against by Indian trans- dialogue. He says, “I come from a to correct them and state this fact. genders, inlcuding the transgen- People are changing their rigid fal- gender activist, Lakshmi Narayan time when there weren’t many I would like to tell them that ders. That’s the need of the hour lacies to actually understand queer Tripathi, who discouraged the use voices to raise awareness. The LGBTQIA+ brothers and sisters been a criminal activity and Rights Homophobia, in fact, is a foreign because trans people face the brunt people and respect us, which is a of this clap to not make it as a sym- LGBTQ community never saw so found the courage to come out of had no meaning for them. But now, import! We have always celebrat- of this everytime. There are trans- positive sign. I would only say, edu- bol for people to identify transgen- much media attention around that shadows and have chosen to ask for they could fall in love freely. While ed sexual diversity until the men and women who get harassed cation is key,” says Sushant. ders. time. We often saw the same faces their due rights. The NALSA the Bills and proceedings in the Britishers came in and rained on and are asked for sexual favours by Mohnish is “an eternal opti- However, newer perceptions circling again and again. When we’d Judgment, that recognised the Parliament were pledging protec- our parade,” says he. their bosses or seniors. And there mist.” He says, “Having witnessed are tranforming such negative con- go to colleges or schools for aware- trans community as the third gen- tion, the community was sighting is a whole range of transphobic and the 2009 Delhi High Court Verdict notations into something beautiful. ness and to speak about issues, der, also laid the foundation for a freedom. Work to be done on work- homophobic comments that are and then losing that victory in A recent viral video on social there was only a bunch of common more inclusive future. Popular cul- However, even though there place made regularly.” 2013, I say we should start to cher- media talked about the LGBTQ faces I saw. Now, I see a lot of new ture, cinema and television have have been many baby steps taken After the Transgender ish what we have at the moment. community and how it should not voices coming up, so much variety also started to portray the commu- towards ensuring the community’s Protection Act 2019, many work Many lives have been lost to homo- be ostracised. One of the lines in of people who have widened the nity differently over the last few inclusion and recognition in the opportunities have opened for the Finding light at the end of the phobia, bullying and stigma — at the documentary said, “Taali toh term, and they create awareness years.” public sphere, a lot still needs to be community, which has come as a tunnel the very least, the apex court has sab bajate hain par jab kinnar through many different ways — Mr Gay India 2014 and singer covered up, point out experts. relaxation for people. Mohnish Maya talks about the cam- removed the criminal status quo of bajaye toh galat kyun?” The very poetry, writings and performing Sushant Divgikar feels that a surge “The verdict actually put the says, “Certain state governments paign, ‘Hum agar uthhe nahin the LGBTQIA+ community. This mention of, as peculiar thing as, the arts. And that’s important.” of LGBT-friendly content on OTT onus on the government to ensure and corporates have opened up toh...’ (If we do not rise), which is is a first step to the long process of “clap” shows how the community Taking it back a little, before the platforms, films and television is a that the judgement is known by offers for employment to the mem- aimed at uniting voices against the ensuring equal rights to all citizens has now become one of the most Supreme Court verdict of 2018, huge recognition. He feels that dig- everybody and there is less discrim- bers of the trans community,” targeted attacks on the granted by our Constitution. That talked-about phenomenon. It needs LGBTQ rights activist, Mohnish ital content is increasingly gaining ination. However, very little has mentioning the Employee Resource Constitutional rights of the people said, the community is preparing attention and today’s media estab- Malhotra recalls that it was in 2009, hold over the audience’s mind and moved towards that direction. I Groups (ERGs), which have been of India. Women’s groups, the future road map to appeal the lishes it. There have been several when the Delhi High Court first hence, his recent song, in collabo- think there needs to be a wide- established to support LGBTQIA+ LGBTQIA communities and court again for more demands.” campaigns, poetry, films and even striked down Section 377, that its ration with MTV Beats, Love-Duet spread awareness and, especially, communities. human rights organisations are, Well, even though we can’t say performing arts which are now draconian status began to dimin- tries to normalise same-sex love students need to be educated about Amid the increasing work- today, organising this day of resis- how long this will take, however, normalising the issue for the main- ish by quantum leaps. He says, “Up and relationships. “I have stepped this in schools and colleges about place inclusivity, however, lies tance to safeguard the Indian the way 2018 verdict was delivered, stream audience. A campaign, until then, this law was used by the out of my comfort zone and creat- the LGBTQ community and the another major challenge — dis- Constitution and its values, which it does indicate bright light at the authorities to blackmail, bully and ed this song. The song furthers the years of humiliation they’ve faced. crimination. LGBTQIA+ activist will include a range of recent sub- end of this tunnel. extort the LGBTQIA+ communi- idea of oneness and equity.” There needs to be a psychological and writer Maya Sharma says, jects — Expedite transgender inclu- ty. After 2009 verdict, things While looking at what has counselling for both the bullies and “Actually, workplaces are changing sion in the began to change. Dr changed, one of the first things one those who get bullied,” says Iyer. but these are formal sectors where Ramachandran Siras’ case should notice is the number of peo- employer-employee relationship is from Aligarh Muslim ple who walked the pride march- Where to dig the phobia? visible and exists directly. But University is an excellent es without a mask on. Well, the ver- Sushant points out that homo- amongst working class, queer example. Since then, dict certainly made the communi- phobia and transphobia are still community mostly is employed many individual sto- ty stop walking under the fear of existing terms. “Section 377 was in the informal sector, where dis- ries have come out being judged or looked at as a crim- first introduced by the crimination widely exists. And it in the public inal. Since time immemorial, Britishers during the exists differently for different eye, and our loving for them has just colonial period to identities. Not to forget, the

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Excerpts: things.’ And then, in an excit- ed tone, he disclosed, ‘I want What Will I Be Remembered to be remembered as a teacher. For? That is my goal.’ Dr Kalam often ended his It occurred to me then that speeches addressed to young- I had indeed missed the most sters with one question: ‘What obvious fact. Back in 2008, Dr would you like to be remem- Kalam was first introduced to bered for?’ It was a powerful me as my teacher, and it was way of imbuing young stu- the most significant role he dents with energy and dreams. played in my life, as he did in It inspired them to aspire, the lives of many others. I did think and act. not stop my questions there. The first time I encoun- I had one last question to tered this Kalam hallmark was ask him, to help me answer his in 2008, when I was a student pet question. ‘How do I truly at IIMA. Dr Kalam did not find what I will be remem- stop with that one question, he bered for?’ I asked. went on to share with us a list He then smiled and of fifteen career options from replied, ‘That is difficult to say which we could choose our because the true answer will answer. I am putting down keep evolving. But I will tell some of them for you. you this. Get a diary or a note- book. Give it a name — some- Would you like to be remem- thing which is close to your bered for pioneering action in heart, something which will interconnecting waterbodies remind you of what you want and solving the problem of to become. 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It becomes a mys- However, if we talk about actor es and their existence as a “proof Thanks Kangana! I think you are Atery. Soon, due to its sever- Sushant Singh Rajput’s sudden of nepotism” — Taapsee Pannu and gorgeous, generous and a great ity and intensity, it becomes the demise, it has now been more than Swara Bhasker. She has also called actor. Shine on!” talk of the town. It attracts debates a month that it continues to be in out actor Ranveer Singh (out- Taapsee has revealed in the on social media and makes room the news and perhaps has stoked sider) by saying that it’s only due past how she has lost roles for not for a number of interpretations and the strongest debate yet on the to his chamchagiri or flattery being “so-and-so’s daughter.” conspiracy theories about it. need to rid the industry of towards directors and producers However, her and Swara’s voice However, the conversations around nepotism. Actor Kangana Ranaut like Aditya Chopra and Sanjay against nepotism was never aimed it only find space for a few days. It is making sure that this time the Leela Bhansali that he gets roles. at demeaning anyone personally. Such accusations, firstly, They have stood up against hate raise an all-important ques- without being hateful. She tweet- tion — if outsiders them- ed, “Yes, there are differences selves won’t challenge the between people born with existing nepotism in the pedigree and the ‘outsiders’ but we industry as a united force and aren’t battling each other, we are turn against each other battling for a better system to co- instead of calling out this sys- exist, but not by mud-slinging or tem, how are things ever name calling!” going to change for good? As per Kangana’s words, Karan Second, even though Johar is the flagbearer of nepotism Kangana’s debate is justified her/his own does not mean s/he that person? I don’t even know him career graph slow and steady and in Bollywood. She first mentioned over an issue that needs has not been affected by it or knew beyond formal. So how is this even that’s exactly how it’s been going,” about it on his show, Koffee With attention, being an artiste, is him or is not against the system. logical? Then how is my existence she added. Karan, and ever since, she has left her use of words like Well, Taapsee, who has been because of nepotism? Or under- Taapsee refused to be “bitter” no stone unturned in taking this chaaplus, chamcha, chillar, vocal about nepotism in the past, mining someone’s genuine achieve- and “take advantage of someone’s up. Which leads us to one last bakwaas for other artistes but in a ments by crediting wrong sources death for personal vendetta or question — Shouldn’t the nepotism and some critically- verbally decent way, had a reply to and then mocking it is how you make a mockery of the industry debate include all such directors, acclaimed actors a dignified this as well. She told a national prove that you are a true, success- that gave me bread and identity. actors and producers rather than way of calling out injustice? daily that she has never done a film ful outsider?” She has the right to have an opin- just one person being named inces- Third, even though she is an which is produced by any of the The Badla actor also said in an ion and so do I but just because my santly? Is taking names of a few outsider, how can she assume gangs that Kangana has named or interview that Kangana should opinion doesn’t match hers does- biggies and blaming them for that all outsiders have had a “keeps targetting.” She added that rather watch films of outsiders than n’t make me inferior.” years of nepotism in the industry raw deal and that not even an she has never said that she likes abusing celebrities on social media. After Taapsee’s response, neti- the way out? Why a selective out- iota of merit has been Karan Johar or anyone that she Replying to Kangana’s “Why don’t zens have been hailing her for her rage? Is this allowed into Bollywood? alleges but at the same time, she they get work?”, Taapsee said that “dignified” reaction towards the ever-important contest really head- Even though Sushant’s death did has never said that she hates them she has been releasing four films row. Actor Sonakshi Sinha also ed the right way? Perhaps, this is gradually loses traction. 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Williams and Pironkova were later Second seed Sofia Kenin continued ing spirit was on display daunting task for him to challenge joined by Azarenka, another former her impressive form this year with a Sthroughout but it was not someone who has made two French world number one who beat Belarussian straightforward 6-4, 6-3 victory over enough to get past world number Open finals. 3      compatriot and fifth seed Aryna Canadian Leylah Fernandez to progress three Dominic Thiem, who notched Slow off the blocks, Nagal was Sabalenka 6-1, 6-3. into the third round. up a straight-set victory over the broken early but the slogger that he Only three women — Belgium’s Kim She will take on 27th seed Ons Jabeur Indian in the US Open men’s sin- is, he kept Thiem under pressure, 2  <0+ rallied to a win thrilling five-set tude at the peak of his powers, Clijsters and Australians Evonne of Tunisia, who she defeated on her way gles second round on Thursday. creating as many as five chances to match against 49th-ranked insists he is not ready to throw in Goolagong and Margaret Court — to her Australian Open win, for Nagal lost 3-6, 3-6, 2-6 to the break back in the fifth game that ndy Murray said he would Yoshihito Nishioka in the first the towel yet. have won Grand Slam singles titles a place in the fourth round second-seeded Austrian, who cel- lasted 10 minutes. Akeep trying to win Grand round on Tuesday. “In terms of winning Grand in the Open era after having children. British ninth seed Jo Konta ebrated his 27th birthday with a He converted the fifth break- Slams after crashing out of the US The Scotsman is trying to Slams again, that’s going to be The 38-year-old Williams closed joined the early casualty list, los- commanding performance at the point when Thiem made an Open second round in straight sets rebuild his career after an injury- extremely difficult to do. It was out the first set with ease before a ing in three sets to Romania’s Arthur Ashe stadium. unforced error and made it 3-3 with to 15th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime. ravaged three years, and currently hard enough when I had two nor- slight wobble in the second when she was Sorana Cirstea. Thiem, this year’s Australian an easy hold, riding the momen- The former world No 1 was sits 115th in the world rankings. mal hips. So it will be difficult, but broken twice by Gasparyan. Williams’ Konta, a quarter-finalist at last year’s Open finalist, had said that he has tum. demolished by the 20-year-old “I feel like I’m back at square I’ll keep trying. straight sets win in 1hr 33min on the US Open, was beaten 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 4-6 seen videos of Nagal’s game and Playing with a lot of energy and Canadian 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 inside one having not played Slams for a “Why not? Why shouldn’t I try Arthur Ashe Stadium court put her into in a hard-fought contest that lasted just knew that he has a ripping forehand. stinging strokes, those were the best Arthur Ashe Stadium in 2hr 8min. few years,” Murray, a three-time my hardest to do that? And if I a third-round meeting with former under three hours. Well prepared, he came out with a two games that Nagal played as the But Murray he said he was Grand Slam winner, told reporters. don’t, that’s all right. But I might as champion Sloane Stephens, who over- Cirstea, ranked 77th in the world, will clear strategy of not giving many gap between him and the top play- pleased with how his metal hip “I need to build up my body well shoot for the stars. came Belarusian Olga Govortsova 6-2, 6- now play 20th seed Karolina Muchova in balls on the forehand side of the ers was on display after that. coped in his first Grand Slam out- and my physical conditioning so “And if I don’t — yeah, if I don’t 2. the third round. It is only the third time Indian. Thiem, using his superior game ing since the 2019 Australian that, you know, I have the ability to get there, then that’s all right. But Williams, 38, looked in imperious in 11 appearances in the main draw at the “Thank you 2020 US Open. shifted gears with remarkable ease, Open, when there was talk of him back up five-set matches. That takes I’m trying my best to get the most form in the opening set, serving well and US Open that the 30-year-old Cirstea has Lots to learn. Going to keep work- turning the tide with an immediate retiring. a bit of time, unfortunately.” out of what my body gives me now. unfurling some thunderous ground- reached the third round. ing hard! Thanks for all the support break and served out the set. “I’m more positive about what The 2013 and 2016 He said he would play in the strokes to keep Gasparyan on the back Seventh seed Madison Keys also pro- everyone,” Nagal later tweeted. Nagal lost his serve early again I can do in Grand Slams before I Wimbledon winner, who was rearranged French Open later this foot. 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