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VOLUME 10, ISSUE 159 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 | 2020 12 PAGES | `4.00 PLA CONFIRMS FRESH SKIRMISH AT LAC LIKELY FIVE MISSING YOUTHS FOUND AGENCIES own troops, the PLA troops fired a few rounds in the air in an attempt to in- AGENCIES New Delhi, Sept 8: Around 40 to 50 PLA timidate own troops," Col Anand said. soldiers, armed with spears and other However, despite the grave provoca- New Delhi, Sept 8: China's People's sharp-edged weapons as well as guns, tion, Indian troops "exercised great re- Liberation Army has confirmed came just a few metres from the Indian straint and behaved in a mature and re- that five youths missing from position on the heights north of Rezang sponsible manner", he added. "The Arunachal Pradesh have been La in eastern Ladakh, and are likely to Indian Army is committed to main- found by them and their handing make a fresh attempt to dislodge the taining peace and tranquility, however, over process to Indian authori- Indian soldiers, sources said Tuesday. it is also determined to protect na- ties is being worked out, Union The fresh incident comes a day after tional integrity and sovereignty at all minister Kiren Rijiju said Tuesday. Security provided Monday's skirmish where Chinese BORDER ON THE BOIL AGAIN: China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers approach costs. The statement from the (PLA's) The five youths had gone miss- People's Liberation Army troops in- an Indian post near Mukhpari peak at about 6 pm Monday PTI PHOTO Western Theatre Command is a bid to ing Friday from the Sino-Indian bor- dulged in provocative military move- mislead their domestic audience." der in the Upper Subansiri dis- to Varsha as she ments and also fired shots to intimi- Shenpao mountain close to Rezang La including firing," Indian Army On Monday, the Chinese Army issued trict of Arunachal Pradesh. date Indian soldiers, as per the Indian on the south bank of Pangong Tso spokesperson, Col Aman Anand said. a statement that the Indian Army "bla- "China's PLA has responded to Army. China, too, accused India of (lake). The Indian Army, in a state- The army stated that it is the Chinese tantly fired threats" to the patrol of the the hotline message sent by Indian claims risk to life doing the same. ment, said that China continues to "un- side that has been "blatantly violating Chinese border guards who had made a Army. They have confirmed that With tensions escalating again, the dertake provocative activities to esca- agreements and carrying out aggres- representation, and these border guards the missing youths from Arunachal POST NEWS NETWORK Indian security brass held several late" the situation at the border and it sive manoeuvres, while engagement at were forced to take "countermeasures to Pradesh have been found by their rounds of deliberations. Defence was the PLA troops who "fired a few the military, diplomatic and political stabilise the situation on the ground". The side. Further modalities to han- Cuttack, Sept 8: Based on Minister Rajnath Singh met top secu- rounds in the air" in an attempt to in- level is in progress". "In the instant Indian Army has occupied crucial dover the persons to our authority actress Varsha rity officials, and was also briefed by timidate Indian troops. case on September 7, 2020, it was the PLA heights in areas around the south bank is being worked out," Rijiju tweeted. Priyadarshini’s FIR at Army chief, General Manoj Mukund "At no stage has the Indian Army troops who were attempting to close- of Pangong lake and the Chinese have Rijiju, the Minister of State for Purighat police station in Naravane, about the emerging situation. transgressed across the LAC or re- in with one of our forward positions made several attempts to dislodge the Youth Affairs & Sports, hails from Cuttack, the police Tuesday Monday's incident took place near sorted to use of any aggressive means, along the LAC and when dissuaded by Indian troops from these positions. Arunachal Pradesh and is an MP summoned two youths who from the state. The incident of five allegedly clicked photos missing youths came to light when from the bedroom of the ac- IRREGULAR by MANJUL two members from their group, tress when she was eating SEARCH MISSION who had gone for hunting in the jun- food Monday. Police Tuesday gle together, returned home and in- provided security to Varsha formed the families of the five after she complained of that they had been whisked away threat to her life. by the Chinese troops from Sera- The two youths have been 7, an Army patrol zone located identified as Sujit Dalei and Instead of lodging any about 12 km further north of Nacho. Khagendra. Sujit is said to complaint with the police, Nacho is the last administra- be a close friend and polit- Varsha had approached the tive circle along the McMahon ical associate of Varsha’s Sub Divisional Judicial Line and is around 120 km from the estranged husband and Magistrate (SDJM) court district headquarters Daporijo. Kendrapara BJD MP here in a criminal miscel- Those who were allegedly kid- Anubhav Mohanty. Details laneous case against napped by the Chinese army have of Khagendra are yet to be Anubhav under section 12 been identified as Toch Singkam, known. of the Protection of Women You are humble & polite, talk sense, Prasat Ringling, Dongtu Ebiya, Notably, the two youths al- from Domestic Violence Act. praise govt at every given opportunity... Tanu Baker and Ngaru Diri. legedly entered her bed- On the other hand, it was Why you need security then? On Monday, China brushed off room and clicked photos revealed that Anubhav had questions over the whereabouts of and shot a video while she filed a divorce petition at the five youths and needled India, was having food. Following Delhi’s Patiala Court back SOPs for partial saying it has never recognised the incident, Varsha dialled in July. Arunachal Pradesh which it claims police helpline number (100) In his 47-page petition, school reopening is part of south Tibet. and sought protection. the MP said that he wants "China's position on the east Varsha had Saturday to get a divorce on grounds NEW DELHI: The Union Health and sector of the China-India bound- filed a case under Section that his wife has not allowed Family Welfare Ministry Tuesday ary, or Zangnan (the southern part 12 of the Protection of him to have physical rela- issued standard operating of China's Xizang (Tibet) ), is con- Women from Domestic tions with her during eight procedures (SOPs) for partial sistent and clear," Chinese foreign Violence Act against the years of their marriage resumption of teaching activities in National Disaster Respond Force and SDRF personnel carry out a search operation after a 10-yr old boy drowned in the Brahmaputra ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian BJD MP for allegedly as- though she does not suffer schools for students of Classes 9 to river at Uzanbazar in Guwahati, Tuesday told a media briefing in Beijing. saulting and harassing her. from any physical disability. 12, on a voluntary basis, from September 21. Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said: "Government of India is following a phase-wise EOW arrests unlocking of activities. This would Economy to contract NCB arrests Rhea Chakraborty also involve partial resumption of activities in schools for students of realtor in AGENCIES lice complaint against Sushant's Classes 9th to 12th on a voluntary sister Priyanka Singh and Dr Tarun basis, for taking guidance from their 10.5 pc in FY21: Fitch ` teachers from September 21.” P8 Mumbai, Sept 8: After days of in- Kumar of RML Hospital in New 5.16 cr fraud AGENCIES in India, the UK and Spain, coun- tense speculation and three days of Delhi and others, alleging forged tries that saw particularly large tough grilling, the Narcotics Control medical prescriptions. POST NEWS NETWORK Russia issues nCoV New Delhi, Sept 8: Fitch Ratings shocks in daily mobility data on vis- Bureau (NCB) Tuesday arrested A Mumbai Police spokesperson Tuesday slashed India's FY21 growth its to retail and recreation venues, Bollywood actress Rhea said that the complaint has been Bhubaneswar, Sept 8: The vaccine in market projection to (-) 10.5 per cent, from and where lockdowns were strin- Chakraborty in connection with lodged with Bandra Police under the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) (-) 5 per cent estimated earlier, say- gent and long-lasting throughout its ongoing probe to unravel the Indian Penal Code and the NDPS Act, of the state crime branch arrested MOSCOW: The first batch of the ing the continued spread of the 2Q20 (April-June). drugs nexus in the film industry, of- Satish Maneshinde termed the ar- and in line with the Supreme Court a realtor on charge of duping sev- Sputnik V vaccine against Covid- virus and imposition of sporadic It said multiple challenges are ficials said. rest a "travesty of justice" in a orders, the case has been trans- eral flat aspirants to the tune of `5 19, developed by Russia's shutdowns across the country has holding back recovery, both in the Rhea has been charged under scathing statement targeting the ferred to the CBI for investigation. crore. The accused, Akshay Kumar Gamaleya National Research disrupted economic activity. short and medium term. "New the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic family of Sushant. Rhea's arrest came three days Choudhury, is a resident of Forest Center of Epidemiology and In the first quarter of current fis- cases of the coronavirus continue Substances Act for her alleged role "Three central agencies hounding after her brother Showik Park here. He is one of the direc- Microbiology and the Russian cal India's gross domestic product to increase, forcing some states and in the drugs angle that has emerged a single woman -- just because she Chakraborty, Sushant's home man- tors of Keshari Estates Pvt Ltd at Direct Investment Fund has been (GDP) contracted by a massive 23.9 union territories to re-tighten during investigation into the June was in love with a drug addict, suf- ager Samuel Miranda, and his Kharavela Nagar. released into civil circulation, per cent. Fitch said India recorded curbs... The continued spread of 14 death of actor Sushant Singh fering from mental health issues house helper Dipesh Sawant were The sleuths during the probe regional deliveries are planned in one of the sharpest GDP contrac- the virus and the imposition of Rajput. Rhea, who has all along for several years under the care of arrested and sent in NCB custody found that the directors of the the nearest future, the Russian tions in the world in the April-June shutdowns across the country de- pleaded innocence, was quickly five leading psychiatrists in Mumbai, till September 9 (Wednesday), be- company announced a housing Health Ministry said . "The first quarter, but noted that growth press sentiment and disrupt eco- whisked away for a mandatory who ended up committing suicide sides two other drug peddlers Abdel project comprising 30 duplexes on batch of the 'Gam-Covid-Vac' should rebound strongly in the nomic activity," Fitch said. It noted medical test at the BrihanMumbai due to consumption of illegally ad- Basit Parihar and Zaid Vilatra, a plot at Pokhariput in 2008. They [Sputnik V] vaccine for the July-September period amid re- that the severe fall in activity has Municipal Corporation's LTMG ministered medicines and used who are also in NCB custody. reportedly collected amounts vary- prevention of the new coronavirus opening of the economy. However, also damaged household and cor- Sion Hospital. drugs," Maneshinde said. The NCB had earlier said that ing between `25 lakhs and `55 infection has passed the necessary there are signs that the recovery has porate incomes and balance sheets, She is likely to be presented by Her much-anticipated arrest with these arrests, it hopes to "up- lakhs from each of the prospec- quality tests,” the ministry said. been sluggish and uneven, it said. amid limited fiscal support. Also the NCB before a court for her re- came a day after Rhea took time out root the drugs citadel in Bollywood tive buyers as advance booking or In its September update of Global a looming deterioration in asset mand, while her legal team pre- -- at the height of the NCB inter- and Mumbai" amidst talk of several full payment for a duplex. MARKET WATCH Economic Outlook (GEO), Fitch quality in the financial sector pares to get her bailed out. Reacting rogation sessions -- to hit back at the other Bollywood personalities com- However, the accused did not said, the deepest recessions were will hold back credit provision. to the development, Rhea's lawyer late actor's family by lodging a po- ing on the agency's radar. undertake any construction at the said plot for more than three years INDEX VARIATION after getting the money from the depositors. The company also later SENSEX 38365.35 51.88 informed the buyers that the proj- ect was abandoned as the

BOURSES RPI(A) will protect Kangana in Mumbai: Athawale NIFTY 11317.40 37.60 Bhubaneswar Development DOLLAR 74.39 `0.33 AGENCIES September 9. "RPI (A) workers have Authority refused to approve the geared up to protect Ranaut who is Heat mounts on ‘QUEEN’ project on the pretext of non-avail- EURO 86.80 `0.10 Mumbai, Sept 8: RPI (A) workers scheduled to reach Mumbai CURRENCY MUMBAI: Already under fire over her ability of an approach road to the will provide protection to actress Wednesday. Our party workers will plot and other allied problems. It GOLD `50,989 `76 remarks on Mumbai, trouble mounted Kangana Ranaut when she reaches offer protection to her at the airport for actress Kangana Ranaut as the was ascertained during the probe SILVER `67,224 `1047 Mumbai, Union Minister Ramdas as well as at her residence," Athawale Maharashtra government Tuesday said that the accused had not sought any BULLION Athawale said Tuesday. The actress said in a statement. the police will probe allegations that approval from the BDA. is locked in a bitter war of words Athawale's party is an ally of the she took drugs, while alterations made Subsequently, the directors with the ruling Shiv Sena over her BJP in the Centre and in at her bungalow here came under the again announced the launch of WEATHER comments on the Mumbai Police Maharashtra. Earlier, Sena MLA civic scanner. Home Minister Anil another project (Keshar Plaza) at y after the death of actor Sushant Pratap Sarnaik had issued a slap Deshmukh said the Mumbai police will Jadupur under Khandagiri police BHUB CTK

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k y m c MAX 36.8° 36.8° After Sena MP Sanjay Raut re- one to stop her when she returns to not criticise the Mumbai city but the minister also claimed that Ranaut had Suman that Ranaut took drugs. Talking ised to give 44 duplexes and portedly asked Ranaut not to re- Mumbai. The Centre Monday de- state government. It's against the thanked him for offering her pro- to reporters here, Deshmukh said triplexes to investors. The prospec- TEMP MIN 26.4° 25.0° Forecast turn to Mumbai for comparing the cided to provide Y-plus category se- democratic principles to oppose tection in Mumbai. "Shiv Sena Adhyayan, the son of veteran actor tive buyers, who had invested in Humidity 94% 95% city to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir curity to the actress. her right to live here on the grounds spokesperson Sanjay Raut shouldn't Shekhar Suman, was once in a relation- the earlier project, also deposited Partly (Pok), the actress had dared anybody While lashing out at the Sena- of her critical remarks against the have threatened the actress over her ship with Ranaut and he had alleged additional amounts for the fresh Rainfall 16.6mm 41mm cloudy sky that she used to take drugs. to stop her when she reaches here led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) gov- government. She has all the rights right to live in Mumbai," he added. project at Jadupur. P2 ELIZABETH DEBICKI WANTS TO JOIN CRUZ TO STAR IN ITALIAN WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 9 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 MOVIE L'IMMENSITA Actor Elizabeth Debicki says she is ready to Actor Penelope Cruz is set to play the lead role in return to the role of Ayesha in Guardians of the Italian movie L'immensita with critically- Galaxy Vol. 3. The 30-year-old actor said she acclaimed filmmaker Emanuele Crialese attached enjoyed playing the part and hopes to get an to direct. According to Variety, Crialese has co-

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FORTUNE FORECAST Valasini Natyam, santoor strains wow virtual audience Hrithik suspects his POST NEWS NETWORK entation, making it an inspirational opening performance on the fourth BHUBANESWAR: The fourth evening. folks are ‘growing up’ ARIES evening of ongoing 26th OMC Guru Santoor maestro Pandit Tarun The stars urge you to Kelucharan Mohapatra Award Bhattacharya then presented Raga Mumbai: Actor Hrithik Roshan Tuesday shared focus on your finances Festival, organised by premier Bageshri, exploring the various glimpses of the 71st birthday celebration of his fa- and savings, and today, Odissi dance school Srjan, wit- strains of the Raga, interwoven ther, filmmaker Rakesh Roshan, which the family you might remain very nessed a couple of inspirational with the harmonious rhythm ac- celebrated Sunday. busy doing just that. But take care, says performances Tuesday with eminent companiment by Hindol Majumdar The celebration was strictly a fam- Ganesha, you don't want a sulking spouse when you go home. Don't cancel any danseuse Purvadhanashree open- on the tabla. Known for his ex- ily affair, the low-key celebration and plans; go ahead and enjoy that new film. ing the event with her Valasini pertise in promoting the classicism Hrithik, posting a fam-jam pic- Natyam, a classical dance form of the santoor with a modern ap- ture, quipped that he suspects that which was originated in Andhra proach and creating new Ragas in the family is growing up. TAURUS Pradesh. Her breathtaking show Hindustani music, Bhattacharya’s “This Sunday was dad’s Your vision today will was followed by scintillating strains 71st birthday. We, his family have a hue of green as from the santoor of Pandit Tarun Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya (R) 26TH OMC GURU KELUCHARAN with all our idiosyncrasies you will draw to money Bhattacharya. plays santoor at the event ended up having a GREAT like a fly to sweets. Taste Purvadhanashree began with a MOHAPATRA AWARD FESTIVAL-DAY 4 time . I think that sentence the power of money with fortune as the Choornika in Raga Arabhi followed arated from him, and in says a lot. I suspect we are all monkey on your back. You may buy a pen- by a Jatiswaram in Raga Kalyani Pravesha Radhe, the sakhi on the Kanjira, G. growing up,” he wrote on dant or a necklace today and your hag- mesmerising recital was a testa- gling skills will save you from being swin- and Adi Talam. In her second per- cajoles a hesitant Radha Raghuraman and ment to his years of experience Instagram. In the image, we dled, says Ganesha. formance for the evening, she per- to meet her beloved Venkatesh on the and professional excellence. can see Hrithik, his for- formed the Kriti, Kreedati Vanamali, Lord at his house, flute, Shiva on the Curated and designed by Ratikant mer wife Sussanne eulogising the various names of where he awaits her. violin, Prafulla Mohapatra, the festival is supported Khan, sons Hridhaan GEMINI Lord Krishna. Composed by 18th The classical dancer Mangaraj on the by the title sponsor Odisha Mining and Hrehaan, his You will spend the day century poet Sadashiva was accompanied by K Pakhawaj, and Corporation Limited, gold spon- mother Pinkie safeguarding sentiments Brahmendra, this presentation was Venkateshwaran, Purvadhanashree, sor, Odisha Tourism, Government Roshan, sister of others and it is in your set to Surutti Raga and Adi Talam. Chander Rao, and Raghunandan, and of Odisha, and festival sponsors, Sunaina Roshan, own interest. For most She then concluded with two Sudha Raghuraman Sudha Raghuraman and uncle Rajesh part of the day, probably the entire day, Union Culture Ministry, State Odia you will be away from your family, mostly Ashtapadis from poet Shri on vocals, R Sriganesh on the Nattuvangam. Literature Language and Culture Roshan among on a trip for business or leisure purposes. Jayadeva’s Geeta Govinda. In the first and V Purvadhanashree’s Department, and the MGM Group, others, posing Today, having a successful career will be Ashtapadi, Radhika Tava Virahe, Sreedharacharya on technical prowess and Bhubaneswar. The media partners with Rakesh only thing on your mind. the sakhi describes to Lord Krishna the Mridangam, V Roshan. Purvadhanashree during a depth of abhinaya are Dharitri and Orissa Post, and web the anguish of Radha, who is sep- Sreedharacharya presentation shone forth in her pres- partner is Narthaki.com. IANS CANCER You are a master of deception, and your sugar-coated comments play a pivotal role in your methods. Today, you will be able to smell trouble from a distance, and will Big B returns to KBC set know when to take a U-turn. Your meth- ods may not make you very popular with Kubbra Mumbai: Amitabh Bachchan is back shoot- the so-called moral brigade working ing for Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 12 amid with you, but you may think that this is the easiest way to the top. the pandemic, after recovering from Covid- 19. He took to Instagram and Twitter to share opens up on photos from the KBC 12 set. LEO Sporting formals, Big B is seen clapping in one of the photos. In the other, he sits on Chess is a good start, but his chair as host of the popular TV quiz show. Rhea's arrest it is nothing compared to the strategic intrigues of “T 3652 - 20 years; 12th season; KBC: Kaun your day today. Banega Crorepati, Begins,” he posted Monday Arguments will lead to further arguments, night. Mumbai: After Rhea Chakraborty’s arrest and nowhere else, reminds Ganesha. So, it Actor Maniesh Paul commented: “Sir, by the sleuths of Narcotics Control Bureau only makes sense to counter a disagree- Zabardast.” Tuesday, actress Kubbra Sait slammed the ment with an agreement. Actress Mouni Roy left heart and clapping ‘media circus’ that has taken over the case, say- hands emojis in the comments section. ing it has still not been proved that Rhea is a mur- VIRGO Actress Aahana Kumra wrote: “All the best derer. You will shine exceed- Sir! It will be glorious! “ “May the universe give the parents of Rhea ingly well in all the Fans are also thrilled about his return to the the strength through this devastating time. activities that you show. Arrested by NCB. Still not a murderer. undertake today. Your “Happyyy news and Best #MediaCircus I wonder your conversations over dream of starting business operations Wishes to You and the entire your shaam ki chai,” Kubbra tweeted. on foreign shores will fructify today, team of #KBC12. The NCB arrested Rhea after three day of says Ganesha. Setback ka jawaab grilling to unravel the drug nexus in the film in- Comeback Se..!!! dustry, officials said. LIBRA Waiting eagerly for She has been charged under various sections Call it your generous you to come visit of the NDPS Act for her alleged role in the drug side, but today is the us every week angle that has emerged in the investigations into perfect day to give back night once the death of her late boyfriend, actor Sushant Singh to all those from whom again,” one Rajput. you have received so far. With roots set wrote. Rhea’s legal team headed by senior advocate firmly in community service, it might do you well to extend that helping hand and IANS Satish Maneshinde slammed central agencies return something back to them, prefer- for ‘hounding’ a lone woman ‘just because she was ably in the double. in love with a drug addict’. IANS

SCORPIO An upcoming project of a new joint venture will cap- SUDOKU size your personal life and keep you on your toes PEANUTS post To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, today, says Ganesha. You may not find the CROSSWORD column and box must contain the numbers results in proportion to the efforts that 0 to 9 and the letters A to E. you put in, but be patient because every- thing will fall in place only in due time.

SAGITTARIUS Be ready to receive advice – unasked and unwarrant- ed. Don't overlook it either, as these sugges- tions can be worthy of consideration. But let the last word rest in your hands and look deep inside for the right verdict.

CAPRICORN There are good days and CALVIN AND HOBBES bad days; your day today will oscillate between the two extremes, says Ganesha. While on the one hand, your mind will be flooded with negative feel- ings that will make you feel miserable, on the other, your efforts at work will yield good results in the future. The need SOLUTIONS of the hour is to stay calm and take criti- cisms in your stride.

AQUARIUS Work, work, work! That is what will pay rich divi- dends. Of course, a pat on the back does matter, and with your commitment record, you may be getting a lot of it! You may back off from BREVITY

taking risks, and yet want change. Ganesha CROSSWORD wonders how you will fulfill your wish.

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k y m c ROBBERS ON THE PROWL POLITICKLE by MANJUL POST NEWS NETWORK In yet another incident, four armed he victim withdrew `5 lakh from the men decamped with the gold chain Bhubaneswar, Sept 8: There seems TIndian Bank’s branch at Trinath Bazar and `40,000 from a trader near to be no let-up in robbery and loot under Phulnakhara police station to invest Teishpur on Bhubaneswar-Puri incidents in Capital city and its ad- in opening a mobile shop at the market National Highway at around 11:45pm joining areas as unidentified mis- Monday. The victim has been iden- creants Tuesday decamped with a hile she was busy speaking to a tified as Niranjan Nayak (45). person over phone at the market bag containing `5 lakh from a W Niranjan has lodged a complaint keeping the bag containing money on her woman in Phulnakhara area just a scooter, a bike-borne miscreant grabbed with Pipli police. According to his day after robbers struck a bank in the bag and fled the spot FIR, he was returning home from Infocity area here. In yet another in- Bhubaneswar. On the National cident, armed miscreants attacked Highway, some miscreants waylaid and looted a man on Bhubaneswar- ing to a person over phone at the regard. Police have started inves- him and started demanding money. Puri National Highway. market keeping the bag contain- tigations into the matter after reg- When he denied, the miscreants The incidents have not only left ing money on her scooter, a bike- istering a case (203/20) based on attacked him with a sword and the citizens scared but also left the borne miscreant grabbed the bag the complaint. Eyewitnesses said the snatched away the cash bag and police red-faced. and fled the spot. miscreant was riding a black-colour gold chain from him. According to sources, the victim Sources revealed that the woman Pulsar motorcycle. Locals rescued Niranjan in a lady, Sunita Jena, Tuesday with- and her brother chased the looter Worth mentioning here that a critical condition and rushed him drew `5 lakh from the Indian Bank’s on the woman’s scooter but in vain. miscreant with a black-colour Bajaj to the Mangalpur Community branch at Trinath Bazar under The entire incident was captured in Pulsar bike had robbed `2.80 lakh Health Centre for treatment. Police Phulnakhara police station to invest a CCTV installed at a nearby shop. at gun point from a nationalised have started an investigation into in opening a mobile shop at the Jena lodged a complaint with bank in Infocity area here Monday the matter and detained a person for market. While she was busy speak- the police at Pahal outpost in this afternoon. questioning in this connection. State sees 13% growth Include milk New norms for allotment of land in City products in MDM, in Kharif registration POST NEWS NETWORK REFORM MEASURES ICDS: Farmers Bhubaneswar, Sept 8: The state anel led by CS will be POST NEWS NETWORK government Tuesday notified rules 14, 02, 205 farmers have constituted to consider and for settlement of government lands P POST NEWS NETWORK recommend allotment of land to the Bhubaneswar, Sept 8: As many registered through available in Bhubaneswar Municipal state govt as 14, 02, 205 farmers have registered online for the current Corporation (BMC) area. Bhubaneswar, Sept 8: Odisha their names online for upcoming Kharif procurement As per the government Rules of he new rules will be applicable Milk Farmers’ Association (OMFA) Kharif paddy procurement – a 13 Business, general control over gov- Tfor leasing or transfer of Tuesday wrote a letter to Chief per cent rise as compared to the pre- season as against 12, ernment land lying within the BMC government land in the Capital city Minister Naveen Patnaik urging vious year’s registration. area and leasing and transferring for various purposes in public him to include milk & milk prod- According to sources at Food 35,908 farmers in 2019-20 of sites in new capital is the subject interests ucts in mid-day meal (MDM) and Supplies and Consumer Welfare matter of General Administration ICDS programmes in Odisha. (FS&CW) department, 14, 02, 205 ipated in the farmers’ registration department. arlier, settlement of govt land in OMFA chairman Rabi Behera farmers have registered themselves in the 30 districts. In Kharif Accordingly, GA &PG Department Ethe city was being done as per said that the country is observ- through online for the Kharif pro- Marketing Season 2020-21, almost was allotting government land Government Grants Act, 1895, which ing nutrition month and the Centre curement season whereas 12, 35,908 all districts have witnessed higher within BMC area for different pur- has been repealed has promised to provide balanced farmers had registered their names farmers’ registration in compari- poses under the provisions of the diet to every child as envisioned for sale of Kharif paddy in 2019-20. son with last year. Government Grants Act, 1895. by Prime Minister of India in his In the COVID-19 situation, ad- In Nuapada district, the regis- However, the Centre has repealed the government agencies, PSUs, have to pay annual ground rent for idential purposes shall be recorded ‘Man Ki Baat’ programme August hering to all guidelines issued by tration has recorded a 35 per cent Government Grants Act, 1895. Bhubaneswar Development the land as decided by the govern- as Gharabari. 30, 2020. the government and maintaining growth while Bolangir and Jajpur Therefore, the state government Authority (BDA) and cooperative ment from time to time. The director of Estates, after ob- Behera said that recently Vice- social distancing, the online farm- have recorded growth of 29 per has brought the rules making societies. In case the land is allotted to any taining government approval, can President of India Venkaiah Naidu ers registration works have been ex- cent, Mayurbhanj 28 per cent, amendment to the Odisha A committee led by Chief department, the government will not impose penalty and also resume held a discussion with Women ecuted smoothly by the depart- Jharsuguda 23 per cent, Deogarh Government Land Settlement Rules Secretary will be constituted to con- charge any price for that. the land if the lessee has used it for and Child Development Minister ment and 1, 66,297 more farmers 22 per cent, Bhadrak 20 per cent and (OGLS), Rules 1983 by inserting a sider and recommend allotment of The land allotted in favour of a any purpose other than the one for Smruti Irani and suggested her have registered their names for Dhenkanal 19 per cent. separate schedule for allotment of land to the state government. The department of the Union govern- which it was given for. to issue an advisory to all the the Kharif paddy procurement. Similarly, the registration has lands within the BMC limits. director of estates has been autho- ment or in favour of a department If the land has been kept state governments and Union Food Supplies and Consumer increased by 18 per cent each in The new rules will be applica- rised to scrutinise the applications, of the state government will be unutilised for a period exceeding Territories for providing milk Welfare Minister Ranendra Pratap Angul, Jagatsinghpur and Koraput ble for leasing or transfer of gov- eligibility criteria and verify the recorded in the departmental khata. three years from the date of allot- and paneer/milk powder in MDM Swain has thanked farmers as well districts. Cuttack has recorded 17 ernment land in the Capital city land use plan. Any allotment of After conversion of leasehold ment, the government can also re- and ICDS programmes to fight as officials for achieving the feat. per cent growth in the registra- for various purposes in public in- land will subject to payment of pre- residential plots to freehold status, voke the settlement. In case the les- malnutrition. A total of 2,852 designated pri- tion, Sambalpur 16 per cent, terests. mium provided that government the Record-of Rights (RoR) will be see violates the terms and conditions The OMFA is fighting for the mary agriculture cooperative so- Balasore 15 per cent, Bargarh 15 per As per the new rules, land can be may exempt or reduce the fee. In ad- corrected in Sthitiban or Raiyati sta- of the lease, the government will can- cause for the last few years. cieties (PACS) and LAMPS partic- cent and Sundargarh 13 per cent. allotted to state departments, Union dition to the premium, the lessee will tus while the land allotted for res- cel the allotment. Behera said, “We have discussed the matter with the then Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi in 2017. He had agreed to recommend Resume train services for migrants: Pradhan it to the Cabinet for the approval Doorstep learning a success of providing milk & milk prod- ucts in MDM and ICDS pro- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA ices to Gujarat, Maharashtra and other pressed their plight due to unavailabil- grammes. On 10th September 2019, during pandemic: Report states. ity of jobs. we submitted a memorandum to Bhubaneswar, Sept 8: Union Minister “As you would be aware, there was a “I am informed that even though some the Agriculture Minister Arun Dharmendra Pradhan has writ- mass exodus of migrant workers employers are willing to offer bus trans- Sahoo on this issue.” ten to Railway Minister from states like Gujarat, port service from Odisha, due to the If milk and paneer are included 81% TEACHERS ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE STUDENTS CAN There Piyush Goyal, seeking Karnataka and Maharashtra to prevailing monsoon conditions, a long in MDM & ICDS, it will BE PROMOTED TO NEXT CLASS ONCE SCHOOLS REOPEN his intervention to re- is a need to Odisha in the wake of na- and arduous journey via road is nei- create additional employment op- sume the now-sus- resume train tionwide COVID-19 lock- ther feasible nor safe,” Pradhan said in portunities for rural population POST NEWS NETWORK and 250 parents across four Jagannath Saraka and de- pended services of services for migrant down. With the efforts of his letter. more particularly for the women districts – Raygada, Khurda, partment secretary Ranjana Shramik Special workers so that they the Railway Ministry, thou- “I request your intervention for restart- and youths, said Behera. Bhubaneswar, Sept 8: An Mayurbhanj and Angul. Chopra presented the report. trains from Odisha to can go back to their sands of workers across the ing of Shramik Express Trains from “It will also fight malnutrition assessment by SC and ST According to the study re- The secretary said that the other states to facili- workplaces country could reach their Odisha to states like Gujarat, Karnataka among children and pregnant Development department has port, a majority of teachers department has also come for- tate return of migrant DHARMENDRA PRADHAN home towns by Shramik and Maharashtra at the earliest,” he women,” he added. claimed that alternate learn- (79%) reported spending three ward with communication workers to their places I UNION MINISTER Special trains and the added. The letter to the Chief Minister ing proved vital to the vul- hours in a village per day, in materials in Odia, Santhali of work. same was appreciated Pradhan's letter came after eight mi- said, “You have always taken pio- nerable population during the line with the guidelines. and Ho languages while the In a letter to Goyal, the Union widely,” Pradhan said. grant workers, who were on their way neering steps on many issues which COVID-19 pandemic. “Irrespective of training, a prime mode of education in the Petroleum and Steel Minister said he There is a need to resume train serv- from Odisha's Ganjam to Surat in Gujarat, India has followed later on. For has received many representations from ices for migrant workers so that they can were killed and several injured when the economic empowerment of migrant labourers in the state, seeking go back to their workplaces, he said, the bus carrying them met with an ac- rural women and rural youths, ALTERNATE LEARNIGN & MENTORSHIP resumption of such special train serv- adding that these labourers have ex- cident in Chhattisgarh last week. dairy farming will be a major step.” HE SC/ST DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN TASSOCIATION WITH UNICEF CONDUCTED AN ASSESSMENT AND SAID THAT THE PROCESS HAS PROVED TO BE A MAJOR TOOL OF LEARNING AND THAT IT BOOSTED THE CONFIDENCE OF TEACHERS, PARENTS AS WELL AS THE STUDENTS HE STUDY ANALYSED RESPONSE FROM 190 TTEACHERS, 274 STUDENTS AND 250 PARENTS ACROSS FOUR DISTRICTS – RAYGADA, KHURDA, MAYURBHANJ AND ANGUL MAJORITY OF TEACHERS (79%) REPORTED ASPENDING THREE HOURS IN A VILLAGE PER DAY

The department, through majority of teachers (82%) re- schools remained in Odia. Alternate Learning and ported clarity of tasks as- She said, “The programme Mentorship (ALM) also re- signed. Almost three-fourth reached out to ST and SC chil- ferred as ‘doorstep learning’, of all teachers acknowledged dren not only with curricu- has planned to reach out to receiving learning materials lum-based teaching but also im- the students in rural areas and additional support on portant lessons on health, through teachers who tried time,” the report said. hygiene, online safety and to teach students during the The report said that two child protection issues.” pandemic and tried to organ- out of three teachers (63%) “The assessment of the ise open classes to ensure un- have faced some difficulties programme has given us a interrupted studies. in the implementation of the greater understanding of the The department in associ- programme. “A majority of existing challenges and the ation with UNICEF conducted teachers (81%) were confident need to do more to ensure an assessment and said that the that the students can be pro- every child can learn and

process has proved to be a moted to next class once school grow to their full potential. We

k y m c major tool of learning and reopens,” the report said. look forward to working with that it boosted the confidence The department Tuesday the Government of Odisha of teachers, parents as well held a press conference to an- to ensure quality education for as the students. nounce the results of the as- all children,” Monika Nielson, The study analysed response sessment report. SC/ST Chief of Field Office, UNICEF, from 190 teachers, 274 students Development Minister Odisha said. P4 WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 9 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR downtown

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Bhubaneswar, Sept 8: The state’s NO RESPITE COVID-19 tally mounted to 1, 31, ,490 FRESH COVID-19 CASES HAS 382 Tuesday with 3,490 people test- PUSHED TALLY TO 1,31,382 ing positive for the disease, a Health 3 and Family Welfare department HIRTEEN MORE FATALITIES HAVE official said. Moreover, total re- TTAKEN THE STATE'S CORONAVIRUS coveries in the state crossed the 1 DEATH TOLL TO 569 lakh mark. Thirteen more fatalities pushed F THE NEW CASES, 2,094 WERE the state's coronavirus death toll OREPORTED FROM QUARANTINE to 569, he said. CENTRES, AND 1,396 PEOPLE TESTED Of the fresh fatalities, three were POSITIVE DURING CONTACT-TRACING reported from Puri, two each from Ganjam, Mayurbhanj and Rayagada tres, and 1,396 people tested positive 68 from Jajpur, 68 from Koraput, As many as 376 new COVID-19 and one each from Cuttack, during contact-tracing, he said. 64 from Jagatsinghpur, 62 from cases were detected under Kandhamal, Khurda and Khurda district topped the list of Sambalpur, 54 from Bhadrak, 50 Bhubaneswar Municipal Subarnapur districts. fresh cases with 535 infections, fol- from Jharsuguda, 45 from Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 Odisha had reported its highest lowed by Cuttack (376), Mayurbhanj Nabarangpur, 41 from Malkangiri, hours, BMC said Tuesday. single-day spike of 14 COVID-19 (207) and Rayagada (206). 36 from Sonepur, 35 from Dhenkanal, While 145 of them are quarantine deaths August 29. The Health Department Tuesday 28 from Bolangir, 28 from cases, remaining 231 are local con- Ganjam district has so far ac- said that 2,787 persons who earlier Kandhamal, 25 from Nuapada, 23 tact ones. Meanwhile, 420 persons OP PHOTO counted for 209 of the 569 fatalities tested positive for COVID-19 have re- from Sundargarh, 18 from who earlier tested positive for the in the state, followed by Khurda (77), covered and are being discharged. Kalahandi, 18 from Rayagada, 17 disease have recovered. A group of tourists enjoying a bath in Puri sea, Tuesday, even though the coastal district witnessed a rise in Covid-19 cases he said. Fifty-three coronavirus pa- With this, total recoveries in the from Gajapati, 15 from Kendrapara, According to a notification is- tients have so far died in the state due state has touched 1,02,185. 12 from Nayagarh, nine from Angul sued by the civic body, as of Tuesday, to other ailments, the official said. Out of the 2,787 persons, 1145 and seven from Boudh. 14,065 persons have tested positive The fresh COVID-19 cases were are from Khordha, 230 from Cuttack, The state Monday tested 41,275 for COVID-19 in Bhubaneswar out CS takes stock of COVID in Rourkela reported from all the 30 districts 192 from Puri, 153 from Mayurbhanj, samples for COVID-19, taking the of which 8,949 have recovered. of Odisha. Of the new cases, 2,094 115 from Ganjam, 78 from Balasore, total number of tests conducted so While there are 5,053 active cases, were reported from quarantine cen- 76 from Keonjhar, 75 from Bargarh, far to 21.84 lakh. 50 persons succumbed to the disease. GOVT TO SEND 20 MORE DOCTORS TO ROURKELA CITY SOON POST NEWS NETWORK Chief Secy asks RMC to start Jan Vehicles from Bhubaneswar, Sept 8: Following Sampark campaign involving instructions of Chief Minister people's representatives and Bamboo cluster launched in state Naveen Patnaik, a team of senior other states fork officers led by Chief Secretary Asit community organisations POST NEWS NETWORK Bamboo clusters were Tripathy Tuesday visited Rourkela for intensive awareness and out `2.12-cr fine and reviewed COVID management New Delhi, Sept 8: Union Minister opened in MP, Gujarat, by the district administration there. preventive measures POST NEWS NETWORK for Agriculture and Farmers’ Maharashtra, Assam, Tripathy also visited Hi-Tech hos- Welfare, Rural Development & pital, Jaiprakash hospital and Shanti start Jan Sampark campaign in- anti-body against Covid-19, which Bhubaneswar, Sept 8: The state Panchayati Raj Narendra Singh Nagaland, Tripura, Memorial hospital in Rourkela and volving people's representatives is a good sign.” government has challaned 1,480 Tomar Tuesday inaugurated 22 bam- Uttarakhand, Karnataka took stock of the treatment facilities and community organisations for Mohapatra directed the officials buses, goods carriages and taxis boo clusters in Odisha and eight there. After visit and review, the house to house intensive aware- concerned to redeploy the health of other states under Odisha other states through virtual mode. and Odisha chief secretary said, “As of now, ness and preventive activities. staffers engaged in 297 COVID care Motor Vehicle Taxation (OMVT) The minister also released a logo Addressing the videoconference, the district administration of Tripathy also directed the officials centres set up at panchayat-level Act and Motor Vehicle Act from for National Bamboo Mission and the Union Agriculture Minister said Mission. Import policy has also Sundargarh has managed Covid-19 to carry on other immunisation since the people admitted there June 2 to June 6. lauded the success of the mission that Prime Minister Narendra Modi been modified to ensure progress situation in a very disciplined and programmes uninterruptedly. had already been discharged after The Regional Transport Offices saying that the country is now gear- has always maintained that local of the bamboo industry in the coun- organised manner. Two ICUs are Additional Chief Secretary, getting well and there were no per- (RTOs) carried out a special drive ing up to increase the export of industries should be protected to try,” the minister said. presently operating in Rourkela. Health & Family Welfare PK son in many of the centres. against the vehicles plying within bamboo products. ensure their progress so that local Tomar said that the use of bam- Another will be set up soon.” Mohapatra said, "Presently plasma Among others, Sundargarh Odisha without obtaining the re- The minister inaugurated bam- artisans get sources of livelihood. boo has been an ancient tradition He said that 20 more doctors bank is functioning properly at Collector Nikhil Pawan Kalyan, di- quired permit and evading taxes boo clusters in Madhya Pradesh, “The government’s goal in the in India and it is now being sup- would be sent to Rourkela soon. Rourkela. The sero survey under- rector medical education and train- to Odisha government. Gujarat, Maharashtra, Assam, bamboo sector is being achieved ported with modern technology. They would join in a day or two. taken by RMRC—Bhubaneswar ing (DMET) CBK Mohanty and During the five-day special drive Nagaland, Tripura, Uttarakhand with the concerted efforts of all Youths are also being given train- Tripathy directed Rourkela shows that around 25 per cent peo- RMC commissioner Dibya Jyoti by RTOs, the government earned and Karnataka apart from Odisha. stakeholders of the Bamboo ing for bamboo industry, he added. Municipal Corporation (RMC) to ple in Rourkela have developed Parida were present. `2.12 crore penalties from 1,480 vehicles. The RTOs started the drive fol- DRI seizes ganja lowing the direction of State STIR OVER VARSITY ACT Transport Authority (STA). Ex-army man held for worth `80L The STA had directed the RTOs to undertake a special drive against Bhubaneswar: The sleuths of vehicles plying within Odisha shooting at neighbour Directorate of Revenue Intelligence without obtaining the required (DRI) Tuesday seized ganja worth ` permit and not paying the tax to POST NEWS NETWORK The arrested army around 80 lakh from a truck near the government. Khandagiri here. Following a tip-off, Around 658 vehicles were found Bhubaneswar, Sept 8: officer has been the DRI’s Odisha unit Tuesday inter- plying without permits whereas Khandagiri police arrested an ex- identified as cepted the truck laden with different 70 vehicles were seized for failing army officer for firing at his neigh- types of vegetables. DRI sources revealed that the seized cannabis bour at Bharatpur under Ashwini Rout and the to pay the tax and penalty as per weighing 5.5 quintal was packed in the challan. Khandagiri police limits here late injured man as around 100 packets. The contraband Odisha has made the online Monday night. Kunjabihari Behera sourced from Andhra Pradesh was system for issuance of permit and The arrested army officer has being transported to Bihar. However, payment of tax in respect of com- been identified as Ashwini Rout the driver and helper of the truck man- mercial vehicles of other states vis- and the injured man as Kunjabihari rifle and opened five rounds at aged to give the DRI officials a slip. iting the state. Behera. With the bullet stuck in Behera. his hand, Behera was rushed to a On being informed, police private hospital. His condition is reached the spot and arrested Rout. Garg visits 1929 stated to be stable now. The cops also seized the rifle from Experts thrust on According to a source, Rout is a his possession. Call Centre liquor addict. Every night, under The police are investigating the Bhubaneswar: COVID-19 observer for remedial classes the influence of alcohol, he would incident and are on to find out if Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation start hurling expletives at his neigh- Rout has the required licence to (BMC) and Principal Secretary Water POST NEWS NETWORK bours. Monday night, he picked keep the firearm. Resources Anu Garg Tuesday visited up a quarrel with Behera. The “If it is found out that he does not the 1929 Bhubaneswar city Call Centre Bhubaneswar, Sept 8: Remedial quarrel soon escalated and took have the licence, another case will at Bhubaneswar Operations Centre classes will help the children Activists of AIDSO hold a demonstration at Master Canteen Square in Bhubaneswar, Tuesday, to protest the an ugly turn when Rout came out be registered against him under (BOC) of the Bhubaneswar Smart City who are lagging behind in their amendment to the Odisha Universities Act-1989 and repeal of the Ravenshaw University Act, 2005 OP PHOTO of his house with a double-barrel Arms Act,” police informed. Limited (BSCL). learning when the schools con- tinue to remain shut due to COVID-19 outbreak. This was revealed by experts while participating in a state-level Mancheswar Rly workshop joins war against COVID webinar on “Quality Elementary Education for All during COVID 19: Challenges and Opportunities” POST NEWS NETWORK position. The employees of workshop Apart from this, 35 pedal operated which was jointly organised by with their relentless courage and LOCKDOWN AS ADVANTAGE sanitiser dispensers, 21 pedal op- local civil society organisations Bhubaneswar, Sept 8: Even though craftsmanship played a key role for erated hands-free hand wash basins, he employees of workshop with their relentless (CSOs) Tuesday. Former Principal passenger train services, except the welfare of the society, even one ultraviolet currency sanitiser, Tcourage and craftsmanship played a key role for Secretary and Board of Revenue for Shramik Special trains, were though they are less in number as the welfare of the society, even though they are less touch-free automatic sanitiser dis- member Arabinda Behera said, suspended during the lockdowns, compared to other workshops in in number as compared to other workshops in the penser, COVID-19 exam kiosk and “Remedial classes are necessary to operation of freight and parcel the country. country automatic thermal censor. bridge the learning gap among chil- trains continued in order to en- During the lockdown period from Even in this crisis, till now dren, for those who are slow learn- sure supply of essential goods. In April to July, Carriage Repair RW, Mancheswar has prepared 51 isolation 222coaches including ICF made 33 ers. Also, our policy must embrace addition to this, East Coast Workshop (CRW) at Mancheswar Ccoaches for COVID-19 patients so that the killer AC and 164 non-AC coaches, 15 LHB a common school system which Railway’s (ECoR) Carriage Repair had given emphasis on prepara- virus does not infect others AC and six non-AC coaches and could offer equitable education to Workshop at Mancheswar has man- tion of in-house equipment related three other non-AC & one AC con- all. In addition to that, there is a ufactured several articles to fight to COVID-19. CRW, Mancheswar RW at Mancheswar has prepared 3,743 litres of ventional coaches have been turned need to recognise the critical role the off COVID-19. has prepared 51 isolation coaches Csanitisers and 7,732 units of face masks for out for use in different Railway di- teachers play in imparting quality ECoR’s workshop at Mancheswar, for COVID-19 patients so that the Railway employees visions apart from 7 departmental education in classrooms,” he said. Bhubaneswar has come forward to killer virus does not infect others. coaches, by clearing the backlog of Achyuta Das, an education ex- prepare many COVID-19 related CRW at Mancheswar has pre- he workshop has added a success story to ECoR’s coaches which are overdue for main- pert, said, “To impart quality ed- precautionary items for the bene- pared 3,743 litres of sanitisers and Tjourney by executing auxiliary role in the fight tenance. against COVID-19 by manufacturing two stretchers, ucation in classrooms, we must fit of both Railway personnel and 7,732 units of face masks for Railway Mancheswar workshop has been 61 oxygen cylinder stands, four bio-medical waste have quality teachers in our passengers. employees. The workshop has man- transport trolleys, four medicine trolleys, 10 medical praised for its outstanding work in schools. Secondly, there is a need When the whole world was in a ufactured 104 beds with foam for equipment trolleys among others periodical repairs and other activ- for collaborative and concerted state of turmoil, the railwaymen at COVID patients. ities due to the dedicated and hard efforts on issues affecting educa- Mancheswar Carriage Repair The workshop has added a suc- working employees. The workshop tion as the digital divide is emergi- Workshop have shown their prowess cess story to ECoR’s journey by ex- against COVID-19 by manufactur- der stands, four bio-medical waste trolleys, 10 medical equipment trol- has achieved 95 per cent efficiency

ing as a big challenge,” Das said. for which ECoR retains its dignified ecuting auxiliary role in the fight ing two stretchers, 61 oxygen cylin- transport trolleys, four medicine leys among others. in the field of coach repairing.

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2 barrages to come up across Baitarani Masks are ‘must’ to travel in public

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POST NEWS NETWORK ‘Oxygen Checking monitor SpO2 levels of all resi- Jajpur, Sept 8: In a major boost to Campaign’ has been dents. SpO2 is known as oxygen the agriculture sector here, the saturation. It is a measurement of state government has decided to started in all blocks, amount of oxygen carrying he- set up two barrages across Baitarani NACs and municipality moglobin in the blood compared here which would result in ex- to amount of hemoglobin not car- panding irrigational coverage to areas of the district rying oxygen. The SpO2 of a healthy 1,500 hectares of land in the dis- person should be between 94 and 100 trict and the neighbouring Bhadrak. POST NEWS NETWORK per cent. Representative pic The two projects estimated at Chhatrapur sub-collector around Rs 236.63 crore has got ad- Chhatrapur, Sept 8: In its fight Priyaranjan Prusty, BDO Ambika ministrative approval of the state against coronavirus, the Ganjam dis- tweeted. In another tweet, Collector Prasad Das and tehsildar government, a report said. trict administration Tuesday made Kulange informed that door-to door Nilamadhab Bhoi were present at The two projects will also play in- wearing of face masks mandatory ‘Oxygen Checking Campaign’ has such a campaign at the block strumental in ensuring drinking Saptamatruka Temple during the recent flood in Baitarani for passengers while traveling in been started in all blocks, NACs Tuesday. water to Jajpur town and compen- ` auto rickshaws and buses. and municipality areas of the On the other hand, the district had sate for water shortage during WITH 236.63 CR “Passengers must wear face mask district. high mortality rate compared to major religious rituals like Baruni JAJPUR RESIDENTS EXPECT THE BARRAGES TO ENSURE WHILE THE RIGHT SIDE BARRAGE WILL BE 84.50 METRE- while travelling in auto rickshaws “Our frontline COVID workers others. It is observed that people hav- Snana in Baitarani. FLOOD CONTROL IN DOWNSTREAM AREAS OF BAITARANI HIGH, THE LEFT SIDE BARRAGE WILL BE OF 90 METRES and buses. Also passengers limit are ensuring early detection and ing diabetes and high blood pressure Significantly, the two Apart must be followed. Drivers of vehi- timely referral of suspected cases are falling victim to the virus. barrages are expected to from irrigation, projects, Jajpur town massive flood situation in various be enough to conserve water. Later, cles have to ensure it. Otherwise, ac- from the field,” he informed. It is worth mentioning that the ensure flood control in the barrages will dam will get drinking pockets, damaging lives and it was decided that another bar- tion will be initiated against own- The campaign will continue till district is no longer a Covid-19 the downstream up water for ‘Baruni water while irri- properties. rage will be set up. ers of vehicle,” Ganjam district September 14, it was learnt. hotspot and is already on the path areas of the river in Snana’ in Baitarani. OCCL gation will be pro- The two districts saw unprece- The left side barrage will be of 90 Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange The campaign is necessary to towards recovery. the two districts. will start its work soon vided through lift dented floods between July 26 and metres. The right barrage work Reports added irrigation points to 29 due to low pressure-induced will be started in the current fiscal that the two barrages DHANESWAR SAMAL | EXECUTIVE 700 hectares in heavy rains. while that of the left barrage will ENGINEER, WATER RESOURCES will come up on the Bhadrak and 800 This flood is said to be the worst be started in 2021-22. MOTORIST KILLED AS Viral video shows HM celebrating DIVISION, JAJPUR left and right side of hectares in Jajpur. ever one in the district in the last Initially, Rs 83.42 crore was sanc- Saptamatruka temple Moreover, the barrages two decades. Over 10 lakh people and tioned for the right barrages. POLICE VEHICLE HITS Teachers’ Day with schoolchildren across Baitarani. will dam up enough water for devo- three lakh domestic animals were Dhaneswar Samal, the executive HIM IN MALKANGIRI After approval of the cost estimate tees for holy ‘Baruni Snana’. affected by the flood. engineer of the Jajpur Water POST NEWS NETWORK The incident came to of the project, the Water Resources Various quarters and particu- Around 12 people have died while Resources Division, said that apart department has awarded the con- larly the farming community were 38,000 livestock perished in the from irrigation, the barrages will Kuanrmunda, Sept 8: A head- the fore after a video tract of the construction to OCCL. enthused over the project. flood. With the execution of the dam up water for ‘Baruni Snana’ in master of a government high of the event went Engineer in-chief Jyotirmay The approval of the projects has two barrages, people of Jajpur ex- Baitarani. school is in soup for celebrating Rath has intimated to the principal come after eight years of official pect that the barrages will ensure OCCL will start its work soon, he Teachers’ Day with the school- viral Monday secretary of the Water Resources de- process. flood control in the downstream added. However, he did not say children in Kuanrmunda in partment about it and issued an In the monsoon, Brahmani and areas of the river. about flood control by the two proj- Sundargarh district. being celebrated flouting all order for construction of the proj- Baitarani wreak flood havoc in The right side barrage will be ects. Given this, the flood control The incident came to the fore COVID norms went viral on ects. most parts of Jajpur and Bhadrak. of 84.50 metres. Initially, it was hope of the people in downstream after a video of the event went social media Monday. The video After commissioning of the two Even their distributaries create thought that one barrage will not areas is in question. viral Monday. Covid-19 cases clearly shows that the teach- are increasing in the state ex- ers and students were cele- ponentially and keeping this brating the day in a classroom. in view, the department of What local people objected to is PROPHYLACTIC MEASURE POST NEWS NETWORK School and Mass Education has that the teachers including the closed down all schools across headmaster celebrated the event Malkangiri, Sept 8: Tension flared up the state. Keeping Teachers’ throwing COVID-19 norms like at Pangam village under Mathili police Day in mind, the government social distancing into wind. limits in Malkangiri district after a had Saturday urged all the When asked, Kuanrmunda police van hit a pedestrian leading to schools to not celebrate the day block education officer (BEO) his death on the spot Tuesday. among students on school Sadananda Pradhan said, “It The deceased has been identified premises. is shocking that a government as Balaraj Sahu, who worked as a Gram But a government high school school celebrated Teachers’ Rozgar Sevak (GRS) at Nayakguda vil- in Raiboga area under Day despite strict orders against lage. Three policemen also sustained Kuanrmunda block education it. The headmaster will be injuries in the mishap. The injured office had celebrated the day served a show-cause notice and policemen— an SI and two constables in the face of the direction. A then stringent action will be — were rushed to Saheed Laxman video showing how the day was taken against the guilty.” Nayak Medical College and Hospital in Koraput. According to a source, some policemen of Mathili police station were on their way towards Malkangiri in a vehicle. As they were nearing Pangam, the van hit Balaraj, who was coming from the other direction on a two-wheeler. Since a police vehicle was involved in the accident, people got enraged and staged a roadblock demanding ac- tion against the driver and compen- sation for the victim, eyewitnesses said. Vehicles were seen stranded on both sides of the road owing to the roadblock. According to the latest information, top police officials were on the spot and trying to pacify A breach on an embankment of Kelua river in Dharmashala area of Jajpur is being repaired OP PHOTO the agitators. Will Odisha Prison Training School in Silk City shut down? Over 50 batches of students have completed their training under this institute and were engaged in different jails across the state merged with the academy. prison personnel. Some staff and assets have al- The institute has been ready been shifted to the equipped with well-trained in- academy. As a result, this structors and trainers with old training school is going good classrooms, a library, a to be shut forever. parade ground and, separate Locals have been opposing hostels for male and female this plan. In March, members trainees. of Ganjam Zilla Bikash Manch When asked about the fate submitted a memorandum of this old prison training to the Chief Minister, oppos- institute, superintendent of ing the merger of this old in- the circle jail Kulamani stitute with the Bhubaneswar- Behera said that a plan is POST NEWS NETWORK 50 batches of students have based academy. afoot to merge this institute successfully completed their It was alleged that the gov- with the academy in Berhampur, Sept 8: Odisha training under this institute ernment has not taken any Bhubaneswar, but there is Prison Training School was and were engaged in differ- step in this regard. Earlier, no report about how far this set up in Berhampur in 1984 ent jails in the state. people were told that the sec- plan has been worked upon. with an aim to train recruits Locals feel sad to know ond campus of the prison to run prisons in the state. that the government is plan- academy will function at this Now, there is a plan to shut ning to shift the institute. institute. Sadly, there is no this training institute and The state government has formal announcement in this merge it with another big- set up Mahatma Gandhi regard till date, locals lamented. ger one at Bhubaneswar, else- Prison Academy in The institute is almost dys- where, a report said. Bhubaneswar. functional with some staff The 36-year-old training According to the official an- guarding the training school. school is located on the way nouncement, this prison All kinds of facilities are to Shilpanchal Road. Over training school will be still here for training of the 30 GM BROWN SUGAR SEIZED; TWO ARRESTED

POST NEWS NETWORK of Charampa Baulapokhari. August 18, the Special Task Police also seized a bike and Force of Crime Branch seized Bhadrak, Sept 8: Police two cell phones from them. brown sugar worth 1.325 kg

seized 30 gm of brown sugar They were produced in court. in Balasore. A special team

k y m c on Jagdalpur Canal road in Further investigation to the of the STF acting on specific Ranital area of Bhadrak drug peddling was on. intelligence inputs seized Tuesday. Two peddlers were For the last several days, the narcotics from near the arrested. The accused were raids are being carried out bus stand. The value of the identified as Banamali in north Odisha to curb such brown sugar was worth Rs Mallick and Bharat Mallick illegal activities. 1.30 crore. P6 WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 9 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR power post

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ollowing the Sepoy Mutiny our civil servants for fieldwork. in 1857 that came close to After they have done their manda- toppling the British rule tory fieldwork, they move to pol- Media going global Fin India and pursuant to icy making positions (at the level the Government of India Act 1858, of joint secretary at the Centre). nother great exhortation from Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas the administrative responsibili- At this stage, they are not spe- Modi is that the Indian media should go “global” at a time when the ties were taken over by the Viceroy cialised in any particular area Anation enjoys a “very strong presence” at different international fora. of India. The Viceroy was a di- from where they can dictate pol- True, the Indian media has failed to spread out beyond the nation’s bound- rect representative of the Queen icy for the benefit of the national aries, both print and visual, other than to areas abroad where there is an Indian of England and assisted by the economy and the welfare of the presence. Imperial Civil Service (ICS). The Indian people after taking into ac- While many of us have an exalted notion of the greatness of India and ICS was headed by the Secretary count the geopolitical situations there are those who boast of India aiming to achieve a Super Power status of State for India, a member of of the world. You cannot, and in the near future, the reality on the ground is different. In the Asian region the British cabinet. should not, have someone mak- itself, India yielded ground not only to China but in the vision of most other Initially, almost all ICS officers ing policy on one subject one day countries such as Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia or even Cambodia, it has were British and had been edu- and on another the next day. As a no relevance. It is pointless to mention neighboring countries Nepal, Sri Lanka, cated in elite British schools. result, that person often gets either Bhutan or Bangladesh where a near total mistrust and dislike for India is Thereafter, a few Indians were in- overwhelmed or over-dependent on all pervading. ducted into the ICS. At the time of the un-experienced junior cadre In the Indian media field, a particular national newspaper boasts of being Independence, there were 322 Jawaharlal Nehru noted that someone had who do not have enough of expo- the largest-circulated English daily in the world and this has more to do with Indians and 688 British ICS officers. once defined the Indian Civil Service “as sure to fathom the larger picture. the large spread of the English-educated population within a nation of 1.50 Ashok Mahapatra In their heyday, those of the ICS This often leads to decisions which billion people than its popularity as a dependable media. None other than were the most powerful officials in neither Indian, nor civil, nor a service, but have undesirable results. Indians take fancy to it outside this country. the Empire. A tiny cadre, a little with which we are unfortunately still The recent cabinet decision en- The history of Indian media has been murky. Mostly owned by industry, WHILE THE over a thousand-strong, ruled more couraging civil servants to reskill mining or political interests, the shadow of slanted news has been ever per- than 30 crore Indians. The ICS di- afflicted in this country” voluntarily is not the answer. When sistent. It has come to such a pass in the present times that a single major CIVIL SERVICE rected all the activities of British have the civil servants accepted any business house virtually owns the bulk of the national level television chan- HAS SERVED India, and every ICS officer had an change to their service conditions nels. The Emergency in the mid seventies was a blot on free India because average of three lakh subjects adopted a controlled economy to British Civil Service. Nonetheless, voluntarily? They have responded the government interfered with the media, thereby damaging its reputation. THE COUNTRY under him, and lorded over every manage its finances. Hence, the she stood firm in her conviction only when the political masters or- However, the media overcame that and saw a huge spurt of growth because REASONABLY corner of his subjects’ lives. The ethos of the ICS continued with and reformed the service anyway. dered them to do this or that. citizens wanted unbiased reporting. Over time, media owners preferred to ICS, as belied by its name, was be- the IAS. As result, while the po- The role and competence of the Hence, mandatory specialisation take stands that would help them and their friends in their business inter- WELL, THERE IS holden to the British Empire and litical class was coming to terms policy makers have evolved since is a must for policy makers. ests. After the Emergency, the next big jolt to the Indian media has come now. its principal role was to control colo- as how to govern the nation, the the 1950s. Today, no policy can or While the civil service has served The present Union as well as most state governments are demonstrating ex- A NEED FOR AN nial India on behalf of the Crown. philosophy of control set forth should be made purely from a na- the country reasonably well, there treme intolerance towards free and fair reporting which affects the credi- OVERHAUL TO Accordingly, all administrative by our colonial bureaucrats was tional perspective. It needs to be is a need for an overhaul to meet bility of the national media. This intolerance has noticeably increased after and legal infrastructure were built continued and strengthened by made after taking the geopoliti- the challenges of today. The Modi Modi’s coming to power. For example, the whole world would be interested MEET THE to further this cause. This ethos of the IAS. cal situation and the state of the government came to power on the to know what is happening in Kashmir. The near complete blockage of ver- CHALLENGES controlling every part of the sub- In 1979, Margaret Thatcher, world economy into account. promise of change. Hence, it is in- ifiable news from that region demonstrates that the Indian media is not free. jects’ lives was carried forward elected on the promise of change Therefore, the policy makers need cumbent on the Prime Minister to Both national and regional media are yet to work out economic models OF TODAY by the successor service, the Indian and reform, stated, “We have to not only be competent, but also lead the charge for change for a new of survival which would be independent of state or national government Administrative Service (IAS), after move this country in a new di- specialised in the subject matter direction, to change the way we ads or doles. The financial distress faced by Indian media in recent times Independence. rection, to change the way we look that they are handling to define the look at things, to create a new has helped an extremely small set of business interests buy up all the ail- Jawaharlal Nehru noted that at things, to create a wholly new nation’s policy. mindset for an India of the 21st ing media houses. The economic threat meted out to Press Trust of India someone had once defined the attitude of mind.” She appointed I have no doubt that, at the time Century. This is his ‘once in a cen- by the Union government recently over Indian Civil Service “as neither Sir Derek Rayner, who was not of being inducted, the officers of tury’ moment. No doubt there will carrying an interview of the Chinese Indian, nor civil, nor a service, connected with the Civil Service, the Civil Service were the bright- be pushback from bureaucracy Ambassador to India was a clear indica- but with which we are unfortu- to recommend reforms and make est. However, once put in a policy as they would not like to be dis- tion of state censorship. When such acts get nately still afflicted in this coun- the government administration making position, without spe- turbed from their comfort zones. publicised, the world does not trust media try.” At the time of Independence, more efficient and accountable. cialisation, they are not fit for the Furthermore, the process cannot reports emanating from a country that does the ranks and posts of the erstwhile This resulted in core policy being job. It is impossible to make a con- be led by the existing bureaucracy. not have genuine freedom. Piate ICS along with its top people were made by a core team of compe- sidered judgement without having It needs to be led by someone Quality is what makes a product popular, retained for continuity. The only tent civil servants while the op- a complete understanding of the from outside the system and not which can only be measured by editorial neu- Tathagata thing that changed was the nomen- eration and execution of the ap- subject matter to ensure that it is having any existing baggage and trality, accuracy and corroboration. When OSatpathy clature as “IAS”. Other than that, proved policies were entrusted to acceptable both at international definitely not a retired bureau- these are absent, media loses its shine. The nothing else changed. a number of independent agen- and national levels. crat. Every bureaucrat will al- print medium was overtaken by the visual media, TV channels, by the turn Their main role was still to con- cies headed by professionals. Additionally, without in-depth ways protect his own brethren. of this century. Now, even these TV channels are under threat from digital trol almost every aspect of lives of Furthermore, Margaret knowledge of the subject matter, Nonetheless, I believe the PM can media available on handheld phones. India has a lot of print, television and the people under their jurisdic- Thatcher was a visionary who it would be impossible to defend do it. This is India’s chance of the digital channels but none qualify at a global sphere. While there might be tion and distribute largesse to recognised the onset of globali- the country’s interests socially century – reform we must or we many reasons for the different media failing to attain global recognition, a those whom they fancied. There sation and that there was the need and economically when negotiat- miss the opportunity of the cen- major reason would be the non-acceptance of Indian social mores through- was no doubt at the time of for professionals rather than gen- ing with investors and trade part- tury and perish. out the world. We are not more considered as harbingers of change. Because Independence that the civil serv- eralists in positions of decision- ners; particularly so when every of negative coverage by Indian media, even the Nepalese citizens stopped ice was the frame of the country making to ensure that Britain con- country is competing for the same The writer is Director watching Indian TV after their earthquake of 25 April 2015. This showed how and that, without them, the coun- tinued to retain its place in the piece of the pie and protecting (retired), Maritime Safety our reporters need to mature to global levels. Contrast this with the Al try would collapse. world order. She faced strong re- their own interests. Division, International Jazeera English and Arabic channels beamed from Qatar, the tiny Gulf After Independence, India sistance from the well-entrenched The initial training prepares Maritime Organisation, UN. state, which reach large viewership across continents; and they are not nec- essarily Moslem viewers alone. Quality stands out. Question could arise as to how India with its huge size could not come up with a global TV network. The answer may not be too difficult to fathom. Almost all Indian TV chan- IN JEST THIS nels have business or political interests driving them. Thus excellence in jour- nalism has never been a matter of priority for the Indian owners. India’s Doordarshan seemed a poverty stricken channel. In the year 1990, Satellite Television Asia Region (STAR) and later CNN came in and started beaming news and other programmes, some related to American propaganda about the Gulf War, in a high-voltage manner and changed the way Indians Buying in bulk can sometimes be risky were treated to visual programmes and news. The BBC maintains its old aura, and reaches Indian homes too. Sky TV, Fox TV and a host of other television hen I’m grocery shop- While she undoubtedly has sweet sentence 25 times in a row, you channels revolutionized the way the world watched TV in later years. The ping, I’m not always dreams of this scenario, I have should meet my sister,” Shiv wars in the Middle East, like the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and the play Whappy to see different nightmares. It’s not that I don’t tweeted. “She’s terrifying. I’m on of Patriot and Iraqi Scud missiles over the skies, reached homes around the sizes of the same food item. This enjoy rice – it’s just that I prefer not the phone and I’m scared and she world live, adding to the popularity and reach of Western TV channels. means that I need to make a deci- to eat rice at every meal. One of my isn’t even angry at me.” By contrast, what the Indian TV News channels specialize in is panel dis- sion: should I buy the larger quan- strongest culinary desires involves So how did Shiv’s brother-in- cussions in which the host makes a hero out of himself, with a bunch of mostly tity or the smaller quantity – or the occasional appearance at our law solve this problem? He ended sad faceless meek participants making a laughing stock out of themselves. perhaps even the medium quan- dining table of a chapatti or naan. up negotiating with the lorry driver, Otherwise, it is Rhea Chakraborty dominating the screen in what is being tity? There are several factors that Thankfully, I don’t have to worry using a mediator, and instead of termed a ‘media trial’. Reaching out to the wider world for the Indian media go into this decision, but two of the too much about my wife winning buying the entire load on the lorry, is easier said than done. Melvin Durai most important ones are the rate of 100 bags of rice, but there’s an- agreed to buy ‘only’ 23 sacks of The Prime Minister, it seems, needs very many such activities to throw consumption within the household other scenario that I should prob- rice. The driver also received two up regularly to entice people and make them discuss something new each and the rate of decay of the food ably be concerned about, thanks to bottles of liquor for his trouble. day. That, probably he thinks, will keep the citizens’ focus away from real IF YOU RECEIVE item; whether or not it is perishable. the Twitter account of a writer I can’t help wondering what my life problems facing every Indian today. All due to massive governance mis- Rice, for example, is consumed in named Shiv Ramdas. wife would do if a lorry-load of management. The last one, as far as one can remember, was about the pos- RICE IN BULK, great quantities in many Indian Shiv recently live-tweeted an in- rice arrived at our house. She would sibility of making India the toy manufacturing hub of the world. These are THE BEST THING households, but might otherwise cident that happened at his sister’s be upset that we needed to pay for just pointless exhortations that do not sound true anymore. last forever. You can buy a 100-kg bag wife says, “Can you get the rice home, somewhere in India. His so much rice at once, but after the TO DO IS FEED of rice and leave it in your will for for me?” She makes this request sev- brother-in-law got tired of mak- initial shock, she would be a little PEOPLE IN BULK your great-grandchildren. It should- eral times a week, perhaps eager to ing frequent trips to the store to buy excited. The first thing she would WISDOM CORNER n’t be surprising, then, that my wife have a muscular husband. rice. So, he decided to order some do is go shopping — for the biggest and I usually buy the biggest bag of My wife loves rice so much that rice in bulk from a warehouse. But rice pot we can afford. It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be rice we can find in the grocery store. if she won 100 bags of rice in a there was some kind of misun- “We can’t eat that much rice,” I reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err. The bigger the bag, the more we contest, she would be ecstatic, elated derstanding, resulting in a lorry would say. MAHATMA GANDHI save. Not only is the unit price and what not! It would not matter filled with rice showing up at his “Don’t worry,” she would say. lower, I can also do a little weight- if the amount of rice exceeded the home. Needless to say, his wife I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of “You don’t have to eat it. I’m going people. ISAAC NEWTON lifting and save money on a gym amount of space in our kitchen. (Shiv’s sister) was soon berating him to feed all the homeless and hun- membership. This weight-lifting “Just fill our bedroom with rice,” like he had accidentally set her gry people — the ones who will Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes doesn’t just happen on the way she would say. “We’ll never have to saris on fire. truly appreciate my rice dishes.” off your goal. HENRY FORD home from the store; it also happens buy rice again. We can sleep on “If you have never heard a If you receive rice in bulk, the best within our house, whenever my the rice if we need to.” woman destroy a man with one thing to do is feed people in bulk. WORDSWORTH Whose Mumbai? Flight tickets refund Take back honour Tinny Sir, Whose Mumbai is it, after all? Does the Sir, The Director-General of Civil Aviation Sir, This refers to the arrest of Deepak inny was once common in both Australia and New Zealand, though it has country’s financial capital belong to only those (DGCA) has directed airlines that all flight Kochhar, husband of banking sector’s Tfallen somewhat out of use. That’s very probably because other slang etters who glorify the Maratha or Marathi culture? tickets booked by passengers on domestic and top figure Chanda Kochhar, by the senses have superseded it, such as those for a can or tin of beer and for a Certainly not. Had it been so, people hailing from international routes for travel between March Enforcement Directorate, as part of the lightweight aluminium boat. As it happens, the first example recorded in print a diverse spectrum of the Indian society 25 and May 3 this year will have to be fully re- on-going probe against the two in money is from New Zealand, in the Chronicle of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force TOL THE EDITOR wouldn’t have flocked to the mega city to be a funded. DGCA mentions that if carriers are un- laundering and other cases. It is advisable of 1918: “Remarks are heard on the ‘tinny’ luck or otherwise of the [poker] Readers of Orissa POST part of its overall growth and development. able to reimburse the ticket fares, flyers will that the Union Government now set pro- players while the ‘stiffs’ bemoan their luck.” A comment in a book by Eric are most welcome to contribute letters The city of dreams has in fact produced great get a credit shell up to March 31, 2021. The de- cedure whereby prestigious national ho- Partridge two decades later asserts that it was First World War soldiers’ (200 words), articles and talents in the film industry, many of them from cision is good, but it creates trouble for infre- nours including Padma awards and Bharat columns (between 750-1250 slang. Both the Oxford Australian Dictionary and the Oxford New Zealand words). Contributors are outside of the state. Political leaders having a quent flyers. Most airlines are not concerned Ratna are taken back from those who get Dictionary say the origin is the earlier slang tin for money. This is known from requested to send their parochial mindset assert it is the city of their about offering cash refunds and they have involved in controversial actions. Chanda 1836. The Oxford English Dictionary notes, “Said to have been first applied to contact numbers and full own and threaten others from entering the converted tickets on credit shell. The impact must give back the honour bestowed on

the small silver coins of the 18th century, which before their recall in 1817 postal address/email ID. They may also city. The people of India love and admire the of the Covid-19 will remain for a long time. In her. The government is urged to do a pe-

k y m send in their valuable comments, opinion c were often worn quite smooth without trace of any device, so as to resemble and suggestions, preferably by email, city for its high-voltage, round-the-clock such circumstances, people will not like to riodic review of all such awards given in pieces of tin.” Part of the stimulus for inventing it may have been the even to: [email protected] activities. Good sense must prevail on those travel by air. Hence, the credit shell is not ben- the past by seeking affidavits from the older brass for money, which is known from the sixteenth century. Various who have engaged themselves in the eficial to infrequent flyers. The DGCA must en- awardees to affirm that they are not in- compounds of tin appear in the record earlier than tinny. The Bulletin of sinister design of dividing people into sure a full refund to passengers who do not want volved in court-cases and controversies. Sydney noted in 1898 that a tin back is “a party who’s remarkable for luck”. B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, compartments. to claim the credit shell. Dignity demands as much. Much later, tin-arsed appears as a term for a person who is remarkably lucky. Bhubaneswar-751010 Sanjib Das, CUTTACK Amit Singh Kushwaha, SATNA Madhu Agarwal, DELHI JAMMU & NORTHEAST KASHMIR P7

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PRESS TRUST OF INDIA causes rise in cases ALARMING TREND Srinagar, Sept 8: Glaciers in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh are elting of the glaciers in Jammu, melting at a ‘significant’ rate, ac- MKashmir and Ladakh is going to of smuggling in NE’ cording to a first-of-its-kind study impact the water, food and energy secu- which used satellite data to find rity with the consequent adverse effect Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh on the dependent livelihoods, they noted that over 1,200 glaciers in the share a 1,640-km unfenced border with Myanmar and Himalayan region saw an annual re- he researchers explained that the duction in mass of 35 centimetres Tmain drivers of the glacial melt in the the India-Myanmar border has turned into a vital (cm) on average between 2000 and Himalayan region are increasing tem- corridor for smuggling of drugs, arms and ammunition 2012. peratures and decreasing snow The study, published in the jour- precipitation, resulting from greenhouse nal Scientific Reports, was carried gas emissions from industrialisation over the Jammu, Kashmir, and and increasing use of fossil fuels the Ladakh region, including areas world over across the Line of Control (LoC) study, published in the journal and Line of Actual Control (LAC), AClimatic Change July 29, found that and in all 12,243 glaciers were stud- Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh may wit- ied for thickness and mass changes. ness a temperature increase of up to 6.9 “In general, it was observed that degrees Celsius by the end of the centu- the glaciers in the Pir Panjal range ry due to climate change, warning that are melting at the higher rate -- Tariq Abdullah and Irfan Rashid, glaciers have been studied in the re- Romshoo noted that the contin- the glaciers in this Himalayan region more than one metre per year -- both from Geoinformatics gion for thickness and glacial mass ued melting of glaciers will have sig- could shrink by 85 per cent if the while as the glaciers in the Department, University of Kashmir, changes using field observations. nificant adverse impacts on every projections come true INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE opportunities from tax arbitrage. Karakoram range are melting rel- used two satellite observations The researchers noted that while sector of economy in the region It also threatens local industries and atively at slower rate, around 10 made in 2000 by NASA and in 2012 glacier melting is a continuous and beyond, particularly in the Guwahati/Kohima, Sept 8: their capacity to create livelihoods. cms per year,” noted Professor by German space agency DLR. process and the shrinkage in area downstream areas which are al- ability of water resources in the Industry body FICCI has said that Assam Rifles’ proactive vigilance Shakil Ahmad Romshoo, corre- They employed this data to de- of the glaciers is being estimated rou- ready water scarce. south Asian region, according to the the recent rise in smuggling in the in intercepting the movement of sponding author of the study. termine the glacier thickness tinely, thickness and mass changes “It is pertinent to mention here researchers. northeastern region can be at- smuggled goods is a definitive step “Some glaciers are even ad- changes over the entire Upper Indus are not possible always because of that the waters emanating from Romshoo noted that though there tributed to economic distress in- towards putting fear in the hearts vancing or stable in the Karakoram Basin, comprising of over 12,000 the lack of satellite data. this region are shared between the is "almost no industrialisation" in duced by the Covid-19 pandemic. of those who deal in such trading. range. In other mountain ranges glaciers. There are also limitations and neighbouring countries in the south Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh The Federation of Indian Their commendable effort sets like the Greater Himalayan range, “There is no such data (satellite challenges associated with field Asia,” the professor at the Himalaya, the mountainous region Chambers of Commerce & Industry forth an example to be keenly stud- Zanaskar range, Shamabari range, observations) available in the world based studies in the mountainous Department of Earth Sciences, is facing the brunt of climate change (FICCI) said loss of jobs and lack ied and followed by other en- Leh ranges, the glaciers are un- after 2012. This is a first of its kind Himalaya, they said. University of Kashmir, added. happening globally. of income due to recurrent lock- forcement agencies of the country,” doubtedly melting but the rate of study in the region and provides a The team noted that during one The knowledge generated about The latest study was conducted downs have left citizens without a Rajput said in its report. melting is variable,” Romshoo, Dean very good idea about what is hap- decade of observation in this study, the glacier thickness changes across as part of the Department of Science means of livelihood. FICCI has also requested Union of Research at the University of pening to the glaciers in the re- the region has lost about 70.32 gi- different mountain ranges in the and Technology research project “Reports suggest that smugglers Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla to in- Kashmir in Srinagar, told PTI. gion,” Romshoo explained. gatonne of glacier mass, which is data-scarce Himalayan region is "Centre of Excellence for glacial and insurgents are using people tervene into the vital issue and to The research team, including Till date, he said, only six to seven "quite significant." vital for determining the sustain- research in the western Himalaya." from the local tribal areas to trans- sensitise other paramilitary forces port smuggled goods by taking ad- on the gravity of the issue and vantage of their financial vul- amplify the need for a greater focus ON ALERT nerability caused due to Covid-19,” on combating smuggling and smug- No Covid death yet in a FICCI report said. gling-related crimes at the bor- The FICCI’s Committee Against ders. In order to create large-scale Smuggling and Counterfeiting awareness of this menace, FICCI Activities Destroying the Economy CASCADE has been conducting this northeastern state (CASCADE) highly appreciated interactions with government and the efforts of central para-mili- enforcement agencies across sev- tary force Assam Rifles and praised eral states in India on the ways to An official said that 45,153 sam- its Director General along with mitigate this challenge. ples have been tested for COVID-19 other officers for their anti-smug- FICCI also appealed to the cen- till Monday. gling operations. tral government to declare smug- The state recorded its first case The FICCI report said: “The gling as a national threat and that of COVID-19 March 24, after a 50- Assam Rifles during its recent suc- should be addressed with stricter year-old pastor who had returned cessful interception, seized illicit vigilance and reforms. from a trip to the Netherlands, cigarettes, smuggled from neigh- Four Indian northeastern states tested positive. After spending over bouring country, worth Rs 14 crore. --Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and a month in the hospital, he was Enforcement agencies impounded Arunachal Pradesh share a 1,640- found negative April 27. illicit cartons of cigarettes in 26 op- km unfenced border with Myanmar AGENCIES The state managed to contain erations along the Indo-Myanmar and the India-Myanmar border the spread of COVID-19 for over border during months of July and turned into the vital corridor for Aizawl, Sept 8: Mizoram has not two months until July when it August alone.” “Various battal- smuggling of drugs, arms and am- recorded any COVID-19 death so far. recorded twelve new cases after ions of the forces intercepted smug- munition and other contraband. Nine people, including a 2-year-old the inter-state movement was lifted glers transporting the illicit con- Meanwhile, drugs and foreign girl, tested positive for coronavirus May 4. signments using bikes, cars and origin cigarettes, valued at Rs 3.78 in the last 24 hours in Mizoram, tak- The state of Mizoram has a trucks while hiding them inside rice crore, were seized in three differ- ing the state's tally to 1,123, Tuesday. Christian population of around 87 sacks, jungle tracks, vegetation ent cases in Meghalaya and Altogether 745 people have re- per cent and many church organ- and others.” FICCI CASCADE Mizoram and five people, includ- covered from the infection till date isations have been sincerely and ac- Chairman Anil Rajput said that il- ing a woman, apprehended, officials and the recovery rate is 66.34 per tively joining hands with the gov- licit cigarette smuggling is a for- said Monday. Security officials cent. The state now has 378 active ernment in ensuring compliance midable challenge before our na- suspect that the drugs and the cig- cases. None died due to coronavirus of COVID-19-related guidelines and Apache helicopter of the Indian Air Force lands amid border tensions with China, in Kishtwar district of Jammu, tion that has been draining our arettes were smuggled from infection in Mizoram so far. helping in tackling the disease. Tuesday. PTI PHOTO government exchequer by creating Myanmar.

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA motherly treatment being meted out to Punjabi-speaking people and Over 1,000 J&K candidates Sikhs seek inclusion Jammu, Sept 8: Members of the injustice with the Sikh community Sikh community staged a demon- at large. We want the Centre to in- stration here Tuesday, demanding clude Punjabi and other regional lan- appear for NDA exams of Punjabi as official inclusion of Punjabi in the list of guages in the official list.” official languages in Jammu and “Punjabi belongs to all and not INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Consequently, concerned Divisional Kashmir. only to Sikhs. We want all the na- Commissioners and Deputy Led by Supreme Sikh tive languages to grow in the Union New Delhi, Sept 8: The Union Commissioners were engaged to language in J&K Organisation (SSO) chairperson S Territory as people speaking in Public Service Commission (UPSC), discharge this duty. For the first time Gurmeet Singh, the demonstrators Gojri, Pahari and Punjabi com- in collaboration with the since March this year, special trains said they would intensify their prise one-third of its population,” Government of Jammu and were operated to ferry the candi- THE UNION CABINET HAS APPROVED A BILL struggle if their demand is not met. he said, adding the Sikh community Kashmir (J&K), Sunday conducted dates from Baramulla and Banihal UNDER WHICH KASHMIRI, DOGRI AND HINDI, The protest in Gandhi Nagar lo- stands for Punjabi and the spirit of the annual entrance examinations in the morning and back to home cality of Jammu came days after the inclusiveness. in off-line mode for admission in dif- stations in the evening under strict APART FROM THE EXISTING URDU AND Union Cabinet September 2 ap- the official languages in the union Gojri- and Pahari-speaking peo- ferent streams in the National Covid-19 standard operating pro- ENGLISH, WILL BE THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES IN proved a bill under which Kashmiri, territory of Jammu and Kashmir. ple have also expressed their re- Defence Academy (NDA), at eight cedures (SOPs). Dogri and Hindi, apart from the Singh said, “We held this rally to sentment over the exclusion of centers in J&K. Over a thousand Prescribed distance of two sq THE UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR existing Urdu and English, will be express our anger over the step- their languages. candidates participated in the exam. metre was maintained between These were the first off-line the candidates even as the exami- examinations held in J&K since nation halls were fumigated and san- the outbreak of the coronavirus itized. Hand sanitizers were avail- pandemic in March 2020. Official able and each candidate wore a sources said of the 1,000 candi- face mask. Authorities had made Factory workers to get free sanitary napkins in Meghalaya dates, 485 were from Kashmir elaborate security and surveillance alone. While 379 candidates ap- arrangements at the centers as THE AMENDMENT TO THE 40-YEAR-OLD SERVICE RULES ALSO MAKES IT MANDATORY FOR FACTORIES TO peared at the center set up at well as for smooth passage of the Amar Singh College in Srinagar, candidates through train and other PROVIDE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPEs) TO ALL WORKERS 199 more attended at the centre at modes of transportation. S.P. Higher Secondary School. Deputy Commissioner Shahid PRESS TRUST OF INDIA state government to incorporate Meena Kharkongor as her term Over 500 candidates have re- Iqbal Choudhary, who visited both the Model Factories Rules regard- ended in March this year and both portedly appeared at six centres the centers in the summer capi- Shillong, Sept 8: Women factory ing the provisions of sanitary nap- were recommended by the respec- in Jammu. tal, said the candidates as well as workers in Meghalaya are set to kins for the women workers under tive search committees, he said. Official sources said that due to the staff on exam and security get free sanitary napkins at their the Factories Act, 1948 and also to The search committee had also rec- the coronavirus pandemic, the ob- duty observed all Covid-19 SOPs. He workplace as the state cabinet has incorporate rules regarding the ommended the appointment of Dr servers from the UPSC did not said it was for the first time that an approved an amendment to the PPEs for all workers, he said. Grenalin Marak, retired superin- oversee these exams in J&K and examination was held in Kashmir four-decades-old Factories Rules, According to the government tendent of Tura civil hospital, as other stations this year. under Covid-19 SOP. a government spokesperson said spokesperson, the proposed amend- member of the MSFC while re- Tuesday. ment also incorporated clauses to newing the tenure of Ravi Gurng as The amendment to the 40-year- ensure that the sanitary napkins of legal member. The cabinet also old service rules also makes it adequate quantity and conform- cleared the appointment of – SD mandatory for factories to provide ing to Indian standards shall be Massar, E Shylla, FP Marak, MK personal protective equipment provided and maintained in the Marak, Tiana TD Areng and Dr (PPEs) to all workers, he said. women’s toilets for their use and the Ibamon Laloo as members of “After discussion, the proposal to same be replenished on a daily MSPCR. amend rules 25 and 78 (C) of the basis. He said disposal bins with a The spokesperson also said that Meghalaya Factories Rules, 1980 lid shall also be provided within the the cabinet also cleared the ap-

was approved at the cabinet meet- women’s toilets for the collection of pointment of PSR Kharkongor, as

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Tuesday issued standard operat- Udham Singh Nagar district of Court Tuesday said it would hear The petitioner had claimed that The law is ing procedures (SOPs) for partial re- Uttarakhand allegedly by her fa- after three weeks a transgender to pursue her dreams, she had same for sumption of teaching activities in ther and her brother, who were woman's plea challenging Air India’s worked for 13 months in Sutherland everyone. schools for students of Classes 9 against the marriage, police said decision to deny her a job as a cabin Global Services in the airline sec- There is no political to 12, on a voluntary basis, from Tuesday. crew member. tor and even at Air India's customer vendetta. Security is September 21. The incident took place in A bench of Justices AM support, both domestic and inter- given to people who In a statement, Health Minister Kashipur area of the district Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari national, at Chennai. Born in Tamil are looked upon as Harsh Vardhan said: “Government THE PRECAUTIONARY Monday night, they added. and Sanjiv Khanna said that the Nadu in 1989, she said she gradu- idols. If there are allegations of drug of India is following a phase-wise MEASURES INCLUDE TEACHERS, The victims, Nazia and Rashid, matter has been already notified for ated in engineering in 2010. consumption against her and if they unlocking of activities. In days to EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS to visit areas falling within con- had eloped in June and got mar- hearing and would be taken up She underwent the gender sur- are false, the people leveling them come, this would also involve par- ENSURING PHYSICAL tainment zones. Prior to resump- ried against the wishes of the after three weeks. gery to turn into a woman in April should be thrown into jail tial resumption of activities in DISTANCING OF AT LEAST SIX tion of activities, all work areas in- woman’s family, Additional Senior advocate 2014 and this in- ANIL DESHMUKH | schools for students of Classes 9th FEET, USE OF FACE COVERS, tended for teaching or Superintendent of Police, Kashipur, Anand Grover, appear- formation was pub- MAHARASHTRA HOME MINISTER to 12th on a voluntary basis, for FREQUENT HAND-WASHING, demonstrations etc, including lab- Rajesh Bhatt said. ing for the petitioner, lished in the state taking guidance from their teach- ETC oratories, other common utility Nazia’s father had created a said that she had filed government ers. This would be allowed from SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN ASKED TO areas shall be sanitised with one ruckus at Rashid’s house after the an application for early gazette. Chief Minister 21st September 2020.” SPECIFICALLY ENSURE THAT per cent sodium hypochlorite so- marriage and even threatened to hearing of her main pe- The petitioner Uddhav The precautionary measures in- ONLINE OR DISTANCE LEARNING lution, with particular attention to shoot the newly-weds if he spot- tition as the matter is said she learnt Thackeray clude teachers, employees and stu- SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE frequently-touched surfaces. ted them in the Alli Khan mo- pending since 2017. about an adver- reviews only the dents ensuring physical distancing PERMITTED AND ENCOURAGED Schools that were used as quar- halla, where the two families live, On July 23, the top tisement July 10, COVID-19 situation of at least six feet, use of face cov- antine centres will be properly sani- Bhatt said. court had allowed the 2017 by Air India in Mumbai, while ers, frequent hand-washing, fol- STUDENTS OF CLASSES 9 TO 12 tised and deep cleaned before par- However, he later invited the transgender woman, who had un- for the post of a female cabin crew Deputy Chief lowing respiratory etiquette, self- SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO tial functioning is resumed. The couple to spend a few days at his dergone sex change in 2014, to for its Northern Region office in VISIT THEIR SCHOOL ON A Minister Ajit Pawar is interested in monitoring of health, and not spitting. teaching and non-teaching em- home and told them that he longer amend her plea challenging Air Delhi on a fixed term engagement VOLUNTARY BASIS FOR TAKING Pune. Don’t Aurangabad and Schools have been asked to specif- ployees concerned, up to 50 per had anything against the alliance, India's decision to deny her the job basis for an initial period of five Nagpur come under Maharashtra? GUIDANCE FROM THEIR ically ensure that online or dis- TEACHERS cent of the strength, may be called the ASP said. of a cabin crew member by as- years. She applied in the female DEVENDRA FADNAVIS | BJP LEADER tance learning should continue to to schools for online teaching or Believing that her father had ac- sailing the grounds of conducting category as she had undergone a be permitted and encouraged and ganised in a staggered manner,” tele-counselling and related work. cepted the relationship, Nazia had personality test for third gender successful sexual reassignment that students of Classes 9 to 12 the ministry added. Instead of biometric attendance, come at her home with Rashid a candidates by the national carrier. surgery in Bangkok. SHORT TAKES should be permitted to visit their Only the schools outside the alternate arrangements for con- few days back, he added. The top court had issued notice She said she got the call letter, ap- school on a voluntary basis for tak- containment zones will be allowed tactless attendance shall be made On Monday night, when they in 2017 and sought responses from peared for PT and GD tests and ing guidance from their teachers. to open. Further, students, teach- by the school administration. At all were returning from a market on Air India and the Civil Aviation undertook four attempts, "but un- 5 die due to toxic “This will be subject to written ers and employees living in con- times, the teachers and students a motorcycle, Nazia's father and her Ministry on the plea. They justified fortunately she has not been short- consent of their parents or tainment zones will not be allowed shall maintain a physical dis- brother stopped them and shot the decision of not selecting her say- listed for the post in question even gas in well guardians. Such visits and teacher- to attend. Students, teachers and tancing of six feet apart, wher- them, the official said, adding that ing she had failed to secure mini- though she fared well in the tests Gonda (UP): Five people died student interaction must be or- employees will also be advised not ever feasible. the accused are on the run. mum marks to qualify for the per- conducted". here Tuesday after being exposed to toxic gas in a well where locals used to dump garbage, police said. The incident took place at Raja BODIES OF COVID VICTIMS Mohalla in the Kotwali police station area while they were DOLL rescuing a calf that had fell SWAPPED IN UP DISTRICT into it. According to Additio-nal HOUSE Superintendent of Police College on the issue, they were 's- Mahendra Kumar said it was colded' by the authorities for un- Kolu dolls an old and unused well in packing the body of a Covid-19 from across which people used to dump Tamil Nadu garbage. “On Tuesday aftern- patient. oon, a calf fell into the well. A The nephew of the octogenar- and man went into it using a ladder ian told reporters, "We removed the Pondicherry to pull out the calf,” he said. shroud because some family mem- displayed at bers insisted on seeing him one last a stall at an time. To our shock, the body was exhibition at not of our uncle. It was someone Khadi Kraft Sadhvi gangraped else. When we contacted the LLRM in Chennai, in Jharkhand Medical College, instead of ac- Tuesday cepting their fault, the officials Ranchi: In a shocking INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE started shouting at us for un- PTI PHOTO incident, a 'sadhvi' was packing the body." allegedly gang-raped by four Meerut (UP), Sept 8: Swapping Meanwhile, the other family men at an ashram in of bodies of patients who die due was also in a state of shock. Jharkhand’s Godda district, to Covid is becoming a norm, The son of the 50-year-old man police said Tuesday. Three of rather than an exception in Uttar said, "I got a call Sunday morning the accused have been arrested. Police said the four Pradesh. that my father's body is yet to be accused forcibly entered the In yet another incident Monday, cremated. And we have performed ashram late on Monday night a family, whose 84-year-old mem- the last rites of someone else." in Pathwara village, locked its ber had died due to Covid, stopped Later, on Sunday, the body of 'sadhus' in a room and gang- the cremation when one of the the middle-aged man was handed Southwest monsoon withdrawal ‘slower’ raped the 38-year-old woman. members lifted the shroud for a last over to the Modinagar family. And, One sadhu was brutally glimpse of the deceased, after the in return, the Meerut family was INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE With the later withdrawal of the Kerala and Sri Lanka could be drier Bengal, but the Arabian Sea will be beaten up when he protested. body was placed on the pyre. given the urn of ashes. Southwest monsoon, the Northeast than average due partially to the late quite active this season, too. According to reports, the fam- A probe in the matter has been New Delhi, Sept 8: The Southwest monsoon onset in southern India onset of the monsoon. "Steering winds may favour most ily was about to cremate the body set up by the District Magistrate monsoon in India is forecast to may be delayed until late October. "Sri Lanka may make up for rain- storms in the Bay of Bengal to im- Three associates of another man, who was in his Anil Dhingra. begin its withdrawal through South "Onset of the Northeast mon- fall deficits from October to pact northeastern India and 50s, when they realised that they "A team of additional District Asia at a slower than average pace soon in Chennai can be delayed a December as the Northeast monsoon Bangladesh, but tracks into south- of LeT arrested had got the wrong body. Magistrate (city) and Chief Medical this season, a weather report said week or perhaps more from its av- and associated wet weather may ern India cannot be ruled out," By the time the Meerut family Officer will probe the incident," the Tuesday. This may delay the onset erage October 20 start date," Nicholls last into January," Nicholls said. Nicholls said. "Systems in the Srinagar: Three "overground contacted the family whose body Dhingra said. of the Northeast monsoon in south- added. AccuWeather's team of in- Tropical depressions or cyclonic Arabian Sea could impact western workers" of the Lashkar-e- Toiba (LeT) have been they had, it was too late. They Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial ern India. "We do not expect the ternational meteorologists expects storms are forecast for both basins India, but the favoured areas for arrested in Jammu and were returning home after doing Medical College (LLRM) principal withdrawal to begin in northwest- a normal to above-normal mon- of the northern part of the Indian impacts look to be toward the south- Kashmir's Bandipora district the cremation and were carrying Gyanendra Kumar said, "The doc- ern India until the week of soon season across much of south- Ocean this autumn. ern Arabian Peninsula." and incriminating materials the ashes in an urn and had no tor, nurse and ward boy on duty September 6 or 13," AccuWeather ern India from October through "The wild card for rainfall in Drier weather is forecast to return found in their possession, inkling that their kin's body was have been asked to give an expla- Lead International Meteorologist December. This Northeast mon- South Asia will be the threat from to the southern part of the Arabian police said Tuesday. A police still lying with another family. nation on the matter. Action will Jason Nicholls said. soon brings a surge of rainfall to tropical systems," Nicholls said. Peninsula during November. official said information was When the elderly man's family be taken against whoever is found On average, the monsoon begins parts of eastern and southern India Long-term weather and sea sur- Much of the rest of the Middle received on Sunday about contacted the LLRM Medical at fault." its retreat in northwestern India at as dry air invades the main Asia con- face conditions are predicted to East will be drier and warmer than miscreants hoisting Pakistani the very start of September. tinent. Far southern Tamil Nadu and favour more storms over the Bay of average for the autumn as a whole. flags at the behest of active LeT militants at the main market of the Hajin area of the district in north Kashmir. "The flags were hoisted with a view to create a fear Cyber frauds exploiting security forces’ goodwill to dupe people psychosis among the common people of Hajin INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE amount as token money which can wasn't functional, he requested were deducted from his account," town," he said. range from Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000, to using his relative's phone num- said DCP Shahdara, Amit Sharma. New Delhi, Sept 8: Fraudsters are seal the deal. ber for the money transfer. But, Social media is flooded with now cashing on the trust and good- Once the buyer deposits the instead of the money being cred- complaints of a similar nature K’taka govt docs will of the Indian Army and para- amount in the said bank account or ited to the account, Rs 75,000 was where the people are lured into threaten strike military forces to cheat people on- the wallet of the seller, they stop pick- debited from their account.The such deals which appear lucrative line. A web is weaved around ing up their calls and stop re- UPI link generated by them was not to people. A seller falls into the Bangalore: Government potential buyers or sellers on sites sponding. Many buyers refrain meant for crediting money but for trap thinking that he is dealing doctors in Karnataka have such as OLX and Quikr and peo- from complaining to the police as debiting money for their poten- with a bonafide Army or para- threatened to go on strike ple are lured by either the prom- the amount is small and they do tial victims' bank accounts. military officer. Also, the alleged from September 15 if their ise of a second-hand car in good not want to lodge an FIR. A similar case came up in buyer doesn't even negotiate for demand for salaries on par condition or any other expensive So widespread is the magnitude Shahdara district of Delhi earlier the asked amount. Perceiving it with the Central Government item being sold at a throwaway of the fraud that even the Central this month. to be a profitable deal, they scan the Health Scheme scale were price just because the army or Industrial Security Force (CISF) "The complainant stated that he QR code sent through WhatsApp to not met. “There is disparity in paramilitary personnel have been had to tweet from its official handle posted the advertisement to sell his receive money. However, they end our pay scale compared to transferred and could not carry to caution buyers against falling house products on an onnline up losing the same amount from the doctors in the Medical the goods with them. in the trap. On a complaint of sim- Shopping Portal. The fraudster their own account.

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of the day uote With 1,133 deaths, India witnesses highest single-day toll UNNAO RAPE The NEP 2020 CBI seeks action has proposed PRESS TRUST OF INDIA 1,151 in Rajasthan, 906 in to conduct RISING GRAPH against IAS, entrance Telangana, 829 in Haryana, 801 in New Delhi, Sept 8: Recording Jammu and Kashmir, 761 in Bihar, examination by the INDIA’S COVID-19 THERE ARE 8,83,697 National Testing over 90,000 new cases for two days 556 in Odisha, 482 in Jharkhand, 2 IPS officers in a row, India's COVID-19 tally TALLY ROSE BY ACTIVE CASES OF 395 in Chhattisgarh, 370 in Assam, Agency. This move 75,809 IN THE CORONAVIRUS INFECTION rose by 75,809 in the last 24 hours 359 in Kerala and 348 in INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE would discourage rural students LAST 24 HOURS to reach 42,80,422 Tuesday, while IN THE COUNTRY WHICH Uttarakhand. and the Government of Tamil Nadu TO REACH COMPRISE 20.65 PER a record 1,133 fatalities took the Pondicherry has registered 325 Lucknow, Sept 8: The Central is not for such a proposal 42,80,422 CENT OF THE TOTAL death toll to 72,775, the Union fatalities, Goa 245, Tripura 152, Bureau of Investigation (CBI) KP ANBALAGAN | TAMIL NADU MINISTER TUESDAY CASELOAD Health Ministry data showed. Chandigarh 74, Himachal Pradesh team probing the Unnao rape case FOR HIGHER EDUCATION During the same period, the THE NUMBER OF RECOVERIES SURGED 56, the Andaman and Nicobar in which former BJP MLA Kuldeep number of recoveries surged to TO 33,23,950 PUSHING THE RECOVERY Islands 50, Manipur 38, Ladakh Singh Sengar is an accused, has 33,23,950 pushing the recovery rate RATE TO 77.65 PER CENT 35, Meghalaya 17, Nagaland 10, written to the Uttar Pradesh chief Kiran Bedi has to 77.65 per cent, according to the Arunachal Pradesh eight, Sikkim secretary, seeking action against been data updated at 8 am Tuesday. According to the Indian Council from Delhi, 23 from Haryana, 17 and Meghalaya have registered five and Dadra and Nagar Haveli one IAS and two IPS officers. remaining in The COVID-19 case fatality rate of Medical Research (ICMR), the each from Madhya Pradesh and The IAS officer was posted in Raj Bhavan without one fatality each. and Daman and Diu two. meeting the public stands at 1.7 per cent. number of tests conducted for de- Jammu and Kashmir, 15 each from Of the total 72,775 deaths, The Health Ministry stressed Unnao as district magistrate at to know of the According to the data, there are tection of COVID-19 in India has Chhattisgarh and Gujarat, 14 from Maharashtra has reported the that more than 70 per cent of the the time of the incident and the two ground realities in 8,83,697 active cases of coronavirus reached 5,06,50,128 with 10,98,621 Rajasthan and 13 from Jharkhand. maximum at 27,027 followed by deaths occurred due to comor- IPS officers were also posted in the context of current pandemic infection in the country which samples being tested Monday. Twelve fatalities were reported 7,925 in Tamil Nadu, 6,534 in bidities.“Our figures are being rec- Unnao. All three have been found situation comprise 20.65 per cent of the total Of the fresh deaths, 423 were from Kerala, 11 each from Bihar, Karnataka, 4,599 in Delhi, 4,487 in onciled with the Indian Council of guilty of dereliction of duty. caseload. India’s tally of coron- reported from Maharashtra, 141 Puducherry and Telangana, 10 Andhra Pradesh, 3,976 in Uttar Medical Research,” the ministry V NARAYANASAMY | PONDICHERRY avirus infection crossed the 20- from Karnataka, 89 from Tamil each from Assam and Odisha, nine Pradesh, 3,620 in West Bengal, said on its website, adding that CHIEF MINISTER lakh mark on August 7, reached 30 Nadu, 70 from Andhra Pradesh, from Goa, seven from Uttarakhand, 3,120 in Gujarat and 1,923 in Punjab. state-wise distribution of figures lakh on August 23 and went past 61 from Punjab, 58 from West three each from Chandigarh and So far, 1,589 people have died of is subject to further verification and 40 lakh on September 5. Bengal, 56 from Uttar Pradesh, 32 Tripura, while Himachal Pradesh COVID-19 in Madhya Pradesh, reconciliation. The Hemant Soren government is steeped in The CBI has sent a letter to the corruption. No Rafale jets to be formally government after the officers came development is Team Rhea slanders Sushant, under suspicion during the in- taking place under vestigation. The then Makhi its watch inducted into IAF tomorrow Kotwali station house officer has already been convicted in the case. JP NADDA | BJP PRESIDENT PRESS TRUST OF INDIA inter-governmental agreement minutes after actor’s arrest He is also in jail. with France to procure 36 of the air- The CBI has already convicted New Delhi, Sept 8: Defence craft at a cost of `59,000 crore. INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE of the Supreme Court. other accused, including Kuldeep SHORT TAKES Minister Rajnath Singh, his French The jets, produced by French "CBI will investigate if the doctor Singh Sengar, former MLA of counterpart Florence Parly and aerospace major Dassault Aviation, New Delhi, Sept 8: Minutes after is criminally culpable or otherwise. Unnao and his brother in the same India's top military brass will attend are yet to be formally inducted Rhea Chakraborty was arrested There's no negligence alleged but case. Sengar has been sentenced Kannada actor a ceremony in Ambala airbase into the IAF. by the Narcotics Control Bureau Criminal culpability of forging a to life imprisonment based on the Thursday to formally induct five Ten Rafale jets have been deliv- (NCB) Tuesday, her legal team prescription. The drugs adminis- CBI charge sheet. His member- held in drug case Rafale fighter jets into the Indian ered to India so far and five of them headed by senior advocate Satish tered are prohibited psychotropic sub- ship of the state assembly also Bangalore: As the city police Air Force, officials said. stayed back in France for impart- Manshinde slammed central agen- stances as contained in the NDPS Act, ended after he was convicted. widened its probe into ing training to IAF pilots. The de- cies for “hounding” a lone woman which are not the subject matter of Sengar and his associates re- alleged drug abuse in livery of all 36 aircraft is sched- “just because she was in love with the CBI case already pending in- portedly gang raped a minor girl Kannada film industry with uled to be completed by the end of a drug addict”. single Woman just because she was vestigations," he said. in 2017. The case grabbed headlines the arrest of another actress, 2021. A second batch of four to five The Hindi film actor was ar- in love with a drug addict and was Rhea has been charged under when the victim attempted to im- the Karnataka government Rafale jets is likely to arrive in rested after a tough three days of suffering from Mental Health is- various sections of the NDPS Act molate herself in front of the chief Tuesday said it would India by November. grilling to unravel the drugs nexus sues for several years under the for her alleged role in the drugs minister's residence in Lucknow strengthen the legal system Sources said a preliminary dis- in the film industry, officials said. care of 5 Leading Psychiatrists in angle which has emerged in the in April 2018 to protest against to ensure procedural lapses Parly and Singh will hold talks cussion on a possible procurement Unlike on previous days when she Mumbai, who ended up commit- investigations into the death of police inaction in the case. don’t allow those apprehe- in Ambala on ways to further of another batch of 36 Rafale jets was hounded by media and the ac- ting suicide due to consumption actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Two days later, the victim's fa- nded to escape the law. The deepen bilateral defence and se- by India from France may figure in tress looked flustered, trying to of Illegally Administered Medicines Rhea has been taken for a med- ther died in police custody, al- Central Crime Branch (CCB), curity cooperation after the cere- the talks between Singh and Parly. hop, skip and run away from media and used drugs," said Manshinde ical test and is likely to be produced legedly due to beating by Atul probing the drug abuse in mony, they said. The Rafale jets, known for air- attention. who is representing Rhea before a magistrate through video- Sengar, the former MLA's brother. ‘Sandalwood,’ as the The French Defence Minister is superiority and precision strikes, Rhea in an unexpected gesture Chakraborty. conferencing for remand in The case was handed over to the Kannada film industry is scheduled to arrive Thursday morn- popularly known, arrested are India's first major acquisition waved at the media before boarding In his statement to the media, the evening. CBI and Sengar was arrested. Sanjjanaa Galrani after ing and will depart late afternoon, of fighter planes in 23 year after the van that took her for medical Manshinde also talked about the The NCB had interrogated Rhea On the direction of the Supreme raiding her Indira Nagar the officials said. the Sukhoi jets were imported checkup. Social media called the fresh complaint filed by his client for six hours Sunday, later Monday Court, the matter was transferred residence early Tuesday. The first batch of five Rafale jets from Russia. The Rafale jet is ca- gesture "almost a challenge" thrown with the Mumbai Police and said for eight hours and again for around from Uttar Pradesh to Tis Hazari arrived in India July 29, nearly pable of carrying a range of po- at her detractors. that the Bandra FIR has been five hours Tuesday before placing Court in Delhi and the entire hear- four years after India signed an tent weapons. "Central Agencies hounding a transferred to CBI as per the order her under arrest. ing was also held there. 2 builders shot dead in car in UP Deepak Kochhar in POD-EQUIPPED AMBULANCE Noida (UP): Two builders Teen pays `2.3L for PUBG have been shot dead by ED custody till Sept 19 unidentified persons outside a residential society in Uttar from grandfather’s account PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Pradesh’s Greater Noida, AGENCIES police said Tuesday. The Mumbai, Sept 8: A Mumbai court incident took place around 9 Tuesday remanded Deepak New Delhi, Sept 8: A teenager pm on Monday when the ` builder duo was sitting in a Kochhar, husband of former ICICI allegedly transferred 2.3 lakh car outside the Ajnara Le Bank CEO Chanda, in the cus- from the pension account of his Garden society in Greater tody of the Enforcement grandfather for his PUBG game, Noida (West), they said. Directorate till September 19 in a Delhi Police said. Dalchand Sharma and Arun money laundering case. The cyber cell of the Delhi The cyber cell found that Tyagi were attacked by Deepak Kochhar was arrested Police said the 15-year-old boy `2,34,497 had been transferred unidentified persons, who by the Enforcement Directorate transferred money from the pen- from the complainant’s account opened fire on them and fled. (ED) here on Monday under sec- sion account of his grandfather in a period of two months. The two were severely tions of the Prevention of Money and used the money to fund his The police discovered that injured and taken to a Laundering Act in connection PUBG game for months. the payments were being made hospital but did not survive. with the ICICI Bank-Videocon The matter came to light after to a Paytm Account registered money laundering case probe. the complainant received a mes- in the name of one Pankaj Officials had said he was placed sage on his mobile phone that Kumar, 23. Maharashtra under arrest as the agency wants `2,500 had been debited with the The cyber cell apprehended to put him under custodial inter- account balance at `275. He im- Pankaj Kumar and after his in- cop ends life rogation to obtain more details mediately approached his bank terrogation found that one of his ` Aurangabad: An assistant about some fresh evidence gathered where he was informed that 2.34 friends had asked him for his ID sub-inspector of police in this case, that was filed under lakh had been transferred from and password of Paytm account. allegedly committed suicide the criminal sections of the anti- his pension account. The police found that this person Tuesday morning by shooting money laundering law in January The complainant approached had used Pankaj’s account to himself with his service last year. The probing agency pro- police and alleged that he had not make payments on Google Play revolver in Jalna district, duced Deepak Kochhar before the carried out any transaction and for PUBG. This person was later some 60 kilometres from court of special PMLA judge did not receive the one-time pass- identified as the grandson of the here, an official said. ASI Milind V Kurtadikar, who re- An isolation pod-equipped air ambulance (a helicopter fitted with medical equipments) during its inauguration in word (OTP) too. complainant and apprehened. Subhash Gaikwad (54) ended manded him in the custody of ED. Bangalore, Tuesday PTI PHOTO his life in the office complex of the superintendent of police and probe was on to find out why he took the extreme step, Dy SP Sudhir Experts warn China-India standoff risks unintentional war Khiradkar said. The two Asian giants have held several rounds of talks, mainly involving military commanders, without success Six die of ASSOCIATED PRESS onate beyond the cold-desert region. Last week, the world’s two most sibility of open warfare is unlikely snakebite in UP “The situation is very danger- populous nations, which share thou- because both sides have shown re- Banda/Chitrakoot: Six people Srinagar, Sept 8: As a months- ous on the ground and can spiral out sands of kilometers of disputed straint in recent encounters. But he have died in separate long military standoff between of control,” said Lt. Gen. DS Hooda, border, accused each another of also said that New Delhi is under incidents of snakebite in India and China along their dis- who was head of the Indian mili- fresh provocations, including alle- pressure from domestic anti-China Banda and Chitrakoot puted mountain border protracts, tary’s Northern Command from gations of soldiers crossing into sentiment and has been embold- districts of Uttar Pradesh, experts warn that the nuclear-armed 2014 to 2016. “A lot will depend on each other’s territory. ened by tougher US measures officials said here Tuesday. In countries – which already have en- whether the two sides are able to con- India said its soldiers thwarted against Beijing. Banda's Girwan town, a 27- gaged in their bloodiest clash in trol the volatile situation and make “provocative” movements by China’s “I don’t think (India) would go so year-old man and his wife decades – could unintentionally sure it doesn’t spread to other areas.” military twice last week. In turn, far as to escalate military conflict were hospitalised for slide into war. The two Asian giants have held China’s Defense Ministry accused of a larger scale, but I believe both treatment of snakebite and For 45 years, a series of agree- several rounds of talks, mainly in- Indian troops of crossing estab- sides are making some prepara- died Monday, Dr Vineet ments, written and unwritten, main- volving military commanders, with- lished lines of control and creat- tions,” Wang said.

y Sachan, the Medical Officer tained an uneasy truce along the of the District Hospital, said. out success. In a sign that the talks ing provocations along the border. The two nations fought a border

border on the eastern edge of the are now shifting to the political Tensions first erupted in early The standoff is over disputed think either side is looking for full- war in 1962 that also spilled into

k y m He also said, “A farmer in c Samgara village and a Himalayan region of Kashmir. But level, their defense ministers met in May with a brawl between soldiers portions of a pristine landscape in scale war, the “real calamity” is Ladakh and ended in a fragile truce. woman in Singhpur village moves and clashes over the past few the Russian capital Friday to try from the two sides. The situation es- a region that boasts the world’s the breakdown of existing agree- Since then, troops from both sides have were bitten by snakes while months have made the situation un- end the impasse. It was the first calated dramatically in June when highest landing strip and a glacier ments and protocols. patrolled and guarded the undefined working in the fields. predictable, raising the risk that a high-level direct contact between the they fought with clubs, stones and that feeds one of the largest irri- Wang Lian, a professor of inter- border area, according to protocols They too died in the miscalculation from either side could sides since the standoff erupted in fists, leaving 20 Indian soldiers dead gation systems in the world. national relations at Peking worked out by the two countries that hospital Monday. have serious consequences that res- the Ladakh region four months ago. and dozens wounded. Hooda said that while he doesn’t University in Beijing, said the pos- included not using firearms. SHARK KILLS SURFER P10 WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 9 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR A shark fatally mauled a surfer Moscow is ready to help Tuesday. The man, aged in his 50s, ease rising tensions over was brought to shore by fellow Turkey’s search for energy surfers and lifeguards at popular reserves in the eastern Greenmount Beach with leg injuries, Mediterranean Queensland state Ambulance Service international SERGEY LAVROV | MINISTER OF FOREIGN supervisor William Houghton said

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k y m c of the day uote VISUAL TREAT SL Navy, Indian ships I think the Victorian government has done a lot of battling re-ignited fire work over the last four weeks, of necessity, clearly as well, to ensure that those systems have been significantly improved on board oil tanker SCOTT MORRISON | AUSTRALIAN PM The fire on board MT New Diamond, which killed one

The Senate Filipino crew member and injured another, was extinguished Republican completely Sunday but a new fire broke out due to extreme majority is introducing a new heat, the Sri Lankan Navy said targeted proposal, focused on some of PRESS TRUST OF INDIA weather, the Navy added. the very most The Navy said that at least 11 urgent healthcare, education, and Colombo, Sept 8: Ships and air- disaster management profes- economic issues craft from Sri Lanka and India sionals, directed to the island by Tuesday battled to contain a re-ig- the company that acts as the com- MITCH MCCONNELL | US SENATOR nited fire on board a giant oil mercial and technical operator tanker that went up in flames last of New Diamond, have arrived The Great Hall week off Sri Lanka's eastern wa- at the location where the tanker of the People ters while carrying crude oil from is located to support disaster man- in Beijing that Kuwait to India. agement operations. China's battle The Sri Lankan Navy in a state- At least nine ships, five tugs against COVID-19 ment said the re-ignited fire on demonstrated the and aircraft are working in the dis- strengths of its socialist system and board the Panama-registered tanker aster management operation about traditional Chinese culture in MT New Diamond, carrying nearly 30 nautical miles off stirring motivation, building 2 million barrels of crude oil, has Sangamankanda off the east coast consensus and pooling resources been curbed to an extent. of Ampara. The fire on board MT New A research team from the XI JINPING | CHINESE PRESIDENT Diamond, which killed one Filipino National Aquatic Resources crew member and injured another, Research and Development Agency A fountain show at Al Shaheed Park, one of the largest urban parks in Kuwait City UNI PHOTO was extinguished completely on (NARA), Marine Environment SHORT TAKES Sunday but a new fire broke out due Protection Authority (MEPA) and to extreme heat, the Navy said. University of Ruhuna departed “There is no risk of the fire spread- this morning from the port of Nirav faces Oz JOURNOS ing to the oil storage or leaking oil Hambantota to visit the site to in- suicide risk EU, UK blame each other from the ship into the sea as of spect water samples, to find out if LEAVE CHINA now,” the statement said. any damage to the marine envi- London: Nirav Modi's legal ASSOCIATED PRESS ernment's chief negotiator, said Ships, aircraft and tugs belong- ronment due to this disaster. team Tuesday alleged that he POST-BREXIT TALKS the two sides “can no longer afford AMID ‘STANDOFF’ ing to the Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka The tanker which caught fire is unlikely to get a fair trial in London, Sept 8: The UK and the to go over well-trodden ground” in Air Force, Indian Navy, Indian last Thursday was transporting India due to the politicisation European Union blamed each other the deadlocked talks and that the EU PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Coast Guard and other stakehold- crude oil from the port of Mina Al of his case and the diamond Tuesday in their increasingly needs to show “more realism” about ers are continuing their disaster Ahmadi in Kuwait to the Indian port merchant faces a "high risk acrimonious post-Brexit trade the U.K.'s status as an independ- Melbourne, Sept 8: Two jour- management operations to sup- of Paradip, where the Indian Oil of suicide" due to the lack of discussions that could just be weeks ent country. European Council nalists from Australia working press the fire caused by adverse Corp. has a refinery. adequate medical facilities in from collapse. in China have been evacuated Indian prisons. The 49-year- President Charles Michel retorted old fugitive diamond While the UK urged the EU to that the bloc is in no mood to budge after they were questioned by merchant is fighting show “more realism" in the dis- on its demands. The trade discus- Chinese police and were forced extradition charges related to cussions, the 27-nation bloc noted sions have made very little progress to seek refuge in Australian the estimated USD 2-billion that it was a “world power.” over the summer, with the two sides diplomatic missions in the com- Punjab National Bank (PNB) The latest round of discussions seemingly wide apart on several munist nation amidst a diplo- fraud and money laundering kicked off in London Tuesday amid issues, notably on business regu- matic standoff between case brought by the Indian an air of pessimism because of made with regard to the Irish bor- lations, the extent to which the UK Canberra and Beijing. government at Westminster concerns that the British govern- der — and an intervention from can support certain industries and The development came days Magistrates' Court in London. ment is set to violate international Prime Minister Boris Johnson's over the EU fishing fleet's access to after Beijing publicly confirmed law by reneging on commitments predecessor only added to the sense British waters. The EU has been par- the arrest of an Australian jour- made before the country's departure the talks are going nowhere. ticularly insistent on level playing nalist, Cheng Lei, who was work- Belarus Oppn from the bloc January 31. Though the UK left the bloc field issues in order to ensure that ing for China's state-run China The news that the head of the January 31, it is in a transition pe- British-based businesses don't have Global Television Network leader detained British government's legal de- riod that effectively sees it abide by an unfair advantage as a result of (CGTN), the Australian partment has quit — reportedly EU rules until the end of this year. laxer social, environmental or sub- Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Minsk: Belarusian opposition over plans to bypass commitments David Frost, the British gov- sidy rules in the UK. News reported. leader Maria Kolesnikova has Bill Birtles, the ABC's cor- reportedly been detained at the country's border with respondent based in Beijing, Ukraine a day after she was India, US, Israel and Mike Smith, the Australian reported missing, a state- Financial Review's (AFR) cor- Is your hand-sanitiser safe? media report on Tuesday. Kamala will never respondent based in Shanghai, According to the report, collaborating in boarded a flight to Sydney ASSOCIATED PRESS Kolesnikova, one of three Monday night after they were women who joined forces to 5G tech: Report questioned separately by China's Washington, Sept 8: What challenge President be President: Trump Ministry of State security, the should I look for in a hand Alexander Lukashenko in the report said. They landed in sanitiser? Pick one that con- August 9 election, was held PRESS TRUST OF INDIA press conference at the White House Sydney Tuesday. tains mostly alcohol, and has few at the border early Tuesday Monday. "I don't want the achieve- With the two journalists mov- other ingredients. morning, the BBC reported. Washington, Sept 8: US President ment for myself. I want something ing out of China, Australia now has The US Centres for Disease Donald Trump has slammed the (that's) going to make people better, no accredited reporter left in the Control and Prevention says hand ‘rhetoric” against the coronavirus that people aren't going to get sick country for the first time since sanitisers should be New headache vaccine by Democratic with," he said. The President as- the mid-1970s. at least 60 per cent ethyl alcohol presidential candidate Joe serted that a coronavirus vaccine Australian Foreign Minister or 70 per cent isopropyl alcohol. that replace alcohol with benza- for TikTok Biden and running mate Senator would be available in a record time, Marise Payne in a statement on Other approved ingredients lkonium chloride, which is less London: TikTok says it's Kamala Harris, who he said would maybe by the end of the year and Tuesday said consular officials may include sterile distilled water, effective at killing certain bacte- working to remove videos of ‘never’ be the President. even before the November 3 had provided support to the jour- hydrogen peroxide and glycerin, ria and viruses. a man apparently taking his Trump was apparently re- Presidential election. This, he said, nalists. Seven uniformed officers according to the US Food and Making your own sanitisers own life and banning users PRESS TRUST OF INDIA sponding to a CNN interview by had unnerved his political oppo- simultaneously visited the homes Drug Administration. You should isn’t encouraged either; the wrong that keep trying to spread Harris, in which the vice-presi- nents. Trump asserted that the vac- of Smith in Shanghai and Birtles avoid anything with methanol mix of chemicals can be ineffec- the clips on the popular Washington, Sept 8: India, Israel dential nominee said she would cine -- which could have normally in Beijing on Thursday morning. or 1-propanol, both of which can tive or cause skin burns. And you social media platform. It's and the US have earnestly begun not trust the President unless there taken two-three years -- would be in Both journalists were told they be highly toxic. The FDA also should only use hand sanitiser the latest example of the trilateral cooperation on digi- was a credible source of informa- the market before the end of the year. were persons of interest in an in- warns people to watch out for when you can’t wash your hands ongoing struggle by big tech tal leadership and innovation, a tion that talks about the vaccine's "(We) could even have it during vestigation into Cheng who was de- hand sanitisers packaged in food with soap and water, says Barun companies to police their top American official has said, efficacy and reliability. “She (Harris) the month of October. Contrary to tained last month, the AFR re- and drink containers, since ac- Mathema, an infectious disease re- platforms for harmful asserting that it is right that is talking about disparaging a vac- all of the lies, the vaccine will be ported. In July, Australia changed cidentally ingesting them could searcher at Columbia University. content amid increasing the three countries play a key cine so that people don't think the very safe and very effective, and it its travel advice for China, warn- be dangerous. Health officials Hand washing is better at re- pressure from regulators. The role in delivering the next gen- achievement was a great achieve- will be delivered very soon,” he ing that its citizens faced "arbi- also say to avoid hand sanitisers moving more germs. video was originally eration 5G technology in a way ment," Trump said at a Labor Day said in a statement. trary detention" on the mainland. livestreamed on Facebook that is "open, interoperable, re- before being circulated on liable and secure." other platforms including The 5G collaboration is the first TikTok, the company said. step and just the tip of the ice- RAGING INFERNO berg, the United States Agency for International Development Campaign to (USAID) Deputy Administrator, Bonnie Glick, told PTI after the US- Calif. fire sparked by device to reveal baby’s gender succeed PM Abe India-Israel forum on strategic, Tokyo: The official campaigning tech and development/water co- ASSOCIATED PRESS and had a friend or relative video- situation,” he said. “Obviously this to lead Japan's ruling party operation discussion last week. ing on a cell phone, said Capt. Bennet was supposed to be a happy event.” began Tuesday with the “We'll collaborate in science, Los Angeles, Sept 8: A couple’s plan Milloy of the California Department The couple could be liable for the cost longtime right-hand man of research and development in com- to reveal their baby’s gender went of Forestry and Fire Protection. of fighting the fire and criminally Prime Minister Shinzo Abe now ing up with the next generations up not in blue or pink smoke but in The family went into a field and charged with misdemeanour or seen as a top candidate and his of technologies… But by part- flames when the device they used fired off the device, which quickly felony counts. In 2017, a massive likely successor to lead the nering by officially, affirming the sparked a wildfire that burned thou- ignited 4-foot (1.2 meter) grasses, Arizona wildfire was accidentally government. Chief Cabinet importance of this relationship, sands of acres and forced people to Milloy said. Conditions were perfect started by an off-duty Border Patrol Secretary Yosihide Suga, 71, we'll advance it,” she said. flee from a city east of Los Angeles. for a fire to spread quickly — triple- agent who shot a target filled with had formally submitted his The US enjoys a strong rela- The fire prompted evacuations in digit temperatures, low humidity, an explosive blue powder. The fire candidacy for the Liberal tionship with both the countries, parts of Yucaipa, a city of 54,000, and dry vegetation and a stiff breeze. burned 47,000 acres (73 square miles) Democratic Party leadership based on shared democratic and the surrounding area. Water-drop- Surveillance video showed the and caused $8 million in damages, last week. The chief ping helicopters were brought in but government spokesman faces free-market principles, the offi- couple frantically race to their ve- Agent Dennis Dickey was charged two younger contenders, cial said. Organised by the Asia- the fire has proven stubborn — it hicle to retrieve water bottles to with a misdemeanour and sen- former Defence Minister Pacific Institute of the American grew to 11.5 square miles (30 square are used to reveal the soon-to-be-born hikers and dog owners. In summer try to extinguish the flames. It was tenced to probation. Last year, a Shigeru Ishiba and former Jewish Committee in partnership kilometres) by Monday morning child’s biological sex — pink for the park’s tall natural grasses dry futile and they called 911. “You can’t homemade explosive used to re- Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, with Indiaspora, the Sunday and more than 500 firefighters on girls and blue for boys. Sometimes out and turn golden, and when com- fight a fire like this with a water bot- veal a baby's gender killed 56-year-

Guardian Foundation and the the scene only had minimal con- the made-for-social-media gatherings bined with the San Bernardino tle,” Milloy said. “They had no old Pamela Kreimeyer in Knoxville,

k y m both 63. The winner of the in- c party vote September 14 will Global Indian-Jewish Relations tainment. No homes have burned are spectacles and include explosives Mountains in the distance, provide chance after it started.” Firefighters Iowa. The device was meant to eventually become Japan's Institute, the summit among oth- and no injuries reported. and even guns, and at least one had a popular backdrop for family pho- arrived within minutes and the dis- spray powder but instead blew up next prime minister because of ers was addressed by Israel's It’s the latest in what has become deadly consequences. tos and videos. The unidentified traught couple told them what hap- like a pipe bomb. Kreimeyer, who the ruling bloc's majority in Ambassador to India Dr Ron Malka a lengthy list of tragedies at events The fire started Saturday morn- couple chose the location to reveal pened and provided their own pho- was standing 45 feet (13 metres) the parliament. Abe is stepping and India's Ambassador to Israel where typically smoke, confetti, ing at El Ranch Dorado Park, a their baby’s gender. They were ac- tos and video to aid the investigation, away, died instantly when debris down for health reasons. Sanjeev Singla. balloons or other coloured objects rugged natural area popular with companied by their young children Milloy said. “It’s a pretty tragic struck her head. P11 WIPRO PLANS TO SET UP DIGITAL WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 9 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR We want to go beyond this INNOVATION HUB IN GERMANY so-called retail segment and Wipro Tuesday said it plans reach out to farmers. We are to set up a Digital Innovation about to launch a product Hub at Düsseldorf in called ‘Safe and Fast Germany that will serve as

business Agriculture Loan’ the IT services major’s

k y m C S SETTY | MANAGING DIRECTOR, SBI flagship centre in Europe. c of the day uote RATING AGENCIES CUT GDP FORECAST Govt makes `68,820cr We are fortunate to AGENCIES transfers under PMGKP be in a sector of positive relevance during this crisis. New Delhi, Sept 8: Global rating INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE This has brought and research houses, such as Fitch online learning to and Goldman Sachs, have cut their New Delhi, Sept 8: The Centre the forefront and is helping parents, estimates for growth in India’s has given cash support to more teachers and students gross domestic product (GDP) for than 42 crore beneficiaries through the current fiscal 2020-21 (FY21). Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), to- BYJU RAVEENDRAN | FOUNDER AND CEO, BYJU’S While Fitch now expects the talling Rs 68,820 crore, under the country’s GDP to contract 10.5 per Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan cent in FY21 versus its earlier es- Package (PMGKP) till September Domestic timate of 5 per cent contraction in 7, the Finance Ministry said stainless steel this period, Goldman Sachs forecasts through the commentary of both is Tuesday. industry was a sharper contraction at 14.8 per the hope of a faster recovery going The Rs 1.7 lakh crore PMGKP no exception to the slowdown caused cent (-11.8 per cent forecasted ear- ahead. Fitch expects the GDP to package was announced by Finance Ministry said that as of now, the by COVID-19. For JSL lier) in FY21 and 11.1 per cent (-9.6 rebound strongly in the third quar- Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Union government has released too, it was an per cent earlier) in calendar ter of calendar year 2020 (Q3-20) as March 26 to protect the weaker Rs 2,476 crore for the benefit of 0.43 unprecedented quarter year (CY20). the economy re-opens. However, and most vulnerable sections of crore Employees' Provident Fund The downward revision in India's does it caution that the recovery HE DOWNWARD REVISION IN ITCH EXPECTS GLOBAL GDP TO FALL society from the impact of the coro- Organisation (EPFO) account- ABHYUDAY JINDAL | MANAGING DIRECTOR JSL , forecast for FY21 comes on the heels has been sluggish and uneven. TINDIA’S FORECAST FOR FY21 FBY 4.4 PER CENT IN 2020, A MODEST navirus-induced lockdown. holder employees, wherein the gov- COMES ON THE HEELS OF A SHARP of a sharp contraction in Indian “The PMI balances have bounced UPWARD REVISION FROM THE 4.6 PER Under the package, the govern- ernment had decided to make the CONTRACTION IN INDIAN ECONOMY economy in the April–June 2020 back but they imply that the level CENT DECLINE EXPECTED EARLIER ment had announced free food entire 24 per cent PF contribution As the COVID- period, when the GDP came in at a of activity is still well below its grains and cash payments to women of both the employers and em- 19 pandemic negative 23.9 per cent year-on-year and poor senior citizens and farm- throws pre-pandemic level in Q3-20. Still- “While the economy must now On its part, India Ratings – a ployees for a further period of six unprecedented (YoY), the worst performance in depressed levels of imports, two- climb out of a deeper trough in Fitch Group company - has also ers. It’s swift implementation is months till August. challenges, nearly four decades. wheeler sales and capital goods 2020, we have upgraded our expec- lowered its expectations for India's being continuously monitored by Moreover, 36.05 lakh members of consumer behaviour “The severe fall in activity has production indicate a muted re- tations of a rebound next year. In economic growth in FY21 to -11.8 per the central and state governments. the EPFO have taken benefit of on- and patterns are damaged household and corporate covery in domestic spending,” Q2-2021, we expect real GDP growth cent from -5.3 per cent forecasted ear- So far, 8.52 crore Pradhan Mantri line withdrawal of non-refundable changing dramatically incomes and balance sheets, amid Fitch said. to bounce back sharply on a year- lier. “The economic loss in FY21 is Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) cylinders advance from their respective ac- limited fiscal support. A looming de- Assuming around 70 per cent of over-year basis due to favorable estimated to be Rs 18.44 trillion. have been booked and delivered counts, totalling Rs 9,543 crore. SUDARSHAN JAIN | SECRETARY-GENERAL, terioration in asset quality in the the lost output in June 2020 is re- base effects. Our forecasts assume However, GDP is expected to re- during April and May under the The government has also re- INDIAN PHARMACEUTICAL ALLIANCE financial sector will hold back credit covered in June 2021, those at that in level terms, real output in bound and grow at 9.9 per cent YoY scheme. It includes 3.27 crore PMUY leased the first instalment of PM- provision amid weak bank capital Goldman Sachs peg real GDP in March 2022 would still be around 2 in FY22 mainly due to the weak free cylinders delivered to benefi- KISAN (Rs 17,891 crore) and trans- buffers. Furthermore, high inflation Q2-2021 at +27.1 per cent YoY and av- per cent below its level in March base of FY21,” said Devendra Pant, ciaries for June 2020, 1.05 crore for ferred it to 8.94 crore identified has added strains to the household erage annual GDP growth in CY21 2020,” wrote Prachi Mishra and chief economist and senior direc- July 2020, 0.89 crore for August 2020, farmers who were given Rs 2,000 SHORT TAKES income,” Fitch said. and FY22 at 9.9 per cent and 15.7 per Andrew Tilton of Goldman Sachs tor for Public Finance, India Ratings and 0.15 crore for September 2020. each directly in their bank A common thread that runs cent, respectively. in a September 7 note. & Research. In a statement, the Finance accounts. Min for policy on PPP model New Delhi: Union minister Auto sales set to decline by 30 pc Nitin Gadkari Tuesday said Govt to sell 20% IRCTC stake there is a need for a policy on public private partnership AGENCIES quantum of stake on offer in the be made by the government to mer- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE (PPP) model for an intelligent Request for Proposal (RFP). chant banker after completion of traffic system to reduce road New Delhi, Sept 8: The government Following this, a pre-bid meeting was every single tranche or cumula- New Delhi, Sept 8: India’s auto sec- accidents. A reputed private plans to sell about 15-20 per cent held on September 4 with poten- tively after the completion of entire tor is expected to face challenges this consultant will be appointed stake in IRCTC via offer for sale tial bidders. transaction, DIPAM said, "GOI year, with the country's economy pre- to come out with the model, (OFS) and would like to complete DIPAM has now posted its re- would not like to have an OFS over- dicted to contract in 2020 amid the the Road Transport, Highways the transaction in minimum num- sponse to the queries raised by po- hang and hence would like to com- pandemic, Moody's Investors Service and MSME Minister said while ber of tranches. tential bidders on its website. The plete the transaction in minimum said Tuesday. asserting that post Last month, the Department of government currently holds 87.40 number of tranches as advised by According to it, auto unit sales implementation of the Motor Investment and Public Asset per cent stake in IRCTC. To meet merchant bankers based on market will decline at least 30 per cent in Vehicles (Amendment) Act, Management (DIPAM) had invited Sebi's public holding norm, it has conditions. 2020, following a decline of over 40 2019, road accidents and bids from merchant bankers by to lower its stake in the company "In case more than one tranche per cent in the seven months related deaths have come September 10 for managing the through July. down. India, on an average, to 75 per cent. is used, pro-rata payment would witnesses about 5 lakh road sale in Indian Railway Catering Shares of IRCTC Tuesday closed be made to the merchant bankers". "The lower annual decline re- accidents per annum. and Tourism Corp (IRCTC). 2.57 per cent lower at Rs 1,378.05 The company had raised Rs 645 flects our expectation of a pickup As per the report, looking ahead, the global automotive industry re- However, it did not disclose the on the BSE. Asked if payment would crore through the IPO. in economic activity during the re- unit sales will likely grow around flects rising sales through 2021, mainder of 2020, which also in- 20 per cent in 2021, though clearly with continued, but slow, increases Next ecosystem cludes the festive period - October on a lower base. through 2023," said Bruce Clark, BIZ BUZZ through December," the Moody's "Moreover it will take at least Moody's Senior Vice President. ranking Sept 11 Investors Service said in a report. another four years for India's unit "Nevertheless, auto shipments "A second wave of infections sales to recover to pre-pandemic won't recover to pre-pandemic lev- New Delhi: Ministry of NSDC, LinkedIn partner to Amazon India to add and extension of lockdowns cast a levels," the report said. els until the middle of the decade." Commerce and Industry will impart skills training 5 sort centres shadow of risk on these forecasts. On the other hand, the global The coronavirus-driven down- release the next edition of Also, tighter lending criteria could automotive industry's outlook has turn in unit sales is significantly National New Delhi: E-commerce ranking of states and union New Delhi: limit liquidity available for con- been changed to stable from worse than the 2009 decline, Skill Development giant Amazon India territories (UTs) based on sumers and auto dealers." negative. "The stable outlook for Clark said. their startup ecosystem on Corporation and Tuesday said it is adding September 11, an official professional network five sort centres and said. The rankings are based LinkedIn on Tuesday expanding eight such on the initiatives taken to said they have joined existing facilities in the State-run banks develop the startup hands to provide access country to strengthen ‘Vodafone Idea may ecosystem for promoting to free LinkedIn its capacity ahead of budding entrepreneurs. The Learning resources for the festive season. The five new sort centres will to step up loans ranking framework covers imparting digital skills to youth for enhancing be launched in Visakhapatnam, Farukhnagar, seven pillars and 30 action employability. Under the partnership, 10 free LinkedIn Bengaluru, Mumbai and Ahmedabad, a statement never stage recovery’ for MP vendors points, including policy Learning paths, consisting of 140 courses for a range of said. Apart from these new buildings, Amazon support, incubation centres, in-demand tech jobs, will be made available for free on India will also expand eight existing sort centres AGENCIES Stock Exchange on Tuesday, shed- REUTERS seed funding, angel and eSkill India digital platform until March 31, 2021. LinkedIn to increase its overall sortation area to more than ding about 8% to Rs 11.34 apiece. venture funding and easier will also provide periodic labour market insights based 2.2 million square feet, across 19 states, it added. Mumbai, Sept 8: Vodafone Idea’s Fitch Ratings expects Jio and Mumbai, Sept 8: Banks in Madhya regulations. "The ranking is on its economic graph of more than 69 million. This will "With this expansion, Amazon India will ability to hold on to its subscribers Bharti to increase their combined Pradesh are scrambling to boost ready," the official added. include in-demand skills, emerging jobs, and global hiring strengthen its delivery speed and connectivity for could be compromised by its weak revenue market share to 75%-80% lending to street vendors in a bid rates to NSDC to better understand the skilling customers and sellers, ahead of the festive financials despite the company’s lat- from around 70% in the next 12-18 to bolster numbers ahead of a ecosystem. Indian professionals with digital skills were season," the statement said. Amazon India had est proposal to raise funds and an months, at the expense of Vodafone visit this week by Prime Minister also announced expansion plans for its 20 per cent more in demand than professionals without apex court ruling that spells out the Idea, which will likely lose 50 mil- Narendra Modi, according to Bleakest hiring digital skills in 2020. warehousing network. timeline for the payment of dues lion-70 million subscribers. It has sources and letters seen by Reuters. outlook in 15 yrs on the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) already lost about 155 million sub- A scheme that is part of a coro- New Delhi: India is Reliance unveils details of O2C business spinoff in the telecom sector. scribers in the past nine quarters. navirus relief package launched “We believe Vodafone Idea NSE The apex court's order requires this year offers collateral-free loans witnessing the weakest New Delhi: Reliance Industries Ltd's new oil-to-chemical business unit will hold hiring sentiment in 15 years its oil refinery and petrochemical assets and retail fuel business but not 8.13 % will gradually lose market Vodafone Idea to pay Rs 50,400 crore of 10,000 rupees ($136.13) to help an with just 3 per cent upstream oil and gas producing fields such as KG-D6 and textiles business, the share given its weak balance sheet to the telecom department as dues estimated 5 million street vendors, companies planning to add firm said detailing hiving-off plans. RIL has started work on hiving off the oil-to- and limited financial flexibility,” under various heads - licence fee, but state-run banks mired in bad staff in the next three chemical (O2C) business into a separate unit for a possible stake sale to Fitch Ratings said in a note on spectrum usage charge, penalties debt have been hesitant to lend. months, a survey of over 800 companies such as Saudi Aramco. Reliance O2C Ltd will house oil refining and Tuesday. “Jio, which was unaf- and interest on penalties. employers said Tuesday. petrochemical plants and manufacturing assets, bulk and wholesale fuel fected by the court's ruling, is likely These payments are to be made According to the marketing, and RIL's 51 per cent interest in retail fuel joint venture with BP of to strengthen its market leader- over the next 10 years. Analysts ManpowerGroup the UK, according to the Scheme of Arrangement. The O2C unit would also ship with further subscriber gains.” estimate the telco's annual Employment Outlook Survey, house RIL's Singapore and the UK-based oil trading subsidiaries. The Vodafone stock was among AGR outgo to be more than that covered 813 firms across the major losers on the Bombay Rs 7,000 crore. India, Indian employers report cautious hiring plans for the final quarter of 2020. As per the survey, 7 per cent of employers anticipate an increase in payrolls, 3 per Move aside robots, Tesla bets on aluminium casting cent forecast a decrease. “All bank branches in the state THE ELECTRIC CARMAKER HAS STRUGGLED TO RAISE PRODUCTION VOLUMES THROUGH HI-TECH AUTOMATION need to immediately accept all ap- plications submitted under the CPCL’s refinery REUTERS replace 70 components glued and riv- toy car out of metal.” The street vendor scheme and disburse to come up in TN eted into the car’s rear underbody Gigapress, which is the size of a loans without delay,” the Bank of Frankfurt, Sept 8: Robots are not with a single module made using an small house, will be suspplied by India told some senior employees Hyderabad: A committee efficient enough for Tesla’s new aluminium casting machine. That’s Italy’s IDRA Srl, and forms a key in a letter, in light of Modi’s visit. under the Ministry of car factory in Germany, which plans just the start of a new automation part of Musk’s drive to reinvent Reuters reviewed similar memo- Environment has accorded to replace hundreds of them with drive, with the vehicle’s front mod- “the machine that builds the ma- randums and emails sent by Central 'green signal' for Chennai giant aluminium casting machines ule and other parts to come, the chine,” the source added. Bank of India and Punjab & Sind Petroleum Corporation Ltd to to build simpler chassis parts, a source said. Musk’s push to reduce manufac- Bank to employees in Madhya set up a nine million metric person familiar with the “Will be amazing to see it in op- turing complexity comes as German Pradesh, ordering them to sanction tonnes per annum (MMTPA) matter said. eration! Biggest casting machine carmakers BMW, Mercedes and Audi and disburse loans by Tuesday. Cauvery Basin Refinery in The electric carmaker has strug- ever made. Will make rear body in face pressure from their workers to The prime minister’s office, the Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu at an outlay of gled to raise production volumes a single piece, including crash rails,” preserve domestic assembly jobs finance ministry, the Bank of India, nearly Rs 33,000 crore. The through hi-tech automation and Musk said on Twitter Aug. 13. He which are under threat as regulators the Central Bank of India and the

was forced to fly in a new produc- did not say where or when the new near Berlin, would be supplied with Musk is charting a new course at push electric cars that have fewer com- Punjab & Sind Bank did not im-

k y m CPCL is in the process of c setting up a refinery and a tion line from Germany to Nevada machine would be rolled out. Tesla eight “Gigapress” machines. Car the Brandenburg plant. ponents than combustion-engined mediately respond to requests for public hearing on the project in 2018 after robots failed to coor- did not respond to requests for bodies have traditionally been made “He wants the car’s body to be ones. comment. Several branches of was conducted by the dinate seamlessly at the U.S. comment. by assembling multiple stamped made from modules, as few of Aluminium has proven cum- state-run banks were open on District Collector of factory. Tesmanian, a blog specialising in metal panels, which has helped car- them as possible,” the source ex- bersome to use in large components Sunday to distribute loans, ac- Nagapattinam on For the new Model Y, Tesla chief Tesla news, said Monday the com- makers to design crumple zones to plained. “He sees casting as the because it is difficult to stamp into cording to one banker and an September 20, 2019. executive Elon Musk has said he will pany’s new plant in Brandenburg, absorb energy during a crash, but new way forward. Like casting a complex shapes. email seen by Reuters. P12 WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 9 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR sports American continues her run for

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ASSOCIATED PRESS with a good Serena against you, it’s done.” REACHES QUARTERS New York, Sept 8: Her breathing This was a rematch from August loud enough to hear in an empty 25, when Williams faded after build- Arthur Ashe Stadium, her third- ing a lead and lost in three sets to set deficit a point from growing to Sakkari at the Western & Southern 3-1 against someone who beat her less Open, a hard-court tournament usu- than two weeks earlier, Serena ally held in Ohio but moved to the Williams scrambled to extend a 13- US Open site as part of a two-tour- stroke exchange until her opponent nament ‘controlled environment’ netted a forehand. without spectators amid the coro- “Keep fighting!” Williams ex- navirus pandemic. horted herself. Locked in a tough “Of course I thought about (the fourth-round match Monday, and loss), but ever so little, because it’s without the benefit of a pro- a completely different match, com- American audience, Williams pro- pletely different scenario, completely vided her own encouragement along different moment,” Williams said. the way to coming back and beating In the earlier one, Williams’ legs 15th-seeded Maria Sakkari of Greece were cramping by the end, and she 6-3, 6-7(6-8), 6-3, reaching the quar- blamed herself for that situation, terfinals in a 12th consecutive ap- memorably declaring: “I put my- pearance at Flushing Meadows. self in a bad situation. It’s like dat- “I feel like I’m pretty vocal with ing a guy that you know sucks.” or without a crowd. ... I’m super Asked about that line Monday, passionate. This is my job. This is Williams joked: “Thank God, I got what I wake up to do. This is what rid of that guy. Never want to see him I train to do, 365 days of the year,” again. He was the worst.” That set- said Williams, who moved a step back made the American 3-2 since ASSOCIATED PRESS DJOKOVIC FINED against No.21 Alex de Minaur; and closer to a record-tying 24th Grand tennis returned from its COVID-19 No.10 Andrey Rublev against No.3 Slam title. hiatus, all three-setters. And since, New York, Sept 8: Don’t tell NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic’s US Daniil Medvedev. “Yeah, I’m always going to bring she is 4-0 at the US Open. Dominic Thiem the US Open is di- Open default is costing him USD On the top half, where Djokovic that fire and that passion,” she con- Williams, who turns 39 in less minished in any way just because 267,500. That’s all of his $250,000 used to loom: No.12 Shapovalov vs. tinued, “and that ‘Serena’ to the than three weeks, will face unseeded it’s the first Grand Slam tourna- prize money for reaching the No.20 Carreno Busta; No.5 court.” Tsvetana Pironkova for a semifinal ment since the 2004 French Open fourth round, plus USD 10,000 for Alexander Zverev vs. No.27 Borna When the match ended, after berth. Playing in her first tournament without at least one of Roger unsportsmanlike conduct and an Coric. Williams collected six of the last in more than three years after tak- Federer, Rafa Nadal or Novak additional USD 7,500 for skipping Medvedev was runner-up to Nadal seven games, she turned and yelled ing time off to have a child, the 32- Djokovic in the quarterfinals. his post-match news conference. last year, losing in five sets. He has- toward her husband, who stood at year-old Pironkova advanced with “It doesn’t matter at all if the The fines were announced n’t dropped a set while advancing Monday, a day after the Djokovic his front-row seat and yelled right a 6-4, 7-6(7-5), 6-3 victory over Alize Big Three are here or not,” the to the quarterfinals and he’s dropped was disqualified for accidentally back. Cornet. No.2-seeded Thiem said Monday hitting a line judge in the throat serve only three times. How tight was this contest? No.16 seed Elise Mertens knocked after beating No.15 Felix Auger- with a ball after dropping a Thiem is the only remaining Sakkari produced more aces than off second-seeded Sofia Kenin 6-3, 6- Aliassime 7-6(7-4), 6-1, 6-1 in the game. Both of those fall below man who has contested multiple Williams, 13-12, and more total win- 3 to reach the quarterfinals of the fourth round at Flushing Meadows. the maximum USD 20,000 the major finals. He is 0-3, losing twice ners, 35-30. Williams was two points tournament for the second year in “Everybody wants their hands on Grand Slam rule book says he to Nadal at the French Open and to from victory at 6-all in the second- a row and deny the American a the trophy,” said Thiem, who won could have been docked for each Djokovic at the Australian Open set tie-breaker, but faltered there, chance for back-to-back Grand Slam almost half of Auger-Aliassime’s infraction. this February. sending a backhand return long to titles. service points, 46 of 88. “It doesn’t “I am probably one of the oldest give Sakkari her fifth set point, then Kenin won the Australian Open really matter who they’re going to This ends a run of 13 consecutive players left in the field,” said the 27- pushing a forehand out. and was trying to become the first beat.” major championships won by a year-old Thiem, “which is surreal But as is so often the case, when with two straight Grand Slam ti- Djokovic — seeded No.1, un- member of the Big Three. to me.” Second oldest, actually: the outcome was hanging in the bal- tles since Naomi Osaka won the beaten this season and the over- “It’s been getting pretty boring,” Carreno Busta is 29. ance in the third set, which Sakkari 2018 US Open and the 2019 Australian whelming favorite — was disqual- said Denis Shapovalov, the first It’s the first US Open since 2010 led 2-0 but couldn’t quite get to 3-1, Open. ified Sunday after unintentionally Canadian man to reach the US without at least one male quarter- Williams was better down the stretch, Mertens will face Victoria hitting a line judge in the throat with Open quarterfinals, “with these finalist who is 30 or older. when it mattered the most. Azarenka, who beat No.20 Karolina a ball after dropping a game in the three guys winning every tourna- Next up for Thiem is the 21-year- “I have to be deadly honest: I was- Muchova 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 for her ninth first set against Pablo Carreno ment.” old de Minaur, who reached his n’t brave enough in the third set. I straight win. Azarenka won the Busta. None of the men left has ever first major quarterfinal by saving kind of like, not choked, but didn’t Western & Southern Open that was Nadal (pandemic concerns) and earned so much as one Slam trophy four set points in the opening (convert) my chances,” Sakkari said. played in New York as an in-the- Federer (two knee operations) did yet. The quarterfinals on the bottom tiebreaker and going on to a 7-6(8- “And if you don’t get your chances bubble warm-up for the US Open. not enter the tournament at all. half of the draw will be Thiem 6), 6-3, 6-2 victory over Vasek Pospisil. Indore to get NEWS IN BRIEF its astroturf Italy edge past Bopanna-Shapovalov Mbappe tests COVID-19 positive Lynn joins Mumbai in 18 months ousted from US Open Paris: France and Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe tested positive Indians in Abu Dhabi for COVID-19 and will miss Tuesday’s Nations League match against Croatia, The Netherlands New York: The Indian challenge the French federation said. Mbappe was isolated once he found out about Abu Dhabi: Swashbuckling PRESS TRUST OF INDIA came to an end at the US Open with his positive test and left France’s training camp to return home Monday Australian batsman Chris Lynn the quarterfinal loss of Rohan evening. The French federation said the test was carried out by UEFA in the arrived here Tuesday to join his Indore, Sept 8: Stuck in procedural Bopanna and his Canadian partner morning. Mbappe scored for France to beat Sweden 1-0 in the Nations Mumbai Indians teammates for the delays for nearly two years, Indore’s Denis Shapovalov in the men’s League Saturday, his 14th international goal. The federation said Mbappe upcoming Indian Premier League, first astroturf hockey ground is fi- doubles event here. Bopanna and passed a test before joining his teammates at the national training cap. He starting September 19. The T20 nally set to witness the light of Shapovalov lost 5-7, 5-7 to Dutch also tested negative Wednesday ahead of the game against Sweden. league will be played across the the day in 18 months time, Madhya Jean-Julien Rojer and Romania’s three venues of Dubai, Abu Dhabi Pradesh’s Sports and Welfare de- Horea Tecau in the last eight match and Sharjah from September 19 to partment said. which lasted one hour and 26 Barty opts out of French Open November 10. Mumbai Indians also District Sports Officer Joseph minutes Monday. Bopanna and informed that Kiwi pacer Trent Boult Shapovalov lost their serve once in Brisbane: Top-ranked Ash Barty will not defend her French Open title and Australian speedster, James Baxla informed that the state gov- each set and could not convert the because of concerns over traveling during the COVID-19 pandemic. After Pattinson, who was signed as a ernment has finally accepted the only break chance that came their skipping the US Open, which is being contested in New York without replacement for veteran Sri Lankan proposal to build an astoturf hockey way in the second set. It was crowds, Barty has also decided against traveling to Europe for an event in fast bowler Lasith Malinga, had pitch in five acres of land in sub- Bopanna’s best performance at a Rome starting September 14 and the September 27-October 10 French joined the team last week. The urban Bijalpur area of the city. Slam since he made the Open. Barty announced her withdrawal hours after French Open organizers defending champions will take on “The astroturf hockey pitch in quarterfinals at both the US Open said spectators would be allowed at the tournament despite a growing Chennai Super Kings in the Indore with a cost of `5 crore is and the French Open in 2018. number of coronavirus cases in the country. tournament opener. expected to come up in 18 months,” Baxla said. He also said that there was a proposal to build an astroturf in the city-based Prakash Hockey Club’s ground in the Residency Warne wants area but it was scrapped as the de- Workload management key veloper found the space inadequate. The Indore Municipal Boxing Day Corporation (IMC) had later turned that space into a waste for pacers in hot UAE: Shami Test at MCG KEEPING HEADS HIGH: Nocolo Barella wheels away in celebration after disposal centre. “That’s why the heading in the winner against the Netherlands, Monday turf for hockey could not come up INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE and the IMC took possession of the INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE ASSOCIATED PRESS With international football re- land,” Baxla said. Melbourne, Sept 8: Former turning for the first time since the Since then former Indian hockey Kolkata, Sept 8: Keeping in mind Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne Amsterdam, Sept 8: A dominant outbreak of the coronavirus pan- team goalkeeper Mir Ranjan Negi, the hot and humid conditions in the has requested the Cricket Australia Italy performance propelled them demic, all 54 games that are taking who was inspiration behind the UAE, it will be vital for fast bowlers (CA) to keep the Melbourne Cricket past the Netherlands 1-0 and to the place across Europe over six days Bollywood blockbuster ‘Chak De to manage their workload properly Ground (MCG) as the venue for the top of their Nations League group. are subject to strict hygiene meas- India’, had been advocating the as the task at hand wouldn’t be Boxing Day Test against India Nicolo Barella headed in the ures, including the exclusion of need for an astroturf in Indore. easy when the IPL gets underway scheduled to be played towards only goal shortly before halftime as fans. Players had to pass mandatory Devoid of basic infrastructure, September 19, feels Kings XI Punjab the end of the year despite an in- Italy wasted chances. But the dis- pregame tests for COVID-19. Negi had been forced to impart pacer Mohammad Shami. crease in coronavirus cases in the play will go a long way to helping The Czech Republic had to hockey skills to poor children of The IPL was moved to the UAE due state of Victoria. the Azzurri put the disappoint- name a new squad as regular the city on a footpath. to rising COVID-19 cases in India. The CA is likely to announce the ment of drawing against Bosnia- members and coach Jaroslav “I am training 125 children cities of Dubai, Abu Dhabi and schedule for India’s tour of Herzegovina 1-1 last Friday behind Silhavy were quarantined after mostly poor, on a footpath attached Sharjah – which will host the league Australia, which includes the four- them. Friday’s 3-1 win in Slovakia fol- to the district jail’s boundary wall – are expected to experience tem- Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy, this It was Italy’s 11th win in 12 lowing a coronavirus outbreak in in Residency area,” the 62-year- peratures of around 35-40 degree week and there are fears that the matches although some critics tem- the team camp. old Negi told this agency, Tuesday. celsius during the tournament. iconic MCG may lose the Boxing pered that feat by pointing out that Led by David Holoubek, coach of He said most of his trainees “Temperature is much higher Day Test. none of those victories were against the U-18 national team, and with were members of city based compared to India. There are “Cricket is the 2nd biggest sport the so-called ‘big teams’ of inter- only two of the 23 having played for Prakash Hockey Club, which es- chances of getting dehydrated. in the world behind soccer (fact) national football. the national team before, the Czechs tablished in 1940. Negi also said that There will be chances of cramps. & the biggest day on the Aust sport- The only disappointing moment lost at home to Scotland 1-2 in he had written to Chief Minister So we will have to keep those things ing calendar is the Boxing Day for Italy came when forward Nicolo League B. Israel drew at home to Shivraj Singh Chouhan, request- in mind,” Shami told this agency in “It felt great getting out of home if there will be added pressure on Test. We must try & do everything Zaniolo, playing his first interna- Slovakia 1-1 in the same group. ing him to set up an astroturf for an interview from Dubai Tuesday. and coming to Dubai. We are all his shoulders, Shami said, “I don’t possible to keep it at the MCG this tional since returning from a serious Also in League B, Alexander hockey inside the city’s Devi Ahilya “It will be difficult as the wick- grateful to play the game which take pressure of being a senior in year. FYI-The Melb Cup & the AFL knee injury, limped off in the 42nd Sorloth netted two goals as Norway y Vishwavidyalaya campus. ets here are also different. So work- we all love. So the feeling cannot be the side. You should believe in your GF are the next biggest events in minute after a challenge by Donny beat Northern Ireland 5-1 and took

“I request hockey lover Madhya load management is important. compared. The best part is that skill and back yourself. Aust! (sic),” Warne said in a tweet. van de Beek. his tally to six goals in his past five

k k y y m m c c Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj But it is not that difficult that it everyone is on the field and train- “I always try to share my knowl- According to a report in The win sent Italy to the top of internationals. Sorloth scored just Singh Chouhan to build an as- can’t be managed. It depends on ing. In India, IPL should bring edge with all my teammates at any ESPNcricinfo, the Adelaide Oval is League A Group 1 as Poland beat twice in his previous 19 appear- troturf for hockey in Indore as us how we manage our workload,” smiles to the faces of all,” he said. level. It can be IPL, while playing prepared to host back-to-back Tests, Bosnia 2-1 in the group’s other ances. Romania beat Austria 3-2. In soon as possible,” he said. “The city added the 30-year-old, rated as one Shami will lead the pace attack for India or even at the club level. including a day-night match as well match. Italy have a point more than League C, Kazakhstan lost at home needs a ground desperately for of the best pacers in the World at for the KL Rahul-led side, which I like to talk about the team rather as the Boxing Day against India in the Netherlands and Poland, and to Belarus 2-0, and Lithuania won the revival off hockey.” the moment. is yet to win the IPL trophy. Asked than myself.” case the MCG is not available. three more than Bosnia. in Albania 1-0.

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