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IRREGULAR by MANJUL GOVT SLASHES COVID TEST State joins postpone COST TO `1,200 POST NEWS NETWORK

Bhubaneswar, August 25: The state government Tuesday re- JEE-NEET movement duced the price of Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik seeks intervention of Union HRD Reaction (RT-PCR) tests con- ducted to detect Covid-19 infec- tions in private laboratories to To safeguard our democracy Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal in postponing the national level tests ` ` Heavy rains disrupt I hereby pledge not to raise 1,200 from 2,200. inner-party democracy issue POST NEWS NETWORK the important examinations. Due to 1st fortnight of September, 2020 may The tests can be done only at four fewer examination centres, many stu- be postponed to a later date to ensure private laboratories in the state ap- Bhubaneswar, August 25: Chief dents from remote areas would travel safety and security of students,” he said. proved by the Indian Council of normal life in state Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday ob- long distances. The CM also urged the HRD minis- Medical Research. POST NEWS NETWORK Under the influence of SHORT TAKES jected to the proposal of conducting JEE “In view of the above, it is requested ter to open centres in all 30 districts of "The (state) government, after the new low-pressure area, (Mains) and NEET examinations in that the ensuing JEE (Main) and NEET the state for all exams to be conducted careful consideration, has been Bhubaneswar, August 25: several places in districts the state in the first fortnight of examinations scheduled to be held in by National Testing Agency (NTA). pleased to refix the maximum Incessant rainfall triggered such as Balasore, Bhadrak, Fuel pain continues September citing the threat of COVID- price for RT-PCR Covid-19 test at by a fresh low-pressure area Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, 19 infection. Rs1,200 inclusive of GST and all over the Bay of Bengal dis- Jajpur, Cuttack, Khurda, New Delhi: Prices of petrol The CM wrote a letter in this re- other incidental charges for private rupted normal life in parts Cuttack and Dhenkanal were raised by 9-11 paise per gard to Union HRD Minister Ramesh STUDENTS GET GRETA POWER individuals desirous of testing," of Odisha Tuesday. The low- were lashed by rainfall of litre in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai with effect from 6 Pokhriyal and sought his interven- NEW DELHI: Climate activist and global icon Greta a notification issued by the health pressure area has now be- varying intensity since am August 25, according to tion in postponing of the exams. As per Thunberg Tuesday put her weight behind the department said. come well marked, the Met Monday night, officials said. Indian Oil Corporation. the government records, close to 50,000 nationwide "postpone JEE NEET" movement saying The tests can be conducted at office here said. Water-logging was also Domestic petrol prices were students from the state are likely to ap- conducting exams during coronavirus pandemic and Apollo Hospital, IMS & SUM Besides triggering heavy experienced in some low- raised in the metros for the pear for NEET while up to 40,000 stu- extreme floods was "deeply unfair" on students. "I Hospital, InDNA Life Science at to very heavy and even ex- lying areas, disrupting life, sixth consecutive day Tuesday dents would appear for the JEE (Mains) stand with their call to KIIT Technology Business tremely heavy rainfall in officials said. Bhubaneswar whereas diesel rates were left this year. #PostponeJEE_NEETinCOVID," Thunberg, who has Incubator (KIIT-TBI), and GenX parts of Odisha over the and neighbouring Cuttack unchanged at existing levels. “It would be highly unsafe and per- 4.1 million followers on Twitter, wrote on the Diagnostics. All these labs are lo- next three days, the system city also experienced rain- With Tuesday’s hike, petrol ilous for the students to visit the test microblogging website where the hashtag cated in Bhubaneswar. is likely to cause squally fall, which affected normal prices have been raised nine centres physically to appear for these "MODIJI_POSTPONEJEENEET" was already trending. The tests will be conducted by weather with the high-ve- life and the movement of times in the past ten days. In tests. Besides, as frequent lock- While her tweet invited many responses from young private laboratories under the su- locity wind having speed the people, they said. Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and downs/shutdowns are being enforced men and women across the globe, the climate pervision of Regional Medical up to 55 kmph along and off In view of the weather activist - who has just returned to school after a "gap Chennai, the prices of petrol by the concerned district adminis- Research Centre (RMRC), the Odisha coast, it said. forecast, District Collectors were raised by 9-11 paise per year" of creating awareness about the climate trations due to sudden escalation of emergency - also faced a lot of backlash for her Bhubaneswar following ICMR This is the fifth low-pres- have been asked to remain litre with effect from 6 am on COVID positive cases, the local trans- guidelines on the testing proto- sure area formed over the alert and closely monitor August 25, according to stand. It's deeply unfair that students of India are portation too gets disrupted,” he said asked to sit national exams during the Covid-19 cols for RT-PCR (Reverse Bay of Bengal in August. the situation, Special Relief notifications from the state-run in the letter. Transcription Polymerase Chain Four back-to-back low-pres- Commissioner PK Jena said. Indian Oil Corporation. pandemic and while millions have also been impacted by the extreme floods. I Vast tracts of the state are tribal stand with their call to #PostponeJEE_NEETinCOVID. The demand to cancel the Reaction) Covid-19 tests, the no- sure systems August 4, 9, Continuous vigil is being areas and hence they are inaccessi- IIT and medical entrance exams has been gaining ground across the country with tification said. 13 and 19 have caused heavy maintained in low-lying ble and far off from towns. The Chief students and parents highlighting how they have been badly hit by floods that Earlier, the government had rainfall in the state, lead- areas, including urban cen- Space research Minister expressed apprehensions have affected many states, including Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, fixed `450 price for conduct of ing to flood-like situations tres, and steps are being that under such circumstances, there Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. rapid antigen tests by the private in several areas, particu- taken to dewater wherever Sambalpur: In a bid to provide are chances of many students missing laboratories. larly Malkangiri district. required, Jena said. technical and financial assistance to Veer Surendra Sai Space Innovation Centre’ (VSSSIC) in Veer Surendra Sai No recovery in University of Technology CM okays package to (VSSUT) in Burla, the Indian CHANCES BRIGHTEN FOR Space Research Organisation demand in (ISRO) Tuesday signed an MoU with the university. The revive rural economy VSSSIC will provide space RATNABHANDAR OPENING near term: RBI research training to students POST NEWS NETWORK across India. The virtual MoU POST NEWS NETWORK ments and other precious items signing ceremony was Bhubaneswar, August 25: Chief stored in Ratnabhandar. Baral, a attended by ISRO secretary Minister Naveen Patnaik has ap- Puri, August 25: The possibility devotee from Puri, had written to and ex-officio chairman K proved a comprehensive package of inspection of ornaments at the the Prime Minister, Odisha Sivan and Vice-Chancellor of for rebooting rural economy to im- inner chamber of Srimandir Governor, Chief Minister, Chief VSSUT Atal Chaudhuri. Under prove the life and livelihood of QUICK REBOOT Ratnabhandar has brightened with Secretary, law department princi- the MoU, ISRO will provide a rural people affected by the Covid- n Working capital support fund the law department asking the tem- pal secretary and the chief ad- one-time grant-in-aid of `50 19 pandemic. for individual nano and micro ple administration to take appro- ministrator of Srimandir to in- lakh to VSSUT for the Different departments like enterprises with one time loan priate action on a petition seeking spect the ornaments at the inner development of infrastructure Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water, up to `50,000 per entrepreneur assessment of the precious items chamber of Ratnabhandar. AGENCIES in the first phase. P4 ST & SC Development and Women stored at the temple treasure house. was revealed that the temple ad- On the other hand, Durga Prasad & Child Development & Mission n One time assistance of `1.5 lakh According to sources, the law ministration did not have the keys Mohapatra had written to the law Mumbai, August 25: The Reserve Shakti will work for uplifting the to existing collective department has written to the to the inner chamber of department and urged it to fill up Bank of India (RBI) Tuesday said State Covid toll 419 livelihood of poor and very poor enterprises for the agriculture Jagannath Temple Administration Ratnabhandar. vacant posts at Srimandir demand in the economy will take families in villages, Panchayati and non-agriculture sectors section office August 18 to take ap- Amid a public outcry on the Muktimandap. quite some time to mend, and re- Bhubaneswar: Odisha's COVID- Raj & Drinking Water department propriate action as deemed fit on the issue, a packet containing the du- When contacted, Srimandir ad- gaining pre-COVID-19 levels will tally shot up to 81,479 Monday said in a statement here Tuesday. petition of Dillip Kumar Baral with plicate keys to the inner chamber ministrator (rituals) Jitendra Kumar depend on government con- as 2,949 more people tested positive for the infection, while The government has rolled out projects, it said. regard to the inspection of orna- was found from the district treas- Sahu said they have not received any sumption. 10 fresh fatalities pushed the four packages to revive rural econ- The government has also de- ments at the inner chamber of ury. However, the temple adminis- letter from the law department In its latest annual report, RBI ` state's death toll to 419, a omy, which was affected by the cided to provide loan upto 20,000 Ratnabhandar. tration is yet to open the inner with regard to the said "deep-seats and wide-rang- senior health official said. pandemic. to enterprises managed by very The department has also asked chamber and inspect the or- Ratnabhandar. ing" reforms are needed to regain Cuttack registered the highest In the package one, the govern- poor or destitute families like PwD, the temple administration to take naments. “We will take ap- losses and return to the path of sus- number of fresh cases at 589, ment has decided to provide work- particularly vulnerable tribal action on the petition of another In this scenario, many propriate action tainable economic growth. followed by Khurda (474), ing capital support fund for indi- groups (PVTG), widow, third gen- devotee with regard to filling of devotees and locals have if we receive "An assessment of aggregate Jajpur (215) and Ganjam (179), vidual nano and micro enterprises der, destitute, families with women vacant posts at Srimandir raised apprehensions any letter,” he demand during the year so far he said. A total of 1,826 cases with one time loan up to `50,000 as head, etc. Muktimandap. on the safety added. suggests that the shock to con- were detected from quarantine per entrepreneur. A member of Similarly, loans up to `1 lakh The inner chamber of of orna- sumption is severe, and it will centres, while 1,123 people SHG can avail the loan for taking up will be extended to skilled and Ratnabhandar was opened last time take quite some time to mend and tested positive for the infection both farm and non-farm activities. semi-skilled migrant returnees in 1985. The temple administration regain the pre-COVID-19 mo- during contact tracing, the The second package involves who have returned during the had planned to open the inner cham- mentum," the central bank said. official said. Ganjam reported one time financial assistance of Covid-19 pandemic for the devel- ber in 2018 and examine its struc- Private consumption has lost five fresh fatalities, Sundergarh `1.5 lakh to existing collective en- opment of existing enterprises and tural status as part of a repair work its discretionary elements across two and Cuttack, Nayagarh and terprises (enterprise group and establishing new enterprises, the at the 12th century shrine. the board, it said, adding transport Rayagada districts one each. producer group) for the agricul- government said. The Chief However, the administra- services, hospitality, recreation, ture and non-agriculture sectors. Minister is hopeful that the pack- tion did not open the chamber. and cultural activities were par- MARKET WATCH The loan assistance will be ex- age will be helpful in improving the A group of experts and offi- ticularly hit in the economy, where tended per group to invest in ex- economic condition of the poor, cials examined its structural consumption accounts for some INDEX VARIATION isting enterprises and livelihood very poor and migrant returnees. status from outside. Later, it 60 per cent of gross domestic prod- uct. "Going forward, government consumption is expected to con- SENSEX 38843.88 44.80 tinue pandemic-proofing of de-

BOURSES NIFTY 11472.30 5.80 mand," it said. "Private consump- Ex-Pak envoy sold embassy house in Indonesia tion is expected to lead the recovery DOLLAR 74.71 `0.10 when it takes hold, with non-dis- AGENCIES of illegally selling the build- Anwar in a clandestine man- sible for delay in deciding cretionary spending leading the EURO 88.17 `0.15 Pak’s anti-corruption body CURRENCY National Accountability ing and causing a loss of ner, had started the process corruption references in- way until a durable increase in GOLD `51,000 `269 Islamabad/New Delhi, Bureau August 19 filed a $1.32 million to Pakistan's of selling the building im- cluding that against the for- disposable incomes enables dis- August 25: Pakistan's for- reference against former national exchequer, the mediately after his ap- mer ambassador. cretionary spending to catch up." SILVER `64,712 `857 mer ambassador to envoy Major General (retd) Tribune reported. pointment in Jakarta. Once The apex court had said RBI did not give out economic BULLION Indonesia allegedly sold the Syed Mustafa Anwar The former ambassador, the process of the sale that the NAB officials were growth projections in the annual embassy building in Jakarta as per the documents sub- started, he then sent the pro- incompetent. report as is usual. It, however, at a throwaway price around mitted to the registrar, had posal to the Ministry. Chief Justice Gulzar cited the International Monetary WEATHER 10 years ago. Anwar has been accused issued an advertisement for The Tribune said the ref- Ahmed had observed that Fund (IMF) and OECD's forecasts y of illegally selling the BHUB CTK According to media re- the sale of the building with- erence in the court read that NAB officers did not pos- of a 3.7 per cent contraction and

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FORTUNE FORECAST Kajol hopes compassion ‘Difficult to will outlast Covid ARIES MUMBAI: Actress Kajol hopes com- outgrow the last one. Keep on swim- Ganesha advises you to shoot film amid passion will outlast and outgrow Covid. ming! #CFor #GrowAndGlow,” she look before you leap. She shared her thought in a new post on wrote. One hasty decision may social media. Kajol’s sister and actress undo a lot of hard work In a new Instagram selfie, Kajol looks Tanishaa Mukerji took to the accomplished over a long period of time. After a tense morning, you may simply at the camera, with her specs placed on comment section and wrote: new normal’ her head. “Miss you”. want an evening with kids, helping them grow the Dahlias. “C for celfie, C for Compassion, C for On the work front, Kajol HYDERABAD: Urvashi COVID, aiming for the is set to make her digital TAURUS Rautela is in the city for first two to debut with Tribhanga, di- her debut Telugu film, outlast rected by Renuka Shahane. Impulsive action kicks in as you work and interact Black Rose, and she says and It is a drama set in Mumbai, today. Do not let the pres- it is difficult to shoot weaving a complex tale sure and strain cloud amid the new normal that goes back and forth your thoughts, and instead focus on acting but work must go on. through three genera- on the things at hand. If you find things “We are following all tions of the same fam- spiralling out of control, take a break and listen to some music that soothes your precautionary measures ily, from the late 1980s heart, suggests Ganesha. amid the Covid pandemic. to present day. IANS It’s ‘lights, camera, mask on and action’. We are following GEMINI all new norms for Black Rose. It Today, you are likely to be is a difficult time but work has to SANJAY DUTT HAS A rather emotional and sen- go on,” Urvashi said about shoot- timental, says Ganesha. ing for the Sampath Nandi di- Your love for performing arts may make GOLDEN HEART: JISSHU you take up lessons in classical music or rectorial. traditional dance. And much to your About the film, which will delight, your sweetheart will treat you to a also release in Hindi, she said: MUMBAI: Actor Jisshu has a golden heart,” Jisshu said. surprise candlelit dinner. “My character is like Shylock in Sengupta has described With Sadak 2, Sanjay is revisiting the William Shakespeare’s play The working with Sanjay Dutt world of his 1991 hit, Sadak. The sec- CANCER Merchant Of Venice. Black Rose as a learning experi- ond part marks the return of Today, you will be deals with the point from (the ence, adding that Mahesh Bhatt as director extremely impulsive and perspective of) Kautilya’s he was very com- after two decades. spontaneous, feels Arthashastra. She is the owner fortable in his The film stars his Ganesha. You better get of a large group of companies company. daughters Alia and Pooja rid of your negative thoughts and beliefs Jisshu worked and start taking charge of things at called Lotus Capitals.” Bhatt along with Sanjay hand. Also, stop focussing so much on Despite Covid restrictions, with Dutt on the Dutt and Aditya Roy the pitfalls, and start working. Listen to though, Urvashi says it feels upcoming film, Kapur. The film will re- music that speaks to your heart and you Urvashi Rautela amazing to be back on sets. Sadak 2. lease August 28 on Disney+ will be at peace with yourself. “This is one of the first “We shot nine days of Hotstar VIP. films to start shooting in the climax, and every single day was Jisshu was last seen in LEO time of Covid pandemic about so much learning. The ease, the Shakuntala Devi, which is based on the If one were to put an along with Akshay Kumar pain, the childlike innocence -- I was so, life of the late Shakuntala Devi, who is earnest spirit and a sir’s BellBottom,” noted so comfortable in his company. We widely revered as the human computer frank attitude together, the actress. IANS spoke about music, about so many ran- for her innate ability to make complex the result would be a dom things and laughed so much. He calculations within seconds. IANS Leo; it's like your hallmark. And with qualities like these in your kitty, don't be surprised if you happen to reach a mile- stone or two today. Will it be marital bliss or career success? No matter what the area is, be assured that your societal standing shall get a heady boost today, Curate your perfect work-from-home playlist assures Ganesha. Just don't let the suc- cess go to your head. NEW DELHI: Work-from-home Work mode mental covers can be great options One needs to is a big part of the new normal For the times when you want to for those times. VIRGO thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. get into the zone and churn Stay clear of a coali- As we get comfortable in our des- out things faster and have more Prep for the weekend tion when it comes to pick high tempo business ventures, ignated work-from-home style, output, pick high tempo music. Even though social distancing is warns Ganesha. Alone, music to get into usually pyjamas with a formal Genres like EDM, house, rock are keeping us away from unwinding you can manage an entire stampede. By top, the feeling of lethargy and great options for such situations. with our friends, we can still prep your own you are, by far, the best admin- the zone and churn laziness can kick in. This can make The higher beat count of such for the weekend, starting Friday. istrator of your department. Today, find us de-motivated, especially with the music can trick your body into Virtual parties and zoom get to- yourself being the general and uniting out things faster people under your banner to achieve lack of socialising. working a little faster. gether are a part of the new normal greater success, says Ganesha. and have more It’s important to lighten up the and you want to get your upbeat mood while working, believes White noise self back for them. Listen to some LIBRA output, suggests Dharini Upadhyaya, co-founder of While you’re working from home, great party music of your choice. Furtados School of Music. The best want to create, emanate and feel. has more soothing tones. Acoustic sometimes you can feel a little lonely. Whether it’s Hindi film music, Today is the day when you seem to agree with Dharini Upadhyay, way to do this is to create a playlist covers, instrumental melodies and To avoid the feeling, switching on English or Spanish, jam your way everything that people which will help you feel more mo- For stressful situations slow music can be a great way to get some music can actually be quite into the weekend. The next time say, without striking educator of an tivated and alive, adding a fun ele- We all know sometimes dead- your mind settled. The lower beats therapeutic. You might not want you set your work from home station, even a note of criticism. It's just one of ment to your daily monotony. lines can put us in stressful situa- and tempo of such music can help to sing along and be distracted by prep it with your cup of your pre- those days when you are amazed by all online music school She offers some tips on choos- tions. It’s important to calm your- you focus better at your task and it, but just have it on as white noise ferred beverage and turn the music things around you. Such an elastic approach will enable you to be reason- ing music based on the vibe you self down and play music which complete the work. in the background. Jazz, instru- on for a better working experience. able in your views and sensible in your ways. Ganesha wishes you the very best. SCORPIO Ganesha warns you of a SUDOKU long, dreary day today. PEANUTS post To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, Though not completely at CROSSWORD column and box must contain the numbers a loss, you may feel lost 0 to 9 and the letters A to E. and desire to spend some time alone with yourself. The empty nest syndrome is like- ly to invade and hold your mental peace at ransom, says Ganesha.

SAGITTARIUS Today, your superiors at work are going to trust you with many compli- cated assignments. But, after exerting yourself, you are sure to come out with flying colors and have your work appreciated. Do not be surprised if cash incentives come your way. Such may indeed be your fortune, says Ganesha. CAPRICORN CALVIN AND HOBBES Your exuberance and self-confidence will become the talk of the day for those around you. But it's not for nothing that you will attract so much attention. You will derive pleasure in accomplishing her- culean tasks today, and Ganesha says SOLUTIONS you will do justice to work too. At home, everything will go smooth and you will enjoy and share the peace in your life with your wife. On the whole, you will have a cheerful day ahead. AQUARIUS Team work and coopera- tion bring out the best in you, so you must make the most of a chance to BREVITY

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NIKIRAI GANGRAPE CASE POLITICKLE MANJUL NHRC summons Kendrapara DM, SP THE AUTHORITIES DID NOT PAY ANY HEED TO THE REPEATED REMINDERS FROM THE COMMISSION ASKING FOR THE SUBMISSION OF ATR ON BRUTAL GANGRAPE OF THE LADY

POST NEWS NETWORK family, was asleep. The despera- does knocked the door on the pre- Bhubaneswar, August 25: A miffed text of asking for water, but the National Human Rights victim’s husband denied sensing Commission (NHRC) has sum- foul play. The trio broke open the moned the Kendrapara Collector door and assaulted the victim’s and Superintendent of Police for husband with iron rods. Later, upon their personal appearance before it entering the bedroom they found the along with the probe report in con- victim asleep and took turns to out- nection with the gang-rape of a rage her modesty. As if this wasn’t middle-aged woman in Nikirai po- enough, they inflicted severe in- lice limits in the district June 28, 2019. juries to her private parts before as- The commission expressed its saulting two of her minor sons who displeasure while hearing a petition were asleep nearby,” the petitioner ((7489/IN/2019) filed by rights activist DISPLEASURE OVER INACTION informed the Commission refer- Himanshu Sekhar Nayak June 30, he incident took place around he desperadoes knocked the ring to a police complaint lodged by 2019. T1.30am June 28, 2019 when the Tdoor on the pretext of asking for the victim’s husband. The rights body has directed the victim, along with her family, was water, but the victim’s husband Nayak said the desperadoes later said authorities to appear before asleep denied sensing foul play decamped with cash and gold or- it December 29 under Section 13 of naments from the victim’s place. The the Protection of Human Rights UPON ENTERING THE BEDROOM, THEY FOUND THE VICTIM ASLEEP AND victim’s husband raised an alarm Act. However, the authorities will TOOK TURNS TO OUTRAGE HER MODESTY following which fellow villagers be exempted from appearing in per- reached his place and rushed the son if they manage to submit the cerned authorities towards the di- The authorities did not pay any couple to the district headquarters action-taken report (ATR) on the rections of the Commission. In heed to the repeated reminders hospital (DHH). issue by December 22. view of the above, the Commission from the commission asking for Later, after primary medication, The NHRC said, “Despite direc- directs its Registry to issue summons the submission of ATR on brutal the victim’s husband approached tions/reminders, the requisite re- to the concerned authorities, u/s 13 gang-rape of the lady. Nikirai police which registered a ports have not been submitted by of the Protection of Human Rights Notably, Nayak in his complaint case under Sections 457 (house- the concerned authorities. The Act, 1993 to appear before the claimed that the gruesome episode trespass), 397 (robbery) and 376 Commission has taken serious note Commission on 29.12.2020 along took place around 1.30am June 28, (rape) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) of the callous attitude of the con- with requisite reports.” 2019 when the victim, along with her and began a probe. Vehicle lifting gang State ranks 3rd in budget busted; 1 truck, 11 bikes seized

POST NEWS NETWORK process transparency Bhubaneswar, August 25: A spe- cial squad of Commissionerate Chief Secy directs officials to work out composite index for tracking state’s economy Police busted a vehicle lifting gang by arresting two robbers and two POST NEWS NETWORK while Andhra Pradesh got 67 and the funds lying idle in different buyers Tuesday. BPIA re-carpeting to begin in Oct Assam 70. Other states in top five government departments. According to sources at the twin Bhubaneswar, August 25: Adding ranks include Jharkhand and Bihar It was decided to include the in- city police, as many as 11 two- POST NEWS NETWORK at BPIA will remain suspended be- by the time runway is handed back another feather to its cap, Odisha which scored 60 and 59 points re- dicators representing agriculture, wheelers, one Hyva truck and four tween 11pm and 7am every day for for normal operations. Flight tim- has secured third position in the spectively, he said. fishery, animal husbandry, min- mobile phones were also seized Bhubaneswar, August 25: Issuing around four months for the run- ings will be rescheduled after hold- country in maintaining trans- While complimenting the pro- ing, GST, motor vehicle tax, elec- from their possession. fresh set of instructions, Biju way re-carpeting work. The work ing discussions with various car- parency in budget making. gressive procedural reforms tricity consumption, VAT on Non- The accused used to conceal Patnaik International Airport was originally set to begin in riers and other stakeholders. The This was revealed at a high-level achieved by Finance department in GST goods, excise duty, total the stolen vehicles in an isolated (BPIA) authorities here said that November 2019, but was postponed entire operation will be done in review meeting held under the chair- the matters of budget making, fi- man-days created, aggregate bank forest in Angul. The seized Hyva flight operations will remain sus- to December and then again to compliance with COVID guidelines manship of Chief Secretary Asit nancial management and finan- credit, unemployment rate, rev- was taken away by the gang from pended for four months owing to re- February and further delayed amid issued by the government,” Rao Tripathy Tuesday in virtual mode. cial regulation, the Chief Secretary enue position, fiscal deficit/sur- Balianta area here. carpeting of runways which was the COVID-19 pandemic,” said BPIA added. Meanwhile, detailing about Finance secretary Ashok Kumar directed the department to work plus, debt/GSDP ratio in the ‘com- postponed earlier due to the pan- Director, VV Rao. the COVID impact on the airport, Meena said that Transparency out a ‘composite index’ including posite index’. It was also decided demic. While international flights con- Rao mentioned that the airport International in its annual report agriculture, fishery and animal to use other high frequency data for The re-carpeting work, a stan- tinue to remain suspended, the had suffered over 50 per cent loss ranked Odisha in 3rd position next husbandry sectors for tracking a comprehensive objective raking. dard procedure of re-tarring the BPIA is now operating 17 domestic during the COVID-19 lockdown to Assam (1st) and Andhra Pradesh States’ economy during pre-Covid, Tripathy advised the officials to runways to ensure smooth landing flights. As per sources, the re-car- while the passenger traffic had (2nd) with regard to transparency Covid and post-Covid scenario. apply the ‘composite index’ for as- for aircraft, is carried out in every peting for 2,742-metre wide runway dropped by 75 per cent. in budget making process. He also directed the officials con- sessing the states’ economic trend 10 years or depending upon the traf- will cost about Rs 28 crore and will “The passenger inflow of the Odisha secured 66 raking points cerned to focus on surrender of on monthly and quarterly basis. fic an airport receives. The last re- include re-tarring, maintenance airport was higher than the out- While the arrested have been carpeting work at the BPIA was last and overhauling of the entire stretch. flow in May and June. The traffic identified as Susanta Patra, 23, and taken up in 2007. It was scheduled The work will also involve en- had increased from 9,721 in May Sahil Jani, 23, from Banki area in to begin in February but was later hancement of parallel taxi track. to 58,953 in June and further to MOTHERLY LOVE Cuttack district, the buyers were postponed as COVID broke out. “The daily re-tarred portions 65,137 in July,” the airport author- Biju Patra, 19, from Banki area “Come October, flight operations will be prepared for flight operations ities said. and Pruthwiraj Pradhan, 25, from Bhubana area in Dhenkanal district. Susanta and Sahil have many cases pending against them at different police stations of Bhubaneswar, Include specially-abled under NFSA: Centre Jajpur and Puri. Sahil, the kingpin of the gang, has completed diploma POST NEWS NETWORK district administrations to ensure Kalyan Anna Yojana as per pro- in engineering. that appropriate mechanism is put visions of the Act. The police said the culprits New Delhi, August 25: The sec- in place and whole machinery is mo- It was also stated in the letter would move in a car in different retary of Food and Public bilised in mission mode for com- that those not already covered areas mostly Ganjam, Khurda, Distribution department under pliance of directions made by the should be covered with fresh ra- Bhubaneswar, and Cuttack, Angul Ministry of Consumer Affairs, department of Food and Public tion cards to be issued as per the el- and Dhenkanal and spot differ- Food & Public Distribution has Distribution to states. igibility criteria. The Centre has re- ent vehicles. They would steal asked the Chief Secretary of Odisha Earlier, the department had iterated that disability is one of them whenever they found them and other states to ensure that all August 22 issued a direction to the criteria for inclusion under unattended. Many bike lifting eligible persons with disabilities states to ensure that all disabled Antyodaya Anna Yojana house- cases had been reported from var- are included under National Food persons, who are eligible as per holds and as differently-abled are ious localities in Bhubaneswar Security Act (NFSA), 2013. identification criteria of benefi- vulnerable sections of the society. in the recent past. In order to nab In the letter written to the Chief ciaries under NFSA, are covered The Section 38 of NFSA mandates these lifters, special squad and Secretaries, the secretary has re- under the National Food Security that the Centre may from time to other police officers were directed quested to personally intervene in Act, 2013 and they get their enti- time give directions to the state gov- to launch an investigation and de- the matter and direct the depart- tled quota of food grains under ernments for effective implementa- A doe feeds its fawn at Tulsipur Deer Park in Cuttack, Tuesday OP PHOTO tect the lifted vehicles. ments concerned and especially NFSA & Pradhan Mantri Garib tion of the provisions of the Act. Curbs on Durga Puja Architectural marvel Krushi Bhawan in ‘Dezeen’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The building shows how regional celebration in Cuttack ODISHA’S OWN CRAFT crafts can be integrated in a con- Bhubaneswar, August 25: Newly- temporary environment and ex- POST NEWS NETWORK ering at Puja mandaps,” said the col- constructed Krushi Bhawan, the he Rs 70-crore building was hibits the unique qualities of the lector. official building of state’s Tcommissioned to Studio Lotus, state, the official said. Cuttack, August 25: The district Cuttack Deputy Commissioner Agriculture and Farmers’ a Delhi-based architectural firm, in The light fixtures and metal administration will put restric- of Police (DCP) Prateek Singh said Empowerment department here, 2013 and opened September 20, screens in the corridors exhibit the tions on community celebration he would not comment on this year has became the first government 2018 tribal ‘dhokra’ craft. of Durga Puja this year Dussehra celebration building in Odisha to feature in The brickwork elements that in the wake of Covid-19 until there was a meet- Dezeen, a prestigious international he brickwork elements that wrap the upper floor have a pat- pandemic. ing of the Mahanagar journal on architecture. Twrap the upper floor have a tern designed to emulate Odisha The administration Shanti Committee to The news was shared by Chief pattern designed to emulate ikat, a traditional dyeing technique will not allow decora- deliberate on the issue. Minister Naveen Patnaik on his Odisha ikat, a traditional dyeing from Odisha. tions and gathering at Meanwhile, Cuttack Twitter handle. technique from Odisha Locally-sourced laterite and khon-

any Puja mandap in the Balu Bazaar Puja Naveen took to the Twitter to dalite stones have been used in the

k y m c Silver City, said Committee, which is say, “Glad to know that THE LIGHT FIXTURES AND METAL SCREENS IN THE CORRIDORS EXHIBIT THE TRIBAL ‘DHOKRA’ CRAFT building. It has hand-carved khon- Collector Bhawani Shankar one of the oldest committees in #KrushiBhawan, inspired by dalite lattices and bas-relief carv- Chayani Tuesday. the Silver City, has filed the petition #SambalpuriIkat has become with prize money of international recognition in 2019 The Rs 70 crore building was ings in the Odia pattachitra style in “Restrictions will be imposed in the HC urging the court to allow #Odishas first building to be listed #KrushiKarmanAwards is sym- when it was shortlisted for the commissioned to Studio Lotus, a laterite stone depicting agricul- on community celebration of the festival in order to preserve for #DezeenAwards2020 by widely bolic of our farmer empowerment.” World Architecture Festival (WAF) Delhi-based architectural firm, in tural motifs of the state, the official Dussehra to avoid rush and gath- the 500-year-old tradition. acclaimed@dezeen. Constructed The same building had received Award, an official said. 2013 and opened September 20, 2018. pointed out. P4 WEDNESDAY | AUGUST 26 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR downtown

Khurda back with highest ISRO ties up with VSSUT to promote space research

k y m single-day COVID cases c PNN & AGENCIES PNN & AGENCIES districts have the unique distinc- BOOSTING INNOVATION tion of registering no COVID death Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur, Bhubaneswar, August 25: State’s so far while Jharsuguda and August 25: Indian Space Research ISRO will offer technical consultancy support and financial COVID-19 tally increased to 84,231 Nabarangpur districts have re- Organisation (ISRO) and Veer assistance of Rs 50 lakh to VSSUT Tuesday with 2,752 fresh cases, ported only one COVID death each. Surendra Sai University of for development of infrastructure, while nine more fatalities pushed Of the 2,752 fresh cases, 1,708 Technology (VSSUT), Burla, signed a spokesperson of the university the death toll to 428, an official of were recorded in quarantine cen- an agreement Tuesday for setting said in a statement Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) tres and the remaining were de- up of an innovation-cum-incubation department said. tected during contact tracing. centre at the technical institute to There will be collaboration for the Of the new fatalities, two each This apart, as many as 53 more promote knowledge about space development of high-end were reported from Ganjam and coronavirus patients in the state research among students. simulation tools, miniature test Sundargarh districts and one each have died due to other ailments. As part of the memorandum of facilities and establishment of from Balasore, Bolangir, Cuttack, Sources said 12 districts in the understanding (MoU), ISRO will testing facility for scaled down sub system and propulsion sys- Gajapati and Khurda districts. state reported more than 100 cases offer technical consultancy sup- models tem. “Regret to inform the demise of Tuesday and a maximum number port and financial assistance of Rs ISRO will facilitate the limited Nine #COVID-19 positive patients of 423 cases were registered from 50 lakh to VSSUT for development THE ISRO CHAIRMAN EXPRESSED HOPE THAT THE PROPOSED VSSUT SPACE INNOVATION CENTRE WILL utilisation of rocket launching fa- while under treatment in hospi- Khurda district followed by Cuttack of infrastructure, a spokesperson PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SPACE RESEARCH AMONG STUDENTS cilities like Thumba, Sriharikota tals,” the H&FW department said on (247), Jajpur (217), Ganjam (212), of the university said in a statement. or Balasore (under DRDO), where Twitter. Of the 428 deaths, Ganjam Rayagada (177), Koraput (174), Puri The MoU was signed, through a helpful to boost the talent of young ulation tools, miniature test facil- hope that the proposed VSSUT all kinds of safety systems are alone accounted for 181 fatalities (144) and Mayurbhanj (137). videoconference, in the presence of scientists. He expressed that gen- ities like static test facility, solid Space Innovation Centre (VSSSIC) available, for the launch of future followed by Khurda (55), Sundargarh The state Monday conducted ISRO chairman K Sivan and VSSUT erally some good ideas come out propulsion research lab and es- will promote knowledge about sounding rockets developed at the (30), Cuttack (26), Rayagada (21), 58,338 tests, taking the total num- vice-chancellor Atal Chaudhuri. from the students of small villages tablishment of testing facility for space research among students. Space Innovation Centre at VSSUT, Gajapati (18), Nayagarh (12) and ber of such clinical examinations Skill Development and Technical and towns and we have to discover scaled down models. Noting that students will be more the university spokesperson said. Puri (10), the official said, adding that to 14,21,958, the official pointed out. Education Secretary Sanjay Kumar them. He also narrated about TBI A ‘sounding rocket’ developed interested in space research and ap- On its part, the VSSSIC will ex- these eight districts have reported Meanwhile, 2,546 COVID-19 pa- Singh highlighted the support of VSSUT for enriching startups and by the VSSUT Innovation Club of plication in future, the ISRO chair- plore the latest global trend in space more than 82 per cent of total COVID tients recovered from the viral ISRO and its chairman Sivan for his promoting the startup culture. the institute had found a place in man said, it will be a game changer technology and take up related deaths in the state. infection Tuesday, taking the tally nice cooperation. He stated that There will be collaboration for the Limca Book of Records. for the country as more research is projects which will benefit the Deogarh, Nuapada and Boudh to 59,470.We have shown how the such type of programme will be the development of high-end sim- The ISRO chairman expressed required for the development of country. Volunteers take BAGALA ROW ` up remedial 5.91L got 828cr incentive classes under housing schemes POST NEWS NETWORK

Bhubaneswar, August 25: With POST NEWS NETWORK the Covid-19 pandemic showing Govt work only on paper: BJP no sign of abating and the glaring Bhubaneswar, August 25: In an digital divide posing a massive aim to ensure timely completion of Bhubaneswar: The state unit of cards have also been taken away by challenge for rural children to at- projects sanctioned under rural Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), government officials,” he said. tend online classes, a group of housing schemes, the state gov- Tuesday, accused the state gov- He also said that the state gov- youths with the help of civil society ernment has released Rs 828 crore ernment of doing works only ‘on ernment has been taking awards organisations (CSOs) has started as incentive for 5.91 lakh benefici- paper’ and alleged that many poor from the Union government by al- remedial classes for children in housing scheme beneficiaries are leged manipulation of data of hous- rural areas. The govt is providing deprived of government aid. ing schemes. “Many government The initiative has so far bene- `20,000 to beneficiaries “Earlier, we had RTI replies from officials are siphoning off the fited over 3,000 students in remote the government to cite money meant areas of 15 districts--Malkangiri, who complete the progress of hous- for the poor for Koraput, Nabarangapur, Rayagada, construction in 4 ing works in rural their construc- Kalahandi, Nuapada, Bolangir, areas. When our team tion of houses,” Boudh, Kandhamal, Gajapati, months and `10,000 for visited some areas, it he said. Nayagarh, Mayurbhanj, those completing the found that many proj- The BJP Sundargarh, Sambalpur and ects were either in- leader also said, Jharsuguda, sources said. same in 6 months complete or in dilapi- “What happened Till date, over 100 local youth vol- dated state,” party to the Rs 500 unteers have conducted more than aries, official sources said here, spokesperson Golak crore sanctioned 175 remedial classes in these dis- Tuesday. Mohapatra said. for the welfare tricts while strictly following the The government is providing Rs The state govern- We have shown how the of returnee mi- Covid-19 guidelines of the state 20,000 as incentive to beneficiaries ment has termed Juang tribes do not have grants. Most of government. who complete the construction in many incomplete proj- houses but data at the the migrants are They have been teaching the four months while those complet- ects as complete and block levels showed the now depressed rural students since August 10 ing the same in six months are get- also released money constructions and want to mi- after being inspired by the local ting Rs 10,000 under the rural hous- showing completion completed. Their ATM grate to other samitis to take up remedial classes ing schemes including Pradhan of works. He also al- cards have been taken states. This in this critical time. Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) and leged that many gov- away by government shows the fail- “Most of the parents are Biju Pucca Ghar Yojna (BPGY). ernment officials are officials ure of the gov- happy with our remedial classes The state government has keeping with them the ernment in tak- as children are back to the built 26, 84, 818 pucca houses ATM cards of the GOLAK MOHAPATRA I ing care them.” BJP SPOKESPERSON teaching-learning environment under the rural housing housing scheme ben- Party leader and gradually catching up the schemes since financial year eficiaries. Lekhashri courses from where they had (FY) 2014-15 to till date. “We have shown how the Juang Samantsinghar attacked the BJD left four months ago,” said Even in the midst of fighting tribes who do not have houses but MLA from Bari and tried to corner Binay Bhoi, a Plus II student Covid-19 pandemic, the state gov- data at the block levels showed the the legislator for her derogatory re- who teaches pupils from Class ernment has constructed 1, 14, construction completed. Their ATM marks against her party colleagues. I to V at the village club in 644 pucca houses, which is double Sundargarh district. the houses built in the last fi- remaining Rs 7, 374 was state’s ies. From 56, 891 identified land- These volunteers are taking up nancial year. share. The state government was less beneficiaries, permission for remedial classes for two hours An amount of Rs 18, 837 crore was able to spend Rs 17, 315 crore so land and house has been given Activists of Congress (top) and members of BJP Mahila Morcha hold separate demonstrations to protest the every day for different groups of sanctioned under PMAY (Rural) in far, the source said. to 8,067 people. Process is on to pro- alleged sale of Bagala Dharmashala land in Puri, Tuesday OP PHOTOS children. Each group consists of FY 2016-17, out of which Rs 11, 463 The state has also been paying vide land to the remaining people, five to six learners. crore was Central share and the attention to landless beneficiar- they said. Assign nodal officers for PARENTS’ BODY WELCOMES Rail bicycle for inspection, repair of tracks POST NEWS NETWORK court cases, depts told CM’S MOVE PATROLLING ON WHEELS Bhubaneswar, August 25: The POST NEWS NETWORK Indian Railways has introduced an These rail bicycles were prepared by POST NEWS NETWORK quired by the office of advo- innovative rail bicycle which will Permanent Way units of Khurda Road cate general. Bhubaneswar, August 25 : Odisha help the trackmen inspect, monitor, Division by using damaged rail dolly Bhubaneswar, Due to the pre- Parents’ Federation Tuesday and repair the railway tracks. wheels for balancing the cycle August 25: The vailing pandemic thanked Chief Minister Naveen These rail bicycles were prepared The rail bicycle which is capable of state govern- situation, all gov- Patnaik for writing a letter to by Permanent Way (P-Way) units of running on the tracks at an average ment has asked ernment offices Union Education Minister Ramesh Khurda Road Division by using speed of 10 km per hour, not only the all departments are functioning Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ seeking his damaged rail dolly wheels for bal- movement of trackman has become to appoint nodal with minimal staff. intervention in postponing the ancing the cycle which will be used easier, it has also become faster officers to deal As a result, the NEET and JEE exams. for mobile patrolling. with legal cases government offi- As per the government records, There are 18 P-Way units in These bicycles can run at a maximum as office of cers dealing with close to 50,000 students from the Khurda Road Division of which speed of 15 kmph. It weighs just around Advocate their respective state are likely to appear for NEET eight units i.e Brahmapur, Sompeta, 30 kg and can easily be lifted, assembled General is fac- The Law department has subject are not in- while around 40,000 students would Khurda Road, Goraknath, Cuttack, and dismantled by a person ing difficulties asked all the departments stantly available to appear for the JEE (Mains) this Bhadrak, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road in getting infor- provide informa- year. and Dhenkanal units have prepared very helpful for patrolling. mation in view to appoint nodal offices tion as and when Basudev Bhatt chairman of these rail bicycles. These bicycles can run at a max- of Covid-19 re- who will facilitate required by the of- OPF said due to the growing cases The safety of tracks is primarily imum speed of 15 kmph. It weighs strictions. availability of instruction fice of advocate of COVID-19, “We have received so inspected and attended to by track just around 30 kg and can easily The Law de- general (AG) to many grievances from students men round the clock irrespective of Trackmen with rail bicycle OP PHOTO be lifted, assembled and disman- partment has as and when required by comply the order of NEET and JEE aspirants who all odds. Their movement was also tled by a person. asked all the the office of advocate of Orissa High found it unsafe to take part in the insecure and by walk only. Now, has also become faster. After a heavy shower, bridge ap- Due to the ongoing COVID-19 departments to Court, official NEET 2020 and JEE 2020 exami- with the invention of the bicycle The rail bicycle will help the rail- proach locations and other vul- pandemic, some of the sections over appoint nodal general sources said. nation which is to be held which is capable of running on the way workers in all seasons. During nerable locations can be easily in- the division are currently closed offices who This move will September 13 and September 2, a tracks at an average speed of 10 km monsoon, sometimes the situation spected by the staff in a short span for the traffic. In these sections, rail will facilitate availability of help the AG office to present gov- month which is expected to witness per hour, not only the movement becomes very difficult, causing un- of time with rail bicycle. In emer- bicycle can be used for patrolling,

instruction as and when re- ernment’s stand in the HC on time. a spike in corona cases.” of trackman has become easier, it wanted detention of train services. gency situations, the bicycle will be ensuring safety and security.

k y m c P5 WEDNESDAY | AUGUST 26 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR state STIR FOR WATER Jharsuguda rolls

Two years on, where is out plasma therapy

k y m for COVID patients c Chandikhole oil refinery Jharsuguda district The Dharmasala tehsil holding a public hearing for lease of black stone Collector Saroj Kumar Samal Tuesday quarries has further raised doubts on the fate of the oil refinery project inaugurated the plasma

POST NEWS NETWORK reviewed the land identified for therapy ward at Jharsuguda the project. However, works on the COVID-19 hospital Jajpur, August 25: Even as two project is yet to make any progress years have passed since the Centre as the state government is yet to han- POST NEWS NETWORK gave its approval for establishment dover the identified land. of an oil refinery at Chandikhole Following the Cabinet approval, Berhampur, August 25: Battling in this district, the fate of the proj- the state chief secretary in his let- a steady rise in COVID-19 cases, ect lies in uncertainty due to delay ter-00063-CSPG/ March 20, 2018 di- Jharsuguda district administration in land acquisition, a report said. rected to close down all the stone Tuesday launched convalescent The project to be established by quarries in and around the project plasma therapy to treat coron- Union Petroleum Ministry at REPRESENTATIVE PIC site. Later, the Dharmasala tehsil- avirus infected patients. Dankari under Dharmasala tehsil he project to be established dar in a letter-1186, dated- April 12, Jharsuguda district Collector will be the fourth and largest oil re- Tby Union Petroleum Ministry 2018 urged the Jajpur SP to close Saroj Kumar Samal Tuesday in- finery in the country. The Union at Dankari will be the fourth and down all the stone quarries at augurated the plasma therapy Cabinet gave its sanction to the the largest oil refinery in the Dankari. ward at Jharsuguda COVID-19 project June 27, 2018. The refinery country Sources said the Dharmasala hospital. of 3.7 million metric tonne (MMT) tehsildar clamped prohibitory or- Samal has directed the officials he Union Cabinet gave capacity will provide petroleum ders Section-144 in the area after a to gather details including blood Tits sanction to the project products at times of emergency. June 27, 2018 case was filed in NGT alleging black group of recovered persons in Meanwhile, the fate of the proj- stone extractions worth several People of Buguda NAC in Ganjam block a road by lining up pitchers and buckets, demanding water supply their respective areas and ap- ect was further pushed into uncer- crore in the area without having en- through tankers OP PHOTO proach them to donate plasma. tainty after a public hearing on leas- remaining in operation in the area. vironmental clearance. The therapy involves separa- ing of 36 black stone quarries on Locals alleged that the estab- Later, the NGT directed the state tion of antibodies from a person Dankari, Rahadpur, Barada and lishment of the proposed oil re- government to deposit a penalty cured of the disease and its sub- Baramana hills was held at Mahisara finery is impossible if lease rights of `25 crore holding it responsible sequent infusion into the vein of panchayat office, Tuesday. The stone were given for stone quarries as for the illegal stone mining on 3 arrested for killing stray dog the COVID-19 patient. quarries will be spread over 347.96 the latter will blast explosives to ex- Dankari hill. The district admin- The procedure requires volun- acre of land on the above hills. tract stones from the quarries which istration has filed a petition against The accused have been identified as Tutu Gouda, Sana Gouda and Sunil Gouda teers who have recovered from Sources said the public hearing will endanger the oil refinery. the order in the Supreme Court. COVID-19 and are above the age of received support from few people. Moreover, people have questioned This apart, a case regarding a de- POST NEWS NETWORK which resulted in its death on the 18. They can donate plasma, the yel- Social activists Sarbeswar Behura, the wisdom behind holding the mand notice of `59 crore is still spot. A video of the cruel act sur- lowish liquid component of the Satish Biswal and Sabitri Sahu, public hearing during Covid times pending the Chandikhole tehsil Paralakhemundi, August 25: faced on social media and went blood between the first and fourth president of Nari Jagaran Samiti when cases regarding extraction of court. Gajapati police Tuesday arrested viral. In the video, one of the accused months after recovery. have opposed the project. Behura black stones from the Dankari hill When contacted, Pramod Kumar three persons for allegedly killing was seen beating the dog to death Notably, with 15 fresh cases de- said he has filed a petition in the high beyond the lease rights is pending Behera, regional officer, State a stray dog at Batagouda Sahi area with a rod. After that police filed a tected in the district Tuesday, the court against the public hearing in Supreme Court, Orissa High Pollution Control Board said the in this district. suo motu case against the three total number of COVID-19 cases which he claimed to be sponsored. Court and the National Green public hearing was held on the The accused have been identi- and arrested them. reached 846 in the district. Out of Earlier, Behura had filed cases in Tribunal (NGT). basis of government order. fied as Tutu Gouda, Sana Gouda and the three accused men. It may be recalled here that a the total patients, 307 patients are high court and the NGT alleging the Notably, two years back, a team However, the subsequent order of Sunil Gouda. According to a source, the three woman was also booked under var- undergoing treatment at COVID- state government has not provided led by the CEO Ajay Dasra of Indian government will be carried out Police have arrested all the three accused killed the street dog for ious sections of the IPC for beating 19 hospitals while 538 COVID-19 pa- 400 acre of land as asked by the Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) visited once works on the oil refinery proj- under Sections 429 and 34 of the IPC some unknown reason. a pregnant stray dog to death in tients have recovered from the Union government with quarries the project site on Dankari hill and ect starts, he added. after filing a suo motu case against The trio beat the dog with a stick Bhubaneswar in April 2020. disease in this district. How Sundargarh’s Khadias celebrate Nuakhai fest ICDS goes awry in Binika

POST NEWS NETWORK with traditional rice beer or handia to required for pooja. Meanwhile, the the ancestors. men or Dhangadas march off to their Sundargarh, August 25: In certain The Khadia tribals reside in Kadomal farmlands and offer the first prayer to as 30 kids ‘malnourished’ pockets of Sundargarh, Nuakhai fes- village under Lefripada block of Mother Earth and come back home tival is being celebrated with religious Sundargarh district. Even though they with new produce or nabanna. BINIKA AREA HAS NO NUTRITION NOURISHMENT CENTRE fervour, but without fanfare amid have gotten access to modernity, the vil- Once they are back, the head of the Covid restrictions. lagers have retained their traditional family offers prayers and new paddy POST NEWS NETWORK Tribals of Khadia residing in var- values. to the deceased ancestors. Then, ious parts of Sundargarh do celebrate The day of Nuakhai starts with chicken is offered. Taking modernity Binika, August 25: The with equal gusto but their mode of the same to their deceased ancestors. women or Dhangidis going into the for- in the stride, the tribals have let go of Supplementary Nutrition celebrations is a bit unique. And while several delicacies form the est to collect koorei, mahula and the ritual of sacrificing and release the Programme (SNP) under the While the rest of the populace cel- part of Nuakhai celebrations in rest bheluan leaves accompanied by tra- chicken once the rituals are com- integrated child development ebrates by offering Nabanna to the of Western Odisha, this tiny group of ditional songs. They take bath in the pleted. Next to be offered to the an- scheme (ICDS) has reportedly local presiding deity, the Khadias offer indigenous people offer chicken along village pond and ready the materials cestors is handia. gone awry in Binika and its NAC of Sonepur district as 30 children were found to be ‘mal- nourished’, a report said. Cop-sand mafia Sadly, as the Binika area has YOUTH RESCUES RARE no nutrition nourishment cen- nexus out in the tre, the SNP is far off from achieving its objective amid al- legations that many mothers EAGLE IN ANGUL DIST open in Bhadrak and kids are affected with mal- nutrition. POST NEWS NETWORK An audio tape where an IIC could The SNP is aimed at dealing orest officials say that the with malnourishment among AWC houses. Fspecies rescued is known as be heard talking to a member of the here are 258 Anganwadi Angul, August 25: A youth of the ‘Crested Serpent Eagle’ pregnant women and children. A variety of toys, game ma- Kusasingha village in Angul district sand mafia in Bhadrak goes viral, Under the SNP, the department Tcentres and 64 mini terials and maps are provided Anganwadi centres in Binika Tuesday rescued a rare species of provides eggs and sattu to preg- for intellectual development of his species is found in the the cop has been shifted and the NAC area eagle. Eagles are found at many TAndaman and Nicobar nant women and children, but kids. For lack of houses, toys of places in India. However, the rare Islands POST NEWS NETWORK many kids are found under- ver 9,200 kids are being lakhs of rupees, furniture, uten- species saved Tuesday is found weight. Otaught and covered sils and other assets lie unused only in the Andaman Not knowing what to Bhadrak, August 25: An audio tape featur- It has allegedly failed to under the ICDS here either at the houses of and Nicobar Islands. do, Abani informed ing talks of an IIC with a sand mafia has gone achieve its objective in Binika Anganwadi workers or at the Sources said about the eagle to viral in Bhadrak. Taking serious note of the for lack of proper monitoring n case of malnutrition, the houses of their assistants. the bird entered the local snake matter, the SP has shifted the cop from and sincerity of officials con- Imalnourished kids are The building of the Abani Rout’s helpline mem- Bhandaripokhari police station. cerned. entitled to get treatment at Bankighirdhing Singhtikira house, appre- bers Aditya According to reports, the voice in the audio According to a report, there nutrition nourishment AWC has been completed. Bit hensively, Behera and tape was similar to that of Bhandaripokhari are 258 Anganwadi centres and centres. Binika is deprived doors and windows were not thinking that Sanjay Behera. IIC Sanatan Sahu. 64 mini Anganwadi centres in of such centres fixed as yet. Kids have to go to other birds in They in turn It was learnt that Binika and the NAC area. Over another AWC, two km from the vicinity passed on the in- he was talking to 9,200 kids are being taught and into six sectors for execution of their village. would harm him. formation to forest a sand mafia who covered under the ICDS. ICDS. Six supervisors are mon- The Babupalli mini AWC is “The eagle was in department officials. The rescued eagle had been illegally Despite all this, about 30 kids itoring the programme in each run on a verandah in a miser- great danger. It looked like The officials arrived at lifting sand from in Binika area are affected by sector. They are supposed to able condition. Locals alleged the bird was about to fall from the Abani’s house and treated the bird. preys on snakes and small reptiles. Baitarani riverbed. malnutrition. In case of mal- look into problems of AWCs that no step is being taken to sort window on which it had perched. After a while when the condition of They said the eagle is about one-and- An investigation had confirmed the talks nutrition, the malnourished and monitor proper execution out the shortcomings affecting I caught it and gave the bird some the eagle improved, it was released. half-feet in height weighing ap- of the cops with the sand mafia. The IIC was kids are entitled to get treat- of SNP. the functioning of the AWCs. water to drink,” informed Abani. Forest officials stated that species proximately two kilograms. They transferred to the office of the district po- ment at nutrition nourishment It was alleged that supervi- As for malnutrition of the He however, was aware that the rescued by Abani is known as the assumed that the eagle is approx- lice. SP, Rajesh Pandit said that further in- centres. Binika is deprived of sors are overlooking the prob- kids, CDPO Subasini Haripal eagle was in poor shape. ‘Crested Serpent Eagle’. It usually imately four years old. vestigation into the matter is on. such centres. lems of the AWCs. said that the guardians of the Such centres function at Besides, most AWCs do not malnourished kids were asked Ullunda and Sonepur. As these have their houses. There are to take their kids to Sonepur or places are far off from Binika, 43 AWCs in Binika NAC, but Ullunda nutrition resource cen- guardians are reluctant to take only 10 of them have their own tres, but they are unwilling to Why these Keonjhar villagers revere bats their malnourished children houses. Funds have been pro- take them there. there. vided for AWC houses at She also alleged that some The ICDS is also plagued by Batrapada, Mishrapalli, guardians are not feeding nu- THE VILLAGE OFFERS A VIEW OF HUNDREDS OF BATS HANGING UPSIDE DOWN FROM THE BRANCHES its shortcomings. It is alleged Nuapada and Dabhala-2 in 2017- tritious dry foods to their kids. OF AN OLD SPRAWLING BANYAN TREE NEAR THE VILLAGE SHRINE that many Anganwadi centres 18. However, funds were left However, she asserted that all do not have electricity. unused as the administration Anganwadi workers are per- POST NEWS NETWORK even poachers from nearby villages Binika block was divided has not yet earmarked places for forming their duties rightly. know better than to cause any harms Keonjhar, August 25: Despite bats to the bats, let alone poaching them. earning notoriety for COVID-19, these According to local resident mammals are being taken care of at Ramchandra Behera, the villagers Taramakant village under Bansapal have a deep belief that if their village block in Keonjhar district. has not been affected by any natural The village offers an unusual view calamities as yet it is only due to the of hundreds of bats hanging upside village’s presiding deity. “She is pro- down from the branches of an ancient tecting us and the bats,” he added. huge banyan tree near the village “Whatever may be the reason, the shrine. bats have found a safer place. Their pop- The village’s presiding deity is ulation is also increasing. The vil- ‘Kandeibira’ and she is worshipped lagers are to be lauded for their ef-

at the shrine. The tree provides a nat- forts. If the forest department identified

k y m c ural canopy to the place. such areas where a kind of faith is According to some elderly villagers, associated with birds and animals these winged mammals have made even believed that they are parts of the ence towards these mammals, the vil- and take initiative to protect them, it the tree their house for many years. “We deity. So, we never ever think of caus- lage is well known as a protected place would make a difference in conserv- believe that these bats are closely as- ing any harm to them,” they observed. for bats in the locality. The village is ing them,” observed honorary animal sociated with our presiding deity. It is For the villagers’ love and rever- so famous for this strong reason that conservator Harekrushna Mohanta. P6 WEDNESDAY | AUGUST 26 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR power post

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either Joe Biden nor Kamala Harris was my first choice among the Denials and Dawood N contenders for the Democratic presidential nomi- hen it comes to a mention about underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, nation in the United States. But, Pakistan, that harboured him for nearly 20 years, has famously when Biden, by then the party’s pre- W and always been in a state of denial. India too, in a different man- sumptive nominee, announced ner, is in a state of denial about his actual whereabouts. So much so, when earlier this month that Senator everyone knew where exactly Dawood was holed up for many years, India Harris would be his vice-presi- kept looking for ‘proof ’ to assert its right to seek his extradition. One of the dential running mate, it felt like a promises of the first Modi government, at its very outset, was to get Dawood breath of fresh air. back to India and make him face trial for his heinous crimes. Successive gov- Speakers at the recently con- ernments slept over the matter. Feelings are rife that the leaderships wanted cluded Democratic National to avoid strong actions or calling a spade a spade. Convention – including some A new frenzy about Dawood is evident in Indian media after Pakistan added Republicans like former Ohio his name this past week to a list of banned terrorists and uploaded this on Governor John Kasich – stressed the website of Pakistan’s ministry of foreign affairs. Word also spread that the importance of decency and this was another of Pakistan’s deceitful acts to escape blacklisting by in- Kaushik Basu empathy in politics. And in his ternational financial funding watchdogs. The Paris-based International inspiring acceptance speech, Biden Financial Action Task Force had put Pakistan in the grey list, two years ago, emphasised the need for America stating that funding will be blocked if it failed to take action against terrorists to be “a light to the world once and their outfits in its soil. This is seen as the context in which Pakistan, IN TODAY’S again.” Listening to these words, Although much has been written about what Biden and Harris should do hard for cash, sought to create an impression it was acting against Dawood GLOBALISED I felt a rush of hope. for America, they also have a global responsibility. One of the most and imposed sanctions on him. Interestingly, the UAE had ordered seizure If Biden and Harris win in of Dawood’s assets in that emirate four years ago on several counts of law WORLD, November, they will introduce im- damaging consequences of Donald Trump's presidency has been the loss violations. WE MUST portant policy initiatives. They of America’s international stature. This has had a huge adverse impact, Dawood is believed to be the mastermind of the Mumbai blasts and en- will improve the embarrassing suing riots by way of a retaliation to the demolition of the Babri Masjid by RECOGNISE US healthcare system, which walls spawning populism and authoritarianism around the world the VHP-BJP crowd, after he reigned supreme in the underworld in the off a large section of the popula- western metropolis for many years. After his exit from India and seeking THAT ALL tion from cutting-edge medical re- 1970s, for example, it was on the is unavoidable. But we need lead- unifying force. But, a stage ar- sanctuary in Pakistan, he is known to have masterminded several lethal hits HUMAN BEINGS, search and the world’s finest health wrong side of history several times ers who can pioneer an interna- rives when it might well have a nar- on India. Many also believe he had a hand in the serial Mumbai terror at- facilities. They will try to remedy – including in prosecuting the tional mindset and help build a rowing influence [...].” tacks in November 2008, which held the city to ransom for days and killed NOT JUST ALL the worsening conditions con- Vietnam War, tacitly supporting the better future for all of humanity, That stage arrives, Nehru be- nearly 170 people. While that attack was reportedly masterminded by the Lashkar- CO-NATIONALS, fronting America’s working class, overthrow of Chilean President including the poor and dispos- lieved, because “Every people suf- e-Taiba, Dawood’s footprint was prominently noted in its planning. Dawood and restore some US efforts to Salvador Allende, and attempting sessed wherever they live. This is fer from the strange delusion that frequented Dubai from his base in Pakistan and had huge underworld and ARE BORN combat climate change. But I do not to thwart Bangladeshi independ- the big responsibility that Biden they are the elect and better than other business interests in the UAE. He openly engaged in and brokered deals EQUAL. HYPER- think they will push for the sort ence. and Harris must shoulder in seek- all others. When they become even while Indian diplomatic presence was prominent. He could travel of radical reforms that someone Fortunately, this coldly ‘realist’ ing to re-establish the global lead- strong and powerful, they try to im- around the world and yet India was helpless to rope him in. Reports are that NATIONALISM IS like Elizabeth Warren or Bernie US foreign policy slowly gave way ership from which America has re- pose themselves and their ways on Dawood is given sanctuary in Pakistan by the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Sanders would have attempted. to one with some moral compass treated under Trump. others,” but eventually “overreach indicating the top military brass was taking interest in his security. The Pakistani NOT ONLY BAD Nevertheless, there are two rea- and global concern. The president On the subject of internation- themselves, stumble, and fall.” political establishment has little say in such matters as the military calls much ECONOMICS, sons to feel hopeful. First, Biden who deserves the greatest credit for alism, Biden and Harris may wish Nehru concluded with a warn- of the shots and democracy is, even in the best of times, a sham of sorts. The and Harris are more likely to win this shift is Jimmy Carter. Although to consider the thoughts of India’s ing to his newly independent coun- Indian leadership, lacking the nerve to confront situations, often thought it BUT IS ALSO the election than more radical he was low-key and not good at first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal try. “We, in India, have to be par- fit to feign ignorance or look the other way. This became applicable in most MORALLY Democratic contenders would have politicking, Carter had the rare Nehru, who spoke more eloquently ticularly careful of this because of cases, be it about the presence of Dawood in Pakistan or of border en- been. Second, they will bolster the mettle – evident in his moving 2018 about these values than perhaps our tradition of caste and sepa- croachments and usurpation of land by the Chinese PLA off and on along WRONG institutions that previously made interview with The Late Show’s any other leader. Nehru fought ratism. We have a tendency to fall the northern regions. America strong and restore its Stephen Colbert – to be prepared for India’s independence, in which into separate groups and to forget There might be a notion of a reduction in terrorist activities across India leadership in the world. That will to lose for a moral cause. nationalism was obviously a driv- the larger unity.” and even in Kashmir because news reporting has been completely brought be crucial: although much has In today’s globalised world, we ing force. But he was mindful that I shall leave it to Biden and under control by the government. The busting of a terrorist module in been written about what Biden must recognise that all human be- we have to strive for a world in Harris to substitute the US for Delhi recently, with stocks of explosives to target key installations on and Harris should do for America, ings, not just all co-nationals, are which human identity takes prece- India, and draw the lesson they may. Independence Day is an eye opener. This and the continuing infiltrations of they also have a global responsi- born equal. Hyper-nationalism is dence over racial, religious, and na- And I will not give up hope that they trained and motivated terrorists in Kashmir Valley even after the Centre took bility. One of the most damaging not only bad economics, but is also tional identity. will affirm America’s global re- direct control of the erstwhile state means there is no guarantee to future consequences of Donald Trump’s morally wrong. I have no doubt Nehru made his position clear sponsibility and revive its lead- safety. Beirut is bleeding and the sights are before us. The presence of the presidency has been the loss of that a time will come when we re- in a remarkable 1953 letter to ership role, using it to promote likes of Dawood in Pakistan only adds to the neighbour’s mischief poten- America’s international stature. gard hyper-nationalism – the belief India’s chief ministers. “The feel- the interest of all humanity. tial. At the same time, India is faced with a larger threat from China as well. This has had a huge adverse im- that one’s compatriots are special ing of nationalism is an enlarging These are times for the leadership to act in ways as to acquit themselves pact, spawning populism and au- and more deserving than others – and widening experience for the The writer is a former Chief honourably from the given situations. A change of government every five thoritarianism around the world. the way we view racism or caste sys- individual or the nation,” he wrote. Economist of the World Bank years was a dampener. But, with the present dispensation getting full ten years To be sure, America’s record of tems as they are today. “More especially, when a country and Chief Economic Adviser at a stretch, this was hoped to be a time to settle many serious issues global engagement is not without Because we currently live in a is under foreign domination, na- to the Government of India. confronting the nation. blemish. In the 1960s and early world of nation-states, nationalism tionalism is a strengthening and @ PROJECT SYNDICATE Unfortunately, the sincerity of purpose seems to be lacking at top com- mand level. IN JEST THIS WISDOM CORNER

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. CONFUCIUS Every neighbouring state is an enemy and the enemy’s enemy is a Everything is relative, even your relatives friend. ARTHASASHTRA The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of y kids sometimes ask me You can’t be satisfied being faster others. if our family is rich or I hope Ambani considers than the middle-aged woman who MAHATMA GANDHI M poor. “It depends,” I say. himself lucky to be one of runs every morning in your neigh- “Compared to many people living bourhood, chasing the bus while bal- in the street, we are rich. Compared the 10 richest in the world, ancing a pot on her head. You need WORDSWORTH to Mukesh Ambani, we are poor.” but perhaps he goes to bed to be faster than the bus itself, My kids ask me how rich Ambani when it’s going downhill at top is. “It depends,” I say. “Compared at night unhappy that he speed. If you want to be selected for The ending –nomics to us and 99.99 per cent of the peo- isn’t yet among the top five a top medical or engineering college, ple around the world, he is ex- you had better be one of the top stu- oor old Thomas Carlyle, permanently and irretrievably burdened Melvin Durai tremely rich. Compared to Jeff dents. It’s not enough to be the Pwith having described economics as “the dismal science”. He was Bezos, founder of Amazon, he is … Balachandran, who was the brother- also comparing other people with most intelligent person in your ex- really talking about political economy, at the time a slightly different still quite rich.” in-law of my mother’s eighth still others. tended family, especially if none of beast. But whatever one’s view of economics, lexicographically WE ARE Ambani, chairman of Reliance cousin.” That’s why we love to make lists your relatives has ever heard of speaking it has been a fruitful term. These opaque musings were CREATURES OF Industries, has a net worth of more Reporter: “That doesn’t sound on the Internet and elsewhere, lists the theory of relativity. prompted by what journalists have started to call Enronomics, in than `5 lakh crore. I hope he con- very close.” such as “100 richest people in the But there are so many other areas reference to the accounting practices of the failed US corporation COMPARISON, siders himself lucky to be one of the Man: “Whether you call it close world,” “100 most influential peo- of our lives where we don't need to Enron and their implications for the Bush administration. It’s not as ten richest individuals in the world, or not is all relative. I am more ple in the world,” and “100 closest be the best. We can either be relatively popular yet as Enrongate for the same imbroglio, but shows slight signs CONSTANTLY but perhaps he goes to bed at night closely related to Kamala than 99 relatives of Kamala Harris.” good or relatively bad, depending on of fashionableness, having appeared in several US newspapers COMPARING unhappy that he isn’t yet among the per cent of Indians.” In some fields, it’s absolutely whom we compare ourselves with. recently, and having even made it across the Atlantic to a British top five. Everything is relative, of Reporter: “Does she even know necessary to compare yourselves If I want to feel relatively ugly, I can Sunday newspaper within hours. However, its chances of taking a OURSELVES WITH course, even your relatives. Just you exist?” with others. You are in direct com- compare myself to models and ac- permanent place in the language seem vanishingly small. Before we tar OTHER PEOPLE — ask the reporter who went to Man: “If you interview me, she petition with them. If you want to tors. If I want to feel relatively at- journalists too heavily with the brush of knee-jerk word invention for Chennai to interview close rela- will. I am hoping to receive an in- win Wimbledon, you had better tractive, I can visit the zoo and com- the sake of novelty, in fairness it has to be said that people have been AND ALSO tives of Kamala Harris, the vitation to her inauguration.” compare yourself to Rafael Nadal, pare myself to the chimpanzees. borrowing that ending for at least 150 years. Agronomics, for example, COMPARING Democratic nominee for vice pres- Reporter: “How happy will that Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer Of course, I know that the chimps was coined in the 1860s as a term for what is now often called ident of the United States. make you?” and players of that caliber. You are looking at me and making com- agronomy, and ergonomics was invented about 1950. The Greek original OTHER PEOPLE Thousands of people showed up Man: “Relatively happy. Happier can’t be satisfied saying to yourself, parisons of their own. of economics splits nicely in two to make -nomics, since its source was claiming to be close relatives. than all my relatives.” “I am a relatively great tennis First chimp: “Look at him. He’s oikos, house, plus nemein, to manage (so economics literally means WITH STILL Reporter: “How are you related So much of what we concern player, better than at least five bil- going bald. I have more hair on “household management”, which really brings it back to earth, or at OTHERS to Kamala Harris?” ourselves in life is relative or com- lion people in the world who have my feet than he has on his head.” least to home and hearth). But its move into the overtly political arena Excited man: “We are very closely parative. We are creatures of com- never picked up a racquet.” Second chimp: “And look how really dates from late 1969, when Nixonomics was invented as an related. Her mother was the second parison, constantly comparing our- The same is true if you want to thin his arms are! Poor guy – don’t umbrella term for the economic policies of President Richard Milhous cousin of a man named selves with other people — and win an Olympic medal in track. they put enough food in his cage?” Nixon. But the word which settled its popularity — Reaganomics — arrived in the early eighties; it was followed in the early nineties by Clintonomics. In the eighties, Britain briefly had Thatchernomics, though it was never very popular; New Zealand’s former Minister of Plight of chit fund victims Yes to euthanasia Finance, Roger Douglas, provoked Rogernomics (a rare case of a politician’s first name rather than family name being borrowed). Other Sir, The Odisha chit fund inquiry commission imbroglio has put lakhs of investors in Sir, It’s high time the government revisits the British politicians have had it applied to them in a half-hearted and deep trouble. After seven years, spending of around `7 crore from public funds, and seven issue of euthanasia. The present law needs change. short-lived way (Majornomics, Haguenomics) and Americans may etters reports, the depositors’ interests are still lost in files. Matters have now reached a dead One of my media friends is suffering from seri- remember Dolenomics from 1996. end. The state government’s tall claims of creating a corpus of `300 crore were for ous health problems. He is leading a painful life whose benefit, when the large number of victims who lost their money are yet to get jus- at his old age. The daily medical care is both ex- TOL THE EDITOR tice? Sadly, the beneficiaries of the governmental steps in this case are only officials, politi- pensive and unaffordable. The patient as also the Readers of Orissa POST cians, and errant chit fund companies. If the government was serious about helping the doctor who attends to him are convinced that the LOL are most welcome to contribute letters victims of this scam, it could have disbursed money from its corpus and avoided unnecessary disease is not curable and that death is the only (200 words), articles and spending on investigations for seven years. Now, rather, the government is sitting silent way forward. So he is seeking euthanasia. columns (between 750-1250 ` words). Contributors are over the use of the 300 crore corpus and there is no word on mitigating the grievances Thousands of patients are living a painful life requested to send their of the affected. The Commission simply did clerical sorting and there were more than this way. Many calls have been made from med- A lecture about English contact numbers and full seven lakh claims that it had not opened. Now, after a fifth extension of its period, there ical and other quarters that euthanasia be le-

negative. postal address/email ID. They may also is no further extension. The practical methods to redress such grievances are to be taken galised so as to limit human misery. This will be

k y m send in their valuable comments, opinion c linguistics professor was However, and suggestions, preferably by email, at district level by asking the offices of the ADMs to monitor and supervise disbursal helpful to patients in deep distress and pain. Alecturing to his English class there is no to: [email protected] of money to the small depositors first, meaning those who did upto `10,000 deposits. This Necessary amendment may be made in law to fa- one day. “In English,” he said, “A language wherein a double positive will speedily dispense justice to the affected people, instead of centralising the process cilitate this. double negative forms a positive. In can form a negative.” A voice from with the Commission based in Cuttack. some languages, though, such as the back of the room piped up, B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, Sudhanshu Sekhar Dhada, Russian, a double negative is still a “Yeah, right.” Bhubaneswar-751010 Janaki Ballav Dash, MAYURBHANJ BHUBANESWAR KERALA DELHI P7

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k y m c AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE navirus lockdown was ordered. cover the losses from the pandemic, Few hotels have been allowed to which has driven many hotels to Amid pandemic, Kochi, August 25: A luxury re- reopen since. bankruptcy, said the hotel boss. sort in southern India has turned Of those which are still shut- We have had zero But Surendran was hopeful that its swimming pool into a fish farm tered, not many boast a pool with revenues, so in June, the money would help cover basic to stop the business sinking amid 7.5 million litres of water, which we put around 16,000 bills so the business can keep run- luxury resort turns the economic crisis caused by the can be put to alternative use. ning until tourists return. two-month-old pearl coronavirus pandemic. “We have had zero revenues, so spot fish in the pool And the Aveda plans to keep faith Normally the 150-metre (500-feet) in June, we put around 16,000 two- with the pearl spot even when busi- JYOTISH SURENDRAN I AVEDA’SGM pool into fish farm pool at the Aveda Resort in Kerala month-old pearl spot fish in the ness resumes. state is packed with European pool,” Aveda’s general manager “We can’t continue with this tourists. Now thousands of pearl spot Jyotish Surendran told AFP. ern India and the Middle East. four tonnes of pearl spots growing farm in the pool, but we are trying The makeshift farm would not cover the losses from the fish are causing the splash. The fish, which takes about eight “We plan to harvest by November in the swimming pool could be to find alternative land where we can pandemic, which has driven many hotels to bankruptcy The complex was forced to shut months to reach full size, is a pop- and will export to the Middle East,” worth $40,000 on the market. build up this knowledge for bigger in March when a nationwide coro- ular ingredient in dishes in south- Surendran said, predicting about The makeshift farm would not projects,” he said. VECTOR CONTROL Minors most exposed to virus: Sero survey THE SURVEY SHOWED THAT 29.1 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL HAS NOW DEVELOPED ANTIBODIES AGAINST SARS COV-2

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Even if they are not going to school, they might be going out to play... or New Delhi, August 25: Minors they might have contracted it aged between 5 and 17 are most ex- through an indirect route. But it’s posed to the novel coronavirus in just a prediction and needs to be stud- Delhi, according to a serological ied.” survey conducted in the city this “It’s still very complex how peo- month. ple are getting infected. I know a cou- Conducted between August 1 and ple of families that are not step- August 7, the survey, second in the ping out but their members have still city, showed that 29.1 per cent of contracted COVID-19,” he added. the population in the national cap- Dr Gauri Aggarwal, the founder ital has now developed antibodies of Seeds of Innocence and against SARS CoV-2. Genestrings Lab, New Friends As many as 15,000 people from Colony, said, “Children might have four age groups participated in the contracted the virus from some- survey -- around 25 per cent of them one in their house who was regu- below 18, 50 per cent between 18 Among those in the 18-50 age Experts say children could be larly stepping out. The schools are and 50, and the rest aged above 50. group, 28.5 per cent people have de- contracting the infection from adults closed and there are very few peo- A prevalence rate of 34.7 per- veloped antibodies against the virus. in their family and domestic helps. ple who are organising gatherings cent was found among the partici- Indian Council of Medical Dr Mahesh Verma, the head of a where children are also present.” pants aged between 5 and 17, the sur- Research data suggests that peo- Delhi government committee tasked It is possible that they got in- PTI PHOTO vey results show. ple aged between 21 and 50 ac- with strengthening the preparedness fected while going to parks or As many as 31.2 per cent of the count for 61.31 per cent of the of hospitals to battle coronavirus, through domestic helps. There are SDMC workers fumigate a locality during the launch of a campaign against dengue, malaria and chikungunya, in New people aged above 50 have recovered COVID-19 cases recorded in India said, “It is difficult to keep chil- lots of cases where domestic helps Delhi, Tuesday. Power spray tankers, fogging machines and 3-wheelers mounted with PA system were also launched. from COVID-19, it shows. till August 21. dren and youngsters home-bound. have spread the infection, she said. Varsity teachers, Political row over fire in secretariat HC rejects plea against CBI Kerala Opposition parties allege the incident is part of a larger conspiracy at the probe into political murders students concerned behest of the CM to destroy crucial evidence related to the gold smuggling case

INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE created to destroy crucial evidences pened was that everybody rushed in the gold smuggling case. to the place, including political over online classes Thiruvananthapuram, August "The fire broke out in the proto- leaders, and seeing this I came 25: The Leader of Opposition in the col office and we are told that this down and asked them to move Kerala Assembly, Ramesh office was closed after a few peo- out," said Metha, adding, "We do Chennithala, has alleged that the ple there turned Covid positive. not have any political agenda." fire that broke out in the state This is a story being scripted. The The gold smuggling case was Secretariat Tuesday is part of a Central agencies probing the gold unearthed when PS Sarith, a for- larger conspiracy at the behest of smuggling case should look into mer employee of the UAE Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan this issue. Not long ago, the Chief Consulate here, was arrested by the to destroy crucial evidence related Minister himself was speaking Customs July 5 when he was fa- to the gold smuggling case. of a lightning that took place and cilitating smuggling of 30 kg gold The fire broke out at around 4.30 destroyed the CCTVs. All possi- in diplomatic baggage to PRESS TRUST OF INDIA state police of not handing over p.m. at the general administration ble evidences in the case are being Thiruvananthapuram from Dubai. the necessary documents needed for department (political) of the state destroyed, at a time when the Things turned murkier when Kochi, August 25: The Kerala the investigation. Secretariat. probe has reached Vijayan," said the name of Swapna Suresh, a High Court Tuesday dismissed a The CBI had mentioned the al- "The fire broke out in the GAD Surendran. former employee of the Consulate, state government plea challeng- leged non-cooperation by the crime Political section and it's under this As soon as the news of the fire and employed with the IT ing a single bench order directing branch wing of the Kerala police department that all the files per- broke out, Chief Secretary Vishwas Department, surfaced and more so, a CBI probe into the killing of two in the status report of the probe sub- taining to foreign travel and polit- Metha rushed to the spot and asked when her links with M. Sivasankar, Youth Congress workers in mitted by its investigation officer PRESS TRUST OF INDIA sity should think about funding ical clearance are kept. None should all mediapersons to leave the place, the state's most powerful official Kasaragod last year. before the Chief Judicial Magistrate and providing gadgets to students forget that the NIA has asked for all which was objected to by some by virtue of the dual posts he held A bench headed by Chief Justice Court here. New Delhi, August 25: A section and it should also release depart- the CCTV footages. This is a con- political leaders. -- Principal secretary to Vijayan and S Manikumar, however, accepted an The Congress Tuesday welcomed of students and teachers of various ment-wise data on how many stu- spiracy with the knowledge of "As soon as I came to know of the also the IT Secretary -- came to interim probe report of the state the Kerala High Court judgement. universities in the national capital dents have availed online classes. Vijayan to destroy all the evidences," fire, I came and saw a huge crowd. light. crime branch, which investigated Hailing the court order dis- Tuesday voiced their concern over Students and teachers of other said Chennithala. As Chief Secretary, I will tell you The IAS officer was subse- the case initially and directed the missing a state government plea holding online classes, fee hike universities also raised similar is- Meanwhile, state BJP President that there is nothing to hide. Only quently removed from both the CBI to conduct further inquiry. against the CBI inquiry, Kerala and lack of infrastructural sup- sues. Jawaharlal Nehru University K. Surendran said that this is a after probe the matter will I know posts before being suspended by Observing serious lapses in the Pradesh Congress Committee port in the varsities amid the Students’ Union president Aishe grave issue, alleging that the fire was the extent of damage. What hap- Vijayan. police investigation, the High Court (KPCC) chief Mullappally COVID-19 pandemic. Ghosh said the varsity adminis- last September handed over the Ramachandran said the Left “spent Delhi University is conducting tration is not concerned about case to the Central agency after lakhs of rupees to save the cul- online open book exams for final se- teaching-learning process or about dismissing the chargesheet filed prits” but the High Court has de- mester students of postgraduate and students in Kashmir who still do not by the crime branch. cided to handover the case to the cen- undergraduate courses. have access to a proper internet The single bench ordered the tral investigating agency. The move was opposed by stu- connectivity, or about flood-affected CBI probe into the case while al- “The Kerala government spent dents and teachers who were de- students or those who contracted lowing a petition filed by the par- lakhs and brought in senior advo- manding that the exams be COVID-19. “Students are being ents of the slain Youth Congress cates to stop the probe into the scrapped. The varsity has also com- pressurised to register for the next workers. Sarath Lal and Kripesh matter. This was the situation in all menced online classes for third semester at a time when the UGC were hacked to death February 17, other political cases. But this time and fifth semester students from has also said that the varsities 2019 in Kasaragod allegedly by the High Court has decided to bring August 10. During an on- must finish the current se- CPI(M) workers. In its appeal against in the CBI. We welcome it,” line briefing, Abha The mester by September 30. the single bench order, the gov- Ramachandran told the media here. Dev Habib, a Delhi varsity has gone There is no meaning of ernment had alleged that the entire “Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan University pro- ahead with the registration. The var- findings of the bench were based on tried all tricks in the book to save fessor, said decision to hold online sity administration surmises and conjunctures, and the culprits. But the High Court teachers and classes without thinking is continuously cre- not supported by any material and dismissed the state government's students have about the mental health and ating issues,” she it had not considered the material stand which was a setback for them been left out well-being of students said. She also alleged on record including the case diary. in the Periya case. What happened from the deci- students of MBA and The CBI, which re-registered to the expensive lawyers brought sion-making UNNI MAYA | STUDENT Engineering are being the case October 23, 2019 follow- from Delhi?,” Leader of Opposition OF LADY SHRI RAM COLLEGE process to hold on- charged lakhs of rupees ing the court order, had accused the Ramesh Chennithala asked. line classes. despite not having access “The decision to labs and having part-time fac- of online open book exams was ulty. “I would call it daylight robbery. taken without thinking about stu- Even the representatives from these dents. What will happen to stu- departments have been pressurised First time in 700 yrs, no ‘tazia’ processions in Delhi dents in Kashmir and those stuck to not raise their voice,” she said. in floods. The students do not have She also urged the varsity to ensure INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE the dargah. More than four 'tazias' Hindu-Muslim unity is also at dis- gadgets for online classes. The phased return of students to the decorated with flowers are play every year on Muharram. decision was taken without con- campus by following proper med- New Delhi, August 25: The car- kept here.” Mohammad Zuhaib Nizami, who sulting the statutory bodies -- the ical protocols and establishing quar- rying of 'tazias' at Muharram in On the 10th day of Muharram, is associated with Hazrat Academic and Executive Council,” antine centres inside the premises. Delhi has been undertaken since me- which marks the martyrdom of Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah, said: she alleged. Voices were also raised from dieval times but this will be the Hazrat Imam Hussain, the grand- “Many Hindu families in the vicin- Unni Maya, a student of Lady Delhi government-run Ambedkar first time for 700 years that pro- son of the Prophet at Iraq's Karbala ity have been part of the 'tazia' pro- Shri Ram College in Delhi University against online classes cessions will not be carried out, in 681 A.D, a procession with mourn- cessions for many years owing to University, said the varsity has and how the administration and said Syed Kashif Nizami, the cus- ers carrying daggers and knives their faith. A Hindu family in gone ahead with the decision to even the state government has not todian of the revered Hazrat is carried out from the dargah and Mehrauli has been doing so for hold online classes without think- heard their pleas. Nizamuddin Auliya shrine. the blood oozing out of their self- many decades.”

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of the day uote NIA names Masood Azhar, END OF FESTIVITY It (dissent in Congress) is the internal matter of the Congress and I would not like to brothers in chargesheet comment on it. I am a BJP worker and commenting on “dead end” as the five people known internal affairs of any other political to the agency earlier this year ei- party would not be appropriate ther as conspirators or executors of the attack were eliminated in var- JYOTIRADITYA SCINDIA | BJP MP ious encounters, the case threw unique challenges for the NIA as there was no solid information The face of about the perpetrators or the mas- Madhya Pradesh will termind behind the attack. change in two years “It was a blind case for us. There from now as far as were a lot of murmurs but every- world-class thing needs to be established beyond highways network is doubt in the court of law,” a senior concerned official, who is part of the probe, said here. The first challenge was to es- NITIN GADKARI | UNION MINISTER tablish the ownership of the car used by Dar, the suicide bomber. People carry an idol of the Lord Ganesha, the deity of prosperity, to immerse it off the coast of the Arabian Sea PULWAMA TERROR ATTACK There was nothing available from during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai REUTERS PHOTO Soon a WRAPPING UP THE PROBE INTO A FATAL TERROR ATTACK THAT the vehicle which carried a cocktail hackathon will LEFT 40 CRPF PERSONNEL DEAD IN SOUTH KASHMIR LAST YEAR, of explosives like Ammonium be organised THE NIA TUESDAY FILED A CHARGESHEET IN A SPECIAL COURT for students of Nitrate, Nitro Glycerine and RDX, HERE AGAINST 19 PEOPLE CONTEMPT CASE higher education the official said. institutions through THE 13,500-PAGE CHARGESHEET NAMES MASOOD AZHAR, HIS But with the help of forensic innovation in toy BROTHERS – ABDUL RAUF AND AMMAR ALVI – AND HIS NEPHEW methods and painstaking investi- technology and design, including MOHAMMED UMER FAROOQ, WHO HAD INFILTRATED INTO gations, the serial number of the car Bhushan seeks recall of his conviction online games INDIA IN 2018 that was blown into pieces beyond recognition was extracted and RAMESH POKHRIYAL | ‘NISHANK’, UNION PRESS TRUST OF INDIA – and his nephew Mohammed Umer within no time the ownership of EDUCATION MINISTER Farooq, who had infiltrated into the vehicle was established – from SC RESERVES SENTENCE Jammu, August 25: Wrapping up India in 2018 and was subsequently the first to the last owner. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has reserved its judgment on the contempt the probe into a fatal terror attack killed in one of the encounters in However, the last owner of the car of court case against activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan who was convicted SHORT TAKES that left 40 CRPF personnel dead in South Kashmir. – Sajjad Bhat (named in the in the case earlier this month. The bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra on South Kashmir last year, the According to security forces, chargesheet) of Bijbehara in Tuesday heard arguments of Attorney General KK Venugopal, who sought National Investigation Agency Farooq had entered India in late 2018 Anantnag district – had disappeared forgiveness for Bhushan. However, the bench said, "But this is not a way AFSPA extended (NIA) Tuesday filed a chargesheet using the natural caves at the hours before the February 14 at- we expect a senior lawyer to behave." advocate Dhavan reminded the in a special court here against 19 peo- Sambha sector in Jammu region tack and joined Jaish-e-Mohammed. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA bench, “When Justice Mishra was in Kolkata HC and Mamata Banerjee said in Assam again ple including Masood Azhar, the along the international border. He was subsequently killed in an the court is corrupt, Justice Bagchi wrote the judgment but Justice Mishra Guwahati: The Assam chief of banned terror group Jaish- The chargesheet says suicide encounter in June last year. New Delhi, August 25: Activist- said as her position is that of a politician, we will not punish.” government Tuesday said it e-Mohammed, for planning the sui- bomber Adil Ahmed Dar was driv- “While it was clear that the sui- lawyer Prashant Bhushan Tuesday has extended the Armed cide operation. ing the car laden with 200 kgs of ex- cide attacker was Adil Ahmed Dar urged the Supreme Court to give a ment” and tender “unconditional his lawyer said that not only this case Forces (Special Powers) Act, Leading the investigation into plosives and had prepared his last but the same had to be established “statesman like message” by re- apology” for the contemptuous be closed but even the controversy 1958 (AFSPA) in the state for the “blind case”, as seven accused video at Shakir Bashir's residence with evidence. After picking up calling the verdict convicting him tweets, concluded hearing on the has come to an end and “there six more months with effect wanted in it were killed during dif- in Pulwama on a high-tech phone human remains from various spots, for the contempt of the court for his quantum of punishment to be should be a statesman like mes- from August 28. The state ferent encounters in 2019, a team led brought by Bilal Ahmed Kuchey. they were sent for DNA profiling,” two tweets against the judiciary. awarded to the activist lawyer. sage” from the top court. has been declared a by joint director of the NIA Anil While Dar is now dead, both the official, who requested Attorney General KK Venugopal “Though Attorney General sug- “I make two suggestions. The con- “disturbed area” on account Shukla gathered evidences and Bashir and Kuchey have been ar- anonymity, said. also asked the bench headed by gested reprimand but that will be ex- victing judgement should be re- of recent insurgent attacks statements of terrorists and their rested. The explosive laden car, “The suicide attacker was iden- Justice Arun Mishra to forgive treme. Don’t make Prashant Bhushan called and no sentence should be im- on security forces in the sympathisers arrested in different which was driven by Bashir ini- tified and confirmed by matching Bhushan, who has been refusing to a martyr. Don't do it. He has not com- posed. I am making a statement on Northeast and recovery of cases in order to expose the con- tially before he handed it over to the DNA extracted from the mea- tender unconditional apology for the mitted murder or theft,” senior ad- my client's behalf,” Dhavan said. illegal arms and ammunition spiracy hatched for executing the Dar, was rammed into a bus car- gre car fragments with that of the tweets. He said Bhushan should vocate Rajeev Dhavan, appearing for Referring to Bhushan's statements from different areas of “withdraw all statements and ex- Assam, an official statement audacious attack on the para-mil- rying CRPF personnel from DNA of his father,” he said. Bhushan, submitted before the bench, and his refusal to apologise, the bench said. Many civil society itary convoy, officials said. Jammu to Srinagar at Lethpora in The role of other conspirators press regret”. also comprising Justices BR Gavai asked Venugopal that mistakes were groups and activists have The 13,500-page chargesheet Pulwama district of South came to light but all of them were The bench, which August 20 had and Krishna Murari. committed by all but they needed to been demanding the names Masood Azhar, his broth- Kashmir February 14, 2019. From killed in different encounters with granted time till Monday to Bhushan Referring to the supplementary be accepted and said that here withdrawal of the draconian ers – Abdul Rauf and Ammar Alvi virtually a case that reached a security forces. to reconsider his “defiant state- statement tendered by Bhushan, Bhushan was not willing to accept that. law from the state. Maha bldg collapse toll Monsoon session 80-yr-old woman Congress ‘dissenters’ miffed as likely from Sept 14 beaten to death reaches 10, many missing Kota (Rajasthan): An 80- to Oct 1; 18 sittings year-old woman was beaten PRESS TRUST OF INDIA content of letter not discussed to death by her 20-year-old PRESS TRUST OF INDIA grandson allegedly after she Mumbai, August 25: Rescuers sift- demanded Rs 20,000 he had The Congress is likely to appoint a panel of senior leaders to assist borrowed from her, police ing through the rubble of a five- New Delhi, August 25: The said. Jhamoribai Meena, a storied building in Maharashtra’s interim chief Sonia Gandhi till she is at the helm of affairs Cabinet Committee on resident of Umerthuna Raigad district Tuesday found a Parliamentary Affairs has rec- village under Bundi Sadar four-year-old boy alive and his INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE During the CWC, some leaders Tewari, Shashi Tharoor, Mukul ommended that the Monsoon police station, was beaten mother dead beneath the debris, asked the letter signatories why Wasnik, Anand Sharma and Kapil Session of Parliament be held black and blue with a stick by police said. New Delhi, August 25: A day after the questions were not raised in Sibal reached Azad’s residence from September 14 to October 1, Deepak Meena late Sunday Death toll in the collapse reached the tumultuous Congress Working the internal party meetings; the Monday evening and met for more sources said Tuesday. night, Bundi Sadar Police 10 with recovery of nine bodies Committee (CWC) meeting, the dis- signatories replied that there were than an hour, but it was not clear According to them, there will be Station Circle Inspector from the rubble Tuesday, senters are miffed because in the din no meetings held. On this reply, what transpired there. 18 sittings and the dates will be no- Shauqat Ali said. She was police said. the contents of the letter were not the general secretary (Organisation) In the Congress Working tified later in the day. rushed to the Bundi district A man died of cardiac arrest on discussed at all. gave a detailed list of meetings Committee meeting, Sharma, Azad Hectic preparations are un- government hospital Monday Monday night after he was hit by As tables ‘turned’ on the dis- which took place during the year. and Wasnik were cornered by derway for the Monsoon Session morning where she a stone from the falling building, The combo image shows NDRF senters over the so called “letter The content of the letter was not Gandhi loyalists, with even former with several first-time measures succumbed to her injuries, police said. personnel rescuing a 4-year old boy bomb” Monday during the CWC, the discussed in the meeting except Union minister Ambika Soni tar- such as staggered sitting of Lok he added. The dead - five men and five who was trapped under the debris at majority of the members focussed the paras referred by Sonia Gandhi geting Azad, and demanded action, Sabha and Rajya Sabha and use of women - include two teenagers, po- the building collapse site in Malad, on the timing of the letter con- in her statement which was read by saying 'that he has not been with- both chambers and galleries to lice said. Raigad PTI PHOTO necting it with the loyalty factor. KC Venugopal at the onset of the out power for decades, so what accommodate members while fol- Cop arrested for So far eight persons have been And, in all this, the contents of the Monday meeting. problem does he have now', lowing physical distancing norms, rescued, while around 10 persons against builder Farooq Kazi, RCC letter were not discussed in the While the signatories maintained sources said. officials had said. ‘raping’ colleague are still missing after the Tareq consultant Bahubali Dhamne, and seven-hour long meeting as the that the matter ended after it was The dissenters, meanwhile, main- According to the Rajya Sabha Ramgarh: A police Garden building in Mahad town, architect Gaurav Shah under sec- four signatories, who were part of taken up by the Congress working tained that the letter was not against Secretariat, members of the Upper constable was arrested in around 170 km from Mumbai, tions 304, 304A and 338 of the IPC, the CWC meeting, were cornered by committee meeting, but after the the Gandhis but for reforms within House will be seated in both cham- Jharkhand’s Ramgarh came down like a pack of cards the official said. the loyalists. meeting Monday the signatories party, and it was not to question bers and galleries during the ses- district Tuesday for Monday evening, an official said. Thane guardian minister In the dramatic events which assembled at Ghulam Nabi Azad’s the leadership of Gandhis. But sion. This is the first time in the allegedly raping his Police Tuesday registered an Eknath Shinde reached Mahad unfolded Monday the dissenters residence to discuss future strategy. some of the signatories are saying history of Indian Parliament that colleague, officials said. The offence against five persons, in- Tuesday following instructions thought that the contents of the This has not been disclosed, but that the letter should not have been such an arrangement will be in woman police officer of sub- cluding the builder and architect from Chief Minister Uddhav letter would be discussed in detail. sources say that discontent is not leaked to media. They say that there place, with 60 members seated in inspector rank alleged that of Tareq Garden in connection Thackeray, to oversee rescue and This did not happen as the delib- yet over and they are waiting for a was only one copy of the letter, the chamber and 51 in the gal- she was raped repeatedly by with collapse, the official said. relief work, sources close to eration went on the timing and moment and timing again. thus casting aspersions on the other leries of Rajya Sabha and the re- the 28-year-old constable The offence was registered him said. purpose of such a letter. Former Union ministers Manish side for leaking the letter. maining 132 in the chamber. who promised her marriage, they said. Both of them were posted at the Mandu police station, Superintendent of Police Prabhat Kumar said. Kashmir group calls India’s Internet ban ‘digital apartheid’ The constable later declined to marry the woman officer and got married somewhere ASSOCIATED PRESS The move, which set off wide- with India, foster greater economic said India leads the world in or- else, he said. spread anger, was accompanied development and stop threats from dering Internet shutdowns and Srinagar, August 25: A promi- by a security clampdown and com- “anti-national elements” and Kashmir “accounts for more than nent rights group in Indian-ad- munications blackout in the re- Pakistan. Many Kashmiris, how- two-thirds of shutdowns ordered ministered Kashmir Tuesday de- gion that left hundreds of thou- ever, view the move as the begin- in the country.” No change in scribed a communications blackout sands jobless, impaired the already ning of settler colonialism aimed The Jammu-Kashmir Coalition Pranab’s health imposed by India following its feeble healthcare system and paused at engineering a demographic change of Civil Society said its report was scrapping of the disputed region’s the school and college education of in India’s only Muslim-majority re- based on field work, government New Delhi: There was no semi-autonomy last year “collective millions. gion, a development that could in- documents, court files and media change in the health punishment” and urged the in- “The multi-faceted and targeted crease the possibility of heightened reports. It describes the conse- condition of former President ternational community to ques- denial of digital rights is a sys- conflict. quences of the longest ever lock- Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday tion New Delhi over what it called temic form of discrimination, dig- Although some of the commu- down in the region’s turbulent his- and he continues to be on “digital apartheid.” ventilator support, the ital repression and collective pun- nications restrictions have been tory and its severe impact on

hospital treating him said. In a report, the Jammu-Kashmir ishment of the region’s residents, Digital and printed reports released by the Jammu-Kashmir Coalition of Civil removed and the internet has been livelihoods, education, health and y Doctors attending to the 84- Coalition of Civil Society described particularly in light of India’s long Society are seen inside their office in Srinagar AP PHOTO restored over fixed lines, mobile in- media freedoms.

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of the day uote UP SCRIBE’S MURDER POLICE OFFICER In Tamil Nadu, More than 60K COVID cases for 7th straight day the DMK has SUSPENDED, been a THERE ARE 7,04,348 ACTIVE nCoV CASES IN THE COUNTRY COMPRISING 22.24 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL CASELOAD sheltering ground SIX ARRESTED for people not working in the AGENCIES Nicobar Islands have registered interest of the two fatalities each. Death toll over 58K PRESS TRUST OF INDIA nation. You should see to it that we New Delhi, August 25: With 60,975 Of the total 58,390 deaths, NEW DELHI: The death toll due to give a befitting reply to the people people testing positive for coron- Maharashtra has reported the max- COVID-19 climbed to 58,390 with 848 Ballia (UP), August 25: A police who are working against the avirus infection in a day, India’s imum at 22,465 followed by 6,614 in more fatalities, said the Health officer was suspended in con- interest of the nation COVID-19 tally rose to 31,67,323, Tamil Nadu, 4,810 in Karnataka, Ministry. In India though with fatality nection with the murder of a while recoveries surged to 24,04,585 4,313 in Delhi, 3,368 in Andhra journalist working with a Hindi JP NADDA | BJP PRESIDENT rate, which is the proportion of peo- pushing the recovery rate to 75.92 Pradesh, 2,987 in Uttar Pradesh, 2,908 ple who die from the disease among news channel here while six ac- per cent, according to the Union in Gujarat, 2,851 in West Bengal individuals diagnosed, has dropped cused have been arrested so far The CM has Health Ministry data. and 1,246 in Madhya Pradesh. to 1.84 per cent, the ministry said. It in the case, police said Tuesday. called me a The death toll climbed to 58,390 So far, 1,129 people have died of is still around 57,000 less deaths than On the complaint lodged by ‘namuna’ with 848 fatalities being reported in COVID-19 in Punjab, 967 in Brazil and 1,19,000 less than in the US. the father of journalist Ratan (sample). Does a span of 24-hours, the data up- Rajasthan, 770 in Telangana, 624 Singh (45) against 10 people, asking questions dated at 8 am showed. in Jammu and Kashmir, 613 in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman six accused – Sushil Singh, regarding the law The COVID-19 case fatality rate Haryana, 514 in Bihar, 419 in Odisha, and Diu two. The Health Ministry Dinesh Singh, Arvind Singh, and order and has declined to 1.84 per cent. There 330 in Jharkhand, 252 in Assam, stressed that more than 70 per cent Suneel Singh, Vir Bahadur continuous atrocities (against are 7,04,348 active cases of coron- samples being tested on Monday. Rajasthan and 11 from Kerala. 234 in Kerala and 207 in Uttarakhand. of the deaths occurred due to co- Singh and Vinay Singh have people) make me a ‘namuna’ avirus infection in the country Of the 848 fresh deaths, 212 are Ten fatalities have been reported Chhattisgarh has registered 206 morbidities. been arrested so far, Additional SANJAY SINGH | AAM ADMI PARTY MP which comprises 22.24 per cent of from Maharashtra, 127 from each from Assam, Haryana and deaths, Puducherry 164, Goa 148, “Our figures are being recon- Superintendent of Police (ASP) the total caseload, the data stated. Karnataka, 97 from Tamil Nadu, Odisha, nine each from Chhattisgarh Tripura 78, Chandigarh 37, ciled with the Indian Council of Sanjay Yadav said. India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed 86 from Andhra Pradesh, 61 from and Telangana, seven each from Andaman and Nicobar Islands 35, Medical Research,” the ministry Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath There is no the 20-lakh mark August 7. Uttar Pradesh, 57 from West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh 29, Ladakh 23, said on its website, adding that has announced an ex-gratia of clemency for According to the ICMR, a cumulative 43 from Punjab, 18 from Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, five from Puducherry Manipur 22, Nagaland nine, state-wise distribution of figures is `10 lakh to the family of the de- (former Akali total of 3,68,27,520 samples have been 17 from Madhya Pradesh, 13 each and Tripura, four from Goa, three Meghalaya eight, Arunachal subject to further verification and ceased and offered condolences. minister) Sucha Singh Langah and tested up to August 24 with 9,25,383 from Delhi and Gujarat, 12 from from Bihar, while Andaman and Pradesh five, Sikkim three and reconciliation. An official spokesperson in people of Sikh Lucknow said the Chief Minister community would has directed officials to ensure continue social boycott with him PNB FRAUD CASE strict action against the accused. SWOLLEN RIVER Ratan Singh was shot dead GIANI HARPREET SINGH | AKALTAKHT JATHEDAR Monday night in Phephana Police Station area. The police station Global arrest warrant in-charge of Phephna, Shashi Mauli Pandey, has been suspended SHORT TAKES and efforts are on to nab the re- maining accused, the ASP said. against Ami Modi The ASP said that the jour- Kanpur financier PRESS TRUST OF INDIA nalist's father, Vinod Singh, al- leged that Sonu Singh of the same hacked to death New Delhi, August 25: An Interpol village had called his son at Kanpur: The owner of a global arrest warrant has been is- around 8 pm and invited him to finance company in Uttar sued against Ami Modi, wife of his house where the accused were Pradesh was hacked to death Nirav Modi, prime accused in the waiting with lathis and a revolver in his Kanpur office. The over $2 billion PNB bank fraud and they killed Ratan Singh. incident was reported from case, on charges of money laun- Meanwhile, the Ballia Working Govind Nagar area late dering, officials said Tuesday. Journalist Union has demanded Monday. The deceased was They said the ‘red notice’ has an ex-gratia of `1 crore and a identified as Jai Gopal Puri. been issued by the global police government job for the wife of SP South, Deepak Bhukar, body on the request of the uncle Mehul Choksi and others the deceased. said that Puri and a female Enforcement Directorate (ED). under the Prevention of Money Additional Director General staff were sitting inside his Once such a notice is issued against Laundering Act (PMLA). Nirav of Police (Law and Order) office, when a group of a fugitive, the Interpol asks its 192- Modi (49), is currently lodged in a Prashant Kumar had stated unidentified men, armed with member countries to arrest or de- UK jail after being arrested in Monday night that Ratan Singh sharp-edged weapons barged tain the person if spotted in their London in March, 2019 and is cur- had a property dispute with his in and attacked him till he fell unconscious and slumped on countries after which extradition or rently fighting extradition to India. neighbour and after a fight be- the floor. The female staff, deportation proceedings can begin. He has been declared a fugitive tween the two, he was shot at. thereafter, raised alarm and Ami Modi is stated to have left coun- economic offender by a Mumbai “Accused Dinesh Singh is alerted people nearby, who try soon after the alleged bank fraud court early this year and the court parcener (pattidar) of Ratan informed the police. case came into light in 2018. had also ordered confiscation of Singh. The reason of the fight, The ED has charged Ami Modi his assets. which led to murder of the jour- for conspiring and money laun- The ED has already confiscated nalist, is old enmity and prop- Two boys found dering with her husband and jew- about `329 crore of his linked prop- erty dispute with the neighbour,” eller Nirav Modi apart from his erties. A view of flooded Ganga ghats following heavy rainfall in Varanasi, Tuesday PTI PHOTO the senior police officer said. hanging from tree Etawah: Bodies of two boys were found hanging from a tree in a village under Usrahar police circle in Uttar Intel alert over outlawed Only first wife of man entitled Pradesh's Etawah district, police said Tuesday. According to police, the boys had gone out to purchase to lay claim on his money: HC 'samosa' on a bicycle on SFJ’s call for ‘Punjab bandh’ Sunday evening and did not PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Jyoti Chavan told the bench that return home. They were INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Committee (SGPC) appointed the state would deposit the com- identified as Akash, 16, and Jathedar of Akal Takht, Giani Mumbai, August 25: The pensation amount in the court for Ankul ,15, of Mahua Patiyat New Delhi, August 25: Intelligence Gurbachan Singh in 2012 had de- Bombay High Court Tuesday the time that HC takes to decide village. While Akash was a agencies have issued an alert after clared Beant Singh's assassin Dilawar said as per law, if a man has two who is entitled to the amount. student of intermediate, information was received that se- Singh as a “Qaumi Shaheed”. wives and both lay claim to his Chavan also informed the court Ankul was a high school cessionist group Sikhs For Justice “SFJ is humbled to offer this money, only the first wife would about the judgement of the student. (SFJ) has given a call for a ‘Punjab seva to Sikhs in Punjab who wish be entitled for it but his children Aurangabad bench. bandh’ at the end of this month. to attend Ardas at Akal Takht from both marriages would get The court then said, “The law The pro-Khalistan group, which to assassinate Beant Singh. August 31,” said the call. the money. As the state government’s res- says that the second wife might Paswan admitted was declared an “unlawful associ- In its bandh call, the SFJ has of- Citing an Amnesty International A bench of Justices SJ olution promises a compensation not get anything. But the daugh- ation” by the Ministry of Home fered reimbursement of travel ex- report on the situation in Punjab dur- Kathawalla and Madhav Jamdar of `65 lakh to police personnel ter from the second wife, and the in hosp, stable Affairs in July last year, in a recent penses for return trip to Amritsar ing 1992-95, Pannun stated that "Bhai made the above observation orally who die of COVID-19 while on first wife and the daughter from New Delhi: Union Minister of message called for a “Punjab Bandh” to Sikhs who will attend Ardas at Shaheed Dilawar Singh indeed put after the state government sub- duty, two women, both claiming to the first marriage will be entitled Consumer Affairs, Food and August 31 to commemorate the 25th Akal Takht August 31. a halt to the genocide of Sikhs under mitted that there existed a pre- be Hatankar’s wives, had laid a to the money.” Public Distribution Ram Vilas death anniversary of Dilawar Singh A high alert has been issued and Beant’s rule. We urge people of vious full bench judgement of claim to the compensation amount. Hatankar’s first wife Shubhada Paswan, who is hospitalised – the assassin of former Punjab Punjab Police has been asked to Punjab to shut down all businesses the high court’s Aurangabad Later, Shraddha, Hatankar’s and the couple’s daughter Surbhi, due to heart and kidney Chief Minister Beant Singh. make foolproof arrangements to except essential services such as bench that gave a similar direc- daughter from his second wife, ap- who were present before the court problems, is said to be Congress leader Beant Singh, avoid any untoward incident in the clinics and pharmacies August 31 tion. The bench led by Justice proached the Bombay High Court, through video-conferencing, stable. Sources said that he who was the Chief Minister of state, as SFJ's main promoter in respect of Quami Shaheed Kathawalla was hearing a petition seeking that she be given a pro- claimed they were not aware that may be discharged from the Punjab from 1992 to 1995, and 16 Gurpatwant Pannun, a New York- Dilawar Singh,” added Pannun. filed by the second wife of Suresh portionate share of the com- Hatankar had “another family”. hospital on Tuesday after others were killed in a car bombing based attorney who practices as a Citing the 1995 report by Amnesty Hatankar, an assistant sub-in- pensation amount to save her However, Shraddha’s counsel routine check-up. Paswan outside the Civil Secretariat in lawyer for asylum seekers in the US, International on the situation in spector in the Maharashtra and her mother from “starva- Prerak Sharma told the court has been admitted to Fortis Chandigarh on August 31, 1995. called for the ‘bandh’. Punjab, Pannun said “grave human Railway Police Force who died of tion” and homelessness. that Surbhi and Shubhada knew Escort Hospital in Delhi since Dilawar Singh, a Punjab Police of- Pannun, in the call, mentioned that rights violations have been perpe- COVID-19 May 30. On Tuesday, state’s counsel about Hatankar’s two marriages. Sunday. Sources said that ficer, had acted as a suicide bomber Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak trated in Punjab by the police.” Paswan went to the hospital for routine checkup, is interacting with his personal staff over phone. How Dalai Lama traced teacher Khunu Lama in India!

Four killed in J&K PRESS TRUST OF INDIA to him. Hours later he would slide ing,” the book says. for study. He left home around the taught most eagerly and on which landslide the key back out again and knock But the Dalai Lama insisted and age of 18 so suddenly that he did- he wrote a poem of praise every day. New Delhi, August 25: Soon after quietly to be let out,” the book, they met standing up in the tiny n't stop to put on his shoes, and he He embodied ‘bodhicitta’ with all Jammu: Three members of a the Dalai Lama escaped to India in published by Penguin Random room. The Dalai Lama asked never really stopped travelling his being. It didn't matter how family were among four killed 1959, he made several efforts to lo- House, said. Khunu Lama to teach the younger from that point on. great a scholar he was, how his in separate incidents of cate his teacher Khunu Lama, who The Dalai Lama sent emissaries ‘tulkus’ (reincarnated Tibetan He made a point of learning the knowledge of Sanskrit could un- landslides following heavy was rumoured to be in the coun- to all the Buddhist pilgrimage Buddhist masters) who had ac- languages deeply - both Tibetan and lock nuances of Shantideva’s and rains in Reasi district of try at that time, and finally man- sites, to all the places where Khunu companied him into exile, and to Sanskrit - as a prerequisite to the Nagarjuna’s writing that few oth- Jammu and Kashmir, police aged to find him living incognito Lama was known to have taught, teach him personally as well. study of the religious texts, and ers could fathom, the teaching said Tuesday. Khalil Ahmad in a Shiva temple in Varanasi, and found no trace of him. Khunu Lama was not recog- gained a reputation for extraor- was never just theoretical, the (30), his wife Raksana Begum says a new book. Finally, he was accidentally dis- nised as a tulku himself. Nor was dinary scholarship. His expertise book says. (25) and their relative The Dalai Lama found it difficult covered, living incognito in a Shiva he ever initiated into a monastic in Tibetan grammar and poetics “When the Dalai Lama once Mohammad Aslam were to locate Khunu Lama as the lat- temple in the middle of Varanasi. community, in spite of the fact was famous, to the point of incit- asked Khunu Lama to pray for the killed after a landslide in ter kept a low profile and shunned “When the emissary knocked that he spent many years studying ing dangerous jealousies among na- people of Tibet, Khunu Lama was

y upper reaches of Khour in Mahore area on Monday attention and had a habit of dis- on the door of his small closet of and teaching at several different tive Tibetans. reluctant. He couldn’t possibly do

appearing whenever his reputa- a room and asked if he would meet monasteries. When the Dalai Lama asked that, he said, as it was His Holiness

k y m night, a police official said. He c said the three had gone to the tion caught up with him. with the Dalai Lama, he said no, Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen Rinpoche, He was born in the late 1800s. He Khunu Lama to teach him per- who was their leader and should area for cattle grazing and “When people came to pay their he wasn’t feeling well. India, circa 1977 came from Kinnaur, in the foot- sonally, one theme among others pray for them. He could, however, had set up their shelter near respects, he would have an assis- “His Holiness was actually wait- PHOTO COURTESY OF LAMA YESHE WISDOM ARCHIVE hills of the Himalayas, from a pros- that he specially requested was pray for Mao Zedong to experi- the mouth of a natural cave. tant place a huge padlock on the out- ing downstairs and would not be perous farming and trading fam- Khunu Lama’s dearest, most con- ence ‘bodhicitta’ and be moved to Several of their animals were side of his door as a deterrent, put off, so then Khunu Lama de- have a chair to offer his guest - an ily who were devout Buddhists stant preoccupation. change his policies toward Tibet,” also killed in the incident. and slide the key under the door murred again because he didn't old blanket was his only furnish- but opposed his desire to travel ‘Bodhicitta’ was the subject he it says. P10 MATTER OF CONCERN WEDNESDAY | AUGUST 26 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR Scientists have identified The humanitarian situation mechanisms behind the deterioration in Libya could turn into a of the immune system in response disaster if hostilities erupt to severe viral infections, an advance over the coastal city of Sirte that may lead to the development STEPHANE DUJARRIC | of novel therapeutics for international UN SECRETARY-GENERAL SPOKESPERSON

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k y m c of the AMERICA IS NOT RACIST, SAYS NIKKI HALEY day uote ‘Kim’s sister in STORM’S RAGE control of key Chinese Top Republicans business Workers’ Party unit’ houses should INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE establish their regional offices in urge Americans Pakistan Seoul, August 25: South Korean Defence Minister Jeong Kyeong- IMRAN KHAN | doo Tuesday said that North PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER to re-elect Trump Korean leader Kim Jong-un's younger sister, Kim Yo-jong, seems Mexico could to be in control of a key unit of receive a AGENCIES But President Trump is leading a Pyongyang's ruling Workers' Party. record $40 new era of opportunity,” Haley, the Asked by a lawmaker during a billion in remittances Washington, August 25: Top two-time governor of South National Assembly session if Kim in 2020, which will Republicans, including Indian- Carolina, said. Yo-jong has a substantial grip on help drive domestic American Nikki Haley, have warned Haley also sought to demonstrate the party's Organization and economic recovery Americans that Democratic pres- President Trump's leadership Guidance Department, the ANDRES MANUEL idential candidate Joe Biden and around the world, saying he has Minister said that he did thought LOPEZ OBRADOR | his running mate Kamala Harris' been tough against North Korea, so, reports Yonhap News Agency. PRESIDENT OF MEXICO victory in the elections will convert Iran and China. She praised Trump But Kim Jong-un is believed to the US into a "socialist utopia" for passing sanctions on North maintain his sole control of the and a "funda- Korea and said party, the regime and the military, My gap year mentally differ- he "ripped up while he has delegated some "roles from school is ent" country. the Iran nu- and responsibilities" to his aides, over, and it Urging the clear deal." Jeong said. On a view that Kim Yo- feels so great to voters to re-elect "Joe Biden jong oversees Pyongyang's strat- finally be back in Donald Trump and the Waves splash during the passage of tropical storm Laura in Havana, Cuba REUTERS egy on Seoul and Washington, the school again for another Democrats are GRETA THUNBERG | term, senior still blaming SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST party leaders in America first. their prime-time Donald Trump address Monday has always put SHORT TAKES at the America first," Navalny ‘probably’ poisoned: Docs Republican she said. National Haley also THE OPPN LEADER IS IN INTENSIVE CARE AND IS STILL IN AN ARTIFICIAL COMA 17 killed in Convention presented the President criticised the Democratic Party Afghan blasts as a statesman, a friend to Black for "turning a blind eye toward INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE disorder triggered by low blood Americans and a shield against riots and rage." "The American sugar. On Friday, they at first said Kabul: A wave of attacks an assault on American values. people know we can do better, and Moscow, August 25: The Berlin hos- he was too ill to be moved but then across Afghanistan on They said that the future of of course we value and respect pital treating the seriously ill allowed him to board a medical Minister said: "It appears to be Tuesday left at least 17 America was in danger if the every Black life. The Black cops Russian opposition leader, Alexei evacuation flight, which landed in true, as she expressed so." people dead and scores November 3 polls resulted in the de- who have been shot in the line of Navalny, said he appears to have Berlin Saturday morning. Kim Yo-jong is the younger sis- more wounded, officials feat of incumbent President Trump. duty, they matter. The Black small been poisoned. His condition was "serious but not ter of Kim Jong-un and the only said, including a Taliban truck bombing in the The four-day mostly-virtual RNC business owners who have watched The Charite hospital released a life-threatening" the statement said. one of his siblings considered a country's north that the party jamboree will formally their lives work go up in flames, they statement Monday saying "clini- "The exact substance is not yet close and powerful ally, the BBC re- targeted a commando base nominate 74-year-old Trump as the matter. The Black kids who have cal evidence suggests an intoxica- known," the hospital said. ported. She first gained interna- for Afghan forces. The party's candidate for the US pres- been gunned down on the play- tion through a substance belonging "Widespread analysis has begun. tional attention in 2018, when she violence comes as idential election. Trump and Vice ground, their lives matter too. And to the group of cholinesterase in- The effect of the poison - i.e. the in- was the first member of the Kim expectations had been President Mike Pence will be chal- their lives are being ruined and hibitors", the BBC reported. at the airport in Tomsk. hibition of cholinesterase in the dynasty to visit South Korea. rising that negotiations lenged by former vice president stolen by the violence on our streets. But doctors who treated him in Navalny's flight made an emer- organism - has been proven sev- She was part of the delegation could soon get Biden and his Indian-American It doesn't have to be like this," Haley Russia say the substance was not gency landing in Omsk where he eral times and in independent lab- to the Winter Olympics, where underway between the running mate Senator Harris. said. She said that with Trump as present. Navalny fell ill on an in- was first treated. oratories." The clinical outcome North and South competed as a Afghan government Former US ambassador to the president, "we will build on the ternal flight in Russia Thursday. In their latest statement released remained unclear, the statement joint team. Kim Yo-jong also worked and the insurgents UN, Haley in her address said, progress of our past and unlock the Video appeared to show Navalny, a after that of the German medical said, and the medical team warned alongside her brother at interna- as part of a February “their vision for America is so- promise of our future." The Biden- dogged critic of the Kremlin, team, the Omsk doctors say tests of possible effects on the nervous tional summits, including his agreement between the US cialism. And we know that social- Harris duo was also criticised by writhing in agony on the flight showed no sign of cholinesterase system. meetings with South Korean and the Taliban. ism has failed everywhere.” top Senator Tim Scott. Last week, from Tomsk in Siberia to Moscow. inhibitors in his body. Speaking The opposition leader is in in- President Moon Jae-in, China's “Joe Biden and the socialist left the Democrats, led by Biden, had His supporters suspect poison last week, the same team suggested tensive care and is still in an arti- Xi Jinping and US President would be a disaster for our economy. accused Trump of the same. was placed in a cup of tea he drank his illness was caused by a metabolic ficial coma. Donald Trump. Israel strikes Hamas tunnels Africa now free of Jerusalem: Israeli aircraft Covid pace slows worldwide Tuesday struck Hamas wild poliovirus, but tunnels in Gaza, saying it Can mosquitoes spread nCoV? except for SEA, MEDEAST: WHO was in response to the polio threat remains launch of explosive balloons The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention says it has no data from the besieged REUTERS week,” the WHO said. Southeast Palestinian enclave. In the to suggest the coronavirus is spread by either mosquitoes or ticks Asia, the second most affected re- overnight attack, tanks, AGENCIES Geneva, August 25: The COVID- gion, reported a jump accounting warplanes and others 19 pandemic is still expanding, but for 28% of new cases and 15% of targeted military posts and Washington, August 25: Can the rise in cases and deaths has deaths, it said. India continues to an underground mosquitoes spread the coron- slowed globally, except for southeast report the majority of cases, but the infrastructure belonging to avirus? No. While mosquitoes Asia and the eastern Mediterranean virus is also spreading rapidly in Hamas, Xinhua news agency can spread some diseases, most regions, the World Health Nepal. In WHO’s eastern quoted a military notably malaria, experts say Organisation (WHO) said. Mediterranean region, the num- spokesperson as saying. COVID-19 is not among them. In its latest epidemiological up- ber of reported cases rose by 4%, The US Centres for Disease date, issued Monday night, it said but the number of reported deaths Control and Prevention says it that the Americas remains the has consistently dropped over the S’pore warns of REUTERS has no data to suggest the coron- hardest-hit region, ac- The Americas last six weeks, the avirus is spread by either mos- counting for half of WHO said. Lebanon, remains the further nCoV waves Johannesburg, August 25: Health quitoes or ticks. newly reported cases Tunisia and Jordan authorities Tuesday are expected COVID-19 is mainly spread pen when researchers injected missible by a mosquito, it must be and 62% of the 39,240 hardest-hit region, reported the highest Singapore: Further waves of accounting for half the deadly COVID-19 are to declare the African continent from person to person through three species of mosquitoes with able to travel through the circu- deaths worldwide in the increase in cases com- possible as long as a free of the wild poliovirus after droplets people spray when they the virus. For months, the World latory system and replicate. This past week. of newly reported pared to the previous vaccine remains out of decades of effort, though cases talk, cough or sneeze. And Health Organisation has listed allows the viruses to find and in- More than 23.65 mil- cases and 62% of week. The number of reach, Singapore's Health of vaccine-derived polio are still the World Health Organisation the claim that mosquitoes can fect the salivary gland, which is the lion people have been the 39,240 deaths cases and deaths re- Minister Gan Kim Yong sparking outbreaks of the par- says a mosquito bite won’t give spread coronavirus as a rumor on final step in the process before reported to be infected by worldwide in the ported across Africa warned on Tuesday, as the alyzing disease in more than a you the virus. But why not, if their Mythbusters Page. the infection is passed to the host. the coronavirus globally past week decreased by 8% and city-state recorded 31 new dozen countries. mosquitoes can transmit other To ensure that the mosquitoes Researchers observed that there and 811,895 have died, 11% respectively in coronavirus cases, its The declaration would leave diseases? A recent study offers an became infected with SARS-CoV- were no traces of COVID-19 virus according to a Reuters tally on the past week, “primarily due to lowest single-day figure Pakistan and neighboring explanation. Researchers say the 2, the researchers used an in- within the insects after 24 hours. Tuesday. “Over 1.7 million new a decrease in cases reported in since March. He, however, Afghanistan as the only countries virus would have to infect the trathoracic inoculation, meaning This means the virus was unable COVID-19 cases and 39,000 new Algeria, Kenya, Ghana, Senegal assured that the thought to still have the wild po- mosquito and multiply inside of it they injected the virus directly to replicate within the mosqui- deaths were reported to WHO for and South Africa”, it said. “In the Ministry of Health (MOH) liovirus, with vaccination efforts in order for the mosquito to pass into the cavity containing circu- toes and was eventually elimi- the week ending 23 August, a 4% de- European region, the number of will make sure Singapore against the highly infectious, it on to people. That failed to hap- latory fluid. For a virus to be trans- nated by natural defenses. crease in the number of cases and cases reported has consistently has the resources to care for all COVID-19 water-borne disease complicated (a 12% decrease) in the number of increased over the last three patients and support all by insecurity and attacks on health deaths compared to the previous weeks,” it said. healthcare institutions workers. involved in the fight. The announcement by the African Regional Certification Commission for Polio Eradication KENOSHA SHOOTING comes after no cases have been Pompeo in Sudan reported for four years. Polio once Cairo: US Secretary of State paralysed some 75,000 children a year across Africa. Black man shot multiple times, protests grip US Mike Pompeo arrived in Sudan Tuesday, the most senior US Health authorities see the dec- official to visit the African laration as a rare glint of good AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE They fired after the demon- sive nationwide protests. Fresh country since last year's news in Africa amid the coron- strators began throwing water demonstrations were held in the ouster of its autocratic leader, avirus pandemic, an Ebola out- Kenosha, United States, August bottles at the Kenosha County Minnesota city Monday night also Omar al-Bashir. Pompeo is the break in western Congo, the world's 25: Police fired tear gas Monday Sheriff's officers. Some protest- to join the calls for justice for first US secretary of state to worst measles outbreak in Congo when a protest demanding racial ers then launched fireworks and Jacob Blake. Some demonstra- visit the African country since and the persistent deadly chal- justice in the city of Kenosha in more bottles at officers. tors were seen burning an 2005, when Condoleezza Rice lenges of malaria, HIV and tu- Wisconsin turned violent, as Later, some protesters smashed American flag. Hundreds of pro- visited. The visit was meant to berculosis. rage builds once more in the US streetlights and set fire to a nearby testers also marched on Monday show US support for the country's The World Health Organisation at the shooting of a black man building. The clashes came hours in New York City against Blake's fragile transition to democracy. says it is just the second time a by a white officer. after some two dozen police faced shooting. virus has been eradicated in Africa, Clashes erupted for a second off against hundreds of demon- Democratic presidential can- after the elimination of smallpox night after video circulated show- strators chanting "No justice, no didate Joe Biden called for a trans- four decades ago. But sometimes ing 29-year-old Jacob Blake being peace" and "Say his name -- Jacob parent probe into the shooting. Gaza locks down patchy surveillance across the shot and wounded in the back Blake." Blake, 29, was airlifted to "Yesterday, Jacob Blake was shot vast continent of 1.3 billion peo- multiple times by police Sunday hospital in Milwaukee in serious seven times in the back by police. Gaza City: Gaza's militant ple raises the possibility that scat- with his three children watch- condition, but local media re- Flames engulf the Community Corrections Division building during the protests His kids watched from the car. Hamas rulers imposed a tered cases of the wild poliovirus ing. Shortly after a curfew im- ported Monday afternoon that his Today, we woke to grieve yet again. territory-wide curfew

still remain, undetected. posed on Kenosha County began family said he was out of surgery courthouse late Sunday. "The pub- to maintain order Monday night. We need a full and transparent

k y m Tuesday after authorities c detected the first local cases The final push to combat the at 8:00 pm (0100 GMT Tuesday), and improving. Kenosha County, lic needs to be off the streets for The footage and the lack of any investigation," he said. Wisconsin's of the coronavirus, raising wild poliovirus focused largely local police dressed in crowd con- on the shores of Lake Michigan, their safety," the county sheriff immediate explanation provoked Lieutenant Governor Mandela fears of a wider outbreak in on northern Nigeria, where the trol gear began pushing protest- has declared a curfew from 8:00 pm said in a statement. painful memories of the police Barnes said the shooting of Blake the blockaded territory that Boko Haram Islamic extremist ers back from outside a county until 7:00 am Tuesday, after pro- Wisconsin governor Tony Evers killing of African American reflected a pattern of police vio- is home to some 2 million group has carried out a deadly courthouse using tear gas, an testers set alight several city ve- said he was sending 125 members George Floyd three months ago in lence nationwide against African Palestinians. insurgency for more than a decade. AFP reporter said. hicles and damaged the county of the national guard to the city Minneapolis, which sparked mas- Americans. The approval is RBI’S `20K CR SPL P11 timely as WEDNESDAY | AUGUST 26 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR Albuterol MDI is a OMO IN 2 TRANCHES key rescue inhalation The RBI will conduct simultaneous product for asthma purchase and sale of government patients who are at an securities under Open Market increased risk of COVID- Operations (OMO) for an aggregate business related complications amount of `20,000 crore in two

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k y m tranches August 27 and September 3 c of the day uote Apple’s 1st online Banks need 18 months store in India by ‘Irrational’ weekend We are pleased to Sept, says report foray into the restrictions are hospital nutrition segment in India. to revive credit growth With Celevida Maxx, NEAR-TERM UNCERTAINTY ON ASSET QUALITY REMAINS, BROKERAGES SAY we look forward to killing retail industry strengthening our presence in the nutrition segment and continue AGENCIES making a positive impact on Retailers Association of India is unhappy with the patients’ lives New Delhi, August 25: Even weekend lockdowns across 10 states though the unlock phases have AGENCIES MV RAMANA | CEO, BRANDED MARKETS (INDIA AND EMERGING MARKETS), DR REDDY’S kickstarted economic activities in LABORATORIES various sectors, most banks be- New Delhi, August 25: Apple lieve that meaningful credit growth appears to be eying a fair share of recovery is likely only after 18 the festive sales in India this year The rise in months. They feel the near-term as the iPhone maker is planning profit is uncertainty on asset quality will re- to make its long planned online mainly main, brokerages tracking the de- store in the country a reality soon, attributed to velopment said. the media reported. provisioning which According to a report by Emkay While there was no official con- was lower in the Global Financial Services, banks be- firmation yet from the company, quarter as lieve that credit growth will see a a Bloomberg report Tuesday said compared to the last time (Q1 meaningful revival only from Apple is preparing to open the on- FY20). However, we have fully H2FY22, while margins could face timeline is uncertain. line store in the country as early provided for whatever is required uto sector is more optimistic dual pressure from lower loan-de- Aof an earlier recovery (as Cement and building material as next month. SIDDHARTHA MOHANTY | MD & CEO, posit ratio/interest reversals once early as the current quarter) companies have seen some recov- Soon after the Prime Minister AGENCIES LIC HSG FIN NPA formation accelerates. ery over the last couple of months al- Narendra Modi’s cabinet decided THEY SAY “Moratorium rates have inched T services companies are ready, with healthy pricing trends ex- to ease the 30 per cent local sourc- New Delhi, August 25: The VER 45 PC OF THE WEEK’S up in select retail segments a bit post Ilooking at strong deal pipelines pected to continue, while ing norm in single-brand retail Retailers Association of India (RAI) Our text-to- ENTIRE BUSINESS HAPPENS June, while bankers await clarity but conversion timeline is OMCs/gas/petchem business levels (SBRT) last year, Apple told IANS Tuesday said that weekend re- O speech uncertain OVER THE WEEKENDS – services have on corporate restructuring,” the appear to be reaching normalcy quite that the company was eager to strictions and lockdowns across SATURDAY AND SUNDAY played a key role in brokerage report said. harma and agro-chem quickly, the brokerage report said. serve Indian consumers “online several states are adding to the democratising It added that though the activity Pcompanies have shrugged off Pharma and agro-chem compa- and in-store with the same expe- woes of retail businesses which USINESSES ARE ALREADY information reach levels seem to be back to pre-Covid- any Covid-related hits nies have shrugged off any hints of rience and care that Apple cus- have already been severely hit by BFACING LOSSES FOR OVER and empowering 19 levels in agro-chem, pharma, Covid-19 disruption, with the latter tomers around the world enjoy.” the pandemic and the nationwide FOUR MONTHS DUE TO people and organizations FMCG staples, paints, steel, gas mistic of an earlier recovery (as expecting growth north of 15 per “We appreciate the support and lockdown. LOCKDOWN

SUNDAR SRINIVASAN | GM, MICROSOFT INDIA and lubricants segments and al- early as the current quarter), based cent YoY in FY21. hard work by Prime Minister Modi In a statement Tuesday, RAI said (R&D) PVT LTD most all companies agreed the worst on healthy rural demand, new prod- Insurance companies are affected and his team to make this possi- that over 10 states, including Punjab, some states continue to impose is behind on economic activity, the uct launches and some help from by the overall drop in demand for ble and we look forward to one Haryana, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, strict lockdowns on weekends, views on the pace of recovery dif- exports. IT services companies, on their savings proxies and weak day welcoming customers to India’s Uttar Pradesh and Nagaland, con- which are becoming a huge set- fered over a mix of timeframes. the other hand, are looking at strong credit growth (for credit protec- first Apple retail store,” the com- tinue to impose “irrational” week- back in their path to recovery,” the SHORT TAKES The auto sector is more opti- deal pipelines but the conversion tion products). pany said. end lockdowns. industry body said in its statement. “The Indian retail industry con- Partial closures and keeping Facebook News to tinues to struggle to get back to its shops closed during weekends are feet with constant roadblocks being detrimental to social distancing pay Indian publishers SC asks SBI CAP to fund six Amrapali faced at the state and local levels as customers have no choice but to RBI seeks setting up of with weekend curfews and partial throng stores during restricted New Delhi: Facing political Group housing projects lockdowns, which continue to hurt hours, according to RAI. heat in India, the social networking giant Tuesday retail business and dampen con- RAI CEO Kumar Rajagopalan NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Tuesday asked SBI Capital (SBI CAP) to sumer sentiment,” it said. said: “These are knee-jerk reac- said it will pay news independent regulator begin funding for six housing projects of the Amrapali Group, after it For retailers, over 45 per cent of tions that are crippling the sector publishers in the country informed the top court that so far, it has found only these six to be the week’s entire business happens and gravely affecting the economy. soon via its Facebook News to viable. A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and U.U. Lalit directed SBI CAP to ensure their content is AGENCIES persed transmission links with re- begin funding for six projects, after the financial institution, which over the weekends – Saturday and We have urged the Centre and the available in the new product. mote areas. For the sector as a manages the stressed asset fund for stuck realty projects, informed the Sunday, it said, adding that after state governments to collabora- Facebook News will soon Mumbai, August 25: The Reserve whole, elimination of cross-sub- top court that it cannot fund all the projects. Senior advocate Harish facing losses for over four months tively work towards supporting arrive in the UK, Germany, Bank of India has called for setting sidisation through the tariff struc- Salve, appearing for SBI CAP, contended before the bench that SBI Cap due to lockdown, retailers are de- the revival of the retail industry.” France, India and Brazil up an independent regulator for ture and provision of subsidy, if had a detailed meeting with the court-appointed receiver and his pending on the weekend business “If the weekend business is lost, within the next six months to targeted public investment to revive any, through direct benefit trans- committee, and they agreed, in principle, to finance the Amrapali to help recover from the financial then the hopeful recovery from the a year, the company private investments. fer (DBT) should be a priority, along projects. However, as 100 per cent risk is being taken by SBI Cap, as a stress they have been facing. festive season will become a distant announced. Campbell Brown, In its Annual Report 2019-20, it with due consideration to the pri- result, they required 12 per cent as internal rate of return. “However, local authorities in dream,” he said. VP, Global News Partnerships said that targeted public invest- vatisation of electricity distribution at Facebook, said that ment funded by monetisation of companies (discoms),” the report consumer habits and news assets in steel, coal, power, land, rail- said. inventory vary by country. ways and privatisation of major “With regard to railways, there ports by Central and state gov- is a strong case for manufactur- Tesco announces 16K ‘new’ permanent jobs ernments under an independent ing units to be corporatised. The AI’s EoI submission regulator can be the way forward growth potential of land banks AGENCIES to revive and crowd in private in- can be exploited, particularly in Qantas cuts another 2,500 jobs deadline extended vestment. metropolitan areas, by long-term London, August 25: British su- New Delhi: The Centre “In fact, goods and services tax leasing to the private sector, in- permarket chain Tesco announced The airline has already flagged 6,000 job losses in June Tuesday extended the (GST) Council type of apex au- cluding for development of com- that it will create 16,000 new per- deadline for submitting the thorities can be set up in respect of mercial real estate. FDI into railways manent roles in a bid to support in a bid to cut costs amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic bids to buy 100 per cent stake land, labour and power to drive can be encouraged by removing the development of online busi- in national carrier Air India to structural reforms,” the report bottlenecks in the access to infra- nesses which have surged during the CANBERRA: Australian flag car- October 30 from August 31. said. structure - land; procurement rules; COVID-19 pandemic. rier Qantas Tuesday announced The extension was made via “They could include speedier project risk-sharing mechanisms.” The 16,000 jobs are in addition to he retail giant serves nearly another 2,500 job cuts as it plans to the eighth corrigendum to implementation of the national As per the report, a comprehen- the 4,000 permanent jobs which T1.5 mn customers a week outsource ground handling serv- the global invitation for infrastructure pipeline, a north- sive policy is needed with regard to have already created since the start online, up from around 600,000 at ices at major airports. Expression of Interest (EoI) south and east-west road corridor building adequate reserves of strate- of the pandemic, said the company the start of the pandemic Qantas said it is proposing to for the proposed divestment together with a high-speed rail gic materials, including the initia- Monday, Xinhua news agency re- outsource various ground opera- of Air India, which was issued project that build on the successes tives undertaken for crude oil. ported. he 16,000 jobs are in addition tions roles, including baggage han- by the Department of of the golden quadrilateral, along- It cited the need for diversify- “The roles will include 10,000 to the 4,000 permanent jobs dlers, aircraft cleaners and bus tion, with more than 220 aircraft Investment and Public Asset T side steps to improve business sen- ing financing options. pickers to assemble customer orders which have already created since drivers, impacting nearly 2,500 roles grounded, the vast majority of our Management (DIPAM). The the start of the pandemic changes have been made as timent and the environment for “Alternatives to bank finance and 3,000 drivers to deliver them, plus in total, reports Xinhua news agency. workforce stood down and assets per the requests received investment.” have to be assiduously cultivated a variety of other roles in stores and The airline has already flagged mortgaged to raise cash,” Qantas from the interested bidders, a According to the RBI, states can - capital markets and FDI offer op- distribution centers,” said the com- around 9 per cent of Tesco’s sales 6,000 job losses in June in a bid to Domestic CEO Andrew David said. statement said. be encouraged to publicise the portunities to bring in investors pany. were online. The figure is now more cut costs amid the ongoing Covid- “Right now, our domestic ca- availability of litigation-free land with a relatively longer-term view Currently, the retail giant serves than 16 per cent of sales, with Tesco 19 pandemic. pacity is at 20 per cent of pre-coro- in their jurisdictions with access that is conducive to attracting nearly 1.5 million customers a week expecting online sales of over 5.5 bil- It said the latest announcement navirus levels and international to modern infrastructure. durable capital as well as embed- online, up from around 600,000 at the lion pounds (US $7.2 billion) this year, followed a statutory loss of A$2.7 bil- travel is expected to take years to re- Karna woos toy “In the power sector, the oppor- ded technology. The setting up of the start of the pandemic. up from 3.3 billion pounds (US $4.3 lion ($1.94 billion) for the Group in cover.” He said outsourcing the makers to Koppal tunity has arrived to leapfrog India National Investment and As its online business continues billion) last year. FY20, and a revenue drop of A$4 bil- work to specialist ground handlers into becoming the world leader in Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) in 2015 to grow, “the number of new roles Listed on the London Stock lion in the second half due to the would save around A$100 million Bangalore: Giving a fillip to renewable energy by incentivis- is a major strategic policy response may increase further in the coming Exchange as a constituent of the health crisis and border restric- each year. the domestic toy making call ing the domestic production of in this direction,” RBI said in the months,” said the company. FTSE 100 Index, the British retailer tions. The airline will speak to its em- by Prime Minister Narendra solar panels and connecting dis- report. Meanwhile, before the pandemic, employs over 400,000 staff worldwide. “We’ve already taken drastic ac- ployees and unions on the plan. Modi, the Karnataka government is wooing global toy makers by creating a manufacturing cluster in Koppal, an official said Tuesday. “We have also WHY US FED IS SEEKING MORE FIREPOWER identified Koppal as the first toy manufacturing cluster in EVERYTHING IS UP IN THE AIR NOW, INCLUDING HOW FAST THE CORONAVIRUS WILL SPREAD, HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE WILL DIE FROM COVID-19 India,” said Karnataka AND WHETHER US LAWMAKERS WILL DELIVER A NEW ECONOMIC RESCUE PACKAGE Commerce and Industries Department Principal AGENCIES nomic rescue package, and how big outlook than each one might have in COVID-19 cases earlier in the Secretary Gaurav Gupta. it will be if they do. in isolation. summer. Credit card spending also New York, August 25: A year ago, Added to that are political storm As much as economists recog- rose, data from JP Morgan shows, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome clouds gathering ahead of the nize that uncertainty threatens although that may not capture the GDP might shrink Powell warned fellow central November 3 presidential election, growth, in other words, “the activity of the roughly 28 million bankers of the significant risks with President Donald Trump al- existing paradigm is un- When Americans who are collecting job- posed by trade policy uncertainty, ready stoking doubts over the fair- derstating the true ef- less benefits, which shrank this by 25%, says ICRA you have high and the lack of precedents for mon- ness of the process and its outcome. fects of uncertainty,” month as extra federal payments New Delhi: India’s Q1FY21 GDP etary policy in the face of those un- Against that background, Powell degrees of the researchers lapsed. is expected to contract by 25 knowns. is expected to open the Kansas City uncertainty, it tends to wrote. Still, the recent upturn in eco- per cent, ratings agency ICRA As Powell this week prepares to Fed’s annual economic policy con- mean policy is less After a record- nomic data, along with a slowdown said Tuesday. ICRA pegged the address the Fed’s annual central effective. For a given bang contraction in Indian GDP and ference Thursday with an update on setting contraction in new infections since mid-July, bankers’ conference - usually held the U.S. central bank’s plans to refit you need many more last quarter, the has some economists wondering the GVA at basic prices in YoY bucks terms in Q1 FY2021 at around in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, but its monetary policy approach to a U.S. economy has whether the recovery will be more 25 per cent each. “The being conducted virtually this year world where persistently low in- NICHOLAS BLOOM I ECONOMICS shown some signs rapid than many think. economic performance was because of the ongoing COVID-19 flation and low interest rates numb PROFESSOR, STANFORD of returning to “We focus a lot on the downside UNIVERSITY primarily weighed down by pandemic - uncertainty and the the effects of the Fed’s recession- growth, with ex- risks; don’t forget about the other the considerable drag threat it poses to economic growth fighting stimulus measures. isting home sales side of the distribution,” Tim Duy,

looms larger than ever. Rising uncertainty about the eco- uncertainty, it tends to mean policy leagues has skyrocketed this surging in July, and a widely an economics professor at the

k y m imposed by three key c production sub-sectors, Everything is up in the air now, nomic outlook, which economists is less effective,” says Nicholas year. followed survey showing business University of Oregon, wrote in his namely manufacturing, including how fast the coronavirus say stunts household spending, Bloom, an economics professor at And new research published last activity snapping back. blog Monday. construction, and trade, will spread, how many more people business investment and factory Stanford University. “For a given week by the Fed suggests that “un- High-frequency data on retail Still, Fed policymakers are con- hotels, transport, communica- will die from COVID-19, the illness output, may add to pressure on the bang you need many more bucks.” certainty shocks” compound over store visits and employment across cerned the plethora of unknowns tion and services related to caused by the virus, and whether U.S. Fed to bolster its policy arsenal. A gauge of economic uncertainty time, so that several in a row deliver industries moved higher in recent is exacerbating downward pres- broadcasting,” ICRA said. lawmakers will deliver a new eco- “When you have high degrees of that Bloom developed with col- a much bigger blow to the economic weeks after plateauing amid a spike sure on growth. P12 WEDNESDAY | AUGUST 26 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR sports Uruguayan furious for the way he has been treated as Koeman’s

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Lisbon, August 25: Having only just handed out the European Cup — three months later than planned — UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin is watching anxiously as the new ADIOS SUAREZ! season is already being disrupted by coronavirus cases. The season should end with the European Championship being played in June and July 2021. But Josep Maria Bartomeu that is also how last season should have been completed before the pandemic forced UEFA in March to postpone its quadrennial event. The lack of a vaccine, and the un- ALEKSANDER CEFERIN ALEKSANDER predictability of the pandemic, poses even more logistical com- Ronald Koeman plexities for a tournament that is already using 12 cities across Europe, with the semifinals and final at Wembley Stadium in London. “For now, everyone confirmed for now, you don’t know what will suring the 55 national teams criss- and for now we stick to our plan to happen ... and when the situation crossing Europe can play their REUTERS Umtiti. play 12 countries,” Ceferin said in will become normal,” Ceferin said. Nations League games in two weeks. “The clear out begins”, said news- an interview with this agency. “The biggest problem in all that is Then there is the start of the group Barcelona, August 25: After six paper ‘AS’, while Marca showed “But in February, we didn’t know predictability.” stage of the Champions League years sprinkled with goals that Suarez walking out of a door below that we would not play the Euro this The coronavirus is already caus- and Europa League in October. have brought Barcelona 13 tro- the headline ‘Clean up at Barca’. year. So we are ready to adapt to any ing problems for the early stages of "Countries are on the green list phies, Luis Suarez may be heading Barcelona and Suarez’s repre- kind of situation. But, for now, it the Champions League and Europa today and red list tomorrow,” Ceferin for an unceremonious exit from sentative did not wish to comment looks like we will play the same sys- League. Teams from Kosovo have said. “We had some cases in football, the Camp Nou. on the reports, although the tem in 12 countries and I’m confident had games forfeited or postponed quite a few. So the thing is, it’s very The Uruguayan was Barca’s sec- Uruguayan made his discontent that that we will do it next year.” this month due to players con- challenging and very difficult. But ond-highest scorer last season behind known in a Sunday interview with Postponing Euro 2020 has al- tracting COVID-19. on top of it, absolutely unpredictable. captain Lionel Messi. But specula- newspaper ‘El Pais’. ready cost UEFA 100 million euro, “This is one of the most chal- And you never know what will hap- tion about his future has grown “People are talking about the Ceferin estimates. The financial lenging things about the qualifying pen tomorrow.” since he was absent from a list of play- names the president gave, of the impact could be greater on UEFA for now,” Ceferin said. “But if the Ceferin is hopeful, though, that ers Barca president Josep Maria changes that could happen, but no- and European football nations if governments will react in a way fans can return to stadiums for Bartomeu declared were not for sale one has told me they want to get rid there is further disruption to the that they don’t allow teams to play, European games by October. When as he promised big changes after of me,” he said. “I’ve spent six years staging of the tournament. then we will have to think that the Bayern Munich beat Paris Saint- the side’s seismic 2-8 defeat to Bayern at Barca – enough time for Better so than filter if I am one of Suarez recognised that he was “We will have to assess the situ- teams from those countries will Germain Sunday night, it was the Munich in the Champions League. them to tell me what those who want them to leave. It among those blamed for the hu- ation when we finally get the vac- have to play on a neutral ground.” first Champions League final to be Catalan radio station ‘Rac1’ re- they think. remains to be seen. miliating loss to Bayern, the club’s cine and things get normal because, The immediate priority is en- played without fans. ported Monday that the striker had “If this is the de- “I also want the best for the heaviest defeat ever in European been told by new Barca coach Ronald sire of the club, it club and my idea today is to competition, but said the answer was Koeman that he was not in his plans would be good if the continue, but if the club decides not to get rid of every player who for next season. person in charge that I am expendable, I have no had spent a long time at the club. CHAMPIONS’ HOMECOMING According to Barcelona news out- who chooses speaks problem talking to those who de- “Everyone looks at those who let ‘SPORT’, Suarez has been left directly to cide,” he added. have spent the most time at the club. furious after Koeman bluntly in- me. Suarez has scored 198 goals in 283 That’s normal, but it’s also foolish,” formed the striker of his desire to games for Barca and overtook added Suarez, who joined Barca sell him in a conversation which Laszlo Kubala as the club’s from Liverpool in 2014 for a then club lasted sixty seconds. The report also third-highest scorer of all record fee of 82 million euros. says Suarez is angry with Bartomeu time last July, only trail- “Look at when Real Madrid were who has not even talked to him ing the late Cesar beaten by Ajax last year and they about his role at the Catalan club. and runaway said Toni Kroos was finished, they Spain’s sports papers followed leading scorer wanted to retire Luka Modric, they suit Tuesday: “Adios Suarez” Messi. said Sergio Ramos was a disaster read the front cover of and no-one was worth anything. Barcelona-based ‘SPORT’, “Then the next year they did bet- while the 33-year-old also ter, and everyone was saying they appeared on the front of were all superstars. Everyone the other three national knows when there is a defeat sports dailies. people take shots at every- “Koeman doesn’t one. I honestly believe want them”, said there is a lack of co- ‘Mundo Deportivo’, herence, patience and picturing Suarez, mid- above all memory.” fielders Ivan Rakitic and Arturo Vidal and defender Samuel The members of UEFA Champions League winners Bayern Munich wait for their ride to base after landing in Munich airport; (inset left to right) Bayern captain Manuel Neuer steps out of their flight with the trophy; members of the team celebrate wearing t-shirts with writing of ‘Triple 2020’, which indicates the three titles (Bundesliga, German Cup & Champions League) in 2019-20 season, at the Allianz Arena

Phil takes lead on debut at PGA Ashwin ‘had interesting chat with Ponting’ In-pain Djoko wins PRESS TRUST OF INDIA of the IPL starting September 19 in What happens sometimes cented Australians can get lost Tour Champions the UAE. is Australians’ messages in translation. Dubai, August 25: India off-spin- Ashwin ran out England bats- in English get lost in “What happens sometimes is post-hiatus debut ASSOCIATED PRESS ner Ravichandran Ashwin says he man Jos Buttler at the non-striker’s translation and reach us with a Australians’ messages in English get has spoken to his IPL coach Ricky end last season when he backed up different meaning. Even some lost in translation and reach us Ridgedale (US), August 25: Just Ponting on the contentious issue of too far, drawing criticism for his of their jokes become news. with a different meaning. Even ASSOCIATED PRESS Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova, the about the only poor shot Phil running out batsmen who back up act as many called it against the That’s what it is some of their jokes become news. No.6 seed, lost. Each of the top two Mickelson hit in his PGA Tour too far at the non-striker’s end but ‘spirit of the game’. While Ashwin That’s what it is and next week I will New York, August 25: Bothered women’s seeds, Karolina Pliskova and Champions debut was a wayward will reveal the contents of the tele- has reached Dubai, Ponting is set to RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN reveal a bit more about my con- by a bad neck that a trainer mas- Sofia Kenin, were beaten Sunday. iron off the tee. He still turned it phonic conversation only next week. arrive next week and the two will versation with Ricky.” saged twice, Novak Djokovic dou- Defending women’s champion into a birdie. The issue became a talking point talk in person before the Indian re- ready talked over the phone. It was Ashwin Monday suggested the in- ble-faulted seven times and trailed Madison Keys lost 4-6, 1-6 to Ons It was one of five straight on the when Ponting, head coach of veals what transpired between them. a very interesting chat,” Ashwin troduction of a ‘free ball’ for bowlers by a break in each set before avoid- Jabeur in an hour Monday night. back nine Monday for the five- Ashwin’s team Delhi Capitals, said “Ricky Ponting hasn’t yet reached said on his YouTube channel. if non-strikers back up too far, stick- ing the rash of upsets at the Western Williams, on the hand, was pushed to time major champion, who de- he would have a discussion with (Dubai). After he comes, we will sit Ashwin said it’s better to have ing to his stand that there was noth- & Southern Open by taking the the brink in her longest match since cided to make his over-50 debut this Ashwin on the controversial man- for a chat with him. He said he wants a face-to-face conversation since ing wrong with running such bats- last four games for a 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 vic- 2012 before pulling away with a per- week after missing the cut at The ner of getting a batsman out ahead to have a conversation. We have al- the message of the heavily-ac- men out. tory over Ricardas Berankis. fect tie-breaker and edging Arantxa Northern Trust and getting elim- The top-ranked Djokovic was play- Rus 7-6 (7-6), 3-6, 7-6 (7-0). The match inated from the PGA Tour’s FedEx ing his first ATP match in six months lasted two hours and 48 minutes. Cup playoffs. because of the coronavirus pan- Williams hadn’t spent that much 4 races added demic. He pulled out of the doubles time on a court since the 2012 French Kashyap questions his omission event Sunday because of his neck. Open, when she lost in the first to F1’s season Djokovic got by, even though he round to Virginie Razzano in three PRESS TRUST OF INDIA was wincing and stretching his hours and three minutes. That was ASOCIATED PRESS neck between points, then wound Williams’ only career first-round exit New Delhi, August 25: Former up laying on his back — a medical at a Grand Slam tournament. Commonwealth Games champion London, August 25: Formula mask and protective glasses on his Next for Williams is No. 13 Maria Parupalli Kashyap Tuesday ques- One (F1) added four more races to face — while having his neck ma- Sakkari, who is Greek and figured tioned his omission from the on- this year’s calendar Tuesday and nipulated after the first set. it might work to her advantage to going national badminton camp in said ‘a limited number of fans’ Earlier, No.2 seed Dominic Thiem, have a quiet setting in New York. Hyderabad, saying that restricting will be able to attend some of the a three-time major finalist, was- If there were the usual crowd of Mickelson finished with 11 it to just eight Olympic hopefuls remaining events in the pandemic- n’t much more competitive in a 2- thousands when Williams plays, birdies and shot a 10-under 61 to is ‘illogical’. disrupted season. 6, 1-6 loss to Filip Krajinovic, and Sakkari calculated, the fans’ sup- take a one-shot lead over David The 33-year-old, a former World Races in Turkey, Abu Dhabi No.5 Alexander Zverev lost to Andy port would break down along these McKenzie. No.6, insisted that he too has an out- and two in Bahrain will take place Murray 3-6, 6-3, 5-7. lines: “99% with her, 1% with me.” KJ Choi, making his second side chance of qualifying for the in November and December, com- Like Djokovic, Serena Williams Osaka used 12 aces to get through start on the PGA Tour Champions, Tokyo Games but he has no way to pleting the heavily reshaped cal- and Naomi Osaka emerged with 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-2 against Karolina was joined in a group at seven pursue it as he can’t train at the camp. endar. It takes the number of races difficult wins, while two-time Muchova. under by Rocco Mediate, Rod “I have a couple of questions re- Gopichand Academy from August tournaments are still left,” he said. in the season to 17. Pampling and Tim Petrovic. Ernie garding the camp. I find it illogical 7 following the Telangana govern- “A day later, a SAI assistant di- After the Turkish Grand Prix Els, Bernhard Langer and Vijay to allow only eight people to train. Also, ment’s approval August 1. rector called me and said this is a di- November 15, Bahrain will stage Singh were among those another how are these eight, Olympic hope- Kashyap, who along with wife rective which has come from higher back-to-back races November 29 shot back. fuls because I think only three have and fellow shuttler Saina Nehwal, officials and they have spoken to and December 6. The season will Mickelson, who turned 50 in almost confirmed their slot and rest has been training at a separate fa- BAI and SAI, who believe only these finish with the Abu Dhabi Grand June, was optimistic that his game have an outside chance including cility near the academy, said he people have a chance to qualify which Prix December 13. was rounding into shape for the US Srikanth and the women’s doubles shared his thoughts with SAI but I found to be strange,” he added. “We can confirm that a number Open, the only Major champi- pair,” Kashyap told this agency. didn’t get a satisfactory response. “I was told that only eight people of races in the revised 2020 season y onship he hasn’t won. But that “I am ranked 23rd in the world “Gopi bhaiya (Pullela Gopichand) will train till the Tokyo Games to will be open to a limited number

missed cut on the PGA Tour left ranking after Sai (B Sai Praneeth) advised me to speak to SAI as they keep the Olympic hopefuls safe. of fans, including hospitality,”

k k y y m m c c him with the possibility of not and (Kidambi) Srikanth, then why made the list. So I spoke to SAI DG Now no one is staying at the centre, Formula One said in a statement, playing the next two weeks head- haven’t I been considered,” he asked. and asked him what is the logic all are using gyms at different cen- “and we are working with each ing into the Safeway Open, which The Sports Authority of India behind it? Why am I not in the tres, they are meeting people out- promoter to finalize the details.” would be his final tune-up for (SAI) had allowed resumption of camp? Who decided that we don’t side, so I don’t understand their It did not specify which races Winged Foot. training at the SAI-Pullela have a chance to qualify when 7-8 explanation of keeping them safe.” would be open to spectators.

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