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Are there Fon Sunday admitted the other States with community 9 3 1/ *30 0 *201 4/ *23 prevalence of community transmission as well?” &" :" 1 04 30) / /441 )0 435 transmission of Covid-19 virus Earlier this week, Mamata 1 11 /// / 15// 64 56* in India, but said it is “limited had urged the people of West " "% !#' to certain districts in limited Bengal to maintain caution 9 1 *) 1/1 660 / 61 26) States”. ahead of the upcoming Durga $ 1 ** 36/ 402/ 5/ *4/ The admission, after Puja season. ; < / 53 100 / 5)5/ 2* 356 months of denial, came in the “I ask everybody to follow % " " / 0* /44 1 553/ )) /3) backdrop of West Bengal Chief the Covid-19 safety protocols Minister Mamata Banerjee’s during the festive season. There -< / 26 510 3 034/ )/ 521 remarks that the community are instances of community = / 24 2*1 / )36/ 16 443 transmission of Covid-19 has transmission of Covid-19 and started in the State. also the contagion becoming Earlier, Pinarayi Vijayan, airborne,” Mamata said. Chief Minister of Kerala, which Vardhan asserted that so too is witnessing a major surge, far, no mutation of the coro- had also talked about commu- navirus has been detected in ! nity transmission but was India that is either more trans- " #$ denied by the Centre. mission-efficient or more 2021 if all safety measures like Pradesh was minimal. The sirable” except in localised While responding to a pathogenic. that there are clusters of cases month the Health Ministry social distancing, masks and committee, chaired by IIT areas with heavy infection query in his “Sunday Samvad” Health Ministry officials and there are pockets of had inadvertently revealed that handwashing are followed. Hyderabad professor M load, but not before cautioning programme, Union Health have said the World Health localised transmission. community transmission hap- Going by the present sce- Vidyasagar, claimed that in that if the safety measures are Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan Organization (WHO) has not Earlier, in mid-July, Vijayan pened in India as early as in ! nario, by the time the epidemic the absence of the lockdown in relaxed the cases could rise sig- said, “In different pockets given any standard definition had said community trans- April. The document was later ends in February next year the March, the pandemic would nificantly to as many as 26 lakh across various States, including of community transmission. mission of the coronavirus has withdrawn from the website of ! total number of infections have hit India very hard with in a month. West Bengal, community trans- It permits its member begun in Kerala and its capital the Ministry. would be about 105 lakh, the a peak load of over 1.40 crore Vidyasagar said, as of mission is expected to occur, nations to assess the spread of Thiruvananthapuram was fac- On a query why Kerala was committee said. cases arriving in June and today, 30 per cent of the coun- especially in dense areas. the disease, based on their ing a “grave” situation, as the witnessing a spike in coron- The panel said the upcom- death count going up to 25 try is projected to have devel- However, this is not happening own analysis of the situation, virus was spreading in coastal avirus infections recently, n a day the Centre’s admis- ing festivals and winter lakh. oped antibodies to the SARS- across the country. It is limit- and do their reporting, which areas. “Community transmis- Vardhan said the State was pay- Osion about community season may increase the sus- India’s total infections have CoV-2, which is “good news” ed to certain districts occurring the global body shows on its sion has been confirmed in the ing the “price for gross negli- transmission of coronavirus ceptibility to the virus but all breached the 75-lakh mark and said as per their mathe- in limited States.” website. Broadly, if it is not Poonthura and Pulluvila areas gence” during Onam festivities came, a Government-appoint- activities can be resumed pro- and of them, over 66 lakh matical projections, the cumu- The Minister interacts with possible to trace the transmis- (of Thiruvananthapuram dis- when unlocking of services ed committee said the Covid- vided proper safety protocols patients have recovered. As of lative mortality from the pan- his social media audience sion chain, it means there is trict),” Vijayan had said. along with an increase in trav- 19 pandemic is on decline, are followed. It also found that now, 1.14 lakh people have demic in India by the end of through the Samvad. community transmission, offi- While the Centre had ruled el for trade and tourism led to after having peaked in mid- the impact of labour migration died because of the disease. February next year would be The Health Minister’s cials said. it out, however, in a guidance the spread of September, and can be brought on the total number of infec- The panel, however, said 0.04 per cent of total response was to the query, The Centre has maintained document released in the same Covid-19. under control by February tions in Bihar and Uttar further lockdowns were “unde- cases.
P O !" ! " O$ "% " " ' " " s the two sides prepare for """ (( !$ Athe eighth round of Corps ) ***$ Commander level talks this ! $ " week to defuse tension at the ! L Line of Actual Control (LAC), M - $ India is not letting its guard " " down. On Sunday, India test- ! ! " . fired its Brahmos supersonic missile from a ship as part of the drill to be operational ready. The past few weeks have seen India conducting a series of successful tests of various missiles to shore up its defence. They were of the view that two countries, not to turn dif- The latest test comes at a these discussions were positive, ferences into disputes, and time when India and China are constructive and had enhanced jointly safeguard peace and readying for the next round of understanding of each other’s tranquility in the border areas. talks to find ways to end the positions. Both sides agreed to Incidentally, this was the five-month-old logjam at the maintain dialogue and com- second time the two Armies LAC in Eastern Ladakh. In the munication through military came out with a joint state- last round on October 12, the and diplomatic channels, and ment. In the first such com- two commanders in a joint arrive at a mutually acceptable muniqué after the sixth round statement said the “two sides solution for disengagement as of military level talks on had a sincere, in-depth and early as possible. September 21, both the coun- constructive exchange of views Both sides agreed to tries agreed to refrain from on disengagement along the earnestly implement the sending more troops to the LAC in the Western Sector of important understandings border and maintain India-China border areas”. reached by the leaders of the peace. # $R! P &'P &R ( '## ( ! )
and Narendra Nagar Forest ok Janshakti Party president Division to the Kumbh Mela LChirag Paswan on Sunday Samiti in order to initiate “tem- downplayed the BJP’s recent porary” construction for the attacks on him, claiming that it devotees to the Maha Kumbh was only following the “coali- Mela. tion dharma” as an ally of The Rawat Government Bihar Chief Minister Nitish had initially estimated the Kumar. arrival of 10 crore pilgrims to “I do not need to exhibit my iting forest laws, the Centre the Kumbh but because of the relations with the Prime Modi and him. P a s w a n Chas rejected the Trivendra Covid-19 pandemic, officials Minister. From the time when said the Chief Minister, also the Singh Rawat Government’s now expect around 4 crore pil- my father was in the hospital to JD(U) president, should be plans to temporarily divert a grims to the holy his last rites, I can never forget thankful to his ally for follow- patch of Rajaji National Park town. what he (PM) has done for me,” ing the coalition dharma by forest area in Uttarakhand for The temporary diversion of Paswan said in a series of tweets giving him a “certificate” every the construction of housing, the Rajaji National Park was in Hindi. With the BJP working day that it has no links with the toilets and parking facilities for meant to ensure that pilgrims overtime to dispel the impres- LJP president despite “so much the Haridwar Maha Kumbh do not have any problems dur- sion of having any tacit under- anger” against Kumar. pilgrims. The mega religious ing the event. The State standing with the LJP, Paswan “I do not want Prime congregation is slated for early Government had sought a pro- claimed that Kumar has been Minister Narendra Modi to be next year. posed area of the national park trying to create distance between in any dilemma due to me. He Calling it as “an exceptional to remain with the Kumbh the saffron party and should follow his coalition case” the Uttarakhand Forest Mela Samiti for over nine him. dharma. He can say anything Department had sought the months, from September 1, He said the thrust of against me without any inhibi- Union Environment Ministry’s 2020 to May 31, 2021. Kumar’s campaign has been on tion to satisfy Chief Minister nod to the transfer of 778 However, the Ministry showing a distance between Nitish Kumar,” he said. hectares of Rajaji National Park returned the proposal. !"#"#
! # 4%! 0 3 3 % # & immunity,” said a prison official. tackling the pandemic. $ (( The officials said a major He had said restricted ( " round four inmates and step taken towards maintaining entry, repeated medical screen- ! !" ( "! " Anine jail personnel in the social distancing among inmates ing of inmates, isolation of raders and shopkeepers in .9" three Delhi Prisons complexes was to decongest the jails. those with symptoms, com- TDelhi joined the “10 Hafte (! $ " across the national Capital are Earlier, the Delhi Prisons pulsory 14-day quarantine for 10 Baje 10 Minute anti-dengue !$$" . presently undergoing treat- department had requested the new inmates were some of the campaign” on Sunday. Delhi " ment for Covid-19. city Government to extend the key measures which were Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal 5 According to prison official, emergency parole granted to implemented since early March welcomed the move and of the four inmates undergoing convicts by one month in view to check the spread of the thanked the shopkeepers of treatment, three of them were of the pandemic. deadly virus. Delhi for taking part in the recently sent to these jails and According to the officials, “We took timely precau- campaign and protecting Market associations across market association. the number of active Covid-19 four active cases. A total of 215 here has improved. there are currently 4,491 tionary measures. Every new themselves and their cus- Delhi came forward in support Ashu Goel, Sushil Khatri, cases in Delhi Prisons till prison staff contracted the infec- “Ever since the outbreak of inmates, comprising 3,310 inmate was isolated. After med- tomers from dengue. of this campaign on Sunday. Mohan Gandhi, Rajeev Suri, Thursday stands at 13, includ- tion so far. Of them, 206 have the pandemic in March, the undertrials on interim bail and ical screening, we quarantined The seventh week of the “I support this campaign Ravneet Kaur, and other ing nine prison personnel. recovered and nine are still Prisons Department remained 1,181 convicts on emergency them initially for three-four campaign seeks to encourage by Delhi Kejriwal against traders and shopkeepers of Sandeep Goel, the Director under treatment,” Goel said. vigilant and instructed its staff to parole, who are out of jails as days but soon we extended the shopkeepers to inspect their dengue. We are practising this Tilak Nagar market association General (DG) of prison said that On August 21, the Delhi not only maintain hygiene and part of the prisons department’s quarantine period to 14 days shops and surroundings for in all the markets, regularly participated in the campaign. a total of 88 inmates tested pos- Prisons Department had stat- social distancing among them- recent decongestion drive. which was compulsory for any stagnant water every Sunday changing the deposited water Kejriwal had also said that itive for Covid-19 so far. ed that none of the inmates in selves but also spread awareness Goel had earlier empha- new inmate,” Goel had said. for 10 minutes and drain it to and inspecting our surround- with the collective efforts of all “Eighty-two of them have recov- the three jail complexes of about the infection among sised that its decongestion Besides, the jail staffers were prevent the breeding of ings thoroughly. We also sup- the Delhiites, “We have to ered and two have died, leaving Tihar, Rohini and Mandoli are inmates in the three jail com- drive and spreading awareness also advised to not report to duty Dengue mosquitoes around port the 10 Hafte 10 Baje 10 stop the breeding of dengue Covid-19 positive and that the plexes. The inmates are being among the inmates as well as and remain at home in case they them. Minute campaign launched by mosquitoes and protect our coronavirus situation in jails given lime water to boost their staffers played a huge role in were unwell, he had said. “This time, shopkeepers of the Delhi CM. Today we have family and the entire Delhi )* Delhi also took part in the fight participated in this campaign from Dengue.” Inspecting the against dengue, checked the and we will continue active surrounding market areas and ( (( shops and changed the stag- participation in this battle their shops will keep the shop- -. ' & nant water. By doing so, they against dengue,” said Sushil keepers as well as their cus- are protecting themselves and Khatri, head of Tilak Nagar tomers safe from Dengue. their customers from dengue. New Delhi: The national flights operated under bubble Delhi is again defeating Capital recorded 28 Covid-19 arrangements formed with Dengue,” Kejriwal tweeted. he Delhi Police has fatalities on Sunday, which other countries. PTI "# Tissued 98 challans to pushed the death toll due to metro passengers for violat- the disease past the 6,000- 0 / , ing guidelines pertaining to mark, while with 3,299 fresh $ the Covid-19 pandemic. cases, the city’s infection tally ( According to Jitender climbed to over 3.31 lakh, 3 Mani, Deputy authorities said. %#5 numbers of office and resi- Commissioner of Police The fresh cases came out dential premises. (DCP), Metro Unit of Delhi of the 49,414 tests conducted ( 1 A senior SDMC official Police, in the last four days, the previous day. Twenty-eight said that all the preventive 1,903 metro trains were more Covid-19 fatalities have 8-/+6 % " New Delhi: Water supply will 3 steps have been taken to reduce checked and 98 challans been recorded, taking the 8; be affected in parts of Delhi for the cases. “The key to preven- were issued to passengers for death toll to 6,009, according + ( (! ( $$$ the next four to five days due tion of Dengue is ensuring violating the guidelines to to the latest bulletin issued by 0, 12) " !! to the closure of the Upper there is no clean stagnant water control the pandemic. the Delhi health department. + ( . ( Ganga canal for annual main- in homes and around, which The DCP also requested The tally of active cases " #$ !! -= " tenance, the Delhi Jal Board does not allow the Aedes mos- all metro passengers to wear rose to 23,292 on Sunday from According to the bulletin, "" said on Sunday. The canal sup- he national Capital report- quitoes to breed, and therefore masks, maintain social dis- 22,884 the previous day. 6.68 per cent on Sunday, up of the total 15,704 beds in (! 2*(! plies around 270 million gal- Ted 422 cases of dengue dengue cannot spread,” he said. tancing and use hand sani- The total number of cases from 5.85 per cent, while the Covid hospitals, 10,670 are lons of raw water a day to the this year till October 10 with 59 Dengue mosquito larvae tisers for their safety. has climbed to 3,31,017, the recovery rate crossed 91 per vacant. It said 884 beds in ! " . city, of which around 120 MGD fresh cases reported last week. breed in clear, standing water The police personnel at bulletin said. The number of cent, the bulletin said, adding Covid care centres are occu- =" (!" goes to Bhagirathi plant and Fifteen new cases of malaria while those of malaria mos- metro stations have been containment zones in the city that the case fatality rate stood pied by persons under quar- 150 to Sonia Vihar plant for and two cases of chikungunya quito thrive even in dirty water. conducting a drive to check slightly increased to 2,770 at 1.82 per cent. The cumula- antine, including travellers (" $$ treatment. also reported in Delhi last Doctors have advised people to on those found violating from 2,751 on Saturday. tive positivity rate since March who have returned under the "" . Water treated by the week taking the total number take precautions and ensure Covid-19 guidelines. The positivity rate stood at is 8.30 per cent. Vande Bharat Mission and by " $ Bhagirathi and Sonia Vihar to 274 and 85 respectively. that there is no breeding of Passengers who were not ! $ " plants is supplied to east Delhi According to the latest mosquito larvae around them. wearing masks or maintain- :! /5 " and south Delhi areas. report released by all three They have urged people to ing social distancing have 12 " "! The flow from the Upper Municipal Corporation, mos- wear full-sleeves clothes been challaned, police said. !!( $ " Ganga Canal is reducing due to quito-breeding has been and use mosquito nets. The Delhi Metro was 9". ! closure for its annual mainte- reported in at least 89,343 This year, the Delhi closed on March 22 to con- ! ! ( " nance, the DJB said, adding households and 68,229 Government has also tain the spread of the coro- ' $ ""! that the production of the legal notices have been launched a telephonic navirus, and after 169 days it E "$ F( ' $ Bhagirathi and Sonia Vihar issued this year. The dengue helpline — 01123300012 and resumed services in early $" $ $ plants may get affected. breeding checkers have WhatsApp helpline — September with strict safety ! $ ! ! Water level in the Yamuna checked 17,002,767 houses and 8595920530 to assist the gen- and social distancing mea- "( is also less. PTI also issued challans to 7,919 eral public with dengue. sures. !$( . > 1 1 Q P Q 8-/+6 " B;= ! "$ 6* (! C1*1*. *67.(+867,-,*89(8,*-*(6P*7*,:-8;:8<(+6,:(8-/- % "! B ; " New Delhi: The national Department official. an average wind speed of less the impact of stubble burning ! " " " Capital’s air quality was record- According to the Ministry than 10 kmph, is unfavourable is “restricted because of better . 4* ed in the “poor” category on of Earth Sciences’ air quality for the dispersal of pollutants. mixing height and ventilation”, "$B;= ( " Sunday, with a Central monitor, SAFAR, the farm fire The Ministry of Earth but it is likely to rise by 1*1*. $" Government agency reporting count around Haryana, Punjab, Sciences’ Air Quality Early Monday. PTI + , " - ( 32 "!" 1,230 farm fires in neighbour- and neighbouring border Warning System for Delhi said $ 6*(! /3 ing States — the maximum in regions was 1,230 on Saturday, "!"$ 62 a day so far this season. the maximum in a day so far (!. " The share of stubble burn- this season. The share of farm 0+ ( ing in Delhi’s PM2.5 pollution fires in Delhi’s PM2.5 concen- )& * +,* " ( stood at 17 per cent. It was 19 tration stood at 17 per cent. G ! ! ! " per cent on Saturday, 18 per “Though fire emission has !!" ?$"! cent on Friday, around one per increased and transport-level he Police Families Welfare Association " ! $. cent on Wednesday and around wind direction is also other agencies such as PWD, T(PFWA) conducted an online solo singing 3 per cent on Tuesday, Monday favourable, an increase in trans- DSIIDC; DDA; I & FC; Indian and dance competition “PFWS Musical Star” in and Sunday. port-level wind speed as well as aking action against Railways etc to attend to national Capital. The online auditions were held The city recorded a 24- local surface winds in Delhi are Tdefaulters for burning unpaved areas in their juris- through Facebook page of PFWS. Pratima hour average air quality index likely to keep the stubble con- garbage and contributing to diction falling under the cor- Shrivastava, the President, PFWS was also pre- (AQI) of 254. It was 287 on tribution in Delhi’s PM2.5 dust pollution, the North Delhi poration which causes pollu- sent during the occasion. Saturday, 239 on Friday and around the same level,” it said. Municipal Corporation (NMC) tion, he said. According to PFWS official the audition 315 on Thursday, the worst The Ministry of Earth has issued 1,761challans till North Corporation has gained massive popularity and 324 contestants, since February 12 (AQI 320). Sciences’ Air Quality Early Saturday this month. pressed in 134 water sprinkler including some talented police personnel turned An AQI between 0 and 50 Warning System for Delhi said A senior NMC official said tankers to suppress the dust out for the online auditions. is considered ‘good’, 51 and 100 the ventilation index, a prod- that out of total, 1,702 challans which covers almost 1,340 kms “On October 15, the long awaited live final ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘mod- uct of mixing depth and aver- issued open burning and 59 daily. Besides, eighteen road round of PFWS Musical Star was held at the erate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 age wind speed, was 11,500 challans for dust pollution mechanical sweepers equipped Auditorium, Delhi Police Public School, and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 metre square per second on from 1st October till 16th with GPS cover 650kms stretch Safdarjung Enclave. A total 24 finalists con- and 500 ‘severe’. Sunday which is favourable October. of road. 109.88 acres of area in tended in 8 different age groups for the title of During the daytime, winds for the dispersion of pollutants. “Besides, above 86 challans markets, schools, institutions PFWS Musical Star in each group ranging from are blowing from the north- Mixing depth is the verti- of other agencies like DDA, etc has been developed into kids to homemakers,” said the official. west, bringing pollutants from cal height in which pollutants PWD, I &FC etc for causing green, 69.11 kms of road has “A total of 11 singers contended for the title Bhawna Sharma and Mutum Nirmala Devi. All farm fires. At night, calm winds are suspended in the air. It pollution by dumping garbage been developed into green by of PFWS musical singing star in three groups and the finalists enthralled the jury and audience and low temperatures are reduces on cold days with calm and construction and demoli- plantation. Vertical gardens at 13 dancers contended for the title of PFWS Musical with their magnificent performances. In the allowing the accumulation of wind speed. tion waste on their land falling 54 locations have been devel- Dance Star in five groups,” said the official. close-counter musical battle eight contenders pollutants, according to an A ventilation index lower under North DMC,” he said. oped by planting creepers, he “The competition was judged by a four were declared as winners in eight different India Meteorological than 6,000 sqm/second, with The civic body also asked added. members jury including Dr RashmiChetan, groups,” the official added. (& & ' ' The Minister pollution control measures has whether conveyor belts within tems in addition to sprinkling while voicing his con- been enhanced, a senior DMRC the batching plants are fully cov- to control dust emission from elhi Women and Child cern on the subject he Delhi Metro Rail officials said, adding that teams ered to prevent escape of dust,” the construction sites. The DDepartment Minister expressed his hope that TCorporation (DMRC) has headed by senior officials from he said. process of spraying of water to Rajendra Pal Gautam on a collaborative effort launched a special drive across the environment department Similarly, checking of wheel suppress dust, during handling Sunday launched a campaign now being triggered its construction sites to ensure are visiting all the sites and washing facilities at the exit gates of excavation soil or debris or against drug and substance with this program can that all pollution control mea- minutely checking the arrange- to prevent deposition of soil or during demolition or specific abuse in Delhi in a programme see more intensive sures necessary to combat the ments done in this regard and muck on public roads where dust generating activities is organised by the Women and engagement with var- menace of pollution at its pro- the drive is being monitored by there is a regular movement of being checked” he said. Child Department. ious sections of the jects are being stringently imple- Managing Director Dr Mangu vehicles is being done; he said The official said the inspec- In his inaugural remark, community. with all the stakeholders and mented by its contractors and Singh. “The teams are checking adding that validity of PUC tion teams are reiterating that the Minister underlined the He also suggested that also have an expert committee other site personnel. whether continuous dust break- mandatory for all construction water sprinkling and dust con- need for regular coordination Madhu K Garg, Secretary constituted for sustained and As part of the drive, the fre- ing barricades of height of least vehicles is also being checked. trol activities are to be continued of all stakeholders for a mean- (WCD) and Dr Rashmi Singh, focussed effort to combat the quency of the inspections done 6 meters around the batching “They are also monitoring even during work ingful contribution to make a Director WCD should contin- problem of drug and alcohol to check the adherence to the plants are installed or not and the use of nozzle-based mist sys- stoppages. difference at ground level. ue to have regular meetings consumption. ! 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% *) 9 ( P The recovery rate from the dis- ease has climbed to 87.86 Infection Rate (IR) though " death toll and mortality rate in of deaths. they can be tested for the dis- remains moderately high at the state. The delay in report- It is worth mentioning here ease. With such a system set in 6.66 percent. ing of deaths shows a complete that for health department has place it is surprising as to how One patient each was /P failure of the surveillance and a team of experts headed by a as many as 89 deaths went reported dead at Mahant contact tracing system of the surveillance officer for all the unreported. Indiresh hospital Dehradun, $ state health department. contagious disease. After the On Saturday the state Himalayan hospital and Sushila The first case of the disease As per the system set in outbreak of Covid-19, empha- health department revised the Tiwari government hospital, " # was reported in the state on place, the hospitals should sis on active surveillance of the death toll and mentioned that Haldwani on Sunday. The March 15 and after that a time report the death of every disease was made and the sur- 89 deaths which had occurred ; 8 authorities reported 128 $ period of 31 weeks has been () admitted patient to the office of veillance teams were strength- in past were added due to patients from Dehradun, 42 completed. In the week ending Chief Medical Officer (CMO) ened. Apart from surveillance, delayed reporting of deaths by he number of novel from Pauri, 34 from Nainital, on October 17, a total of 3123 concerned and to the Covid department was asked to focus hospitals. In a letter directed to TCoronavirus (Covid-19) 31 from Tehri, 29 from cases of Covid-19 were report- * control room. In some cases, on contact tracing of the pos- the hospitals, the Chief patients in Uttarakhand went Chamoli, 28 from Haridwar, 22 ed which were the lowest since the department conducts a itive patients and in this local Operating Officer (COO) of past 58000 figure mark on from Udham Singh Nagar,16 the 23rd week (August 16 to 3 33 death audit of the fatality to intelligence units of police were Uttarakhand state Covid-19 Sunday with the state health from Champawat, 13 from 22) when 2626 cases were ; 8 ascertain the cause of death. also involved. The labs send a control room, Dr Abhishek department reporting 376 cases Uttarkashi, 11 from Bageshwar, reported. The 31st also saw The team conducting the death list of patients found positive Tripathi said that some hospi- of the disease. The state now 10 from Rudraprayag, eight only 5538 active cases. hough the state health audit consists of a physician, an for Covid-19 by them to the tals are late in providing details has 58024 patients with the dis- from Pithoragarh and four ; 8 However the mortality Tdepartment is blaming the epidemiologist and a member CMO concerned on daily basis. of deaths in their hospitals ease. The department also from Almora on Sunday. The continued to be a cause of con- hospitals for delay in reporting of surveillance team. It is learnt As per the system, these posi- and he warned that action reported the death of three state now has 5728 active n an indication of decreasing cern as 190 deaths were report- of Covid-19 deaths- an allega- that in many cases the process tive patients are to be contact- against these hospitals would patients of the disease on the patients of the disease. Iintensity of Covid-19 conta- ed during the week which is tion denied by hospitals- which of audit is delayed due to non- ed by the district health depart- be taken. day after which the death toll Dehradun district with 1813 gion in Uttarakhand, the week highest ever in a week. These forced it to revise the death toll availability of one or more ment which keep a constant The founder of Social from the disease mounted to active cases is at top of table ending on October 17 account- deaths include 89 deaths which on Saturday the fact remains member. A senior officer of vigil on health of patients Development for Communities 927. while Haridwar with 759 active ed for lowest number of cases had happened in the past but that it is actually the depart- health department on condi- whether hospitalized or in (SDC) Foundation, Anoop The authorities discharged cases is on second spot. and active cases of the disease remained unreported till ment which itself is responsi- tion of anonymity told The home isolation. The team of Nautiyal said, “The health 162 patients of the disease Nainital has 593, Pauri 461, in the last eight weeks. October 17. ble for the whole fiasco. On Pioneer that procedural and health department is also sup- department should have a after their recovery from dif- Udham Singh Nagar 358, Tehri Saturday the health depart- functional delay in death audit posed to visit the household of transparent system and a prop- ferent hospitals of the state. A 297, Uttarkashi 292, Chamoli 202 and Almora 183 active Bageshwar is at the bottom of ment added 89 fatalities in its which is done by the district the patient and determine the er inquiry should be conduct- total of 50982 patients have so 231, Rudraprayag 211, cases of the disease. With 120 the table of active cases in tally of deaths in the state health department is one of the number of people who were in ed on delayed reporting of far recovered from the disease. Champawat 208 Pithoragarh active cases of Covid-19, Uttarakhand. which caused a sharp spike in reasons for delay in reporting direct contact with him so that deaths by the hospitals.’’ /R$ $ ( & ; 8 ; 8 n a positive note Orelated to Covid-19, ork for achieving the Chief Minister Trivendra Wvision of Prime Minister Singh Rawat flagged off a Narendra Modi for a clean walk and inaugurated a Ganga river will be completed badminton competition in Uttarakhand in the coming for Covid winners—peo- four months. The foundation ple who recovered from for the Saung dam will be laid Covid-19. The CM soon. Chief minister Trivendra flagged off the walk at a Singh Rawat said this while programme organised at participating in Bhumi Pujan the CM residence on for various works to be exe- Sunday. Later, after inau- cuted under Namami Gange gurating the badminton Mission here on Sunday. The competition, Rawat paired with tiated on the directions of the in the rate of infection, this is now these same Covid winners CM did Bhumi Pujan for inter- a Covid winner and played a CM to boost morale for the the time to be all the more cau- and boosting everyone's morale ception work for Rispana and doubles match against Sports fight against Covid-19. tious. Wearing of masks and in the fight against the pan- Bindal rivers, one SPS con- secretary BK Sant paired with Speaking on the occasion, the observing social distancing has demic. Such events will defi- struction and renovation esti- another Covid winner. The CM said that at a time when to be remembered during the nitely raise public awareness on mated to cost a total of Rs 63.75 CM’s pair won the match 10- the whole world is grappling coming festivals, he stressed. Covid. All of us must under- crore and inaugurated a Rain 5. with the pandemic, united “Earlier the need was felt to stand that there must be no Basera constructed at a cost of The Covid warrior to win- efforts can help win the fight. raise the morale of those who complacency till there is a Rs 1.48 crore on Balbir Road ner programme has been ini- Though there has been a drop had recovered from Covid but medicine,” stressed Rawat. here on Sunday. The works to be undertaken for the Rispana and Bindal include tapping and treatment of 177 drains and 2,901 would prove beneficial for the needy in the clean water in every home in the country - P '! ( sewer pipes from homes along the Rispana, area. Referring to the works to keeping the by 2024. These and other facilities planned 32.40 kilometre carrier line work, con- Ganga clean, he said that these will be com- by the government will transform even struction of one sewer pumping station pleted in Uttarakhand in the next four slums for which the State government is and maintenance work. On the occasion, months. Out of the 135 drains emptying also undertaking various works, said the the CM also announced Rs 10 crore for into the Ganga, 128 had been tapped while CM. construction of roads in the Rajpur assem- the remaining seven will also be tapped MP Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, bly constituency. soon. The sewage treatment plants con- Dehradun mayor Sunil Uniyal ‘Gama’, Speaking on the occasion, Rawat said structed in Uttarakhand are also of the lat- MLAs Harbans Kapoor, Khajan Das, and West. that the Rain Basera constructed on est type. The CM also spoke about the tar- Ganesh Joshi, Vinod Chamoli and others ; 8 To him, every Balbir Road was a good facility centre that get set by the PM of ensuring a tap and were also present on the occasion. human being, no he philosophy and way of matter where they Tlife which noted Doon- live or to which reli- based author Roshen Dalal’s gion they belong, is recent book on J Krishnamurti essentially the same. talks about makes so much Each person has the more sense in these days when same range of feel- the world is facing unprece- ings and emotions, dented challenges and troubles. each person is Technology has advanced trapped by his/her in unforeseen ways- one can own thinking and travel across the world within desires. Each per- ; 8 hours and communicate in an son struggles to get instant. Yet human beings are something out of large number of concerned still in conflict with one anoth- life, yet dies unful- Acitizens and members of er and with the natural world. filled. Bound by tra- various public groups demon- The over exploitation of dition and ideas of strated near the Dehradun air- resources has brought the belonging, to a fam- port on Sunday against the world to the brink of disaster. ily, nation, or reli- proposed felling of nearly Can things be different? The gion, most people 10,000 trees for the planned book makes us think- is there cannot transcend expansion of the airport. The a different way of living? Dalal their limited world, demonstrators reiterated their has presented in her work a leading to divisions opposition to the proposed balanced view of the various in society, these in felling of thousands of trees, aspects of Krishnamurti, the turn leading to con- stating that the authorities person, while also recognising flict, hatred and war. should look for an alternative. his great contribution to the Was there another They stressed that the 215 world. His philosophy and a way, could there be acres area of the Shivalik ele- historical view of his life have a different type of phant reserve which would be been presented by Dalal, who human being, who used for the planned expansion is a well-known historian. The together could cre- of Dehradun airport is an irre- idea of self-knowledge as the ate a world without placeable environmental key to change is brought out in conflict, a world of asset. this beautifully written biogra- love, friendship and The citizens stated that the phy titled J Krishnamurti: A peace, transcending area houses various species of Life of Compassion Beyond boundaries, of birds apart from being used by Boundaries. nation, nationality, elephants, leopards and other trees for the airport expansion than 18,000 people have also against the planned felling of Jiddu Krishnamurti [1895- religion or caste? wildlife, considering which, is not acceptable. It is pertinent signed an online petition the trees for the expansion 1986], had pointed out a way Krishnamurti had a the plan to axe nearly 10,000 to mention here that more addressed to the chief minister, project. that still has relevance. Though vision of such a he died more than three world, which would emerge not seven decades. It captures snip- musicians, dancers, and types decades ago, his thoughts and through a social revolution, not pets of each of these 70 years of art, music and dance. The ideas are still alive. He is known through any ‘ism’ but through through important events in book also indicates how tradi- 4 56 across the world as a philoso- oneself. Says Dalal, “I feel various areas like politics, cul- tion is gradually giving way to pher who touched the essence Krishnamurti was a messenger ture, science, sports, literature, new forms of culture, and of life and sought to bring of truth, urging people to music and television industry. showcases some of the latest about a peaceful, harmonious change their consciousness and Against India’s political back- trends. 75666 ( way of living, through a trans- providing a new way to do so.” drop, it provides glimpses of the Roshen Dalal was born in formation of human con- Roshen Dalal is the author country’s vast and rich culture, Mussoorie, and lived in various sciousness. He travelled inces- of the bestselling two-volume its diversity and many lan- places in India, including ; 8 unteer to educate the illiterate people lack of advertising and publicity of the santly, engaging with people in Puffin History of India and The guages, its eminent personali- Hyderabad, Mumbai and including more than 300 young girls aged campaign among locals might also be the North and South America, Puffin History of the World. ties and its achievements in all Delhi, before settling in hile there are more than 35,000 illit- 11 years to 14 years. Surprisingly, howev- reason for less registration and the admin- Europe, India, Sri Lanka, Her other books include The spheres. Dehradun, where she now Werate people in Dehradun district as er, only about 50 volunteers have registered istration is working on it. Australia and New Zealand. He Religions of India: A Concise In literature, the book pro- resides along with several res- per the recent survey conducted by the dis- on the DSCL website so far. It is pertinent to mention here that any spoke to large audiences and Guide to Nine Major Faiths, vides accounts of various cued cats and a dog. She has an trict administration, the number of vol- Clarifying the situation about low vol- educated person can volunteer and adjust held discussions in small Hinduism: An Alphabetical authors, poets, and works in MA and a PhD in ancient unteers registered on the website of unteer registrations for over a month, the the classes as per their daily schedule. groups. He spoke in English, Guide and India at 70: many of the twenty-two lan- Indian history from Jawaharlal Dehradun Smart City Limited (DSCL) has officials stated that there was a technical Besides, the volunteer has the freedom to but his works have been trans- Snapshots Since Independence. guages recognised in the Nehru University, New Delhi. not even reached 100 yet. Under Padho glitch in the web portal due to which sev- choose the area where they want to take lated into numerous languages. Her book India at 70, Constitution. In cinema, select She has taught both at school Doon Badho Doon campaign, the district eral people could not register their names classes and the administration will provide Born on 11-12th May 1895 at Snapshots Since Independence actors, film and directors have and university level, and has administration is planning to eradicate illit- as volunteers for the literacy campaign. them space in a school in that area. Those Madanapalle, a small town in was released on August 15, been chosen out of hundreds, been involved in research in the eracy from Dehradun district by January However, as per the officials, the issue is who can give at least 25 hours to five illit- present Andhra Pradesh, his 2017. The book is a well- again across various languages. fields of history, religion, phi- 26. In order to achieve this goal by involv- sorted and the administration is receiving erate people in any area of the district can philosophy is universal, tran- researched account of the Then there are details of tele- losophy and ing the residents of the district, the the registration from the volunteers. register themselves at http://dsclser- scending distinctions of East nation’s evolution over the past vision and tele-serials, artists, education. administration had asked people to vol- Meanwhile, the officials also agreed that vices.org.in/volunteer.php. !"#"# +
, P"$ . # $+ " , delay of 663 days. 2: The top court noted & the explanation given in the he Supreme Court has dep- application for condonation of Trecated the “inordinate delay which stated that it was delays” by government author- due to unavailability of docu- ities in filing appeals before it, ments and process of arranging espite protests over the he National Investigation and said they “must pay for them and also that in “bureau- Dnew farm laws enacted by TAgency (NIA) has filed a wastage of judicial time” and cratic process works, it is inad- the Parliament, farmers from charge-sheet against 12 traf- such costs can be recovered vertent that delay occurs”. Punjab, Haryana, Uttar fickers, including nine from officers responsible. “We are constrained to Pradesh, Kerala and Jammu Bangladeshis, in International A bench headed by Justice pen down a detailed order as it and Kashmir are going to man- Human Trafficking Case S K Kaul said the apex court appears that all our counselling dis in large numbers to sell before a special NIA court in cannot be a place for the gov- to government and govern- their produce to procurement Hyderabad. ernments to walk in when ment authorities have fallen on obtain a certificate of dismissal is taken against the officers, who agencies, Government officials The case was registered they choose ignoring the peri- deaf ears i.E., the Supreme from the Supreme sit on the files and do nothing, said. by the NIA under various od of limitation prescribed in Court of India cannot be a Court to put a quietus to and it is presumed that court According to the Ministry Sections of the Indian the statute. place for the governments to the issue and thus, say that would condone the delay. of Food and Consumer Affairs, Penal Code including crimi- “We have raised the issue walk in when they choose nothing could be done because “We are thus, constrained to about 84.46 lakh metric tons of nal conspiracy, sexual that if the government machin- ignoring the period of limita- the highest court has dismissed send a signal and we propose to kharif paddy worth 15,947 ther step up when purchase and J&K,” the food ministry exploitation, exploitation of ery is so inefficient and inca- tion prescribed,” it said. the appeal. do in all matters today, where crore was purchased at the starts in major rice producing said. As per data, FCI has trafficked pable of filing appeals/peti- The bench said a “prepos- “It is to complete this for- there are such inordinate delays minimum support price (MSP) states like West Bengal, procured 4,82,656 MT in persons, forgery, using forged tions in time, the solution may terous proposition” is sought to mality and save the skin of offi- that the government or state from 7.38 lakh farmers so far. Telangana, Andhra Pradesh Haryana, 1545 MT in Uttar documents as genuine and lie in requesting the Legislature be propounded that if there is cers who may be at default that authorities coming before us Unlike before, the Government and Chhattisgarh, where har- Pradesh and 1809 MT in relevant Sections of the to expand the time period for some merit in the case, the such a process is followed. We must pay for wastage of judicial is releasing the daily procure- vest hits the market later. Kerala and 25,551 MT in Tamil Immoral Traffic (Prevention) filing limitation for government period of delay is to be given a have on earlier occasions also time which has its own value. ment data to send a message to On the other hand, Nadu till October 7. Act, 1956 and the Foreigners authorities because of their go-by. strongly deprecated such a prac- Such costs can be recovered farmers protesting against the Bhartiya Kisan Union has The government has set Act, 1946. gross incompetence. That is not “If a case is good on mer- tice and process. There seems to from the officers responsible,” new farm laws that it has no alleged that farmers from UP, target of procuring 49.7 million The nine chargesheeted so,” said the bench, also com- its, it will succeed in any case. be no improvement,” it said. the bench said. intention of scrapping pro- Bihar and Rajasthan are selling tonnes rice in this kharif sea- Bangladeshis are Abdul Barik prising Justice Dinesh It is really a bar of limitation “The purpose of coming to It noted in its order that no curement at MSP. their crops to Punjab traders as son - around 18% more than (absconding), Mohd Yousuf Maheshwari. which can even shut out good this court is not to obtain such doubt, some leeway is given for In a related development, there was a huge gap between record procurement of 42 mil- Khan, Bithi Begum, Mohd “Till the statute subsists, cases. This does not, of course, certificates and if the govern- “government inefficiencies” but the Punjab Assembly session the MSP in Punjab and these lion tonnes in kharif 2019-20. Rana Hussain, Mohammed the appeals/petitions have to be take away the jurisdiction of the ment suffers losses, it is time the sad part is that authorities scheduled to begin on October states. “Farmers in these states For the current year, the Centre Al Mamun, Sojib Shaik, filed as per the statues pre- court in an appropriate case to when the concerned officer keep on relying on judicial pro- 19 will now last for two days are selling their crop to Punjab has fixed the MSP of paddy Suresh Kumar Das, Mohd scribed,” the bench said in its condone the delay,” it said. responsible for the same bears nouncements for a period of instead of one to bring a legis- traders at 900-1,000 per quin- (common grade) at 1,868 per Abdulla Munshi, and Mohd order while The bench noted that such the consequences,” the bench time when technology had not lation to negate the farm laws tal. After paying the freight quintal, while that of A grade Ayub Shaik. dealing with an appeal filed approach is being adopted and noted. advanced and a greater leeway enacted by the Parliament. charges (200-250/ quintal), it variety has been fixed at Rs Other three chargeheeted by Madhya Pradesh after a the object appears to be to The top court said no action was given to the government. Farmers and civil rights organ- costs the traders 1,150 per 1,888 per quintal. accused are Ruhul Amin isations have been holding quintal. This means they make Till October 17, about Dhali of West Bengal, Asad protests since last month. As a profit of nearly 600- 723.79 tonne of moong and Hasan and Shareeful Shaik of per the Punjab government 650/quintal,” they alleged. urad at MSP value of Rs 5.21 Maharashtra. $ ( data, 47,53,651 metric tonnes Paddy procurement com- crore was procured from 681 The case was initially reg- of paddy has been procured menced in Punjab and farmers in Haryana, Tamil istered as crime no. 477/2019 0 & and payment of 5,246.27 Haryana from September 26 Nadu and Maharashtra. under various Sections of crores has been made to due to early arrival of the Similarly, 5089metric tones of IPC and the Immoral Traffic 3,56,516 farmers. As per data, crop, while in other states it copra (the perennial crop) (Prevention) Act on ! ; 47,34,791 metric tonnes paddy began from October 1. More having MSP value of Rs. 52.40 September 21, 2019 at has procured by the than 80 per cent of the coun- crore has been procured ben- Pahadishareef Government agencies and try’s paddy crop is grown in the efitting 3961 farmers in Police Station, Hyderabad, 18,860 metric tonnes by the kharif season. The Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. In following the arrest of 10 laboratories has also increased. Bihar that have river-based millers. Government through the Food respect of Copra and Urad, human traffickers by the In order to further floods, the Central Water JP president J P Nadda will “So far, 96% of the total Corporation of India (FCI) rates are ruling above MSP in Police on that day from he Integrated Flood improve the situation, the Commission generates flood Bbe on a day-long visit to rice procurement of 3.72 mil- and state agencies undertakes most of the major producing two brothels at Jalpally vil- TWarning Systems devel- Department of Science and warning based on the rainfall Siliguri in West Bengal on lion tonnes have come from procurement of paddy at MSP. States. lage, Balapur, RangaReddy oped for Mumbai and Chennai Technology (DST) is increas- forecast provided by IMD,” Monday to attend several Punjab and Haryana. Farmers “Paddy procurement in the In case of cotton, state- District and Mahimood to cater to the needs of coastal ingly boosting its interven- Vardhan said. events. are coming to mandis in large 2020-21 kharif marketing sea- owned Cotton Corporation of colony, Balapur, in cities will be extended to tions for the participation of He was addressing the The assembly polls are number in these two States to son is going on smoothly in the India (CCI) has procured Hyderabad. Kolkata, Earth Sciences women in S&T at multiple lev- sixth episode of the Sunday scheduled in West Bengal in sell their produce at MSP,” procuring states of Punjab, 165369 bales at MSP value of 4 young Bangladeshi girl Minister HarshVardhan said on els through various new Samvad. the first half of the next year officials said. The official said Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Rs 46697.86 lakh from 32994 had also been rescued from Sunday. schemes, Vardhan said. Sharing an update on the and the Bharatiya Janata Party that the procurement will fur- Nadu, Kerala, and Chandigarh farmers till October 17. the brothel. Vardhan, who is also the “The Integrated Flood demonstration plant devel- (BJP) is making a determined Science and Technology Warning Systems developed oped by CSIR’s Indian Institute bid to put an end to Chief Minister, said not only has the for Mumbai and Chennai are of Petroleum and GAIL in Minister and Trinamool percentage of women con- city-specific prediction sys- Dehradun that he inaugurated Congress (TMC) supremo &' ( # P , tributing to science education tems to cater the needs of in 2019, the minister said it can Mamata Banerjee’s 10-year-old at the school level increased coastal cities which will be produce about 800 litres of BS- reign, following an impressive significantly, but the percent- extended to Kolkata. VI quality diesel per day from show in the state in last year’s ( P ( age of women in government “For states like Assam and 1,000 kg waste plastics. Lok Sabha polls. In a statement, BJP’s chief 12) ( spokesperson Anil Baluni said Nadda will hold separate meet- ings with party leaders and rep- during the pandemic. accelerated our impact on the resentatives of various social BJP spokesperson Sambit climate”. groups in Siliguri. he BJP on Sunday slammed Patra told reporters that it was lobal speakers, ranging Manisha (17), a child advo- The BJP president will Tthe Congress for its MP “unbelievable” that a senior Gfrom Pope Francis to Prince cate and a panelist, said, “Time address a press conference and Shashi Tharoor’s criticism of Congress leader and an MP like William to UN Secretary- is running out. We as young cit- offer prayers at a temple. He the Modi Government’s han- Tharoor can make such com- General Antonio Guterres, have izens have a crucial role to play will also pay tributes to social dling of the Covid-19 pan- ments against India at a stressed on immediate action to in combating climate emergen- reformer Panchanan Barma. demic at a Pakistan event and Pakistani forum. “He has curb the menace of climate cri- cies or else face its consequences. Siliguri is in north Bengal, accused him of “demeaning demeaned India and projected sis which, they said, has been hit- Hence we have an obligation to a region where the BJP had per- and discrediting” India. The the country in dim light,” Patra ting hard the poorest and most act now.” formed very well in the Lok BJP wondered if Congress said. vulnerable who have done least Delhi Chief Minister Sabha polls and which has leader Rahul Gandhi wanted to In a swipe at Rahul, Patra to cause the problem. Arvind Kejriwal’s message at the emerged as a stronghold of the contest elections in Pakistan. said he and the BJP will now “No country is immune Daring Cities Conference held saffron party. Hitting back, the Congress call him “Rahul Lahori”. He is from the climate crisis. But in on October 7 was relayed at said the BJP has always already a “hero” in China and every country, it is the poorest event. Kejriwal had talked about responded to substance and Pakistan, Patra alleged. and most vulnerable who are Delhi being the most polluted $ facts with “jumlebaazi” Referring to Tharoor’’s hardest hit, despite having done city and shared the measures (rhetoric). remarks that Rahul had warned least to cause the problem” said taken to control it like mandat- P <" The BJP attacked Tharoor about the severity of the Gueterres at the virtual event ing the odd-even scheme and after he posted a link to the COVID-19 as early as in TEDxPratyek COUNTDOWN thousands of baby steps leading comments made online at February and that he should be which witnessed over 5000 par- to the city having a 25 per cent Lahore Think Fest, which his getting credit for it, Patra ticipants from schools and orga- reduction in pollution. < " office said was held last month. claimed that the Kerala MP was nizations across the Indian con- Similarly, Pope Francis In the event, he criticised the a close friend of the former tinent. The event was orga- insisted to “focus on radical cli- Modi Government’s handling Congress president and won- nized by the child advocates mate change before it’s too late”. of the coronavirus and also dered if Rahul wanted to get associated with PRATYeK. Former US Vice President spoke of alleged “bigotry and credit in Pakistan and contest The Countdown began with Al Gore pitched for the notion acing the daunting task of prejudice” against Muslims polls there. Prince William, the Duke of of using our voice, finding our exercise, the officials said. day drill with Japanese navy Ftaking on a three-time sit- Cambridge, speaking about power, finding our passion to The Sri Lanka Navy will be from September 26-28. ting MLA, Congress candi- “human transition and how our ensure this reminder will mark he navies of India and Sri represented by offshore patrol Last month, Indian Navy date from Bihar’s Bankipur speed in innovation has been the beginning of a healthy, just, TLanka will conduct a three- vessel Sayura and training ship also carried out a two-day Luv Sinha on Sunday said he ' ( = $ incredible but how it has also and sustainable future for all. day military exercise off Gajabahu. mega exercise in the Indian has decided to fight an “uphill Trincomalee beginning The previous edition of Ocean Region with the battle” on his political debut by ="H/6$ $ Monday, in a show of growing SLINEX was conducted off Australian Navy that featured challenging the BJP in its bas- congruence in their strategic Visakhapatnam in September a range of complex naval tion in order to prove his met- Addressing AICC general interests and operational con- 2019. manoeuvres, anti-aircraft drills tle. secretaries and state-incharges in vergence in the region, officials “SLINEX series of exercise and helicopter operations. The son of Bollywood ongress president Sonia a meeting which she presided said. exemplifies the deep engage- In July, the Indian Navy superstar and former Union CGandhi on Sunday hit out at over, Sonia also alleged that the The eighth edition of the ment between India and Sri carried out a military exercise minister Shatrughan Sinha, Luv the Government over the three country was being ruled by a annual SLINEX exercise will Lanka which has strengthened with a US Navy carrier strike Sinha also said he is not con- farm laws, the handling of the Government which was “sys- feature a series of complex mutual cooperation in the mar- group led by the nuclear-pow- testing from the Bankipur COVID-19 pandemic, econom- tematically” handing over the drills including surface and itime domain,” an Indian Navy ered aircraft carrier USS assembly seat that falls in the ic slowdown and alleged atroc- rights of citizens to a handful of anti-air weapon firings and spokesperson said. “Interaction Nimitz off the coast of Patna Sahib Lok Sabha segment ities against Dalits, while claim- crony capitalists. ' cross deck flying operations between the two navies has also Andaman and Nicobar to avenge his father’s defeat ing that Indian democracy is This was the first meeting of with an aim to further fine- grown significantly in recent Islands. from there in the 2019 general passing through its “most diffi- general secretaries and state in- tune the “high degree” of inter- years, in consonance with The USS Nimitz is the elections. He asserted that he cult phase”. charges after a major organisa- is the major factor behind air operability between the two India’s policy of world’s largest warship. was fighting for the welfare of A “conspiracy” has been tional reshuffle last month. She pollution in north India. “The navies, they said. ‘Neighbourhood First’ and the India has significantly the people of Patna. hatched to defeat the gains of the said the BJP-led dispensation has nlisting traffic, industries, soil type in north India is allu- The Indian Navy will prime minister’s vision of expanded its deployment in An actor-turned-politician ‘green revolution’, she alleged, attacked the very foundation of Ewaste, dust, stubble among a vial. Therefore, there’s a lot of deploy anti-submarine Security and Growth for all in the Indian Ocean Region with like his father, he told PTI in an slamming the government over India’s resilient agrarian econo- few others as major factors dust, which is the major rea- waKamorta and INS Kiltan as the Region (SAGAR),” he said. a plethora of warships and interview that the BJP was a the three “anti-agriculture black my by bringing in “three anti- behind air pollution, Union son behind air pollution in the well as a sizeable number of The Indian Navy has par- submarines following its bor- changed party post-2014 and laws”. agriculture black laws”. Environment Minister Prakash region. advanced light helicopters, ticipated in a number of joint der row with China in eastern alleged that there were not Javadekar on Sunday said the Dust suppressant and Chetak helicopter and Dornier maritime exercises in the last Ladakh, ostensibly to send many intra-party discussions pollution problem cannot be water sprinklers are used to maritime patrol aircraft in the few weeks including a three- across a message to Beijing. now but only “orders” were resolved in a day and continu- tackle it... We have also been given. ous efforts are needed to tackle asking all agencies, (state) Asked why he chose the each of the contributing factors. governments and corpora- ( Congress for his poll debut ( Unlike in the past, this tions, to close unpaved roads,” when he could have opted for a time he avoided blaming the said Javadekar who also party like the RJD which has a Kejriwal Government in Delhi launched the SAMEER App, wider presence in Bihar, the 37- tribution to make a difference on the State Government and developed by the Central 1 - year-old said, “It is not just me at ground level. said that tackling pollution in Pollution Control Bureau choosing the Congress, it is also elhi Women and Child AIIMS Professor Atul Delhi is not just the responsi- (CPCB). 7: city. The incident took place at Officer Babulal Meena said. the Congress choosing me”. DDevelopment Minister Ambekar introduced the pro- bility of municipal corpora- The app provides informa- Biriyakhedi circle under A case has been regis- “The Congress noted the Rajendra Pal Gautam on ject on enhancing treatment tions and the city govern- tion air quality for more than 40-year-old man died after Jhalawar Sadar police station tered against the truck driver work I had done even when my Sunday launched a campaign and rehabilitation services ment, “but the air shed is 100 cities across India. Available Ahis motorcycle collided on Saturday night, they said. and efforts are being made to father was part of BJP. I have against drug and substance for the underprivileged large and includes parts of on the Google Play Store and head-on with a speeding truck Singh died on the spot as nab him, he said. worked here with my father abuse. homeless people affected by Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Apple App Store for both in Rajasthan’s Kota district, he was crushed under the tyres Singh’s body was handed since 2009. I am sure the party The AAP leader under- drug use where the focus Pradesh.” Android and iOS users, the police said on Sunday. of the truck. The truck driver over to his family members noticed my work in the previ- lined the need for regular will be on developing innov- He was interacting with Sameer India’s AQI application The deceased has been fled the spot, leaving behind his after a post-mortem exami- ous elections and that is why coordination of all stake- ative modules of service people during a Facebook Live can be conveniently downloaded identified as Durga Shakti vehicle, which has been nation this morning, Meena they considered me for this tick- holders for a meaningful con- delivery. event on Sunday. He said dust across personal mobile phones. Singh, a resident of Jhalawar impounded, Station House said. et,” he said. !"#"# / ! " # $ Harsh Vardhan lambasted the Kerala 7:= ?= Government for its failure to sustain the preventive measures it had adopt- # erala’s see-saw battle with Covid- ed during the initial phase of the pan- K19 continued on Sunday as 7,631 demic. In his weekly interaction, the new persons were diagnosed with the minister pointed put that the number I %- ; 98*,-*-/;,,/,( pandemic while the total number of of persons getting afflicted with ,/*,8<,(*9,-8 patients under treatment for the dis- Covid-19 due to local transmission n elderly priest was *+<<+;./,(6?+8*(6 ease touched 95,200. The number of were on the increase in Kerala. Aallegedly beaten to death +6/-)678-78* fatalities were 22. Meanwhile, situation in Tamil by a man who was in an ine- Malappuram with 1,399 patients Nadu is improving gradually as per briated condition after the .( KOCHI: Joseph Mar Thoma Vijayan and leaders 7:= Pinarayi Vijayan, I am a farmer Metropolitan, supreme head of of all political par- and mainly into cultivation of the Mar Thoma Church, ties in the Syaye ocial media offers opportu- snake gourds. Since the passed away in the early hours expressed their grief Snities to layman to get con- moment I saw this picture, I of Sunday. The 90-year-old over the demise of nected with the rulers and vice feel this is an ideal place to cul- chief of the Mar Thoma the Metropolitan, versa. A picture of the high-end tivate snake gourds. If you give Church was suffering from who always had a Low Floor buses owned by the me permission, I am ready to pancreatic cancer for some- strong presence in public sector Kerala State Road launch farming operations on time and breathed his last in Kerala’s social and Transport Corporation a lease basis in the space a private hospital in Thiruvalla. cultural spheres. (KSRTC) caught the attention between the parked buses. The Born P T Joseph in 1931, Theof Kuttan Pillai, a farmer who farming operations could be he was ordained in 1957 and Metropolitan drew is active in the social media. launched in 30 days.” Says elevated as he supreme head of national attention The KSRTC is in dire Pillai in his message to the chief the Church in 2007 following when he fought for financial situation (it tops the minister. the resignation of Metropolitan the rights of the 58 loss making PSUs in Kerala Pillai’s message to Vijayan Dr Philipose Mar Chrysostom empathy and humility. His transgenders and built homes with losses running to 508 was retweeted hundreds of due to health reasons. noble ideals will always be for the children of the inmates crore) and owes its employees times by other farmers and Prime Minister Narendra remembered,” said the Prime of red street. The Mar Thoma salaries and other arrears. environmentalists who Modi condoled the death of the Minister who also remem- Church under his leadership Despite its monopoly over expressed their desire to be part Metropolitan. “His Grace the bered the Metropolitan’s 90th initiated a number of social major routes in the State, of the snake gourd cultivation. Most Rev. Dr. Joseph Mar birth day function in which he development programmes and KSRTC buses do not get prop- Since messages received in the Thoma Metropolitan was a was the chief guest.The Prime he led the fight for the rights of er maintenance and are # ( ; Chief Minister’s Office are remarkable personality who Minister waxed eloquence on Dalit Christians. dumped in garages. closely monitored by a special served humanity and worked the Metropolitan’s two objec- The Metropiolitan would Recently, the Human corporation who was denied It is in this background that ing his permission to allow the cyber wing, it is certain that hard to improve the lives the tives, empowerment of women be interred with ful Rights Commission had to his monthly pension and ben- Pillai, sent a message through former to undertake the culti- Pillai did it with purpose and poor and downtrodden. He and eradication of poverty. l State honours on Monday at intervene on behalf of a bed- efits even after seven years the social media to Chief vation of snake gourd in these he meant business. Over to the was blessed with abundance of Chief Minister Pinarayi Thiruvalla. PNS ridden former worker of the after his retirement. Minister Pinarayi Vijayan seek- parking lots. “Respected Sri Chief Minister. 2=:5 ( (( & , ( 1 " ( (( + $ 33 7:7 torture, assault and death in custody.” 1" Claiming that there was outrage at > - ; ilies are engaged in making engal Chief Minister Mamata such “lawlessness in state and outside,” Aligarh: Aligarh police busted deities for Goddess Durga for BBanerjee hit back in equal measures he also referred to the reported police a gang of robbers and recovered hough Aligarh is very the occasion of Navratri. hours after State Governor Jagdeep excesses on a Sikh man Balwinder Singh gold and cash of about 1.25 Tcommunally sensitive city Behind the back ground of Dhankhar shot off yet another letter to who was reportedly heckled by t he 3 %8%9 commandos recovered the bodies of crore rupees. but despite that the city has a communally sensitive city, a her expressing concern over falling law police men catching him by his 5 Maoists comprising 3 women and Police arrested 5 members many such Hindu and Muslims Muslim family of Aligarh is and order situation and violation of turban.” n a biggest operation undertaken by two men, from the bushes. “ We are of this gang and sent them to who are making examples of famous for making dress of human rights. The Governor further said it was Ithem during the current year, the yet to identify the Maoists killed and jail. This gang has a long his- communal harmony and Durga not locally but at far Stopping short of naming the “high time you redeem your constitu- Anti-Naxal Squad (ANS) commandos verify if any cases or bounties were tory of robbery in various brotherhood. Among them flung places also . Governor, Banerjee said there were tional oath and enforce rule of law, ensure gunned down five Maoists, including declared against them,” a senior ANS states. Many robberies have notable are Rafeeq, The demand of thier dress some people who were engaged in ‘democratic governance’ in the state, 3 women, in the Kosmi-Kisneli forests officer said. beem cracked by the police. Shakir,Trannum and Munni for Durga increases manifold defaming the police administration make police and administration ‘politi- falling under the jurisdiction of There were no casualties or In the Police Line who are Muslims but keep fast on navratri. The dresses made notwithstanding the service rendered by cally neutral’ and accountable, sanitise Dhanora region in the naxalite-infest- injuries on the security personnel side. Auditorium SP Rural for nine days during navratri. by Abid r/o Chowk Bundoo the men in uniform. power corridors of non-state actors and ed district of Gadchiroili in eastern Incidentally, Sunday’s was the first Shubham Patel revealed the Not only this they perform Arti Khan and his younger brother Addressing a small audience at Body ensure that SSA (State Security Advisor) Maharashtra on Sunday. major operation carried out under major theft crime. He told that of mother Durga and also offer Firaz r/o Civil Lines are being Guard Lines the Chief Minister said “our and Principal Advisor Internal Security Acting on a tip-off, ANS’ C-60 Gadchiroli’s new Superintendent of the Dado police got informa- water on Shiva Ling. They taken by many to Goddess police men are working round the clock do not boss over the statutorily struc- unit commandos of the Gadchiroli Police Ankit Goyal. tion that the accused wanted in have not left their own religion Durga. for the people, for the society without tured police apparatus, thereby reducing police were conducting a combing He was assisted by Additional a case of theft is planning to go and perform five time namaz This is biggest example caring for their own safety and here are the DGP and other police officials to operation in the Kosmi-Kisneli forests Superintendent of Police Maneesh to Chharra to sell the stolen apart of keeping fast during communal harmony in a city some people who are out to defame them abject subordination and to insignifi- at 4 pm on Sunday when Maoists Kalwaniya. jewelry. They are standing near ramzan. They say that,” there which is known for its riots and … This is being done only for political cance.” opened fire at them. The ANO and Maharashtra police Pulia Bamba Ataa. Sub-inspec- are many facets of Allah and communal flare up . reasons … even if someone dies of tuber- There has been no love lost between The ANS commandos opened have in recent months intensified anti- tor Harikesh Kumar reached Bhagwan which may be wor- Abid and Firaz belong culosis they will call it a death because the Governor and the State Government retaliatory fire at the Maoists, who fled Maoist operations in Maharashtra’s the spot with the team and shiped . to fourth generation of a a of failing law and order situation.” ever since he came to the State last year the scene soon afterwards. Gadchiroli district, which is located on arrested all the accused. We should not trap our- Muslim family who prepare Hours before the Governor wrote to with the two sides accusing each of inter- “The C-60 commandos of the the border of Telangana and 50 thousand cash and waist selves within boundaries of dress for gods and goddesses. Chief Minister drawing her attention to fering in other’s work. Gadchiroli police were conducting a Chhattisgarh. flower of the yellow metal was only one religion”. On the other Abid, Firaz and youngest the custodial death of Madan Ghorai a Meanwhile, in an unrelated devel- combing operation in the Kosmi- Earlier in the day, in the neigh- recovered from Asim son of hand there are Hindus like Jabbar had learnt the art of reported BJP worker from Kanakpur vil- opment the condition of Bengal BJP pres- Kisneli forests, when the Naxals bouring Telangana state, the Security Dilabar Khan resident of village Ramesh, Vijay and Arvind making dress for goddess from lage in East Midnapore district. ident Dilip Ghosh was stated to be sta- opened fire at them. The Naxals soon forces gunned down two Maoists in an Milk Sheikhpur police station who not only keep nine days their father Naim . Alleging gross human rights viola- ble though he had some lung conditions. fled from the spot after the police team exchange of fire that took place Dado Aligarh. A mangal sutra fast during navratri but also Now young generation is tion the letter said that “Recent custodial Ghosh was admitted to a private hospi- launched a retaliatory attack,” the between them and a group of naxals and cash were recovered from keep 29 days fast during also carrying on the tradition death of Madan Ghorai … is yet anoth- tal after he was diagnosed with corona police said. in Mangapet Mandal of Mulugu dis- Shahrukh. PNS ramzan .Also the Muslim fam- of their forefathers. er horrifying instance of dehumanising infection. Later in the evening, the ANS trict. !" $ % , )6@6 256 2/!/ 3 / 3 %8%9 people were discharged from trigger a jump in the total various hospitals in the state, number of infected cases from '(( 2 he total Covid 19-triggered the number of people dis- 240,335 to 241,935. Tdeaths crossed 42,000- charged from various hospitals Meanwhile, the mortality mark and infections inched after full recovery since the sec- rate in the state stood at 2.64 3 Aligarh: Police record shows violation, extortion and assault closer to 16 lakh-mark in ond week of March this year per cent. The number of %8%9 six registered cases against the was filed in the Jinnah case Maharashtra on Sunday, as went up to 13,69,810. The “active cases” in the state former president of AMU from the brother of Kamrul 150 more people succumbed to recovery rate in the state rose dropped from 1,85,270 to ontinuing its Students' Union, Mashkoor Hasan of AMU’s RM Hall. the pandemic and a relatively from 85.65 to 85.86 per cent. 1,82,973. Ccrackdown on Ahmad Usmani, who came After this, the case of the low 9,060 people tested positive Of the 150 deaths report- Pune district, which con- the drug peddlers, into the limelight after being kidnapping of the family of two for Coronavirus in various ed on Sunday, Mumbai tinued to be the worst-affected a team of Narcotics declared a Congress candidate miscreants killed in the famous parts of the state. accounted for a maximum of city-district in Maharashtra, Control Bureau in Bihar assembly elections. encounter of Harduaganj while A day after it logged 250 46 deaths, followed by 14 saw the total number of cases (NCB), Mumbai, One of these cases is the action taken from Atrauli to Delhi was deaths and 10,259 infected deaths in Nagpur. increase from 3,22,818 to has intercepted ( ( < taken in defiance of the court's registered. cases, there was a further drop In the lower range, there 3,23,642 while the total num- and seized a parcel =>$ ?# order. According to the police Apart from this, a case in the fatalities and infections, were nine each in Thane, Pune ber of deaths in Pune increased containing 1.1 kgs records, the police have filed a was filed for the attack on the as the number of deaths came and Satara, 6 each in Solapur from 6493 to 6502. of two places, including curat- Following the seizure, the tions have revealed that the charge sheet in 4 cases, while in BJP District President who down by 100 and the infected and Kolhapur, 5 in Sangli, 4 Thane district remained ed Marijuana at Lonavla, near NCB officials arrested two per- sender had couriered the con- 1 case the final report was filed came in support of the grand- plummeted by 1,199 cases. each in Jalgaon, Aurangabad, in the third spot --after Pune Pune, and arrested two persons sons --- Shrimay Paresh Shah traband by post to avoid detec- for lack of evidence. son of the Barauli MLA. With 150 fresh deaths, the Latur and Beed, 3 each in and Mumbai – after the total in connection with the seizure. (26) from Ahmedabad and tion. The first case was regis- Charge sheets had filed in all total number of deaths in the Raigad, Ahmednagar, Hingoli, number of infections from Acting on a tip-off, the Omkar Jaiprakash Tupe(28) The NCB officials are try- tered in 2015 at the Kwarsi four cases. Meanwhile, a case state mounted from 41,965 to Osmanabad, Nanded and 2,11,606 to 2,12,765, while the NCB sleuths opened a postal from Navi Mumbai – in con- ing to ascertain the identities police station, in which five under Section 174A was also 42,115. Wardha, 2 each in Nashik and pandemic toll rose from 5197 parcel that had arrived from nection with the offence. of the persons to whom the people, including AMU’s registered for disobeying the The number of infections Jalna and one death each in to 5206. Canada, at the Lonavla and “The source of seized con- contraband parcel was con- Mashkoor Ahmed Usmani order of the court. in a single day has gone down Palghar, Ratnagiri, Parbhani, Out of 81,39,466 samples found 1.03 kg curated traband was Canada and des- signed to. More arrests are son of Aun Ahmed, In the Jinnah case of May below 10000 mark for the first Akola, Yavatmal, Chandrapur sent to laboratories, 15,95,381 Marijuana. They later -- during tined for sale in Mumbai and likely during the coming days. resident Faizula Chowk police 2, 2018, a case of assault on time in three months. With and Gadchiroli. In addition one have tested positive (19.6 per a search carried at a flat Ahmedabad. The price of The investigators have a station Laheria Sarai, police and obstruction of gov- 9,060 fresh infections, the total person from outside the state cent) for COVID-19 until (C4/701) Bhimashankar Co- seized contraband in the inter- reason to believe that the seized Darbhanga Bihar hall were ernment work was filed by the number of infections inched died in Maharashtra. Sunday. Operative Housing Society at national market is around 50 curated Marijuana was intend- named. In this case of fraud, the then Inspector Civil Lines Javed closer to the 16 lakh mark as With 46 deaths, the Covid- Currently, 24,12,921 people Nerul in Navi Mumbai --seized lakh to 55 lakh,” a senior NCB ed to be sold to potential cus- police filed a final report for a Khan on more than 300 the cases increased from from 19 toll in Mumbai rose from are in home quarantine while another 74 grams of curated officer said. tomers in Mumbai and lack of evidence. unknown AMU students and 15,86,321 to 5,95,381. 9,739 to 9,785 while the infect- 23,384 people are in institu- Marijuana. The preliminary investiga- Ahmedabad. In the year 2018, a case of some named. PNS On a day when 11,204 ed cases increased by 1,600 to tional quarantine. !"#"# ) ) ! .!$?" ( > $.!$?" 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Beijing disre- clearly feeling the heat as Jinping # 9/$ has been the planned outreach tact is to draw the opponent into garded the verdict of the was left goading his military, “Put beyond its cartographic limits in a “limited” theatre and then out- International Court of Justice and all (your) minds and energy $ , , 8 terms of trade, commerce, military muscle and out-posture the same brazenly added another 10th into preparing for war.” $ , ( and diplomacy, both welcomingly into subservience without mat- and 11th line dash to its claims. The situation is getting " ( 8 and unwelcomingly. This demand- ters escalating beyond the defined ;% China’s claims on Taiwan are uncomfortably prolonged, incon- ! " ed a governance tonality of disrup- realm. History suggests that the equally disbelieving with the clusive and simmering to Beijing’s tion, deceit and re-interpretation of outcome of a long-drawn and :;=' ; Chinese Communist Party discomfiture, and perhaps the S 8 all known laws of sovereignty, expanded conflict has never (CPC) never ever ruling the sense that it has bitten more than 7 * 9/$ , morality and all other forms of glob- ended in China’s favour — like -9 =7 island State since the indepen- it can chew simultaneously, has # al operating systems. It has led to a the China-Vietnam war in 1979. dence of either of the nations, and dawned on the Chinese. The unique situation of China having China had underestimated the B8- only alluding to an expeditionary entire neighbourhood is seem- . , 7 9 *1D8 # territorial disputes with at least 18 Vietnamese resolve as the then Chinese force in AD 239 to but- ingly on a “high alert” and this 9/$ B countries, while having borders Chinese Vice Premier, Deng ;' tress its claims. works to the detriment of the C E= #,*( with only 14. Ironically, the Chinese Xiaoping, had mentioned to In recent times, devious efforts Chinese, who typically thrive on greed does not spare its own allies American President Jimmy P8 to soften its expansionist image nibbling and “salami tactics” on 0 9/$ #,*S like North Korea, Philippines and Carter before China’s ill-fated by propounding creative for- unsuspecting, napping or trust- 7 $ , S ( most recently, Nepal. intrusion into Vietnam, “The lit- '=8'' :' mula, like “one country, two ing neighbours. Even Russia, / 7 9 The Chinese approach towards tle child is getting naughty, it’s E8' C systems” in Hong Kong, have which has its own axe to grind territorial aggrandisement has time he got spanked.” By the end been completely exposed and with the US, would not mind see- 9 7 9/$ ,S swerved from creeping, brazen, of the bloody conflict, most 8' ; unmasked. Even shifty leaders ing China in a tight spot and may 9 , opportunistic to even innovative — independent historians agree like the Philippines President, allow its “neutrality” to worsen 8 9/$ F but always, relentless. With such a that the ragtag but battle-hard- F ; Rodrigo Duterte, who had the situation for Beijing. In such backdrop, it was hardly surprising ened Vietnamese outfought and shocked everyone by siding with a situation, Sino-wary nations % + $ ( that Beijing stated, “China does not outperformed the numerically %:B - ;:% the Chinese just when Manila need to collectively stare back, . # * 9/$ recognise the Ladakh Union and materially superior Chinese was embroiled in a territorial dis- ignore and blunt the provocative 9 " ( Territory illegally set up by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). ; : pute with Beijing or Prime Chinese statements that are Indian side and the Arunachal China can suddenly seize Minister KP Sharma Oli of intended to dramatise, coerce and 2G=== /1$ /* 1,0" 6 ; ' &R P Q ! # 8 5 8 < 8R '$ # 8 ; ( 8 # S ( 8 # A ( " # ( P S Q # , 8 8 7 (+ 8 7(+ ,/1 12"26 8 8S ( % 7 # B%7#C he Coronavirus pandemic has provided a P Q # unique opportunity for the Quadrilateral P B TSecurity Dialogue (QSD), also known as the CQ # P Q Quad, and its participating countries, namely the US, India, Australia and Japan, to contain China P Q in the Indo-Pacific and neutralise the threat ema- # nating from it. But there are several caveats. It still is not as strong-willed as a cohesive force that can 2G= P change global geopolitics. Yet, now is the time. *Q # @ History is replete with oppressors, especial- J ly in the context of nation states. It was the Roman # * Empire in the first century, later it was the ; Umayyad Caliphate in the early 10th century, J ( # ( Germany and the USSR in the modern age and KH ( so on. In the 21st century, China is one such oppressor. Even as the world grapples with the 8 Corona outbreak, which has wreaked havoc across 7 the globe, obliterating economies, putting peo- ple out of jobs and pushing health systems of %; ';B = S # countries to the brink, China is continuing its : A J ( expansionist campaigns unabated. Beijing has not B ' 7 ( only been responsible for land grabs in Nepal, but ; C= :;A: P Q has, through its quintessential “debt trap diplo- P8 -;:8 - ' # B * C # macy”, reduced India’s allies in the South Asian : . ' P B ( 8CQ region, be it Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and to %%9;' B J some extent Afghanistan, to being its serfs. %:' A- B 0 * ( Chinese bellicosity is a headache for the world already sickened by the contagion. In recent ';B = : ing of such similar agreements between that it will never be a part of any mili- Quad and its allies to bolster not only " ( :;% ' :: . P months, China has picked fights with a large num- India and other allies in the Quad and tary alliance signals that the very idea the efficiency of the grouping but also ber of nations, be it India in South Asia, Taiwan, ' = Quad+ areas, which will be a good of the Quad as a grouping of developed keep the global supply chain intact so Q the US in the Atlantic or its Southeast and East : % ;A deterrent vis-à-vis China’s cyberspace democracies with a military dimension that it is the liberal democracies that can Asian neighbours. Chinese President Xi Jingping %:=; = '. offensive capabilities. The Quad can play is doomed to remain divided for the call the shots in trade. 7 is determined to resurrect the glory of the “Middle 8; - ;= a pivotal role in curbing China’s aggres- foreseeable future. Third, the Quad Finally, the newly-propounded Kingdom” of the fifth century. With this aim in :; -% ' ;'O sion in the strategic Indo-Pacific and countries must upgrade the grouping to vision of “Atmanirbharta” or econom- 8 9 , 8 ( mind, China is responsible for altering the very % -: Indian Ocean Region (IOR), which is a full-fledged military alliance. Beijing ic autarky envisaged by the Prime ) ( nature of the rules-based Westphalian internation- -;:8 regarded as India’s backyard. It can not must remain in no doubt that the Quad Minister must not become a recipient al order as it existed despite all its shortcomings :7A: :8; only contain the expansionist designs of seeks to curb its growth and seeks to clip of shunning globalisation and allies or fallacies. At a time when the dragon nation China but can force it to mend its recal- its imperialist wings. It must indeed live alike. It must not follow the painful and should join hands with the rest of the world in =:8 ; ' ''8 citrant behaviour. up to its reputation of being Asia’s thoughtless import substitution princi- # ' ; # " ) combating a pandemic, which it interestingly Pressing concerns remain: Before NATO (North Atlantic Treaty ple followed in trade by the Nehru unleashed, it is instead trying to browbeat nation ' % ' emerging as the answer to China’s irre- Organisation). regime. The Government must be states into submission. :A 8' dentist claims, the Quadrilateral group- Fourth, four countries alone cannot mindful of forging economic alliances, L ) Mohammed Ayoob, distinguished Professor -8% : : ing must first get its own house in order. contain the ambitions of the dragon. while at the same time balance the needs L ) ( Emeritus, Michigan State University, had noted = :8 = :; There remain several shortcomings Hence, it is imperative that the Quad is and requirements of “Atmanirbharta.” L # that it is inherent in the nature of a ruling regime ' - and loopholes that need to be dealt with expanded to include new members such What is required in this context is " ) to resort to nationalism and bolster its legitima- ' -'.' A before it can “securitise” the Indian as Vietnam, Indonesia, South Korea, that India must become an export-ori- L ) cy at home. This seems to be China’s case and Xi’s ' : -A Ocean and broader Indo-Pacific region. Taiwan and so on to force the Chinese ented powerhouse. India constitutes just 8L ) imperialistic designs are emerging as a headache ;' : Mere lip service will not pay divi- regime to recognise the might of 1.7 per cent of the global export basket. for the world. dends if the trajectory of the Quad democracies and dial down its rhetoric. Hence there is a dire need to raise that Quad, the solid answer: Captain Alfred %%9;'' % A grouping is noted. Its members have Fifth, the Quad and the Quad+ share, which in the long run will not L 7 9 ;:8 ( F ( Mahan, one of the world’s foremost naval strate- mostly given lip service to the formal- members must jettison their liberal out- only increase the country’s per capita 98' ;A - : income but will help in bridging the 9 gists, said, “Sea power is the key to building an isation of this new alliance of military look of the current world order and empire.” The Quad is the answer to China’s bel- B: H: democracies. During the recent foreign must embrace, according to the Samuel mammoth lacuna of inequality of % ligerence. A coalition of democracies, the Quad =: = ministers’ meeting of the group held in P Huntington concept, a “Clash of wealth prevalent in Indian society. It will 8 developed in 2004 as the navies of India, the US, ; -: Tokyo, the four countries issued sepa- Civilisations”-led realist world order. help in making India achieve its cher- Japan and Australia collaborated. It was revived rate statements and only the US had the Although New Delhi has adopted ished idea of “Pax Indica,” which it . ( in 2007 at the insistence of the then Japanese gumption to call out China for its ille- a pragmatic foreign policy outlook, wished to get for so long. Lastly, as Carl ( Premier Shinzo Abe but gradually fizzled out only gal designs. Sadly and disappointingly, other countries like Australia, South Von Clausewitz, a Prussian General said: J to re-emerge in 2017 under the ambitious Indian the rest of the members simply beat Korea and Indonesia are still carrying “There are cases in which the greatest O O vision of SAGAR (Security and Assistance for All around the bush, trying to avoid a head- the misplaced notion of a Nehruvian- daring is the greatest wisdom.” 9 ( in The Region), an idea pioneered by Prime on conflict with the dragon. era liberal world order, which has no The pandemic provides a unique Minister Narendra Modi. The first thing that needs to be done place in a world dominated by great opportunity to make a new and robust The recent foreign ministers’ meeting held in is to stop wasting time and publicly power competition. alliance work. The Quad countries Tokyo, Japan, is regarded as a landmark moment name and call out the Chinese regime. Sixth, economic decoupling is high- should concern themselves not only to . in the evolution of the Quad grouping, as it paved Second, India’s extreme reluctance is ly important but in a globalised world, military aspects but must also address <> * P 8Q " the way for the signing of a new cyber security coming in the way of upgrading the it is easier said than done. However, a chronic deficiencies which plague the agreement between India and Japan. This pact security grouping. New Delhi has number of measures can be taken to international system. This alliance can seeks to protect not only each other’s military refused to upgrade the talks among the economically punish China. One such hold the key towards developing a new B ! " ! communication systems but to bolster the cyber Quad nations from the foreign secre- step can be establishing a Quad Free prosperous and stable Indo-Pacific and # C warfare capacity of the allies. taries level to that of the heads of the Trade Agreement (FTA) to attract com- world order. It perhaps needs to be followed by the sign- States. Further, India’s recent decision panies to invest in large sums in the (The writer is a columnist) index in the same proportion. Passive expected when the going is good but price movements. Therefore, fund parts.” This means that an investor can- all available information accurately and cations through market timing and investment is for conservative and risk- things can go terribly wrong during managers cannot beat the stock mar- not do better than the bourses. Sharpe timely? There is evidence that market stock selection. averse people who are looking for low- market downturns and therefore, due kets and generate higher returns on a explains this on the basis of costs and efficiencies may be lower in emerging A study by Kremnitzer shows risk investment and are not overly con- to its volatile nature, the active invest- long-term basis. This theory is support- says since both active and passive man- markets that can give a chance to active that actively managed mutual funds cerned with seeing rapid gains. The ment strategy is better suited for peo- ed by many researches. In 1966, agement generate equal returns before fund managers to find arbitrage oppor- outperformed passive ones. The idea behind this is the classic value ple who are aggressive and risk-toler- Treynor and Mazuy studied the perfor- costs, active management loses as it is tunities. After the 2008 financial crisis, researcher, using data from TD investing style, which looks at long- ant. In passive management, one rises mance of 57 mutual funds and their costlier, and therefore generates less the developed world has focussed on Ameritrade Research and the Standard term benefits of holding on to under- and sinks with the ship whereas active- sensitivity to market fluctuations and after-cost returns. emerging markets, which have risen as and Poors NetAdvantage database on *$1" -372. valued stocks with huge future earn- ly managed funds have the ability to concluded that maybe, no investor, pro- Modern portfolio theory assumes engines for global growth, driven by all existing US mutual funds and ing power. provide greater opportunity for prof- fessional or amateur, can outguess the that all market participants are ratio- younger populations, higher con- exchange traded funds (ETFs), dedi- he science of stock market invest- Active investing, on the other it, albeit, increasing the risk. According market. A similar study in 1968 by nal in their investment behaviour and sumption levels, modernisation of cated to emerging markets, found ing has long been a mystery for hand, aims to generate above market to researchers who propagate the effi- Jensen found that average mutual invest only in stocks at their fair value. infrastructure and integration with the that the before tax returns of actively- Tnormal retail investors and there returns by an in-depth research and cient market hypothesis (EMH), stock funds produced low returns. In a However, in reality, the markets con- world economy. According to managed mutual funds yielded supe- are numerous debates about which analysis and using the knowledge and markets are efficient in nature and, study to understand the importance of sist of various investors who are driven UNCTAD’s World Investment Report rior returns of approximately 2.87 per strategy is better. There are two diver- expertise to manoeuvre into or out of therefore, actively managed funds can- selecting a good fund manager, Dunn by different emotions, impulses, expe- 2019, FDI flows to developing cent over passively managed ETFs. So, gent ideologies: Active and passive a particular stock, bond or any asset, not outperform them over a long peri- and Theiser in 1983 found that there riences, risk tolerance, timelines and economies rose by two per cent to $706 which investment style should be cho- investment. The passive strategy, taking full advantage of short-term od of time. is only a 50-50 chance that an active legal constraints. Since efficient mar- billion in 2018. Developing Asia, sen? An apt strategy could be to com- which is mainly followed by the leg- price fluctuations. Since it does not nec- So does active portfolio manage- fund manager can produce better ket hypothesis presumes that all avail- already the largest recipient region of bine both active and passive investment endary Warren Buffet, is a long-term essarily mimic any index, it provides ment create value? The debate about returns than the bourses. This was reit- able information is reflected in the FDI flows, registered an increase of four styles, depending on the stock market one that mirrors a particular index the flexibility of buying stocks which the merit of active vs passive portfolio erated by the Nobel laureate, Sharpe, stock process accurately and timely, no per cent to $512 billion, with positive conditions. Active fund management where the returns are generated due to could be hidden gems. Since active management is supported by numer- in 1991 who showed that active fund investor can earn abnormal returns. growth occurring in all sub-regions. could be especially beneficial when the natural upswing of stock markets, investors are not stuck with index ous researches worldwide. In the mid- managers cannot give better returns They can, of course, earn normal China attracted $139 billion, an stock markets are volatile. Passive ignoring short-term setbacks and even stocks, they are able to exit any sector 1960s, Eugene Fama adjusted the than passive investment strategies, returns, which are the market returns. increase of four per cent. Flows to fund management is a better strategy sharp downturns. The simplest way of or stocks when the risk becomes too EMH and suggested three forms of mainly due to active management This assumption is used as an excuse South-East Asia rose by three per cent where the stocks and markets are high- embarking on a passive approach is to high and can also hedge their bets using informational efficiencies; the weak being expensive. by people who have faced losses dur- to $149 billion, a record level. This ly correlated and move together. buy an index fund that follows one of various techniques such as short sales form, semi-strong and strong. This That brings us to the question, can ing any meltdown, as they take a break increase is for the third consecutive Ultimately, it comes down to per- the major indices like the S&P 500, or put options. However, all the hypothesis suggests that investors can- anyone predict the stock market move- in using their prudence, creativity year. FDI flows to Africa expanded by sonal priorities, timelines and goals. An Dow Jones and BSE Sensex or Nifty in research overheads and frequent buy- not beat the markets by actively man- ments and earn abnormal returns? and perception to invest. But there is 11 per cent to $46 billion. Emerging experienced fund manager should India. These index funds automatical- ing and selling make active investment aging portfolios, as stock markets Nobel laureate Samuelson quotes always a gap between theory and markets, being informationally ineffi- have the expertise to switch. ly adjust their portfolios to any new very expensive. It is also a highly risky incorporate all the publicly available Aristotle in explaining this, “The practice. The question now arises: Are cient, may provide opportunities for (The writer is Associate Professor, additions or deletions to the original affair since higher returns can only be and privately-held information into whole is greater than the sum of its stock markets efficient? Do they reflect excess returns and portfolio diversifi- Amity University, Noida) !"#"# 8 ) ( +# ) fight against money laundering FATF grey list,” the official The FATF will also judge if and terror financing. said. Also, the four nominating competent authorities in 23 The FATF had given countries - the United States, Pakistan were cooperating and # 0 Pakistan a total of 27 action Britain, France and Germany - taking action to identify and 7 3 ! plan obligations for complete- are also not satisfied with taking enforcement action ly checking terror financing of Islamabad’s commitment to against illegal money or value Janesville (Winconsin): hyperbolic terms that Biden’s the day with the prospect that NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s failure which so far it has cleared 21 taking strong action against transfer services and had proven President Donald Trump election would spur “the single he could indeed lose in to fulfil six key obligations of but has failed in some of the the terror groups operating implementation of cross-border leaned into fear tactics Saturday biggest depression in the his- November. the FATF, including action key tasks, an official privy to from its soil. currency and bearer negotiable as he accused the Left of trying tory of our country” and “turn In Michigan, he quipped against two of India’s most the developments said. Azhar, Saeed and Lakhvi instruments controls at all ports to “destroy the American way Michigan into a refugee camp.” that, in January, he “better wanted terrorists Maulana The mandates which are most wanted terrorists in of entry, including applying of life” in a late reelection Addressing the coronavirus damn well be president. In Masood Azhar and Hafiz Pakistan has failed include India for their involvement in effective, proportionate and dis- pitch to voters in Michigan and crisis, Trump warned that Wisconsin, he wondered how Saeed, and the sudden disap- action against all UN-desig- numerous terrorist acts, includ- suasive sanctions. Wisconsin — two Midwestern Biden would “shut down the he would process a loss. pearance of more than 4,000 nated terrorists like Jaish-e- ing the 26/11 Mumbai terror The country’s outstanding states that were instrumental to country, delay the vaccine and “Can you imagine if I lose? terrorists from its official list Mohammed (JeM) chief Azhar, strikes and the bombing of a action areas also include effec- his 2016 victory but may now him, Trump sought to paint prolong the pandemic.” I will have lost to the worst can- will most likely lead to its con- Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder CRPF bus at Pulwama in tive implementation of target- be slipping from his grasp. Democrats as “anti-American Public health experts say didate in the history of tinuation in the ‘grey list’ of the Seed and the outfit’s opera- Jammu and Kashmir last year. ed financial sanctions (sup- In back-to-back rallies, radicals” and said moderates the nation would be in far bet- American politics,” he said. Global money laundering and tional commander Zakiur With Pakistan’s continua- ported by a comprehensive Trump accused the left of want- had “a moral duty” to join the ter shape had Trump’s admin- “What do I do?” Trump has terrorist financing watchdog, Rehman Lakhvi. tion in the grey list, it is increas- legal obligation) against all ing to “erase American history” Republican Party. istration taken more aggressive continued to hold rallies officials said on Sunday. Besides, FATF has strong- ingly becoming difficult for 1,267 and 1,373 designated and “purge American values.” “The Democrat Party you action early on. despite the threat of the coro- The virtual plenary of the ly noted the fact that there was Islamabad to get financial aid terrorists and those acting for He claimed, with no basis, that once knew doesn’t exist,” he And while he repeatedly navirus, which hospitalised Financial Action Task Force sudden disappearance of the from the International or on their behalf, including Democratic rival Joe Biden said. It was the same on issue predicted victory, Trump him for several days earlier this (FATF), to be held on October names of more than 4,000 ter- Monetary Fund (IMF), World preventing the raising and would put communities at risk. after issue, as he claimed in seemed to grapple throughout month. AP 21-23, will take the final call on rorists from its original list of Bank, Asian Development moving of funds, identifying Trump offered the dark Pakistan’s continuation on its 7,600 under Schedule IV of its Bank (ADB) and the European and freezing assets (movable message as he faces headwinds grey list after a thorough review Anti Terrorism Act. Union, thus further enhancing and immovable), and pro- not only in national polling, of Islamabad’s performance in “Under these circum- problems for the neighbouring hibiting access to funds and which shows Biden leading, but 4 ( ! ( P fulfilling the global commit- stances, it is almost certain that country which is in a precari- financial services, another offi- also in key battleground sur- ments and standards in the Pakistan will continue in the ous financial situation. cial said. PTI veys. His comments come after his campaign, with far less ( ( cash than Biden’s, largely retreated from TV advertising Washington: Outraged over nounced 55-year-old Harris’ President Kamala Harris.” & '' 2 23 ' in the Midwest, shifting much the mispronunciation of name. Condemning Perdue, Amit of its money to Sun Belt states Democratic vice-presidential “KAH’-mah-lah? Kah- Jani — the Asian American and such as Florida, North nominee Kamala Harris’ name MAH’-lah? Kamala-mala-mala? Pacific Islander (AAPI) 2 ' Carolina, Arizona and Georgia, by a Republican Senator from I don’t know. Whatever,” he told Outreach Coordinator of the as well as Pennsylvania. Georgia, her supporters thousands of his supporters. Biden campaign — launched As he tries to energize his launched an online campaign The mispronunciation the ‘My name is’ campaign to base and keep on-the-fence with the hashtags ‘MyNameIs’ outraged a large number of “push back against the bigotry”. $ *1 *-= voters from turning against and ‘IstandwithKamala’. Harris’ supporters and her BuzzFeed on Saturday Yerevan (Armenia): Despite a launched an attack in the During an election rally of spokesperson Sabrina Singh reported that Perdue, who is second attempt at a cease-fire, southern direction,” and there US President Donald Trump on said, “I’ll keep it simple: If you seeking his reelection from Armenia and Azerbaijan trad- were “casualties and wounded & Saturday in Macon City in can pronounce ‘former’ Georgia, is facing backlash for ed accusations Sunday of vio- on both sides,” Armenian Georgia, a battleground state, Senator David Perdue, you mockingly mispronouncing lating the new truce in their Defense Ministry spokes- ( Senator David Perdue mispro- can pronounce ‘future’ Vice Harris’ name. PTI destructive conflict over the woman Shushan Stepanian separatist region of Nagorno- said. # ( Karabakh. Azerbaijan’s Defense The latest truce, which was Ministry, in turn, maintained Philadelphia (US): Police - # 2@ announced Saturday and took that Armenian forces used unions nationwide have force at midnight, was the sec- mortars and artillery in the largely supported President ond attempt to establish a conflict zone overnight despite Donald Trump’s reelection, ( cease-fire since heavy fighting the cease-fire and in the morn- amid mass demonstrations between Armenian and ing attempted attacks in sever- over police brutality and + ( , Azerbaijani forces broke out in al directions. accusations of systemic + #1 ! + " + Nagorno-Karabakh on Sept The ministry accused racism — but a number of , 1& 27. Armenia of using large-caliber Black law enforcement offi- Kabul (Afghanistan): A sui- amid an uptick in attacks by the The fighting and shelling weapons to attack the positions cers are speaking out against Tehran: A decade-long U.N. financial retaliation. ' % 9 cide car bombing on Sunday Taliban as representatives of the has killed hundreds of people of the Azerbaijani army in two these endorsements, saying Arms embargo on Iran that The Islamic Republic her- killed at least 13 people and group and Afghan government — both combatants and civil- regions north of Nagorno- their concerns over entering barred it from purchasing for- alded the end of the arms t least 16 people were killed wounded around 120 others in officials hold their first-ever ians — and marks the biggest Karabakh along the border, a the 2020 political fray were eign weapons like tanks and embargo as “a momentous day Aon Sunday when a bus Afghanistan’s western Ghor face-to-face talks in Qatar, escalation of a decades-old claim Armenian military offi- ignored. fighter jets expired Sunday as for the international commu- they were travelling in fell into province, officials said. where the Taliban have had a conflict over the region in cials denied. Trump has touted his planned under its nuclear deal nity... In defiance of the U.S. a deep ditch after being struck The head of a hospital in political office for many years. more than a quarter-century. The Azerbaijani military support from the law with world powers, despite Regime’s effort.” by a landslide in Gilgit- Ghor, Mohammad Omer The negotiations are meant to The fighting, involving also said it downed an enforcement community, objections from the United The Trump administra- Baltistan region, according to Lalzad, said emergency staff end the country’s decades-long heavy artillery, rockets and Armenian Su-25 warplane which includes endorse- States. tion, meanwhile, has insisted it a Pakistani media report. were treating dozens of people war. drones, has continued despite “attempting to inflict airstrikes ments from national, city While insisting it planned has re-invoked all U.N. The bus was going from with both serious and light Arif Aber, spokesman for repeated calls for cessation of on the positions of the and state officers’ unions — no “buying spree,” Iran in the- Sanctions on Iran via a clause Rawalpindi to Skardu when it injuries from the bombing. He the provincial governor in hostilities coming from around Azerbaijan army in the Jabrayil some of which publicly ory can purchase weapons to in the nuclear deal it withdrew was hit by the landslide which expected the death toll to rise. Ghor, said the blast was so the globe. It also raises the direction,” but Stepanian dis- endorsed a political candi- upgrade military armament from in 2018, a claim ignored was so massive that it pushed Interior Ministry strong that its sound could specter of a wider conflict that missed the statement as untrue. date for the first time. dating back to before its 1979 by the rest of the world. the vehicle into a deep ditch, spokesman Tariq Aran said heard across Feroz Koh, the could draw in Russia and Nagorno-Karabakh lies within He’s running on what he Islamic Revolution and sell its “Today’s normalisation of killing at least 16 people in the the car bombing struck near capital city of the province. Turkey and threaten Caspian Azerbaijan but has been under calls a “law and order” plat- own locally produced gear Iran’s defense cooperation with Roundo area in Gilgit- the entrance of the provincial “It damaged and partially Sea energy exports. the control of ethnic Armenian form and tapping into a abroad. In practice, however, the world is a win for the cause Baltistan, the Radio Pakistan police chief’s office and other destroyed a few government Armenian military offi- forces backed by Armenia since strain of anger and frustra- Iran’s economy remains crip- of multilateralism and peace reported. nearby government buildings buildings, including the police cials on Sunday reported a war there ended in 1994. tion felt by law enforcement pled by broad-reaching U.S. and security in our region,” Landslides are common in in the area. chief’s office, the women’s artillery shelling and missile According to Nagorno- who believe they are being Sanctions, and other nations Iran’s Foreign Minister the region which is famous No one immediately affairs department and the strikes by Azerbaijani forces in Karabakh officials, 673 of their unfairly accused of racial may avoid arms deals with Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote both for its scenic beauty as claimed responsibility for the provincial office for refugees,” the conflict zone overnight. In servicemen have been killed in discrimination. Tehran for fear of American on Twitter. AP well as treacherous roads. attack in Ghor, which comes Aber said. AP the morning, “the enemy the renewed fighting. AP There are more than 8,000 law enforcement agen- cies in the U.S., with large departments holding sway # ( nationally. The number of minori- Bangkok: Pro-democracy The protest movement — tried in vain to keep people the peace. ty officers in policing has activists in Thailand launched which is calling for the prime from gathering by selectively Protesters ignored the more than doubled in the last their fifth straight days of minister’s resignation, a more shutting down stations on emergency decree and gath- three decades, but many protests on Sunday, scheduling democratic constitution and a Bangkok’s elevated and under- ered Thursday night in large departments still have a demonstrations not just in the reformed monarchy — began ground mass transit lines. On numbers at a major intersec- smaller percentage of Black capital but also at several other in March at universities around Saturday, after protest orga- tion in Bangkok’s central shop- and Hispanic officers com- locations around the country. the country. After a lull due to nizers urged followers to meet ping district. Overcoming half- pared to the percentage of the The demonstrators the coronavirus crisis, it was at the city’s Skytrain stations, hearted resistance by thin lines general population those received a new warning from revived in late July, building up they ordered all stations to be of police. communities make up. police that they are violating strength, particularly in closed, to little avail. A Friday night rally at a Many fraternal Black the law. On Saturday, howev- Bangkok. The current cycle of con- nearby intersection was police organizations were er, few people were arrested as On Sunday, rallies were frontations began before dawn crushed by a large forced of formed to advocate for equal- peaceful rallies were held at called in at least a dozen Thursday, when police broke riot police backed by a truck- ity within police departments several points around provinces, including Chiang up an overnight rally outside mounted water cannon. but also to focus on how law Bangkok, the capital, with sev- Mai, a popular tourist desti- Government House, which The use of force was con- enforcement affects the wider eral thousand people taking nation in northern Thailand. hosts the offices of Prime demned by rights organiza- Black community. AP part. The authorities in Bangkok Minister Prayuth Chaon-ocha. tions. It led Prayuth to declare a Police made no efforts to state of emergency, banning break up Saturday’s gatherings, gatherings of more than five which ended peacefully at 8 people and allowing the gov- p.M., as scheduled by orga- 1 ( 1 1 ( ; ( ernment extra powers to keep nizers. AP & # " + 2 $ 0 1 /"$ & # #$ $ ; ' Jerusalem: A joint American- plans to actions and concrete Israeli delegation headed agreements” with the signing of rance’s prime minister Sunday for Bahrain, where offi- a range of deals involving Fjoined demonstrators on cials will be signing a number finance, investment, trade, Sunday who rallied together of bilateral agreements follow- tourism, communications, tech- across the country in tribute to ing an announcement last nology and agriculture. a history teacher who was month to normalize relations. Another Israeli official said beheaded near Paris after dis- US Treasury Secretary the visit represents the official cussing caricatures of the Steven Mnuchin and Israeli establishment of diplomatic Prophet with his class. Prime Minister Benjamin relations between the two coun- The demonstrations came Netanyahu’s national security tries with the sides expected to hours after US President adviser, Meir Ben-Shabbat, led sign a joint statement estab- Donald Trump sent France a the delegation that flew out of lishing full diplomatic relations. message of solidarity in the Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport. The decision to establish wake of the attack. Israel’s commercial El Al ties with Israel has outraged the Samuel Paty was beheaded flight 973 — a nod to the inter- Palestinians, whose leadership on Friday in Conflans-Sainte- national dialing code for has blasted the Bahraini move, Honorine by a 18-year-old Bahrain — will fly through and a similar Emirati deal, as a Moscow-born Chechen Saudi Arabia’s airspace en route betrayal and an undermining of refugee who was shot dead by to Manama, where dignitaries the Arab stance that recognition police. from all three countries will of Israel should come only French Prime Minister speak at a ceremony after land- after Palestinians achieve an Jean Castex stood with citizens, ing. US, Israeli and Bahraini independent state of their own. associations and unions flags festooned the tarmac Bahraini civil society groups demonstrating Sunday on the before take-off. Ben-Shabbat, and opposition figures, already Place de la Republique in Paris one of the key Israeli officials targeted in a yearslong crack- in support of freedom of involved in negotiations with down on dissent, have also speech and in memory of the Bahrain, said ahead of take-off spoken out against normaliza- 47-year-old slain teacher. that the visit will “translate tion with Israel. AP !"#"# $ ) &3(R P "C< * 7266 $ 1 ' :=5( ' + ;$< ( active users, against Jio’s 310 8- ,-*F+/, the resolution framework for million and VIL’s 273 million, ,6,<-*4*,8-99/8- covid-related stress. eliance Jio gained 2.5 mil- as per Axis Capital report. he Reserve Bank of India’s *,-,*<,(8<-* “There is sufficient flexi- Rlion active subscribers in In an earlier report, Axis Tframework for loan recast -8-/*,8+77676 bility to the lending institutions July, reversing the decline seen Capital had attributed Jio’s oal India-arm SECL is exe- or stress resolution for the to formulate ICAs in respect of in the previous month, while lower active user ratio to multi Ccuting eight ‘first mile con- Covid-19 related stress which .:(8,9-6/;<*,6 a legal entity to which they have rivals Airtel and Vodafone Idea factors such as data-only sub- nectivity’ projects with an esti- allows banks to restructure exposure that address the spe- lost 0.4 million and 3.8 million scribers being higher on the mated capital outlay of 3,100 loans of real estate companies indefinite period for their cific requirements of each bor- active users respectively, latest network (meaning devices may crore to evacuate dry fuel, at the project level comes as a homes. As for developers, they rowers on a case to case basis, reports based on TRAI data be closed at the time of collec- especially incremental pro- major relief for developers who will get the requisite liquidity including designing different said. tion of data), rural users of duction under the proposed have been hit amid the pan- to eventually complete their resolution approaches for dif- Although industry’s over- JioPhone switching off devices plan to scale up the maharat- demic and their specific pro- projects. ferent projects under the same all wireless subscribers rose at particular times, and its na firm’s output to 1 billion jects have come to a halt due to Overall, it will ease liquid- borrower within an ICA,” RBI nearly 3.5 million in July -- the gained 2.5 million active sub- said. “conservative churn policy”. tonnes. liquidity crunch. ity within the cash-strapped said in its FAQs on Resolution first month of such gains since scribers, while Airtel/ VI lost “Bharti Airtel has the max- Meanwhile, Nomura, in its The move will also help According to Anuj Puri, real estate sector which was Framework for Covid-19 relat- February -- the total `active 0.4/ 3.8 million active sub- imum proportion (97 per cent) note on telecom subscriber power plants at farther most Chairman of Anarock Property already struggling even before ed stress. subscribers’ count in July actu- scribers in July. Airtel’s report- of its active wireless subscribers numbers, said Jio was the only locations in northern and Consultants, the RBI’s move to the pandemic set in. COVID- Similarly, apart from the ally fell 2.1 million, as per ed subscriber addition was up as against its total wireless telco with higher active sub- western regions to avail permit banks for restructuring 19 had only worsened its woes escrow account required to be TRAI data. 3.3 mn month-on-month off- subscribers on the date of peak scribers month-on-month this recently notified rail conces- of loans of real estate compa- further, Puri noted. set up at the legal entity level as “Industry’s active sub- set by reduction in VLR by 114 VLR in the month of July 20,” time, and had regained its lead sions for distance beyond nies at the project level rather He, however, said that, required by the resolution scriber base...In July was down bps (basis points),” Axis report TRAI said. in the category. 1400 km. than the entity level is “indeed although the RBI has given its framework, there is no prohi- 2.1 million at 956 million after said. Against this, the propor- “R-Jio became the market “Company is executing a good move”. nod to the banks, it will have bition in setting up additional decline of 2.8 million month- As per the Telecom tion of active users for Reliance leader in VLR subs once again many coal evacuation projects “It will help restart projects to be seen see how different separate escrow accounts at on-month in June,” Axis Regulatory Authority of India Jio was at about 78 per cent and with market share of 32.7 per under the First Mile which have been stuck due to banks carry this forward. each project level, if the lenders Capital said in its recent report, (TRAI), out of the total wire- for Vodafone Idea at 89.3 per cent, after trailing Bharti nar- Connectivity (FMC) in order the impact of the COVID-19 According to RBI, the desire so. crunching TRAI’s monthly less subscribers of about 1,144 cent, TRAI data showed. rowly in June. However, R-Jio’s to evacuate coal, especially pandemic. Both buyers and requirement of an inter-credi- “Only in respect of bor- data. million, 955.8 million wireless In absolute terms, this VLR level at 78.1 per cent huge incremental production developers will stand to gain tor agreement (ICA) in respect rowers belonging to real estate Active subscribers are cal- subscribers were active (mea- pegged active subscriber count continued to decline,” it said. under proposed 1BT when stuck projects will even- of the entity to which lending sector, and have both residen- culated based on reported sured on the date of peak for Jio at 313 million users in Overall, Jio added 3.5 mil- plan....The FMC projects tually see the light of the day,” institutions have exposure is a tial and commercial real estate Visitor Location Register VLR) in July 2020. July, as compared to Airtel’s 310 lion wireless subscribers to (8nos.) shall be executed with he said. basic feature of Prudential business, the prescribed (VLR), a key metric reflecting The proportion of active million users, and VIL’s 269 surge past the 400 million an estimated capital outlay of He noted that from a buy- Framework for Resolution of thresholds for the financial the number of active users on wireless subscribers was near- million. mark, and continues to lead more than 3,100 crore,” South ers’ standpoint, they will no Stressed Assets dated June 7, parameters may be applied at a mobile network. ly 83.54 per cent of the total In June this year, Airtel had with highest monthly net adds Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL) longer have to wait for an 2019, and consequently that of the project level,” RBI said. “As per TRAI data, RJio wireless subscriber base, TRAI led the tally with 311 million among telcos. said in a report. $ , 8R " ( $$ ( C( 2- : +( $ $ ( 1 2**H3 *** >,?. # +8 (!Q=$( ! 2 ! :@-* and will go on for about a Pudukkottai (Tamil Nadu), O1 month to coincide with the fes- Una (Himachal Pradesh) and , 5 P almart-owned Flipkart tive season. Amazon Prime Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh), deposit of 1,500 for a Jio Wand Amazon India on members were provided early Tiwari said. Phone. Sunday said lakhs of sellers, access to the sale from October In a statement, Flipkart 5 eliance Jio is planning to At 43rd Annual General including a significant chunk 16. said over 3 lakh sellers received Rlaunch a 5G smartphone meeting, Reliance Industries from tier II cities and beyond, Flipkart’s annual TBBD orders during the first three for less than 5,000 and grad- Chairman and managing direc- have received orders during the sale began on October 16 and days of its sale. ually reduce the price to tor Mukesh Ambani had initial days of festive sale on will end on October 21. “The seller base reach has # 2,500-3,000 a unit when it asserted to make India “2G- their platforms. Speaking to PTI, Amazon expanded by 20 per cent this scales up the operation, accord- mukt” (free of 2G connec- The festive season sees India Vice President Manish year totalling up to 3,000+ O. 4 # ing to a company official. tions) and emphasised on the Amazon India and Flipkart Tiwary said, “These 48 hours pincodes. In just about 2 days 4 3 P The company will target need to accelerate migration of compete head on and roll out were the biggest ever for of TBBD 2020, marketplace 20-30 crore mobile phone users 350 million Indians (currently a number of offers and schemes Amazon in its seven-year his- sellers have witnessed growth who use 2G connection at pre- using 2G feature phone) to an to woo customers to shop on tory. We had created a buildup that they saw during the 6 days ity to be able to handle the sent. affordable smartphone, at a their platforms. for the sale for our Amazon of TBBD 2019, showcasing the spike in orders. “Jio wants to bring the time when India stands at the Silver imports too have Amazon India on Sunday sellers...Over 1.1 lakh sellers pent up demand they have Festive season sees players device for less than 5,000. doorsteps of the 5G era. slumped during over the past said over 1.1 lakh sellers on its received orders, and 66 per cent seen from consumers across holding multiple sale events, When we scale up the sales, it Ambani had also old imports by India six months. During April- platform received orders dur- of them (sellers) came from India,” it added. timed around Dussehra and can be priced in the range of announced 33,737 crore Gdeclined 57.12 per cent in September, silver worth ing the first 48 hours of its small towns.” This festive period has Diwali. 2,500-3,000,” a company official investment by Google for a 7.7 the first half of the current $733.57 million was imported, ‘Great Indian Festival’ sale, Amazon India, which has seen over 70 sellers become A report by RedSeer esti- said on the condition of per cent stake in Jio Platforms, financial year (2020-21) to 63.41 per cent lower than with a bulk of these sellers over 6.5 lakh sellers on its crorepatis and about 10,000 mates that festive sales this year anonymity. and said Jio will partner with $6.77 billion as demand has imports worth $2 billion being from smaller parts of the platform, registered its biggest became lakhpati through ‘Early are expected to almost double An email query sent to the US tech giant to build an been largely hit by the pan- recorded a year ago. country. spike in new customers, with Access’ and the three days of and touch USD 7 billion in Reliance Jio did not elicit any Android-based smartphone demic. In September FY21, India Flipkart, on the other 91 per cent of them coming TBBD 2020, it added. gross merchandise value response. operating system. During April-September imported silver worth just hand, said over 3 lakh sellers from small towns (beyond the However, the players did (GMV) as compared to USD At present, 5G smart- The company is also FY20, the value of gold imports $9.40 million, nearly 94 per received orders during the first metros and top 40 cities), he not disclose the volume of 3.8 billion in the same period phones are available in India in working on its own 5G network stood at $15.80 billion. cent lower than $154.54 million three days of its ‘The Big added. orders received so far during last year. the price range starting from equipment and has asked the As per the Commerce recorded during the same peri- Billion Days’ (TBBD) sale. Of About 66 per cent of new their sale. E-commerce com- Tiwary said about 1.4 mil- 27,000. Department of Telecom to Ministry data, import of the od last fiscal. these, about 60 per cent sellers Prime sign-ups were also from panies see a large chunk of their lion people had shopped from Jio was the first company allocate it spectrum for testing yellow metal last month stood India’s total imports in were from tier II cities and small towns like Tawang and business coming in during the small and medium businesses that launched 4G mobile before exporting these prod- at $601.43 million, 52.85 per September fell 19.60 per cent to beyond. Changlang (Arunachal festive sales, and they make (SMBs) on its platform in the phones in India free for con- ucts. The government is yet to cent lower on a year-on-year $30.31 billion from $37.69 bil- Amazon’s ‘Great Indian Pradesh), Mokokchung significant investments ahead 10-day run up to the ‘Great sumers where they were heed to the request of Reliance basis. lion reported a year ago. Festival’ started on October 17 (Nagaland), Baran (Rajasthan), of time to ramp up their capac- Indian Festival’. required to pay a refundable Jio. :%=! ; $ !$ " -"!" "( !$ '% ! $%'%! ":! "(! Q " " Rs 3 lakh crore-scheme by for companies with an annual doubling the upper ceiling of turnover of Rs 250 crore as !$ 7:7 country. $ he Government is unlikely loans outstanding and includ- against the earlier threshold of “The industry is facing Tto extend the 3 lakh crore- ing certain loans given to pro- Rs 100 crore. teel wire makers, belonging acute shortage of high-grade New Delhi:The demand for expected to witness robust Emergency Credit Line fessionals like doctors, lawyers Banks and Non-Banking Sto the labour-intensive small wire rods, the main raw mate- cold storage facilities in India demand on the back of a surge Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) and chartered accountants for Financial Companies (NBFCs) il marketing companies and medium enterprises sector, rial for wire production, which is likely to rise on the back of in online grocery and fresh for MSME sector beyond business purposes under its have approved loans worth O(OMC) kept petrol and are facing acute raw material has varied application in increase in online grocery and food sales, it noted. October even though the sanc- ambit. about Rs 1,87,579 lakh crore diesel prices unchanged across shortage that may lead to the nation-building,” Steel Wire fresh food deliveries and the Online Food Delivery tioned amount so far is only To ensure more companies while disbursement stood at Rs the four metros on Sunday. closure of several units, a senior Manufacturers Association sec- emerging trend of cloud (OFD) revenues in India are nearly 65 per cent of the target, can benefit from the scheme, it 1,36,140 crore as on October 5. Petrol prices have been industry body official said on retary-general Tirthankar kitchens, said a report. likely to grow by more than 60 sources said. was decided to increase the On May 20, the Cabinet unchanged for 26 days at a Sunday. Banerjee told PTI. As per a CBRE report, the per cent by 2023 and the The scheme is meant to upper ceiling of loans out- approved additional funding of stretch while diesel prices were About 100 units in the “The paucity of high-grade capacity of cold storage real increasing demand for OFD provide financial support to standing as on February 29 for up to Rs 3 lakh crore at a con- the same for the 16th consec- organised sector that offer wire rods is 50 per cent, and it estate is likely to double by services will further boost the businesses, primarily Micro, being eligible under the scheme cessional rate of 9.25 per cent utive day. employment to about five lakh is due to inadequate domestic 2023. The overall cold storage overall cold storage capacity. Small and Medium Enterprises from Rs 25 crore to Rs 50 crore. through ECLGS for MSME Price of petrol in the workers in the country are supply and import restrictions,” (CS) capacity in India stood at Anshuman Magazine, (MSMEs), impacted by slow- The maximum amount of sector. national capital was at Rs 81.06 already operating below 50 he said. about 37-39 million tonne in Chairman, India & South East down triggered by the coron- Guaranteed Emergency Credit Under the scheme, 100 per per litre. per cent of their rated capaci- The association urged the 2019.States including Uttar Asia, Middle East & Africa, avirus pandemic. Line (GECL) funding under cent guarantee coverage will be In Mumbai, Chennai and ty, and if the crisis prolongs, Union government to ask Steel Pradesh, West Bengal, Gujarat, CBRE said, “CS facilities play The sources said the objec- the scheme was correspond- provided by the National Credit Kolkata, the fuel was sold for Rs then many will have to close Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, an integral role in improving tive is to provide support to all ingly increased from Rs 5 crore Guarantee Trustee Company 87.74, Rs 84.14 and Rs 82.59 down, the official said. to streamline its specialised Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, the shelf life of products and are those affected and if there are to Rs 10 crore. (NCGTC) for additional fund- per litre, respectively. The wire makers have wire rods plant at Burnpur, and Haryana and Karnataka an important enabler for sev- no takers for the scheme, there Announced as part of the ing of up to Rs 3 lakh crore to Diesel prices in Delhi, sought government interven- advice Rashtriya Ispat Nigam accounted for 91 per cent of the eral industries working across is no need to extend the scheme government’s Rs 20.97 lakh eligible MSMEs and interested Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata tion to ensure raw material Ltd (RINL) and other private total cold storage capacity in fresh food production and even though there is some crore-economic package in the Micro Units Development and were at Rs 70.46, Rs 76.86, Rs supply, and a window for steel makers to supply raw India in 2019. delivery; along with healthcare room left. wake of the coronavirus pan- Refinance Agency (MUDRA) 75.95 and Rs 73.99, respec- imports of specialised items materials in adequate quantity Following the Covid-19 and other products such as On August 1, the govern- demic, the scheme was later borrowers in the form of GECL tively. that are not produced in the to the SME sector at fair prices. outbreak, the segment is flowers and chemicals. ment widened the scope of the tweaked to be made applicable facility. - 9 ( A:6 :=)@B-&$ $ ! ! $( $ <("(12R22 %8%9 nearly half in terms of value at ed rate of 15.2 per cent. In everyone faces following the tor and supervisor. 46.08 per cent of the total FY17 digital payments jumped pandemic. Some recent RBI initiatives he aggressive push to a retail payments. to 969.12 crore from 593.61 The digital payment push to enhance security and % (H'(Q Tdigital payments and set- That the efforts towards crore in the previous year in started almost a decade back increase customer confidence tlement system has paid rich digitization have been very volume, and to Rs 1,120.99 lakh with limited access to NEFT, in digital payments include dividend to the Reserve Bank successful is clear from the crore in value. RTGS and ECS payments. mandating use of only EMV dropped 23.24 per cent to as the share of paper clearing steady fall in the share of paper Similarly, the numbers Later with government push chip and PIN-based debit and 34.52 MT during April- in retail payments has come to clearing. From 15.81 per cent continued to scale new peaks digital payments gained further credit cards from January 2019; isruptions caused by the September, while coking coal trickle in FY2020, show the lat- in volume and 46.08 per cent with volume growing to momentum. tokenisation from January DCovid-19 pandemic con- shipments fell 28.04 per cent to est RBI data. in terms of value in FY2016, the 1,459.01 crore and value jump- The development of UPI- 2019; facility to switch on/off tinued to impact cargo move- 20.89 MT, IPA said. In FY2020, the share of same shrunk to 11.18 per cent Between FY2016 and ing to Rs 1,369.86 lakh crore based payments as well as app- transactions; mandatory posi- ment in India, with thermal These ports had handled paper clearing in total retail and 36.79 per cent, respective- FY2020, digital payments as a in FY18. Come FY19, the num- based payments just pushed the tive confirmation to remove and coking coal imports at 12 44.98 MT of thermal coal and payments plunged to just 2.96 ly, in FY2017. whole have grown at a com- bers clipped at a faster pace boundaries and has since then any ambiguity of NEFT/RTGS major ports falling 25.13 per 29.03 MT of coking coal in per cent in terms of volume and Come next year, the num- pounded annual growth rate of with volume jumping to witnessed blossoming of a myr- funds transfers from March cent year-on-year to 55.41 mil- April-September period of the to 20.08 per cent in terms of bers plunged further with the 55.1 per cent—from 593.61 2,343.40 crore transactions iad of payment systems, entry 2010, and January 2019, respec- lion tonnes (MT) in April- previous financial year. value, the data showed. volume dipping to single-digit crore in FY16 to 3,434.56 crore while the value inched down to of non-bank players, and a tively. September, according to the Together, thermal and In FY2016, when the at 7.49 per cent and value in FY20, according to the RBI Rs 1,638.52 lakh crore. gradual shift in the customer One of the biggest out- apex ports’ body IPA. coking coal handling saw a central bank began to push dig- falling to 28.78 per cent in data. Given the pandemic and behaviour from cash to digital comes of these measures is the Coal volumes at the 12 decline of 25.13 per cent at ital payments aggressively on FY2018. The volume share In absolute terms, the value the lockdown restrictions, the payments. massive change in the customer major ports declined for the these ports in the April- the back of the contentious nearly halved to 4.60 per cent has grown from Rs 920.38 digital payments volumes are Behind all these, the behaviour–-for instance the sixth straight month in September period at 55.41 MT, note-ban, paper/cheque clear- and value fell further to 22.65 lakh crore to Rs 1,623.05 lakh set to jump manifold while the Reserve Bank has played the debit card usage has jumped September 2020, as per the the IPA, which maintains cargo ings accounted for a high of per cent in FY2019, according crore during this period, clip- value could see a further plunge crucial role of an operator, from 20 per cent in FY16 to 45 Indian Ports Association (IPA). data handled by these ports, 15.81 per cent in volume and to the RBI. ping at an annual compound- given the mammoth crisis that catalyst and facilitator, regula- per cent in FY20. 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There is no time for that who was personally sure about the he calls trash to treasure. “This is an example of art from Ram. Did you ever imagine your scale.” government’s decision as she claims recycled materials,” he explains. “I use recycled or reused $= : navratras, the time that marks the Mahadeb Das, founder member herself as optimistic. objects to make alluring pieces of contemporary art and . P beginning of festivities in India, to be of Paschim Vihar Bengali Association, Right from the preparation and design and literally turn everyday trash into creative trea- # # : so dull? Especially, when just a year argues that given the pandemic, seating arrangement to safety and sures... during last Navratri and Durga puja one of my ago, the vibe in the capital around this organisers should have been given sanitisation, a lot has changed under demonstrations to my interior designing students was how , # time was so different with episodes of permits long before to manage the the shadow of the pandemic. “We to turn waste materials into precious art and design. I feel the epic being played out in each show in the new normal. ensure that all our members are simultaneously they should learn the application of the neighbourhood. The virus has “Preparations begin at least two COVID negative, be it the backstage seven elements of design, which are line, shape, space, < 0 changed all that. The question then months or one month in advance. The crew or the actors on stage. 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Welcome to the new $ $ Aggarwal, President, Luv Kush and social distancing arrangements. normal,” says she. $ $ Ramlila Committee, says there is just However, that was not the case. And Just as 2020 is turning out to be too little time to put together every- now, we are left with no time and the “digital year,” festive events are also :P thing. Besides, COVID protocols would rather not pose a public health taking that route. The Sanskriti Kala L% 3 mean more expenses and without risk,” says he. Sangam has decided to go digital for 3& sponsorships, the budget has forced Aggarwal shares that the commit- the first time and has been shooting The artist’s last Durga is beauty condensed in contem- !H ! many committees to revise their tee’s suggestion of streaming Ramlila scenes for two days on the Yamuna porary choreography. Durga here is such a small, pretty and plans. live online wasn’t even taken into con- bank. Singh, too, has agreed for the fragmentary entity. At one level, we may imagine that he is Aggarwal says that he expected at sideration. “Wrong move!” he first time to record this year’s Ramlila demonstrating this carefully modelled Durga with an embell- ! $" ( least two months prior information laments. at SBKK. “It’s important to be in sync ished body of colours and contours. It is both fragile as well " from the authorities so that things However, with no Ramlilas tak- with the changing times. We had ear- as foundational in energy, tone and spiritual fervour. Her ". could have been carried out smooth- ing place, there is Shriram Bharatiya lier thought of an alternative in case face and her ornate dress perfectly capture her renewing ly within time. He adds, “Every year, Kala Kendra (SBKK) which doesn’t we didn’t get the permission. It was prowess. It’s almost as if Durga is in the essence of things. we apply for our programme during want to give a break to their year-long to record the whole performance and The subject is the articulation of the spiritual glow, the depth $( January-February, and this year too, tradition. This time, too, it is organ- upload the video on YouTube. Even of truth that comes from mythic history. " (!. we did the same. I understand that ising its dance drama on Lord Ram, now we’ll go ahead with this plan; the $ there’s a pandemic at hand but the directed by Padma Shri Shobha editing work is in process,” says she. ! " $( . ' !$(" " $$ $ H( ?443 " ((H . $ L " ! " " " ! M H " 6 ' 1/1-3001 '6 TV legend David " $ . Letterman teams up with 8( < ' fascinating global figures H for in-depth interviews $ he studio behind films like tested negative, we spent time and curiosity-fueled TCoolie No. 1, Hero No. 1, with each other and kept the excursions in this talk " !(B< 7 . 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The four km of blacktop road that was com- pleted in 2016-17 has already worn-out and lies in a dilapidated condition. When we try to share the issue with the concerned departments, they tell us that they cannot do anything due to lack of funds,” shared Sarpanch of Dapriyan Khanetar Panchayat, Jan Bahad. This path affects a population of more than 20,000 people and is consid- ered to be significant in connecting peo- ple residing in remote corners of this mountainous region. “This is an impor- tant route connecting Mendhar Tehsil to ' ' Charon, thereby making it easier for the people to reach Poonch City Headquarters,” said Mohammad Arif Kohli, Panch of Dapriyan Panchayat. If the condition of the road is improved, then the lives of people living in distant " and difficult areas like Kalaban, Kasbalari, Chhangan, Charon, Barela, O Shindra Top and Pathana Teer will $ "! A PERMANENT ROUTE become less stressful. They will have access to health, education and other $ " ( ( !! infrastructure available in city. Nazir Ahmad, a driver by profes- ((! ! sion, while sharing his experience of dri- 0' 6,'89 ving on this dangerous road said, ! $ ( ! “Around 10 vehicles run from Tanda to ' 6 ' Charon on this route and on an average, ; CA:- 9; % 78% ; 78C C each vehicle needs repairment every ' ' third day. To repair the road, all the dri- e all remember the terrorist attack on the vers have come together. In August, we Woffice of the French satirical weekly newspa- 2.- "1*1/10 had collected 35,000 and the basic per, Charlie Hebdo, in 2015. The worldwide media work was done but soon the torrential was shocked and in awe. There was hardly any 3 *11 "3 *1/ rains that ravaged the entire city, mer- media organisation that did not express its opin- cilessly destroyed our efforts too.” ion on the subject. A lot was said, discussed and n August last month, Jammu & fire violations. Located few kilometers It’s not just the road, but in the deliberated on the potential reasons for such an Kashmir Chief Secretary, BVR from the main town, Khanetar village absence of a bridge at the Tanda bus event. ISubrahmanyam shared that with the was awarded the status of a ‘Model stand, vehicles have to wade their way Of course, the views vary widely and due to that, help of the centre, Jammu & Kashmir Village’ in 2012. A village is categorised through water and have to wait for long many nations even snapped the diplomatic relation- (J&K) and Ladakh UT administration as a Model Village if it has adequate time due to high water level. Locals ship between each other because of their differences are planning to connect all picturesque physical and institutional infrastructure, believe a bridge should also be con- of opinion. However, one thing that the incident tourist resorts through a new 600 km- in which minimum needs of all sections structed to ensure longevity of the surely reflected is that the power of the written or long highway circuit. The 8,000 crore of the society are fully met; they live in road. spoken word is tremendous! In today’s world, where road project will aim at connecting harmony with each other, as also with Many believe that roads and other means of communication are growing faster and Gulmarg with Kargil and Drass in the environment. The village is known ways of connectivity boost development are highly developed, opinions easily take rounds Ladakh making it favourable for the to be progressive and dynamic. One of in any region, particularly the mountain- over the internet and are capable of grabbing the tourism industry in the region. The news the requirements under physical infra- ous ones. Here, more than the develop- attention of the masses. certainly brings hopes for the residents structure is that the village should be ment, they make lives of the villagers a This points towards the of the two newly-announced UTs, espe- connected to the nearest major road by lot easier. The villagers of Poonch are increasing need to use cially the ones dependent on tourism for an all-weather road. Likewise, in case of enormous amount of time was spent to er conditions like rainfall and snowfall. awaiting completion of this road for the one’s freedom and power their livelihood. He also shared that the a multi-hamlet village, all hamlets should cut the road, which was followed by the Undoubtedly, this road has become a last 12 years. Now, as people welcome of expression, after apply- Jammu & Kashmir administration has be connected with each other by an all- process of laying the blacktop. After threat to the life of travellers. Water flows construction of highways connecting ing a sound judgement. intensified construction of rural roads. weather road. But in this Model Village completing mere four km, the construc- right through the middle of this road, tourists to the unexplored beauty of this The newspaper’s This statement, in particular, brought of Khanetar, the expectations are way dif- tion came to a halt. It’s been almost 12 making it difficult to spot the giant pot- state, they are equally hopeful about the piece of caricature was back hopes for thousands of residents of ferent from the reality in which there are years, and the work on the remaining holes. A few years ago, five lives were lost interest of the government in intensify- adjudged as derogatory to a distant village in J&K’s border district no such model roads. eight km is yet to be completed. The in an accident on this road. However, no ing the construction of pending rural a particular religion and Poonch who have been waiting for a road As per the villagers, in 2008-09, the vehicles continue to run on the unpaved action has been taken by the concerned road projects. All they wish for is a road its founder. And hence, for almost eight years now. administration had started the construc- road jeopardizing the life of the locals. authorities. that stays with them for a little longer and the followers of that reli- Located 250 km from Jammu, tion of a 12-kilometer-long road from Road travel in hilly region is already “Work on this road was started doesn’t get washed away in the next gion, at large raised their Poonch is known across the country for the Tanda Sokha Choha in Khanetar till considered a risky task. This risk increas- under the Public Works Department, monsoon or winter season. voice against the publica- the cross-border conflict and the cease- the Charon Gali in Mendhar block. An es several folds during extreme weath- Roads and Building Department and the L tion. However, there are many other publications or books or magazines, which may not be against any community in par- n the year of the new mustard greens, arugulas and ticular. This might lessen the chances of large-scale ICoronavirus, when new gar- lettuces,” said a brand. Some gar- protests against them everywhere. There could be deners came out in droves to try dener’s supply companies simply many writings or lessons, which, though not so glar- growing their own vegetables, 1 said that in more than 35 years ingly and grossly opposed to the teachings of a par- tomatoes were still king. But in of business, they have never ticular Prophet, could exert a negative influence on a twist, the respect-seeking been this “busy!” the mind of large sections of society. Similarly, there turnip actually turned some ! ' ' Some of the most function- could be a lot of content online which affects the heads. Seed companies taking al and preferred items are raised minds of a high percentage of people who might stock of what went well and what beds, tomato cages and water interpret it wrongly. It could also include a lot of vio- came out of the woodwork pro- irrigation systems, folding lence, sex, anger, etc, in them. The repetition of such claimed the tomato as their top benches, which help save a gar- material in one film after another sooner or later cor- seller this year. deners’ knees. Well, they sold rodes the moral fibre of man and corrupts his mind. Specifically, the Bodacious surprisingly well. Currently, As a result, man’s thinking processes are pollut- tomato has been the best-selling companies are running out of ed and subsequently, the whole society reels under vegetable seed. The large, dis- stock on some of its greenhous- its damaging effects. Since it doesn’t seem like mind- ease-resistant but pricey hybrid es, too. A home goods retailer poisoning to people, they hardly raise any strong indeterminate tomato, is good saw a surge this year in con- objection. Instead, the makers of such content always with sandwiches, burgers, salads sumers looking to grow their believe that the masses like it even though the fact and more. The Whopper toma- own food, including high is that it is these makers who have actually vulgarised to has been an annual center- demand for seed starting, raised the taste of the masses by means of their bizarre con- piece for many grocer brands. garden beds and tomato cages. tent. The same can be said about many written The Large-fruited red cher- A website called It’s My works, novels, adult magazines, films and such things ry tomato that fills out on tall, Sustainable Life, about organic that are viewed by a large number of people. For indeterminate vines was gardening and sustainable living, some, it might definitely affect or influence their cer- crowned the No. 1 seller for recently ran an article on how to tain intentions or even morals. Especially, in a world many too. “It’s an easy-to-grow save tomato seeds for future use. where fake news has become such a prominent play- variety that produces prolifical- It said the founder grows up to er that it is becoming harder to differentiate ly all summer long,” the popular 150 tomato plants every year in between the real and fake one now, it’s important opinion. her garden. “My love of all things that such content does not affect our mental peace. Obviously, tomatoes aren’t tomatoes has no bounds,” the It’s only a process like meditation that can pro- the only veggies that gardeners founder said and added, “Call me vide relaxation to people and have a health-promot- grow from seed. Cucumbers, the crazy tomato lady.” ing effect on all their physical and mental systems. peppers and beans also are near And if we go back to looking Something as negative as such violent content is cer- the top of consumer retail sales. at the tomatoes and their varieties tainly injurious to one’s mental health. It also could The biggest surprise has been the — many swear by heirloom vari- be dehumanising emotionally for many. And yet, we Silky Sweet Turnip, which has eties, whose seeds have not been pay very less attention to how our actions need to been called “kind of mind-blow- altered from their parent plants. function in cooperation with a healthy mind, body ing!” Yes, a turnip. That easy to The Brandywine, which dates and heart. A control over emotions is the only way grow but hard-to-figure-out- back nearly 140 years, are becom- which can help the world understand humanity bet- what-to-do-with root vegetable. ing one of the favourites. Pruden’s ter and avoid making impulsive decisions like the The Silky Sweet Turnip is thing you’ve had hoped for.” other seed types, which can be in popularity this year, experts Many brands have also seen Purple, Black Krim, Cherokee terrorist attack at Hebdo. like a reinvented apple, whose As far as flower seeds go, the called as a reflection of garden- say that people have sought out an influx of new customers Purple, Blue Beech paste and San It is high time that countries around the world sweetness “makes it seductively eye-catching Zesty Zinnia Mix ers trying their hands with easy an escape and productive activ- across all age groups. Supplies Marzano are among the increas- pay attention to meditation and make it mandato- snacky.” The most supplies of the comes as the next top seller. and fast-growing plants. ities during quarantine, and that get the family involved in ingly chosen ones. Others are ry for everyone to devote complete attention to this turnip variety come from a While the most popular veg- Lettuce, she pointed out, have found both in DIY garden- gardening, such as seed starting some hybrid indeterminate vari- problem lest all their efforts to establish values and breeder in Japan, who says, “If etable and flower seeds have can be grown in a windowsill ing projects that connect them kits, are a hit. “These customers eties such as Sungold Cherry and to give a spiritual touch to people’s lifestyle would you think you’ve ever had a remained consistent every year, container, so it works well in with nature while providing are most excited about heirloom Black Cherry — as some call go in vain. 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Look we’ll take this his storehouse of variation as he Lockie Ferguson's favourite win and enjoy tonight, it was dismissed David Warner and moment was dismissing a very good win on a tough Abdul Samad in the Super Over, Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper wicket. It was nice to put the leaving KKR with only a three David Warner off the first ball icing on the cake after the bats- run-target to chase. of the Super Over. men's effort,” he said. This was after David Warner’s The Kiwi paceman bowled KKR skipper Morgan was unbeaten 47 and 18 runs off the Warner with a full length deliv- relieved man after the win. final Andre Russell over saw ery and Abdul Samad with a “For Lockie to come in and Sunrisers level the scores at 163 yorker respectively while con- perform in both phases was '(( ( ! H$ (( with KKR in the stipulated 20 ceded only two runs in the outstanding. We’ve been sort of , ( overs. Super Over. This was after he striving to get wins out of the Ferguson was magnificent took three wickets in Sunrisers last couple of games, didn't 3&%6, , ) 2,& , 5" ,2 '""+ during the regulation 20 overs also Hyederabad's chase in the reg- happen against Mumbai; today = '(7 O" ( as his 3/15 in 4 overs had SRH in ulation time. we were competitive,” he said. 9 !" L " !( all sorts of trouble. He bowled a KKR easily scored the Talking about Andre M" < !!" "! ! first spell in which he dismissed required three runs to earn a Russell, who bowled the final '( $ .9 O Kane Williamson with a short ball, much-needed win. over and managed to drag the !='7 $' " got rid of Priyam Garg with a “Getting David Warner contest to the Super Over, = ( !" S"/5.LE9 F slower one and saw the back of out especially at the start of the Morgan said,"Dre went off the $ < ( $$!$ ! Manish Pandey with a yorker . super over," Ferguson said field, we thought he was " < " ((" His five wickets in the game when asked about his favourite injured. He came back on and O($! got KKR the much-needed two wicket in the match. said he could bowl." $ M9 ".L" points to take their tally to 10 < 0 $< ( " E " (" $<#:6=( " " " while Sunrisers stay put on 6 $ " " !( points and are in serious danger 58 runs in the last five overs after who was the most economical. batted hoick off Natarajan only of boundaries. caught by Garg, who ran forward U $ " ='7OH!. of missing the play-offs. 150 was looking a tall-order at one Rahul Tripathi (23 off 15 ended in the bails flying off. But Gill’s inability to rotate to take a well-judged catch. Earlier, Ex-captain Dinesh stage. balls) gave the first charge in the Gill however after those flur- strike did put KKR in a spot of Andre Russell's (9 off 11 balls) )(0 +"(2"&) &" 5%"+ %5( *%- Karthik's carefree approach was Morgan’s innings had three Powerplay as he hit Natarajan for ry of fours found it difficult to up bother as he tried an inside out season just got from bad to worse I "!(H $ $' well complemented by skipper fours and a flicked six over mid- a straight six and a pulled bound- the ante. Nitish Rana (29 off 19 lofted shot off Rashid. Priyam as his shot off Natarajan’s slower ( !"<"8' 7 Eoin Morgan's grace as Kolkata wicket off Basil Thampi while ary while Shubman Gill (36 off 37 balls) looked in good nick after a Garg, running towards his left one landed in the hands of ! 7 7 ;". !!" Knight Riders managed a par 163 Karthik hit a couple of sixes and balls) struggled to time the ball, gap of few games. from long-off, took a brilliant div- Shankar at deep mid-wicket ' !! ' (" for five after being put into bat. equal number of boundaries. save an over from Thampi when He straight away took on ing catch to see the opener's back. boundary. From a stable 87 for 1 ( !$8' 7 $ " Karthik (29 not out) and T Natarajan (2/40) was the he got three successive fours. rival team's best bowler Rashid Gill's dismissal was followed in the 12th over, KKR had ! "" $ Morgan (34 off 23 balls) joined most successful bowler but it was Tripathi couldn’t maintain Khan and deposited him straight by Rana’s who mis-timed a shot off slumped to 105 for 4 at the end of $" " " ( forces at 105 for four and added Vijay Shankar (1/20 in 4 overs) the momentum as an ugly cross- for a six and also found a couple Vijay Shankar and was again the 15th over. = $ . (' " "'O"$! $ ! " U!$"U !!L M. -%&(-" 5"%&" 2,& + + ") %)(,- " 1 &!B " (' '" ! " " $ O(! !!$$ (" 7O " 98 9 Bangalore. improvement in that department. .9 ( The blow for CSK is bigger as “Shikhar’s wicket was impor- ! !$$" ! % /50H0 ailing in the same boat, Chennai their influential all-rounder, tant but we dropped him quite a ! .L' 7 7 ;" SSuper Kings and Rajasthan Dwayne Bravo, has been ruled out number of times. If he keeps bat- ( ! " O(! Royals lock horns in the Indian for at least a few days due to a groin ting, he will keep the strike rate !!$$ M " $.L 89 Premier League here on Monday injury. high. Also the wicket played bet- !$$! " " with the knowledge that any more After bringing life to their ter in the second half, but we can't ! % " pener Quinton de Kock slip-up could dash their slim play- campaign with a win over Sunrisers take the credit away from Shikhar,” " !$ !! H " Ocontinued his rich vein of off hopes. Hyderabad, courtesy Dhoni’s smart Dhoni had said after the last game. (( ($ $. form, scoring a 43-ball 53 Both CSK and RR have failed captaincy, CSK were done in by RR also find themselves in a before Kieron Pollard and to live up to the expectations so far sloppy fielding and Shikhar very difficult situation and desper- Nathan Coulter-Nile provid- and are placed sixth and seventh Dhawan's scintillating 101-run ately need to explore ways to close 2,0..4 ed the late flourish as Mumbai on the points table in the eight- knock while chasing a competitive down games. Indians posted 176 for 6 team competition. 180-run target. One good thing for RR is the , < // ,0 against Kings XI Punjab in an The two struggling teams have Dropped a number of times, return to form of their skipper % -! 6 5 1 T*.61/ %& IPL match here on Sunday. six points from nine games, but the Dhawan hit his maiden IPL hun- Steve Smith, who made 57 on De Kock hit three fours defending champions are placed dred while Axar Patel smashed Saturday, but star all-rounder Ben 1 $ 4 0 1 T/.323 %1 and as many sixes for his above on the net run rate. three sixes in the final over bowled Stokes is yet to fire after having $ /!" 6 0 3 H*.*60 %1 fourth fifty of the tourna- With just five matches each - ' by Ravindra Jadeja, to hand CSK joined the team late. While Jos ment to anchor the innings remaining for both the teams, the their sixth loss. Buttler has not been consistent & / 6 2 ) H*.0*5 % before Pollard (34 not out off road ahead is definitely going to be It was a nightmarish outing for enough with the bat. # /* 6 3 0 T*.**4 12) and Coulter-Nile (24 not a tough and tricky one, and they While the Mahendra Singh Dhoni- CSK fielders as they dropped Sanju Samson has been sub- out off 12) added 57 runs off know that they cannot afford any led side lost to table toppers Delhi Dhawan on 25 and 79, apart from dued after his early exploits while ! 6 3 0 H*.340 21 balls in the death overs to more lapses from hereon. Capitals by five wickets, Rajasthan failing to latch on to a half chance Robin Uthappa seems to have " // 6 3 0 H*.554 lift MI past the 170-run mark. Both teams lost their respec- Royals were defeated by seven and a run-out opportunity, and found some form at the top, scor- Opting to bat, MI were at tive last matches on Saturday. wickets by Royal Challengers Dhoni would certainly seek ing 41 off 22 balls against RCB. ' =, 4 1 0 H*.162 & a spot of bother when they were reduced to 43 for 3 but De Kock and Krunal Pandya % (34 off 30) shared a 58-run & - !' stand to steady the ship. uventus coach Andrea It was the pace duo of JPirlo blamed his new- Arshdeep Singh (2/35) and look team’s inexperience appearance between the after they were deducted a Mohammed Shami (2/30) as they finished a second posts. Chiesa, 22, set up point for not travelling to who provided the early break- game with ten men. Alvaro Morata for the Turin last time. throughs, dismissing Rohit ! $ 9 ;=: The champions were equaliser nine minutes later, But Gennaro Gattuso's Sharma (9) and Suryakumar ( < without Ronaldo and Paulo but the 22-year-old was side picked up where they Yadav (0) respectively to $ " ( arcelona and Real Madrid lost Dybala with new signing harshly sent off for a late left off before the coron- reduce MI to 24 for two in 3.3 Bfor the first time this season Federico Chiesa sent off on tackle on Luca Cigarin. avirus row, with a third win overs. partnership in his second over against modest Spanish league his debut. Morato missed two in as many league games New man Ishan Kishan when he had Krunal caught at opposition, increasing the doubts It was a second stale- chances for the winner as a they have played. then became Arshdeep's sec- deep square leg. Hardik over their stalled attacks ahead of mate in four games for the header rattled the post with “I’ve heard say that we ond victim when he was Pandya (8) came into the Champions League openers and nine-time reigning champi- the Spaniard having a goal didn’t want to go (to Turin), caught at deep third man crease and straight away hit their own “clásico” clash. ons despite being awarded ruled offside after a VAR it’s not true,” said Gattuso. while trying to go for a upper the last ball of the over for a Barcelona had its first defeat a 3-0 win after Napoli's no- review. “I’m more angry than cut as MI ended the power- six to bring up the team hun- under Ronald Koeman when it show in Turin. “We are a young team, anyone that we weren't play at 43 for 3. dred. lost 1-0 at Getafe on Saturday, Crotone took the lead we need time to gain expe- allowed to go.” Krunal was promoted up De Kock then picked up a right after Madrid was beaten 1-0 at home by recent- after 12 minutes when rience,” said Pirlo. Napoli maintained they the order and he hit his first four and a six off M Ashwin ly promoted Cádiz. Nigerian Simy got a penal- In Naples, Hirving had to remain in isolation six when he deposited Chris and then ran a single to com- The star-powered attacks of the European pow- ty past Gianluigi Buffon, Lozano struck twice as on local health authority Jordon's third ball to the plete his fourth fifty of this erhouses appeared shackled by their opponents. making his 650th Serie A F "( Napoli powered back days instructions. stands over deep extra cover. IPL. While Getafe lived up to its reputation as one of Spain's He then picked up a four off However, Shami returned top defensive sides by shutting down Barcelona, Madrid Glenn Maxwell in the next to get rid of Hardik, while was sloppy and sluggish against an inspired Cádiz that = ' over. Jordon removed de Kock as is back in the top flight after 15 seasons. # With the spin duo of M MI slipped to 119 for 6 in 17th Sevilla also lost before it visits Chelsea in the runo Fernandes Ashwin and Ravi Bishnoi over. Champions League on Tuesday, leaving Atlético Bmade amends for bowling in tandem, MI picked Pollard then clobbered Madrid as the only one of Spain’s top teams to cele- missing a penalty by the score was 1-1, scored even later in midweek, equal- up the odd boundaries but Arshdeep for successive sixes brate a victory. It faces Bayern Munich on Wednesday. scoring a brilliant go- the Portugal mid- goals at St. James' ized with a header couldn't completely free their and Coulter-Nile hit two fours ahead goal for fielder surged down Park to seal United’s from a corner in the arms. as MI amassed 22 runs in the 3 Manchester United the field in support of comeback after the 23rd. When part-time spinner 18th over. Barcelona didn’t have many chances, but they were in its come-from- Marcus Rashford and visitors went behind It was a second Deepak Hooda was given an Two more fours off Shami good ones. Lionel Messi hit the upright in the 20th and behind 4-1 win at was played in by the to Luke Shaw's win in the league for over, his short delivery was by Coulter-Nile helped MI Antoine Griezmann wasted a great opportunity on the Newcastle in the striker before taking unfortunate own- United after four sent out of the park by de pick 19 runs in the penulti- half-hour mark. Premier League on a touch and curling a goal inside two min- games as the team Kock, while M Ashwin con- mate over, while Pollard blast- After that, Getafe tightened its marking and Baand Saturday. shot into the top cor- utes. bounced back from a ceded 16 runs in his first two ed Jordon for two sixes and a Barcelona didn’t threaten again until Djene Dakonam After a rare blip ner in the 86th. Harry Maguire, 6-1 loss to overs. four as MI scored another 20 almost scored an own-goal late when he cleared a cross from the spot in the Aaron Wan- who was sent off Tottenham before the But Bishnoi broke the runs in the last over. onto the crossbar. & :12 58th minute when Bissaka and Rashford playing for England international break.