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Vol. 13 No. 81 RNI NO. DELENG/2008/25465 New Delhi, Thursday, 5 August, 2021 [email protected] 9971359517 12 pages. 2/- Will shave my head if Amit Shah makes statement in With them on path of justice Parliament on Delhi rape: TMC MP Derek O'Brien Trinamool Congress MP Derek Parliament in the recent days. Should not he come to Parliament and answer O'Brien, who is facing criticism for his Opposition’s questions regarding the Rahul Gandhi meets parents of ‘papari chaat’ remark on the way minor’s rape in Delhi, he asked.Coming down heavily on Shah, the TMC MP said government was passing important that if the Home Minister comes to bills, has now said that he will shave Parliament and makes a statement on his head if Union Home Minister Amit Delhi rape case, he will shave his head. Reacting to Prime Minister Narendra 9-year-old rape victim in Delhi Shah comes to Parliament on Modi's disapproval of his 'papri chaat' Wednesday and makes a statement on comment on passing of bills, O'Brien had said that his intention was to use a cultural NEW DELHI: Congress leader the alleged rape of a 9-year-old girl in idiom to connect with the people over the Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday Delhi. serious issue and asked if the PM would met the parents of the nine-year- old girl who was allegedly raped, murdered and forcibly / NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP cremated in Nangal Rai area of Congress leader Rahul Derek O'Brien, who is facing criticism Delhi Cantt. "I spoke with the Gandhi on Wednesday met for his ‘papari chaat’ remark on the way family, they want justice and government was passing important nothing else. They're saying that the parents of the nine- bills, has now said that he will shave his justice is not being given to head if Union Home Minister Amit Shah them and they should be helped. year-old girl who was comes to Parliament on Wednesday and We will do that. I have said that I makes a statement on the alleged rape of am standing with them. Rahul allegedly raped and a 9-year-old girl in Delhi. Gandhi is standing with them murdered in Delhi. The firebrand TMC leader further claimed until they get justice," news that Home Minister Amit Shah is agency ANI quoted Rahul everything possible to help the family However, some locals running away from addressing the Gandhi as saying. in this fight for justice," he said in a Opposition’s concern on Pegasus snooping be happier if he used the word "dhokla" However, some locals protested the visit of tweet. protested his visit, saying scandal. Derek O'Brien made these remarks instead. Rahul Gandhi, saying that the area's What is Delhi minor rape case? the area's Congress while speaking to a TV news channel during He stressed that the real issue was the hurried councillor, who is also from Congress, hasn't The minor girl was allegedly raped, which he also expressed his concerns over passing of bills in both the Houses without shown up yet. Congress spokesperson murdered and forcibly cremated in councillor hasn't shown up the law-and-order situation in the national any discussions and even went on to say that Randeep Surjewala said Rahul Gandhi had Nangal village of Delhi, on July 1. capital. Targeting the government, the TMC the prime minister's reaction showed that come to meet the parents of the girl and not to According to the police, the girl had yet. leader said that all Opposition parties want a the "TMC is setting the agenda". "Passing do politics. Rahul Gandhi will raise the issue stepped out of her house to get cold discussion in Parliament on the snooping laws or making paapri chaat," O'Brien had in Parliament, Surjewala added. Sharing a water from a water cooler at a scandal but the government is running away said on Monday taking a swipe at the report on the incident, Rahul Gandhi tweeted crematorium near her home. Later, from the cooler. The accused then cremated from the debate. The Bengal leader said that government and noting that 12 bills were on Tuesday, "The daughter of a Dalit is also Radhey Shyam, a priest at the crematorium, the girl without her mother's consent. they want to discuss three issues: repealing passed at an average time of under seven the daughter of the country". Delhi Chief and two-three people known to the victim's Following this, the mother raised an alarm and the farm laws; shrinking economy, jobs, minutes in Parliament. On Tuesday, Union Minister Arvind Kejriwal is also likely to mother called her to the crematorium and called her husband. Soon, around 200 price rise a d inflation; and Pegasus scandal. Minister Pralhad Joshi said that PM Modi meet the girl's family on Wednesday. "Going showed her the girl's body, telling her that the villagers also gathered at the crematorium and Attacking the Home Minister, the TMC MP was anguished over the comment and found to meet the victim's family tomorrow, will do girl was electrocuted while drinking water called the police. said that he has not seen Amit Shah in it "insulting to the people who elect MPs". Vision 2047: Arvind Kejriwal Karnataka cabinet expansion Centre working to resolve border issues launches vision to make Delhi today; CM Basavaraj Bommai among NE states: Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio world's number 1 city says 'We need experience as New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday (August 3) spelt out his well as enthusiasm' Kohima. Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu disputed border, he said."We also decided strengthened its manpower at Vikuto, Ao government's roadmap for Delhi for 2047, Rio on Tuesday informed the assembly that to conduct satellite mapping to check that Senden and Tsutapela gate to counter and invited ideas from the corporate sector New Delhi: The Karnataka government under the central government is working to no fresh entries or activities happen in those attempts by Assam to establish new border and philanthropic bodies to help make it the the leadership of Chief Minister Basavaraj resolve all the inter-state border issues areas," he said. Rio also highlighted that he outposts. nThe state administration is on 'number one city' in the world. Bommai is expected to hold its first Cabinet among the northeastern states before the and Sarma had discussions on border issues alert and has prepared to offset any move by 'Delhi@2047' is a platform for fostering expansion on Wednesday (August 4). The partnerships with the private sector/CSR swearing-in will be held at the Glass House of celebrations of the 75th year of with Union Home Minister Amit Shah Assam, he said. Patton also said it is learned Raj Bhavan at 2.15 pm, according to reports Independence. Replying to queries from during the NEC meeting in Meghalaya's from the media reports that the Assam initiatives and philanthropic organisations to opposition MLAs Dr Chumben Murry and Shillong in the last month. "Shah clearly government plans to set up camps at achieve the vision for Delhi by 2047. CM coming in. Kejriwal said that the government is not The Chief Minister, who was in Delhi for the Imkong L Imchen, Rio said he had stated that before the celebrations of the strategic locations along the inter-state telephonic conservation with his Assam 75th year of Independence, all these inter- border, but there is no official approaching to just write cheques; they need last two days for the selection of ministers, their ideas, expertise, participation, and told ANI, "We have already discussed counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma and state border problems should be resolved," communication. Citing the recent discussed how to defuse tension in the he said. "We (Rio and Sarma) agreed that a agreement between the two states, MLA partnership to realise the dreams everyone everything related to the ministers, in the past has for Delhi. He said that everyone needs to two days in Delhi. We'll get the official disputed area along the border and maintain Supreme Court case, which is still pending, Imkong L. Imchen said the document has peace there. Rio had on July 31 said the two could not resolve the border issue," he said. not been made available in the House. He work together then only we can transform council of ministers list who will take the Delhi into the city of our dreams, where even oath." CM Basavaraj Bommai further said, states signed an agreement to de-escalate Earlier, in a written reply to a question also asked how the government desires to the poorest of the poor lives with utmost "We'll get the official council of ministers list tension in Ao Senden and Vikuto villages. raised by MLA Dr Chumben Murry in the keep the machinery on alert and has respect and comfort. He talked about the who will take oath at Raj Bhavan. The Both the governments withdrew their assembly, Deputy Chief Minister Y Patton prepared itself to counter any move by government’s efforts of transforming the ceremony will take place at 2.15 pm at Raj respective police outposts from the long- said the Nagaland government has recently Assam. style of governance and making it solution Bhavan." Sources told Zee Media that a total oriented and said that if one has the political of 13 MLAs can take the oath, and the list of members of the new cabinet can be released UP Assembly Polls: Can back BJP if OBC leader is named CM candidate, says Rajbhar will to find solutions then they can not be at 11 am. "Decisions are yet to be taken on stopped. Delhi@2047 seeks to build a two or three issues. They will be taken in the Lucknow. Two years after parting ways women in Lok Sabha, common and "resilient, reliant, equitable and sustainable" morning. I am going to get `good` news. If I with the ruling BJP, Suheldev Bhartiya compulsory free education, free Delhi as a vision for 2047, the chief minister's get it on Wednesday early morning hours, a Samaj Party (SBSP) chief Om Prakash electricity to households, ban on liquor office said. The initiative is hosted on the swearing ceremony will be held by noon or Rajbhar on Tuesday met UP BJP chief and implementation of Samajik Nyaya website of the Dialogue and Development evening on the same day," CM Bommai was Commission (DDC) of Delhi. "We have a Swatantra Dev Singh and vice- Samiti report are met, then we can vision for Delhi when as a free nation we turn quoted late Tuesday night as saying by IANS. president Dayashankar Singh in consider an alliance,” Rajbhar, who is an He further added that "There were some 100 in 2047. But that does not mean we are Lucknow, hinting at the possibility of OBC leader, said. BJP state vice- procrastinating. While we will continue to issues on which party President JP Naddaji an alliance between the two parties president Dayashankar, who was present sought clarifications. I have clarified those work in various sectors to offer better ahead of the Assembly elections in UP in the meeting, said: “It was just a services in the next few years, we wish to issues. Finally, he will approve the list on due early next year. courtesy visit, which has opened up Wednesday morning. As soon as I get the list, offer 24-hour water supply to people, and that it will be sent to Raj Bhavan." Bommai, Rajbhar, who for the past one year has possibilities for the future.” “…While is something which should happen before the however, refused the possibility of dropping been stitching together an alliance of the meeting has opened possibilities, next elections," the chief minister said. "We seniors from the cabinet, adding "We need smaller parties, initially termed the demands, including the announcement of a there are no conditions attached… have envisioned per capita income of Delhi at experience as well as enthusiasm. I am meeting a “courtesy call” but later admitted backward caste person as CM candidate, a During the recent Union Cabinet reshuffle, par with that in Singapore. Also, we cannot be expecting the cabinet expansion to take place he was open to the idea of realigning. “The census to collate the backward caste OBC leaders from UP were given ready for the Olympic Games bid in a short in two phases. The inclusion and exclusion of BJP is keen to forge an alliance… If our population, 33 per cent reservation for prominence.” period of time and it needs long-term names is the prerogative of the high planning. We had given a glimpse of this command. I am cool and used to the pulls and vision in our budget this year," he said. He pressures of cabinet formation. lauded the efforts made in education and Afghan Foreign Minister speaks to EAM Jaishankar, health sectors, saying both sectors have been revamped in a big way, evidenced in Eat fish curry if allergic to papri excellent performance by its students, and the improved services at city hospitals with an mulls emergency UNSC session on Afghanistan situation added "safety ring" of mohalla clinics and chaat: Union minister's come Simmi Kaur Babbar other facilities. Kejriwal also underlined the New Delhi. Afghan Foreign violations in Afghanistan work done in the power sector, and the back at TMC's Derek O'Brien Minister Mohammed Haneef and called for steps to ensure services sector that allows people to access a Atmar spoke to his Indian peace in the country. The number of services at their doorstep. "But for New Delhi Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas counterpart S Jaishankar on Taliban has been making 2047 we have planned a broad roadmap, Naqvi has hit out at Trinamool Congress Tuesday to explore the rapid advances across which includes world-class infrastructure, (TMC) MP Derek O'Brien over his 'papri possibility of convening an Afghanistan by resorting to including sporting facilities at schools to chaat' comment on passing bills in emergency session of the UN widespread violence since promote talent; rejuvenation of a number of Parliament.Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said, “If Security Council (UNSC) to the United States began water bodies, many of which had been he's allergic to 'papri-chaat', he can have fish discuss ways to stop the withdrawing its troops from encroached upon; and sustainable solutions curry but don't turn Parliament into a fish Taliban's violence and human the country on May 1. that can benefit all sections of society," he market. Unfortunately, the manner in which rights abuses in Afghanistan. The US has already pulled said. "We need support from you today, this is work is being done with the conspiracy to The Afghan foreign ministry why the platform has been developed. We are malign Parliament's dignity was never seen back the majority of its said Haneef Atmar talked about forces and is looking to not coming to you to write cheques to us, we before.”Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls the escalating violence by the need your ideas, your expertise and Derek O'Brien's comment 'insulting'Prime complete the drawdown by Taliban and foreign terrorist August 31. India has been a participation and we need your partnership. Minister Narendra Modi had also earlier groups in Afghanistan and We need to work on this together and make expressed anguish over TMC MP Derek O' major stakeholder in the called for a meeting of the peace and stability of Delhi the city of our dreams, so when we look Brien's 'making papri chaat' remark, calling it at our city in 2047, we can say we are proud of an insult to the people who elected MPs, UNSC to discuss the situation. Afghanistan. It has already "Called Indian FM HE invested nearly USD 3 Delhi," he said. Talking about the Union minister Pralhad Joshi said.After PM development in the power and services Modi's reaction, Trinamool Congress (TMC) @DrSJaishankar to discuss billion in aid and convening an emergency UN reconstruction activities in sector, the Delhi CM said, "We progressed a MPs, including Derek O'Brien were seen spoke to Jaishankar about the escalating lot in the electricity sector. I remember that eating 'papri chaat' at the party office. Security Council Session on AFG," Atmar the war-ravaged country. India has been said on Twitter. India holds the presidency violence and widespread human rights supporting a national peace and we made our government in 2015 and I TMC leader and Rajya Sabha MP Derek of the UNSC for the month of August. In a violations by the Taliban and foreign reconciliation process that is Afghan-led, remember the power cuts in the summer of O'Brien on Monday took a jibe at the Union statement, the Afghan foreign ministry said terrorist groups. He proposed that a special Afghan-owned and Afghan-controlled. It 2014. There would be no power for 7-8 hours government over rushing to pass bills in UNSC meeting be held with a focus on the a day. Today, electricity is supplied for 24 Parliament.Derek O'Brien hit out at the Haneef Atmar described the Taliban's has also been calling upon all sections of the attacks in "collusion with foreign fighters immediate cessation of violence in political spectrum in Afghanistan to work hours. We worked with the same electricity Centre saying, “In the first 10 days, Modi- Afghanistan, according to the statement. companies as the previous governments did, Shah rushed through and passed 12 Bills at an and terrorist groups" as a violation of together to meet the aspirations of all people international law and talked about their The Afghan foreign ministry said Jaishankar in the country, including those from the the difference is of political will. We stood on average time of UNDER SEVEN MINUTES expressed India's deep concern over the the ground and got the transformers, cables, per Bill. possible consequences on the region's minority communities, for a prosperous and stability and security. It said Haneef Atmar escalation in violence and human rights safe future. 2 New Delhi, Thursday, 5 August, 2021 NATIONAL THE SIKH TIMES

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NAME CHANGE NAME CHANGE NAME CHANGE Bhima Koregaon case: NIA I, Ruby W/o Arun Saini R/o Jg 8 I hitherto known as Suraj Kumar S/o I ANKUSH KUMAR CHOPRA S/o upper floor Khirki ext. Gupta Javed Khan, R/o RZ-209, Gali Late Sh. SUBHASH CHANDER colony Malviya Nagar South Delhi- No.16, Tughlakabad Extension, New CHOPRA R/O - B-1A/88-B, 110017 have changed my name to Delhi-110019, have changed my JANAKPURI, NEW DELHI- 110058. opposes Sudha Bharadwaj's Ruby Saini. name and shall hereafter be known Have changed my name to ANKUSH as Asif Raza Khan. CHOPRA for all future purposes. NAME CHANGE default bail plea in Bombay HC I, Ashish Kumar s/o Tilak Raj R/o NAME CHANGE NAME CHANGE A-10, Second Floor, East Of I, Vinod Kumar Chand s/o Lachhman I, Suraj Kumar S/o Ajay Kumar Tanti, Mumbai. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has opposed the bail plea of Elgar Kailash, New Delhi-110065, have Das R/o H.No-296, Sector-16, R/o RZ-209, Gali No.16, Parishad accused Sudha Bharadwaj. A rights activist, Sudha Bharadwaj, has moved the changed my name to Ashish Faridabad-121002, Haryana, have Tughlakabad Extension, New Delhi- Bombay High Court for default bail in the Bhima Koregaon case. In her submissions before Talwar S/o Tilak Raj Talwar for all changed my name to Vinod Chand 110019, hereby solemnly affirm and the court, Sudha Bharadwaj stated that the judge who took confidence in the chargesheet future purposes for all future purposes declare that I have embraced Muslim religion and renounced Hinduism against her was not a designated special judge. The same judge w.e.f. 26.07.2016 granted an extension of time to the NIA to file the chargesheet, NAME CHANGE NAME CHANGE NAME CHANGE I, Perminder Kumar s/o Trilok I, VIVEK BHARDWAJ S/O VIPIN I, SHUKLA RANI CHOPRA W/o Late said her default bail plea. Sudha Bharadwaj was arrested in Chand R/o WZ-1574A, Nangal BHARDWAJ R/O E-77, E-BLOCK, Sh. SUBHASH CHANDER CHOPRA PUBLIC NOTICE August 2018 in connection with the Bhima Koregaon/Elgar Raya, New Delhi-110046, have GALI NO.-6, QUTUB VIHAR, It is for general information that I, R/O - B-1A/88-B, JANAKPURI, NEW changed my name to SOUTH WEST DELHI, DELHI- Parishad case. Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Anil Singh DELHI- 110058, Have changed my SAANIDHYAA SABHARWAL D/O Perminder Kumar Tanwar for 110071, declare that my true and made the submissions on behalf of the NIA before a bench of name to SHALANI CHOPRA for all Sh. RANVIR SINGH R/O House all future purposes correct name is VIVEK BHARDWAJ Justice SS Shinde and Justice NJ Jamadar. He argued that future purposes. No.112, Opp. DSIIDC Phase-3, which is mentioned in Aadhar Card Ishwar Colony, Bawana, New Delhi- assuming that the initial remand granted to Sudha Bharadwaj inetuding 10th class Certificate and NAME CHANGE 110039, declare that name of my I, Akshay s/o Rameshwar R/o H. all documents but in my LIC Policy ( was not by a proper court, as stated in her application, any sub- NAME CHANGE father has been wrongly written as I, Hyatt S/o Arun Saini R/o Jg 8 No. 6669, Block- No.9, Street No.7, Policy Bearing No331077045) my sequent remand by a proper court regularised the same. The RANBIR SABHARWAL in my upper floor Khirki ext. Gupta Dev Nagar, Karol Bagh, New name is written PRATEFK BHARD- Education Documents, Pan Card entire proceeding does not get vitiated because of one issue, colony Malviya Nagar South Delhi- Delhi-110005, have changed my WAJ. that “VIVEK BHARDWAJ and argued ASG Singh. He further urged that considerations in 110017 have changed my name to name to Akshay Kumar for all “PRATEEK BHARDWAJ both are (BVQPR1178A), Aadhar Card No.- both cases - taking cognizance and default bail application - Hyatt Saini. future purposes one and same person 451961493195. The actual name of my father is RANVIR SINGH, which were independent processes. The court will hear the matter may be amended accordingly. next at 10 am on August 4. Opposing the bail plea, ASG Anil NAME CHANGE Singh argued that for Sudha Bharadwaj to take the benefit of I, NO-15144919K L/HAV VIREN- the default bail, her legal team should have filed a "valid The Sikh Times DER KUMAR F/O NANCY R/O PUBLIC NOTICE VILL-JHANJHROLA KHERA, PO- default bail under section 167 (2) of the Criminal procedure It is for general information that I, SULTANPUR (39), TEH-FARUKH ASHISH VASANT RATHOD S/O Sh. (National Daily English Newspaper) NAGAR, DIST-GURGAON, Code" in the Pune court. Under the right to default bail, the VASANT BABURI RATHOD R/O HARYANA-122506, in my service accused should have filed a default bail after the expiry of 90 Plot No.632, Near Reebok Godown, record my minor daughter’s date of days from the date of arrest but before a chargesheet was filed Bijwasan, South West Delhi, Delhi- ‚SÃ ŒÊ◊Ù¥ ¬⁄U birth wrongly mentioned as 110061, declare that name of my in the case, added ASG Anil Singh. He went on to say that 18/08/2011 instead of 11/08/2011. Sudha Bharadwaj had filed three default bail pleas before the father and my mother has been Pune court. One of these, said ASG Singh, was filed within 90 wrongly written as VASANT Á‚»§¸ wÆ ÉÊ¥≈U ◊¥ ÁflôÊʬŸ NAME CHANGE RATHOD and SUSHMA RATHOD in days of the arrest, and the other two after the chargesheet had I, ANWAAR ALI KHAN S/O my Education Documents and name been filed, indicating there was no valid default bail applica- SHAUKAT ALI residing at T-33/7, of my father has been wrongly writ- tion under 167(2) of CrPC. 3RD FLOOR, BASTI HAZRAT NIZA- ten as VASANT RATHOD in my Pan ¿¬flÊ∞¥, ÁflôÊʬŸ ŒŸ flÊ‹ MUDDIN DELHI 110013 have 'Case still in pre-trial phase' Card (DQRPR7532G), Aadhar Card changed my name to ANWAR ALI No.-672930801659. The actual On the other hand, Sudha Bharadwaj has opposed the for all future purpose. name of my father and my mother is validity of the two orders passed by Pune sessions Judges KD √„Ê≈U˜‚ ∞¬ ¬⁄U ◊Ò≈U⁄U ÷¡¥ VASANT BABURI RATHOD and Vadane and RM Pande. The two judges were Pune session NAME CHANGE SUSHMA VASANT RATHOD, which court judges and had no jurisdiction to pass the orders since I, SUDHA DEVI W/O JC-331576X may be amended accordingly. they were not designated as special judges, argued Bharadwaj. •ı⁄U ¬≈UË∞◊ ‚ ¬◊¥≈U ∑§⁄U¥– SUB MAJ MANOJ KUMAR MISHRA Arguing the case on Monday, ASG Anil Singh said the Special R/O VILL-ASHOK NAGAR, PO- MILAP NAGAR, TEH-ROORKEE, PUBLIC NOTICE It is for general information that I, Court was granted jurisdiction under the NIA Act "only after DISTT-HARIDWAR, UTTARAK- VASANT BABURI RATHOD S/O Sh. the NIA took over investigation of that case". Citing provisions HAND-247666, have changed my ‚¥¬∑§¸ ∑§⁄U¥– BABURI RATHOD R/O Plot No.632, name from SUDHA DEVI to SUDHA of the NIA Act, Singh said special courts are supposed to con- Near Reebok Godown, Bijwasan, MISHRA for all future purposes vide duct only trials, adding that pre-trial hearings are conducted South West Delhi, Delhi-110061, affidavit dated 04/08/2021 before declare that name of mine and my before other sessions court judges. The Additional Solicitor Notary Public, Delhi. General also said that the hearing over the Elgar Parishad ¡Ÿ⁄U‹ ◊ÒŸ¡⁄U wife has been wrongly written as VASANT RATHOD and SUSHMA case is yet to begin, which is why any sessions judge can hear PUBLIC NOTICE RATHOD in my minor Daughter the case which is in the pre-trial phase. He further argued that 011- 41509689, 23315814, It is for general information that I, (Dimple Vasant Rathod age about 17 no prejudice had been caused to Sudha Bharadwaj even if the SANJEEV KUMAR S/o Sh. Mahavir years) 10th Class mark sheet, orders were allegedly passed by a court without jurisdiction. R/o RZF-936, Raj Nagar-II, F-Block, Certificate and name of mine has 9868068019, 9312051236 Gautam Budh Marg, Palam, been wrongly written as VASANT Elaborating the same, he submitted that assuming the ses- Bagdola, South West Delhi-110077, RATHOD in my minor Daughter Pan sions court had no jurisdiction to pass the order, the court had [email protected] declare that name of mine has been Card (DQRPR7531F), Aadhar Card followed all due procedure of law before passing the order. wrongly written as SANJEEV in my No.-254197918255. The actual "Bharadwaj was heard, and had accepted all orders of that 5, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, son’s (LAKSHY age about 10 years) name of mine and my wife is VAS- birth certificate 4241. The actual ANT BABURI RATHOD and SUSH- court. There is no pleading that prejudice is caused," said Anil Press Area, ITO. New Delhi name of mine is SANJEEV KUMAR, MA VASANT RATHOD, which may Singh. which may be amended accordingly. be amended accordingly. New Delhi, Thursday, 5 August, 2021 DELHI/NCR THE SIKH TIMES 4

Floods wash away 2 bridges in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district Chhattisgarh to set aside paddy for wild New Delhi. Avideo of two bridges over a river being washed away in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district has gone viral on social media. The bridges were washed away after water was released from an overflowing dam. One elephants to stop them entering villages of the bridges can be seen coming down due to the strong force of water from the Raipur. AS PART of the state forest happen when the tuskers enter the villages Manikheda dam. The bridges destructed department’s pilot project to stop wild foraging for food. By providing them due to the floods connect district Datia to Gwalior. elephants from entering villages, the paddy outside the villages, we are pre- Flood fury in Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh government has set aside empting the conflict,” said a forest paddy acquired in 2019-2020 for “elephant department official. Environmentalists, Defence aircraft on Monday launched rescue operations to evacuate people stranded in management” in nine districts. however, have raised questions about the some flooded villages in Shivpuri district of “For management of elephants, it has been plan of action. “Wild animals can’t be Madhya Pradesh as heavy rains continued to directed to provide paddy of 2019-2020 to force-fed. In the wild, elephants eat barks lash large parts of the state, especially the forest department at the cost of and roots of certain trees. They also like to Shivpuri and neighbouring Sheopur procurement in Gariyaband, Balod, Sarguja, eat young shoots and other parts of trees. districts, leaving two people dead, officials Raigarh, Surajpur, Korba, Dhamtari, Kanker When they come to villages, it is because said. In Sheopur, Deeraj Gurjar (45) and Mahasamund,” the Chhattisgarh State of shortages in forests. Even then, they drowned in an open water-filled pit while Cooperative Marketing Federation said in a consume mahua stored in houses. Only in visiting a temple, Karahal sub-divisional letter to the Chief Conservator of Forest desperation do the elephants eat paddy, as magistrate Brijender Singh Yadav said. (Wildlife) dated July 22. According to the paddy husks hurt their sensitive trunks,” In Shivpuri town, a 50-year-old Auxiliary letter, the paddy was sourced from Raipur, said elephant expert and activist Mansoor Nurse Midwife (ANM), identified as Mahasamund, Bilaspur and Surajpur Khan. Leader of Opposition Dharamlal Sumanlata Joshi, died due to electrocution when an electric current ran into her flooded districts at Rs 2,095.83 per quintal. The Kaushik also questioned the decision. house in the Kamlaganj area, a police officer letter, however, didn’t specify the quantities “When fresh paddy was auctioned at Rs said. set aside for the nine districts. P V Narsingha 1,400 recently, why is rotten and old paddy Water bodies overflowing in large parts of Rao, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests being bought at Rs 2,095? MP (Wildlife), said the pilot project would be We suspect that the government is going to Corporation of India in 2019-2020. deliver only 26.38 LMT CMR.” “The paddy Rivers, drains and other water bodies are in implemented in a couple of villages at first. use the CAMPA (Compensatory According to an FCI letter to the state stocks couldn’t be picked on time because full spate in Sheopur and Shivpuri districts, “We will procure only 10 quintals for the Afforestation Fund Management and government, “the total CMR (custom milled they were rotting. Now that they have been officials said, adding many water bodies are pilot project in the beginning,” he said. PlanningAuthority) funds to ration the losses rice) to be delivered to FCI was 28.1 LMT stored for two rainy seasons, they would overflowing in large parts of Madhya Forest department sources said the objective made by their mismanagement,” Kaushik (lakh metric tonnes) for KMS (kharif have either rotten further or sprouted, Pradesh. Several areas of Sheopur, located was to distract elephants from entering said. Incidentally, the state government was marketing season) 2019-2020. However, making the paddy unfit for consumption,” around 400 km from the state capital villages. “Most elephant-human conflicts unable to fulfill its paddy quota at the Food State Govt. of CG (Chhattisgarh) could said a rice miller from Raipur. Bhopal, were inundated after the Parvati river breached its banks following heavy showers. Heavy rains pounded Vijaypur tehsil in the district. Dhanbad Judge killing: Police ‘feeding questions’ Minor found hanging from tree Bills passed in in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha, to get ‘specific answer’, says Jharkhand HC haste, MP writes police suspect rape before find out the weapon of crime. Feeding a particular question to the doctor to get a to Speaker: murder particular answer is not at all appreciated.” The court said it did not Bhopal. A12-year-old girl's body was found Hearing the case suo motu, the court Violation of rules hanging from a tree with her hands tied with receive any satisfactory answers from a dupatta in the Vidisha district of Madhya noted that the autopsy report says police. ASJ Uttam Anand, 50, had been New Delhi. RSP member N K Pradesh on Tuesday. Police suspect that the the death was “caused by hard and knocked down while out on his morning Premachandran has written to Lok minor was killed after being allegedly raped walk by an auto-rickshaw that veered Sabha Speaker Om Birla and urged in a jungle. blunt substance due to head injury”, sharply towards him on an empty road, as him to ensure protection of rights of Police have also detained a person in CCTV footage showed. The postmortem the House, alleging that “legislative connection with the alleged rape and and asked why police were asking if report mentioned “diffuse contusion” in process has become a fruitless murder of the minor. Vidisha district such injuries were possible due to a the head as well as fracture and blood exercise” as the government keeps Superintendent of Police Vinayak Verma possible due to a fall. “We have perused the clots in the protection layer of the brain. pushing Bills through without said the victim was at her house till around fall. questionnaire framed by the Investigating The police have arrested two persons and discussion. 11 am when she told her father that she was Officer namely Mr Vinay Kumar… to Dr seized the autorickshaw, which was found to be The MP from Kollam said the accompanying her mother to the forest area Kumar Shubhendu, Assistant Professor… stolen. The court said it was essential to government was “taking hasty steps in Vidisha. However, the victim's mother SNMMC, Dhanbad: ‘Please explain whether unearth the “conspiracy” and catch the to pass very important Bills having said she had no clue that her daughter was the injuries in the head are possible by fall on “mastermind” and that “apprehending a pawn” serious ramifications” when there is following her to the jungle. "When the road surface or not?’… When the would not serve any purpose. “Time would be “complete pandemonium in the mother returned home, she told her husband Investigating Agency is investigating the of essence in this investigation. Delay as well House”. In the letter, copies of which that she had no idea that her daughter was were sent to Prime Minister Narendra Ranchi. Stating that Jharkhand Police was occurrence in order to find out the reason of as any flaw in the investigation may eventually following her to the jungle. Thereafter, affect the trial adversely.” The court also Modi and Parliamentary Affairs villagers launched a search to find the girl. “feeding questions” to get “a particular death, then how and under what circumstances such question is being asked by the questioned the delay in the registration of an Minister Pralhad Joshi, he wrote that Several hours later, they found the body of answer”, which is “not appreciated”, the it is “not fair, proper and in violation the child hanging from a tree with her scarf. Jharkhand High Court Tuesday came down Investigating Officer from the concerned FIR. It said it was “intriguing” that while the CCTV footage of the incident became “viral of rules, conventions and precedents Her hands were also tied," police said. heavily on the Special Investigation Team doctor, that too when the CCTV footage of the House”. Pointing out that seven Following the incident, police detained a (SIT) probing the alleged murder of Dhanbad clarifies the entire scene of occurrence?” the within 2 to 4 hours from the time of Bills have already been passed when youth from the village who was accused of judge Uttam Anand. Hearing the case suo Bench of Chief Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice occurrence” and Judge Anand was taken to the House was not in order, raping and murdering the girl. "We have motu, the court noted that the autopsy report Sujit Narayan said. “(The) postmortem report hospital around 5.30 am, the FIR was lodged Premachandran, member of the panel taken a youth of the village in our custody. says the death was “caused by hard and blunt clearly discloses that the fatal injury has been “belatedly at 12.45 pm”, after a complaint by of chairmen to preside the House, He is being questioned. He was spotted substance due to head injury”, and asked why caused by a hard and blunt substance. his wife. “The CCTV must be regularly wrote: “Denationalisation of General suspiciously moving around the area and police were asking if such injuries were Thereafter, it is for the Investigating Agency to monitored by police. Insurance Sector, Amendment to IBC there are many inconsistencies in his code, Tribunal Reforms Bills, statement. We are waiting for the report of Essential Defence Service Bill were the post mortem that was conducted in the House panel seeks urban job scheme, cash transfers in Covid-like situations night," police said. Police sources claimed drastic structural amendments to the existing legislation. Passing such that the possibility of gang rape before New Delhi. Observing that the plight of urban collect the much needed, detailed data (on) 19. “Offering another round of income support murder could not be ruled out. "There has to very important Bills having a basic poor has not got much attention from the migrant workers,” says the committee, headed to the poor to compensate for loss of change of policy of the government be more than one person who either helped government, the Standing Committee on by BJD member Bhartruhari Mahtab. Noting jobs/employment incurred due to the two the accused hang the body with the dupatta without discussion is an insult to Labour has recommended an MNREGS-like that the delay “speaks volumes of the lockdowns imposed would go a long way in Parliamentary democracy. to the tree or were themselves involved in job guarantee scheme for them and cash inaction/delayed action on the part of the mitigating their woes,” the committee says. It the crime. Legislative process has become a transfer to informal workers during adverse Ministry at that specific point of never- suggests increasing maximum days of work fruitless exercise.” Premachandran conditions like Covid-19. experienced crisis”, notwithstanding steps guaranteed unde MNREGS from 100 days to taken by both the Centre and states later, the 200 and mandatory health insurance to workers said the Tribunal Reforms Bill, Avantha Group promoter In its report on the ‘Impact of Covid-19 on Rising passed by Lok Sabha on Tuesday, was Unemployment and Loss of Jobs/ Livelihoods report says, “The Committee, therefore, “by suitably amending payment schedule”. exhorts the Ministry to take suo-motu “Moreover, there is an imperative need for listed for introduction on August 2 Gautam Thapar arrested by ED in Organised and Unorganised Sectors’, tabled and the Bill was uploaded on the in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, the parliamentary cognizance of such unprecedented crisis putting in place an Employment Guarantee without waiting for the judiciary…” Programme for the urban workforce in line website after the introduction. But it in money laundering case committee has also noted that the Ministry of was listed for consideration and Labour delayed responding to the migrant Neither the Centre nor states and Union with MGNREGA,” the report says. It also passing for August 3. “The right of New Delhi. The Enforcement Directorate crisis when Covid struck. “When the entire territories “are doing any favour in the suggests converting loans granted to street (ED) has arrested Gautam Thapar, nation was witnessing (the) heart-rending sight provision of welfare measures to the people in vendors under the PM-SVANidhi Scheme to members to oppose introduction of promoter of Avantha Group, in connection of lakhs of migrant workers walking back to distress… they are duty bound to do so”, the direct cash grants and keeping detailed records the Bill and to prepare amendments with a money laundering case, sources their native places helplessly without anything committee notes, asking the government to of them for provision of relief and and move the same is denied due to said on Wednesday. Gautam Thapar was to fall back on, the Committee finds it strive for systemic improvements in the rehabilitation in crises. It says cash grants paucity of time. This is not proper and arrested after questioning by the ED and surprising that the Ministry waited for as long implementation of schemes to truly benefit would enable the vendors to “restart their (is in) utter violation of Rules and searches at multiple locations in Mumbai as two months, i.e. until June 2020, to write to people. One of the suggestions of the panel is income activity in a regular manner”. Under Procedures of the House.” The MP and Delhi. The searches were also the state governments, and that too after putting money in the accounts of informal the PM-SVANidhi scheme, street vendors can asked Birla to send all Bills listed in conducted at locations linked to senior (being) goaded by the Supreme Court, to workers during adverse conditions like Covid- avail a working capital loan of Rs 10,000. the monsoon session. officials of the Avantha Group including residential premises of Thapar. Gautam Thapar is being probed for his alleged role in the diversion of bank funds, sham transactions with related parties, borrowing funds from the banks by Chicken feed costs as much as branded atta; misrepresentation, fabricating books of accounts, false entries, fake vouchers and financial statements, furnishing incorrect or misleading information, siphoning off funds including various bank loan economics of poultry farming takes a toss proceeds. The allegations were based on a forensic audit report. According to sources, the ED has lodged at least two Satara (maharashtra). FOR THE poultry 77. In March, realisations improved to farmers. They rear the chicks weighing 35- cases including the loss to Yes Bank to the industry, the last one-and-a-half years have Rs 90/kg and, with costs at Rs 75, things 40 gm into 2-2.5 kg birds over 40-45 days. tune of Rs 467 crore against Gautam been nothing short of catastrophic. First, it were looking up. But the second wave of The farmers are paid a fixed rearing charge Thapar, his firms, and associates. was Covid, when prices of poultry products Covid spoiled our party and realisations of Rs 5.40/kg by the integrators, who take According to the probe agency, Rana collapsed on misconceived fears linking fell to Rs 81/kg in April and Rs 70 in back and sell the market-ready birds. Kapoor, former MD & CEO of Yes Bank, their consumption to the virus’ May,” he says. What has flummoxed Bhairavnath Poultry Farms alone deals with obtained illegal gratification in the form of transmission. This was in February-March Waghole, though, is the continuous around 500 such farmers, mostly in a property at a prime location in New Delhi 2000, even before the pandemic’s first wave increase in feed prices through the Maharashtra’s Satara and Pune districts. at much less price than the market value, and the nationwide lockdown that followed. second wave and beyond. As broiler Among them is Ravi Babar from Kikali belonging to Avantha Reality Ltd for Then came the avian influenza outbreak of feed prices rose, the average broiler village in Satara’s Wai taluka. The 33–year- sanction of a loan to his firm and for January-February 2021, which hit sales just production costs went up from Rs 75/kg old grows sugarcane on his entire six-acre extending concessions, relaxations and when consumption was recovering. And in March to Rs 83 in April, Rs 92 in May holding and maintains a 6,000-bird poultry waivers in the already existing credit and Rs 95-96 in June-July. To make up farm. He has been associated with after that crisis passed, the second Covid atta, the economics of poultry growers has facilities provided to Avantha Group (AG) wave struck and forced state-level for the losses in April-May, Waghole’s farm Bhairavnath Poultry Farms for the past 10 companies and for advancing additional taken a toss. “We are cutting down on sales raised its average sale price to Rs 88/kg in years, and does 5-6 cycles of rearing — each lockdowns during April-June 2021 But now, and supply of new chicks to our growers. At loans to them by Yes Bank Ltd. The market when recovery seems finally underway, the June and Rs 110 in July. of 40-45 days plus 20 days of cleaning and value of this property is Rs 685 crore. In current input costs, raising birds is a totally rest — every year for revenues of Rs 3.5-4 industry is confronting a new crisis — an loss-making proposition,” says Waghole, “We have reached a point where increasing another case, on the complaint of State abnormal spike in feed prices. Since March, prices is no longer possible, especially with lakh. “Apart from the money (farmers only Bank of India, CG Power and Industrial general manager of the Satara-based have to bear labour, electricity and other prices of feed for egg-laying birds have Bhairavnath Poultry Farms Pvt. Ltd, which the Shravan month (July 23-August 22) Solution Ltd, its Chief Managing Director doubled from about Rs 21 to Rs 43 per kg. when many people don’t consume chicken incidental expenses), the droppings of the Gautam Thapar along with other senior sells around 6 lakh broiler birds per month. birds are excellent fertiliser for my cane These have gone up even more, from Rs 29 to “January-February was bad. The bird flu and eggs. And feed costs aren’t showing any officials of firm were booked by CBI for Rs 50 per kg, for feed given to broiler birds signs of softening,” he says. Waghole’s crop,” he says. But Babar stands to lose on defrauding over Rs 2,435 crore from the scare brought down realisations to Rs 56-57 both counts if Waghole reduces or even stops raised for chicken meat. With chicken feed per kg, as against production costs of Rs 75- company is a poultry integrator that supplies consortium of banks led by SBI. costing almost as much as premium branded day-old chicks with feed and medicines to placement of day-old chicks with him. New Delhi, Thursday, 5 August, 2021 DELHI-NCR THE SIKH TIMES 5

Meet the UP boy Kumar Vishwas Singh who has scored 100% in ED arrests Avantha Group promoter CBSE class 10 results New Delhi. Kumar Vishwas Singh, a student from Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh, has secured 100 per cent marks in the CBSE Gautam Thapar in money laundering case Class 10 board exams. He has attained 500 out of 500 marks. A student of Vidyagyan School, he has got full marks in both theory The ED has been probing an alleged transaction between his company Avantha Realty, Yes Bank co-founder and practical. The subjects in which Kumar has scored 500 out of 500 include English, Rana Kapoor and his wife, who are already being investigated under the PMLA by the agency. Hindi, Mathematics, Social Science and New Delhi. The Enforcement Directorate has in the form of a property in a prime Artificial Intelligence. arrested Avantha Group promoter Gautam location in Delhi at much less than the Interestingly, Kumar Vishwas did not follow Thapar in connection with a money realisable market value belonging to any fixed or regular timetable throughout the laundering case, officials said on Avantha Reality Ltd for sanction of a year. He told IANS: "I did not have any Wednesday. Thapar was arrested under loan to ARL and for extending timetable... I don't even believe in that. provisions of the Prevention of Money concessions, relaxations and waivers in Whenever I like to study a subject, I study it Laundering Act (PMLA) on Tuesday night the already existing credit facilities till I get bored. This particular approach, I after the agency carried out raids against him provided to Avantha Group companies believe, makes me 100 per cent efficient." and his linked businesses in Delhi and and for advancing new and additional Kumar said the Covid-19 pandemic in fact Mumbai, they said. loans to them by Yes Bank Ltd," the ED emerged as an an "opportunity" for him. "I He is expected to be produced before the court had said earlier. CBI had last year made the best usage of digital media and my on Wednesday where the ED will seek his booked Kapoor and his wife Bindu for doubts were cleared on the call of the custody, they added. The ED has been allegedly obtaining a bribe of Rs 307 teachers. My parents also supported me probing an alleged transaction between his crore through the purchase of a throughout the year. It was not easy, but it company Avantha Realty, Yes Bank co- bungalow in a tony Delhi area from a was made possible with the support of my founder Rana Kapoor and his wife, who are realty firm at half the market price and well wishers," he said. The Central Board of already being investigated under the PMLA facilitating around Rs 1,900 crore bank Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday by the agency. The case of money laundering loans to it in return. declared the class 10 results. was filed by the ED after taking cognisance The CBI suspected that the discounted Thiruvananthapuram region has topped the of an FIR lodged by the Central Bureau of transaction for the 1.2 acre-bungalow on board results with the highest pass Investigation (CBI). "The (CBI) FIR alleges Amrita Shergill Marg in Delhi was a percentage of 99.99 per cent. In the CBSE that Rana Kapoor, then MD and CEO of Yes gratification to Kapoor through the class 10 board results, 99.04 per cent Bank Limited, obtained illegal gratification company Bliss Abode Pvt Ltd in return for non-realisation of over Rs 1,900 crore in promoted Avantha Realty and group students were declared passed. The pass loans from Yes Bank to Gautam Thapar- companies. percentage of boys is 98.89 per cent and that of girls is 99.24 per cent, which is 0.35 per cent more than that of boys. Students can check their results on CBSE`s official Want to visit a unique website and Digilocker. Indian Air Force chief RKS Bhadauria Know all about Lucknow girl park? Delhi's Bharat who slapped cabbie over 20 times in viral video visits Israel to enhance military ties darshan Park all set to They noted the rapid progress made in New Delhi: A day after booking three men for bilateral engagements and had wide- enthrall you breach of peace in connection with the road Air Chief Marshal ranging talks to identify avenues and rage incident on July 31 in which a girl was measures for further strengthening the seen slapping a cab driver, Lucknow police Bhadauria also visited robust relationship between the two Air The upcoming park was to be on Tuesday registered a case against the Forces. Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria woman too. The incident, which has left the major UAE AF & AD also visited major UAE AF & AD units thrown open by 2020 but the entire nation surprised, brought the Lucknow during the two-day goodwill visit. In police under heavy criticism on social media units during the two- March this year, the Indian Air Force work got delayed and halted after it booked the driver and took it into chief visited Colombo to attend the 70th custody. The girl, who slapped the cab driver anniversary celebrations of the Sri due to the Covid-19 epidemic. at least 20 times, had claimed that he was day goodwill visit. countries. Lankan Air Force. He was in the island driving the vehicle at a very high speed and nation on an invitation from Sri Lankan Air she had narrowly skipped being run over by Indian Air Force in a statement said, "As strategic partners, India and Israel enjoy Force commander Air Marshal Sudarshana the car. Here's everything we know about Pathirana. The presence of the IAF chief the woman who was seen mercilessly strong, multi-dimensional ties, an New Delhi. Indian Air Force chief Air Chief important pillar of which is defence during the inaugural day of the air show slapping the cabbie on the busy Awadh Street reinforced the strength of IAF-SLAF ties in the Uttar Pradesh capital city. The girl in Marshal RKS Bhadauria reached Israel on cooperation and military level exchanges." Tuesday. The visit is aimed at enhancing "Both sides will discuss enhancement in the and his visit further strengthened the the clip has been identified as Priyadarshini. existing cooperation and opened up newer She is a resident of Kesari Kheda in Krishna military cooperation between the two depth and scope of bilateral exchanges countries. In Israel, Air Chief Marshal between the two Air Forces." Prior to his avenues of mutual interest. Over the last Nagar. She has been booked by the police two years, India has been enhancing under charges of committing or attempting to Bhadauria and his counterpart Major visit to Israel, Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria General Amikam Norkin, Commander called on Major General Ibrahim Nasser M. military cooperation with friendly nations. commit robbery, causing hurt and loss. In Indian military top brass have been visiting his complaint, the driver, identified as Israel Air Force, will discuss the military Al Alawi, Commander UAE Air Force and ties and cooperation between the two Air Defence (UAE AF & AD) on August 1. these friendly countries and making New Delhi: The Bharat Darshan Park, which is Shahadat alleged that the woman slapped her defence cooperation ties. for none of his fault in full public view, under construction in the national capital to breaking his phone and catching him by showcase the artifacts of the country's 14 collar. He also alleged that she looted Rs 600 states including Char Dham replica sites and which he had put in the dashboard of the car. Banyan tree, will get five additional artwork. In the video, the bespectacled woman, The park, once constructed and thrown open dressed in a white t-shirt and jeans and sports Afghanistan urges India to hold special to the public, is expected to stand out as shoes, was seen crossing a street at a zebra unique and one of its kind among the places crossing at Awadh Crossing and stopped in to visit in the city. front of a cab. She proceeds to open the cab These artifacts are being made of iron and driver`s door and drags him out and starts UNSC session amid Taliban attacks junked old vehicles. The park is being slapping and hitting him pulling him by the constructed on the lines of Sarai Kale Khan's collar. The driver can be seen requesting New Delhi: Afghan Foreign minister (LeT). The development comes even 'Waste to Wonder Theme Park'. The upcoming park was to be thrown open by bystanders to call policewomen to the scene. Haneef Atmar on Tuesday (August 3, as the Taliban has increased "Aaplog mahila police bulaye, " he is heard 2020 but the work got delayed and halted due 2021) called on India's External offensive in many parts of the to the Covid-19 epidemic. According to saying in the video. The woman continues Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and assaulting him repeatedly and at one point is country including Herat, Kandahar, sources, the construction of 16 artifacts have seen flinging the phone of the cabbie, which urged him to hold a special session of and Helmand. been completed so far. Delhi residents are had fallen on the ground. A bystander who the United Nations Security Council On Monday, UNSC President and expected to see the completion of the park's attempts to intervene also gets a slap from the (UNSC) as violence by the Taliban Indian envoy to the UN, TS construction this year. Preparations are also woman. In between the video also shows a escalates in his country. Tirumurti had said that the situation underway to work on the second phase. traffic policeman intervening and separating The request comes days after India in Afghanistan is of deep concern to However, the work is currently on pause due the woman from the cabbie and escorting assumed the Presidency of the United all members of the security council. to the presence of high tension electricity them to the side of the road but after a short Nations Security Council for the We have seen in recent days, wires.According to the information received while the woman again corners the man and month of August and decided upon violence is only increasing..and by the municipal corporation, the Haryana starts hitting him. Meanwhile, the cab driver the working of the top United Nations targetted killing has increased," he Electricity Department will undertake the identified as Sadat Ali Siddiqui said that after body. An Afgan government readout had added. Tirumurti made the task of laying underground electric wires following which the work related to the the incident police took both him and the said that Atmar called Jaishankar to comments at the customary presser woman to the police station but the police current UNSC President.The Afghan second phase will be started. However, it will discuss convening an emergency UN by UNSC President on the first not affect the work being done in the first filed a case against him based on her Security Council Session on Afghanistan foreign minister also briefed the foreign working day of the council. He also complaint. "Police did not even take my phase. Only after the inauguration of these and that the UN and the international envoys including Indian envoy Rudrendra highlighted that India has supported every artifacts in the first phase, the work of the complaint and kept me inside lockup for 24 Tandon on the situation in his country and hours," he added. community must play a greater role to stop opportunity that can bring peace, security, second phase will continue simultaneously. the unfolding tragedy in Afghanistan due to how the Taliban is being supported by and stability to Afghanistan. "We should In the second leg, an attempt will be made to the Taliban violence and atrocities. Atmar international terror groups including address the question of violence and the showcase the famous and prominent also appreciated the lead role of India as the Pakistan-based anti-India Lashkar-e-Taiba targetted attacks," Tirumurti had said. buildings associated with the states. 15 dead in Bengal floods; 200 villages marooned as heavy rains lash MP's Gwalior-Chambal region

New Delhi. At least 15 people have died, highway caved in following a landslide are waiting for a final report from district missing. In another incident, two men died and lakhs were rendered homeless or triggered by heavy rains disrupting administrations," an official said. Several and another went missing as their car fell into marooned, as the flood situation in six vehicular traffic along the route. The 30- areas in the six affected districts are reeling an overflowing pond, police said. Residential districts of West Bengal aggravated on metre stretch fell and slid into Bhagirathi under flood, with people struggling to wade areas were inundated, houses collapsed and Tuesday, while torrential rains river bringing traffic to a halt, District through waist-deep water. The districts of hundreds of people were evacuated from pummelled the Gwalior-Chambal region Disaster Management Officer Devendra Hooghly, Howrah and West Midnapore are several villages in low-lying areas in Baran as in Madhya Pradesh, affecting 1,171 Patwal said. It has been raining heavily in among the worst affected. heavy rains lashed the district for the second villages. Six people, including three the district for nearly 15 days activating RAJASTHAN TOO REELS UNDER consecutive day. A flood-like situation was children, died in rain-related incidents several landslide zones from Nagun toFLOOD seen in the district's worst-hit Shahabad and across northern states of the country Harshil. Three children died after two vehicles were Kishanganj blocks. Shahabad block received which were lashed by heavy rainfall. SIX DISTRICTS IN BENGAL WORST swept away in strong water currents 246 mm of rainfall in the 24 hours ending at 7 SITUATION IN MADHYA PRADESH HIT BY FLOOD following rains in Rajasthan's am on Tuesday and a further 60 mm of rain In Madhya Pradesh, heavy rains were district, which witnessed "unprecedented In West Bengal, at least 15 people have Sawaimadhopur and Tonk, police said. In the was recorded till 11 am, inundating several witnessed in the Gwalior-Chambal region, heavy rains", were rescued, officials said. "A died, and lakhs rendered homeless or first incident on Monday night, two children colonies in the low-lying areas, Sub- especially Sheopur and Shivpuri districts, total of 1,171 villages were affected in the marooned, as the flood situation in six drowned in a drain after their car was swept Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Rahul officials said, adding NDRF and SDRF teams Gwalior-Chambal region due to excessive districts aggravated. Around three lakh away in strong water currents in Malhotra said. Around 700 people have so far have rescued 1,600 people from flooded areas rainfall, especially Shivpuri and Sheopur, people got displaced after heavy rain in the Sawaimadhopur district.According to police, been evacuated from villages in the low-lying so far but at least 200 villages are still where an unprecedented 800 mm rainfall (in last few days, followed by discharge of water Pappu Lal along with his three sons and a areas and shifted to Atal Seva Kendras and marooned. The Army has been called in for the last 24 hours ending 8 am on Tuesday) from Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) relative was travelling in a car and tried to school buildings. A State Disaster Response rescue operations in Shivpuri, Sheopur, resulted in flooding," Chief Minister Shivraj dams, inundated major parts of the districts of cross the drain despite high water level. "The Force (SDRF) team rescued five members of Gwalior and Datia districts, state Additional Singh Chouhan told reporters. Purba Bardhaman, Paschim Bardhaman, car was swept away in water. Ramjilal, his a family, including three children, who were Chief Secretary (Home) Rajesh Rajora said, LANDSLIDES IN HIMACHAL, Paschim Medinipur, Hooghly, Howrah and elder son and the relative were rescued while trapped overnight in their house in Bohta adding that despite bad weather, IAF UTTARAKHAND South 24 Parganas, officials said. The DVC, bodies of his two minor sons were found village under Mangrol police station as it was helicopters conducted four sorties to rescue A 22-year-old UP resident died and two people since July 31, has released 5.43 lakh cusec of stuck in bushes," police said. In a similar flooded after the Banganga river burst its people from the flood-affected areas. Earlier sustained injuries in a landslide that hit water till Tuesday evening. "We are collecting incident in Tonk on Tuesday, an ambulance banks, officials said. Around 40-50 people are in the day, three people stranded atop a tree for Himachal Pradesh's Solan district, a state the details of all 15 people who have lost their carrying a woman's body was washed away in stranded in Sodana and Raibarpura villages of about 24 hours in Beechi village and five disaster management official said. In lives due to the flood. Some deaths are due to strong currents following rains, which killed Kishanganj and a rescue operation is others in Piproudha in flood-hit Shivpuri Uttarakhand, a stretch of Gangotri national electrocution, snake bite, wall collapse. We her 12-year-old son. Her husband is still underway. New Delhi, Thursday, 5 August, 2021 EDITORIAL THE SIKH TIMES 6 The dangers Trading dreams for debt What are the assumptions that underlie the ushering of a loan-economy in the educational sector, and how exactly do they fare? When the ministry of education study before seeking a job, this is of silence released the All India Survey on already an index of alarming levels of Higher Education 2019-20 near-zero-to-negative employment report, the only detail that caught within the college-educated sector of the fancy of media student-populations. It comes as no commentators was the marginal surprise that even the National surpassing of men’s enrolment Education Policy 2020 makes a ratio by women. The fact that veiled reference to this ‘gig professional streams of economy’ of informal labour- education still remained hugely contracts insofar as it aims to prepare over-populated by men at all students not just “for one’s first job, levels went unnoticed. And, but also for one’s second job, third therefore, despite the fractional job, and beyond.” Second, the increase in overall access, a AISHE report pegs the yearly professional career — one of the expansion of private universities at declared aims of tertiary/post- 46 per cent and of private unaided Could the 12 lives lost in the flooded subway in tertiary training — was to remain colleges at a staggering 76 per cent of Zhengzhou on July 20 have been saved had the as unlikely an opportunity for the total institutional growth in decision been taken to shut down the metro line women as before. Another higher education. Contrast this with early enough? The train was stuck between two damning aspect borne out by the the revelation that the former stations. Why wasn’t it stopped from leaving the station when it was clear that there were chances of report is that the average accounts for only 25 per cent of the track flooding ahead? Everyone could have enrolments in every private student enrolments, and the latter safely been evacuated then. unaided college dropped by claims around 45 per cent student An anonymous subway worker has posted these nearly 4 per cent in 2019-20. insidious form of privatization of public resources. A admissions despite its fourfold questions in a blog post, pointing to the fatal flaw Every government college continued to enrol more than corollary of the West Bengal government’s policy- spread. Furthermore, enrolment and completion rates for in China’s decision-making systems: no one down double the number of students than its private counterpart imagination has already been seen in the Centre’s push undergraduate courses in engineering and technology, the line is willing to take responsibility; the order — a figure that even registered a moderate increase in the towards institutional loans (as opposed to ‘grants’) from which are largely the preserve of private institutions, must come from the top. An Indian plant director latest survey period. the Higher Education Financing Agency set up in 2017. have seen a steep annual decline. A student-loan scheme working in China finds his senior managers asking Against such a backdrop, the decision by Bengal’s Just as institutional debt is to be serviced through internal of the kind envisioned by the Bengal government will for guidance on problems that in India would Trinamul Congress government to make good its fee-revenue, the Mamata Banerjee government’s student only serve as a bail-out provision for steadily dwindling routinely be handled by executives at their level. electoral promise of starting a higher education loan credit-policy will also bring in its wake a hike in student enrolments within the private sector. Third, the scourge of This diffidence, he feels, is a hangover from Mao’s scheme for students belonging to the state might seem to fees across public and private institutions — with the online teaching in the shadow of the pandemic and the time, when all decisions were left to Party-led come as a policy-antidote. Claiming to address inequities caveat that whoever cannot afford these higher costs may University Grants Commission’s mandate for committees. When the Covid pandemic broke out of reach within advanced stages of formal training, the avail the benefit of the loan scheme. TheAmerican higher compulsorily digitizing curriculum (in the name of in 2019, nobody dared to inform Wuhan’s ‘student credit card’ — officially notified on June 30 — education system has brought itself to the edge of a ‘blended learning’) have made way for unprecedented residents that the new virus raging through the city would allow a higher education aspirant to draw a ‘financial catastrophe’ — with an overall student debt incursions of private ed-tech capital into public-funded was infectious till Beijing thought fit to do so. That security-free loan of up to Rs 10 lakh on an annual simple default of nearly 1.6 trillion dollars and more than half of colleges/universities. The student credit-card will Zhengzhou could be so badly affected is ironic, interest rate of 4 per cent, to be repaid within 15 years college-goers still labouring under unpayable debt become an excuse for these public institutions to now because this former capital of China and now a from the conclusion of study. With the state government burdens — through identical measures. levy user-charges for technological solutions/ major centre for scientific research was one of the standing as guarantor to the debt, the amount may be used So what are the assumptions that underlie the ushering of a infrastructures at market rates as integral to course fees. 16 cities prone to flooding that were chosen to for funding any course of study — from private coaching loan-economy in the educational sector, and how exactly Finally, the loan application does not require any security- become “sponge cities” in 2015. Since then, about centre fees to admission into private colleges or institutes do they fare with regard to contemporary trends in the mortgage but implicates a “co-borrower” — typically, 50 billion yuan has been spent on measures meant of national importance to study-abroad programmes. field? First, to insist that a student completing a course of the debtor’s parent or legal guardian — as bound by the to equip Zhengzhou to absorb heavy rains. One Although self-appraisal bulletins have hailed this scheme higher study will necessarily land a job proportionate to obligatory terms of the debt. Not only does this re-erect netizen wrote: “Those corrupt officials absorb as a first of its kind in India, it portends a regime of his/her skills and guaranteeing a dignified wage is not an inter-generational economy of debt-peonage but it Moutai like a sponge every day. If they hadn’t structural policy reform that is neither new nor innocent. only an outrageous fantasy but also an obstinate denial of also activates a whole new continuum of structural drunk tens of billions, wouldn’t the ‘sponge city’ The shift towards a loan-assistance model of educational historical fact. The latest AISHE data, when pitted violence. The presence of the State (as the final be built by now?” To be fair, these were the provisioning implies that affordable quality education is against the government’s periodic labour force survey for guarantor) in every loan contract automatically makes an heaviest rains in recorded history which not the right of all, but an entitlement of a ‘deserving’ few the quarter of April-June 2020, reveal that if 27 adults of appeal to the manifold violences of its punitive devastated the province’s smaller cities and who must keep proving their credit-worthiness on the college-going age indeed enrol in higher education, machinery in any event of defaulting. At a time when the villages. One villager blamed a leading cement basis of means or merit. Ranged against a subsidy-model nearly 35 of a similar age group have remained brick-and-mortar university is being carefully scripted company for this, pointing to its relentless of social spending (in non-profit goods like education or unemployed — even informally. The number is even into a theatre of disappearance, to pawn off the futures of destruction of hillsides. The internet is the only health), State support is no longer made to apply to public higher for women. Given the lack of data on how many of students-to-be into debt-slavery is to prescribe the place where citizens can say all this, because institutions but to private individuals. This, in effect, is an the enrolled 27 per cent actually complete their courses of disease for its cure. instructions have already been sent out to the official media to focus on post-disaster recovery, not to carry pictures of dead bodies or “take an Hush hour exaggeratedly sorrowful” tone. People have been warned not to give interviews to foreign media. More alarming, however, is the hostility displayed The Central Information Commission’s directive to the Centre to reveal details of its preparations for and management of Covid-19 must be welcomed by some ordinary Chinese towards foreign Indians are an argumentative lot. An argument disaster, especially the oxygen crisis, must be reporters, especially the BBC’s China need not be a squabble. In a democracy, it may welcomed. Responding to a plea to make such correspondent. A foreign ministry spokesman well be synonymous with animated, public information public, the CIC also dismissed the typically dismissed complaints from the Foreign deliberation. It is thus strange that the government’s argument that such revelations Correspondents’ Club of China, called the BBC a argumentative Indian has chosen to elect a could impair national interest. And herein lies the “rumor broadcasting company” that put “ideology dispensation that is markedly disinterested in crux of a dilemma common to democracies. above the truth”, and said “fabricated news engagements — heated or not. The Narendra Elected — seemingly authoritarian — reports” had triggered the “public’s dissatisfaction Modi government’s love for the furtive has, in governments are increasingly willing to exploit and fury”. As in India, the first to respond to the the course of the last few years, had numerous the rhetoric of national interest or security to victims were locals, some of whom risked their manifestations. The prime minister refuses to deny access to information pertaining to public, lives to save strangers. Among those moved to help pay heed to the persistent demands by the indeed national, welfare. The constriction cannot were three Uighurs who drove from Xinjiang for Opposition to come clean on the allegations of go uncontested. This is because the foundations two days to deliver naans to Zhengzhou’s snooping by the regime with the help of of democracy are rooted in the pledge of survivors, belying the myth that Uighurs hate the sophisticated technology. Neither has he welcoming and strengthening the culture of majority Hans. As Zhengzhou’s residents started responded to the allegations of China transparency. The latter’s absence can tempt placing flowers and lighting candles outside the encroaching upon Indian territory in spite of democratically-elected governments to prey on subway where the 12 people had died, barricades grim developments on the border. The ‘gains’ of democracy itself. The responsibility of keeping were put up at the entrance to stop the steady radical interventions — demonetization is an governments accountable to the people is not the stream of mourners. That didn’t work though: the example — have remained mysterious, as mysterious as institutions — they include the media — have not done Opposition’s alone. It must be shared with institutions that mourners removed the barricades. The authorities the Centre’s assurance of the Indian economy being in enough to demand accountability from this government. like to imagine themselves as the sentinels of democracy. also could not stop the man who’s been coming robust health in a world ravaged by the pandemic. The So the Central Information Commission’s directive to the The CIC’s rap on the knuckles of the Centre should be seen everyday to sit outside the subway wearing a blue evidence of Mr Modi’s evasive self is thus substantial.Yet, Centre to reveal within a stipulated time frame the details as a reminder to these slumbering agencies that they, too, raincoat and dark glasses, with a placard. he has managed to get away with it because key of its preparations for and management of the Covid-19 have a responsibility to keep the government on its toes.

Complex games The rise of the Taliban will cause greater regional volatility

In the year 2009, the present prime minister of Afghanistan for the majority, as it is spoken and army general headquarters attack in 2009, were carried Pakistan, Imran Khan, who was a vociferous critic understood by more than 70 per cent of its out by the Pakistani affiliate of the Taliban, the Tehrik-i- of the Afghanistan policy of the then government population. The Hazaras, the third largest ethnic Taliban Pakistan, which draws the core of its cadre from of Pakistan, went to the United States of America group after the Pashtuns and the Tajiks, have an the Pashtun belt of Pakistan. However, in the post-2000 to counter the growing perception that he was a affiliation with neighbouring Iran in terms of their phase, several extremist organizations that claim to sympathizer of the Taliban. Among his many Shiite Muslim identity and cultural roots. adhere to Deobandi Islam also sprung up. A notable appearances, he addressed a gathering of Pakistani In the same vein, neighbouring Central Asian example is the Jaish-e-Mohammad, which was founded Americans in Brooklyn’s Midwood area, which is countries such as Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are by Masood Azhar, born in south Punjab’s Bahawalpur. called NewYork’s Little Pakistan neighbourhood. directly influenced by Afghanistan as Uzbeks and Azhar, a Deobandi cleric and a declared international That dialogue with the Taliban was the only way to Tajiks populate both sides of the border. These terrorist by the United Nations security council, was one bring peace to Afghanistan was the substantive countries are highly controlled secular societies. of the three terrorists apart from the national of the part of his speech. Khan, who is from Pakistan’s In fact, even the use of social media was restricted United Kingdom, Omar Sheikh, and the Srinagar Punjab but has Pashtun ancestral roots, appealed to till recently. The governing elite in the region is resident, Mushtaq Latram, who were released on Pakistani Americans to explain to fellow worried about the possible import of radical Sunni December 31, 1999 and taken to Afghanistan as part of Americans the rationale behind his statements. extremist ideology. In the last decade, Central the Indian Airlines Flight 814 hostage deal. The JeM Around 12 years later, as US troops near complete Asian countries witnessed a large outflow of their took responsibility for the Pulwama attacks of February 14, 2019 and was allegedly responsible for the attacks extrication from Afghanistan, the old and new their work undeterred. Now led de facto by the young nationals to fight in Iraq and Syria; they are on the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly on contextual realities of the neighbourhood are Aimal Wali Khan, the great grandson of Abdul Ghaffar commonly called foreign fighters of the Islamic State of October 1, 2001 and the Indian Parliament on December determining the regional engagement with Afghanistan. Khan, the ANP has consistently faced persecution by the Iraq and Syria. In the multilateral arena, the US and 13, 2001. Within Pakistan there had been several attacks First, Pakistan’s foundational insecurities about Pashtun Pakistani State and presumed attacks by the Taliban for Russia have proactively cooperated in building regional by the JeM. On December 26, 2003, nearly a year after nationalism seem to be influencing its Afghanistan voicing religious moderation. In its opposition to the counter-terrorism capacities, a rare geopolitical the JeM was banned, it made an unsuccessful bid to policy. Abdul Wali Khan, the son of Abdul Ghaffar Taliban and their ideology, the ANP supported the convergence between the two countries. In June, the assassinate the then president, Pervez Musharraf. In Khan, had once said that he had been a Pakistani for 30 Soviet Union action in Afghanistan in the 1980s and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, had reportedly 2002, Daniel Pearl, an American journalist, was years, a Muslim for 1,400 years and a Pathan (Pashtun) 2001 US invasion. In the last few years, another offered the US the use of Russian military bases in kidnapped and later allegedly beheaded by Omar for 5,000 years. In Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pashtun-centric organization, the Pashtun Tahafuz Central Asia for information gathering from Sheikh. The Taliban’s growing strength in Afghanistan the FederallyAdministeredTribalAreas, Pashtuns make Movement, has come into existence in Pakistan. In Afghanistan. Third, the Taliban’s political vision is the may enhance fund-raising and cadre recruitment of up 78 per cent and 99 per cent of the population 2019, the Afghanistan president, Ashraf Ghani, extreme and rigid interpretation of Deobandi Islam. Deobandi extremist organizations across Pakistan. respectively. More importantly, Pashtun nationalism has condemned “the violence perpetrated against peaceful Historically, Deobandi Islam has had an appeal among These groups are in competition with outfits such as the an appeal on both sides of the 2,670-kilometre-long protesters and civil activists [of the PTM] in Khyber Pashtuns on both sides. The Deoband school of Islam Lashkar-e-Toiba, which draws its inspiration from Durand Line, a boundary between Afghanistan and Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan”, which the Pakistani started during 1866 in Deoband, which is close to Delhi. another regional conservative movement, that of Ahl-i Pakistan. Moreover, many Pashtuns on both sides refuse State called interference in its internal affairs. In the However, Pakistani scholars such as Akbar Zaidi have Hadith. In view of all this, the withdrawal of the US from to consider the Durand Line as a legitimate boundary. In current context, Ghani has alleged that there is Pakistani argued that Deobandi Islam in Pakistan has become Afghanistan and the ongoing ascendancy of the Taliban this context, it is quite remarkable that even in the midst State support to the Taliban offensive against his forces. different from its roots. This is on account of many in the country are set to bring about greater regional of the US-funded jihad against the Soviet Union in the Second, with the exit of the US military, the myriad factors, including the influence of the strict Wahhabism volatility. The reality is proving to be a lot more complex 1980s, which is considered one of the factors behind the regional, geographical, linguistic and ethnic realities are of SaudiArabia. than what was articulated by Imran Khan in 2009 as an rise of the Taliban, organizations espousing Pashtun asserting themselves. Dari, colloquially known as the In the last 20 years, devastating attacks within Pakistan, Opposition leader. nationalism such as the Awami National Party continued Afghan dialect of Persian, is the de facto lingua franca of such as the 2011 naval attack in Karachi or the Pakistan New Delhi, Thursday, 5 August, 2021 YATRATravel THE SIKH TIMES 7

a) cannot spend the night in the huts So over-exposed is Singapore that you are punctuating the roads (a roof on four There's more to acquainted with the city as soon as you land. pillars) and hence b) will have to head to the only resort on the island, an SD 18 cab drive away.Your wet, crouching Wave to the familiar Merlion, purging figure is the object of concern for the water from the marina, there is the museum's child-friendly interactive exhibits make it a gentle engagement. schoolgirl here on a class trip. recognisable skyline, each building - As the island's only resort, it charges wrestling for postcard space; kerbs Sit in the panelled room that projects Van Gogh's works on the walls and SD 180 per day. Refuse to spend this cleaned by a punctilious government, much for a night's shelter. each leaf painted the perfect tropical ceilings, immersing you in his post- impressionist world. It moves even - Eat at the resort's restaurant with the green by a card soldier. Malayasian TV crew that's shooting Rising on the other side of the marina, the most number-hardened chartered Singapore accountant to tears. Your benevolent for Malay version of American Idol. Singapore are three towers crowned by a ship — dictators can make giant sunflowers, Learn that they struck upon this idea the Marina Bay Sands hotel. If your before USA infected the rest of us. travel plans are dictated by little press ancient Chinese motifs on paper, or make an e-card with Dali's - Note that the jetty looks habitable and humans who need periodic feeding and is conveniently placed in the shadow. entertainment, this is the place to lock moustache and Gogh's swirls on the interactive screen. Be seduced into Nap fitfully till it starts to rain and yourself up. notice the moored boat on your left. Set aside a few hours for the Van Gogh Dali's world with ceiling installations than Sentosa and pull out human ribcages. - Heave onboard; the cabin is ideal. Live and Salvador Dali exhibitions at In the evening, catch the Lion King Succumb to childish joy at finding a the ArtsScience museum. Even if you secret hide-out. They'll never find you have no academic interest in art, the Musical, after you've tired yourself out at the casino and shops. here. The last village As real is the - Sleep until the storm wakes you. Singapore of Orchard Street, Clarke Metal trembles underneath at every Quay and Little China, so is the thunder and the reflective surface Singapore of the Pulau Ubin — the between the bow and the stern is last village of the country. accumulated water. Still water breeds Just don't expect everyone to know mosquitoes, snakes and dread of where it is, least of all a cab driver. malevolent spirits. Urbanisation and fervent shopping - SD 118 is small price to save yourself has nudged Ubin out of the country's from a unsavoury supernatural consciousness, allotting it a ferry ride experience. Head to the office, but it's off Changi Jetty on an irregular closed and no amount of hammering schedule. helps. The boomerang-shaped granite island - There's an emergency number taped has metres of trekking roads and to the door. Pound on the guest room campable beaches. It's here that the that still has a light on and explain your national bird, Oriental Pied Hornbill, predicament. The number is wrong and lives in its natural habitat, as does the though friendly, the guests don't have a wild boar. bed to spare for you. If order and urbanity makes you - The communal shower room is the nervous, Ubin will cater you an only shelter. Retrieve luggage from adventure. Only if you are stoically boat. Only now notice the board that foolish enough to follow these says, 'Danger. Do not climb aboard'. instructions: - The fear of being discovered is - Arrive at dusk to Changi Jetty so that greater in the shower rooms, but the you have no co-passenger on the gate is closer. Not for trespassers the bumboat and have to hire it. Instead of luxury of sleep. Bolt at dawn. SD 2.5, you now pay SD 30 for the - At the first 'hut', get out your shawl ride. and go to sleep on the parapet. Don't - Forget to withdraw mind the twittering cyclists. They slept money on the in a warm, dry bed. mainland, so that - The walk back takes you around the every thought of island and to the little town where most making it to the of the 100 inhabitants of the island live. morning is presided You can rent a cycle for SD8, but by the lightness of miserliness is the theme for the trip. your wallet. Get a Coke and stake a seat on the next - Plan your trip in the boat out. rains which makes You've had enough of the curated camping wilderness and enough of the curated impossible, urbanity. Solace is the airport. especially since How to cope in Ubin - Changi Village you carry no gear in has ATMs, food courts and provision your prissy little stores.You can camp and fish here. stroller luggage. - Try the sugarcane juice with plum; - Wait till it is dark also, the pickled plums from Chinese to realise that you convinience stores. which was then a little Allu Arjun regards Vizag as We talk to a few popular calling in this port city. "I sit on the beach for a couple known fisherman's village his lucky charm. "All my denizens of the Port City to used to work as a character of hours and life would be — Waltair. Old towns like films that were shot in Vizag find out why Visakhapatnam artiste and assistant director okay again," he says. Ananthapur, Bejawada, (Arya, Bunny, is called 'the City of Destiny' in Hyderabad. But I found Venkat Bothsa, an artist Guntur, Machilipatnam, Desamuduru, Julayi, Vizag's tryst with destiny VisakhapatnamVisakhapatnam my true calling only after from the city says, "There's and Rajamundry, had Parugu, etc.) were precedes the formation of moving to this beautiful not a very big art scene in greater credentials at that superhits. Vizag is my lucky India by over 100 years, city," he says. Vizag. But even if you drive time since they were much mascot. I shot for Arya at going back to 1844! Sir The city of destiny "The tranquil atmosphere in for ten minutes in any more accomplished Arthur Cotton, the legendary Kailasagri, the hilltop park direction, you come across educational, cultural and Vizag gives you the right British general and engineer with panoramic sea view. such scenic beauty, that it business centers. The whole unit enjoyed fillip to excel in your career. spent two years in Waltair, I enjoy a great freedom in gives you a beautiful "Dr CR Reddy took the shooting in the serene recovering from a 'jungle my profession if I'm in this background for your work.' bold decision because he atmosphere with greenery, fever' that haunted him city and my institute is the He further speaks about the believed this was the city of fresh breeze and beautiful throughout his stay in the first acting school in Vizag. scope of art. "There's a lot the future. However, his hills all around. We also tropics. Even in his illness, Think it has something to do of scope. The government vision of the city was very shot the film in the adjacent he developed the Groynes in with the air in the city," says has also allotted the different from the picturesque valleys, which the sea, which helped break Satyanand. Tollywood Nandagiri Kala Gramam, burgeoning industrial hub boast of beautiful flora, the waves and control superstars like Pawan which is a 5-acre land and megapolis that it is on laterite hillocks and a erosion. He also redesigned Kalyan, Prabhas, Mahesh which has residential course to become. He pleasing landscape. Parugu, and rebuilt St John's Church Babu, Ravi Teja, etc have all studios for various artists to envisaged that this Bunny, Desamuduru and and drew plans for a port in learnt their first lessons in work in." Pop singer Smitha fisherman's village would Julayi were also shot on the the city. acting at his acting school. of Hairabba Hai fame, who become the intellectual long and vast stretches of It was the iconic former Vice recently opened a spa in the capital of the state," says A the seashore ( beach road) in Music director and Chancellor of Andhra city talks about the scope of Prasanna Kumar, director, Vizag. This is a popular spot entrepreneur Ramana University, Dr CR Reddy fashion and beauty in the Centre for Policy Studies. for filmmakers as one can Gogula says it's the diversity who is credited with coining city. She says, "People of But then destiny as they see the sprawling beaches, that sets the city apart. "For the phrase 'City of Destiny' Vizag have developed a say, has its own plans and Hussain, the legendary mountain stands for splendid monuments, me, the city is about the in the 1930s. He was the city through various taste for fashion. The last the Port city today is district collector and permanence, tradition and ancient shrines, all along ocean and it has sown all the instrumental in relocating forms — be it education, time when I came down, I ranked among the fastest former ambassador to the values. A dialectical process the road," shares Allu seeds of my creativity and it the Andhra University, music, acting, art and has taught me to dare to be saw that especially women growing cities in the world. USA who popularised the is taking place in this sculpture. Some of these Arjun. are into affordable fashion which was located in phrase, for he rightly beautiful city, shaping its different. There is so much Bejawada to the port city Later on, it was Dr Abid popular faces from Vizag Renowned acting teacher and it immediately struck believed that it was only a destiny over the years." Satyanand, who set up his diversity in the city that it who've made it big, share allows people to be my mind that I have to give matter of time before Ever since, in various their thoughts about this City acting school in Vizag as them something from my Vizag realised its destiny amounts, little bits of suggested by Megastar themselves. I remember of Destiny has in store for the many afternoons when I was end and I opened up my spa of becoming one of the recognition have come in to world. Chiranjeevi, found his here." greatest cities in India, down and out I would go and says A Prasanna Kumar, who has been living here for the last 58 years. "I moved to Vizag in 1954 from Machilipatnam. The city was then called 'India in a Microcosm'. It is perhaps, the only city in the country which has had no history of communal clashes or caste conflicts. There is no narrowness of thinking. It allows outsiders to come and merge seamlessly with the human chain. The city is blessed with tremendous natural splendor and resources," he adds. Legendary chief Justice, late PV Rajamannar's description of Vizag captures the essence of the city. "Nestled between the sea on one side and a mountain on the other, the city is unlike any other. The sea stands for dynamism, change and adventure and the New Delhi, Thursday, 5 August, 2021 WORLD THE SIKH TIMES 8

British navy warns of 'potential Facts are much different: New York Governor Cuomo hijack' of ship off UAE coast defiant after probe says he sexually harassed 11 women Dubai. The British navy has warned of a “potential hijack” of a ship off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of New York. An investigation found that b y o t h e r w i t n e s s e s a n d be requesting material from James' Oman, though the circumstances remain Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed contemporaneous text messages. office and welcomed victims to unclear. The incident Tuesday comes amid nearly a dozen women in and out of state "These interviews and pieces of contact his office with information. heightened tensions between Iran and the government and worked to retaliate against evidence revealed a deeply disturbing The investigation's findings are also West over Tehran's tattered nuclear deal one of his accusers, New York's attorney yet clear picture: Governor Cuomo expected to play an important role in with world powers and as commercial general has announced, hastening calls for sexually harassed current and former an ongoing state Assembly inquiry shipping in the region has found itself the Democrat's resignation or impeachment. state employees in violation of federal into whether there are grounds to caught in the crosshairs. Most recently, the President Joe Biden was among those who and state laws," New York Attorney impeach Cuomo, who has been US, the UK and Israel have blamed Iran for said Cuomo should resign, a high-profile General Letitia James said at a press raising money for a potential fourth a drone attack on an oil tanker off the coast condemnation from a onetime close ally. "I conference on Tuesday. term in office. The Assembly hired its of Oman that killed two people. Iran has think he should resign," he told reporters Many of the women said they feared own legal team to investigate myriad denied involvement. Tuesday. retaliation if they reported the allegations regarding harassment, his The British military's United Kingdom Governor Andrew Cuomo remained defiant, governor's behaviour, investigators book, nursing homes and special access to COVID-19 testing. Several Maritime Trade Operations initially saying in a taped response to the findings that said. On at least one occasion, the of nursing home deaths during the outbreak. warned ships on Tuesday that “an incident "the facts are much different than what has probe found, Cuomo's staff took action Cuomo accusers demanded swifter action, The revelations, most of which were initially is currently underway" off the coast of been portrayed" and that he "never touched "intended to discredit and disparage" an calling on the governor to leave office made public last winter, led to a chorus of Fujairah. Hours later, the authorities said anyone inappropriately or made accuser - Lindsey Boylan, the first former immediately. Some Democratic and calls then for Cuomo's resignation from the incident was a “potential hijack," but inappropriate sexual advances." The nearly employee to publicly accuse him of Republican state lawmakers joined them, many top elected Democrats in New York. provided no further details. Shipping five-month investigation, led by two outside wrongdoing - including leaking confidential along with one-time Cuomo allies including US Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten authority Lloyd's List and maritime lawyers, concluded that 11 women who said personnel files and drafting a letter attacking county executives and leaders of left-leaning Gillibrand said after the report's release intelligence firm Dryad Global both that Cuomo had touched them her credibility. The investigation's findings, political groups. Lieutenant Governor Kathy Tuesday that it reinforces a call for his identified the vessel involved in the inappropriately, commented on their detailed in a 165-page public report, turn up Hochul, who would succeed Cuomo is he is resignation they first made last March. "No incident as the Panama-flagged asphalt appearance or made suggestive comments the pressure on the 63-year-old governor, removed or resigns, called the behavior elected official is above the law. The people tanker Asphalt Princess. The vessel's about their sex lives were telling the truth. who just a year ago was widely hailed for his detailed in the report "repulsive and unlawful of New York deserve better leadership in the owner, listed as Emirati free zone-based Those accusers included an aide who said steady leadership during the darkest days of behavior" and said, "No one is above the governor's office. We continue to believe Glory International, could not immediately Cuomo groped her breast at the governor's the COVID-19 crisis, even writing a book law." In his taped response, Cuomo that the Governor should resign," they said in be reached for comment late Tuesday. The mansion and a state trooper on his security about it. Since then, he's seen his standing apologised to two accusers: Charlotte a joint statement. While James concluded the US military's Mideast-based fifth Fleet and detail, who said he ran his hand or fingers crumble with a drumbeat of harassment Bennett, who said the governor asked if she investigation without referring the case to the British Defense Ministry also did not across her stomach and her back. Anne allegations, questions in a separate, ongoing was open to sex with an older man after she prosecutors for possible criminal charges, immediately return calls for comment. The Clark, who led the probe with former US inquiry into whether state resources went confided in him that she had been a victim of local authorities could use its evidence and Emirati government did not immediately Attorney Joon Kim, said the allegations were into writing the book, and the discovery that sexual assault, and a woman he kissed at a findings to mount their own cases. Albany acknowledge the incident. Earlier, six oil corroborated to varying degrees, including his administration concealed the true number wedding - an incident reported. District Attorney David Soares said he will tankers announced around the same time via their Automatic Identification System trackers that they were “not under command,” according to MarineTraffic.com. That typically means a New Covid restrictions in France as virus cases rise vessel has lost power and can no longer The cost of Barack steer. Ajaccio. Health officials in France on Tuesday daytime restrictions start from Wednesday. compulsory mask wearing in the island's main activated an emergency plan on the Martinique, another French Caribbean island cities in mid-July. Several coastal resorts Obama's birthday bash UK-India study flags death risk Mediterranean island of Corsica as a fourth 190 kilometres (120 miles) to the south, around France have also reintroduced wave of Covid infections spread across the returned to lockdown on Friday, while the compulsory mask wearing less than two WORLD; 4thAugust 2021 is the day of brain injury treatment in country. The government also announced it island of Reunion entered partial lockdown months after the authorities lifted the former US President Barack was reactivating a package of measures this weekend. On Tuesday, Prime Minister restriction. In northwest France, Brittany's Obama turns 60 and he is new-born babies designed to support medical staff as they brace Jean Castex chaired a meeting of the Finistere area, on Monday ordered people to reportedly planning to celebrate it for a fresh intake of cases. interministerial team handling the crisis. They cover their mouths and noses outdoors after an in style. The US media is reporting London. Aprocedure widely used to treat More of France's popular coastal areas agreed to use the army to provide more increase in Covid cases. Masks have been that the former President is birth-related brain damage in new-born meanwhile reintroduced the compulsory intensive care beds to the overseas territories, compulsory outdoors in the Morbihan area of throwing a massive party over the babies in low and middle income (LMICs) wearing of masks in a bid to stem the incoming his office said. The government also Brittany since last week. Officials in the weekend and the guest list is countries may increase the risk of death, a coronavirus tide. Health officials on Corsica announced Tuesday it would reintroduce foothills of the Pyrenees, on the border with supposedly about 500 long, give or new study conducted largely in India said they were providing more intensive care overtime bonuses for hospital workers, as well Spain, and at Lake Annecy, at the foot of the take a few. reports here on Tuesday. beds for Covid patients and mobilising as compensation for paid holidays they could Alps, have introduced similar measures. Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey and The research led by Imperial College medical staff as hospital occupancy in Bastia, not take because of pressure of work. Across France, the Delta variant of the virus is George Clooney have their London, together with several hospitals in one of the island's two main cities, passed 79 - Compulsory mask use returning - pushing up the number of hospital admissions, invitations, and friends and family India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and percent. The news came a day after Guadalupe The situation in Corsica was likely hurt by the public health figures published Tuesday apart from the Obamas are said to published in the journal ‘The Lancet Global became the third of France's overseas territory traditional surge of departures and arrivals of showed. Patients in intensive care now number have invited their former staff as Health’ used a technique called therapeutic to announce a return to partial lockdown holidaymakers at the end of July: more than 1,331 compared with 978 a week ago, while well. According to the news hypothermia with 408 babies with because of a "catastrophic" surge in Covid 130,000 people were on the move there last the deaths of another 57 people over the last 24 website Axios, which reported suspected birth-related brain damage. This cases there. An overnight curfew and some weekend. Corsica had already reintroduced hours pushed France's toll past 112,000. details of the party, guests are being technique cools a baby’s body temperature asked to donate to a list of chosen by four degrees, by placing them on a type charities in lieu of gifts for the of cooling mat. “These data, from the birthday boy. The 500-guest HELIX trial, suggest therapeutic outdoor party is sure to cost a Fresh Covid-19 outbreaks in China despite 1.6 bomb, but that should not be a hypothermia, alongside high quality intensive care treatment, does not reduce problem for the man who was the the risk of brain injury or death in LMICs,” 44th President of the United States said Professor Sudhin Thayyil, lead author billion vaccine doses, all made-in-China ofAmerica. The venue for the party of the trial from Imperial College London’s is reported to be the $15 million Department of Brain Sciences. “The sea-fronted property at Martha's reported 96 fresh cases of Covid-19. Of these Vineyard that Barack and Michele findings also suggest the treatment may confirmed cases of coronavirus infection, 71 increase the risk of death, compared to Obama bought in 2019. According were recorded as local transmission and 25 as to the website CelebrityNetWorth, babies who did not receive the treatment. overseas cases.Additionally, reports quoted Hence, hypothermia treatment should no Multiple fresh Covid-19 which keeps tabs on such things, data from the National Health Commission to the combined net worth of Barack longer be used as a treatment for neonatal say that 27 new asymptomatic cases were encephalopathy in low and middle income outbreaks have been reported and Michele Obama stands at $ 70 recorded while 485 asymptomatic patients million in 2021 and that they made nations,” he said. Prof Thayyil called for were under medical observation. This signals the international guidelines from ILCOR, in China, with Jiangsu province their first million from his first that China may not be counting book royalty 3 years before Barack the International Liaison Committee on asymptomatic cases of Covid-19 as Resuscitation, on cooling therapy in LMIC being the most-affected region. Obama became President in 2005. confirmed ones.More provinces -- some Till 2004, Barack Obama had never to be “immediately amended” based on the New outbreaks were reported reports say 11 -- have reported fresh cases of pandemic spread to the entire globe. The most- earned more than $ 30,000 a year findings. He adds: “Covid-19 has exposed Covid-19. New patients were reported from affected region is reported to be Jiangsu and Michele used to earn much how some diseases affect disadvantaged as China recently kicked off cities such as capital Beijing and China's province.China has been conservative in more than him. In 2017, Barack and populations differently. It is possible that biggest commercial hub Shanghai. However, reporting Covid-19 cases since the beginning Michelle Obama received a $60 ethnicity, socioeconomic status, infection mass coronavirus testing in the official figures for these two cities are in of the coronavirus outbreak in late 2019. million advance for the combined and nutritional status, for example, could single digits for local transmission cases. influence birth-related brain injury, even in Wuhan attributing the fresh Reports said initial cases of Covid-19 in rights to their autobiographies. Wuhan were not acknowledged and put out in In Jiangsu province, the outbreak started at the Barack Obama made most of his high income countries, and thus not all will airport in its capital Nanjing. During contact- respond to the same treatment. outbreak to the Delta variant. public domain. China apparently even delayed money writing books while the reporting the outbreak to the World Health tracing, Chinese health authorities are said to most recent US President to leave Organisation (WHO).With that history, China have identified cases in 11 office, Donald Trump, net worth $ China’s Wuhan, several cities on Monday officially reported three cases of provinces.Following the reports of fresh 2 Billion, has his own business begin mass testing, impose WORLD.The National Health Commission Covid-19 as non-imported, a first in more than Covid-19 outbreaks in multiple regions, China ventures. Other than Trump and (NHC) of China last week announced that a year, for Wuhan. In response, China has upped surveillance and mass testing for Obama, there are 3 other former US lockdowns amidst Covid-19 more than 1.6 billion doses of Covid-19 suspended operations of flights and trains in coronavirus infection. In an unusual move, Presidents still living. The oldest, vaccine doses were given to citizens in eligible and out of Wuhan on Tuesday.China also China announced a reward for reporting a Jimmy Carter, is almost 97 years resurgence age groups. This makes China the most- announced mass coronavirus testing in Wuhan neighbour who could be suffering from Covid- old and worth $ 10 million, Bill vaccinated country in the world in terms of the attributing the fresh outbreak to the Delta 19, and apparently hiding the illness. Clinton has $ 120 million, and A public notice was put out in some areas asking George W Bush has a reported net Beijing. Authorities in central China’s number of doses administered. Only made-in- variant that was first detected in India. The the residents to report on those who travelled to worth of $ 40 million. But none of Wuhan, where the coronavirus first China Covid-19 vaccines are given in the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 has reached regions considered high risk for Covid-19. If them made their millions by being emerged in 2019 and spiralled into a country.Since the announcement, reports of the city where the novel coronavirus was first the case turns out to be Covid-19 positive, the the President. As President of the pandemic, on Tuesday began testing of its multiple fresh Covid-19 outbreaks have hit detected in late 2019. person would be cash rewarded 5,000 yuan United States, the most powerful over 11 million people following the China. Covid-19 has returned to Wuhan, the Chinese news outlets, all controlled by the ruling (over Rs 57,000).Interestingly. person. resurgence of cases, a year after it contained epicentre city from where the coronavirus Communist Party of China (CPC), on Tuesday the deadly virus, even as a sense of unease prevailed in the country as several provinces reported fresh infections. Indian national arrested for duping elderly US citizens of $2.3 million with fraud scheme Wuhan, which became famous all over the world for its first coronavirus lockdown early last year, broke the zero-infection Law enforcement agencies have arrested an Indian national in New Jersey on charges of fraudulently record since June 2020, as seven new obtaining at least $2.3 million from elderly victims. Covid-19 cases were reported. Authorities began a citywide Covid-19 testing on impersonating fraud prevention institutions’ fraud departments, and they Tuesday, the official media here reported. representatives from the US. Charged with were reaching out because the victims’ bank The city has upgraded its epidemic conspiracy to commit wire fraud, Ashish accounts had been hacked. Bajaj and the co- response measures in the face of the recent Bajaj, 28, appeared Tuesday afternoon conspirators then asked the victims to assist coronavirus infections, locking down the before US Magistrate Judge Joe L. Webster with their fraud prevention efforts by setting area where Covid-19 infections have been in federal court in the Middle District of up “sting” operations to catch the fraudsters reported while upgrading its risk levels, North Carolina. He was detained pending who had allegedly hacked the victims’ bank state-run Global Times reported. The city his initial appearance in the District of New accounts. The requested assistance included metro has adopted stricter anti-epidemic Jersey. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 initiating various wire transactions to rules, and all schools have been closed. Just years in prison and a $250,000 fine, or twice various bank accounts, including bank as Wuhan braced for the second Covid-19 the gross gain or loss from the offense. accounts in India, ultimately resulting in a resurgence, especially the Delta variant, According to court documents, Bajaj from loss to the victims. Over the course of the several provinces and cities including April 2020 to July 2021, Bajaj along with investigation, law enforcement has Beijing are rushing to test millions of his co-conspirators received at least $2.3 identified multiple victims of this scheme, people. The National Health Commission million in fraudulently obtained funds by including victims in New Jersey and (NHC), in its daily report on Tuesday, said impersonating fraud prevention California. As alleged in the complaint, this that 61 new locally-transmitted Covid-19 representatives from banks located in the defendant and his co-conspirators took cases have been reported from different United States. He mostly targeted elderly advantage of elderly victims by posing as provinces, including Jiangsu, Hunan, victims. They told the victims that they trusted bank employees who could help the Hubei, Henan, Yunnan besides. Washington. Law enforcement agencies Jersey on charges of fraudulently obtaining worked at a “hub” for multiple financial victims catch fraudsters. have arrested an Indian national in New at least $2.3 million from elderly victims by New Delhi, Thursday, 5 August, 2021 TravelYATRA THE SIKH TIMES 9

Leela symbols, Vaishnava Dwarpal, and pictures Though it is still an offbeat bearing resemblance to the famous erotic work as in the Khajuraho Temple. The mandapa which originally bore destination, there are several A guide to stone pillars is now in ruins. tourist places in Chhattisgarh. The Budh Vihar The Budh Vihar was unearthed in 2003 and houses a well-developed capital Raipur has statue of Buddha, with Padmapani on either side. It is some of the most advanced believed to have been constructed during the time of Somanvansi king, Teevardeo and continued to stay in infrastructure, as well as the most use until the rule of his grandson Mahashivgupta Balarjun in 7th to 8th century AD. Perhaps the most hospitable and polite people you interesting aspect of this ruin is the entry gate to the can meet anywhere in the temple. The beautiful carvings here depict plenty of scenes from Buddha's life, including love, matrimony, country. Chhattisgarh stands friendship and other ties. This emphasis confirms the influence of Buddhism in Sirpur. The northern and apart in its practices, social rituals southern arms of this space were used as dwelling and its diverse tribal culture and chambers. SirpurSirpur Ancient marketplace lifestyle. Sirpur, only 84 km from Laxman Temple The ancient marketplace is an impressive set of ruins Surang Tila and other ruins Dating back to 625-650 AD, the Laxman Temple in that are spread over an area of 250 sq m along the river Raipur, is a hidden town from the Sirpur is one of the most famous structures in the city. It Mahanadi. This place was believed to be the centre of all The enormous temple of Surang Tila was unearthed in is believed to be one of the best examples of brick past. This fascinating town has a 2005-06. The temple premises covers a vast area and the commercial and trading life of the era. The excavations temples in India and is dedicated to Lord Vishnu. The have revealed that some shops have connecting main temple stands tall, elevated by a flight of 37 steep intricate carvings on the exterior of the temple make it deep archaeological significance limestone steps. It is believed to have been hit by a underground channels, which may imply that the shop special. These designs include Lord Vishnu, Krishna owners had more than one shop. There are places which as well as a connection to devastating earthquake around the 12th century AD, and the steps still bear the visual repercussions of this suggest that goods were kept covered in these Buddhism. Residing quietly by the calamity. depressions to guard against natural weathering. The The temple was built by Mahasivagupta Balarjun in main artefacts unearthed from here indicate that this Mahanadi River, Sirpur has seventh century AD and has been constructed in the market was used mainly by coppersmiths, goldsmiths, ironsmiths and potters. archaeological ruins from the fifth panchayatan style of temple architecture, with the main temple in the centre and four temples in the Street food to the eighth centuries. There is corner. The main temple has five sanctums, four of Street food is busy but organised in Chhattisgarh. Even which had four different types of Shiva lingas for though the samosas are believed to be mouth-wateringly evidence of the Chinese traveller, worship, respectively coloured white, red, yellow delicious here, the bhajiyas or the pakoras definitely and black. The remaining sanctum contains a deserve more of the attention. With the traditional cup of Hiuen Tsang exploring this town, Ganesh idol. The 32-pillared mandapa holds these chai, the breakfast here usually comprises kachoris, and more recently in 2013, it was five sanctums. The complex area has three tantric mirchi bhajis, dal ka wada and onion bhajiyas. To satisfy temples in a platform, dedicated to Brahma, Vishnu your sweet tooth, pick a warm jalebi and you will not graciously visited by His Holiness and Shiva. The entry gate was believed to be located regret it. Sirpur is essentially dominated by a straight near the river flowing adjacent to the temple. This road with major sights located on either side. The city's the Dalai Lama. was a practice that was started in the temples of main street food hub is on the junction of the road that Sirpur, and thereafter, spread to other parts of the turns towards Budh Vihar and Laxman Temple. country. That moment is finally here. You've checked the weather forecast, carefully planned your travel stops and even A day of museum-hopping Don’t let rains ruin your packed three different pairs of swimwear. You get up in the A rainy day is actually a message from the universe, urging morning, ready for another day at the beach, and it's you to tick off all your indoor activities. A soggy and raining. All your travel plans seem ridiculous as drenched message, but a message nonetheless. Head to the threatening black clouds cover the sky. Take heart, all is not museums that have made your list for an afternoon of lost. Here are a few tips to salvage your rain-ruined learning. In countries like Italy, many of the best art is found vacation. in churches rather than museums. These give you a Accept the rains fascinating insight into the local religion and culture. A rainy day might be a far cry from the sandy, sun-kissed Credit: ThinkStock Photos vacation you were hoping for, but wet weather can be truly Do as the locals do beautiful. Local waterfalls will be at their best, and a few For the locals, life almost always goes on even when things things can be as exhilarating as a muddy, barefoot hike get wet. Take this opportunity to ditch the tourist traps and through the jungle. Find a great vantage point where you find out where the city's residents hang out during rainy can sit back, coffee in hand, and just watch the rain come days. This would set you up for lots of fun and insightful thundering down. The stormier the weather, the more interactions in pubs and local restaurants. Even if you only VacationVacation spectacular it is. have a tenuous grasp of the local language, you'll be Storm out impurities A trip to the spa might be one of the only things on your to-do list that doesn't require a rain-check. A lot of countries have traditional cures and treatments that are not only soothing but also a lot cheaper than what you'll find back home. Sign up for a day- long retreat at your favourite spa and chase away your rainy day blues with a facial and a mineral scrub. If possible, book a massage in a covered outdoor cabana. You'll reach new levels of Zen during a hot stone massage while listening to the pitter- patter of rain around you. Consider unique experiences like Iceland's geothermal spas, where it's nice and toasty even if the surprised how friendly and accommodating people can be. weather is awful. You might just end up discovering an under-the-radar concert or a hole-in-the-wall eatery that no tourist's ever Credit: ThinkStock Photos heard of. Chase the sun Go to the beach anyway! Check the weather conditions, pull out your trusty map and Throw caution—and raincoats—to the wind and head to the find the closest area with less intense rain. Pack your bags beach you were planning to go to, regardless of the rain. As and drive off into the sunset—this is your chance to be a long as the water is a manageable temperature and the true explorer, travelling with the excitement of having no conditions okay to swim, being on the beach in the rain is expectations. You may discover a small beach with just actually quite fun. Splash along with the raindrops and take enough sunshine for a picnic, or a small town that's perfect a walk on wet sand—there is no reason a little bit of rain for a daytime stroll away from the rains. should put a damper on your beach fun. New Delhi, Thursday, 5 August, 2021 BUSINESS THE SIKH TIMES 10

Cryptocurrency prices : Bitcoin Windlas, Krsnaa Diagnostics, Devyani, Exxaro struggles to find support, Ether rises over 1% New Delhi Cryptocurrency prices remained IPO : Check price band, GMP and other details mixed on Wednesday a day after the virtual currency market witnessed consolidation New Delhi: Four major IPOs –Krsnaa Rs 401.53 crore. Kitara will offload 33,40,713 equity shares, due to profit-booking by investors. Diagnostics, Devyani International, Exxaro The proceeds from the IPO will be utilised for Somerset Indus Healthcare Fund I Ltd will Bitcoin, the world’s most popular Tiles Limited and Windlas Biotech Limited – purchasing of equipment required for offer 35,63,427 equity shares and Lotus cryptocurrency, struggled to find support opened for subscription on Wednesday while capacity expansion of the facility at Management Solutions will sell 21,380 after yesterday’s profit booking. The all the issues are closing on August 6, Friday. Dehradun Plant-IV and addition of equity shares.The issue, with a price band virtual coin was trading at just over $38,000 Here is all you want to know about the IPOs of injectables dosage capability at the facility of Rs 933-954 a share, will open for public at 10:50 am, down marginally by 0.13%. these 4 companies at Dehradun Plant-II. subscription on August 4 and conclude on Bitcoin’s market capitalisation stands at Windlas Biotech, a manufacturer of Devyani International IPO August 6. At the upper end of the price $714.27 billion.Ether also struggled to find pharmaceutical formulations, raised over Rs The largest franchisee of Pizza Hut, KFC and band, the IPO is expected to mobilise Rs support, but it was up over 1.6 per cent. It is 120 crore from anchor investors ahead of its Costa Coffee in India mobilized Rs 825 1,213.3 crore. trading at over $2,500 and the market IPO. The company has decided to allocate crore from anchor investors. The company Proceeds from the fresh issue will be used for capitalisation has increased to $292.61 26,18,706 equity shares at Rs 460 apiece to has decided to allocate 9.16 crore equity institutional buyers and the remaining 10 per financing the cost of establishing billion.Among altcoins, XRP and 22 funds aggregating to Rs 120.46 crore, shares to 41 anchor investors at Rs 90 apiece, cent for retail investors. diagnostics centres in Punjab, Karnataka, Dogecoin have failed to gain momentum according to a circular uploaded on BSE aggregating to Rs 825 crore.The initial Krsnaa Diagnostics IPO Himachal Pradesh, and Maharashtra; but others such as Cardano, Stellar, website.Among the anchor investors who public offering (IPO) consists of fresh issue Krsnaa Diagnostics has collected Rs 537 crore repayment of loans availed by the company Chainlink, Uniswap, Polkadot, Polygon participated in the bidding are ICICI of equity shares worth Rs 440 crore and an from anchor investors ahead of its initial and general corporate purposes. and Litecoin are trading in positive Prudential Mutual Fund (MF), UTI MF, offer-for-sale of up to 155,333,330 equity share sale.The company has decided to Exxaro Tiles IPO territory. Sundaram MF, Kuber India Fund, BNP shares by promoter and existing shareholder.allocate 56,28,937 equity shares to 44 anchor Exxaro Tiles, a leading manufacturer of Commenting on the mixed crypto market Paribas Arbitrage, Elara India Opportunities Under the offer-for-sale, Dunearn Investments investors at Rs 954 apiece, aggregating to Rs vitrified tiles, on Friday said it has fixed a sentiment, Edul Patel, CEO and Co- Fund and Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of (Mauritius) Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned 537 crore. Avendus, HSBC Global, Nomura, price band of Rs 118-120 a share for its initial founder of Mudrex, a global algorithm Commerce Life Insurance Company. subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, will offload HDFC Life Insurance Company, Max Life share-sale.The initial public offering of up to based crypto trading platform, “The The Initial Public Offer (IPO) comprises fresh 6,53,33,330 shares and promoter RJ Corp Insurance Company, Reliance General 1,342,4000 equity shares comprises a fresh cryptocurrency markets are in a price issuance of equity shares worth Rs 165 crore will sell 9 crore shares.The company has Insurance Company, Elara India issue of up to 1,11,86,000 equity shares and discovery mode currently.”Over the past 24 and an offer for sale of up to 5,142,067 equity fixed a price band of Rs 86-90 a share for its Opportunities Fund, Tata Mutual Fund (MF), an offer-for-sale of up to 22,38,000 equity hours, we witnessed profit booking taking shares. As a part of the OFS, Vimla Windlass IPO and at the upper end of the price band, ICICI Prudential MF, SBI MF and Kotak MF shares by Dixitkumar Patel. At the upper end over the crypto spectrum. Both Bitcoin and will offload 11.36 lakh equity shares and the public issue is expected to fetch Rs 1,838 are among the anchor investors. of the price band, the IPO will fetch Rs Ether struggled to find support. BTC is Tano India Private Equity Fund II will sell crore.The offer includes a reservation of up The IPO comprises fresh issue of equity shares 161.08 crore.Proceeds from the fresh issue hovering around the $38,000 mark and 40,06,067 equity shares.The public issue, to 5.50 lakh equity shares for the company's worth Rs 400 crore and an offer for sale would be utilised towards ETH is just below the $2500 level,” he with a price band of Rs 448-460 a share, will employees.Also, 75 per cent of the issue size (OFS) of up to 8,525,520 equity stocks by its repaying/prepaying of borrowings, fund its added.“The market sentiment is currently be open from August 4-6. At the upper end of has been reserved for qualified institutional existing shareholders. As part of the OFS, working capital requirements besides neutral. Most traders are refraining from the price band, the initial share sale will fetch buyers (QIBs), 15 per cent for non- Phi Capital will sell 16 lakh equity shares, utilising it for general corporate purposes. placing aggressive trades.” Sensex crosses 54,000 after Gold and Silver prices rising over 500 points, Nifty at ITR Filing alert! Deadline extended jump on the MCX| Check fresh all-time high latest rates here Bengaluru Indian shares hit record highs on On August 4, 2021, both gold and Wednesday, led by financial and metals for e-filing of various forms silver prices jumped on the Multi sectors, as June-quarter corporate earnings Commodity Exchange (MCX). momentum boosted investor sentiment. New Delhi: The income tax department on Intimation to be made by the pension Gold futures maturing on October By 9:17 am, the blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index Tuesday extended the deadline for various fund and sovereign wealth fund in 5 stand at Rs 47,920 per 10 grams climbed 0.6% to 16,235 and the benchmark compliances, including the filing of respect of investment made in India for on the MCX, witnessing a ike of S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.7% to 54,187.97. statements related to equalisation levy the June quarter, which is required to be Rs 64 or 0.13 per cent.Meanwhile, The Nifty Financial Services Index rose and remittances. furnished by July 31, can now be silver futures maturing on furnished by September 30. 0.9%, while the metals sub-index gained The deadline for filing the equalisation levy September 3 are retailing at Rs 1.5%. HDFC Ltd was the top gainer on the statement in Form-1 for the Financial Year Nangia & Co LLP Partner Shailesh 68,000 per kg, recording a Nifty 50 index, rising 1.7%.ndia's central 2020-21 has been extended till August 31, Kumar said considering the technical from the original due date of June 30. glitches in the new Income tax portal, marginal hike of Rs 212 or 0.31 per bank begins its three-day policy meeting on cent. Wednesday, where it is expected to leave The quarterly statement in Form 15CC to be taxpayers were facing a lot of problems interest rates at record lows for a seventh furnished by authorised dealers in respect in meeting such timelines and many Yesterday, while gold stood at Rs straight time on Friday. Markets are of remittances made for the April-June taxpayers could not even make 47,935 per 10 grams on the MCX, keeping an eye on liquidity measures taken quarter can now be filed by August 31. compliance within the due date. silver futures were trading at Rs by the central bank. The original due date for filing this "The extension will provide much- 67,587, recording a marginal dip statement was July 15. due dates for electronic filing of these forms. needed relief to taxpayers for making of Rs 364 or 0.54 per cent.Gold This Delhi-based startup is In a statement, the Central Board of Direct Taxes Further, considering the non-availability of the the compliances and will also save them from and Silver prices on international (CBDT) said that on consideration of the utility for e-filing of certain forms, the CBDT the penal consequences of not being able to market:As per Reuters, gold prices offering BMW, KTM bikes, Apple difficulties reported by the taxpayers and other has decided to extend the due dates for comply with the earlier timelines, due to edged higher on Wednesday, stakeholders in the electronic filing of certain electronic filing of forms related to intimation technical glitches in the IT portal," Kumar gadgets to new joinees - forms, it has been decided to further extend the by pension funds and sovereign wealth funds. added. Details New Delhi BharatPe, a fintech startup, is giving extraordinary perks and rewards to new joinees. The company said that 100 new joiners in the Technology team and Explained: What investors look at Product Managers will be eligible for the perks. BharatPe is offering two different packages to new joinees -- Bike Package or Gadget Package. All new joinees will be given the before putting money in startups helped by a subdued dollar, but the option to choose one of the two packages. precious metal bobbled in a The bike package includes five super bikes The startup culture in India has gained significant Very limited people can actually do it narrow range as investors awaited -- BMW G310R, Jawa Perak, KTM Duke momentum and more investors are willing to accurately for an early-stage startup. put their money in new ventures. signals from U.S. jobs data on the 390, KTM RC 390 and Royal Enfield So, according to my understanding, having a labour market recovery.Spot gold Himalayan. The gadget package includes While the idea behind a new business venture is correct roadmap is more beneficial than important, there are several other aspects that just projections. An entrepreneur should rose 0.2 per cent to $1,814.27 per six products -- Apple iPad Pro (with ounce by 0303 GMT, while U.S. Pencil), Bose Headphone, Harman Kardon investors examine before they decide to fund a focus more on “How will we achieve the startup.Here are some key points that startups target revenue?” than “We have xxx gold futures were 0.1 per cent Speaker, Samsung Galaxy Watch, WFH higher at $1,816.00. desk and chair, and Firefox Typhoon 27.5 seeking funding should remember before revenue projections for the coming 5 D bicycle.According to BharatPe, these approaching an investor: years, and we’ll be billionaires within 3 Jeffrey Halley, the senior market packages are part of the company's Capable Team years.”You should have a fair idea about analyst for the Asia Pacific at Referral & Joining Policy. BharatPe More than the idea and the concept of the startup, how will you monetise your offering. I OANDA, said, "Gold, like the founder and CEO Ashneer Grover the most important thing that the investors look personally don’t invest in startups where currency markets, appears to be in confirmed that the company is giving at is the founding team members. Investors have a heart attack after seeing too much there is no ask for the product that you’re wait-and-see mode.He added, BMW bikes and gadgets to new joinees. need to be convinced that the team is capable money in your bank account.As an investor and offering to people, and you secretly make "Gold’s price action remains "It's real. It's here. It's waiting for you. The enough or has competent skill-sets to execute a financial consultant to many wealthy people your primary product. consolidative but structurally first set of BMW Bikes are rolling off to our what they’re planning to do.Most mature individuals, you will be surprised if I tell you Data is king, they say. Companies doing this positive and I believe that points to new joinees in the Tech team. We are happy investors silently see the tuning, trust and about the number of startups I see daily with thing are incredibly successful, even I am their further gains ahead. The to announce that we have now extended the loyalty between the team members as well. If great business ideas and asking for the wrong user (or you can call me a product for them). converging 100- and 200-day Bike & Gadget package for Product they are investing in a team, they want a rock- amount.It is more dangerous to ask for a lesser Most investors like the monetisation strategy, moving averages suggest a Managers," Ashneer Grover said in a solid one. So, I strongly suggest you only work amount than to ask for more than what you clearly defined.You need to understand if your breakout is coming and I believe LinkedIn post.BharatPe has also advanced with people you can spend your whole life need. Founders need to pay themselves a product is commercially viable or not and if Friday’s U.S. data will be a the appraisals by eight months of its with. It’s like looking for someone to get decent salary as well. A startup needs to have people are willing to pay for it. The best thing is catalyst."Indicative of sentiment, Technology team. The company is giving married to. You don’t want to take hasty enough funds in their bank to either reach a to just step out of your room and ask random holdings in SPDR Gold Trust, the 75 per cent increments split between CTC decisions.Investors also try to understand if point where they’re profitable and can survive people about it.It sounds weird, but it always world’s largest gold-backed and incremental Employee stock you're financially responsible. They’re going on their own now or can raise the next round of works. You should also have a fair idea about exchange-traded fund, fell 0.2% to ownership plan (ESOPs). This came into to give you an immense load of funds in your financing.Fancy revenue projections of 3-5 the scalability of your startup. Remember, the 1,027.97 tonnes on Tuesday. effect on July 1. Currently, the company bank account to handle. One needs to have full years is a sham according to me. They don’t easier and bigger the scalability, the more Silver gained 0.4 per cent to has around 60 employees in its technology faith that you won't go rogue or maybe even prove to be correct in more than 95% of cases. investable it is. $25.65 per ounce. team.Meanwhile, BharatPe has said that it will triple the strength of its Technology team by hiring people across various roles Petrol, diesel prices unchanged as global crude oil remains steady. Check latest rates in the current financial year. The company is planning to launch a slew of products in the merchant and consumer lending space. between OPEC+ nations to diesel. Even state governments increase oil production and have declined to decrease value- In another related development, BharatPe supply. Weak economic data added tax (VAT) charged on petrol has raised USD 370 million (about Rs Fuel prices remain from China and the US had and diesel.High fuel prices have 2,745.8 crore) in funding, led by Tiger weakened global oil prices on already taken a toll on citizens and Global that has pushed the merchant unchanged on Wednesday as Monday, but benchmark Brent the recovering economy as it has payment and lending service provider's crude oil still remains above $72 led to a sharp rise in inflation. post-money valuation to USD 2.85 billion. there has been no reduction per barrel.Domestic petrol and Many essential goods and At present, BharatPe provides a single in global oil prices. Check the diesel prices have also remained services have become expensive interface for all existing UPI apps and unchanged as a result. While fuel due to high petrol and diesel prices allows merchants to accept UPI payments latest petrol and diesel rates prices were expected to come and experts fear that it may have a for free, through the BharatPe QR. It also down in July, a sudden rise in dampening effect on demand. supports merchants to access credit and in major cities. crude oil prices stopped OMCs While the government is aware of other value-added services. Last month, from lowering rates.At the the burden on citizens due to high BharatPe announced the acquisition of moment, both petrol and diesel fuel prices, it has justified the Payback India, the country's largest multi- are retailing at record high levels excise duty on petrol and diesel by brand loyalty programme company with New Delhi Fuel prices were unchanged on in the country. In Delhi, the price Rs 89.87 per litre in the national capital and citing higher expenditure incurred over 100 million members. Wednesday as global crude oil prices remain of petrol is Rs 101.84 per litre and nearly Rs over Rs 97 in Mumbai. The price in Kolkata on vaccinating people against Covd-19 and BharatPe has already received in-principle steady. There has been no change in petrol 108 in Mumbai. The price in Kolkata and is Rs 93.02 per litre while it remains above additional relief measures.In such a approval from the Reserve Bank to and diesel rates across the country for 18 Chennai remains above Rs 102 per litre. Rs 94 in Chennai.Fuel prices are unlikely to scenario, the only alternative for a fuel price establish a small finance bank, in straight days. There are at least 25-30 cities where petrol reduce anytime soon as the central cut is rate revision by state-run OMCs. But partnership with Centrum Financial Global oil prices have been fluctuating over costs over Rs 100 per litre.Diesel prices alsogovernment has already said it will not such a move may not be possible till global Services Ltd (Centrum). the past two weeks after a deal was finalised remain high in the country. It is retailing at reduce excise duty levied on petrol and crude oil rates fall. New Delhi, Thursday, 5 August, 2021 SPORTS THE SIKH TIMES 11

Tokyo Olympics: 4 Greek artistic Tokyo Olympics: How Lovlina Borgohain overcame patriarchy, swimmers test positive for Covid-19, team pulls out of competition financial duress, sexual taunts to win Olympic medal New Delhi 29 new Games-related COVID- Assam, also coped a one-point deduction 19 cases, including 4 athletes, have come Lovlina Borgohain, who in the second round for not paying forward bringing the total since the start of attention to the referee’s instructions July to 323, Games organizers said on won a bronze medal for despite a couple of cautions.I was Wednesday.Three of the four newly- India at the Tokyo confident of winning the bout. I tried my confirmed cases are of the Greek Artistic best, but somehow I could not execute swimming team, which has now Olympics, dedicated it to my plan. I could have done better,” said withdrawn from the Tokyo Olympics. One her parents. Lovlina says Lovlina. athlete from their team tested positive on Surmeneli was unrelenting in all three Monday, while another 3 returned positive people use to make fun of rounds after being unsettled only slightly on Tuesday; ruling the team out and her parents because they in the opening few seconds when forcing the athletes into quarantine. Borgohain tried to keep her at long range Tokyo 2020: Full Coverage have three daughters. and struck only counter-attacking Of the others that tested positive, are the straight hits. Games- related officials, volunteers and The Indian men’s campaign had ended in New Delhi vlina Borgohain became only the members of the media. the quarter-final stage after Satish Kumar third Indian boxer to win a medal at the The Olympic and Paralympic organizing (+91kg) went down to world champion showpiece, after Vijender Singh (2008) and committee also said over 41,997 people Bakhodir Jalolov. The other four male MC Mary Kom (2012). from abroad have entered Japan for the boxers bowed out after opening-round Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) games as of Sunday.In comparison with defeats.Among the women, six-time the recent record of Covid-19 cases in signed off with a bronze medal in her debut world champion MC Mary Kom (51kg) Tokyo, the number of Olympic-related Olympic Games after a comprehensive 0-5 lost in the pre-quarters, while Poja Rani cases reported by the organizers remains loss to reigning world champion Busenaz (75kg) suffered defeat in the quarter- fairly low, with officials repeatedly Surmeneli on Wednesday, bringing an end to must have done something wrong in their hold that kind of thinking, a befitting reply,” finals.Commenting on her future goals, the stressing that participants of the games the country’s campaign in the sport. previous lives. That’s why they don’t have a she added. 23-year-old said: “The focus is to change the observing strict COVID-19 rules are living “I dedicate this medal to my parents. They son. So, this medal is for my parents; they Up against quite literally a bully in the ring, colour of my medal at the Paris Olympics.” in a "parallel world" in the Japanese were exposed to scornful comments from have sacrificed a lot for us.” Borgohain was completely out-punched by “But before that, I want to win medals at the capital. society because they have three daughters,” “When i started boxing, people used to make the gold medal favourite Turkish boxer, who World Championships, Commonwealth Lovlina told Aaj Tak after her semi-final sexist taunts to me. Hopefully, my produced a thoroughly dominating Games, and Asian Games,” said Lovlina First throw perfect but will need bout.“People used to say that my parents performance has given such people, who performance.Borgohain, who hails from to improve in finals: Neeraj Chopra T20 World Cup: Arch-rivals India and Pakistan set to Want to do well at World Tokyo Into the finals with a "perfect throw", Championships next, says double trailblazing javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Wednesday said he will need the same face on October 24, full schedule in a week's time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu performance with a higher score to be in New Delhi The feeling hasn't yet contention for India's maiden track-and- sunk in, said P V Sindhu on field medal at the Olympic Games here. becoming the first Indian woman to The 23-year-old Chopra became the first claim two Olympic medals but she Indian javelin thrower to enter the finals of >T20 World Cup will be played from has already figured the next the Games with a big throw of 86.65m that sporting target for herself -- put him on the top of the Group A October 17 to November 14 defending her world championship qualification.He took just a few seconds to >India and Pakistan have not met crown in Spain later this year.The make that cut, sending the spear well past the 26-year-old on Sunday became direct qualifying mark of 83.50m in his first since the 2019 World Cup only the second Indian and first woman from the country to win attempt. "I am at my first Olympic Games, >India defeated Pakistan the last time back-to-back Olympic medals after and I feel very good. In warm-up my she added a bronze medal to the performance wasn't so good, but then (in the they met in the group stages of a T20 silver that she had won five years qualifying round) my first throw had a good World Cup back at Rio.It is definitely yet to angle, and was a perfect throw," Chopra said sunk in but I am enjoying the after his event. moment. It is a dream come true for Chopra is, however, under no illusion that the anyone. These are the moments that final will be a totally different contest where you will remember forever," the world's best will go for podium finish.It UAE due to Covid-19 pandemic. Notably, the Sindhu said during an interaction will be a different feeling (in the finals), IPL in 2021 was suspended in May after here."It is a huge thing for me to since it is my first time in the Olympics. positive Covid-19 cases were reported in bio- win back-to-back medals at bubbles in Ahmedabad and New Delhi. The Olympics. I am sure it will inspire Physically we (all) train hard, and are ready, New Delhi Arch-rivals India and Pakistan will Round 1. 8 teams will contest the first round others and take sports to greater but I also need to prepare mentally. I will meet in the T20 World Cup on October 24 in including automatic qualifiers Sri Lanka and remainder of the tournament will be played in the UAE in September-October ahead of the heights."Asked what are her targets need to focus on the throw, and try to repeat the UAE. The date for the marquee clash at the Bangladesh with the remaining six who now, Sindhu said: "There are many this (performance) with a higher score," he T20 spectacle has been decided with the full booked their spot through the ICC Men’s T20 T20 World Cup. international events lined up. Soon said.Chopra's performance on Saturday will schedule set to get the International Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2019.India last met India do not have any international T20I series I will go back to practice and I just go down as one of the best performances by Council's nod by August 2nd week. The T20 Pakistan at the international stage in the 2019 lined up before the T20 World Cup. Virat want to play well and give my best. an Indian in the Olympics. He finished World Cup will be held in Oman and the UAE World Cup where Virat Kohli's men clinched a Kohli's men will kickstart their 5-match Test There is also the World ahead of gold medal favourite and 2017 from October 17 to November 14. comfortable victory. It came 2 years after series against England on Wednesday. Championship in Spain and I hope world champion Johannes Vetter of India and Pakistan are no longer playing Sarfaraz Ahmed-led Pakistan had stunned Following the completion of the Test series on to do well."I will definitely play 2024 Paris Olympics but there is a Germany.Vetter, who had earlier said that bilateral cricket and the excitement around India in the final of the 2017 Champions September 14, the players will head to the Chopra will find it tough to beat him in the UAE for IPL 2021.Notably, England players lot of time. Now I am just trying to their clashes in ICC tournaments hits the roof. Trophy. Notably, India and Pakistan were cherish the moment."The World Olympics, struggled in his first two throws India and Pakistan were drawn together in grouped together in the last T20 World Cup, will also join India to head to the IPL. England before crossing the automatic qualification were scheduled to play 3 ODIs and as many Championship, which was Group 2. The group will comprise the two which was held 5 years ago.The hosting rights postponed due to the pandemic, is mark with a 85.64m final throw. former champions along with New Zealand, for the T20 World Cup are with the BCCI but T20Is in Bangladesh during the IPL but the series have been postponed to 2023. scheduled to be held from The 28-year-old towering German, who came Afghanistan and the other two qualifiers from the tournament will be held in Oman and the December 12-19 at Huelva, Spain. into the Olympics after having seven The uncertainty around the monster throws of over 90m between April Olympics due to the COVID-19 and June, was lying at a dangerous seventh pandemic and the cancellation of position after his first two throws but Lovlina Borgohain’s inspirational journey: From helping tournaments had made things eventually qualified for the final at second. difficult as Sindhu had no way to test the changes that she had made in her game in match Christian Eriksen returns to her father in paddy field, to an Olympic bronze situations.However, Sindhu kept trudging on, strengthening her Milan after cardiac arrest at New Delhi Aweek ago, Lovlina Borgohain’s her father Tiken Borgohain in the paddy fields. shutdown all across, and in India too, boxers defence, putting a little more power non-descript Baromukhia village in Assam’s Her father says it helps her be in sync with her were not allowed to spar for a while even after to her smashes, and polishing her Euros Golaghat district had no connectivity. A mud roots.Working in a paddy field is not a new the camps reopened.To keep her ready for the net skills....it was challenging to and stone track connects the village to the outer thing for her. She has been doing this for a long Olympics, she trained with an empty LPG maintain fitness and be mentally world.Situated around 320 kilometers from the time. We have told her to not do it but she says it cylinder before the Sports Authority of India strong and physically strong and state capital in Dispur, Baromukhia’s tryst with helps her to stay connected with the roots,” sent her training equipment.But away from her going into Olympics, we needed to development has been limited to assurances of Tiken Borgohain told India.Today.In.The teammates, it was tough for the youngster to take care of ourselves while staying political leaders.However, things are changing journey of Lovlina has nothing sort of build up all by herself.And it showed in the in the bubble."... it is the new now. The village has been connected with a inspirational, she has punched her way through Asian Championships last month, where she normal, wearing mask and social concrete road, hours after Lovlina’s heroics at several difficulties to win an Olympic medal.In lost in her very first bout although the small distancing will always be there, we the Tokyo Olympics.The 23-year-old from July last year, when most of her compatriots size of the draw ensured that she still ended up just have to get used to it and we Assam, who started her career as a Muay Thai reached the national camp in Patiala, Lovlina with a bronze medal.Tiken Borgohain vividly have be careful about it and practitioner, lost the 69kg women's boxing was busy attending her mother Mamon, who remembers how a young Lovlina would maintain it all the time."Her semifinal bout against reigning world underwent a kidney transplant.Borgohain accompany one of her sisters to Barpathar to journey from being an underdog at champion Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey at the visited her for a few days at that time and ended learn Muay Thai under coach Prashanta Kumar Rio, who transcended all Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday.Lovlina failed up testing positive for Covid-19 a day before Das in 2009.“It was difficult to imagine, that 3- expectations by claiming India's to change the colour of her medal but became she was to leave with the Olympic-qualified 4 kms to Barpathar, all these girls used to pedal first ever silver, to her emergence as only the third Indian boxer to ensure a podium group for a 52-day training trip to Europe. all the way, sometimes they would return with a superstar of Indian badminton, finish at the showpiece after Vijender SinghThat exposure trip would have been crucial for bruises, the road was full of pebbles and the last five years have been (2008) and MC Mary Kom (2012).During the her, given that the pandemic had caused a travelling was a nightmare,” he recalled. nothing short of a dream. lockdown last year, Lovlina was helping out Milan Inter Milan midfielder Christian Eriksen is back in Italy for the first time since his near-tragic collapse at the Ravi Kumar secures 1st wrestling medal at Tokyo 2020: One of the most dramatic comebacks, says Kiren Rijiju European Championship.Italian media reports Eriksen landed in Milan on medal for his country in 9 years. He is also Tuesday and has already met with Inter Wrestler Ravi Kumar the fourth Indian to clinch a medal at this CEO Giuseppe Marotta.In one of the Olympiad after Mirabai Chanu scariest scenes in football history, Eriksen Dahiya secured India's (weightlifting), PV Sindhu (badminton) fell face-first onto the field during fourth medal by reaching and Lovlina Borgohain (boxing).He was Denmark's opening match against Finland the men's 57kg final after trailing 2-9 in the bout against Nurislam, on June 12. His teammates formed a who grabbed 8 points with his alligator roll protective wall around him as medical beating Nurislam Sanayev in the second round and victory seemed workers resuscitated him with a of Kazakhstan in the imminent for the Kazakh wrestler. defibrillator.The 29-year-old Eriksen But Ravi made a stunning comeback in the semifinal bout on final few seconds of the third and last round spent a week in the hospital, where he had Wednesday. by pinning down the injured Nurislam on a type of pacemaker fitted, before going the match to seal the match in his home to Denmark to recover. He has also favour.Former Indian Sports Minister undergone a raft of medical tests to Kiren Rijiju was also awestruck by Ravi's discover the cause for the cardiac arrest. Tokyo Wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya on comeback and took to social media to Eriksen will undergo further tests in Italy Wednesday produced one of the most congratulate the 26-year-old from and is not expected to be back on a football dramatic comebacks in Olympics history to Sonipat.Ravi Kumar was in dominant form field for at least six months.Depending on secure the fourth medal for India at Tokyo as he began his maiden Olympic campaign the cause of the cardiac arrest and the 2020. Ravi Kumar beat Kazakhstan’s on Wednesday. He won both his bouts via Nurislam Sanayev via fall in the men's 57kg technical superiority to storm into the semi- final.Against Urbano, Dahiya remained winning lead. The Indian effected five take- nature of his treatment, he could be dominant, apart from conceding a take- down moves in the second period, showing prohibited from playing in Italy but could semifinal to reach the gold medal match. final.The 4th seed outclassed Colombia's Ravi Kumar is the first male athlete to bag a Tigreros Urbano (13-2) in his opener and down in the first period.The reigning Asian his technical prowess. continue his career in England or the champion nailed the win with one minute Against Vangelov, Dahiya relied on his double Netherlands where the rules are different. medal for India at the Tokyo Games and the then dominated Bulgaria's Georgi first male athlete to secure an Olympic Valentinov Vangelov (14-4) in the quarter- and 10 seconds still remaining in the bout, leg attacks, building his lead gradually. which was stopped after he raced to a 12 New Delhi, Thursday, 5 August, 2021 FILM THE SIKH TIMES Bigg Boss Tamil's Yo Yo Honey Singh's wife alleges domestic violence, Yashika files plea in court

ollywood singer and actor Yo Yo Honey Singh’s wife, Shalini Talwar, has filed a case AannandAannand Bof domestic violence, sexual violence, mental harassment and financial fraud against him. She has filed a plea in Delhi’s Tis Hazari court under the ‘Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act’. The case was registered today, August 3, mourns best before Ms Tania Singh Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of the Tis Hazari Court. Advocate Sandeep Kapur, Apoorva Pandey and GG Kashyap, from law firm Karanjawala & Co. appeared on behalf of Honey Singh's wife, Shalini friend, posts Talwar. The Court has issued a notice to Honey Singh, who real name is Hirdesh Singh, to file his reply by August 28. It also passed interim orders in favour of Shalini Talwar, restraining Honey Singh health update from disposing off his jointly owned property etc. It was in 2014 that Honey Singh introduced his wife to the audience in an episode of reality show India's Rawstar. Many were shocked that he got married before starring in mega projects of Bollywood. Yo after car crash Yo Honey Singh became a household name after his song Angrezi Beat from the Deepika Padukone n July 25, former Bigg Boss Tamil contestant Yashika Aannand met with a car and Saif Ali Khan film, Cocktail, became superhit. accident near Mahabalipuram. The actress was travelling on the East Coast Road The song topped charts in 2011. The singer is Oalong with three of her friends. While her best friend Pavani died on the spot, known for his party numbers. Yashika was gravely injured but is recovering now at a private hospital in Chennai. Ahead of her birthday tomorrow (August 4), the actress took to Instagram to pen an emotional note remembering her best friend and requesting everyone not to celebrate her birthday. Sara Ali Khan suffers an YASHIKAAANNAND REMEMBERS BFF PAVANIAHEAD OF HER BIRTHDAY Yashika Aannand, who met with a car accident near Mahabalipuram on July 25, took to Instagram for the first time to pen an emotional note for her friend Pavani, who died in the car injury, says sorry ‘Naak accident. The actress also hit back at trolls who have allegedly accused her of drinking and driving. For her fans and well-wishers, she shared a health update describing how she will not be able to walk or stand for the next five months. Remembering her best friend Pavani, she kaat di maine’ to Saif, wrote, “I really can't express what I am going through right now! I will forever feel guilty to be alive!! I don't know if I should thank god for saving me from the tragic accident or blame god whole life for taking away my bestest friend away from me. I really miss Pavani. I know you Amrita and Ibrahim can never forgive me!! I am really sorry, I put your family in a such a horrible situation. Just know I miss u each second and I am forever guilty to be alive. Hope your soul rest in peace I pray you come back to me!! Hope someday your family forgives me! I'll forever cherish our memories paw! (sic).” Sharing a picture of Pavani, she captioned it, “In my life, I never thought I would be the reason for u to not be with us today! RIP my beautiful angel. Love you abundantly (sic).” She also requested her fans not to celebrate her birthday this year. The actress wrote, “I won’t be celebrating my birthday and request all of my fans also to not celebrate my birthday! Please pray for her family. God give them more strength. Biggest loss of my life. Please someday forgive me. I miss you (sic).” YASHIKA HITS BACK AT TROLLS WHO ACCUSED HER OF DRINKING AND DRIVING In another post, Yashika replied to the trolls, who have been saying that she was drinking and driving the car. She wrote, “Law is same for everyone. For all the cheap people who have been spreading rumours about me being intoxicated while driving, let me tell you the police confirmed we weren’t drunk at all. And if I was I would be behind the bars and not in hospital! Fake people spreading fake news has been going on for so long. But it’s a sensitive issue. Hope you show some humanity and some grief towards her! (sic).” YASHIKA SHARES HEALTH UPDATEWITH FANS On July 25, Yashika’s co-star SJ Surya from the film Kadamaiyai Sei sent her wishes for a speedy recovery.Yashika shared her health update with fans on August 3 in an Instagram post. She wrote, “Multiple fractures in pelvic bone and right leg fractured. I am resting post my surgeries. I won’t be able to walk or stand for the next five months. I've been bed ridden all day and I have to pass motions on the same bed. I can't turn left or right also. I've been stiff for these many days. My back is fully injured. Luckily, nothing happened to my face but this is definitely a rebirth for me. Which I didn't ask for. Mentally and physically I am injured. God has punished me.

ara Ali Khan suffered an injury to her nose and informed her fans about the same in her Ssignature style of knock-knock joke. She PoojaPooja Hegde Hegde posted a video on Instagram, where she removed her bandage and showed her bloodied nose to her fans. She also hilariously apologised to her parents Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh, and her brother IbrahimAli Khan. Why? In her words, “Naak shares BTS pic from Vijay's SARA ALI KHAN APOLOGISES TO FAMILY IN NEWVIDEO Sara Ali Khan, who loves cracking knock-knock jokes, talked about being knocked out while revealing her nose injury. In the video, Sara said, Beast, deletes later “Knock-knock, who’s there? Knock. Who? More like, knock out.” She captioned the video with an apology for her family. “Sorry Amma Abba Iggy. Pooja Hegde has resumed the shooting of location. She added a location stamp that Naak kaat di maine (sic),” she wrote. kaat di Pjoo a Vijay-starrer Beast in Chennai. Directed by read Chennai. However, she deleted the maine”. Nelson Dilipkumar, the makers are post on her page due to unknown reasons. SARAALI KHAN’S SQUAD go currently shooting the film's third schedule. POOJA TALKSABOUT VIJAY'SBEAST Sara Ali Khan recently introduced her fans and He de t ok to Today (August 1), she took to Instagram In an exclusive interview with IndiaToday.in, followers to her squad. Sharing a bunch of stories to share a BTS (behind-the-scene) Pooja Hegde spoke about her foundation, beautiful pictures with her dear ones in a video photo from the film's shooting spot. All About Love. She also gave us some Instaptra gram ho o f om Be st However, she deleted the post later due to montage, she wrote, “Peas in a pod Meet my Squad tidbits about her upcoming films, including #SaraKaSaraReels #FamilyWalaFeels (sic).” reasons best known to her. A screenshot of Beast. Pooja said that life has come full WHAT’S ON THE WORK FRONT? shotn o i g spo . t Di rc e ted y b Ne l n so her post is doing the rounds on social media. circle for her with Beast, her comeback in POOJA HEGDE SHARES BTS STILL Kollywood. She said, "Life has come full Sara Ali Khan will be seen next in Atrangi Re, which Dilp i ku m a , Bea r s t e f atures FROM BEAST SHOOTING SPOT circle for sure. I was very nervous and this is a directorial venture of Aanand L Rai. Talking Pooja Hegde is eagerly waiting for the release nervous energy is working for me I guess. about the film, Aanand said, "All the three Thal a t pa Vi hy i h jay n t e of her upcoming film, Radhe Shyam. The I’m excited as I’ve been looking to do a characters are funnily weird and it's their emotional ldre.ea ol makers announced that the film will release Tamil film for a long time. And it’s with journey. I am always looking for partners who are on January 14 on the occasion of Sankranti. someone like Vijay. He’s a brilliant actor. I as emotionally touched as I am with the story and Meanwhile, Pooja has resumed the have all my fingers crossed. Produced by all three of them are like that. Every character in shooting of her Tamil film, Beast. Today Sun Pictures, Beast is a commercial this film has its own traits that will put them in an (August 1), she took to Instagram to share a entertainer. Reportedly, the team is likely to unseen space." Sara will be seen sharing space with picture from the Beast shooting spot. travel to Russia for a major schedule next Akshay Kumar and Dhanush in the film. Atrangi Several vehicles were lined up at the month. Re is a cross-cultural love story.