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( Dubai at Karipur on Friday the airport, DGCA and Air The Kozhikode airport has vated terrains and mostly hav- tries agreeing to sustain the & /       ( night, said Union Civil India before he met the media. a tabletop runway, which refers ing little space for last minute tempo of dialogue and reiter-      $ &    (  Minister Hardeep Singh Puri He said a major disaster could to one located on the top of a maneuver, tabletop runways at ated their commitment to with-      .  $*   on Saturday at Kozhikode. be averted because of the plateau or hill with one or both times pose challenges for pilots draw and de-escalate.    (       ( The disaster at Kozhikode instant search and rescue ends adjacent to a steep eleva- while landing their aircraft. Sources said the two senior    $ airport claimed the lives of 18 actions initiated by all con- tion that drops into a deep And Air India Express planes military officers also touched ( (0     persons, including the pilot cerned at the airport. gorge. Several international have crashed at least twice on upon the other friction points, 12     +    and co-pilot, of the ill-fated “The Black Box and the airlines had decided not to fly such runways in little over a including Pangong Tso, Gogra,    !   !   !  Boeing 737 aircraft, said the Flight Data Recorder have been big aircrafts including Boeing decade. At least five airports, and Hot Springs. While the    $*&  (    Minister while addressing the retrieved and we have to wait 777 and Airbus A330 jets into including at Kozhikode where Chinese have withdrawn their The two officers will meet          (   media. till the probe is on. I request Kozhikode citing safety issues an Air India Express aircraft forces from Hot Springs and again next week to review the “As many as 149 passengers you all not to speculate on any- over the length on the runway. crashed on Friday, have table- Gogra, they are reluctant to do progress made. The Indian ( (3/-$   (    PTI    $ !  (   $ are undergoing treatment in thing. What I could say right Turn to Page 6 top runways. so in the Pangong Tso. side was led by chief of 3            various hospitals in Kozhikode now is that the aircraft overshot In fact, the first stand-off Mountain Division Major  (    and Malappuram districts. 23 the runway and fell down from 5 6  78     started from here on May 5 General Abhijit Bapat.     $4     ( persons who had minor a height of 30 ft. The causali- when the Chinese intruded Incidentally, the last round            injuries were discharged after ties could be restricted only and blocked an Indian Army of talks was held on August 2 treatment,” said the Minister. because of the search and res-     7   patrol. It led to the exchange of between the Corps             ( - '   Except for the pilot and co- cue mission which commenced Patna: The tragic air crash at Kozhikode, in which at least 18 peo- fisticuffs and several men from Commanders of the two armies    !"   #      $ pilot, all those who lost their within minutes and that too in ple were killed, has triggered fresh hopes that the spotlight would both sides were injured. without any significant $ #        "  (  lives were from Kozhikode, an exemplary manner,” said be back on “risky” airports like the one here which suffers from India has maintained that improvement in the situation   ##   (   53/- Malappuram, and Palakkadu Puri. many deficiencies and has seen one of the major plane accidents complete disengagement from on the ground. The Chinese        districts of Kerala. On the reduced length of in the countrys history two decades back. The Jaiprakash Narayan all the “friction points” is of continue to sit tight at the  '  ##   Minister Puri flew down to the runway in Kozhikode air- International Airport, reckoned among the 20 busiest ones across utmost importance. It has also Pangong Tso (lake) and in the       Q     5& $*  Kozhikode on Saturday to take port, the Minister said all issues the country, had hit the headlines on July 17, 2000 when more insisted that the Chinese forces Depsang Valley, sources said #   !  (  stock of the situation and held which were raised in the past than 60 people were killed when a Delhi-bound Boeing 737 from have to return to their positions here on Saturday. (   &  PTI )  $       meetings with the officials of had been addressed. Kolkata ploughed through a residential locality. as existing before May 5. Turn to Page 6 $      3/-$ #          * 5 ( .  2    &   +    ()*                  6 Q +       (      ( ( 77,$2              !      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State Congress president diction, but it would abide by shared through her advocate *          (    The BJP has decided to Govind Singh Dotasra, how- the impending Supreme Court Satish Maneshinde a photo-               shift 12 of its Rajasthan MLAs A Single-judge Bench of the ever, denied the BJP’s allegation in a case in connection with graph of a water sipper, which   $  (       to a resort on the outskirt of High Court is likely to pro- even as he ruled out any threat Sushant’s “suspicious death”. is a piece of movie merchandise     $ Ahmedabad and six others to nounce its judgment on the to the existence of the Ashok Talking to media persons from Rajput’s 2019 film *   (6     another resort in Porbandar. decision on their merger with Gehlot Government. here, Deshmukh said: “The “Chhichhore”.   $3( (   This even as six BSP MLAs the Congress on August 11. “We have alerted our Mumbai Police is investigating “The only property of  57 6      ( moved the Supreme Court on State BJP president Satish MLAs and told them to be the case very professionally…. Rajiv Nagar police station in Sushant that I possess,” she said "  $%   "     Saturday seeking a transfer Poonia said his party has infor- together,” Leader of Opposition The Supreme Court’s hearing is Patna. in a message sent along with           (/     from Rajasthan High Court to mation that the Congress was Gulab Chand Kataria said scheduled for August 11. we Meanwhile, a day after she the photo to the media. =       ("  it the matter pertaining to approaching BJP legislators in asserting that since the Gehlot will abide by what the apex was grilled by the Enforcement The other picture shows a    $.         their merger with the Congress the Udaipur division through Government is set to fall, the court says”. Directorate (ED) for alleged page of a notebook titled      ('     in the State. administrative officers and Congress is approaching BJP The CBI has registered an money laundering in Sushant “Gratitude List” with seven            The BSP as well as the BJP other influential people of the legislators for support. FIR based on the one on the Singh Rajput case, his girlfriend serial numbers.  Q 5    '     have challenged their merger. area. “So we decided that they Turn to Page 6 basis of an FIR registered at the and actress Rhea Chakraborty Turn to Page 6   $.  :        !  5" (           77? (  '          ((           223   3/-$ %              *& /                 #    ! (6       "  $  *    &    #             7757  (         !        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Howrah, Kolkata and Maldah Adityanath on Saturday inaugurated a dedicat- Noida MLA Pankaj Singh, Dadri MLA Tejpal and Thakurganj 11 from    $*        ( The Union Health in West Bengal, and Delhi. ed 400-bed government hospital for COVID-19 Nagar, Jewar MLA Dhirendra Singh, District Aliganj, 10 from Vikasnagar, 9 .      .    $.(   Ministry pointed out that 13 These districts account for patients in Noida. The facility is located in Sector Magistrate Suhas L Y, District’s COVID-19 from Hussainganj and       .       districts in eight States and nearly nine per cent of India’s 39 of the city and has come up in association response officer Narendra Bhooshan and senior Krishnagar, 8 each from Cantt           !(    Union Territories are reporting active cases and about 14 per with the Tata Trusts and the Bill and Melinda government doctors were present during the and Gomtinagar Extention, 7      $*  (        Covid-19 mortality higher than cent of Covid-19 deaths. They Gates Foundation, according to officials. inauguration. each from Kakori,     !  $O the national average and also report low tests per million Aditynath also reviewed the facilities in the The chief minister had arrived in Gautam Sarojininagar and Kaiserbagh, / Q         $*  advised them to address the and high confirmation per- hospital, which is expected to begin services with Buddh Nagar on Friday evening to review the 6 from Sahadatganj, 5 each      ($ issues of low testing and delay centage. 200 beds initially from Sunday and will have 400 district’s preparedness in the fight against from Gudamba and Wazirganj in test results, and ensure time- Turn to Page 6 beds in the course of time, the officials said. COVID-19. and 2 from Aminabad.      + ,- ././   

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  /", )# “In VAT, the collection in   #  July was Rs 1903.54 crore as inance Minister Suresh Q'       R compared to Rs 1702.19 crore FKhanna said that green in July,2019. In Stamp & shoot in the state’s economy   /", )# Registration, collection was Rs  5+ # were visible now with signifi- 4421 crore as compared to cant improvement in revenue laiming to add momen- 4214 crore last year and in collections in July. Ctum to development, Mining, Rs 178 crore against Rs   /", )# work to be completed, after He said that revenue collec- impacted by lockdown, 147 crore last year,” he said. $%  which the office will be func- tion had improved to Rs Deputy Chief Minister Keshav In April, the first month of ttar Pradesh Sunni Central tional,” Hussain said. 10,675.42 crore in July, which Prasad Maurya, who holds the the current fiscal, the state UWaqf Board said that Chief    A member of the IICF was 97.7 per cent of the collec- PWD portfolio, said that a government faced huge Minister Yogi Adityanath Trust said, “Ayodhya District tion in the corresponding year strong network of roads and resource crunch and hence would be invited to lay the Lucknow (PNS): Aiming to Magistrate Anuj Kumar Jha has last year, due to effective finan- bridges was being laid in the banned payments of all kinds foundation stone for various reap political mileage, Vishwa formally handed over the pos- cial discipline. state which would facilitate of arrears to state employees till public facilities at the pro- Hindu Parishad is set to dis- session of land for the mosque The finance minister said safe transport and also boost September 30. The govern- posed mosque in Ayodhya’s play models of the proposed to the Trust and we have got a that revenue collection was hit the economy. ment also directed all depart- Dhannipur village. Ram temple in over four certified copy of the revenue in previous quarter of 2020-21 Maurya said that with ments to not to issue any finan- As per Supreme Court’s lakh villages across the coun- record.” fiscal due to disruptions caused work in full swing now, sever- cial sanction and release for big orders, the Sunni Waqf Board try and claim of fulfilling the In November last year, the pandemic and nation-wide al lakh migrant returnees were construction projects and land set up a trust for the construc- promise of construction of a Supreme Court paved the way lockdown. being given employment while “For these, 1.17 lakh Rs 3,025 crore from Central acquisition without obtaining tion of a mosque on the 5-acre Ram temple in Ayodhya. for the construction of a Ram “Revenue collection has farmers and businessmen workers, including migrant Road Fund, 1,828 kilometres prior approval of Finance land allotted by the UP govern- Through the campaign, the temple by a trust at the disput- improved in July due to finan- engaged in production of local workers were engaged. of 117 major roads were being department. ment. outfit is expected to reach out ed site in Ayodhya and direct- cial discipline. While tax rev- products were getting better Besides, 200 projects were broadened across the state. A government order issued “On the land tract given for to over 10 crore people. The ed the Centre to allot an alter- enue collected in July, 2019 returns due to better modes of underway of UP Bridge The minister said that for by Finance department in July construction of a mosque in VHP blueprint is ready and native five-acre plot to the stood at Rs 10,926.36 crore, it transportation. Corporation with a budget of environment protection, the said that the decision was taken Dhannipur village, a hospital, the outfit will seek donation Sunni Waqf Board for building is Rs 10,675.42 crore this year The PWD minister also Rs 66.56 crore and 3,894 PWD was developing 175 in view of sharp fall in revenue a library, a community kitchen of Rs 11 from each family to a new mosque at a prominent which is around 97.7 per cent,” claimed that facilitating a good labourers were working in it. herbal roads on 175 sections collection in the first quarter of and a research centre will also construct the model to be place in the holy town in Uttar he said. infrastructure would also Similarly, under UPRNN, 548 while in 171 sections work was 2020-21 fiscal and for cash be built. These will be for the showcased in main areas of Pradesh. Khanna said that it was an boost investment in rural areas projects were underway completed. management. public and Chief Minister Yogi villages so that people could Meanwhile, the Samajwadi indicator that the state was in and more private players were involving Rs 184.64 crore and “Along these roads, Suresh Khanna, also parlia- Adityanath will be invited to lay have a darshan of Ram Party sought an apology from a better position in July as com- turning towards small towns 15,840 labourers were given saplings of Neem (Azadirachta mentary affairs minister, said the foundation stone of these temple. Yogi Adityanath on Friday for pared to the last three months. to set up their businesses. jobs,” the deputy chief minis- indica), Shahjan (Drumstick), that the coming Assembly ses- projects,” said secretary and “The VHP would make his remark that he would not He expressed hope that the Maurya said that develop- ter said. Tulsi (Holy Basil), Peepal sion starting August 20 would spokesperson of Indo-Islamic this campaign official during attend the inauguration of the state would soon be back to ment work was restarted in Maurya further said that (sacred fig) etc were being be short in view of the pan- Cultural Foundation (IICF) a meeting to be held in mosque to be built in Ayodhya. pre-COVID-19 position. April complying with Covid the BJP government had laid planted. Besides, the PWD will demic and social and physical Trust, Athar Hussain on December next,” a source in After bhoomi pujan for The minister claimed that prevention protocol, and at 11,359 kilometres of roads in also construct four new dak distancing would be strictly fol- Saturday. the VHP said on Saturday. Ram temple in Ayodhya, the the state government managed present, 14,923 PWD projects rural areas besides broadening bungalows (guest houses) on lowed. Hussain said that the chief Besides, the VHP is also chief minister had said on tele- to pay the salaries and pension were underway involving a and beautification of 12,600 the borders of Ayodhya for The first floor would also minister would not only partic- planning to hold religious vision that as a yogi and a to its staff on time without total budget of Rs 195.98 kilometres of roads. He expected increase in the num- be used and guests would not ipate in the programme but functions in all villages of the Hindu, he could not go for the delay. crore. claimed that with assistance of ber of tourists,” Maurya said. be allowed. Besides, permanent would also assist in the con- state to celebrate the start of inauguration of a mosque. Giving details, Khanna passes to former MPs and struction of these facilities. construction of Ram temple “If you ask me as a chief said, “GST collection was Rs as against Rs 6564.19 crore in heads there were marginal ing VAT, Stamps & Registration MLAs will also remain sus- To a question on whether at Ayodhya . minister, I have no problem 6224.16 crore in July this year July last year. But in three increase in collection, includ- and Mining.” pended. Yogi Adityanath would lay the “At this point of time with any belief, religion or foundation stone of the our focus is on distribution of community. If you ask me as a mosque, the IICF head said prasad of bhoomi pujan for yogi, I will definitely not go that as per four schools of the Ram temple held on because as a Hindu, I have the 2'>4>6 , ##   thought in Islam — Hanafi, August 5 among villagers right to follow my way of wor- Hanbali, Shafi and Maliki — across India,” the source said. ship and act accordingly,” he there was no provision for lay- The VHP had used the had said. “I am neither ‘vaadi’ / >  Q7R+ 3 ing the foundation stone for a issue to generate passion. nor ‘prativaadi’ (neither peti- mosque. Before bhoomi pujan, it had tioner nor respondent). That is   /", )# Asked whether the SP was   /", )# were doing the right thing by Asked whether the mosque asked people across the coun- why neither will I be invited, closely involved in the demanding Khalistan and now would be named as ‘Babri try to decorate their homes, nor will I go. I know that I will yeing the Brahmin vote project, Mishra said, “I am a he Lucknow police brass they were demanding Masjid’, Hussain said, “There is mohallas and temples and not be getting any such invita- Ebank, Samajwadi Party is part of the SP and it is obvious Twent into a tizzy after an Urdustan, a separate country no such thinking. The name is watch the live telecast of the tion,” Yogi had said. preparing to erect a 108-foot that the party is a part of the ominous recorded message was for Muslims. yet to be finalised. Barring event with families and “The day they invite me, tall statue of Parashuram, project. Contrary to claims, the sent over voice call to hundreds After being informed about Masjid-e-Nabwi (Madina in friends while singing bhajans. the secularism of many will be believed to be the sixth avatar SP is not averse to Brahmin of senior journalists across the the ominous message, Saudi Arabia) and a few others, VHP secretary general in danger. That is why I want (incarnation) of Lord Vishnu, community. It was the Akhilesh state on Saturday. Subsequently, Commissioner of Police Sujit the names do not matter. In the Milind Parande had issued a that their secularism should not in Lucknow. Yadav regime that declared a an FIR was registered at Pandey ordered a probe and eyes of Allah. ‘sajda’ done at statement saying that the live be in danger and I continue to Former SP minister holiday on Parashuram Jayanti Hazratganj police station the IT Cell was engaged. An mosques is important, every- telecast should be shown to silently work to ensure that Abhishek Mishra said that a which was later cancelled by against unknown miscreants . FIR was lodged at Hazratganj thing else is meaningless,” he the community on big everyone benefits from govern- statue of Parashuram would the Yogi Adityanath govern- While several journalists police station under sections added. screens or in auditoriums. ment schemes without any dis- be set up in Lucknow and a ment.” did not pick up the call made 505(1)(B), 505(2), 153A, 153B, The IICF Trust, set up by “People should decorate crimination,” the chief minis- grand temple would also be The former SP minister from international numbers, 124A, 295(A), 298, of UAPA the UP Sunni Central Waqf their houses, neighbour- ter had said. built along with a research said that it was the Akhilesh some recorded the hate mes- Act and IT Act. Board to construct the mosque, hoods, villages, markets, SP spokesperson Rajendra centre. government that had built sage Almost all journalists, is in the process of setting up monasteries, gurdwaras and Chaudhary criticised Yogi Mishra said that the project Janeshwar Mishra Park in who are accredited with UP an office in Lucknow and is ashrams, distribute prasad Adityanath, saying that he vio- was still being finalised and Lucknow and installed a larg- Information department, expected to be functional in 10- and also light lamps after sun- lated the oath he took while ‘Parashuram Chetna Peeth’ er than life statue of the received the call. 12 days. set in the evening. Use means assuming office of chief min- would supervise the project Brahmin leader there. The terse message said that “The IICF Trust has been of publicity to make the grand ister. which would be crowd-funded. The move to erect a statue a temple was being construct- formed and we have applied for function available to more “He is the chief minister of “We are yet to finalise the of Parashuram, a Brahmin ed after demolishing Babri a PAN number. After we get it and more people,” the VHP the entire state and not only of sculptor and the site where the icon, is widely being seen as an mosque and don’t allow PM we will meet online and pass a leader had said. the Hindus. This language of statue will be installed. The attempt by Samajwadi Party to Modi to unfurl the national tri- resolution for opening a bank the chief minister lacks digni- educational research centre wean over Brahmins, who con- colour from Red Fort on account. As of now, we have renovation is going on there. It ty and he should apologise to will be patterned on gurukul stitute about 11 per cent of pop- August 15. identified an office space and will take 10-12 days for the the people,” Chaudhary said. concept,” he said. ulation in Uttar Pradesh. It further stated that Sikhs 6# & &  # /*,  7*

  /", )# lakh were found positive. Meanwhile, Additional Chief in fear of contracting the infection The figure in neighbouring Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi and were disappointed as the gov-  ven as the total number of Bihar stands at 8.2 per cent as 8.70 said that there were 46,177 active ernment had failed to check the Ecoronavirus cases topped the lakh samples were tested out of cases in the state and 69,833 peo- spread of the dreaded virus. 1.14 lakh mark in Uttar Pradesh, which 71,794 were found positive. ple had recovered, including 2,999 “They are facing hardships the Health department is upbeat Similarly, in Kerala, the rate is on Saturday. On Friday, the state and have been locked down for the with the fact that test positivity and around 8.2 per cent and in Assam again recorded over 1.02 lakh sam- last five months and several of them mortality rate (TPMR) is low as around 4.40 per cent. ple tests. With this, the total tests have ended their lives. Due to compared to other states. In Andhra Pradesh, 23.62 lakh across the state went up to 29.96 restriction, schools and colleges are “Uttar Pradesh has done well in samples were tested out of which lakh, just two lakh short of Tamil lying closed, patients are unable to containing coronavirus infection 2.06 lakh were positive, taking the Nadu, which is the top state in get treatment and consultation in which is indicated by low mortal- positivity rate to 8.76 per cent. terms of sample testing. OPDs, corona warriors are facing ity rate of 1.75 per cent. It is lower Khanna said the number of government negligence and the than the national average as the rate tests had gone up to one lakh per  5  Covid testing is shattered complete- is higher in most states,” said day from 100 tests done in March Expressing concern over the ly,” Dubey said. The RLD leader Medical Education Minister Suresh and the number of beds in Covid surge in coronavirus cases in Uttar criticised the government for delays Kumar Khanna on Saturday. hospitals had gone up to 1.51 lakh. Pradesh, Rashtriya Lok Dal nation- in providing ambulances, testing India’s COVID-19 fatality rate “The government has allowed al spokesman Anil Dubey said the and treatment to the infected peo- is 2.43 per cent and deaths per mil- home isolation which has been a UP government had failed to con- ple. “Even hearses are not available lion stand at 20.4 — among the big relief to asymptomatic patients. trol the situation. for as long as 17 hours. The mis- lowest in the world. Of active coronavirus cases, 15,678 “There is a lack of arrange- management is evident as a Cabinet The current test positivity rate are in home isolation, 1,352 in pri- ments. The government has turned minister died of coronavirus infec- in UP stands at 3.9 per cent, while vate hospitals, 178 in semi-paid its eye away from Covid hospitals tion and several ministers have it is 19.6 per cent in Maharashtra. hotels and the rest in Covid hospi- and quarantine centres and is ped- contracted infection but the gov- In UP, 29 lakh people were test- tals. Also, setting up of command dling fake data in press briefings ernment is in deep slumber,” he ed out of which 1.13 lakh tested and control centre in every districts and by official statements to show commented. positive for the infection. In has rendered management of its success in controlling the pan- He demanded strict review of Maharashtra, around 25 lakh sam- COVID-19 patients easy,” Khanna demic,” he said.. the arrangements to handle the cri-  ples were tested, out of which 4.88 said. Dubey said people were living sis in each of the districts of UP. ")       

Kanpur (PNS): A sharpshoot- nage with Vikas Dubey. Shukla er of slain gangster Vikas said he was very much scared Dubey’s gang and Bikru car- of regular raids of police and nage accused, Uma Kant was feeling guilty for his act. “I Shukla alias Guddan, surren- am surrendering myself before dered at the Chaubepur police the police for security of my station on Saturday. life and being condoned for the In a placard hanging from act,” he said. his neck, Guddan confessed Meanwhile, Guddan’s himself to be a close aide of daughter urged the cops with Vikas Dubey and expressed folded hands to be lenient guilt for his involvement in with her father and not kill Bikru ambush. He was accom- him in encounter. panied by his wife and daugh- It may be recalled that the ter. On reaching the police sta- STF has been conducting raids tion, he introduced himself as to nab all the named accused Uma Kant Shukla alias -  * 1 -    4      $ # involved in Bikru carnage in Guddan involved in Bikru car-    1  '   -   .  the early hours of July 3.

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The Eensure that people do not FIR because it was a serious accused was identified as Ajay get themselves tested multiple issue,” he said. “It was a seri- native of Gonda was Singh of Kushinagar. times, with CMO Dr Rajendra ous matter also because if a Aarrested in Hazratganj on As per reports, the girl left Prasad Singh saying that they Covid-19 patient gets admit- Saturday for allegedly spread- her house on July 31 to sub- were getting reports of people ted to a non-Covid ward, it ing communal hatred through mit her registration form for indulging in this practice and would harm other patients,” he social media posts after bhoo- board exams but did not it also reflected in their sys- added. mi pujan in Ayodhya. The return. Her parents lodged a tems in which data is At KGMU, an 8-year-old police recovered a mobile case and a team was pressed collected. boy lost his life to coron- phone which he used to post into service. The team later He said they were making avirus on Saturday. the hateful messages. recovered the girl from assessment of the situation Spokesperson Dr Sudhir Singh The accused, identified police station area and directions were being said the patient was suffering as Imran aka Karimullah of The team worked further and on August 7. The team carried given to labs to get a copy of from obstructive uropathy and Maharaniganj locality of nabbed Imran from his out a hunt for the accused and Aadhaar card and a statement died of metabolic acidosis. Gonda, was arrested by a house,” the spokesman nabbed him on Saturday near that Covid test was being done Meanwhile, Hazratganj joint team during the investi- informed mediapersons. The Prime Plaza in the area. for the first time. The CMO CO Abhay Kumar Mishra said gation of a case which was spokesman said the messages In another success, the said they were hopeful of get- the staff at the cyber cell registered on Friday. being spread by Imran had Chinhat police arrested three ting this under control. would get themselves tested A spokesman said a mes- hurt communal sentiments drug peddlers and recovered Giving details of such for Covid -19. Nine people sage on the issue was inter- and could have disturbed law 35 grams of smack, a stolen cases, the CMO said: “There were arrested from Jharkhand cepted during the routine and order. mobile phone and Rs 500 in was one man who got himself and after antigen testing was monitoring of social media Meanwhile, the Ghazipur cash on Saturday. The accused tested four times in different carried out, three came out posts by Lucknow police. police on Saturday arrested a were identified as Shyamu labs, and it also resulted in positive and were admitted to “The police worked on the youth who had lured a minor Gupta (19), Rahul (20) and increases number of positive - $ ##     /     -   .  Level -1 hospital. Those who case and the needle of suspi- girl into running away from Jayant Singh (20), all of cases in the city. We are work- came in contact with these cion turned towards Imran. her house. The police also Chinhat. ing on the correct figures of persons will now get them- those who have tested positive themselves tested multiple patients without uploading a day after SGPGI lodged an selves tested. and will also devise a system times. the same on the departmental FIR against three persons, Besides, NBRI developed where they will ensure that the The DM also directed the portal to mend ways. including a patient and an an alcohol-based herbal hand patients who reach a private private labs to provide data CMO Dr Rajendra Prasad attendant who had come with sanitiser. The product, lab for testing are asked if it related to Covid-19 patients to Singh said they heightened up a fake Covid-19 report, and an ‘Germivid’, was launched by was their first time.” the Integrated Control and the arrangements and ambu- unidentified person who had the NBRI director for social District Magistrate Command Centre because it lances would reach in time to made the report. welfare. The sanitiser was Abhishek Prakash said the was not being uploaded on the shift patients to hospitals. One patient from Gonda developed by the team led by people coming for testing DIOS portal, causing a delay in Meanwhile, at SGPGI, and his attendant had visited senior principal scientist at should provide correct mobile facilities for the patients and ICU incharge Dr SP Ambesh SGPGI for admission to Pharmacognosy division number and address and fol- also impacting the correct fig- on Saturday issued directions MICU. “We sensed something Sharad Srivastava. The tech- low the protocol. He said it ures of patients. that all Covid reports of was amiss about the report nology was also transferred to had come to their notice that He asked many of the pri- patients getting themselves dated July 28, which showed a Lucknow-based manufac- some people were changing vate hospitals and labs giving admitted to the hospital would that that the patient was neg- turer in view of the increased their identities and getting reports of Covid-19 testing to be verified. The decision came ative and so was his attendant. demand of sanitisers. *      R  + ( +  Q     

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  /", )# room has been set up at duct this exam. A total of had been appointed. The entire Lucknow University and the 4,31,904 candidates at 1089 activity of sanitisation has been ucknow University has helpline number for the same is centres in 73 districts of the accomplished under the super- Lmade special preparations 0522-2740848. “If any candi- state are scheduled to appear for vision and guidance of special for the successful conduct of dates is suspected to be carry- the entrance exam. officer. In addition, hand sani- BEd-JEE, which is scheduled to ing coronavirus infection, infor- The process of sanitising tisers, masks and thermal scan- be held on Sunday. Prof Dhruv mation can be given at 0522- the examination halls and fur- ners have also been provided at Sen Singh from Lucknow 4523000 and 0522-2610145,” niture at each centre was done each centre in the state. University said 30,500 candi- he said. on Saturday. “To supervise the Necessary arrangements have dates would be appearing for In the state, 14 nodal cen- process of sanitisation at each been made for all the candidates the exam at 82 centres in tres and four sub-nodal centres examination center in the cor- to take the exam with social Lucknow. A BEd-JEE control have been set up for the con- rect manner, a dedicated officer distancing at all the centres. +         /", )# soon enough. As per reports, that the kidnapped boy was Gaurav of Majhola area works found in a roadways bus in #  he state was rocked by yet as a collection agent for New Delhi. Tanother kidnapping when Shreeram Finance Company. The kidnappers left a slip Lucknow (PNS): With floods the 5-year-old son of a private On Friday afternoon, after in the boy’s pocket in which the creating havoc in several districts finance company employee Gaurav left for his office, his address and phone number of of UP and paddy and cane was abducted and a ransom of son Dhruv, who was playing Gaurav was provided. Later, the crops being ravaged, UP Rs 30 lakh was demanded for near Ramlila Ground, went conductor and driver of the bus Congress Committee demand- his safe release in missing. Even as the family informed the family members ed that the state government on Friday. However, much to searched for the boy, Gaurav after which they took the boy must compensate the farmers the relief of the concerned received a phone call and the in their custody. immediately and provide relief in family members, the kidnap- caller claimed having the boy Meanwhile, in Jaunpur, a this hour of agony. pers abandoned the boy in a in his custody and asked for a 13-year-old speech and hear- In a statement issued in bus in New Delhi on Saturday Rs 30 lakh ransom around ing-impaired girl was kid- Kushinagar on Saturday, UPCC morning. 4:30 pm on Friday. napped, raped and later her chief Ajay Kumar Lallu said While the police patted Later, Moradabad SSP body was dumped in the field that he had been taking stock of their back claiming that the Prabhakar Chaudhary and IG in Madiyahun area on Saturday the floods in affected areas dur- ‘heat’ mounted on kidnappers (Moradabad Range) Ramit morning. Circumstantial evi- ing the last week and termed the resulted in the boy’s release, cir- Sharma swung into action and dence indicated that she was situation as alarming from cumstances pointed towards a also alerted the Special Task raped and murdered. She was Bahraich to Ballia. ransom amount being paid to Force (STF) brass. A case of later identified as the daughter At many places, the condi- the miscreants for his safe kidnapping was registered and of a local resident and had gone tion of embankments is pathet- release. In fact, after releasing two teams were formed to missing on Thursday after- ic, indicating negligence of gov- the boy, the kidnappers left track the miscreants and rescue noon. Her parents, with the ernment agencies. Bhikharipur details and phone number of the boy. help of local pradhan, got a case Sakror is broken at Tarabganj. the victim’s father which helped Even as the cops were tail- registered about her disap- The condition of Elgin Charsadi him reunite with his family ing the kidnappers, they learnt pearance with the police. embankment worsens every year. Bhikharipur embankment was damaged in 2018 as well. - (        (  This year, a sum of Rs 70 crore was released for its repair. Rivers   /", )# Abdul Kalam Technical Singh said he would now like Ghagra, Saryu, Rapti, Kuano University. Singh said he had contact companies which are and Sharda have caused havoc. irector-general been given the certificate after established to get it launched Numerous people in these areas D(Technical), School of continuous efforts of 10 years as soon as possible. He said the have lost lives due to rain, floods Management Sciences, Prof and observing the test results invention was a major achieve- and overflowing rivers,” Lallu Bharat Raj Singh has received and as per regulations from ment and had received global stated in the press release. He said the patent certificate of air- the Patent Office, appreciation. For the achieve- flood caused huge loss to people’s powered engine (motorbikes). Government of India for its ment, he gives credit to his wealth and property and the gov- School of Management commercial use for lifetime wife Malti Singh and family ernment should come forward Sciences is affiliated to Dr (20 years). members, and also mentors. and alleviate their condition.  '      + ,- ././  ? >    ,,-     

   :  9(20 ples collected was 62,783. Earlier, two women aged 73     . fter seeing the biggest spike and 45 and belonged to Aa day ago, the district (Manduadih) and heaved a sigh of relief on Laddanpura (Jaitpura) respec-    :  //*$! said that every step is being Saturday when as many as 196 tively died during their treat- taken by the department to pre- COVID-19 patients have been ment at Sir Sundarlal Hospital he number of corona vent the spread of coronavirus. detected. With this, the total (SSH) in BHU. With the addi- Tpatients is steadily increas- The biggest reason for the number of cases has increased tion of 24 red zones, the total ing in the district with each increase in patients is the speed to 4,261. Besides, the district number of hotspots has passing day. While three coro- of testing. However, the negli- also saw two more deaths increased to 1,048 including na patients died at SRN gence on the part of the peo- increasing the toll to 79. During 390 red zones. Besides, there COVID Hospital from Friday ple is disrupting the exercise of the day, the follow-up negative are 658 green zones including morning till late night, 226 new the department. People have to reports included 106 patients 21 new ones. corona patients have been be aware now. recovered from home isolation Earlier, this region saw a found within 24 hours. With Barring one day only in the and the total number of record spike in corona patients this spike in the cases of coro- month of July, between 100 and patients cured at home has when 802 cases were detected na patients in the district, the 200 patients are being report- increased to 947, while 32 - #     - 7- 8 5   -  .  on Friday. The maximum count of total cases has ed after July 23. Even if the doc- recovered from the hospitals. number of 312 cases was found increased to 3,625. While 107 tor may say that the picture of With this, the total number of Azamgarh (1603), 103 in Ballia VB Singh, in the first report in (4065), followed by patients were discharged from the figures has changed due to patients discharged from the (2354), 92 in Ghazipur (1610), received by 11.00 a.m. during 99 in Azamgarh (1542), 91 in COVID hospitals on Friday. the speed of sample testing, but hospitals has reached 1,396 71 in Jaunpur (2639), 49 in the day, as many as 109 new Ghazipur (1509), 87 in Ballia The Health department somewhere the negligence on while the total number of cured Mirzapur (999), 38 in corona patients were found (2187), 65 in Jaunpur (2628), 46 has stepped up its preparations suspected patients have also lines completely. It is manda- the part of the common man is patients is 2,343, leaving 1,839 Sonbhadra (829), 37 in out of 1,301 reports received in Mirzapur (1024), 45 in in view of the increasing coro- been taken. tory to give their health infor- also a big reason behind it. active patients. (1197), 27 in Mau from Microbiology department Chandauli (1082), 30 in na patients. All the COVID As soon as the corona pos- mation to the Health depart- The way the number of Meanwhile, according to (717) and 14 in Bhadohi (714). of Sonbhadra (796), 14 in Mau Hospitals as well as the Rapid itive report comes, the patient ment in the morning and patients increased in the district state COVID-19 report, though Though as per the local reports, (BHU). (643) and 13 in Bhadohi (746). Response Team have been first expresses his desire to be evening through the app. are as follows:- on July 23, 110 the same often differs from the total cases in Mirzapur had Till then, the total test Besides, the region also saw directed not to take any negli- in home isolation. Most of the The pace of the corona patients detected while two local figures, during the day already crossed the four-figure reports received were 54,944 eight deaths including four in gence in the care and treatment patients prefer to stay isolated patients has gained momentum deaths occurred, July 24 – 84 765 new cases have been found mark with a total of 1,024 and the results of 6,966 exclud- Azamgarh, three in Varanasi of corona patients. Due to the at home rather than going to in the district from July 23 and patients and -03 deaths, July 25 in this belt of (east- cases a day ago, the same is still ing 873 RTPCR samples col- and one in Chandauli. increasing number of patients COVID Hospital or COVID since then the patients are – 101paitients – 02 deaths, ern UP) comprising 10 districts 999 in state figures even on lected a day ago are awaited. Mirzapur has become the sev- of corona, the load on Swaroop Care Centre. This is the reason being detected in three figures July 26 – 114 patients – 01 of three divisions with maxi- Saturday. Out of these, 50,770 were neg- enth district of the region Rani Nehru COVID Hospital that so far 1,280 corona patients everyday. death, July 27 – 149 patients – mum 221 cases (4315) in According to the Chief ative reports while 4,174 pos- where the cases have crossed has increased. have been allowed to remain in The number of corona 01 death, July 28 – 125 patients Varanasi followed by 113 in Medical Officer (CMO) Dr itive. The total number of sam- the four-figure mark. The number of serious home isolation. These are patients are also increasing – 01 death, July 29 – 149 patients is increasing here, 109 patients whose reports are many fold in August. With the patients – no death, July 30 - patients are admitted here. corona positive but they are number of patients increasing 239 patients – no death, July 31 While 40 patients have been completely healthy. They have in the district, the death toll is - 188 patients – 02 deaths, admitted in Bani, 37 in no symptoms in them. also increasing. August 1 – 141 patients – 02 =   > Railway Hospital, 147 in Nodal Officer for COVID- The city has witnessed a deaths, August 2 – 119 patients Kalindipuram COVID Centre, 19, Dr Rishi Sahai said that total of 16 deaths in the last six – 01 death, August 3 – 134 62 in Unani, 30 in United and from July 24, the convenience days. Whereas till July this fig- patients – 02 deaths, August 4    :  9(20 water level of river Ghagara 69 in Beli COVID Hospital. On of home isolation is being pro- ure was 50. According to doc- – 199 patients – 02 deaths, started receding in upstream, it Friday, reports of 1591 sus- vided to corona patients in the tors, the number of patients will August 5 – 198 patients – 03 fter seeing the flood situ- had already created a havoc like pected patients have also come district, but for this, the patient increase further. Nodal Officer deaths, August 6 – 180 patients Aation in parts of Ballia, situation in parts of Mau and negative while samples of 1,554 will have to follow the guide- for Covid-19 Dr. Rishi Sahai -04 deaths. Mau and Azamgarh districts in Azamgarh districts when had this belt of Purvanchal (eastern reached close to break all-time UP), the river Ganga has record just two days ago in recorded rising in Varanasi adjoining areas of Dohrighat. %    / / now, though there is no any In Sagri tehsil in Azamgarh, the serious threat of flood yet as the water level of the river was river is still flowing far below decreased by 20 centimetres the warning level. However, the from 72.64 metres to 72.44 rivers like Ghagara and Sarju, metres and continued but was  $#0/12    which were steady at most of flowing above warning level of the places now, had seen a 70.40 metres, creating flood sit- sharp rise in their water levels uation in about 80 villages    :  //*$! for Prayagraj that a door-to- ACMO of the door-to-door Yadav, Shivchandra Yadav and in the region, forcing the resi- where the administration has door survey should be con- survey campaign, Dr Satyen Lalit Sharma etc. were present dents of low-lying areas to " 4    5   -  .  made arrangements of 281 he Health department team ducted in this city and patients Rai said that 235 patients have on this occasion. shift elsewhere. boats to help the affected peo- Tis going door-to-door these with symptoms of coronavirus been found under this cam- Meanwhile, people of the According to report Yamuna and invisible tional famous here. Due ple get essential items. days to find corona patients. A should be discovered and paign, in which 126 patients locality have been frightened by received from Middle Ganga Saraswati) at Prayagraj as the to this, many temples were River Sarju also saw the list of 235 people has been pre- examined. This campaign start- have also got their corona test the report of a woman being Division-III of Central Water river was also recorded rising closed and at some ghats locat- same story as the water level of pared in the four-day cam- ed from August 2. It has pre- done at the testing centre. tested positive for corona on Commission (CWC), the river there. However, as the water ed on the curve, the collection the river which was flowing paign, in which symptoms of viously marked such mohallas About 109 patients who have Thursday evening in Ganga Ganga started rising in level is steady in river Gomti of jalkumbee (hyacinth) was about the warning level of coronavirus have been found. where the highest number of not yet been tested are being Bihar Colony of Phaphamau. Varanasi and upstream both at Sultanpur and Jaunpur, seen. As the boats remained 64.01 metres in Basdih area in That is, these people are suf- cases of corona have been motivated to get them tested. This led to the neighbour- Mirzapur and Chunar on there is no threat of flood in standstill due to statewide has started reced- fering from fever, cough or cold found. Teams of Health depart- In the wake of corona hood being declared a hotspot. Saturday morning, though it some villages of Daab area weakened lockdown, there ing now. However, the flood or respiratory disease. These ment have been constituted infection, social workers in After this, the administration was steady at upstream located between the rivers were no big activities at the water has already entered sev- people are being tested for which are covering each house Pandeshwarnath Dham Padilla and Health department team Phaphamau (Prayagraj) and Ganga and Gomti near its con- ghats. In Varanasi, the river was eral villages and seeing the coronavirus. After the report by visiting the identified areas of Tharavai made shopkeepers became active. Nodal Officer of downstream Ghazipur and fluence, about 25 kilometres recorded at 61.66 metres grim situation, senior district comes, it will be clear whether and after getting information and common people aware of the Health department, Dr UB Ballia. The rise indicates that away from the city. against a warning level of 70.26 officers visited there. Efforts he or she is infected with the about cold-cough, fever and applying masks and following Singh informed that screening the major water flows in the Due to the rising of river metres. were also made to put sand- epidemic or not. breath-related patients, they physical distancing. Lakshmi of residents living in the local- river came from the river Ganga in the city, water has However, according to filled bags at the dams where Recently, instructions were are being directed to conduct Narayan Sharma, Bindu Gupta, ity will be done. The patient has Yamuna side after Sangam already entered some low-lying reports received from some dis- there were possibilities of soil given by the state government corona test. Nodal Officer and Mahendra Giri, Dr Dharmaraj been isolated at home. (confluence of rivers Ganga, temples located on interna- tricts of the region, though the erosion and leakage.      "%3 6  ##  

   :  9(20 es in a register, arrangements to isolate the infected employees R  he first convalescent plas- and sanitise their houses. They Tma donation was success- will also make arrangements of fully carried out at Blood Bank all items to be used by them    :  //*$! In 2013, a controversy was ation. Petitioners earlier filed considering the fact that earli- in Banaras Hindu University between 7 am and 9 pm after raised in a PIL that thousands writ petitions before a single er there was a dispute regard- (BHU) here on Friday. The getting the demands through division bench of the of candidates of Dr BR bench of High Court but the ing the admissions to the BEd voluntary donor was a health phone or WhatsApp and to AAllahabad High Court has Ambedkar University, petitions were dismissed. course in the affiliated colleges care worker who is working in provide medicines for 24 hours. stayed cancellation of appoint- were given fake degrees during Therefore, petitioners filed of the university due to which the CMO office, Jaunpur and The volunteers will be available ment of Assistant Teachers in 2004-05. A SIT was formed to present special appeals before extra students were given was recovered from COVID-19 24 hours during an emergency. Junior Basic Schools who were investigate controversy with division bench challenging sin- admission in the colleges,’ recently. His corona report was Besides, the volunteers will appointed during the period regard to BEd marksheets of gle bench order. argued senior advocate Ashok negative. contact the infected employees 2008-11 after obtaining their the year 2004-05 of the uni- Senior Advocate, Ashok Khare. The bench granted Prior to plasma donation at daily through phones / mobiles BEd degrees during the session versity. In August 2017, SIT Khare and Advocate Siddharth interim relief and stayed the the Blood Bank, BHU, all the and give their full mental and 2004-05 from Dr BR submitted its report holding Khare appearing for Assistant cancellation of appointment tests that were to be done psychological support to the Ambedkar University, Agra. that there were more than Teachers argued, ‘The inquiry of petitioners while observing under the Indian Council of patients so that they can be The court has directed the 3500 fake marksheets and report submitted by the SIT that the petitioners have been Medical Research (ICMR) recovered soon. In case of state government to file its about 1000 tampered mark- cannot form the sole basis working as Assistant Teachers guidelines were conducted in   #   $    * 5   6 .  emergency, the team mem- reply in the case within 2 sheets. On the basis of the either for cancelling the for more than a decade and which they were found to be bers after wearing PPE kits, weeks. There are more than report of the SIT, the District appointments of the petition- tampering of the marksheets fully fit. After the completion of the Diesel Locomotive for the Indian Railways and masks, and hand gloves meet 3,000 such appointed assistant Basic Education Officers can- ers or for declaring their mark- may not be attributed solely to of all the procedures, plasma Works (DLW) has formed a other industrial institutions. the infected employees in view teachers in the state. celled appointment of peti- sheets fake and tampered as the candidates ‘without con- was successfully removed from voluntary team to assist the In this direction, the vol- to solve their problems. The The Bench comprising tioners across the state. objection of Petitioners against nivance of the authorities con- the body of the donor and later, employees infected with untary group has taken sever- team members will inform all Justice Pankaj Mithal and On February 7, 2020, uni- SIT report is still pending and cerned’. Further, petitioners the same will be transfused in COVID-19. All the members of al steps including formation of the details to the concerned Justice YK Srivastava passed versity declared the mark- not considered till date.’ will face serious civil conse- the patient. Blood Bank this team have given their con- a WhatsApp group of corona- Health department and high- the order in a bunch of special sheets/degrees of 2,823 candi- ‘There are no fake or tam- quences including orders of incharge Dr Sandeep Kumar, sent voluntarily. This team will infected employees in which er officials regularly. So far, all appeals filed by Kiran Lata dates to be fake and those of pered marksheets rather the recovery, if no interim relief is Dr SK Singh and their entire provide all possible help to a they can tell their problems. A possible assistance has been Singh and several others. 814 remained under consider- SIT has reported it without granted to them. team were engaged in the corona-infected employee of fund of 10,000 has been cre- provided to seven corona- process. Loco Division and his/her fam- ated by the employees to meet infected employees and their DLW STAFF HELPING ily. This initiative of Loco the needs of the infected family members/ neighbours CORONA-INFECTED COL- Division is also an inspiration employees apart from writing by the members of this support LEAGUES: The Loco Division not only for the entire DLW but the details of incurred expens- team.      $    " !         :  9(20 (PNS): North kmph average speed of goods barrier at 10 level crossing On the front of security of local boy Shivam Pandey, along with Central Railway has taken a trains in July 2020, North gates. For protection of impor- passengers on North Central Ahis team, has developed ‘BharatShare’ series of steps to improve safe- Central Railway has also per- tant installations from fire Railway, during 2020, Railway app, claiming that it can easily replace ty in train operations and secu- formed par excellence in com- Intelligent fire detection and Protection Force took action Chinese popular app ‘SHAREit’. Recently, rity of passengers despite pletion of safety related work alarm system has been provid- against 9,981 unauthorised the Chinese app SHAREit has been banned COVID-19 related restrictions. and security of passengers ed at CTC and Tundla control ticket agents and approx. 1,500 in the country due to security reasons. In Many important safety and despite COVID-19 related room. persons indulged in alarm response to the call of ‘Atmanirbhar security related works have restrictions. Besides regular review, inspec- chain pulling. Approximately Bharat’ (self-reliant India) given by the been completed this financial With safety first culture many tions safety department on 782 distress calls received on Prime Minister , who is year. When the whole world is important road user safety North Central Railway under- security help line no 182 over also a local parliamentarian, Shivam and passing through the corona related works were completed took seven safety drives on NCR territory were responded his team have made this ‘BharatShare’ app, pandemic Indian Railways on North Central Railway dur- important items related to to and security concerns of pas- which has been launched on the Play Store. which is known for performing ing 2020-21 including closures operation and maintenance of sengers were addressed imme- Giving the call to ‘boycott Chinese and during all adversities has adopt- of 12 level crossing gates, com- Railways and two public aware- diately. RPF and other Railway adopt Swadeshi’, Shivam has informed that ed itself according to current missioning of one each ROB ness drives to curb trespassing officials on North Central through this application, one can send and times and is working tirelessly and RUB, interlocking of two of Railway tracks and to create Railway have rescued more share the big files such as photos, videos, to ensure essential freight and level crossing gates with sig- awareness on level crossing than 300 lost kids and reunit- audio, documents, etc. easily to others. He rently made for Android users. He encouraging. He said that one can visit the passenger travel all over the naling system for trains, pro- safety on the occasion of ed them with their families or also claimed that this application has been appealed to all to give his app a five stars site by clicking country. Besides maintaining vision of sliding boom at 19 International Level Crossing handed over to NGOs or local made of very low MB so that people can rating to make this app popular. According https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?i ever best operational indices of gates prone to boom breakage, Awareness Day (ILCAD) dur- police for further assistance to download it easily. This application is cur- to him, some of the responses were very d=com.bharatshare.sharebharat 97 per cent punctuality and 47 and provision of electric lifting ing current financial year. such children.      + ,- ././  #

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  8PSS@TQPI9@IU  +),-*. Varanasi unit was informed of Howrah in West Bengal. The that the consignment of ganja accused said that he was given   he team of STF Varanasi was going about to Prayagraj this container by a person Tunit on Friday recovered via the highway at Chandauli. named Sudhir. According to 21.22 quintals of ganja from a Following the information the the police, Bihar’s ganja smug-    container near Chakia Mor in STF team along with officials of gler Datul Singh had ordered it . The police the Narcotics department inter- through Dabboo Singh and nabbed a youth on charges of cepted a container on the basis Prem Singh, residents of  smuggling. of suspicion near Chakia Mor Kolkata. This ganja was given The Narcotics department under the Alinagar police sta- by Mathi Dada, a resident of    :   "( registered a case against the tion. During the search of the Salur Valley (Andhra Pradesh) arrested accused and was tak- container the team found the and this container had to be nion Micro, Small and ing further action. A mobile ganja. Police caught Subodh taken to Prayagraj. The arrest- UMedium Industry Minister phone and 4,000 were recov- Kumar Yadav, a resident of ed accused said that he used to Nitin Gadkari has called upon ered from the possession of the Koderma district in Jharkhand. get 60,000 for delivering a the country to focus more on accused. The police said the During questioning, he said consignment. The team mem- research and modern technol- value of the recovered ganja that there was 21.22 quintals of bers comprised inspectors ogy so that more momentum was 5 crore and it was being ganja in it. He said that the con- Puneet Parihar and Arvind can be given to the existing taken to Prayagraj in the said tainer belonged to Mohammad Singh, S-I Alok Singh and con- industries. container. The team of STF Salim Akhtar Khan, a resident stable Abhay Vikram Singh. He said the products which were being manufactured in India had to be brought at par "  #   with the world. He said 9 # ,    9( #       # #!.  MSMEs were doing a wonder- ful job but certainly were fac- ing umpteen problems to estab- $    $  lish themselves. He said with limited resources, they were 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $' ()#* loading and unloading of works. Meanwhile work has *#     # doing a remarkable job and goods for traders the approach been completed in several were existing in the market on orth Eastern Railway road is being repaired as per goods sheds while it is being account of their credibility and N(NER) administration is requirement. In the entire done in the remaining ones.    :   "( Tiwari said even on streets quality. making several efforts to pro- goods shed, including the Railways is constantly striving ,56   7 a big number of people did not Gadkari was addressing a vide better goods transporta- goods superintendent’s office to promote business and indus- he all-religion meet chaired wear face masks despite know- webinar organised by FICCI tion facility to the industry and and rooms for traders and tries, said CPRO PK Singh. Tby District Magistrate, BR (PNS): Kanpur Nagar reported 284 more coronavirus ing that they could be fined Flo during a virtual round businessmen. In order to labourers, along with necessary MEETING HELD: A Tiwari has unanimously decid- positive cases on Saturday evening. Chief Medical Officer Dr while some people were igno- table discussion. The function encourage loading of goods by repairs painting is also being meeting of North Eastern ed that the places of worship Anil K Mishra said 284 more people tested positive for coron- rant about it. was organised by Kanpur providing advanced facilities to done. Apart from ensuring Railway Promotee Officers’ should not be opened yet, avirus infection between Friday evening and Saturday evening, DIG Pritinder Singh said Chapter Chairperson Dr Arati traders the work for improving uninterrupted supply of water, Association (NERPOA) under especially in view of the surge taking the tally of confirmed cases to 8,095. the matter of worshiping at Gupta. He said skill develop- and expanding facilities given tiles etc are being installed to the chairmanship of its presi- in coronavirus positive cases He said with 90 COVID-19 patients being discharged from places of worship differed and ment was India’s forte and in goods sheds located at var- dent, Krishna Singh, was held and the high number of hospitals in the past 24 hours, 2,540 infected people had been thus it was difficult to maintain cited the example that country’s ious stations is being done on at NE Railway Promotee COVID-19 deaths. cured in the city so far and 4,562 active cases were undergoing social distancing in crowd espe- Benaras silk was famous across a priority basis. Goods sheds Officers’ Association office, The members voluntarily treatment in various Covid hospitals. The CMO said with five cially when it came to religious the world and similarly the have an important role in trans- , on Friday, CP agreed that till further orders more deaths, the COVID-19 death toll stood at 261 on Saturday fenzy. He said it was good that khadi produced in the country portation of goods. The load- Chauhan, Senior Public no place of worship shall be evening. He said that 2,600 samples were taken for testing. all religious head had volun- was famous all over the globe. ing of goods to be sent out and Relations Officer, NER, and opened. tarily agreed to keep the places He said India had immense the unloading of those coming joint secretary/Publicity, NER- Initially a small segment of worship closed till further potential and had skilled youth from outside takes place here. POA, said. On the occasion was in favour of opening the the places of worship closed. lated the social distancing orders. what was in fact required to Therefore, better maintenance NERPOA president Krishna places of worship with condi- The DM said it was good norms. Prominent among those give them a new though, a of goods sheds and availabili- Singh presented mementoes tions but majority agreed that that the decision had been He said social distancing who took part in the meeting direction to utilise it till opti- ty of all necessary facilities are keep drinking water booths to station director Rajan Kumar in view of coronavirus spread taken unanimously and it was was in fact a kind of vaccine of heads of all religions were mal. ensured there. The work of clean. Necessary improvements and accounts officer/RCT moving towards community also good in the interest of the which could prevent the spread ADM VK Srivastava, all SPs . The minister said the gov- improving and expanding facil- are also being made to the sur- Satish Kumar, who had retired transmission, it was in the people to refrain from going to of coronavirus and thus it need Members from all religions ernment was promoting ities at goods sheds situated in face of the goods platform. For recently, and wished them a long interest of the masses to keep the places of worship as it vio- to be followed. expressed their views. women entrepreneurs in a big the North Eastern Railway’s sufficient lighting along with life and a bright future. While way and thus it had given ’s Subhagpur, the provision for tubelights, conducting the meeting, the them big rebates between 15 Basti, Khalilabad, Nakaha arrangement for high mast general secretary of the associ- per cent and 35 per cent both Jungle and Nautanwa railway light is also being made in the ation Ramesh Pandey stressed in rural and urban areas. He stations and at Thompsonganj goods sheds premises, if nec- on always sanitising hands, ' -- 6#  said apart from this, the gov- (Sitapur), in Izzatnagar divi- essary. Apart from changing wearing masks and maintaining ernment was also focused on sion’s Rudrapur City, Kashipur, the wiring of the entire build- physical distancing for protec- agriculture and rural industries Farrukhabad and Haldi Road ing as per the need, addition- tion from Covid-19 pandemic. to promote entrepreneurship. stations and Varanasi division’s al fans etc are also being In the meeting Sanjay Kumar He said women were Chhapra Gramin, Siwan, installed. Arrangement for Mishra, finance secretary,    # emerging as a dominant force Sardarnagar, Deoria Sadar etc. proper furniture etc for sitting Mukesh Kumar Singh, station with entrepreneurial skills and stations is being done at a comfortably in the traders’ manager, CV Srivastava, YK praised the role of FICCI Flo rapid pace. In these goods room is also included in these Mandal and several officials    :   "( hype is being created by the showed any interest in man- accompanied with other for this. sheds for ensuring convenient improvement and expansion were present. medical authorities that the aging the patients in the ICU. changes, including stiff or Others who took part in nother head rolled on patients reach the hospital He had been served many fluid-filled lungs, or rising the round table were FICCI Flo Aaccount of laxity, derelic- very late. warnings but it was alleged levels of carbon dioxide national president Janaki *     tion of duty and failure to The government had sent that he failed to mend his pat- because the lungs could not Phukan, Ludhiana Chapter make any effort to control a special team of doctors from tern of working and as a result expel it efficiently. president Mannat Kothari, Ritu 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $' ()#* night patrolling along with bike from Deoria city in the COVID-19 deaths at the Level- KG Medical University at he was shunted to Jalaun. GSVM Medical College Lord, Amita Tilak and mem- their colleagues near Budhiya year 2019. On frisking them the 3 Covid facility at LLR Lucknow to look into the A few doctors pleading Principal Dr RB Kamal said bers of 17 chapters and office- he Khorabar police arrest- Mata Mandir our comrades on police recovered a pistol and Hospital, with head of anaes- cause of deaths of patients anonymity claimed that as Dr Agarwal had several bearers. Ted two youths with a stolen Thursday night. In the mean- three cartridges from one of thesia department, Dr Apurva admitted to the hospital and the patients reached the hos- charges pending against him bike, a pistol and cartridges. time they were tipped off by an them. The police produced Agarwal, being shown the keep an eye on the manage- pital very late when their oxy- and despite umpteen warn- They were identified as Vijay informer that two youths were both of them in the court from door. ment of COVID-19 patients gen level fell below 70, it was ings, there had been practi- 8  Yadav, a resident of Lala Tola, coming with a stolen motor- where they were sent to jail. He has been replaced with admitted there. difficult to manage their crit- cally no change in his style of and Ranjit Kumar, a resident of cycle. When the police sig- Meanwhile the Rajghat associate professor of anaes- The probe into the ical condition. functioning. He added that Dr Sahu Tola, in Ghira village nalled them to stop they tried police arrested a miscreant, thesia, Jalaun, Dr Chandra charges against the hospital They said it was true that Agarwal had been sent to   under the Jhangha police sta- to flee. However the police Kamal Kant Pandey, a resident Shekhar Singh. brought to fore the fact that majority of the senior doctors Jalaun. Dr Kamal said the tion. SHO Khorabar Nasir encircled the area and caught of Nagwa village under the The city has till date seen head of anaesthesia depart- did not visit the ICU and just chief minister was really con-    :   "( Hussain said that S-Is both of them . During interro- Gida police station, who car- more than 255 COVID-19 ment, Dr Apurva Agarwal, took a casual round leaving cerned over the constant Ramsharan Pal and gation, both of them disclosed ried a reward of 15,000 on his deaths and 90 per cent of never entered the COVID-19 everything on the junior res- deaths in LLR Hospital and he Rail Bazaar police have Jayaprakash Yadav were doing that they had stolen the motor- head on Friday. them were at LLR Hospital. ICU. idents. They also claimed that had even sent a team of spe- Tworked out the murder of The constant deaths at Besides there were sever- in most lung diseases, such as cialists to monitor things and a couple with the arrest of four LLR Hospital has become a al reports that Dr Agarwal pneumonia, blood-oxygen ensure that the death rate persons along with looted C'Q     big cause of concern while a never attend the patients or saturation level dropped was brought down. goods on Saturday. Those arrested included 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  /. 0#* not be denied at all. The meet- station. After lodging the FIR, mastermind Danish of Gammu ing was attended by all the police sent all the four con- Khan Ka Hata in Colonelganj, M Sushil Kumar Patel has ward members of Mirzapur spirators to the jail, recovered and his two nephews living in Durged the people’s repre- city, ADM, city magistrate and a motorcycle and five mobiles. # #   Sujatganj. The accused con- sentatives of Nagar Palika deputy collectors. For efficient policing the SP the fessed that they had killed Parishad to cooperate with the FOUR HELD: The gave a cash reward of 10,000 to painter Vishnu Nishad (23) government machinery in the Madihan police have unveiled SHO Madihan Raj Kumar    :   "( year. supremacy in Kharagpur vil- dozens of armed youths from and his wife Shalu (22) on the work to control Covid-19. the fact behind the concocted Singh and his team. SHO of Maharajpur, lage in Chaubepur police sta- Randhir Singh group attacked night of August 2 at the Railway These views were expressed by story of loot, arrested four Meanwhile the City newly-wed couple com- Raghvendra Singh, said accord- tion area on Saturday morning. the members of Govind Singh Ground of Loco Colony in Rail him at a meeting organised persons and recovered Kotwali police arrested one Amitted suicide following ing to the kin of the deceased, Tension prevailed in the group. During the clash, Bazaar for loot. SSP Pritinder kidnapper and recovered the domestic conflicts in Hania vil- Jitu, along with Archana, had village after the clash. licensed and illicit firearms Singh said after the incident, a kidnapped girl. The father of a lage under Maharajpur police gone to the house of his in-laws According to reports, there were used by both sides. call was made from Shalu’s girl had lodged an FIR at City station late Friday night. on Raksha Bandhan on August was enmity between the fami- During the exchange of mobile phone to a woman of Kotwali that his daughter was Their bodies were found 5. During her visit to her par- lies of Govind Singh and fire, Ankush Singh of Govind Sujatganj. She was taken into kidnapped by someone by hanging from the same branch ents’ house, Archana’s jew- Randhir Singh for the past Singh group sustained injury custody and on being grilled, enticing her on Tuesday. Taking of a tree on Saturday morning. ellery was stolen there. two months. About a month from bullet splinters on his she revealed the names of the instant action the police raid- They were identified as After returning home, Jitu back, Randhir Singh had beat- back and arms, while Daulat killers. She disclosed that ed the possible places. On Jitu (25), son of Shiv Nath Pal and Archana had been quar- en up Govind Singh’s son Omu. Singh, Maniraj Singh and Bina Danish, her brother, and being tipped off by an informer of Hania, and his wife Archana relling for the past 2-3 days. Police also did not initiate any of the rival group sustained nephews Jamshed alias Golu the police raided Roadways bus alias Rumi (22). action against the accused. injuries from sticks. and Vikas Gautam of Rura stand where the kidnapper was Jitu was employed in a  On Saturday morning, Police sent all the injured to (Kanpur Dehat) were also hiding with the girl. The police factory in Ruma industrial A youth sustained bullet Ranjit of Randhir Singh fami- LLR Hospital. involved in the killing. The arrested the accused, Karan, area. He was married to injury while three others, ly was beaten up by Govind The police said a case accused also confessed their with the chairman Nagar Palika 2,44,220. Giving details, SP Dr son of Arjun, a resident of Archana, daughter of Rambabu including a woman, were Singh’s henchmen when he would be registered after involvement in thefts in Parishad along with the board Dharmveer Singh said that the Ghode Shaheed under City Pal of Asania in Sadh area of injured when two groups was returning from the field. receiving complaints from both Naubasta and Chakeri police members. He apprised the Madihan police got a message Kotwali. Meanwhile the Chilh Ghatampur on May 17 this clashed over maintaining Hearing about the incident, the sides. station areas in the past. members that for controlling about snatching of cash in the police arrested four gamblers Covid-19 631 surveillance jungle on Wednesday and vic- along with 23,700 cash. Police teams were working in the tims lying in an unconscious had inputs about the gam- rural area 104 teams were state in a bush. The police bling in the area. Incharge engaged for urban area. He swung into action but consid- Chetganj police outpost Ashok (7>,  &   appealed to ward members to ered the case as suspicious. In Kumar Singh raided the cooperate with the teams and between the police got a com- Majhara village with police ensure testing of each family in plaint from Triveni Maurya, team and found some two- their area. He said that in case incharge of Madihan branch of wheelers near a bush. When *   soar as high as Rs 100 crore takers. He called upon all goods on Sunday. The list of items that CAIT anybody was found with pre- Surya Jyoti Micro Finance the police went near the bush and majority of the items for traders to assemble on Sunday Bansal said over 40,000 has prepared mostly includes liminary symptoms of Covid- under which the victims were they found some persons gam-    the festival are imported from for a grand protest. traders’ bodies representing electronic goods, FMCG prod- 19 they should feel free to call alleged as suspects. When the bling there. The police arrest- China, be it decoration items, Bansal said that as per the seven crore retailers and whole- ucts, toys, gift items, confec- control room or CMO office police interrogated the so- ed four persons, recovered    :   "( idols or lights. CAIT, around 3,000 items were sellers in the country had tionary products, clothes, for instant testing. Treatment at called victims what they con- 23,700 and playing cards. Addressing a webinar on being exported from China agreed to join the movement watches and a host of plastic initial stage was very helpful for fessed was very startling. They seized three two-wheel- he Akhil Bharatiya Udyog Saturday, ABUVM president that could easily be replaced for a total boycott of Chinese products. The alternatives for getting cured, he added. Amaresh Maurya, an employ- ers under Section of 207 of TVyapar Mandal (ABUVM) Sandip Bansal said that in with indigenous products. He products. He said further these are already available in Chairman NPP Manoj Jaiswal ee of the microfinance compa- Motor Vehicles Act in which has decided to boycott Chinese principle it had been decided to said to promote Make In India there was a visible change in the country, the CAIT said. suggested to the Health depart- ny, said that he had hatched the one vehicle was unclaimed. goods, especially with hold a boycott demonstration campaign, the need was to purchasing pattern among con- Bansal said the ABUVM ment to direct the surveillance conspiracy along with his col- The accused were identified as Janmashtami around the cor- against the Chinese products spread awareness of ‘Indian sumers as well who did not had decided to go in for mouth teams to contact the ward league, Sanjay Maurya, for Arun Verma, a resident of ner. The Confederation of All which were inundating the Goods Our Pride’ which aims want to buy Chinese goods as to mouth campaign and advise member in the area where swindling the cash. They also Atarsuiya, Prayagraj, India Traders (CAIT) had Indian markets. He said it was to achieve reduction in imports readily as before. people to prefer to buy gods their movement was scheduled included Ajit Maurya and Shyamsundar Dubey, a resi- issued directive to the traders’ the people who had to boycott of Chinese manufactured He said Chinese goods had and idols and decoration pieces a day in advance. He said that Gauri Shankar Maurya in their dent of Sahsepur village, organisations and handed them the products manufactured in goods by Rs 1 lakh crore by an advantage of low cost but for Janamashtami floats that if the the teams were in regu- plan and planted the forged Bhadohi, Aman, a resident of a list of goods, especially elec- China. He said it was a matter December 2021. they were also low on quality. were made in India. He said the lar touch with the ward mem- story of loot. The police recov- Vasliganj, Mirzapur city and tronics and electricals, to be of concern that during every He added that retail and He said currently the mood products made in China were bers it would was prove more ered the total cash of the com- Manish Sharma, a resident of boycotted. Hindu festival, products were wholesale traders across India was against China and the against the religious sentiments fruitful. CMO Dr OP Tiwari pany from Gauri Shankar Pakka Pul, Mirzapur city. After In Uttar Pradesh alone, imported from China while would launch a campaign to traders need to educate self and and thus people should boycott said that the contribution of Maurya, a resident of Gurudeo lodging the FIR the police sent sales related to Janmashtami indigenous products had few boycott import of Chinese consumers about this. them in a big way. people’s representatives could Nagar under Madihan police the accused to jail.      + ,- ././   ( -/      1C /D& 2%  9 ) 4>>>2   5    "$0 infection tally increase by 1304    :    1" $%#/#!1-'>.%(/0 /(/-!*('&"/&*#*% # &  )@A ,!&%&,(/&&%+>!(?$*1% from 6,693 to 6751 and taking the aharashtra notched a mile- total infected cases to 122316. he newly appointed Lt- Governor /*+@"!#*%-#&+*%+*-!&$>*(     1" B.Sc student, Mubashir local recruits were tasked to rope Mstone on the Covid-19 infec- In a related development, as TManoj Sinha, on day one at work, +**&*/-#!?*-3#$%#/#!1#!11#/ Farooq Batt, arrested on July 19, in more youth to widen the terror tions front on Saturday, as the num- many as 11081 patients were dis- visited SMHS hospital in Srinagar ammu & Kashmir police on 2020”. Batt was studying in Kharar network, carry out recee of vital ber of infected cases breached 5 charged from hospitals in the state and later reviewed Covid-19 control Lt Governor that Rapid Antigen Test JSaturday claimed to have bust- near Chandigarh and was appre- security installations,sharing in lakh mark to touch 5,03,084 after after full recovery, taking the total measures with a team of senior officers is being conducted with 18,000 tests ed a terror financing network of hended by the Special operations formation about presence of secu- 12,822 people tested positive for number of patients discharged at Raj Bhawan on Saturday. done in the last 5 days. 432 Ventilators Lashkar-e- Tayyeba (LeT) active in group of J&K police with a con- rity forces and their important coronavirus, even as 275 people from various hospitals after full The total number of Coronavirus received from the Ministry of Health the Jammu region for a long time. signment of 1.5 lac concealed in a locations to Pak succumbed to the pandemic in var- recovery since the second week of positive cases crossed 24,000 mark & Family Welfare, Government of A total number of five sus- tiffin box. handlers,Transportation of Arms ious parts of the State. March this year to 3,38,262.. The while 10 Covid-19 patients died in India are in the process of installation pects, working for a Pakistan IG, Jammu said so far they & Ammunition from one location With 275 fresh deaths, the recovery rate went up to 67.26 per Kashmir division, taking the total tally in various health institutions and 342 based LeT handler, were paraded have arrested a Moulvi Toqeer to another and distributing money total number of deaths in the state cent. The mortality rate in the state to 459 . Spokesman of the Jammu and ventilators are in transit. by the police in front of media per- Ahmad resident of Doda, a sur- among the families of active and mounted to 17,367. is 3.45 per cent. The state health Kashmir government, Rohit Kansal in He informed that there are around sons. rendered terrorist and former SPO deceased terrorists”. He said dur- Of the total deaths reported, authorities pegged the number of a tweet said, “Lt-Governor visited 7,266 active positive cases out of Police also claimed these sus- Aif Batt, Khalid Latief, a contrac- ing their interrogation so far it has Pune accounted for highest 67 “active cases” in the state at SMHS hospital, reviewed COVID sit- 24,390 confirmed positive cases in J&K pects had recently shared images tor, a Chicken shop worker Gazi been revealed that they had shared deaths, followed by 58 in Mumbai 1,47,048. uation on Saturday”. He said on notic- with a recovery rate of 67.78 percent of Northern Command head- Iqbal from Doda, a owner of a images of Northern Command and 48 deaths in Thane district. Pune, which has emerged as ing shortage of ward staff in isolation and 56,707 Tests per Million popula- quarters located in Udhampur Karyana shop Tariq Hussain from headquarters and locations of Apart from 67 deaths in the second worst-affected district wards, Lt -Gov Manoj Sinha directed tion. and locations of different army Doda. army camps in Uri to their han- Pune,58 in Mumbai and 48 in in terms of spread of the pandem- immediate appointment, on a short It was informed that the samples camps in Uri to their handlers Singh said, a former district dlers operating from Pakistan. Thane, there were 17 deaths in ic, has recorded 1,09,988 infections term basis, of 200 nursing orderlies of 2,95,878 number of travellers, 83,016 operating from Pakistan. commander of LeT identified as Inspector General Mukesh Raigad, 14 in Palghar, 9 in and 2961 deaths till now. (100 each for Kashmir and Jammu) to persons in contact and 8,621 health It is learnt that all five of Haroon hailing from Thathri area Singh also claimed, “during ques- Kolhapur, 8 each in Nashik, Dhule With 103642 infected cases attend to COVID patients in isolation. care workers have been taken so far. them were arrested by the police of Doda was in touch with these tioning of all above 06 arrested per- and Sangli, 7 in Solapur, 6 each in and 2961 deaths, Thane continued During the review meeting, Lt Gov According to the media bulletin, earlier and were being interrogat- people and had tasked them to sons it has surfaced that they Jalna and Nagpur, 4 in Ratnagiri, to be the second-worst hit district Sinha announced the J&K Government 463 new positive cases of Coronavirus ed to track down the foot prints of provide logistics/financial support received money amounting to Rs 3 in Beed, 2 each in Ahmednagar, in Maharashtra. is considering providing additional were detected,81 from Jammu division several others actively involved in to set up a network of LeT in 12,19,704 through different means Jalgaon, Aurangabad and Yavatmal Out of 26,47,020 samples sent support to Health Workers and and 382 from Kashmir division. Also the terror module. Jammu region. on different occasions as part of and one each in Satara, Latur, to laboratories, 5,03,084 have test- Frontline Corona Warriors in addition 10 COVID-19 deaths were reported Briefing selected media per- “Haroon is currently operat- this module. They were also instru- Osmanabad and Akola. ed positive (19 per cent) for to the existing insurance cover of Rs 50 from Kashmir Division. sons, Mukesh Singh, Inspector ing from Pakistan”. According to mental in recruiting Abid Ahmed After being well below 50 mark COVID-19 until Saturday. lakhs”. According to the media bulletin, General of Police Jammu range police records he exfiltrated to Bhat (LeT) S/O Waliya Bhat R/O for several days, the Covid-19 Currently, 9,89,612 people are Briefing about the preparedness out of 24390 positive cases, 7264 are said, “The LeT terror module was Pakistan in 2007, Singh added. Sazan, Doda( Now Killed) and Covid-19 daily in Mumbai went up in home quarantine while 35,625 for COVID-19 in J&K, Financial Active Positive, 16667 have recovered busted on the basis of sustained Referring to their role in the Jamal Din (LeT) R/O Doda ( Now to 58, taking the total deaths to people are in institutional quaran- Commissioner Health and Medical and 459 have died; 34 in Jammu divi- interrogation of a Doda based terror module Singh said, “these Surrendered). 6751 and seeing the total the daily tine. Education, Atal Dulloo informed the sion and 425 in Kashmir division. -  P 9 P #  # $ $  

  5    "$0 floor of Galaxy Regent build- 'Rind Posh Maal' featuring the context of allegations by the out”. He had suggested that a was murdered. “That Disha Sushant’s sensational suicide, by certain yet if they have not ing at Malad in north Mumbai Hrithik Roshan. Opposition BJP that it is linked Maharashtra minister too was Salian was raped was evident saying that “there are a lot of handed over the file to their n what appears to be never- on the intervening night of On their part, Disha’s par- to Sushant’s suicide. in these parties. from the post-mortem report,” stories and theories that are Bihar counterparts. Iending Sushant Singh Rajput June 8-9. ents Satish and Vasanti Salian Dubbing the suicides by “The State government is he said. being talked about and there is In one of a series of ques- suicide saga, one more piece of Her death had taken place had ruled out any foul play in Disha and Sushant as inter- trying to shield the culprits Alleging that both the inci- a deep desire in public to know tions that he asked in his letter evidence in the form of the last nearly five weeks before their daughter’ suicide “All linked, Maharashtra’s former behind the deaths of Disha and dents were linked, Rane said: “It the truth”. to DCP Tirmukhe, Satam had video of Sushant’s ex-manager Sushant (34) committed suicide theories and stories are fake chief minister and BJP leader Sushant. We as opposition are is not difficult to find out who Satam’s letter to DCP wanted to know to as to what Disha Salian surfaced on at his rented duplex flat in and just rumours. I lost my Narayan Rane created a sensa- efficient and we will let that was issuing threatening calls to Trimukhe came a day after the Disha’s post-mortem report Saturday – a video in which she Bandra in north-west Mumbai only child but now all these tionon August 4 by claiming happen. Parties are held in Sushant Singh Rajput”. Bihar police visited the reached say, were the circumstances is seen dancing with a group on June 14. media people social media that both Sushant was “mur- Dino Morea every day. Many Two days earlier, Mumbai the Malwani police station in leading to her suicide probed, that included her boyfriend and The Malvani police station people will murder us. dered” while his ex-manager ministers attend these parties. BJP general secretary and MLA north Mumbai and sought considering that she had actor Rohan Rai. had registered an accidental Therefore I request to stop all Disha Salian was “raped” and There was a party on that day Ameet Satam had raised sus- details about Disha’s death. attended a party the previous Given that Disha was full of death report (ADR) in her this. I request the Supreme “murdered”. as well. The same minister picions over the actor’s ex- The Malwani police told night and who were present at life – as can be seen in the video case. The investigators had vir- Court to stop all this, we are Addressing a news confer- had gone to Sushant’s home manager Disha Salian’s alleged the visiting police team that the the party. clip, the development has tually closed the case, term it as badly suffering because of this. ence here on Tuesday last, before the actor’s suicide. The suicide. folder about Disha’s file had Satam had sought details of among other things raised a “suicide”. Now we don't have any Rane indirectly had targeted police should investigate that In a letter he shot off to been “deleted by accident” and her phone calls/messages of the questions as to how such a live- In the video clip that has strength to listen to all these Maharashtra Minister and minister concerned,” Rane had Mumbai’s Deputy could not be retrieved. 24 hours preceding her death wire kind of person could surfaced, Disha can be seen fake news against our daugh- Thackeray scion Aaditya alleged. Commissioner of Police (Zone However, there were uncon- and asked if the mobile tower commit suicide. along with a few others in the ter,” they had told a television Thackeray, by demanding to Rane had alleged that on --IX) Abhishek Trimukhe, firmed reports on Sunday that location of the place where she Disha (28), it may be video and looking happy. They channel know: “Who all were there in June 8, Disha Salian was raped Satam had sought to raise the Malwani police were very died was ascertained as to who recalled, had reportedly com- are seen dancing to the tune of However, Disha’s alleged the parties that were held on and then murdered, while on questions about Disha’s death much in the possession of the all were present and she met mitted by falling from the 14th a 'Mission Kashmir' number suicide has come to be seen in June 8 and June 13? Find them June 14, Sushant Singh Rajput in the context in the context of Disha’s death file, but it is not before her death.  *  ,  +     # $ -    7(    Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh     5  .#!./*0 investigation alleged that the is untraceable since the three serious, police tried contacting station and in the offices of continued to witness a surge in firing conspiracy was alleged- men, identified as Varun Saifi and making him join the other senior police officers, COVID-19 cases as 10,080 close aide of Union ly planned by Saifi himself to Kumar, Nadeem Siddiqui and probe. However, he was seeking police protection and fresh infections were reported, AMinister Ramdas get police security cover Vijay alias Lala, were arrested unavailable at home and his claiming threat to his life. Just taking the overall tally to Athawale for whom the “The main attacker is at on June 17 of this year, three family members claimed they a day after the firing incident, 2,17,040 while a single day high Minister had requested Home large and as many as four weeks after the firing took were unaware of his where- Saifi wrote a letter to the of 97 fatalities were recorded. Ministry for his security cover teams have been tasked to place at main gate of his farm- abouts,” a senior police officer Home Ministry informing The latest government bul- over threat perception in June locate him, whose interroga- house while he was inside probing the case said on the about the incident and seeking letin said the state now had this year is now mysteriously tion is important to unravel with his family members. condition of anonymity. police protection. 85,486 active cases after 32 per cent) in the recovery rate Visakhapatnam (998), untraceable. Saifi went the entire conspiracy and alle- The three accused alleged According to the sources, “On the same day, RPI 1,29,615 coronavirus positive with 59.72 per cent. Anantapuramu (976) and incommunicado after being gations leveled against Saifi by that on the instructions of Saifi Saifi’s farmhouse is locked chief Athawale also wrote to persons got cured, including Only in terms of mortali- Chittoor (963) too added more asked by Delhi Police to join the three accused persons who they had provided logistical and as the official notice to Union Home Minister Amit 9,151 in the last 24 hours, and ty rate, at 0.89 per cent, AP was cases followed by SPS Nellore investigation in connection have been arrested,” a police support such as a bike and the Saifi seeking his presence in Shah asking for police securi- 1,939 succumbed. lower than the national average (878). with the firing incident at his official associated with the firearm to the attacker for the investigation could not be ty to his party leader Saifi. A The state reported over (2.04 per cent). Guntur district reported 14 Nihal Vihar farmhouse in probe said. Following this executing the firing. physically delivered to him, fortnight later, the home min- 10,000 cases for the fourth East Godavari district deaths, Anantapuramu (11), which his 50 year-old securi- alleged shootout Athawale had “Their original plan was the same was pasted outside ister responded to Athawale’s straight day. crossed the 30,000 mark as it Kurnool and West Godavari ty guard was injured. written to the Home Minister only to fire at the iron gate of his home. request letter by saying that For the first time, Andhra added 1,310 fresh cases in the (10) fatalities each while According to police to recommend security for Saifi’s farmhouse. However, “However, Saifi has yet requisite action will be taken Pradesh overshot the national last 24 hours, pushing the Chittoor and SPS Nellore sources, Mohammad Shakeel his party colleague which was the two bullets he fired rico- not turned up to join the after detailed examination into average (8.93 per cent) in the cumulative tally to 30,160. added eight each, Prakasam Saifi, leader of the Republican accordingly forwarded to cheted and hit the lower por- probe,” he said. During the the matter by Delhi Police,” the infection positivity rate clock- The district has 13,794 and Srikakulam added seven Party of India (RPI) 's name Delhi Police. Sources said that tion of the security guard Hari probe it has come to notice copy of letter stated which is ing 8.95 per cent. active cases.Kurnool too each to their toll in the last 24 came to light after three men Saifi —the national president Nath’s legs. Since the allega- that Saifi had been regularly in the possession of The It also continued way reported 1,253 more cases, hours, according to the bul- were arrested and they during of the minority cell of RPI— tions of the three men were filing applications in the police Pioneer. below the national average (68. taking its aggregate to 26,032. letin. PTI % "; )     7       ::: % BBB (('7E From Page 1 Shimla: Himachal Pradesh recorded 114 fresh coro- Sirmaur district said. While the Chinese have intruded more navirus cases on Saturday, taking the infection tally to Of the fresh COVID-19 cases, 43 were reported than five km into India at the Pangong Tso, From Page 1 3,265. from Chamba, 24 from Sirmaur, 17 in Solan, eight each they have deployed more than 15,000 troops “A surge has been observed in D>??? Meanwhile, BJP state spokesman Baldev Tomar from Kangra, Mandi and Hamirpur, four each from with heavy armour and artillery on their side daily new cases in four districts -- From Page 1 handwriting...Lillu is Showik also tested positive for the disease. He had come in con- Kullu, and one each from Una and Shimla, Additional of the LAC in the Depsang valley at a height Kamrup Metro in Assam; Lucknow “I am grateful for my life. (Chakraborty’s brother), Bebu tact with Power Minister Sukh Ram Chaudhary, who Chief Secretary (Health) R D Dhiman said. of more than 16,000 feet. This makes this spot in Uttar Pradesh; and I am grateful for Lillu in my life. is me, Sir is my dad, had tested positive on Thursday. Chaudhary's In Chamba, Chowgan, Hatnala, Jansali, Chauntra, also part of the four or five “friction points” Thiruvananthapuram and I am grateful for Bebu in my Ma’m is my mom and Fudge wife and some of his close relatives also tested posi- Surada and Sapri have been declared as containment at the volatile border in Ladakh. India on Alappuzha in Kerala,” the Ministry life. I am grateful for Sir in my is his dog”. tive for coronavirus on Saturday, an official from zones, a district official said. PTI Saturday insisted that China scale down its said. life. I am grateful for Ma’am in Maneshinde, however, did force levels as a confidence-building measure In a high-level virtual meeting my life. I am grateful for Fudge not say when the note was writ- and restore status quo ante, sources said. chaired by Union Health Secretary in my life. I am grateful for all ten or if it was handed over to Not willing to take any chances in the Rajesh Bhushan, these eight States the love in my life,” reads the the Mumbai police which had   &   # Depsang plains, India has also bolstered its were directed to ensure availabili- note which Maneshinde said registered an Accidental Death troops’ strength and brought forward its ty of ambulances and maintain was written by the late actor in Report (ADR) after Rajput’s armour elements including tanks and heavy zero tolerance for their refusal, it Chakraborty’s notebook. death in June this year. From Page 1 2 lakh to each of the injured and Rs last year after it found “various crit- guns. The Depsang plains are strategically said. In her message shared by The actor (34) was found Of the four airports in Kerala, 50,000 to each of those who suffered ical safety lapses” in different places, important as India can maintain a vigil on the As part of the Centre’s effort to Maneshinde, Chakraborty stat- hanging at his residence in sub- the Kozhikode airport has the minor injuries. including the runway and the apron. Karakoram highway across the LAC and review and handhold States and ed, “And this is his (Rajput’s) urban Bandra on June 14. shortest runway and has suffered The Minister also disclosed The DGCA had conducted the China wants to negate that advantage. Union Territories for collaborative massive damage due to incessant that the Vande Bharat flights (of inspection after an Air India Express Also, with the reopening of the Daulat Beg management of Covid-19, two rains in the pa which the Air India’s ill-fated aircraft flight coming from Dammam in Oldie advance landing ground some years high-level meetings were chaired by “Deepak Sathe, who was the was a part) have ferried more than Saudi Arabia had a “tail strike” while back, India’s logistical capabilities have Bhushan -- on August 7 and 8 -- to   ()*  captain of the Air India Express one million passengers from foreign landing at the Calicut (Kozhikode) improved manifold as big transport planes can engage with those States with fatal- flight was one of the most distin- countries to India since the services airport on July 2 last year. land there with supplies throughout the year. ity rates higher than the national guished and experienced com- began on May 6. This is the first According to officials, after the Plans are also afoot to make the airfield fit for average in order to advise and sup- manders of Air India. He had more accident involving a Vande Bharat July 2 incident last year, the DGCA fighter jet operations. port them on efforts to prevent and  & + than 10,000 hours of flying experi- flight and we are all distressed and inspected the airport on July 4 and Sustaining the drive to improve infra- reduce fatality, it said. ence and had landed in Kozhikode dejected by the mishap,” said the July 5 and found various critical structure there, a 200-km long road was also On Friday, the Union Health airport 27 times in the past. He has Minister. safety lapses. On July 11, Kozhikode recently completed linking some of the rear Secretary also held a virtual meet-  ,-   flown many aircraft including Mig- It may be a strange coincidence airport director K Srinivasa Rao was areas with Daulat Beg Oldie. The Chinese ing with 16 other districts in four 21 and was well versed in all kind that Capt Akhilesh was the first pilot issued a show-cause notice, stated objected to the construction of a small bridge States -- Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, From Page 1 of aircraft. His deputy, Captain to command a Vande Bharat flight another DGCA official. In a state- on the road and obstructed an Indian patrol Telangana and Karnataka -- report- Kataria hails from southern Rajasthan which has 28 Akhilesh Kumar (32) too was an to Kozhikode airport. Friday’s flight ment on Saturday evening, the in late May leading to the standoff in the ing Covid-19 mortality higher than Assembly seats of which the BJP has 15. equally competent pilot with more turned out to be his last one too. DGCA said, “Based on the above Galwan valley. An ugly brawl there between the national and States’ While the Congress has 10 seats, one is with an Independent than 1,723 hours of flying,” said the While the Minister said that all findings, a show-cause notice was the two sides on June 15 led to the death of 20 average. MLA and two are with the Bharatiya Tribal Party which is sup- Minister. the issues which were raised in the issued to the airport director at Indians including their commanding officer. According to the Ministry, these porting Gehlot. Puri declined to be drawn into past about the length of the runway Calicut for non-compliance and Besides amassing troops leading to height- districts include Gujarat’s In partial relief to the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress any controversy regarding the oper- had been addressed, aviation advised to take immediate action on ened tension on the border, the Chinese are Ahmedabad and Surat, Karnataka’s Government in Rajasthan, the Division Bench of the High Court ational capability of the crew or the experts have all along been cagey findings.” also objecting to the Indian Army patrols cov- Belagavi, Bengaluru Urban, had on Thursday disposed of appeals filed by a BJP MLA and aircraft. He repeatedly asked the about the safety concerns about the “Airport Director, Calicut sent ering Patrolling Points 10 to 13 in Depsang. Kalaburagi and Udupi, Tamil Nadu’s the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) against the order of a judge, who journalists to wait till the probe was runway. a compliance report on August 5, India maintains it is patrolling in its own ter- Chennai, Kanchipuram, Ranipet, had refused to stay the functioning of six BSP MLAs as Congress over the report is submitted to the In fact, Directorate General of 2019. After the examination of the ritory. The Depsang valley has seen a prolonged Theni, Thiruvallur, Tiruchirappalli, legislators. Government. Civil Aviation (DGCA) had issued compliance report, all the major stand-off in 2013 also and intervention at the Tuticorin and Virudhnagar and BJP MLA Madan Dilawar and BSP national secretary Satish He announced a solatium of Rs a show-cause notice to the director findings were closed,” the DGCA diplomatic and political levels had resolved the Telangana’s Hyderabad and Mishra had approached the Division Bench on Tuesday appeal- 10 lakh to each of the deceased, Rs of the Kozhikode airport on July 11 noted. issue then. Medchal Malkajgiri. ing against the Single-judge Bench order.      + ,- ././   )

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ICMR guidelines,” Union ambulances must be moni- fight against the Cornona pan- (IMA) has drawn the attention As per the IMA, 40 per tating that their non-detec- Health Secretary Rajesh tored at a daily basis and must demic, Prime Minister of Prime Minister Narendra cent of the doctors who suc- Stion can potentially spread Bhushan said in a letter to be reduced to zero,” he Narendra Modi on Friday Modi pointing out that due to cumbed to the pandemic are the infection to a large num- states and UTs. stressed. announced a weeklong cam- the absence of timely medical general practitioners who work ber of people, the Centre has He also stressed the need Availability of COVID paign — ‘Gandagi Mukt facilities like proper beds and in private sectors or indepen- asked States and Union for operationalising ambu- beds in all healthcare facilities Bharat’ — from August 8 to 15 treatment after getting infect- dently. “It is pertinent to men- Territories to take up coron- lance transport system with (government and private) to free India of garbage. ed nearly 200 medical profes- tion Covid-19 does not differ- avirus testing of grocery shop oxygen facility and quick must be proactively put in the Inaugurating the ‘Rashtriya sionals across the country have entiate between the workers and vegetable ven- response mechanism. public domain, he said, Swachhata Kendra’ — an inter- lost their lives. Government and the private dors besides workers at indus- He underlined that refusal adding responsible adminis- active experience centre on In a letter to Modi on sector. trial clusters among others. rate of ambulances must be trative officers should coor- the Swachh Bharat Mission, at Saturday, the association said While an increasing num- “There can be potential monitored on a daily basis dinate transparent allocation the Gandhi Smriti at Rajghat , .,  '   ,        (   that such incidents would cre- ber of doctors are getting hotspots for spread of infec- and brought down to zero. of beds and timely admission. Modi urged the younger gen- - # 1   ( ;4  '9 ./ ate a demoralising effect on the infected and losing their lives tion like industrial clusters With the COVID-19 pan- “The focus at the same eration to concentrate on the healthcare community, who every day, a substantial number with closed work environ- demic now spreading to time should be to save lives at cleanliness in the country and are also at the frontline of the of them have been found to be ment, people coming from newer areas in the country, all cost. While we have so far adhere to social distancing importance of swachhata in audio visual immersive show corona war. general practitioners. Since, a high prevalence areas, other Bhushan said there are likely done better than many other norms in the pandemic times. our daily lives, especially dur- in Hall 1 which provides an “Disturbing reports have significant proportion of the high density areas such as to be scattered cases, cluster countries in this respect, our After the inauguration of the ing our fight against the coro- overview of the Swachh appeared about doctors and population consult general slums, prisons, old age homes of cases or large outbreaks in aim should be to further Kendra, Prime Minister inter- navirus. Bharat journey. He then their families not getting beds practitioners due to fever and etc. In addition, grocery districts and that the prima- reduce mortality and ensure acted with school children, Gajendra Singh moved to Hall 2 which con- for admission and also lack of its related symptoms, they shops, vegetable and other ry aim is to control outbreaks that it does not cross the 1 per stressing for the need of Shekhavat, Minister, Jal Shakti tains a series of interactive drugs in many cases. It is per- remain the first point of con- vendors etc can be potential especially in new locations. cent mark,” Bhushan said in “swachhata” in life and streets. and Rattan Lal Kataria, LED panels, hologram boxes, tinent to draw your attention to tact as well as care, the doctors’ spreaders of infection to a “An ambulance transport theletter, addressed to addi- After interacting with the Minister of State, Jal Shakti interactive games and much the demoralising effect it will body. large number of system with oxygen facility tional chief secretaries, prin- children, the Prime Minister were present on the occasion. more on the SBM. have on our healthcare com- “Of all the fatalities we people.Testing in such areas and quick response mecha- cipal secretariesand secre- spoke about the journey of The RSK has a balanced mix The Prime Minister also munity,” IMA President Dr recorded, the substantial num- and of such people should be nism needs to be opera- taries (health). the Swachh Bharat Mission of digital and outdoor instal- saw the installations in the Rajan Sharma, National ber of them are General (SBM) and dedicated the lations tracking India’s trans- lawn adjacent to RSK which President said in the letter. Practitioners. A significant Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra formation from having over showcase three exhibits which The IMA has demanded proportion of the population said. deaths each. of the deceased doctors, but it (RSK) as a permanent tribute 50 crore people defecating in are synonymous with the adequate care for doctors and consults them for fever and The IMA also said that the Dr Vijay Gurjar, Assistant can’t ensure adequate medical to Mahatma Gandhi. He laud- the open in 2014 to becoming SBM - Mahatma Gandhi lead- their families. “We need his related symptoms. They highest number of casualties Professor in department of facilities and treatment fees to ed the people of India for open defecation free in 2019. ing people to the Swachhata (PM) attention and indulgence remain the first point of con- was recorded from Tamil Geriatric Medicine, AIIMS, save the life of the Covid- making swachhata a jan The Prime Minister took pledge, Rani Mistris of rural because of the rising concerns tact and care. They also hap- Nadu, where 43 doctors died Delhi said that it is disturbing infected doctors who are at the andolan and urged them to a tour of the three distinct Jharkhand and children of the safety of doctors during pen to spend quality time in due to the Coronavirus, fol- that while the Delhi forefront of the war against the continue to do so in the sections of the RSK. He first swachhagrahis who call them- this COVID-19, crisis. An consultation and practising lowed by Maharashtra and Government is ready to dole pandemic. “It is very demor- future. Modi reiterated the experienced a unique 360° selves Vaanar Sena. increasing number of doctors clinical medicine,” Asokan Gujarat which recorded 23 out Rs 1 crore to the families alising,” he added. ,  #     ?# - !(  !     !.  *     and financial support.   .#!./*0 The agri-infra fund was  +    part of the Rs 20 lakh crore Independence Day celebra- rime Minister Narendra +    stimulus package announced in   .#!./*0 tions in the country, a senior PModi will launch the response to the COVID-19 officer said. financing facility of 1 lakh   crisis. Under this, about Rs one he Border Security Force An official said the BSF has crore under the Agriculture   lakh crore will be provided by T(BSF) on Saturday killed a asked Pakistan Rangers to iden- Infrastructure Fund on Sunday banks and financial institutions Pakistani infiltrator along the tify the intruder, and more and also release the sixth instal-   as loans to primary agri cred- India-Pakistan International details will be made available ment of funds of 17,000 crore   it societies, farmer groups, Border in Rajasthan’s Barmer regarding him after Pakistan to 8.5 crore farmers under the farmer producer organisations district. responds. PM-KISAN scheme. The move (FPOs), agri-entrepreneurs, “BSF troops observed a At the same time, the BSF is aimed to boost private invest- witnessed by lakhs of farmers start-ups and agri-tech players. Pakistani intruder who crossed also noticed movement on the ment and generate more jobs in and cooperatives across the Eleven of the 12 public sec- the IB and attempted to sneak Pakistan side, it said. rural areas as the fund will country and will have Union subsidised credit for farm infra- tion of which will be 10 years tor banks have already signed over the fence. He was chal- around 1 am at the Bakhasar “Earlier, similar attempts catalyse the creation of post- Agriculture and Farmers’ structure projects. The agri- till 2029, aims to provide medi- MoUs with the Department of lenged but he still crossed the area along the border, they said. made by Pakistan during day harvest management infra- Welfare Minister Narendra infra fund was part of the over um-to-long term debt financ- Agriculture. A three per cent fence and ran towards the The BSF patrol also saw time were also foiled by the structure and community Singh Tomar in attendance. 20 lakh crore stimulus pack- ing facility for investment in interest subvention and credit other side. “Troops fired upon “10 to 15 torch light flashes and BSF. However this is the first farming assets such as cold The Modi government had in age announced in response to viable projects for post-harvest guarantee of up to Rs 2 crore him and he hid behind a bush, heard shouting from the time that an infiltration attempt storage, collection centres and July approved the setting up of the COVID-19 crisis. management infrastructure will be provided to the benefi- but was found dead during Pakistan side.” has been made during night in processing units. an agri-infra fund with a cor- The Agriculture and community farming assets ciaries to increase the viability search of the area,” the BSF said. The BSF is on high alert in this area,” it said. 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Coastal Karnataka Ernakulam (North Paravar)- personnel as also reinforce- Kumar A V, reached the spot patrolling team and Asstt. Sub- of a plea filed by former union According to the IMD, the and south interior Karnataka 129, Allappuzha ments evacuated most of the and started evacuating the pas- Inspector, Mangal Singh per- minister Arun Shourie, veter- rainfall activity is to become is likely to experience extreme- (Kanjikkazhy)-79, passengers of AI Express flight sengers amid heavy downpour. forming duty near the crash site, an journalist N Ram and active again in the coastal areas ly heavy rainfall in the next 24 Thrissur(Poringalkuthu)-79, that overshot the runway at Later AAI officials along with showed exemplary alertness activist lawyer Prashant of Maharashtra and coastal hours,” K Sathi Devi, Senior Chalakkuddy-81,” the IMD Calicut last night before other local police and district author- and presence of mind by alert- Bhushan in which they have Karnataka on August 10 and Scientist, India Meteorological said. agencies arrived on the scene. ities also reached the spot and ing the Control Room and challenged the constitutional will remain so for the next Department (IMD), said. IMD further said that On Friday, at about 7.30 helped in the rescue operation. guiding the CISF rescue team to validity of a legal provision seven days. The intensity of Due to low pressure sys- monsoon trough (line of low PM an Air India Express flight At about 10 PM, NDRF team the site. dealing with criminal con- rain reduced gradually in the tem near Odisha, rainfall pressure) is likely to shift IX-1344 from Dubai to Calicut also reached the spot and res- Director General Rajesh tempt, official sources said on already seized of similar mat- last two days. Due to low pres- activity likely to increase over northward and will continue to carrying 184 passengers and six cued two passengers who were Ranjan has commended the Saturday. ter, but it has been listed by sure system, heavy rainfall at east and adjoining parts of pass close to Delhi NCR dur- crew members, made a crash stuck between the seats in the prompt and outstanding efforts According to the cause list ignoring established practice isolated places would occur central India with heavy to ing evening of August 9 to 12. landing at Calicut International flight, the CISF said. of the CISF officers and per- on the apex court website on and procedure. In this regard, over East & West UP, East very heavy rainfall over During this period south west- Airport and went off the run- “CISF as the first responder sonnel in saving precious Saturday morning, the petition explanation from officials con- Rajasthan, Haryana, Northern Odisha during 9th to 11th and erly winds from Arabian Sea & way near Gate No.8. has done excellent work in the human lives. In recognition of was scheduled to come up for cerned has been called,” a reli- parts of Punjab, Uttrakhand over Vidarbha and easterly winds from Bay of “Assistant Sub-Inspector, rescue of the passengers, and their outstanding efforts, DG, hearing through video-con- able source said. and Himachal Pradesh Chhattisgarh during 10th to Bengal will reach to Haryana, Mangal Singh performing duty arranged ambulance and other CISF has announced to award ferencing before a bench of However, after a couple of between August 10 and 12. 12th. Isolated extremely heavy Delhi NCR and west Uttar at Gate No.8, and Asstt. Sub vehicles to shift the passengers DG’s commendation DISC to Justices D Y Chandrachud and hours the matter was dropped The IMD further said that falls also likely over Odisha on Pradesh in lower levels. Inspector Ajit Singh, carrying to hospital. By the time other these officers. K M Joseph on August 10. from the cause list on the apex the southwest monsoon will August 10. “Under influence of this, out patrolling in the area, who agencies arrived at the crash site, Reinforcement also Apex court sources main- court website. become active over northwest Meanwhile, IMD study moderate rain accompanied was near the spot responded CISF had already evacuated responded from the CISF unit tained that the plea should have In their petition, Ram, India likely to increase from shows that whenever a low- with one or two spell of intanse immediately. The message was the majority of passengers. The lines and helped the personnel been listed before the bench Shourie and Bhushan have August 9 to 11, onwards with pressure system forms near rain would occur over Delhi passed to the CISF control Chief Airport Security Officer, who were engaged in rescue which is already seized of sim- challenged the constitutional heavy to very heavy rainfall Odisha, rainfall scale up over during evening /night of 9th to room, who in-turn informed CISF Calicut Airport, Deputy operations. Not only the barrack ilar matters, in line with the validity of a legal provision very likely over Western Kerala. “Kerala - Idukki 12th August. Thunder storm the message to ATC Tower, AAI Commandant, Kishor Kumar A personnel, even those who stay established practice. dealing with criminal con- Himalayan region and adjoin- (Peermade)-176 mm, would also occur during above Fire Wing, senior officers of V reached the site within 20 outside the airport campus, “As per the practice and tempt for “scandalizing the ing plains. India has received Kannur(Irikkur)-173, mentioned period. Isolated CISF, district authorities and minutes and mobilized men and rushed to the site after inputs procedure in use, the said mat- court”, saying it was violative of 522.6 mm rainfall as against Kasargode(Vellarikkundu)- Heavy rain may also occur other agencies,” the Central material, because of which the about the crash despite heavy ter should have been listed freedom of speech and right to the normal of 525.1 mm so far. 162, Kottayam (Poonjar)-141, over NCR,” the IMD said. Industrial Security Force (CISF) passenger could be shifted rain. before the bench which is equality. 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According to people associated Ashram Banna Devi, told that there The State saw four persons succumbing to the This is the first time in the his- with the Gandhi Ashram, the tran- are ten stores in the district. Which he death toll in Friday coronavirus during the last 24 hours which ended tory of Shree Gandhi Ashram, when sition period of Corona Virus, con- includes Railway Road, Chitra Tearly morning’s land- on Saturday evening, said Vijayan. He said 1,216 per- the demand for the national flag sequent lockdown, no mass orga- Mahal, Samad Road, Jawan, Khair, slide and deluge in Kerala’s sons out of the 1,420 new patients contracted Covid- made here is almost zero. No major nizing, cheap tricolor by private Iglas, Atrauli, Jattari, Harduaganj, Munnar rose to 26 with 19 through local transmission. “While 60 expatri- or small orders have come since clothing firms etc are responsible for Chharra. In addition there is a store the rescue workers ates and 108 persons from other parts of the coun- March. Everyone is upset with this. low selling of the national flag. in . Vrindavan, retrieving 11 dead bodies try tested positive, 92 persons failed to point out the There is only one question in every- Government apathy, no relaxation in Govardhan, Chatta are the three on Saturday, according to source from where they contracted the pandemic,” one's mind that the national flag Khadi, even five per cent GST on stores in district. A store is Chief Minister Pinarayi said the chief minister. which every countryman has felt Khadi also reduced the speed of also in Lucknow. In this way a total Vijayan. He said the only silver lining in the news relat- proud in creating, keeping, waving, spinning wheel. However, till August of 15 stores supply the national flag Rescue operations ed to covid-19 was the number of persons who were hoisting, why there is no demand for 7, the national flag was stocked in the and other Khadi garments from here were slowed down due to cured from the pandemic. “On Saturday, we saw it on the occasion of Independence entire area of the regional Shri to about 18 districts including Noida, heavy downpour and 1,715 persons getting cured and discharged from Day? Whereas in the past years, there Gandhi Ashram, in which four , Kanpur, Barabanki, luc- inclement weather condi- hospitals,” he said. was no leisure to breathe even these standard size flags were present. know etc. tions in the high ranges. Vijayan said the number of health workers get- days. Every year on the occasion of Printing takes place in Pooni comes from Rae Bareli: Even as this report is being filed '9(6 #   #         ting infected with the pandemic is disturbing. “More August 15, at least forty thousand Barabanki and : After Santosh Mishra, Minister of the Munnar and surrounding areas       .   /  #  -   ./ than 30 health workers got afflicted with Covid-19 flags are sold, this time not a single Khadi is ready, it comes to the regional ShreeGandhi Ashram, says are lashed by torrential down- during the last 24 hours,” said the chief minister. flag has been taken from here. ashram in Aligarh and it is sent to that Pooni comes to Aligarh from the pour. The possibility of any have increased. In Thiruvananthapuram, 485 persons were When Mahatma Gandhi, the Barabanki and Faizabad for printing. Pooni plant of Khadi Village The NDRF team engaged respite from the downpour Kerala Government has diagnosed with Covid-19 on Saturday. Out of this, Father of the Nation, in 1920, was On behalf of the Government of Industries located in Rae Bareli. in the search and rescue oper- looks bleak as the weather asked the Tamil Nadu 435 were infected through social transmission demanding the support of the whole India, these are the only two districts Vijayad Bahadur Pandey, the admin- ations said they were trying to bureau has forecast more rains Government to bring down the while 33 persons failed to furnish the details of the country to make the Non- near Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh istrator of the place where the thread retrieve 42 more persons who in the next 24 hours. water level in the contentious source of infection, said the chief minister. He Cooperation Movement successful where the national flag of Khadi of this yarn is made by the weavers were washed away in the land- The Revenue department Mullaperiyar Dam from 134 ft expressed concern over the rising number of Covid- against the British. At the same time, Gramodyog Kendra and other tex- to make cloth by giving it to the slide and flood that ravaged the has issued red alert all along the to 132 ft as more rains in the 19 patients in the district. Acharya JB Kripalani, working in the tiles can be printed. No one else has weavers, said that there were 300 Rajamala quarters of the plan- district as chances of more region is certain to increase the Samples from 27,714 persons were tested dur- Banaras Hindu University, quit his the right to it. After printing from weavers till the 1990s, now only 20- tation workers. floods and natural disasters water level further. ing the last 24 hours. 250-month-old job and established there, the national flag comes to 25 weavers are weaving. &'4>> ,   1   !    )    44>   A  /0&(* Abid and Firaz belong to business. They are also making   5    "$0 hospitalised for 6 months for of Brigadier Vasant Sathe, who Friday night, a pall of gloom    fourth generation of a a crowns and decorative items of multiple skull injuries and lives in Nagpur along with his descended on Jalvayu Vihar here there was tension Muslim family who prepare Hindu god and goddesses . On e had not only survived an nobody thought that he would wife. complex, where messages of Wamong Hindu Muslim dress for Lord Krishna. Abid, this Shree Krishna Hair crash with multiple fly again. But his strong will Reminiscing his last con- condolences poured in from all during Ram Mandir Firaz and youngest Jabbar had Janamashtami they have orders skull injuries when he was power and love for flying made versation with him, Nilesh over the country. Foundation, apart from that learnt the art of making dress for of Rs. 2 lac in hand. with the Indian Air Force early him clear the test again. It was said: “He (Caot Deepak) called Recalling his friendship Muslim families are engaged in Krishna from their father Naim In this respect Jabbar told nineties, but he had also a miracle”. me just a week before and was with Capt Deepak, Dehradun- making deities for lord Krishna . Now young generation is also Pioneer “his father was inclined resumed flying with full vigour. Capt. Deepak comes from jovial, as always. When I asked based Pradeep Singh Bisht for the occasion of Janmashtmi. carrying on the tradition of for making dresses for Hindu Capt. Deepak V. Sathe, the an illustrious family that has him about the 'Vande Bharat' said: “He was my friend since  *.!$! Behind the back ground of their forefathers .Though they god and goddesses since begin- pilot who was killed in Friday made sacrifices for the country. Mission, he was proud of my school days. Both of us a communally sensitive city and are eight brothers but rest of ning “. Not only this they have evening’s Air India Express Earlier, his Army-man broth- bringing back our country- studied at a private school, ujarat's Covid19 tally recent communal tension,a brothers are engaged in other married their sister in a family aircraft at Kozhikode er, Capt Vikas, had laid his life men from Arab countries” Cambrian Hall. We became Gmounted to 69,986 on Muslim family of Aligarh is businesses. which is also engaged in mak- International Airport, was not while serving in Jammu region. “When I asked Deepak, do close friends after his father, Saturday with addition of 1,101 famous for making dress of All three brothers Abid, ing dress of Hindu god and god- so lucky in his 15th year of his Capt. Deepak is survived you carry empty Aircraft since Brig. Vasant Sathe was posted new patients, state health depart- Krishna not locally but at far Firaz and Jabbar make dress for dess . second avatar as a commercial by his wife and two sons, both those countries are not allow- at the IMA Dehradun for five ment said. With 23 fatalities, the flung places also . The demand various Hindu god and goddess Now Imran son of Abid is pilot which he became after his of whom have graduated from ing entry of passengers?”. He years,” Bisht said. overall toll in the state rose to of thier dress for Krishna like and Ganesha to be also entering in the dress mak- 27 years’ stint with the IAF. Indian Institute of Technology- had replied to me saying ` Oh, “While I joined the mer- 2,629. A total of 1,135 patients increases manifold on used on special occasions such ing for gods. He knows well that “It’s hard to believe that Bombay (IIT-B). His elder son No. We carry fruits, vegetables, chant navy as an officer, Capt. were discharged in the day, tak- Janamashtami . The dresses as Janamashtami and Durga which colour will suit on which Deepak Sathe, my friend more Shantanu – who is currently in medicines etc to these countries Sathe joined the NDA and ing the count of recoveries to made by Abid r/o Chowk Puja. They first stitch the dress idol. Some of their customers than my cousin, is no more,” a the United States – had got and never the aircraft flies to achieved his childhood dream 52,827, the department said. Bundoo Khan and his younger and then decorate it with gota only order the dress after con- shocked relative Nilesh Sathe married on March 8, a fort- these countries empty’. That of becoming an Indian Air A total of 26,272 samples brother Firaz r/o Civil Lines are and moti. They are receiving big sulting him . stated in his post on social night before the Government was my last conversation with Force pilot, and post-retire- were tested in the last 24 hours being taken by many to make orders from near by areas as Interestingly the families media. imposed lockdown across the him,” Nilesh said. ment, with Air India,” Bisht in the state, it said, adding that Krishna as Kanha or Govinda Bulandshahar ,Hathras of Abid, Firaz and Jabbar are Describing Capt Deepak as country in the wake of the out- Capt Deepak’s family lives said. the average rate of conducting .Abid and Firaz did not com- ,,Etah and also from receiving honor and respect an experienced aerial operator break of the Coronavirus. His in the Jalvayu Vihar complex in “Academically, Deepak was tests in the state now stands at promise on dress for Krishna at far flung cuties . This dress mak- across the religions boundaries with 36 years of flying experi- younger son Dhananjay works the upmarket Powai off brilliant and harboured a deep 404.18 tests per day per million, all . This is biggest example ing of Hindu god and goddess- . People believe that they are ence, Nilesh recalled: “He (Capt for a firm in Bengaluru, while Andheri (East) in north-east- passion for flying from his it said. 9,56,645 samples have communal harmony in a city es is so dear to Abid, Firaz and honest because they are associ- Deepak) survived an air crash daughter Anjali lives in ern Mumbai. school days. Deepak was a been tested so far in the state, it which is known for its riots and Jabbar that they are not pre- ated with making dress for god in the early nineties when he Mumbai. After the news of Capt good fighter from his early added. communal flare up . pared to under take any other and goddess . was in the Air Force. 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Coastal Karnataka Ernakulam (North Paravar)- ments evacuated most of the reached the spot and started Singh, Incharge of CISF of a plea filed by former union According to the IMD, the and south interior Karnataka 129, Allappuzha passengers of AI Express flight evacuating the passengers amid patrolling team and Asstt. Sub- minister Arun Shourie, veter- rainfall activity is to become is likely to experience extreme- (Kanjikkazhy)-79, that overshot the runway at heavy downpour. Later AAI Inspector, Mangal Singh per- an journalist N Ram and active again in the coastal areas ly heavy rainfall in the next 24 Thrissur(Poringalkuthu)-79, Calicut last night before other officials along with local police forming duty near the crash activist lawyer Prashant of Maharashtra and coastal hours,” K Sathi Devi, Senior Chalakkuddy-81,” the IMD agencies arrived on the scene. and district authorities also site, showed exemplary alert- Bhushan in which they have Karnataka on August 10 and Scientist, India Meteorological said. On Friday, at about 7.30 reached the spot and helped in ness and presence of mind by challenged the constitutional will remain so for the next Department (IMD), said. IMD further said that PM an Air India Express flight the rescue operation. At about alerting the Control Room and validity of a legal provision seven days. The intensity of Due to low pressure sys- monsoon trough (line of low IX-1344 from Dubai to Calicut 10 PM, NDRF team also guiding the CISF rescue team to dealing with criminal con- rain reduced gradually in the tem near Odisha, rainfall pressure) is likely to shift carrying 184 passengers and six reached the spot and rescued the site. tempt, official sources said on last two days. Due to low pres- activity likely to increase over northward and will continue to crew members, made a crash two passengers who were stuck Director General Rajesh Saturday. already seized of similar mat- sure system, heavy rainfall at east and adjoining parts of pass close to Delhi NCR dur- landing at Calicut International between the seats in the flight, Ranjan has commended the According to the cause list ter, but it has been listed by isolated places would occur central India with heavy to ing evening of August 9 to 12. Airport and went off the run- the CISF said. prompt and outstanding efforts on the apex court website on ignoring established practice over East & West UP, East very heavy rainfall over During this period south west- way near Gate No.8. “CISF as the first responder of the CISF officers and per- Saturday morning, the petition and procedure. In this regard, Rajasthan, Haryana, Northern Odisha during 9th to 11th and erly winds from Arabian Sea & “Assistant Sub-Inspector, has done excellent work in the sonnel in saving precious was scheduled to come up for explanation from officials con- parts of Punjab, Uttrakhand over Vidarbha and easterly winds from Bay of Mangal Singh performing duty rescue of the passengers, and human lives. In recognition of hearing through video-con- cerned has been called,” a reli- and Himachal Pradesh Chhattisgarh during 10th to Bengal will reach to Haryana, at Gate No.8, and Asstt. Sub arranged ambulance and other their outstanding efforts, DG, ferencing before a bench of able source said. However, after between August 10 and 12. 12th. Isolated extremely heavy Delhi NCR and west Uttar Inspector Ajit Singh, carrying vehicles to shift the passengers CISF has announced to award Justices D Y Chandrachud and a couple of hours the matter The IMD further said that falls also likely over Odisha on Pradesh in lower levels. out patrolling in the area, who to hospital. By the time other DG’s commendation DISC to K M Joseph on August 10. was dropped from the cause list the southwest monsoon will August 10. “Under influence of this, was near the spot responded agencies arrived at the crash these officers. Reinforcement Apex court sources main- on the apex court website. become active over northwest Meanwhile, IMD study moderate rain accompanied immediately. The message was site, CISF had already evacuat- also responded from the CISF tained that the plea should have In their petition, Ram, India likely to increase from shows that whenever a low- with one or two spell of intanse passed to the CISF control ed the majority of passengers. unit lines and helped the per- been listed before the bench Shourie and Bhushan have August 9 to 11, onwards with pressure system forms near rain would occur over Delhi room, who in-turn informed The Chief Airport Security sonnel who were engaged in which is already seized of sim- challenged the constitutional heavy to very heavy rainfall Odisha, rainfall scale up over during evening /night of 9th to the message to ATC Tower, AAI Officer, CISF Calicut Airport, rescue operations. Not only ilar matters, in line with the validity of a legal provision very likely over Western Kerala. “Kerala - Idukki 12th August. Thunder storm Fire Wing, senior officers of Deputy Commandant, Kishor the barrack personnel, even established practice. dealing with criminal con- Himalayan region and adjoin- (Peermade)-176 mm, would also occur during above CISF, district authorities and Kumar A V reached the site those who stay outside the air- “As per the practice and tempt for “scandalizing the ing plains. India has received Kannur(Irikkur)-173, mentioned period. Isolated other agencies,” the Central within 20 minutes and mobi- port campus, rushed to the site procedure in use, the said mat- court”, saying it was violative of 522.6 mm rainfall as against Kasargode(Vellarikkundu)- Heavy rain may also occur Industrial Security Force (CISF) lized men and material, because after inputs about the crash ter should have been listed freedom of speech and right to the normal of 525.1 mm so far. 162, Kottayam (Poonjar)-141, over NCR,” the IMD said. said in a statement here. of which the passenger could despite heavy rain. before the bench which is equality. PTI / # $  # $  >-  + *P   $

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He later Saturday after the Trump “I don't have a penny of Police now have sweeping Donald Trump to lose because He pointed to China's crit- anti-Russia 'establishment,'" Black voters who despise walked back the comment. administration sanctioned assets abroad. Isn't it in vain to powers to conduct searches it sees him as "unpredictable," a icism of Trump's handling of the Evanina said. President Donald Trump but Black voters as a whole them and nine other officials impose 'sanctions'? Of course, without warrants and order top US intelligence official said coronavirus epidemic, of the US "This is consistent with are not inspired by his delivered the Democratic nom- for allegedly cracking down on I can also send 100 U.S. Dollars internet service providers and Friday. closure of China's Houston Moscow's public criticism of Democratic rival. ination to Biden, powering his freedom and undermining the to Mr. Trump for freezing,” he platforms to remove messages "We assess that China consulate, and of the US admin- him when he was vice president When pressed by Errol commanding win in the South local autonomy of the former said in a statement on the deemed to be in violation of the prefers that President Trump — istration's stances on Chinese for his role in the Obama Barnett of CBS News on Carolina primary, which res- British colony. office's website. H o n g legislation. whom Beijing sees as unpre- actions in Hong Kong and the administration's policies on whether he'd taken a cognitive cued his floundering cam- Chief Executive Carrie Kong Commerce Secretary Critics see the law as dictable — does not win reelec- South China Sea. Ukraine and its support for the test, Biden responded that the paign. But that success was Lam took to Facebook to say Edward Yau, who wasn't sanc- Beijing's boldest move yet to tion," said William Evanina, "Beijing recognises that all anti-Putin opposition inside question was akin to asking the heavily dependent on older that the U.S. got her address tioned, called the sanctions erase the divide between Hong director of the National of these efforts might affect the Russia," he said. Black reporter if he would take Black voters. In a general elec- wrong, listing the official “unreasonable and barbarous” Kong's Western-style system Counterintelligence and presidential race," Evanina said. Evanina, the top intelli- a drug test to see if “you're tak- tion where Democrats say no address of her chief deputy and said they would harm U.S. and the mainland's authoritar- Security Center. Evanina said Iran is using gence official monitoring threats ing cocaine or not? ... Are you vote can be taken for granted, instead. She noted that she was Interests in the city, an Asian ian way of governing. "China has been expanding social media disinformation to to the election, gave no details a junkie?” young Black activists and elect- the deputy when she applied financial and shipping hub. “The recent imposition of its influence efforts ahead of divide the country and hurt on the outside interference. In a later interview with ed officials say this week's mis- for her U.S. Visa in 2016. Hong Kong has long draconian national security November 2020 to shape the Trump, while Russia is med- A strong hacking and social National Public Radio's Lulu steps could make it harder to “By the way, my entry visa enjoyed civil liberties not seen legislation on Hong Kong has policy environment in the dling to damage the campaign media campaign by Russia in Garcia-Navarro, Biden seemed get their vote. to the U.S. Is valid until 2026. in mainland China because it not only undermined Hong United States, pressure political of his Democratic opponent Joe 2016 is credited by US intelli- to draw distinctions between “Trump is terrible, and Since I have no desire to visit is governed under a so-called Kong's autonomy, it has also gence with helping Trump to Black and Hispanic popula- he's a racist, and we have to get this country, it looks like I can “one country, two systems” infringed on the rights of peo- victory over Democrat Hillary tions in the US. racists out of the White House. take the initiative to cancel it," principle in place since it ple in Hong Kong,” the Clinton. "Foreign efforts to “Unlike the African But then Biden keeps saying Lam said. reverted to Chinese rule in Treasury Department said.  # #  #  influence or interfere with our American community, with racist things,” said Mariah The sanctions, announced 1997. The Hong Kong govern- elections are a direct threat to notable exceptions, the Latino Parker, a 28-year-old county Friday by the U.S. Treasury However, Beijing imposed ment accused the U.S. Of using # ) (+  / the fabric of our democracy," he community is an incredibly commissioner in Athens, Department, block all proper- a national security law on Hong Kong as a pawn to cre- said. AFP diverse community with Georgia. AP ty or other assets that the indi- Hong Kong at the end of June, ate trouble in the China-U.S. New Jersey: US President very quickly. We will make viduals have within U.S. following months of anti-gov- Relationship, calling the sanc- Donald Trump on Friday said deals with North Korea very Jurisdiction. Luo Huining, the ernment protests last year. tions “blatant and barbaric that China would "love" to quickly. If I did not win the director of the central govern- The new law prohibits interference” in China's inter- have an election if he lost to elections in 2016, our country    )<=     ment's liaison office in Hong what Beijing views as seces- nal affairs. AP his "sleepy" Democrat presi- would have been in war with dential candidate Joe Biden. North Korea. We actually have "China would love for us a relation with North Korea," to have an election where Trump added.              Donald Trump lost to sleepy Talking about interfer- Joe Biden. They would dream ence in the US elections, Washington: It was a week of There is no functional dif- the mark. (that) they would own our Trump called China "a bigger relentless attacks by President ference between the two, and Meanwhile, on the coron- country. If Joe Biden was threat". Donald Trump and his allies on both have extensive verification avirus, Trump painted a far         president, China would rule "Do you think China is a mail-in voting for the systems. rosier picture than his own our country," he told reporters bigger threat? I think maybe November election, and truth He and his campaign health experts on when a vac- in New Jersey. it is. We will be watching all of took a beating at every turn. also tried to cast a new Nevada cine could become available. Johannesburg: The Indian He said that Iran would them very closely. The biggest Fearing a pandemic- law as allowing ballots to He asserted it could be ready by Ocean island of Mauritius also "love" to see him lose the risk we have is mail-in ballots induced surge in such voting be “showered” across the Election Day. declared a “state of environ- election in November, adding because with the mail-in bal- will work against him, Trump state to any living person, He also falsely claimed mental emergency” late Friday that if he won the elections, he lots it is much easier for a for- persisted in arguing that fraud regardless of age or citizenship, once more that kids are basi- after a Japanese-owned ship will "make deals with Iran very eign power — whether it is is rampant for mail-in ballots who would have the ability cally immune from the disease, that ran aground offshore days quickly". Russia, China, Iran or North yet quite fine and safe for to vote after Nov. 3 without prompting rebukes from both ago began spilling tons of fuel. "If and when we win, we Korea — to forge ballots," he absentee votes, which are also their identities ever verified. Facebook and Twitter for the Prime Minister Pravind will make deals with Iran further said. AFP mailed. Each of those claims is off misinformation. AP Jugnauth announced the devel- opment as satellite images showed a dark slick spreading in       the turquoise waters near envi- ronmental areas that the gov- ernment called “very sensitive.” A   ,5"   $ #   #       "    Mauritius has said the ship was    #  ,    +. carrying nearly 4,000 tons of Beirut: Police fired tear gas and by thousands of tons of ammo- fuel and cracks have appeared has made it impossible to act, showed the Panama-flagged clashed with demonstrators in nium nitrate improperly stored in its hull. and “I worry what could happen bulk carrier had been en route Lebanon's capital on Saturday at the port for more than six Jugnauth earlier in the day Sunday when the weather dete- from China to Brazil. at the start of a planned protest years, apparently set off by a said his government was appeal- riorates." The French island of over this week's massive explo- fire. It was the biggest in ing to France for help, saying the Jugnauth shared a photo of Reunion is the closest neighbor sion that devastated large parts Lebanon's history and caused spill “represents a danger" for the vessel, the MV Wakashio, to Mauritius, and France's of the capital and killed more an estimated $10-15 billion the country of some 1.3 million tilted precariously. “Sea rough Foreign Ministry says France is than 150 people. worth of damage, according to people that relies heavily on beyond the reefs with swells. Mauritius's “leading foreign Thousands of people were Beirut's governor. tourism and has been been hit Ventures in the open seas are investor” and one of its largest pouring into Beirut's main It also left hundreds of hard by the effects of the coro- not advised,” according to the trading partners. square, where they had set up thousands of people homeless. navirus pandemic. Mauritius Meteorological “We are in a situation of symbolic nooses to hang politi- The protest Saturday was “Our country doesn't have Services. environmental crisis,” the envi- cians whose corruption and the first significant demon- the skills and expertise to refloat Video posted online ronment minister of Mauritius, negligence they blame for stration since the explosion stranded ships, so I have showed oily waters lapping at Kavy Ramano, said, calling the Tuesday's explosion at the Port and organisers planned to hold appealed for help from France the shore as people murmured Blue Bay Marine Park and other .#  #           #    4     B   of Beirut. a symbolic funeral for the and President Emmanuel and peered at the ship in the dis- areas near the leaking ship   #      #     C  ?$   -   +. The huge blast was caused dead. AP Macron," he said. Bad weather tance. Online ship trackers “very sensitive.” AP ,# #          )  #  & / >%         O  #B    3#  ('7 >  Mexico City: Mexico has post- Bangkok: Hundreds of telling the crowd they were ed 6,717 newly confirmed demonstrators rallied in only observing. They with- Minneapolis: A Minnesota scripts of the audio were lished. Floyd, a Black man who coronavirus cases, increasing Thailand on Saturday, after drew to a chorus of boos and judge ordered the release of released, but a judge later was handcuffed, died May 25 >> the country's accumulated total police arrested two leading chants for them to get out. body camera footage recorded allowed journalists and mem- after Derek Chauvin, a white to 469,407. anti-government protaest After a period of relative by former officers charged in the bers of the public to view the police officer, pressed his knee Officials also said Friday leaders in an apparent attempt calm in Thailand's fractious death of George Floyd. footage by appointment. A against Floyd's neck for nearly Colombo: Mahinda Rajapaksa state and deputy ministers, the that the number of confirmed to stifle growing political politics, the temperature is Judge Peter Cahill ruled British tabloid on Monday pub- eight minutes as Floyd said he will be sworn in as Sri Lanka’s Daily Mirror newspaper report- COVID-19 deaths rose by 794 unrest. rising again with a wave of Friday the that videos from the lished parts of the videos. couldn't breathe. Chauvin is prime minister at a historic ed. to a total of 51,311. Around 800 demonstra- anti-government protests. body cameras of Thomas Lane The body camera videos charged with second-degree Buddhist temple on Sunday, The new government has Hopes for a significant tors packed a concourse near Many have been held on and J. Kueng taken on the night and transcripts were filed in murder, third-degree murder allowing the powerful Rajapaksa decided to restrict the size of the decline in cases have been a shopping mall in central school and university cam- Floyd died will be made publicly court by Lane's attorney, Earl and manslaughter. clan to consolidate their grip on Cabinet to 26, though it can be frustrated by continued high Bangkok to hear speeches puses in Bangkok and other available, though it is unclear Gray, as part of a motion to have Tou Thao, Lane and Kueng power in the island nation. increased up to 30 in terms of infection rates. Assistant denouncing the arrests and cities. how or when the footage will be Lane's case dismissed. Attorneys are charged with aiding and The 74-year-old Sri Lanka the 19th Amendment to the Health Secretary Hugo López- call for Prime Minister They reflect a growing released. for the coalition of media orga- abetting both second-degree People’s Party (SLPP) leader, Constitution. Gatell said Friday that “this is Prayuth Chan-ocha to resign. anger among many young The videos were filed with nizations, including The murder and manslaughter. All who polled over 500,000 indi- The Rajapaksa family — going to be a prolonged pan- Tensions rose briefly as people with the Prayuth the court last month by Lane's Associated Press, had asked the four officers were fired. vidual preference votes — the including SLPP founder and its demic.” AP police officers moved in, administration. AP attorney. Initially only tran- judge to allow them to be pub- AP highest ever recorded by a can- National Organiser Basil didate in the country’s history of Rajapaksa, who is the younger elections — will take the oath of brother of President Gotabaya =+ 3 office for the ninth Parliament Rajapaksa and former presi- 27>47%> !    at the sacred Rajamaha Viharaya dent Mahinda — has dominat- ## 7. # in Kelaniya, a north Colombo ed Sri Lankan politics for two suburb, according to an official decades. Mahinda previously  26      statement. served as the president for near- "24>@ * The SLPP, led by Mahinda, ly a decade from 2005 to 2015. registered a landslide victory in Mahinda Rajapaksa’s son Beijing: Chinese tech giant nology to produce compo- Yu said this year’s smart-  $.(/0 #  the general election, securing Namal Rajapaksa, 34, has also Huawei is running out of nents for Huawei. phone sales probably will be two-thirds majority in won the General Election held processor chips to make smart- Production of Kirin chips lower than 2019’s level of 240 ermany and France have Parliament needed to amend the on August 5 from Hambantota, phones due to US sanctions designed by Huawei’s own million handsets but gave no Gchallenged Washington's Constitution to further consol- the family bastion. and will be forced to stop pro- engineers will stop September details. The company didn’t role in leading talks over idate the family’s firm grip on President Gotabaya had duction of its own most 15 because they are made by immediately respond to ques- reforming the World Health power for the next five years. won the November presidential advanced chips, a company contractors that need US man- tions Saturday. Huawei, found- Organisation, citing the US The party won in 145 con- election on the SLPP ticket. executive says, in a sign of ufacturing technology, said ed in 1987 by a former military decision to quit the global body. stituencies, bagging a total of 150 When he is sworn-in, Mahinda growing damage to Huawei’s Richard Yu, president of the engineer, denies accusations it Germany's Health Ministry seats with its allies, a two-thirds Rajapaksa will have the chance business from American pres- company’s consumer unit. He might facilitate Chinese spying. said the issue was discussed majority in the 225-member to serve as the Prime Minister of sure. said Huawei lacks the ability to Chinese officials accuse during a call of health minis- Parliament. It polled 6.8 million Sri Lanka for the fourth time. Huawei Technologies Ltd, make its own chips. Washington of using national ters from the Group of Seven votes (59.9 per cent). On In the parliamentary elec- one of the biggest producers of “This is a very big loss for security as an excuse to stop a leading economies Thursday. Saturday, President Gotabaya tion, he was seeking 150 seats smartphones and network us,” Yu said Friday at an indus- competitor to US tech indus- In a statement Saturday, the Rajapaksa, 71, congratulated his mandatory to execute constitu- equipment, is at the centre of try conference, China Info 100, tries. ministry said that in view of the  $.010& tion, the commission said. They elder brother Mahinda for win- tional changes, including to US-Chinese tension over tech- according to a video recording Huawei is a leader among United States' withdrawal from all tested negative for the plague ning the General Election. repeal the 19th Amendment to nology and security. The feud of his comments posted on emerging Chinese competi- WHO, “Germany and France patient in northern China and showed no symptoms. “I extend my warmest con- the Constitution which had has spread to include the pop- multiple websites. tors in telecoms, electric cars, currently see no mandate for Ahas died from the plague, On Thursday, medical gratulations to Prime Minister curbed the presidential powers ular Chinese-owned video app “Unfortunately, in the sec- renewable energy and other the US to lead the WHO the second death from the dis- authorities confirmed a different @PresRajapaksa and all the can- while strengthening the role of TikTok and China-based mes- ond round of US sanctions, our fields in which the ruling reform process for the G-7.” ease in the country's Inner form of the disease as the cause didates of the @PodujanaParty, Parliament. Reacting on the saging service WeChat. chip producers only accepted Communist Party hopes China “How can you be leading Mongolia region this week. of death of another person four who contested the recent prospects of amending the Washington cut off orders until May 15. can become a global leader. while you are leaving?” the The victim died on Friday days earlier, the Baotou city General Elections and was elect- Constitution, SLPP Chairman G Huawei’s access to U.S. com- Production will close on Huawei has 180,000 ministry added. from multiple organ failure in a health commission said. China ed to Parliament by popular vote L Peiris on Friday said it would ponents and technology September 15,” Yu said. “This employees and one of the The Trump administra- case of bubonic plague, the has largely eradicated the and the National List,” the pres- only be carried out after much including Google’s music and year may be the last generation world’s biggest research and tion, which holds the rotating Bayannaoer city health com- plague, but occasional cases are ident tweeted ahead of the thought and consideration. other smartphone services last of Huawei Kirin high-end development budgets at more presidency of the G-7 this year, mission said on its website. still reported. The last major swearing-in ceremony on “Clearly, some amendments year. Those penalties were chips.” More broadly, Huawei’s than $15 billion a year. But, like has accused WHO of bowing The area where the person known outbreak was in 2009, Sunday morning. are required. It cannot continue tightened in May when the smartphone production has most global tech brands, it to pressure from China in its lived has been sealed off, and when several people died in the The Cabinet of Ministers in this manner when it comes to White House barred vendors “no chips and no supply,” Yu relies on contractors to manu- handling of the coronavirus seven close contacts have been town of Ziketan in Qinghai will be sworn-in on Monday, fol- governing the country,” he told worldwide from using US tech- said. facture its products. AP pandemic. placed under medical observa- province on the Tibetan Plateau. lowed by the swearing-in of the reporters. PTI      + ,- ././  .  / 6,< /6</ < !    .  *# 4 

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But now things have >O>?%% !>> O P>74 P8 “When you play a character, at become commercial. Simplicity is lost. 67>4>4 >74%>4> H> >%4>4>% a certain point of time, you have Good and real stories are no longer a part 6>>6>74 >4>?,> 84 >>%6>? to start behaving like it. You of TV. I have a question for all the makers 8 >% ('1 4>>%7 4%%8 have to start thinking in a way and producers of TV shows that in real life '6%>6>%>? %8>'% %6>>>4> in which your character thinks. which saas-bahu lives like this? We should />% 7> %H4?6 4>2P > It is just overwhelming,” she focus on showing our culture and tradition %78>448 76>4>  ?M tells you. Acting is more than more, for which we are known worldwide. just enacting somebody, she But, may be this is the new normal,” she says.      + ,- ././   //

# 8>68> 4>?"2$*2*0447>%%> 6>%>>7%>8 84>6 %>64> P    * Q       Q he is bold, fearless and a about these things. I was asked to rebel. Following ageold keep quiet. Then, I went to my nother bright student of VidyaGyan who has their child to a foreign country. “Initially, they were regressive traditions was father and he agreed in one go. The made it to Cornell University, US after scor- reluctant to send me to the US. They were worried not her cup of tea and that next step was to implement my Aing 98.2 per cent in Class XII Boards is an 18- about how I would return. My father got to know is why at a very young age, plan,” she tells you. year-old Anurag Tiwari, a resident of Parasan Village that it is very cold there and it added to his worries. Sshe ushered a revolution in her vil- But that was not all. The other in Lakhimpur district, Uttar Pradesh. I told my parents that Cornell is one of the best uni- lage. In her village where the word challenge was to convince women Tiwari got admission in VidyaGyan, Sitapur in versities in the world and showed them some pic- menstruation was taboo and was to attend the workshop. “I went 2013 and since then his life has changed for the bet- tures. I made them realise that getting scholarships was even rarely allowed into per- door to door to tell people about it. ter. “I got to know about VidyaGyan when I was to study abroad that too with a top university is not sonal thoughts, she decided to Some laughed it off while others studying in primary school in my village through easy. I assured them that I will take proper care of create awareness on the subject and asked what menstruation or peri- my brother, who was a teacher there. With the help myself and that it is safe. That’s when they agreed teach women the importance of ods meant. I tried talking to them, of his guidance and my hard work I was able to crack and gave me a go ahead,” he tells you. menstrual hygiene. And if you but they all had tons of excuses of the entrance exam,” Tiwari tells you. The opportunity is no less than a dream for picture her as a middle-aged not being able to make it to the But things didn’t go very smoothly. The chal- Tiwari, who without the financial aid wouldn’t have woman or someone like Shakuntala workshop. I started losing hope as lenges came after the admission. imagined even a trip to a foreign country let alone Devi, you are wrong. the ones who would benefit from “Initially, things were a bit difficult, the study. Meet Shikoh Zaidi, a 16-year- it were not even interested to medium of speaking was English there and “My father is a farmer and mother is a old student and resident of attend it. But my father asked me I was studying in Hindi. I thought that it homemaker. I have three elder sisters. Kuwarpur Baghel village in UP’s to never give up and he accompa- would be very difficult for me to adjust Since my childhood, I have learnt to not . Zaidi’s determina- nied me to their houses. That’s how in the environment. When I saw other demand anything because I don’t come tion, paired with the hard work of we were able to have a few women children conversing in fluent English, I from a financially strong family. There teachers from VidyaGyan, Sitapur, in the workshop,” she tells you. thought that I wouldn’t be able to sur- was a time when we were only able to a differently enabled school for the The second workshop worked vive here, but with time, when I touched meet basic necessities. My father was underprivileged, has earned her much better and more women base with my seniors, I got to know that not able to give us good education. I admission to the prestigious were interested to be a part of it. “In they all have come from similar back- used to watch other children go to fancy Georgetown University in Qatar all the second workshop, I had two grounds and with an urge to learn, they schools, but I learnt to be satisfied and expenses and paid. boys with me from my neigh- got hold of the language. This gave me a make do with what I had. I always “I am glad to have gotten the bourhood. This made the girls lot of confidence and with time I got accus- thought that if I could get an opportuni- opportunity to study abroad. It is uncomfortable, but they soon tomed to living away from home and ty, I would make full use of it. This has a dream come true for me,” Zaidi realised that it was no big deal. comfortable in speaking in been a breakthrough,” Tiwari tells you. says. Now a lot of women in my village English,” he says. His goal is to become an econ- However, sending Zaidi to a use sanitary napkins and those who He tells you that omist and return to India to foreign land didn’t sit well with her can’t afford it, know the importance gradually his perception help the children who are family, which feared how she would -F    5 4 -   of cloth hygiene,” she says. towards education deprived of education. “As manage everything all by herself at Zaidi’s bold initiative was often changed too. “Earlier, I of now, I will be pursuing such a young age. attacked with nasty taunts from was forced to believe my undergrad in econom- “My family was initially appre- understood her, gained back con- some women, but that did not stop that to get a good ics and mathematics and hensive about sending me to Qatar, fidence and went on to give the her from treading the difficult score, get a degree focus on studies to get a especially my father who believed final exam for selection,” Zaidi tells path. and a job was the sole good job. I want to be an I was too young for it. It took me you. “Some people called us names. purpose of education. economist and come back a couple of months persuade them Breaking societal stereotypes They spread rumours about us and But at VidyaGyan, I to help children who seek to support me in this once in a life- and questioning the norms got tell people that my sisters and I are got to see a much opportunities to fulfil time opportunity and that I did not imbibed in Zaidi since she was 2)..)/. not decent girls, but I go by my larger perspective. their dreams. Had I not want to let go of,” Zaidi, who has merely six years old. father’s words and ignore them. I The school wants got this opportunity; I been a student of VidgyaGyan “The gender discrimination ,//.!"2.2? am focused in life and I want to do students to develop would have been living a from Class VI, tells you. didn’t sit well with me. I often ques- more good for society,” she tells skills, to be inde- normal life. I would like to Zaidi is all praise for her teach- tioned my mother but got no sat- *.P2(.! you. pendent, do things help children with such ers because of whom, she says, she isfactory answers. When I grew up, (")"(2$)""2 If one is to wonder, from where by themselves, and opportunities, even if I has got the opportunity. I went to VidyaGyaan where I Zaidi gets confidence and inspira- learn to do that am able make a small “There was a time when I had became a part of an altogether dif- !#)"/!.// tion, it is because of her teachers, practically. The contribution that could withdrawn my name from the list ferent atmosphere. Whenever I .)/.*P Mahatma Gandhi and Meghan method of teaching make a big difference in of students shortlisted to study visited my house during vacations, Markle. is different and stu- their lives I would be abroad. I was unable to handle the I felt the need to create awareness 202.(2!0(. “My teachers always tell me to dents are encour- happy,” he says. Tiwari has pressure, not that anyone was pres- in my village regarding gender )!.,.&0(/2 not fear anyone and never shy away aged to take part in advise for all those who surising me to pass the exam, but equality. But what I found the most from speaking the truth. I also read many activities fear to dream because of I thought that my focus would shift disturbing was lack of menstrual $"0&)$PP a lot of books on Mahatma Gandhi beyond studies. The financial constraints. from Boards to this. Maths has hygiene practises,” she tells you. :*.(O2#)(!2 and his journey and spirit have students who are “Never stop dreaming as been my weak point and I was not Zaidi tried talking to a friend inspired me a lot. Another idol that good at sports, they you never know when they able to concentrate on it. I told my about the matter but she was reluc- !0&)(.*.?0 has inspired me to become a strong take part in sports, can come true. When life principal that I didn’t want to be a tant. :),"2.!0/0:. woman is Meghan Markle. And children who are gives you an opportunity, part of that and she said that it’s “I tried to convince her that Prime Minister Narendra Modi good in extracurric- however small, make full use fine. I felt relieved,” she recalls. this is natural and nothing to feel !0#)!) who is an example for everyone ular activities, they of it. If you are fortunate But destiny had its plans for ashamed of, but to no avail. Then )(.&))!:)( who doubts his capabilities,” she are encouraged to be a enough to get education don’t Zaidi. “After a few days, I was able I thought of organising workshops tells you. part of those activities just study to get marks, devel- to tackle the problematic topics in in the village about menstrual 2),0.P Zaidi’s goal is to become an depending upon their inter- op skills to be independent and to maths. One day, our principal hygiene. When I told my mother usher of positive change in the lives est,” he tells you. be able to stand on your feet and called me again and asked if that about my plans she thought that I of the less privileged and she has Like any other parent, spread happiness in your society was my final decision. She made was going nuts. She said that it already crossed some milestones in Tiwari’s parents too were and for yourself,” he tells you. me realise what I was missing. I doesn’t look nice when girls talk reaching her goal. apprehensive about sending +      5 4 -   *5 6 *70 689:06* 96 "9*0

he list of these young achiev- od gives him goosebumps. suing MSc, so we — brother-sister entrance exam and got the admis- heartened. I kept thinking what if not VidyaGyan. They are interest- ers is never ending. Zaidi and “I am extremely excited to go to duo are doing a good job of break- sion,” he tells you. went wrong and was convinced that ed to learn things and explore the TTiwari are not lone cases, Georgetown University. It definite- ing the family traditions and chas- Once reaching the university, I would not be able to go abroad. For world,” he tells you. there is more. Sagar Rathi, a student ly feels amazing to study in a differ- ing our dreams,” he says. apart from academics, Rathi wish- atleast three months, I struggled Rathi has a message for those of VidyaGyan, Bulandshahr with 88 ent land as one gets to experience What brings Rathi to es to join the Qatar football team with the fear of failure and then for- who think they can’t excel in aca- per cent in Class XII is also head- different cultures and is able to see VidyaGyan was the fact that the one day. “I want to be a part of their tunately I got selected for demics. “One just has to believe in ing to Georgetown University, the larger picture of the world,” school has larger-than-life campus, football team. I love the sport and Georgetown University. However, himself. Self-confidence is the key. Qatar. However, this is not the first Rathi says. a variety of sports and even foreign would work hard to make it come my friend , supported me a lot You have to figure out your plus time Rathi is going to study abroad. Coming from a family of farm- exchange programmes. true,” he tells you. during the phase,” he tells you. point, it is not only about acade- His last study trip, also his first one ers, it was difficult for Rathi to con- “I love sports. I came to know Before securing admission in After seeing Rathi’s journey mics, a student can be good at was to the US in 2017 as part of a vince his parents to send him about how good the campus is Georgetown University, Rathi’s with the school and what education sports while the other can possess student exchange programme. abroad. “Everyone in my family is through a friend. I was fascinated by application was rejected once, and can do to a human being, a lot more excellent communication skills, Though Rathi is well-versed into farming. Even my elder broth- the whole idea of foreign exchange that, he says, was the most challeng- children of his village got motivat- one just has to figure out his tal- with the know-hows of studying in er helps my father in the job. I programmes. That’s when I thought ing time for him. ed to go to schools. ent and start pursuing it. Also like a foreign university, but going turned out to be the black sheep of that I have to make it to the school “After I got rejected, all my “Children now are more moti- people say hard work always pay once again and for a longer peri- the family. Even my sister, she is pur- and fortunately I cracked the -  (    5 4     hopes went down. I was left dis- vated than ever to go to any school, off,” he says.      + ,- ././  /

RYQ@CVE9QC (>8>%>6 "      ,,7>/% >4 >6>6 4 D  >8> >%/7>>/ (>>48/>4>%> 7&>%> A( >4 >% 7 "(0 >6,/>>>>44> >% 4>/77F -  - G yon coach Rudi Garcia hailed his )*6F -   - G Lteam for seeing off Juventus and the MM6>,/ “extraterrestial” Cristiano Ronaldo to >4 >6>6 %8 reach the Champions League quarter- 1 finals on Friday. 4>>7>?M> '>>6,/%%.% Captain Memphis Depay’s early F TG penalty sealed Lyon’s berth in the last eight despite losing 2-1 on the night (796( in Turin. ,7>4>>>%>%> A goal up after winning February’s %",/%4 first leg, Lyon will face Manchester City  - > at the final tournament in Lisbon after (2%4> drawing 2-2 on aggregate and going  %>4>7>6> through on away goals. 1BB “We came up against an opponent , 84>%6 .%>46%6>48 who has an extraterrestrial in its 4!  squad,” said Garcia of five- &81'4>7> time Ballon 4>8>%>6,/ >4 > d’Or winner Ronaldo who scored ,%(6>.% 6 both of Juve’s goals on Friday. Lyon squeezed past the Italian first half,” added Garcia. (>>" D champions thanks to Depay’s 12th- “Unfortunately the penalty award- 8,>>E 74 minute penalty which put Garcia’s side ed to them, which was completely 1B>%% two goals ahead in the tie and left Juve unjustified, put them back in the ,4>7> with a mountain to climb. game.” />6:4> Needing to score three unan- “This is the victory of a group. We 1 >4 >%>6 swered goals in order to go through, wanted to be in the Final 8 in Lisbon, 1 Portuguese star Ronaldo tried his we are there. .>7,7-".:,7-,7#E,7 >  ,>(>> the line. suits us very well.” ,B4> %> >,/ He levelled the scores on the Despite their nine consecutive       / )R   )    '  >4 >4?0>  night with a penalty of his own with Italian league titles in a row, Juventus 4>%> >4 D>%>6 two minutes left in the opening peri- could not get past a French side that 7 ,*.2.( two-year ban from Europe absence of Ramos, sent off late 4>7> >>7 od before crashing home a second goal finished seventh in Ligue 1 this season. L#4E877 handed down by UEFA for in the first leg, and their task F G? on the hour mark. “We went out because of the first anchester City took ? Financial Fair Play breaches. became even harder after they 7!74> However Juve performed poorly half in Lyon,” said Juventus coach advantage of two $>8 They have already qualified conceded an early opener. ,7>/%%/> > and Lyon managed to hold on to set Maurizio Sarri. 7>>6 - shocking mistakes by for next season’s tournament City’s high pressing paid off .>,F 8 up a clash with Pep Guardiola’s City on “I’m devastated, but satisfied with M %E Raphael Varane to beat Real after coming second in the as Varane was barged off the ball >8 )4>8 G> August 15. the performance. We are very sorry. >>?M 8:4484>7> Madrid 2-1 in their Champions L 8   8   Premier League but now they in his own area by Jesus, who “I think we did very well in the We had a good game tonight.” League last 16 second leg on can look forward to facing Lyon squared for Sterling to roll in. Friday and advance to the quar- L#> in the quarter-finals There was a response ter-finals as Pep Guardiola came  next Saturday at the from the 13-time overall list and behind only out on top in his duel with ,7> Estadio Jose Alvalade. European champions, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi Zinedine Zidane. Real, meanwhile, though, with Benzema and Raul.     /%?0> The Frenchman had never will get over this. and Eden Hazard forcing Unfortunately for Real, 7?06 7  "(0 been knocked out of Europe’s >% They have dined saves from Ederson Benzema was not able to add to lowing five. Sarri was hired to give elite club competition as Real >>?06 out on success in the before their equaliser that tally and this tie was effec- But the former Napoli boss Juventus a more flamboyant coach, leading them to three >>>>8 Champions League in arrived in the 28th tively ended by another Varane uventus sacked coach paid for the club’s failure on the edge but struggled to impose consecutive victories between 8%48?M recent years but their main minute. blooper. JMaurizio Sarri on Saturday European stage. “Sarri Out!” his so-called Sarri-ball high- 2016 and 2018 in his first spell L 5  objective after the coronavirus A fine move ended with The Frenchman struggled after the Italian club’s headlined Turin sports daily tempo passing game on the before returning to the job last shutdown was to win La Liga Benzema feeding Rodrygo and with an awkward high ball Champions League last 16 exit Tuttosport, with Corriere Dello Turin side. year. having scored for the visitors just and they did that. the young Brazilian clipping in downfield and his header back to Lyon. Sport saying: “Adieu Maurizio.” He had been under pres- But Madrid had been left before the half-hour mark. “I think we get nine out of a cross from the right for the towards Thibaut Courtois was “Maurizio Sarri has been Lazio coach Simone sure since his side lost to Napoli with a mountain to climb in this The circumstances may be 10 for this season,” said Rodrygo. Frenchman, who rose above short, allowing Jesus to prod it relieved of his post as coach of Inzaghi, Real Madrid’s Zinedine on penalties in the final of the tie after throwing away the lead highly unusual, but this is still “We don’t deserve 10 because of Aymeric Laporte and beyond the goalkeeper and into the first team,” the nine-time Zidane and former Tottenham Coppa Italia in June. to lose 2-1 in the first leg at City’s finest Champions League the Champions League but we Fernandinho to head in from the the net. reigning Serie A champions manager Mauricio Pochettino Sarri, who never played Santiago Bernabéu in February, result, their most significant have still had a great season.” edge of the six-yard box. Real will not return to said in a statement. have been touted as possible football professionally, began before the coronavirus forced victory in a knockout tie. It was his 65th goal in the Lisbon, where they won the Sarri, 61, had replaced successors. coaching amateur teams back in the competition into hiberna- “We beat a top team, the     Champions League, putting him Champions League in 2014, but Massimiliano Allegri last sum- the 1990s, managing to com- tion. best club in this competition so It was already going to be an one clear of Bayern Munich’s the dream remains alive for mer, after leading Chelsea to bine his hobby with a banking An identical defeat at an for us it is massive,” Jesus told BT uphill struggle for them in the Robert Lewandowski on the Guardiola and City. success in the Europa League. career that took him to the empty Etihad Stadium means it Sport. “The club would like to United Kingdom, Germany, is City who advance 4-2 on City’s best performance in thank the coach for having Switzerland and Luxembourg. aggregate. the competition remains a run written a new page in Juventus’ He coached 16 different Without Sergio Ramos due to the semi-finals in 2016, when =       < $ history with the victory of the sides in the lower division of the to suspension, Real were undone they went out rather limply to ninth-consecutive cham- Italian league before reaching by mistakes by their other first- Real. Manchester: Real Madrid defender Raphael accept them. This is a complicated moment for pionship, the culmina- Serie A with Empoli in 2014. choice centre-back. Now, with only two former Varane took full responsibility for his side’s 2- me,” added Varane, who has made over 300 tion of a personal Known as Mr 33 because Varane was dispossessed winners still involved in Bayern 1 defeat at Manchester City after making two appearances for Real since joining from Lens journey that led he reputedly thought up 33 inside the box in the ninth Munich and Barcelona, City catastrophic errors which saw the Spanish side in 2011. him to climb all different plans for setpieces, minute allowing Raheem should very possibly be consid- knocked out of the Champions League. “This hasn’t happened to me many times the divisions of Italian Sarri joined Napoli in 2016 Sterling to put City ahead, and ered the favourites to win the “I wanted to show my face because this in my career but something like this can always football,” the team said. and turned them into the his poor headed backpass competition in Lisbon on defeat is mine,” French international Varane told happen, errors are made all over the pitch but The Scudetto was the first side most likely to threaten attempt gifted Gabriel Jesus August 23. reporters after the last-16 second leg. in my position they have a higher price. league title for Sarri in his 30- Juve’s dominance. another goal midway through If they do so, the victory “I have to take all the responsibility for this “My team mates know I’m sad but I have year coaching career, extending He then spent one sea- the second half. would taste all the sweeter com- match. We played well in the game, we’d pre- to show character and get over this quickly. It’ll a record run in Turin which son at Chelsea, winning Before that second goal the ing so soon after their success- pared well for it, but at this level if you make be a sad night for me. I’m a competitor and Antonio Conte started with the Europa League with the tie had been in the balance with ful appeal to the Court of mistakes you end up paying a lot for them.” today I messed up. I’m not happy but I have to three titles from 2012 and London side, before joining the in-form Karim Benzema Arbitration of Sport against a “I can’t explain the errors but I have to accept it.” Allegri continued with the fol- Juventus. 3  ! E :-  #  7"2)7 *#   ?   "0,*

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A famous victory was on the > >$? cards — but not for England. Such deliveries and such a dire sit- 0  B" #$            A  +.       uation encourages freedom for the bats- Palermo: >7D46>D men so who better to be at the crease long, long time, was still there at the end. > 4 >  6 >6  6 >D than Buttler and — as we soon conclud- For nearly all of this match England 6>>/)7>:? ed — Woakes? Buttler announced him- had been losing it. That was even the case Q>   )   48H6 2>4DF G DF G self with two sumptuous cover drives off in the first ten minutes of the day.  > 6 0 % .8 Yasir Shah; no one had been able to attack England polished off the Pakistan tail in ,>44> D  D  D?  > 6  6 him on a turning pitch like that until now. 16 deliveries, the only problem being that :>:>%>46>,&>%? Then he unfurled some sweeps, reverse 32 runs had been added in that time,  "  R and orthodox, with remarkable power, most of them off various parts of the bat  D E  shots which have been honed on the off Yasir, who swung merrily and to good Barcelona: 444>27E4> turning tracks of the IPL. Would this be effect. 11 came from Jofra Archers’s first Manchester (PTI): England players Cricket Debate. “You question everything rather > 6 8% 7 84 >6  4>> any more than an unavailing display of over; Broad was walloped for four and must endeavour to take the pressure off “But it’s not just one guy. If one guy than looking at what the match situa- >8  > >   4 8  >77%D defiance? Woakes was equally fluent six before Yasir was caught behind. Those teammate Jos Buttler, who has been is struggling, the wicketkeeper is strug- tion is and how you can help the bowler 7?7> 4 4>6>'8 from the start of the innings. How to 32 runs had swung the pendulum fur- struggling behind the stumps in the gling, the team have to stand up and or captain or gee the fielders up which, ,>$%!7>>/,> D4>84 explain his barren trot in recent Tests? ther in Pakistan’s favour. ongoing Test against Pakistan, feel for- say ‘concentrate on your stuff, we’ve got as we know, is such a crucial role for a >:8>:?>4>>% Until this match he had not gone beyond Yet for the rest of that morning ses- mer wicketkeepers. this’,” Prior added. keeper,” he added. >%!7>> 8H:8E8 six in nine Test innings, not a reassur- sion the pitch behaved decorously Buttler dropped two catches and The 38-year-old Prior, who fea- Prior said it is “the worst” place for >    7>>> 7>66  % .4 ing statistic for a No 7. His cover driving enough. Dominic Sibley dug in and it was missed a stumping during Pakistan’s tured in 79 Tests between 2007 and a player to be in when on the field. 447>6%6>>7D6%? + # was as exquisite as Buttler’s, whether he not until Mohammad Abbas switched to first innings in the Test here. Two of 2014, said Buttler’s posture and “When you are battling behind the was facing leg-spinners or seamers and, around the wicket against Rory Burns those misses cost the hosts dearly as demeanour during the match indicat- stumps, it is quite literally the worst like Buttler, he recognised the virtues of that Pakistan made some headway. Shan Masood, who was on 45, went on ed he is not confident about his game. place to be on the cricket pitch because /" . 2)"*..)& an uncluttered mind at the crease. He has Burns was lbw to a delivery that jagged to score 156, helping the visitors put up “I watched Jos very closely and he’s you know that ball is coming to you. /02.!:)(/ (.0.(/.&". never timed the ball better than this. in to him. Progress throughout the rest 326. in that place, which I unfortunately “As a wicketkeeper you are out It mattered little to the two soft spo- of the morning was relatively sedate and Former wicketkeeper Matt Prior have experience of myself, where you there for seven hours and the ball will Colombo: A total of 93 international cricketers, ken Englishmen who was bowling; the steady; Root was sharp, hawk-eyed, feels Buttler is stuck in a “horrible question your own game. A number of come to you so you have to find a way including England’s World Cup-winning pacer Liam pitch seemed to doze off as the stroke- playing everything on its merits and place” and the team should support times you could see that Jos was look- to not go too internal.” Plunkett and New Zealand seamer Tim Southee, have play became ever more assured. Azhar England had advanced to 55 for one by him. ing at his hands, his gloves. Former wicketkeeper-batsman been listed for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Ali was quick to spread the field against lunch. “I feel for Jos it’s a horrible place to “I know that suddenly your gloves Alec Stewart agreed that the team Premier League (LPL) beginning on August 28. Buttler, all too wary of what he might do. The second session was livelier. 31 be but England need him to come out don’t feel quite right, your posture is not should rally behind Buttler during his Veteran Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez and Not until England became the favourites more runs were added and Yasir Shah of it,” Prior told Sky Sports’ The right. difficult time. West Indies opener Dwayne Smith are also part of the with about 60 runs required did these had even retreated by bowling around the list, according to a report in ‘Ceylon Today’. The report two rein themselves in when confront- wicket to Sibley; then he switched back also said that Dubai-based sports broadcasting com- ed with the alarming realisation that this to over, Sibley drove and edged to slip and in the middle went up another notch. towards his throat and he could not avoid wicket. It ballooned from his glove to pany, Innovative Production Group (IPG), has been was now a match for England to lose. Yasir gave the impression that this was Only now did the batsmen feel that the ball brushing his glove before being Shadab Khan in the gully. Pope may never awarded “total rights” of the LPL for five years. “IPG Eventually two unsuccessful sweeps all part of a very cunning plan. Then sense of betrayal, stemming from a superbly held by Mohammad Rizwan receive two such devilish deliveries in a has total rights over ground, production, franchises and from Buttler and Broad produced lbws Root received a fine delivery from capricious surface that suddenly gives the behind the stumps. And there was noth- Test match throughout what should be TV rights of the tournament where they pay USD 2 mil- for Yasir but Woakes, the most self-effac- Naseem Shah and the edge was held by striker, however skilful, no chance. Stokes ing Pope could do with the lifter he a very long career. And he may never play lion annually for the said rights,” the report said. ing all-rounder England have had for a Babar Azam at slip; the decibel level out received a delivery from Yasir that leapt received from Afridi from around the in such a remarkable Test match. 111%  6   ( /  9 $ /.?, ;   .#!./*0 is 37 like Mithali, also wants to see herself playing the 2022 edi- be there in New Zealand 18 tion?  "$0 “People like Tendulkar, bowlers to handle,” Manjrekar ndia’s premier pacer Jhulan months from now but says her “To play for India is the Dhoni, these are champion said. IGoswami will be 39 by the fitness and performance in the biggest honour. Yes 2022 is the ormer India batsman Sanjay cricketers. Once they are on “There are some good ones time the postponed Women’s run up to the event will decide goal now but you have to be FManjrekar on Saturday public stage, you will never see and there are some not so good World Cup comes in 2022 but that. part of the process and play revealed Mahendra Singh Dhoni ever on a public stage, ones in the IPL. In internation- the leading wicket-taker in “We have got a lot of time matches consistently and per- Dhoni had told him he would like a cricket field, looking al, you have got five quality ODIs has not given up on for preparation, almost 18 form and then you can think consider himself fit for interna- slightly unfit or unable to sprint bowlers, so he’s so good at competing in the mega event, months, but on the other hand, about the World Cup because tional cricket as long as he is or run...,” he said on Star Sports picking out those guys and M4> saying she would try to stay in it would have been good if it there is a lot of time left and it “beating the fastest sprinter in show Cricket Connected. going after them,” added reckoning by performing con- happened next year as I was is not round the corner any- the team.” Dhoni’s last outing in com- Manjrekar. >#,  sistently. focussed on that for long,” more. Manjrekar, a well-known petitive cricket was the 2019 “So, as a batter, with MS The 2021 ODI World Cup Jhulan said. “At this time, I can only commentator, said he had a World Cup semifinal against Dhoni in the IPL, I don’t see 877>0,,O in New Zealand in February- “Now think about the next series chat with the two-time World New Zealand. much difference.” March was expected to be the you will and performing in it and start Cup-winning former captain Manjrekar also reckoned Manjrekar, who has played 4>@(>8> last one for greats like Jhulan need to think from zero and that is what I am regarding his future in interna- Dhoni, who has already started 37 Tests and 74 ODIs, said that and India captain Mithali beyond that. going to do. I can’t tell you what tional cricket during India practising in Ranchi would it is going to be about mind  ,*(02,*"(,* Raj. We have not may happen between now and skipper Virat Kohli’s wedding come good in the IPL, saying and not just power hitting Following ICC’s played any 2022 as it is still far way. in 2017. the presence of “only four-five” for the Jharkhand dasher ew Zealand could have announcement on cricket “At this moment, it is about “During Virat Kohli’s wed- good bowlers in the league is in the IPL. Nhosted the women’s ODI Friday, Mithali had in the getting access to the ground, ding, I had a little corner time not enough to trouble the sea- “In fact, the con- World Cup next year as sched- tweeted that the post- past five- hopefully we will have a camp with him and he said as long as soned campaigner. ditions that we uled but it supports ICC’s deci- ponement by anoth- six months in September before the ‘I am beating the fastest sprint- “He is going to be very good have, I keep saying, sion to postpone the showpiece er 12 months will and players Women’s T20 Challenge (dur- er in the team, I am going to and one of the reasons he is so is just perfect for event to 2022, country’s sport give her team much like me (who ing IPL in November), which consider myself fit enough to be successful and consistent in Dhoni, where it’s minister Grant Robertson said need preparation play only ODIs) is the next assignment we playing international cricket or IPL as a batsman as opposed to going to be about the mind and on Saturday. time as the Covid-19 played back in have,” said the holder of 225 playing high-level cricket’,” international is that he knows not just power hitting,” he The ICC on Friday pandemic impacted November (2019) ODI wickets. Manjrekar said. that there are about four to five signed off. deferred next year’s 50-over their plans immense- as all teams played Commenting on ICC’s women’s World Cup in New ly but the goal T20s ahead of the decision to postpone the mega Zealand until February-March remains to win their World Cup (2020 event, Jhulan said the right call $>%!> 2022 because of the impact the maiden global tro- in Australia in was taken as most teams would    pandemic has had on cricket phy. Feb-March. have been under-prepared had globally. Jhulan, who too Does she it happened as planned. ,&64>44>@ , “This is obviously a disap- =  #)     pointing decision for cricket 6  The iconic MCG will not lose out on host- players and fans around the ing India for the Boxing Day Test if crowds are allowed world and for the White Ferns .&     . inside the stadium, Cricket Australia (CA) interim chief  .#!./*0 It is learnt that Adidas too has and their supporters here at executive Nick Hockley said on Saturday. shown interest but whether it will home,” Robertson was quoted   !*  him well. Shakib will have every- It is being speculated that the Boxing Day Test dur- erman sports apparel and be bidding for the sponsorship as saying by stuff.Co.Nz. thing at his disposal,” he added. ing India’s tour later this year could be shifted to Adelaide Gfootwear major Puma could be rights is still not known. Even “The disruption caused by remier Bangladesh all- Abedeen, who was the in the wake of rising number of coronavirus cases in the the frontrunner in bagging the though some feel that the German Covid-19 around the world Prounder Shakib Al Hasan is Bangladesh Cricket Board’s state of Victoria. Indian cricket team’s kit sponsorship giant could independently bid for has meant no international set to start training at the BKSP game development manager for “It comes down to if we can get a crowd at the MCG rights while rival Adidas could merchandise products, which will women’s cricket has been facility at Savar from next many years, is one of Shakib’s we’ll play at the MCG,” Hockley was quoted as saying by also enter the fray. be a separate tender. played and many teams will month, ahead of his return to earliest coaches. He now serves cricket.Com.Au. However, it couldn’t be con- Selling of exclusive merchandise struggle to even come togeth- competitive cricket. as the cricket advisor at the “All the restrictions that are ongoing, we are just hope- firmed whether Nike would re-bid products depends on how many er to train in the foreseeable The southpaw was banned BKSP facility. ful that they take very quick effect and we get back on top after refusing BCCI’s scaled down exclusive stores a company has future. for two years, one year of it sus- According to Abedeen, the of the situation and people can get out and about, we can bid offer from their 370 crore (plus along with the point of sales (shops “The organising committee pended, for failing to report cor- 33-year-old Shakib, who is cur- get back to crowds and get back to live events.” 30 crore royalty), which they paid that sells your company’s products). in New Zealand has been rupt approaches by an alleged rently in the United States with Hockley said the CA is full steam ahead with the from 2016 to 2020. While Puma has over 350 working with the Government Indian bookie during the Indian his family, plans to return to planning “in the anticipation that we’ll be back to some “I can confirm you that Puma exclusive stores, Adidas has more to ensure a safe and enjoyable Premier League. Dhaka at the end of August in level of normalcy by that point in time”. has bought the ITT (Invitation to than 450 outlets which makes these tournament could be played. His ban ends on October 29 a bid to prepare for his return to “It’s one of the most iconic events on the Tender) document worth 1 lakh. two companies the most sought We could have done it in 2021, this year. Abedeen was quoted as saying international cricket. Australian sporting calendar. Certainly at this stage While buying bid document does- after. but now we will look to 2022. “Shakib will come to the by ESPNcricinfo. Shakib was in sublime form we are planning full steam ahead. n’t mean one is bidding, Puma has A senior industry insider As a Government we have BKSP next month where he will “We are functional as the before the ban, amassing 606 “We’re in really constructive discussions with the shown genuine interest in submit- explained the whole sponsorship reiterated our commitment to have coaches and trainers avail- coaches are all residing within runs in the 2019 World Cup in BCCI and the Government to make sure we get all the ting a bid,” a senior BCCI official issue in these turbulent economic supporting the tournament.” able,” Shakib’s mentor Nazmul the campus, so we can work with the UK last year. travel exemptions for India to come,” he said. PTI told PTI. times. +    /'      + ,- ././ Q#  3 )A R

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t the age of eight, when children as the Youngest Reiki Healer of India. build sand castles on beaches “One day, I got a call from the World Aand play around with superhero Records Association saying that they figurines and stuffed toys, and intuitive have shortlisted five children for the title arts are nothing, but mere words for all over India. Then we were called for them, this Pune-based boy took to an examination. It was like an energy learning meditation. He then got check with their grandmasters and enrolled in Vishwa Reiki Sansthan, team. I passed it and after a month I got Pune and at the age of 12 became a a call from them that I had made it to Reiki healer. the World Records. I can never forget Meet Ayush Gupta, a 17-year-old the feeling because I had never thought Class XII student, who believes that he that I could achieve it,” he recalls with didn’t chose the art, but the energies a smile. chose him. The time taken for healing people “My father, Kashi Prasad Gupta, depends on the problem they are fac- introduced me to meditation when I ing and for how long. was eight. He is into spiritual things a “I have treated and cured a 75-year- lot and he wanted me to walk his path. old Diabetic, who had Diabetes for sev- When I turned 12, he introduced me eral years. It took me a few days to cure to Reiki and I found it interesting. Since him. For rest, it can be months,” Gupta, I was very young, I didn’t understand who takes a 25-minute session each day, the depths of the art, but for the sake tells you. of my father, I learnt it at Vishwa Reiki As interesting it may sound to be Sansthan by grandmaster Devansh the Youngest Reiki Healer of India, but Shukla. Once I was into the art, my there are challenges too. “Sometime %*R    ) thought process changed completely people don’t put trust in a 17-year-old. and I was a different person altogeth- They doubt the calibre. Like the 75-    1B    : er. It was like the energies had chosen year-old Diabetic I cured, he was ini- me,” Gupta explains. tially reluctant to the treatment. He =     )   He tells you that after four-five doubted that how can a child cure him months, unfortunately his mother was when even doctors can’t. I wanted to diagnosed with throat cancer and that change that mindset, hence I had put !%## !+!>   is when he dug deep in the healing art. all my focus on that one case and “When the news broke to us, all of showed him the results in a few days. .      us were shocked. We didn’t know He was shocked. This is, at times, upset- what to do. That is when I thought of ting when adults don’t have faith in you  What is Suit Sandal about? turning to Reiki and see if that will just because of your age, but I think with The song is inspired by the innocent conversation between cou- prove beneficial for my mother. I my actions I can and have proved ples coming from varied backgrounds and a modern take on rela- healed her for three months and when myself to them,” he asserts. tionship dynamics. The song is bound to create a feeling of relata- we went to Nagpur for her re-checkup, hidden trust that I could do that and I was a bit nervous in treating her we can send the energies to him,” Gupta Not only that, Gupta is also the bility as one-sided love with someone you can't have is a common the cancer was cured. The doctors were that trust along with the energies because it was a matter of two lives, but explains. Youngest Tarot card reader of India and sight now a days. The song was created with the aim of uplifting left shocked because cancer is a disease worked in partnership and I was able was able to cure her of Corona in a There are four levels of learning has done sessions for many celebrities your mood so it has peppy beats, a slow tempo, playful tune and which is non-curable till date. That was to solve my first case successfully,” he week. She is now doing perfectly fine. Reiki. In the first stage, one can only like Remo D’souza, Shankar catchy lyrics that get people singing the song on loop. a proud moment for me and there were tells you. I have treated two more Corona patients heal himself, in second he can practise Mahadevan, Ravi Dubey and Balraj  From Harpreet to Harpi Gill, how did that happen? two reasons for celebration — one, my The success gave Gupta the much and they have recovered,” he tells you. distance healing, third he becomes a Syal, to name a few. I did my first duet with Raj Brar sahibji and during the cre- mother was cured of cancer and two, needed confidence and he decided to Reiki, he says, is a scientifically- master and can deal with more ener- “All these people came to me ation of that song he gave me the name Harpi and it caught on. I that it was my first Reiki case. That’s take it up full fledgedly. “I became 100 proven technology in the world and his gies and heal many people, fourth is the through word of mouth. I am glad that was so grateful for the opportunity to work with him so early on when I realised that if the art is bene- per cent confident that I could help a success rate in curing all 400 patients teachers level, where he can teach the I am able to help people and ward off in my career that I decided to stay with the name. ficial in these kind of problems. then I lot more people in life. It was like my is 100 per cent. “In Reiki, we deal with art to others as well and fifth is the negativity from their life. I would con-  How did your musical journey begin? should use it to make people happy,” he life took a U-turn,” Gupta, who has positive and negative energies. grandmaster. tinue doing the good work,” Gupta, who I got interested in music when I was in Class III and started tells you. cured 400 patients, that of Diabetes, Whatever problems that one faces is “I am a grandmaster. It took me doesn’t charge any particular amount singing at school functions and competitions. My family was There were absolutely no appre- Cancer and even Corona till date, says. because of the negative energies. two years to reach the level,” he tells you for healing and even does it for free for extremely supportive of me so when I decided to pursue a diplo- hensions in Gupta’s mind, when treat- His first corona patient was his Through Reiki, there are few symbols and adds that there is no fixed term of those who can’t afford it, tells you. ma in music. During my diploma, I experimented with different ing his mother. “I am into energies since friend’s sister, who had tested COVID- — one for mental energy, second for completing the levels, it differs from “The moment one tries to com- singing styles and found a style that suited me best. I got associ- I was eight. I know that if the energies 19 positive in April 29. “My friend called physical and third for distance healing. person to person. mercialise the healing art. It loses ated with White Hill Music about two years back. That is when I won’t heal, they won’t cause any harm me one day and informed me that his In distance healing, we send some Everything in Gupta’s life has hap- essence and results. The art is for peo- got my first few hits through Punjabi movies like Muklawa and either. I always had a connection with sister, who was pregnant back then, had sounds to the person and he has to sit pened all of a sudden and so is the case ple to do good and not make money out Ardab Mutiyaran where I playbacked. Considering I got so much these energies. Moreover, there was a tested positive for COVID-19. Honestly, and listen to them for focus and then with making it into the World Records of it,” Gupta says. love from the audience for my work, I released my first single, Lethal Jatti that garnered over 54 million views on YouTube and then made Suit Sandal that has received over 10 million views. I hope I con- 6 77   tinue to entertain larger audiences through my music.  Was it tough to release a song during the pandemic? (    There were many apprehensions. However, I got a lot of sup- 1         .        port from the team. It was rough but at the end of the day, I believe that as artists, it is our responsibility to help our audience and fan   .#!./*0       2     Sir Doyle in A Study in Scarlet itself. A    !     base connect with themselves, and face challenges with a positive few others were reminded of Sushant          attitude. Knowing that the song would cheer up people who would o matter where we go, what we do Singh Rajput, who left us for the heav-       "1  listen, we were convinced that this was the most appropriate time and what all genres we get to see, but enly abode recently. They recalled the to launch the song. N         !  thrillers, mysteries and detective stories modern Byomkesh Bakshy played by the  +       How did you end up collaborating with While Hill Music? will always be our chart toppers. That’s actor in a Dibakar Banerjee-directed        I ended up meeting with people at White Hill Music, when I the reason why the likes of Byomkesh 2015 film.         was still finding my footing in the industry. They had very spe- Bakshi and Karamchand have achieved Amid these popular names, there          cific needs that cater to their audience, so I had to work hard to iconic and legendary stature. appeared a few remarkable Indian detec-           get recognised by the label during the initial days. Once they liked And if one is to talk about the most tive characters, who might not have what I had to offer and we came to understand each other’s expec- 3        popular detective character, it goes with- made it to the silver screen yet, but have tations and started to working together. out saying that it has to be Sherlock certainly created a niche for themselves          Why are all your songs sad? Holmes, conceived by Sir Arthur Conan on the Imternet. One such name was that        Songs have always been a way to emote a wide range of sen- Doyle. Such has been the craze for the of Detective Boomrah, whose stories S         timents. I do have a few songs that are sad, but most of my recent genre that recently, Netflix India posted based devil in disguise played by Tom published under Kahanikaar Sudhanshu             ones are quite peppy. As an artist we have to showcase a wide range a tweet, asking people as to whom, other Ellis, who solves cases just for the affec- Rai, are immensely popular on YouTube    )       ! of emotions, basically personifying what our audiences want to feel than Sherlock, they would hire to solve tion towards Detective Chloe Decker, an and Facebook. Just days before Netflix !!  4 at a given point. I try to do justice to whatever emotion the song a case. LAPD official played by Lauren German. posted the query, the creators of the char- is trying to portray — sad, peppy or romantic. The tweet read: “If you had to hire Lucifer was an obvious choice consid- acter had launched Boomrah’s first look 2   5 & - 2  How tough was it to make space for yourself? a detective, who would you approach ering that after four consecutive hit sea- as well. Dt rqvr‡†) Q rƒh h‡v‚†) I am fortunate enough to say that this industry has been after Sherlock refuses to take your sons, the fifth season is set for a launch Well, no matter which character  677        #        extremely kind to me. Despite not having any prior connection to case?” on August 21. Netflix zeroes in on, high dosage of fun  87 +  5       ; the music world, the Punjabi music industry offered me ample Soon after, the tweet became the talk Second in the list was Doctor and an edge-of-the-seat thriller seems in        #  6   opportunities to win hearts on merit. of the town as Twitterati converged in Watson, who is Sherlock Holmes’ assis- store for us. 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Q  !"#  REALREAL ESTATEESTATE The luxury neighbourhoods of Delhi that rely heavily on diplomats and senior corporate expats for housing demand, faced a sudden halt with the airports shut. The heavy diplomatic traffic season, during the months commencing April, saw the industry at a standstill. Arrival ININ THETHE numbers dropped like a stone from 100%, with renters jostling for the best homes, to a sharp 0%. As droves of members of the diplomatic community were evacuated in a rush, with skele- tal staff left to man the embassies, there was a sudden tilt in the demand versus supply of luxu- TIMESTIMES OFOFCORONA ry housing across the neighbourhoods in the CORONA Lutyens Bungalow Zone, the Diplomatic Zone, and localities in close proximity. Notices were delivered, Force Majeure clauses debated endless- ly, and an abrupt glut emerged in the market. used to help the eyes see. This resulted in the range becoming available to luxury condo resi- tenant to style to their choice. Expats are increas- Corporate bigwigs that compete for the same death knell for quite a few boutique agencies dents in the satellite cities, has formed a larger ingly aware that accommodation with standard housing also caused a major rolling shift with without the ability to cope under the new and part of clientele in Delhi in recent times. fixtures in their home countries are now more major companies restructuring their setups, and changed circumstances. FaceTime and other easily available in India. Modern, updated budgets often being scythed by at least 20%. Top video communication apps ruled Lockdown 2.0 !)$( ' !#! kitchens with ovens sizeable enough for different brass airline employees faced the same cuts in Realty. As curation had commenced in the earli- As globetrotting has been brought to a cuisines; bathrooms with fittings and fixtures their housing allowances. 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Savvy prone to close scrutiny, as the camera never lies. and destination towards a home to call their Indian is also aware of advancement in housing landlords who saw no end in sight to the airline However, a number of empty houses were in own. Astute at sniffing out bargains, whether in design and structure, better exposed to global restrictions being lifted, brought their prices shabby states as workers had gone into isolation a far-flung flea market or the local property cuisines, and actively seeking the very same ele- down adequately, between 20-30%, to nab these and the worry that they would be delivered spot- domain, they sense that the time is ripe to ments whilst choosing housing. To make a prop- clients. 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n early June, the Delhi government al capital has obviously led to a large sec- laid out an impeccable plan to tion of this category of patients mingling increase hospital bed capacity to treat with the rest of the population unchecked Covid patients. It proposed to and under no quarantine. increase the numbers of beds in pri- Yet overall it has been nothing short Ivate hospitals and transform banquet of a war waged with full might by India’s halls in hotels and community centres in capital city against the virus, with military to Covid recovery centres while linking style hierarchy and immaculate planning them to hospitals in the vicinity. At that that was much abandoned in the throes of time there were only 3,200 hospital beds the fight. in the city available to treat 29,943 Covid It was not just the government in patients and Delhi desperately needed Delhi, but the city’s business houses such more beds. as Bharti Airtel, JSPL, DLF who also led A fortnight later, my team was plan- from the front to distribute food, PPE kits, ning to set up several temporary Covid or funds to help in ways they could. The recovery facilities across the capital with civil society such as the Population the officials of the Delhi government. We Foundation of India and prominent NGOs had also just finished setting up temporary in the city such as Sa-laam Balak Trust Covid recovery facilities in Kerala, stepped in to the fight as well, each work- Maharashtra and Gujarat. Barring savour- ing in their domain of expertise. The ing the clock like precision of how things method in the madness has shown good roll in Kerala, we were still reeling from results. According to data shared by the the strenuous effect of arduously working Delhi government, between July and in the other two states. So much so that August, the total active cases of Covid-19 the plan in Delhi came to us as a source in Delhi came down from 27,007 to of much relief. It seemed that the Delhi 10,207 — a reduction of over 2.5 times. government had nailed it with their inge- Delhi’s daily active cases continues to be nious plan. Why did other states not think on a downward curve. of linking temporary Covid recovery A good war strategy would be to not facilities to hospitals, we wondered! Doing lose caution, and leverage this breathing so would overcome the staffing challenges time to build data and analysis around that Mumbai’s Covid recovery facilities too Covid cases in Delhi. Delhi has already ini- were facing. tiated a second serological (sero) survey To a large extent it is understandable across the 11 districts of the capital to esti- why the implementation of Delhi’s plan mate the percentage of the population that would be fraught with challenges. These could have developed antibodies against are indeed unprecedented times and we are the novel coronavirus. Not everyone will all learning how to cope. Also, given the be tested, therefore it will not be clear how stark disparities between various socio- many people in the population are infect- economic groups and power status of its ed but the results will be indicative of the residents, Delhi is a microcosm of the com- on the ground. Their vision is instead send to the top bosses. These bosses are been a few cases of rape and sexual assault spread within specific communities. plexities that abound in India which passed down to subsequent levels in the so removed from the ground reality that upon patients in temporary Covid care The plan so far is for the Delhi gov- make implementation of ambitious plans hierarchy, which is often lost in Chinese there is a slim chance that they would ever 0#2)1"2*. facilities in Delhi alone. The reason for this ernment to conduct a similar sero survey during a pandemic a steep climb. But the whispers by the time it reaches their min- discover the truth. abject mismanagement is not just the obvi- during the first five days of every month. challenges to the plan also came from other ions on the ground. A second major challenge is misman- &)9.(.0!./*0 ous lack of healthcare staff such as nurs- Indeed repeated sero surveys across dif- sources, a few of which are as follows. The implications of the loss in the agement. Parts of the plan of linking the es, doctors, paramedics to run these ferent areas will help to estimate the spread First, there is a serious problem of poor reversed flow of information is perhaps temporary facilities to neighbouring hos- $"*.,0PE2 spaces, but also a glaring gap in know-how of Covid in different communities in Delhi. data culture within a preposterous top even more hazardous, as minions at times pitals remains only on paper. Despite the and planning of operations. Overcapacity It will also help in making government down organisational structure operating give false or tampered evidence of Covid rise in Covid cases, the empty beds for $"20.22*)"2.2 of temporary beds is not a sign of pre- action to control Covid in Delhi less the management of the pandemic in the preparedness to the top bosses. The top Covid patients has been much in the news. 2",*2$*(0 paredness, it instead points to the lack of dependent on random anecdotal evi- capital city. This damages the vital com- down approach is further perpetuated by The much celebrated 10,000-bed Covid planning besides a waste of resources. dence, more data driven, and therefore far munication flow of the organisation’s junior government officials on to daily facility at the Radha Soami Satsang Beas 0(./ 12/ !/:#*) On the other hand, Delhi government’s more effective. operations. The poor quality of health data wage workers and labour on site, in ways in Delhi received 20 patients on the first promotion of home quarantine of asymp- However the sero survey in Delhi due is a symptom of the overrun public health I have yet to see in other cities. day of its opening on July 5, and until July /2)/.!:()*. tomatic Covid patients or of those who had this month is already delayed by ten days. system. Data about the prevalence and The perils of working without data is 15 only about 200 patients were being mild symptoms, has been particularly suc- So once again the data culture and abili- spread of the virus in communities, capac- the reliance on poor anecdotal evidence. treated there. The two 100-bed Covid :())!02(0$". cessful in the city’s fight against Covid. 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or every school or college student, the word right now in the post covid-era might need to ‘Career’ is often the most polarising word rethink. They could probably go about it by a dif- Fthrown around by seemingly responsible ferent route. Do a course in management or fine adults at every dinner table conversation, family arts and revisit their passion later. They could also meeting or gathering. The irony is that most of the compromise given the tough times and take up modern day parents themselves know little about whatever job they’re getting in whichever domain the modern day careers like digital marketing and without being too fussy about the role and desig- data analytics. However that doesn’t stop them nation. They can probably survive now and thrive from giving their two cents on every aspect of a later at a time when the circumstances are right. modern day career. The parents don’t realise that Flexiblity in career paths, choices makes one a the world has drastically changed over the course winner in the long run. You cannot be rigid about of the last 10-15 years. your choices and goals. They have to be dynamic The careers that are the biggest money spin- and in sync with the times. You might have a taste ners today didn’t even exist twenty years back. for event management and wedding planning but Social media is a construct of the last 15 years, dif- it won’t be a good idea to set up that company in ferent apps like uber, bigbasket, makemytrip, the post covid environment right now. Of course if bookmyshow all have come up during the same you already have a company, then you need to time-period. Gone are the days when memorising, innovate and hang in there one way or another. So rote-learning could get you huge breakthroughs. the truth is that there is no ‘one size fits all’ Today all information is available in your pocket, approach in matters of careers. so skills like memorising and calculations are We need to start accepting the fact that the becoming mundane. So, what ticks today is a dif- skills in demand will keep changing. Today the ferent skill set. Critical thinking, data analytical skills that’ll be most richly rewarded will be cod- skills and coding are the modern day skills that set ing, machine learning and data analytics. Of you apart. When a young boy ends up in a google course, the one big skill that’ll forever be evergreen or a facebook with a whooping 40-50 lakh pack- is the art of communication. All stakeholders need age as a start, it’s not because he is the most hard to contribute to developing human skills like com- working kid around. It is because he was into cod- munication, understanding people, storytelling, ing from a young age of 13 and he was passionate- accepting diversity, remaining calm under pres- ly working hard on a thing that mattered the most sure. These are the skills which far outweigh all in the modern era. And that’s my first big message degrees and certifications in the game of life. to all students and hustlers — ‘Watch where the Unfortunately they’re at best confined to a boring money is’. Start early and keep your eyes and ears these great people is the journey itself. They were their interests by drawing references from pop-cul- call to take but that’s where your intelligence needs moral science lecture in school. It is high time that open all the time. on the right track in their life. They got to know ture. Invest Banking, Film-making and stock- to kick in. these soft skills were imparted to students in inno- One of the biggest luxuries of the modern day something they were good at and passionate about broking excite many young students courtesy the So my second big message to all students is — vative ways. Students must understand that along and age in terms of careers is the multitude of and then they worked tirelessly towards their goal. portrayal of these careers on the big screen. Know yourself and embrace your strengths and with talent it is their temperament that’ll take options. You can be a college dropout turned you- This is the best that we can do in our pursuit of However the same students didn’t really find film- limitations. Your career should be an extension of them a long way in their careers. One cannot func- tuber and earn more than an IITian. As amazing greatness. So how does one pick the right track. making so exciting when they visited a film set your personality. If it is not, then sooner or later, tion without the other. A solid temperament isn’t as it is, let’s not be fooled here by looking at a few Well the ideal career choice should be a fluid mix and found out how non-glamorous and tedious frustration will kick in and you will not be happy built over the years. It’s foundation has to be laid examples. The problem with many career coun- of your dreams and practicality. the process of film-making is in real. Once you’ve with the way your life is unfolding. In the end, you early on in school. In the times of the Corona pan- selors, motivational speakers is that they have It starts with evaluating your interests. What is come to a shortlist of your genuine interests, you should be happy going to work everyday. A good demic, human temperament has been tested to the turned dream merchants rather than mentors. it that you would want to do for the rest of your need to run further in the direction of your career isn’t just about designations or pay packets, hilt. Those who didn’t get dispirited and sought They quote Steve Jobs and Ratan Tata as if every life or at least a major part of your life. At this dreams. And then the dreamer in you will wake up it is most importantly about happiness. In the end, ways to innovate have survived this tide and will kid can become a trailblazer. The fact of the matter stage, you can be a total dreamer. Just run in the to reality — the reality of your abilities. You’ll that is all that matters. Of course you’ll have to thrive someday. However the ones with a weak is that there are many who won’t be the next Steve direction of your dreams and start trying different slowly find out that as much passion as you have compromise and you’ll probably not get every- temperament succumb to the pressure. Jobs and a plan needs to be in place for them. careers. The best time for this is college. Never for cricket, you actually don’t have that magical thing you wanted but you may get close and that’ll The biggest skill set that’ll determine the alti- Truth is that yes every kid can become great, but ever settle for just classroom experience in your timing or touch or in the same vein, you might be be good enough. Once your dreams are defined tude of one’s career will be emotional intelligence. let’s understand that these are rare examples and a school or college. Step out and start interning fascinated by statistical analysis but your math skill and your strengths are identified, you’re actually in If one can bounce back from setbacks, failures and little bit of practicality is always welcome. Truth is under different organisations and individuals. Start might not be of the same quality. You might devel- a position to define a career goal. But for that, you go from one task to another with equal vigor then that many of these great people gradually became volunteering for free services just so you can eval- op some of the ability needed but actually you need to understand the scope and potential of a sky is the limit. great and had probably not planned on becoming uate your interests. Is your interest for real? I’ve have your limitations and it’ll perhaps never career in the given times. As an example, those The writer is the author of Dhruv: Love Story this big. 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“All of the g reat leaders state in terms of a set of char- recent skirmishes with China. of other regions of the State. and to prevent the use of coun- Sunday of every month, must have had one characteristic in acteristics. These inter-alia Let us take three examples. Existence of Article 370 terfeit cash to fund illegal activ- have noticed it is a mighty common: it was the willingness include 1) various types of During recent past in brought sufferings, trauma ity and terrorism. The move means for the Prime Minister 2477%>64  to confront unequivocally the social indiscipline which man- remote Ladakh region border- both physical and psychologi- was riddled with administrative to reach out to 138 crore peo- >> 8> major anxiety of their people in ifest themselves by deficiencies ing China, the soldiers of the cal and alienation to common hiccups which got overcome ple and equally mighty means 4>64D>66 their time. This, and not much in legislation and, in particular, two countries did face off for people of J&K. with the passage of time. for 138 crore people to reach else, is the essence of leadership.” law observance and enforce- nearly two months. In June this In August 2019, the The audacity of the move out to the Prime Minister. This , John Kenneth Galbraith in ment, 2) a widespread disobe- year there was hand-to-hand Government abolished Article sent out a strong signal about is real empowerment. Real 7 4 THE AGE OF UNCERTAINTY dience by public officials and, combat between Indian and 370 that gave special status to governmental determination empowerment brings national >> 3) often, their collusion with Chinese soldiers that resulted Jammu & Kashmir. It also to establish rule of law and pur- unity and collective prosperi- pril 1983. I, first time in powerful persons and groups... in causalities on both sides. It moved a Bill to bifurcate the sue it firmly and vigorously. ty. It ends vested interests and  >7> ADelhi from a small town whose conduct they should was the worst confrontation in State into two separate union There has been a marked corruption. It allows sunrays to 0>>%N>6 Gorakhpur, having travelled regulate. Vested interests play a over four decades between two territories of Jammu & Kashmir, broadening of India’s direct illumine people and society. more than 24 hours to cover a vital role in soft state. Galbraith countries which fought a bor- and Ladakh. The UT in Ladakh tax base. The lesson learnt is Before we finish and come O>N64>% distance of almost 800 odd wrote, “Ideas may be superior der war in 1962, spilling into will have no legislature like that the premium on honesty to a conclusion, it is pertinent 4O?064> kilometres, lodged in a to vested interest. They are Ladakh. The two countries Chandigarh while the other has been restored. to highlight what Galbraith 48  dharamshala where I was allot- also very often the children of have been trying to settle their UT of Jammu & Kashmir will Demonetisation is the greatest recorded in The Age of ted a small room with slow- vested interest.” border dispute since the early have a legislature like Delhi and financial reform aiming at Uncertainty regarding his asso- 8%4 moving ceiling fan coupled For Myrdal “competence of 1990s, without success. The Puducherry. The move deserves tackling black money, illegal ciation with India’s first Prime 8>48 with totally ineffective and the government of the poor disputed border covers nearly high praise for it corrected a his- practices and counterfeit cur- Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Let >8% non-functional fan-regulator. country is itself a part of equi- 3,500 kilometres of frontier torical wrong. It’s easy to com- rency notes. The move has me quote Galbraith, “For Beggars can’t be choosers. It librium of poverty.” Myrdal referred to as the Line of Actual mit historical wrongs with a already helped the Government Nehru, the temptation to N>6O does not take much wisdom to emphasised the intimate rela- Control and stretches from view to obtain some short- to track the black money and equivocate was especially pronounce such dictums but tionship between poverty, pop- Ladakh in the north to the term benefits with long-term the amount collected by means strong. Nehru himself moved realisation of truth behind ulation and soft state. Indian State of Sikkim in the adverse consequences but cor- of tax can be better utilised for easily among Europeans, often these words was yet another Functioning anarchy connotes North-east. Indian leadership recting such historical wrongs the public welfare and devel- with a poorly concealed sense milestone I reached in my when society develops and headed by the strong Prime really requires tough interior of opment schemes. Most impor- of his own superior grace and early life. Yes, India, then, was grows in the absence of any Minister took an extremely leadership and political guts. A tantly, demonetisation has been education. Once he told me, a poor country by any socio- help from state like authority courageous step to correct a historical wrong existing for seen as a move to place a dras- again not quite seriously, that economic standard. More and continues to perform its historical wrong. It declared decades can be corrected only tic curb on terrorist activities. he would be the last importantly then even after normal functions. Read togeth- Ladakh a federal territory while by a leader who has visionary The funding of the terrorism Englishman to be Prime almost 35 years of its indepen- er, both these terms combine to separating it from Kashmir in qualities in him both: short- because of inflow of unac- Minister of India… When dence, it had all the attributes refer to a situation where soci- August 2019, ending the terri- .,  '   , term and long-term. One of the counted cash and fake curren- Hitler became the great source befitting the status of what ety functions without any state tory’s semi-autonomous status.   #       most important consequences cy in huge quantity has of anxiety, Roosevelt faced that Swedish economist Gunnar interference and help. The It must have infuriated China       '  of abolition of Article 370 is now stopped. Money laundering fear, as did Winston Churchill ?   ./=6 Myrdal, the most eclectic econ- principal reason why India that condemned the move. the veil covering J&K has evap- will eventually end as such and Charles de Gaulle. Nehru 11--(/5+-+5+ omist of last century and remained a “soft state” or met Historical wrongs by one coun- orated. Article 370 that prompt- activities can easily be tracked did not have a similar capaci- famous for his magnum opus the criteria of “functioning try more often than not please Balakot. The days of a soft state ed separatist forces to feel and lawful action initiated. ty for change… In his last The Asian Drama, called Asian anarchy” was absence of “guts” many countries especially are over. Modi minces no enthused to indulge in sepa- One key impact of demoneti- years his leadership suffered. A ment of India ceasing to be countries “soft state”. to take in time hard decisions neighbours. These open gates words when it comes to calling ratism, including terrorist activ- sation has been that more peo- leader must be able to confront either a “soft state” or a “func- A day later, I was before the in larger public good. for other countries to fish in a spade a spade: be it within the ities, will now not protect them. ple have made digital pay- the anxieties of his time. He tioning anarchy” has been more interview board assessing my India, for a fairly long time, troubled waters. country or outside especially The monopoly of a few house- ments part of their lives and must also change as these than adequately met by the worth and ranking in Civil represented a combination of a Prime Minister Narendra with irking neighbours. holds in J&K to hold the Union loved moving towards a cash- changes.” Nehru did not change leader of the nation who with Services. One of the members soft state enduring indifference Modi made an unannounced Second, let us now come to Government to ransom ended less economy. The end results with changing mass anxieties, his visionary qualities not only asked me if I had heard of and incompetence of its func- visit to this region. He met abolition of Article 370. Article and ended for good. Sunrays have been successful digitisa- and thus his leadership “confronts the anxieties of his economist Galbraith and his tionaries while a social order troops in Ladakh region and 370 of the Constitution grant- can now peep into J&K and tion, honest transactions and suffered in his last years, so time” but also changes as these book the Affluent Society. My existed marked by inadequate interacted with brave armed ed special status to Jammu & transparency is very much financial transparency both in said Galbraith. change. Narendra Modi as answer was affirmative. He functioning of both state and forces personnel. Praising the Kashmir whereby provisions of already in place. Abolition will public and private life by effec- The three above cited Prime Minister has successful- asked me the meaning of the society. In India if we look at the valour of Indian jawans, he the Constitution which were also help economically weaker tively pushing the transition examples which are only illus- ly confronted the anxieties of word, “affluent”. I replied; he behaviour of society, individu- chanted, “Long live mother applicable to other States were sections. For example, during from a cash-based to digitally trative and not exhaustive 138 crore Indians. This in turn seemed satisfied. Another als, institutions, policy making India.” Reminding that “after not applicable to J&K. This arti- last one year, the Government enabled economy. Digitisation answer very effectively whether offers a New India which pre- question ensued. “Why did circles and the social elite and every crisis, India has emerged cle provided, except for defense, issued domicile certificates to and demonetisation make India is still a “soft state” or “a serves and enhances human Galbraith call India ‘a func- systems, there are reasons to stronger,” the Prime Minister foreign affairs, finance and West Pakistani refugees, excellent bed-fellow. Both functioning anarchy”? The freedom, fosters prosperity, tioning anarchy’?” I was at a believe that for a considerable said, “Enemies of India have communications, Parliament Valminki Community. This encourage access to techno- answer is an emphatic “No”. reduces inequality, discrimina- loss for words. I had no part of post freedom period, the seen your fire and fury.” And needs the State Government’s community, along with logical innovation, enhance- India functions much better, it tion and oppression and above answers. But I took a chance illusion of governance rather gave a firm message, “Days of concurrence for applying all Gorkhas, was considered non- ment of digital financial ser- believes in sagacity and benev- all upholds the dignity of human and quoted Nirad C Chaudhuri than good governance was the expansionism are over. other laws. Did it not sound state subjects and thus was vices infrastructure and greater olence but it has done away with beings. India is well poised at a who in the context of tardy perceived reality. Expansionism creates danger ridiculous? Over a period of deprived of their citizenship financial inclusion. For poli- being a “soft state”. The signs of great moment in its history. implementation of land With the BJP coming to for world peace. This is an era time, Article 370 allowed vest- rights. The process of assimila- cymakers it is easier now to complacency, general inertia reforms wrote in one of his power under the leadership of of development. Expansionist ed interests within Jammu & tion of Kashmiris into the pinpoint areas relevant to and propensity towards (Born in Gorakhpur in books, “We don’t have guts to Narendra Modi in 2014, the forces have either lost or forced Kashmir prosper for their own national mainstream has begun. designing policies needed to appeasement of certain sec- 1960, KK Srivastava did his do it.” The member looks at me image of India as a soft state has to turn back.” His message was nefarious purposes. Most Third, demonetisation. The facilitate the adoption of digi- tions of society prevalent in Masters in Economics from ambivalently and passed me on undergone complete change. loud and clear: he meant busi- importantly Article 370 com- concept of New India and digi- tal payment systems. Coupled society have vanished. Hard Gorakhpur University in 1980 to the next member. Last six years have witnessed ness. No-nonsense attitude promised the unity, integrity tisation cannot be achieved with tax and regulatory over- decisions with positive conse- and joined Indian Audit & I have been an admirer as foundational changes in econ- requires political guts and now and sovereignty of the country. without demonetisation. haul, demonetisation is set to quences of far-reaching effect Accounts Service in 1983. He is much as of Nirad C omy and society. The scenario there is no dearth of it. Article 370 created power elites Economists, by and large, boost economic growth and are being taken in the interest of a poet, writer and critic. His Chaudhuri’s intellectual is much cleaner: the haze has Government’s decision to ban wielding prodigious power and believe that delivery of public prosperity. Demonetisation is nation and people. To draw an fourth book Soliloquy of a Small prowess as of Galbraith’s can- vanished, transparency is Chinese apps and do away control over resources resulting goods through the systems an essential measure to analogy from Galbraith who Town Uncivil Servant: a literary didly shared experiences. How inbuilt in decisions taken and with many big projects that had in genuine demands of com- before high-value currency strengthen democracy. wrote in the same book “The non-fiction published in March true both were? What Galbraith the hands of a strong firm gone to Chinese companies mon people remaining unmet. notes were demonetised in In my view the most cru- greatest support to evasion 2019 by Rupa Publications, implied, as is commonly under- leader are writ large. Neither must have taken China by Article 370 was utilised to November 2016 was imbued cial element that has con- comes from complexity. The New Delhi has been receiving stood, was that the country did Gunnar Myrdal’s “soft state” utter surprise. First time in the deprive both Ladakh and with corruption leading to huge tributed to the end of “soft problem seeming difficult, we international acclaim in literary well despite the Government nor does Galbrathian “func- history of independent India, Jammu region of a fair share of delays and inefficiency. Black state” and “functioning anar- postpone, compromise, yield field. He was Additional Deputy not doing much. Government tioning anarchy” holds water. an Indian leader showed firm- economic pie. While, Article money implied parallel econo- chy” is massive empowerment to conveniences of politics.” Comptroller and Auditor not doing much was the main The leader of almost 138 crore ness of voice and intent. 370 provided political, eco- my eating into the vitals of of people particularly from That is simple hari-kari and General in the office of theme of Galbraithian oxy- Indians leads from the front: be Similarly in case of Pulwama nomic and cultural and other healthy economic relations. lower strata of society. Those Prime Minister Modi has sim- Comptroller & Auditor General moron. What is a “soft state”? it digitisation, demonetisation, terrorist massacre, there was a safeguards to Kashmiris, it was The objective of demonetisation who listen to “Mann Ki Baat” ply put an end to such hara-kiris of India when he superannuat- Myrdal had a definition ready a new India, surgical strike, retaliatory Indian airstrike on also misused by some to deny was to curtail the black money programme of the Prime by not evading taking hard ed recently. Views expressed with him. He illustrated a soft handling Covid pandemic or the Jaish-e-Mohammed’s lair in the same safeguards to people running as shadow economy Minister, delivered on last decisions. Thus the first require- here are his own)

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The first the blast reached an estimated known as ‘Hibakusha’ today for the first time, the atomic The long-term effects of atomic age are at times 4> tively. The 75th anniversary of bomb was dropped by the US 7,000 degrees Celsius. As the suffer terminal illnesses such as weapons were used in this war the atomic bombs are still shunned by people when it this heinous act is quietly bomber called Enola Gay. temperature rose, it caused cancer. This has left an indeli- and also on civilian targets around in both Hiroshima and comes to marriage because of 178 % observed in both the cities by Interestingly, this bomb was massive burning of people ble mark in the Japanese soci- which eventually led to the end Nagasaki. And these disas- the prejudice that they may D>66>>  the survivors of the nuclear dropped little over 600 metres within a radius of approxi- ety, economy, culture, and most of the war. Third, the war in the trous effects can be easily carry radiation related dis- >66>4 attack and the peace-loving above the ground which had a mately three kilometres. importantly on the polity. The Pacific saw the Allied Power of noticed in the vast landscape, eases. It is purely an insur- 7>?$>% people of Japan. What it brings force equivalent to 15,000 The whirlwind of heat then Emperor of Japan the US fighting the Axis Power environment and most impor- mountable mental battle for the home is the gruesome misuse tonnes of TNT. This allowed in brought by it further led to Hirohito surrendered to the of Japan. Historical records tantly on the people of these survivors of the disaster simply > of science & technology on fact optimal destruction that thousands of fires in and Allied Powers on August 15, reveal that this part of the war cities. Even today historians are to live and to let their next gen- 4>>>7 innocent civilians. And, it is has never been witnessed dur- around both the cities. 1945, and that brought an end had remained incredibly bru- widely divided on the matter eration carry forward. plainly in the name of fighting ing the wartime. Meanwhile more and more to one of the most devastating tal and devastating for soldiers whether nuclear bombings Is war morally justified? the enemy and to subsequent- The exact death toll was people died of suffocation wars in human history. on both sides. In fact, fighting have finally stopped the war Can a pacifist perspective save ly herald peace to the world. not known. But as per reports because of lack of oxygen as the The rise of the militarists in the Japanese Army was one of and averted a massive land war, this planet from war hawks? The central argument that jus- available, nearly 2,40,000 peo- firestorm consumed all of it. Japan in the inter-war period the toughest tasks for the probably leading to the loss of Can the whole lot of non-vio- tified the actions of that horri- ple died in the attack. And this The saddest part of the tragedy indeed had spiked its ambition American soldiers because of millions of soldiers on both lent and peace-loving populace fying act was shaped to convey horror attack had indeed left was that these complications to become an Asian power in their extreme loyalty to the sides. This was evident in what prevent the brutes? These are the message that the bombing millions traumatised and even have become a significant part the continent. Simply put, nation and their Emperor. This was later expressed by the US alarming, complex and terri- finally put an end to the Second stigmatised in the days to of inter-generational legacy of Japan’s war aims were primar- was very evident in the war of Secretary of War Henry fying questions, having almost World War. Also it prevented a come. The victims were killed Japanese people living in these ily to establish a “New Order” Iwo Jima that took place from Stimson in 1947, “The princi- no accurate answers. Nowhere protracted conflict spearhead- by intense heat, radiation, flash- cities and adjacent areas. in East Asia. And interesting- February to March 1945 pal political, social and military on this earth, can one justify ed by the “Axis Powers” con- es, firestorms, etc. Initially peo- What had exactly taken ly this was based on a frame- between the US and Japan, objective of the US in the sum- war, leading to killing of civil- sisting of Italy, Germany and ple just noticed huge ball of fire place in Hiroshima is vividly work of co-prosperity which codenamed by the Americans mer of 1945 was the prompt ians, either to protect ones Japan. Arguably, the ghastly on the spot of the bombing. spoken in this historic poem will place Japan at the centre of as “Operation Downfall”. It and complete surrender of sovereign territories, groups scenes of Hiroshima and The relics of the atomic attack called, ‘No More Hiroshimas’: an economic bloc consisting of was really difficult to defeat the Japan.” Though the decision and especially to annex terri- ,+1 +'--+/1/+ Nagasaki clearly discouraged can be witnessed in an unquan- ‘Here atomic peace is Manchuria, Korea and North Japanese forces because of the was unfortunate, it was adopt- tories of other countries. the rest of the nations to plunge tifiable legacy of radiation, geared to meet the tourist trade China. Ironically, the smart fact that they either die fight- ed for a greater good of human- Hiroshima and Nagasaki are into another nuclear war for the leukemia, anemia, cataracts, Let it remain like this for all imperial moves advanced by ing till the last or by resorting ity. A Gallup Poll conducted in mindless human disasters and rest of the century. keloids (in this case, a scar tis- the world to see. Japan gradually undermined to ritual suicide instead of sur- 1945 among the Americans symbols of ultimate war bru- episode will remind mankind The two atom bombs sue heals and at times heals too Without nobility or loveli- the slogan called “East Asia for rendering to American forces. revealed that 85 per cent of tality. Not a single American of the misuse of science & tech- dropped over Hiroshima and much which finally leads to ness, and dogged with shame Asiatics” and replaced it with The “Bushido Code of Honor” them were in favour of the President so far has apolo- nology developed by legendary Nagasaki were known as “Little swelling and can result in That is beyond all hope of “East Asia for Japan”. followed by a unique war pro- nuclear bombing. But such gised for this tragedy. Barrack scientist Albert Einstein. Boy” and “Fatman”. Once the abnormal growth), major birth indignation. Anger too is dead. 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