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FORTUNE FORECAST BHUMI BELIEVES IN Jacqueline misses her family MUMBAI: Actress Jacqueline Fernandez is spend- my loved ones through the day. I’m terribly miss- ing her birthday Tuesday here all ing my family back home so spending quality time alone, and she sure is miss- with them would be the best thing for me,” she said. ARIES REPEATING CLOTHES ing her family. “But given the situation we are all in now, You will be resolute and “This year there we will make do with video calls. Hopefully, unswerving in your work MUMBAI: Actress people might see me wearing the are no celebra- will be able to hug my parents and sib- today. By afternoon, Bhumi Pednekar be- same clothes because as an actress tory birthday lings super soon,” she added. you'll see results. Love lieves in repeating her you are told to wear different and plans, I will Over the years, the Sri Lankan will lighten your workload in the clothes. She adds that new outfits, but honestly I don’t just vir- beauty has been part of hit films evening, when you meet your beloved. If single, you may come across someone she also believes in care,” said Bhumi, who is also an tually like Murder 2, Kick and Judwaa very interesting, muses Ganesha. sharing her environment activist. con- 2. She had also made her small wardrobe with her “There are so many businesses nect screen debut as a judge for sister. I have come across where people are with the ninth season of dance- TAURUS “I believe in re- renting clothes! I love the idea! It’s all based show Jhalak You might wake up yawn- peating clothes. I genius!” she added. Dikhlaa Jaa. ing and keep yawning repeat clothes all Bhumi also shares clothes with The actress often throughout today as the time. I her sister Samiksha Pednekar. uses her Instagram lethargy gets the better of you. You may don’t “Between me and my sister, our account to spread pos- end up spending your day with loved ones, relaxing, while your wallet stresses out. think wardrobe is pretty much one. We itivity among her 44 New projects will wait in the shadow of that share clothes. We keep repeating million fol- your procrastination, predicts Ganesha. clothes and we have no problem lowers. with that. In the last two years, I have IANS GEMINI consciously started seeing how cli- mate-conscious the brand is before You will be able to divide I wear it,” she said. IANS your attention between personal and professional life. Workplace will become pretty exciting during the after- noon. By evening, you will get plenty of opportunities to shower your affection on your loved ones, says Ganesha. CANCER Rahat Indori passes away after testing Covid +ve Today, you will put your long-standing plan of MUMBAI: of Covid, I underwent a corona test Among the many memorable buying a new house into Noted Urdu yesterday and have tested positive. verses he created for Hindi films are action, or refurbishing the current house. You will have enough poet and lyri- I am admitted to Aurobindo hospi- Neend churayi meri and Dekho liquidity to be able to meet these cist, Dr Rahat tal. Pray for me so that I can defeat dekho jaanam (Ishq), Chori chori expenses, and still be able to spare a Indori, passed this disease at the earliest. One more jab nazrein mili (Kareeb), M bole substantial amount of money for invest- away in Indore request, please don’t call me or my toh (Munna Bhai MBBS) and the ment in a business. Tuesday afternoon family at home. You will keep getting title song of Sir. after testing positive for my updates on Facebook and Twitter.” His popular books include Do LEO Covid-19 Monday night. He Indori was a painter, Urdu Kadam Aur Sahi, Maujood, Chand Rise and shine! There is was 70. Professor and poet. He taught Urdu Pagal Hai, Mere Baad, and Naraz. a very bright chance Early Tuesday morning, Indori, literature at Indore University before Several cine celebrities took to that today will be one of who was hospitalised, had tweeted: entering the film industry as a lyri- social media to express shock and those super energetic “After displaying initial symptoms cist. grief at Indori’s demise. IANS and enthusiastic days. Ganesha predicts you will have a great time socialising with neighbours, friends and relatives. Also, you may end up spending a small fortune in trying to please your sweet- heart. Since it is such a good day for How B-Town celebrated Krishna Janmashtami amid lockdown social occasions, indulge in it. Also, delay the start of any new project or work today, advises Ganesha. NEW DELHI: On the occasion of wrote: “Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Clearly my favourite Janmashtami up like Radha and Krishna, per- Janmashtami celebrities took to Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama picture.” forming on the song Radhe Kahe social media to extend greetings to Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Neetu Kapoor shared a sweet Tune Murli Churai from the film VIRGO their fans, giving a glimpse on how Last year this day, performing the memory of Jitendra and her dressed Priyatama. IANS Ganesha foresees a they are celebrating Lord Krishna's Krishna Abhishek at @iskcon- strong probability that birthday. When in lockdown a fes- temple... Janmashtami ki aap sabhi you will keep your feet firmly planted on the tival is a welcome distraction, bring- ko dheron shubhkaamnayei. ground in the face of adversity. The ing with cheer and hope. “May Lord Krishna take away afternoon sun may bring some good Stars like Amitabh Bachchan, all our worries, give us the strength returns or much awaited results for you. Kangana Ranaut, Siddhart Malhotra to face each day with courage, and Love and affection will bring tranquillity and Shilpa Shetty among others bless each one of us with happi- in your family life. There is a distinct possibility of new relationships develop- posted on their Twitter and ness, love, & peace on the holy oc- ing later in the day, says Ganesha. Instagram handles. casion of Krishna Janmashtami.” Kangana Ranaut posted a pic- Sharing a childhood picture of ture of Lord Krishna, calling Lord himself dressed as little Krishna LIBRA Krishna the only “fashionista in- A screen grab of Amitabh’s message on Twitter with a flute and headgear, actor Ganesha forecasts carnation of God”. She captioned Sidharth Malhotra wrote: “Have mostly superficial and thin-skinned issues as it: “Krishna is the only fashionista celestial being, what to say about Twitter and extended greetings to fun family memories of Delhi related the likely cause of your incarnation of God... he loved dec- Krishna, he is not God he is a door- his fans. to this festival, however this year let’s unease and nervousness today. Matters orating himself with peacock feath- way to madness.” Shilpa Shetty shared a video from all celebrate responsibly. Wishing relating to government rules and regula- ers, flowers and yellow silk, he Actor Amitabh Bachchan also her last year’s Janmashtami cele- for love, peace & harmony, tions will be on the table today at your played (the) flute and danced like a shared a picture of Lord Krishna on bration at ISKSON temple. She #HappyJanmashtami to all. P.S- Kangana Ranaut and Shilpa Shetty Kundra celebrating the festival workplace. But evening promises a lighter fare; your fine taste in arts shall receive applause from all quarters.

SCORPIO SUDOKU There are chances that you may easily get irritat- PEANUTS post To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, ed and infuriated today, CROSSWORD column and box must contain the numbers predicts Ganesha. Keep a 0 to 9 and the letters A to E. lid on your anger or it may lead to irrecon- cilable differences. Avoid confrontations and unnecessary complications at work as well. You will spend a lot of time in finding out solutions to pending problems. SAGITTARIUS You may turn to your family for love and hap- piness today, predicts Ganesha. But your soul searching will come at a high material cost. In the evening, you may encounter a thrilling love prospect with who you might indulge in some adventurous activity. It might be the beginning of a platonic love affair, says Ganesha. CALVIN AND HOBBES CAPRICORN Work pressure may take a toll on you today, but you will overcome all impediments and excel in whatever work you undertake, says SOLUTIONS Ganesha. Support and motivation await you at home as family members will be exceedingly tolerant of your actions and endeavours.

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IRREGULAR by MANJUL Lunch break by 108 Russia registers world’s driver ‘kills’ baby POST NEWS NETWORK

Baripada, August 11: A two- year-old ailing boy breathed his last first Covid-19 vaccine inside a 108 ambulance as the driver of the vehicle and an ac- companying pharmacist allegedly AGENCIES spent too much time at a roadside RAY OF HOPE dhaba for their lunch. The incident Moscow, August 11: In what could occurred Monday under Betinoti alter the course of the Covid-19 pan- police limits in Mayurbhanj. RUSSIAN COVID-19 VACCINE "FORMS 8.4L pensioners face Well, my day passes in a jiffy. demic that is still creating mayhem Parents of the deceased alleged I just call some helpline number STABLE CELL AND ANTIBODY IMMUNITY’ and they put me on hold across the world, Russian President that even though they requested Vladimir Putin Tuesday said the coun- RUSSIA IS FACING PUTIN’S DAUGHTER the driver and the pharmacist not bleak future in state try has registered the world's first Covid- INT’L SCEPTICISM TESTED THE to spend too much time on lunch 19 vaccine that "forms stable cell and an- DUE TO ITS FAST VACCINE ON as the baby’s condition was criti- POST NEWS NETWORK Aadhar verified pension- SHORT TAKES tibody immunity". APPROACH HERSELF AND SHE cal, the duo did not pay heed and ers through cash payment,” According to a report in the Tass news TOWARDS VACCINE IS FEELING WELL went ahead for lunch. Bhubaneswar, August 11: the letter from the SSEPD de- agency, Putin said the vaccine was reg- Sources said, the baby of Niranjan The decision of the state partment told DSSOs. 4G services in J&K istered Tuesday morning. "As far as I Behera and Geeta Behera of government to stop paying According to data from on trial basis soon know, this morning for the first time in Ambajoda village in the district was pensions and other finan- the ministry of social justice, the world a vaccine against the novel coro- suffering from diarrhoea-like con- cial aid to the most vulner- Odisha has a total of New Delhi: A special committee navirus infection was registered," Putin ditions for which his parents ad- able sections of society with- 49,70,568 beneficiaries under looking into the issue of was quoted as saying as he opened a mitted him to PRM Medical College out Aadhar linking during NSAP and MBPS. Out of restoring internet in Jammu meeting with the state officials. and Hospital Sunday. As his con- COVID-19 has created a con- this 41,30,515 have Aadhar and Kashmir has decided to Putin informed that one of his daugh- dition deteriorated, doctors referred troversy in the state. numbers. Of this 38,69,980 provide 4G services on trial ters tested the Russian Covid-19 vac- the world's first Covid-19 vaccine this WHO SEEKS REVIEW him to SCB Medical College and The State Social Security have their Aadhar numbers basis in limited areas of the cine on herself and she is feeling well. week before it starts mass vaccination Hospital. The baby was being taken and Empowerment of verified. If pensioners with- Union Territory after August 15, The Russian President has two daugh- in October, despite safety concerns he World Health Organization (WHO) to the hospital in a 108 ambulance. Persons with Disabilities out Aadhar are not given the Centre informed the ters -- Maria who was born in 1985 and raised from several quarters, includ- T said any WHO stamp of approval on a However, the driver and the (SSEPD) has written to pensions, close to 8.40 lakh Supreme Court Tuesday. A Katerina who was born in 1986. ing the World Health Organization Covid-19 vaccine candidate would require a pharmacist stopped the ambu- District Social Security beneficiaries would be de- bench headed by Justice N V "I know this very well, because one of (WHO). Russia is the fourth worst- rigorous safety data review, after Russia lance at a roadside dhaba near Officers to not allow pay- prived of pensions. Ramana was informed by my daughters got vaccinated, so in this hit nation by the pandemic after the announced Tuesday it had approved a vac- KC Pur village and went out for ment of pensions under the The state government, Attorney General K K sense, she took part in testing," Putin said. US, Brazil and India. cine. President Vladimir Putin said Russia lunch and did not return before social security schemes with- however, claimed that no Venugopal, appearing for the "After the second shot, she had a The vaccine has been jointly developed had become the first country to approve a over an hour. Even as the child’s out Aadhar. eligible pensioners would Centre, that the committee has slight fever again, and then everything by the Gamaleya Research Institute and vaccine offering "sustainable immunity" mother Gita Behera pleaded with The elderly, widow, sick, be deprived of pensions. decided to hold trials for high against the new coronavirus. "We are in close was fine. She is feeling well and has a the Russian Defence Ministry. On August them to resume the journey as people living with HIV, dif- “There is no question of de- speed internet access in one contact with the Russian health authorities district each in Jammu and high [antibody] count," the President 3, a "final medical examination" of par- and discussions are ongoing with respect to the condition of the baby was fast ferently-abled and trans- priving any genuine pen- Kashmir division. The informed. Putin pointed out that "some ticipants in clinical trials of the vac- possible WHO pre-qualification of the vac- deteriorating, they ignored her. gender community receive sioner or deleting their committee has decided that people did not have any symptoms at all" cine took place at the Burdenko Main cine," the United Nations health agency's After they returned to the am- pensions from the state gov- names from the scheme. access to 4G internet in J-K be after getting a vaccine shot. The over- Military Clinical Hospital, the Russian spokesman Tarik Jasarevic told reporters bulance, the pharmacist observed ernment under the Madhu Each block has an Aadhar given in a calibrated manner. all number of global coronavirus cases Defence Ministry had said in a statement. in Geneva at an online press briefing. that the child was unresponsive. Babu Pension Scheme while camp. As soon as we see any has surpassed the 20 million-mark, while The results clearly showed that all When they took the baby to the near- many are covered under the non Aadhar beneficiaries, the worldwide death toll has increased volunteers had a clear immune response est KC Pur Community Health Centre’s National Social we will direct them for Pranab critical to over 734,000, according to data re- resulting from vaccination, the min- University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, Centre, the doctors declared him Assistance Programme Aadhar registration. Even leased by the Johns Hopkins University. istry said, adding that there were no Moderna, and one jointly developed by brought dead. Gita, in a complaint (NSAP). the acknowledgment num- New Delhi: Former President Russia's coronavirus cases rose by side effects or abnormalities in the work Pfizer and BioNTech. Russian Health lodged with KC Pur police outpost, “I am directed to say that ber of their applications Pranab Mukherjee continues to 4,945 to 897,599 in the past 24 hours. The of the volunteers. Of the six Covid-19 vac- Minister Mikhail Murashko had ear- blamed the driver and the phar- regular pension under both will work. Genuine pen- remain critical and is on new daily cases dropped below the 5,000- cine candidates that have reached the lier said that clinical trials of the vac- macist for the death of her son. NSAP and MBPY is to be sioners will not have any ventilator support, the Army's mark for the first time since April 23. Phase 3 level according to the WHO, cine were over. Russia is facing inter- Betnoti IIC Ashok Kumar Nayak disbursed in August along problem with the this,” Research and Referral (R&R) Russia said Monday that it was three are from China and the other national scepticism due to its fast said a case has been registered and with an ex-gratia @1000 per Bhaskar Jyoti Sarma, SSEPD Hospital said Tuesday, a day going ahead with its plan to register three include the ones developed by the approach in developing the vaccine. investigation into the matter is on. beneficiary only to the department secretary said. after he underwent a brain surgery. The 84-year-old was admitted to the military hospital around noon Monday, and had also tested positive for 75-yr-old pushed on trolley COVID-19 prior to the surgery. Agri infra fund, another eyewash "Former President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee was to bank to receive pension admitted to Army Hospital BISWA BHUSAN MOHAPATRA, OP (SLBC) had set a target for all banks (R&R) in Delhi Cantonment at to provide loans to the tune of 1207 hours August 10, 2020 in a Bhubaneswar, August 11: Two `1716.22 crore for agri infrastructure critical condition. days ago, Prime Minister Narendra development. However, banks gave Modi launched a financing facility just `517.97 crore – that worked out for agriculture under the Agriculture to a target achievement of just 30 MARKET WATCH Infrastructure Fund (AIF) for cre- per cent. Given the performances ation of postharvest management of banks in the state, doubts are of farm infrastructure. being raised whether they will INDEX VARIATION Rs 1 lakh crore has been allo- implement the scheme. cated under the AIF. However, experts Surendra Pasupalak, an agro SENSEX 38407.01 224.93 observe that the latest scheme may economist, said the only new thing Padan Nayak is being pushed on a trolley to a bank to receive his pension turn out to be another eye-wash in the scheme is the 3 per cent in-

BOURSES NIFTY 11322.50 224.93 like earlier claims of the Centre terest subvention and credit guar- DOLLAR 74.79 `0.28 POST NEWS NETWORK an arrangement for his pension to like recovering black money and antee by the government. “I did be delivered at his door step. two crore jobs for youths each year. be disbursed for this financial year, TALL TALKS not find anything more in the EURO 88.18 `0.01 Tihidi, August 11: A 75-year-old Aas the usual pension date passed As per AIF guidelines, banks and ` ` CURRENCY only 25 crore will be available for scheme. The target of 10,000 crore man was brought on a trolley to without any response from the financial institutions will provide Odisha. Questions are being raised NO BIG OR MEGA INFRA for a year for whole of India is very GOLD `52,490 `2456 PROJECTS CAN BE TAKEN UP UCO Bank’s Tihidi branch in bank he decided to visit the branch funds for agri projects with an in- as to how many farmers will ben- little and Odisha’s share in that is UNDER THE SCHEME SILVER `70,354 `5040 Bhadrak district for his pension to draw his pension. terest subvention of 3 per cent per efit from this meager amount. also disappointing,” he said. BULLION Monday. Local people have flayed However, he was not able to go annum. The rebate will be provided The Centre will provide credit guar- OUT OF `1 LAKH CR, `2,500 CR “To plan and execute an infra- the bank officials for forcing the eld- to the branch due to his advanced for loans up to `2 crore. Beyond antee to eligible farmers while the HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR structure development project like erly person to come to the branch years. It was then that a trolley ceiling, banks will decide the in- banks will examine the projects and ODISHA cold storage, one needs technical sup- WEATHER to withdraw his pension. was arranged for him. The trolley terest rates. This meant, no big or approve the DPR. Like the existing sys- port. Who will guide the farmers?” Padan Charan Nayak (75), a re- was pushed along the road up to the mega infrastructure projects can tem, the applicants will have to ap- NOT A SINGLE PRIVATE BANK OR Pasupalak asked. It seems middle- BHUB CTK COOP BANK HAS AGREED TO tired teacher, is a resident of Sindol branch. be taken up under the scheme. proach banks for clearance of projects. men and bankers will benefit from the BACK SCHEME MAX 32.7° 34.8° village. Till last month, he had When contacted, branch man- Under the AIF, the Centre will fa- So far, only 11 public sector banks scheme, he opinioned. Commenting been coming to the branch to col- ager Sanjukta Sahu said the branch cilitate investment of `1 lakh crore have entered into agreement with In Odisha, the performance of on the scheme, Agriculture Secretary TEMP MIN 27.1° 25.4° Forecast lect his pension. However, due to age was struggling with staff short- during next 10 years (from 2020-21 to the ministry of agriculture to im- banks in providing loans for de- Sourabh Garg said, “The scheme was Humidity 92% 79% related issues, he found it impos- age. “From next month, his pension 2029-30). Out of this, `2,500 crore plement the scheme. Not a single pri- velopment of agriculture infra- just launched. We are examining it and Generally Rainfall Nil Nil cloudy sky sible to visit the branch. Last month, will be delivered at his door step,” has been earmarked for Odisha. vate bank or cooperative bank has structure is very poor. In 2019-20, the will see how Odisha will get more he had requested the bank to make she added. Out of `10,000 crore targeted to agreed to support the scheme. State Level Bankers Committee benefits from the scheme.” Daughters have equal rights in joint Hindu family BIJEPUR PROJECT MAY THE VERDICT MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THE AMENDMENT TO THE HINDU SUCCESSION ACT, 1956 GRANTING EQUAL GET CABINET NOD TODAY RIGHTS TO DAUGHTERS TO INHERIT ANCESTRAL PROPERTY WOULD HAVE RETROSPECTIVE EFFECT property: SC POST NEWS NETWORK placed while the cabinet is also likely to approve amendments to the POST NEWS NETWORK the same manner as a son with the on the issue were pending before dif- Bhubaneswar, August 11: An Industrial Policy Resolution (IPR) same rights and liabilities. ferent High Courts and subordi- important meeting of the state cab- which will replace VAT and en- New Delhi, August 11: Holding Coparcener is a term used for a nate courts and the matters have al- inet under the chairmanship of tertainment tax incorporating GST. that daughters cannot be deprived person who assumes a legal right ready been delayed due to legal Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik The definition of downstream in- of their right of equality, the in parental property by birth only. imbroglio caused by conflicting de- will be held at 5.30 pm Wednesday. dustry will also be changed, the Supreme Court Tuesday ruled The bench said, "the rights can be cisions. The meeting will be held through source said.The cabinet will also that they will have equal co- claimed by the daughter born ear- "The daughters cannot be de- the video conferencing mode. consider amendment to the Orissa parcenary rights in joint Hindu lier with effect from September 9, prived of their right of equality 18 proposals of various depart- Municipal Act, 1950 and the Orissa family property even if the father 2005 with savings as provided in conferred upon them by Section 6. ments including health & family Municipal Corporation Act, 2003. died before the Hindu Succession Section 6(1) as to the disposition Hence, we request that the pending welfare, energy, industries, water The financial bid for execution of y (Amendment) Act 2005. or alienation, partition or testa- matters be decided, as far as possible, resources, finance, law, labour & ESI Gangadhar Meher lift irrigation

A three-judge bench of Justices mentary disposition which had within six months," the bench said. and panchayati raj will be placed project at Bijepur may get the cab-

k y m c Arun Mishra, S Nazeer and M R taken place before December 20, The apex court's verdict came on the before the panel for approval. inet nod. The government is likely Shah said the provisions contained 2004. Since the right in coparce- issue whether the amendment to the A proposal for sanction of gov- to take an important decision related in substituted Section 6 of the Hindu nary is by birth, it is not necessary Hindu Succession Act, 1956 grant- ernment guarantees of `1500 crore to Odisha Civil Service examinations Succession Act, 1956 confer the sta- that father coparcener should be amendment to the Hindu Succession erty would have retrospective ef- ing equal rights to daughters to in- in favour of GRIDCO for the term and court fees. Four to five drinking tus of coparcener on the daughter living as on September 9, 2005." Act, 1956 granting equal rights to fect. herit ancestral property would have loan availed from banks during water supply projects are also likely born before or after amendment in The verdict makes it clear the daughters to inherit ancestral prop- The apex court said the appeals retrospective effect. the financial year 2019-20 will be to be approved at the meeting. P2 WEDNESDAY | AUGUST 12 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR downtown

NO INVESTITURE CEREMONY THIS YEAR SC allows OMDC to resume mining ops

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The appellant had also sought a Bhubaneswar, August 11: The investiture ceremony to be held A three-judge bench of the apex ILLEGAL MINING direction to Odisha government to state government has said that of- ll officials and contingents January 26 next year. court headed by Justice SA Bobde he SC bench held that the conduct joint verification of the ficials and contingents that would Aparticipating in the function Meanwhile, the Home depart- and comprising AS Bopanna and V Tofficers of Odisha govt shall undisposed stock and allow sale of participate in the state-level have been asked to wear masks ment has issued detailed guide- Ramasubramanian also held that conduct a joint verification of the the same so as to enable the appli- Independence Day celebrations will and strictly maintain physical lines for celebration of the day at the officers of the state of Odisha undisposed stock and allow sale of cant company to realise the amount. be tested for the novel coronavirus. distance during the event district and lower levels. The cele- shall conduct a joint verification of the same by the OMDC The applicant had also filed inter- Three contingents of Odisha he celebration will be held with bration would be without the par- the undisposed stock and allow locutory application in the court State Armed Police (OSAP), Odisha ticipation of general public as a sale of the same by the OMDC fol- MDC had filed several petitions seeking to condone the delay in Tpresence of very few officials in SC seeking permission to Disaster Rapid Action Force including the Chief Secretary, DGP, safety measure. lowing due procedure. The bench O payment in pursuance with the (ODRAF) and SS Battalion along Only one or two police contin- also condoned the delay in pay- resume regular mining operations order passed by the court in 2017. home secretary and deputy in view of payment of the entire with police band will participate gents will participate in the cere- ment of the compensation for ille- The SC in its order dated August 2, director general of NCC amount in the I-Day celebration at mony for offering compliments to gal mining along with the interest 2017 had directed that the company Exhibition Ground here. Chief At district and lower levels, only one or two police contingents will participate in the the chief guest during the cele- by the OMDC. he bench also condoned the to pay the compensation on or be- Minister Naveen Patnaik will grace ceremony for offering compliments to the chief guest during the celebration bration. No parade and march past “Since the interest is stated to Tdelay in payment of the fore December 2017. the occasion as the chief guest. NO PARADE AND MARCH PAST WILL BE CONDUCTED THIS YEAR will be held. have been paid for the period of compensation for illegal mining Odisha, in its reply to the ap- The officers deployed near the flag Limited number of guests in- delay, we find it expedient to condone along with the interest by the OMDC plications, has stated that the com- post would also be tested for the the event. venue. Barricading will be done by cluding 15 to 20 Covid warriors will the delay. Further, since the com- pensation amount as ordered by virus prior to the event, official The celebration will be held with the Works department to ensure be invited to the celebration. The pensation amount along with in- sought in the applications,” the the apex court under Section 21(5) sources said. presence of very few officials in- that the public is prevented to enter Collectors and superintendents of terest has been paid as directed by bench said. of the MMDR Act, 1957 has been All officials and contingents par- cluding the Chief Secretary, Director the venue at the time of the cele- police (SPs) were asked to strictly this court and the receipt of the Significantly, several applica- fully paid by the applicant com- ticipating in the function have been General of Police, home secretary bration, the source said. follow social distancing norms, same is acknowledged by the state tions were filed in the SC by OMDC pany along with interest in re- asked to wear masks and strictly and deputy director general of NCC. There won’t be any investiture cer- wearing of masks among others of Odisha, we also consider it ap- seeking permission to resume reg- spect of all the mining leases held maintain physical distance during No public will be allowed to the emony during Independence Day at the functions. propriate to grant further relief ular mining operations in view of by the OMDC. Woman on morning walk robbed 10 more succumb to nCoV; toll nears 300 7 BMC workers test POST NEWS NETWORK POST NEWS NETWORK & AGENCIES NO RESPITE Khandapada MLA Bhubaneswar, August 11: Two Bhubaneswar, August 11: State’s positive for virus bike-borne miscreants snatched COVID-19 tally rose to 48,796 with WITH 1,341 FRESH CASES, tests positive away a gold chain from a 36-year- the detection of 1,341 fresh cases, an ODISHA’S COVID-19 TALLY Out of 3,075 sanitation workers under the BMC, 7 have old woman in Nayapalli area here official of Health and Family Welfare MOUNTS TO 48,796; RECOVERIES BJD MLA from Khandapada and tested positive for the killer virus so far Tuesday, police said. (H&FW) department said Tuesday. STAND AT 34,806 editor of Odia daily Sambad Soumya Ranjan Patnaik tested The incident took place around Ten more patients lost their lives, POST NEWS NETWORK so far. Moreover, while 2,152 have 6.30am when the woman was doing taking the toll in state to 296, said GANJAM DISTRICT HAS THE positive for COVID-19 Tuesday. The undergone tests, others will join the legislator and former Rajya Sabha morning walk near her residence. the official, adding that three peo- HIGHEST 140 CASUALTIES Bhubaneswar, August 11: At a testing camps in their respective FOLLOWED BY KHURDA (41), MP informed about the results Two men, one of them wear- ple each died in Ganjam and Khurda OUT OF 30 DISTRICTS INFECTED WITH time when frontline Covid war- zones in coming days,” said BMC SUNDARGARH (19), GAJAPATI (16), through his social media handle. ing a helmet, allegedly snatched districts while Sundargarh, THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, GANJAM riors such as sanitation workers are Commissioner, Prem Chandra HAS THE MAXIMUM 13,315 CASES RAYAGADA (12), CUTTACK (11) On Twitter, he said that he has her gold chain before speeding Rayagada, Puri and Balasore re- being tested positive for the virus, Chaudhary. As per BMC sources, FOLLOWED BY KHURDA (6,881) AND BALASORE (6) tested positive for the viral away on a black Pulsar motorcy- ported one fatality each. disease. He also asked the persons Bhubaneswar Municipal while 615 sanitation workers are en- cle, police said. Although some Besides, two COVID-19 patients who came in his contact in the last Corporation (BMC) has decided to gaged under PMR, 715 are deployed locals chased the miscreants, they from Bhubaneswar and and other follow-up actions are have the lowest virus cases so far. few days to consult doctors and step up testing for rapid identifi- with Ramky and 1,150 under managed to flee the scene, the po- Nabarangpur also died but these fa- underway,” the official said, They are Deogarh (101), Sonepur take care of themselves. The MLA cation and control of infection. Jagruti. While PMR manages san- lice added. However, the woman talities were due to ‘other reasons’, adding that the highest 227 new (188) and Nuapada (194). said that although he had Out of the 3,075 itation in 14 wards, Ramky manages did not sustain any injuries dur- as cited by the Health department. cases were detected in Odisha’s Meanwhile, 1,785 persons re- contracted the disease, he was ‘Safaikarmacharis’ (sanitation work- it in 15 and Jagruti in 28 wards. ing the incident. The number of such deaths in the coronavirus hotspot— Ganjam, covered from the viral infection. stable and doing good. ers) deployed in garbage collection “The sanitation or supervising CCTV footage obtained from state has now reached 53, the offi- followed by Khurda (218) and and sanitisation activities under staff, who have tested positive for the area is being scanned and the cial said. Sundargarh (91). the BMC, seven have tested posi- the virus, were asked to undergo 14- cops have zeroed in on some sus- As for COVID death toll, Ganjam Out of 30 districts infected with tive so far. While the civic body di- day mandatory quarantine, but pects. Earlier, two other bike-borne district has the highest 140 casualties the novel coronavirus, Ganjam COVID-19 TRACKER rectly manages cleaning activities their salaries were credited as part miscreants had snatched away a followed by Khurda (41), Sundargarh has the maximum 13,315 cases fol- in 10 wards across the city, the re- of a goodwill gesture as they are also gold necklace from a woman in (19), Gajapati (16), Rayagada (12), lowed by Khurda (6,881). At least INFECTED RECOVERED DEAD maining 57 wards are divided among doing a Herculean task of keep- broad daylight in Unit-II Market Cuttack (11) and Balasore (6). three districts have registered three private sanitation agencies, ing our environment clean during area here June 3. It was learnt that On Tuesday, the new cases more than 2,000 COVID cases, nine World 2,03,20,959 1,32,43,333 7,40,417 Jagruti, PMR and Ramky. the pandemic,” Chaudhary added. the woman was on her way to the were reported from 29 districts. districts have 1,000 to 2,000 cases, “While six staffers of Ramky He added that in a bid to sensi- market when the miscreants came Of them, 818 were detected from nine districts have positive cases India 23,22,755 16,33,356 46,062 were tested Covid-19 positive, one tise the sanitation about Covid-19, from behind and snatched the gold different quarantine centres more than 500 while seven dis- from Jagruti has contracted the the BMC, in association with Unicef chain she was wearing. while 523 persons tested posi- tricts have less than 500 cases but virus. However, no sanitation and CORE, a social service or- Moreover, a lady DSP of tive during contact tracing ex- more than 100 cases. Odisha 48,796 34,806 296 worker either from BMC-managed ganisation, has organised ward- Vigilance was also robbed near ercise. “Further contact tracing Three western Odisha districts wards or PMR has tested positive wise capacity building camps. her residence in Unit-III area here. The looters’ gang was busted at least 15 days of the incident. BJP yet to pick office-bearers for Puri dist RAPID ANTIGEN TEST AT 9 CHILIKA WILDLIFE 4 held with 42K litre DFO SENT TO JAIL POST NEWS NETWORK Intense lobbying has lobbying for the posts in party’s CENTRES IN CAPITAL CITY illegal kerosene district unit. However, they are in POST NEWS NETWORK Puri, August 11: The Puri dis- started for various dark as to when the district unit of POST NEWS NETWORK The camps that will begin POST NEWS NETWORK trict unit of the Bharatiya Janata posts in the district BJP will get its office-bearers. Delay testing at 8am will continue till Bhubaneswar, August 11: Chilika Party (BJP) is yet to get its new of- in the formation of the new dis- Bhubaneswar, August 11: In view 2pm. The tests conducted by the Wildlife division DFO at Balugaon, Bhubaneswar, August 11: The fice-bearers even though the saf- unit and BJP frontal trict unit of BJP has dampened of the northward trend of novel civic body will be free of cost. Alok Ranjan Hota, was Tuesday Special Task Force (STF) of the fron party had appointed a new organisations the spirit of the grassroots level coronavirus cases in the Capital The centres set for testing in sent to judicial custody after Crime Branch Tuesday arrested district president around seven workers,” said a political observer. city, the Bhubaneswar Municipal different parts of the city are at Vigilance sleuths arrested him in four persons from Cuttack on months ago. failed to appoint heads to its frontal Patnaik, meanwhile, claimed Corporation (BMC) has started Niladri Vihar, Unit-III, connection with a disproportion- charges of their involvement in pil- The BJP had appointed Ashrit organisations including Mahila that he has held discussions with conducting rapid antigen tests from Pokhariput, Unit-VIII, Unit-IX, ate assets (DA) case. ferage and black-marketing of Patnaik as the new district presi- Morcha, Yuva Morcha, Adivasi the party’s state unit leadership to Tuesday onwards. Sahid Nagar, Patia, Dumduma Bhubaneswar Division Vigilance Kerosene oil meant for distribution dent by replacing Pravanjana Morcha and Krushak Morcha, select office-bearers for Puri unit. The BMC, in association with and Unit-IV. sleuths unearthed properties over through Public Distribution Mahapatra December 20, 2019. It sources said. “The district unit will be formed the Health and Family Welfare de- Moreover, seven new UPHCs Rs 77 lakh disproportionate to his System (PDS). was then stated that a youth leader Many leaders and activists of soon. We will follow party’s guide- partment, has started rapid antigen will be added for the testing from known sources of income. The agency also recovered 42,000- like Patnaik would add more fire the party have been lobbying hard lines while selecting the office-bear- test of local citizens at nine local Wednesday. The seven new cen- The anti-corruption officials litre kerosene along with nine oil power to BJP in Puri district. to get various posts in the district ers,” he said. urban health centres, Tuesday. Out tres will be at IRC Village, conducted simultaneous raids at tankers, a four-wheeler, Rs 29, 700 However, Patnaik is yet to have unit and BJP frontal organisations. It is worth mentioning here that of these health centres, six are Ghatikia, Kalpana Square, various locations including Hota’s in cash and chemicals used for con- his team comprising vice-presi- Delay in the appointment of of- both the candidates fielded by the Urban Primary Health Centres Brahmeshwar Patna, triple-storied building at version of blue kerosene into white. dents, general secretaries, secre- fice-bearers for Puri BJP unit has saffron party had won the 2019 (UPHCs) and three are Urban Kapilaprasad, Chandrasekharpur Chandrasekharpur and a single- According to STF sources, Ranjan taries and a treasurer for the party’s affected party’s organisation in the Assembly elections from Puri and Community Health Centres and Municipality Hospital in storied building at Dumduma Kumar Behera, Nirakar Beura, district unit. Moreover, the party has district. “Many BJP leaders are Brahmagiri constituencies. (UCHCs). Old Town. here Monday. The cops also con- Manoranjan Behera and Bidyadhar ducted searches at the houses of Samal of Cuttack have been taken his relatives in Dumduma and into custody. “The accused have Poumapur in Khurda and his na- been sent to judicial custody after tive place at Chasikhanda in their bail plea was nixed,” said a STF Inclusivity one of the core values of IIM-Sambalpur: Dir Jagatsinghpur. note, adding that it is the biggest Hota possesses assets worth Rs kerosene seizure so far. POST NEWS NETWORK 72% of students who to facilitate effective learning for its 1, 00, 32,551 which includes one students. triple-storied building, one sin- Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur, August have taken admission Learning Management Software gle-storied building, one four 11: The Indian Institute of this year are from like Moodle will be utilised and stu- wheeler, two two-wheelers, de- CLASSIFIED Management (IIM) Sambalpur, dents and faculty members will in- posits in different banks and post Tuesday, welcomed the MBA batch engineering background teract regularly through video- offices, investment in insurance 2020-22 and PhD batch 2020-22 while the remaining conferencing. Furthermore, the policies, gold and silver orna- AFFIDAVITAFFIDAVIT through an inauguration pro- IIM has smart classrooms equipped ments, cash over 1 lakh and some gramme in virtual mode. The ses- from other subjects with SMART boards, where stu- household articles. I, Saisangeeta Majhi, W/o. sion was graced by guests includ- dents can log in and access notes, However, Hota allegedly failed Sandip Kumar Mohanty, ing chief guest Guru Prasad while the remaining 28 per cent are presentations, curriculum schedules to give details regarding the sources At:- Padhuanpada, Mohapatra, Secretary, Department 168 students is a vibrant combina- female candidates, socio-economic from other subjects and 60 per cent and even test their own knowledge of income invested in assets worth P.O./P.S./Dist:- Balasore - for Promotion of Industry and tion of gender and academic di- class and diverse academic back- come with prior work experience. through built-in quizzes. Rs 77, 47,551. 756001 have changed my Internal Trade (DPIIT). versity. ground with rich industry experi- “I am confident that we will be able Moreover, all examinations at The officials arrested Hota by surname after marriage to The MBA program was intro- Speaking on the occasion, ence, representing more than 17 to produce responsible leaders with IIM Sambalpur will be conducted registering a case (22/20) under sec- Saisangeeta Mohanty for duced by Atri Sengupta, Chairman, Mahadeo Jaiswal, Director, IIM states/UTs of the country. We have an entrepreneurial blend of mind online – either by using online proc- tions 13(2) and 13(1) (b) of PGP and the PhD program of the Sambalpur, said, “Inclusivity is one increased our seats from a 100 to 165 from these students,” said Jaiswal. toring systems for descriptive exams Prevention of Corruption all future purposes vide institute was introduced by of the core values of IIM Sambalpur this year.” Owing to the current circum- or using LMS for quiz and multiple- (Amendment) Act, 2018. He was affidavit Dt. 08/08/2020 Balamurugan Annamalai, and I am glad to say that we have the Among the students who have stances, IIM Sambalpur will be con- choice exams. Team projects will also later sent to judicial custody till sworn before Notary N. Chairman, PhD Program. The 6th most diverse class profile this year, taken admission this year, 72 per cent ducting online classes with the help be conducted virtually as per the August 24 by Special Vigilance

Mohanty, Bhubaneswar. MBA batch with its full strength of in terms of gender with 40 per cent are from engineering background of several digital tools and processes trend in industry. Judge here Tuesday.

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NO INTERNET CONNECTIVITY Pandemic leaves tussar weavers in lurch

k y m Students of Dongria tribe POST NEWS NETWORK c Balasore, August 11: The tussar STUCK IN handloom sector has experienced STAGNANCY a slump as orders from retailers and demands for tussar items have bout 450 families which are into struggle to study online tussar handloom sector are drastically come down in the wake A of the coronavirus outbreak. affiliated to the Makadia Tussar POST NEWS NETWORK This slump has left over 400 tus- Cooperative Society and Jhadeswar e-LEARNING MESS sar weavers in Jaleswar in the lurch. Tussar Cooperative Society. They Bhawanipatna, August 11: With their products remaining un- have over 300 handloom machines. Students of the Dongria Kondh sold, they have been living a mis- Directly or indirectly, over 4000 community, a primitive tribe, in erable life, a report said. people are dependent on this sector the state are unable to attend online With lockdown still in force, they in the areas classes due to lack of internet con- fell let down as there are no signs he slump has left over 400 tussar nectivity on the Niyamgiri hills, a of immediate recovery. Tweavers in Jaleswar in the lurch. report said. Reports said over 400 families With their products remaining The students of the tribe whose whose traditional occupation unsold, they have been living a abode is the Niyamgiri hill have is tussar thread yarning and miserable life to go downhill daily to attend their making handlooms have lost their online classes as internet network livelihood. Sambalpuri Bastralays which earn cieties to help all stakeholders tide efore the pandemic, they used to is not available on top of the hill. Before the pandemic, they used in crores in return. over the crisis,” said Tapas Chand, Bchurn out a variety of handloom Moreover, online classes are a mis- to churn out a variety of handloom Moreover, local traders buy tus- secretary of a cooperative society. items from silk such as dhotis, nomer for many students whose items from silk such as dhotis, sa- sar items and sell them in Kolkata, It was said that small artisans and sarees, joda, scarves, dupatta, parents are unable to buy a smart- rees, joda, scarves, dupatta, shirt- Bishnupur, Raghunathpur, producer groups do not have the shirting, wrappers and stoles. Their phone due to their poverty. The ing, wrappers and stoles. Hyderabad, Surat, Varanasi, financial cushioning to hold through silk items were being purchased by educational institutions have re- About 450 families which are Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi and such a crisis nor would they get Boyanika, SEFIFED, Utkalika and mained closed due to coronavirus- into tussar handloom sector are af- Lucknow. credit supplies from raw material Sambalpuri Bastralaya which earn in The students of the Dongria tribe whose abode is the Niyamgiri hill have crores in return induced lockdown. to go downhill daily to attend their online classes as internet network is filiated to the Makadia Tussar Sadly, things have turned worse suppliers. The Niyamgiri hill spread over not available on top of the hill Cooperative Society and Jhadeswar after the lockdown. Produced items Being part of an informal econ- Rayagada and Kalahandi districts Tussar Cooperative Society. They worth crores of rupees were left un- omy, artisans are also not able to ac- every month, but after the lock- is addressed as Niyamraja by the The Niyamgiri hill spread over Many students living in remote have over 300 handloom machines. sold while fresh orders and cash cess credit from banks and finan- down our products are left unsold. members of Dongria and Jharnia Rayagada and Kalahandi districts, is Kurli, Khambesi, Khajuri, Directly or indirectly, over 4000 flow have stopped. All – weavers, cial institutions at this time. For the last four months, items Kondh tribes. The hill is every- yet to be connected with mobile Dangalodi, Hundijali, Kadragumma, people are dependent on this sector societies and traders and agents are Sushant Kumar Paldi, a weaver, worth `40,000 to `50,000 are in thing for them as they sustain them- network service of private operators Gartali, Mundabali villages have in the areas. These artisans are pro- affected by the stagnancy in business. said, “Silk weaving is our tradi- stock. Majority of the artisans selves from the resources of the due to fear of Maoists while the failed to attend online class as it is vided with cocoons through the two “Under these circumstances, the tional occupation. Me and my who earn on a daily basis find it Niyamgiri forests, practicing hor- BSNL service is not available in the not possible for them to go societies and five authorised agents. government should come out with brother have two handlooms. All extremely difficult to feed their ticulture and shifting cultivation. area due to poor network downhill for the classes Their silk items are purchased by a financial package for weavers, au- family members yarn silk threads. families and take care of any med- However, the Niyamgiri hill is yet Boyanika, SERIFED, Utkalaika and thorised agents and cooperative so- We used to earn `15,000 to `16,000 ical exigencies.” to be connected with mobile network This has come at a time when hun- habited by Dongrias. Over 100 stu- service of private operators due to dreds of students of the tribe are dents of the Dongria Kondh tribe fear of Maoists while the BSNL preparing for higher education and are studying in various educational Virus plays havoc service is not available in the area job interviews. institutions in the district and also POLITICKLE by MANJUL due to poor network. Many students living in remote in Bhubaneswar. Radhma Wadaka, in Rourkela jail; 45 This has forced the teenagers to Kurli, Khambesi, Khajuri, a plus two student in Rayagada leave their homes and go downhill Dangalodi, Hundijali, Kadragumma, Women’s College, said she is study- more test positive and attend their online classes at far- Gartali, Mundabali villages have ing at home as it is not possible for away Chatikana where network failed to attend online class as it is her to daily travel to Chatikana to POST NEWS NETWORK connectivity is available. not possible for them to go down- attend online classes. She is clue- Moreover, they have to walk on hill for the classes. less about what has been taught in Rourkela, August 11: Even as foot daily as passenger vehicles are Niyamgiri hill is home to 15 rev- the online classes due to poor net- Covid-19 cases are fast increasing not available due to the lockdown. enue villages and eight hamlets in- work on the hill, Wadaka added. in the Steel City, the spread of the infection in the Rourkela Special Jail has been a cause of concern for the administration and the jail Man hacks elder authorities. Domuhani river eats into According to a report, 45 more brother, 4-yr-old inmates and other staff of the jail have reportedly tested positive for nephew to death its banks; locals panicky the virus, taking the tally to around 70 in the jail. POST NEWS NETWORK “Some farmlands near the river Health workers had collected have already lost their existence and swab samples from 64 persons in Kuamara, August 11: The farmlands in low-lying areas have the jail. The authorities have sani- Domuhani river in Mayurbhanj become completely sand cast. tised the jail premises. Contact district has been eating into nearby During incessant rains, villagers tracing will be carried out. villages due to heavy erosion usually shift to safer places leaving Collector Nikhil Pawan Kalyan thereby posing a serious threat to their ancestral houses,” some vil- said steps will be taken to con- POST NEWS NETWORK life and property. lagers of Kasibani lamented. duct Covid tests of all people. Nalhua and Gangahar are the Illegal brick kilns which have The administration has set a Sambalpur, August 11: In a shock- tributaries of Domuhani that flows mushroomed on Domuhani river- target to conduct 3,000 tests daily. ing incident, a man hacked his elder through Gopabandhunagar block banks over past several years are brother and four-year-old nephew in Mayurbhanj. Both the tribu- the root cause of landslides and to death over a trivial family dispute taries meet at Khadikapada to form the river eating into human set- at Taladihi village under Govindpur a larger river, hence called tlements as well, Bholapada vil- Sambalpur cop police limits in Sambalpur district Domuhani by locals. lagers added. Battle against virus: Ganjam late Monday night. succumbs to virus The accused also did not spare his sister-in-law who was hospi- POST NEWS NETWORK talised with grievous injuries. ‘Covid Bandhus’ provide succour The identities of the deceased, Sambalpur, August 11: injured and the accused are yet to Coronavirus claimed the life of a PRESS TRUST OF INDIA be ascertained. frontline Covid warrior in anjam, considered the coron- According to sources, the two Sambalpur district. The deceased Berhampur, August 11: Around Gavirus hotspot in the state as brothers entered into a verbal was identified as Petrus Tigga who 700 people who recovered from it has reported over 13,000 cases, launched a programme named duel over some family issues was working as a constable at Covid-19 in Ganjam district have 'Covid Bandhu' to rope in those Monday night. The situation Rengali Police Station in the district. come forward to assist the admin- who have recovered, they said turned uglier when the younger istration in persuading sympto- brother lost his cool. He picked The constable contracted matic people to go for testing and roject director of District up a sharp-edged weapon and at- the virus a few days also helping them with counselling PRural Development Agency tacked his elder brother leaving There are two villages just 500 me- Illegal brick kiln owners cause to drive out the anxieties related to (DRDA) Sidharth Shankar Swain him dead on the spot. tres to the west of Domuhani. On excessive soil erosion in the area back while on COVID-19 coronavirus, officials said Tuesday. the nodal officer on Covid-19 It was when his sister-in-law the south side there is Kasibani by digging the river embankments. duty and succumbed to Ganjam, considered the coron- management in the district, said carrying her four-year-old son village in Kuamara panchayat and Locals have been demanding for avirus hotspot in the state as it has anjam’s Collector Vijay Amruta the ‘Covid Bandhus (friends)’ are tried to intervene; he also attacked on the north side there is Bholapada stone packing of the embankments the disease Monday reported over 13,000 cases, launched GKulange said more people were coming on a mission to build confidence the duo, causing his nephew’s village in Pasuda panchayat. along with construction of dykes a programme named 'Covid Bandhu' forward for swab tests now due to the among the people to fight against the deadly virus.They have death on the spot. The district administration has alongside. The two villages have 46 to rope in those who have recovered, work being done by the ‘Covid Bandhus’. fanned out across the district to Govindpur police recovered the allegedly neglected this issue for sev- tribal families most of whom live While on COVID-19 duty, the they said. They reach out to the people, explain their experiences as a patient work among the people bodies from a septic tank. The de- eral years. in kutcha houses. constable contracted the virus a few Around 700 people have regis- ceased’s wife was found lying un- Following a landslide of 200 Junior engineer of the water re- days back. He succumbed to the dis- tered their names and many of conscious. She was admitted to metre on Domuhani riverbank, sources department Bijaya Kumar ease Monday while undergoing them are already on the field, mo- “But I explained to them about Reddy of Kotharsing in Rangeilunda Sambalpur district headquarters three houses of Kasibani and five Singh said, “Tendering process for treatment at a COVID hospital. tivating people to go for testing, my experience, following which block. hospital. The bodies were seized of Bholapada villages had washed stone packing works has already The Sambalpur district ad- said project director of District they went for testing,” he said. Santoshini Mohanty of Kanchuru for post-mortem. Later, the ac- away during the devastating flood been initiated. Vehicles are unable ministration paid homage to the Rural Development Agency (DRDA) “We have conducted at least three village of Hinjili block said, “We cused was detained. Police inves- situation after cyclone Phailin to reach the site due to heavy rain constable in presence of govern- Sidharth Shankar Swain. meetings in the village followed by reached out to the people, espe- tigation is underway. made landfall. and bad condition of roads.” ment officials Tuesday. Swain, the nodal officer on Covid- the swab tests of the shopkeepers cially to the women over phone Meanwhile, the Sambalpur ad- 19 management in the district, said after I came out from the home iso- and social media, asking them to go ministration Tuesday partially the ‘Covid Bandhus (friends)’ are lation,” he said. for early testing without any fear.” modified the weekend shutdown on a mission to build confidence The ‘Covid Bandhus’ have been Ganjam’s Collector Vijay Amruta RAIL SAFETY order in the district. As per the among the people to fight against campaigning and creating aware- Kulange said more people were order, the administration can- the deadly virus. ness among the people by narrat- coming forward for swab tests now celled the weekend shutdown They have fanned out across the ing their experiences, said K Durga due to the work being done by the August 15, 22 and 23. However, it district to work among the people, Prasad Rao, the sarpanch of ‘Covid Bandhus’. announced a shutdown in the dis- he said. Badakhandi in Hinjili block. “They reach out to the people, trict August 16 and 17. Amulya Upadhaya of Bhetanai “After completing home isola- explain their experiences as a So far, 1,195 persons in district village in Aska block said some tion two days ago, I motivated the patient. They also conduct coun- have tested positive for Covid-19. shopkeepers, suspected as silent people to come forward for swab selling to the suspected people The number of active cases in the spreaders of the virus, were re- sample tests in our village and and remove fear from their minds,” district stands at 687. luctant to go for testing. nearby villages,” said N Dambaru the Collector said. 3 held for sorcery-linked murder

POST NEWS NETWORK Siken suspected that it ing sick for about 12 days. Siken suspected that it was Mansingh Joda, August 11: Police arrested was Mansingh who who hexed his father. He along with three persons in connection with hexed his father. two others planned to eliminate the murder of an elderly person Mansingh. The three took him to over alleged practice of sorcery He along with two a nearby forest late Thursday night at Jamitar village under Bamebari others carried out the and hacked him to death and buried

police limits of Keonjhar district the body in a pit.

k y m c Tuesday. murder of Mansingh Following a complaint by The accused were identified as Mansingh’s son, police started an Shyam Munda of Jamirta, Siken deceased was identified as Manisngh investigation. Munda and Ramesh Munda of Munda (55). Joda IIC Raisan Murmu and Naupani. Police also seized a spade According to police, the father of Bamebari IIC Amitabh Das rushed Amid shutdown, railway staff busy removing weeds from railway track in Sambalpur OP PHOTO and an axe used in the killing. The Siken Munda died after remain- to the forest and recovered the body. P4 WEDNESDAY | AUGUST 12 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR power post

FOCUS PANDEMIC RESPONSE Delight is the secret. Learn of

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k y m learn of God. c SRI AUROBINDO MACHISMO & MALPRACTICE

he United States, Brazil, Yet, instead of addressing these and India have surged lethal failures of leadership, ahead of the rest of the Trump, Bolsonaro, and Modi are RHETORIC T world in terms of the creating diversions. Trump would number of confirmed COVID-19 rather rail against China – even cases, with no peak in sight. They withdrawing from the World Health (and fourth-place Russia) have one Organisation over its supposed IN COURT thing in common: macho leaders dissemination of Chinese ‘mis- with authoritarian personalities. information’ – than implement he Supreme Court Tuesday not only reasserted the Amendment to There are notable differences an effective response. In Modi’s the Hindu Succession Act of 2005 in which daughters gained equal in how these countries have re- India, years of Hindu-nationalist T inheritance rights as sons but also gave a retrospective ruling to that sponded to the COVID-19 pan- incitement by his government Act. Earlier, the law was implementable from 2005 onwards. The SC decision demic. Brazilian President Jair have made Muslims natural scape- has removed the cut-off date and made it perpetual to the past. In brief, this Bolsonaro and US President Donald goats. implies that a girl born in a Hindoo family before 2005 will also have equal Trump have consistently down- In all three countries, the ag- claims to the undivided family property irrespective of whether her father played the severity of the threat, gravation of social divisions – and is alive or not. By using the word coparcener, the court has made it clear that and refused to take strong action. the encouragement of aggression a person can claim a legal right to ancestral property by birth. More recently, Trump adjusted by dominant groups – long pre- A quote that has emerged from the apex court order is significant in Jayati Ghosh his stance somewhat, undoubt- All three leaders have used the pandemic as an cedes the pandemic. Bolsonaro terms of its wordage, “Once a daughter, always a daughter... a son is a son edly motivated by his falling ap- excuse to repress dissent. There has been has a storied history of racist, till he is married.” While the judgement is socially very responsible and be- proval rating. For example, he has misogynistic, and anti-LGBTQ fitting to the times, yet the usage of phrases like the above by the judges sounds THE TIMING AND begun wearing a mask in public, outcry over Trump’s use of federal forces, often rhetoric, and has chipped away a bit dramatic. However, such a statement by Justice Arun Mishra is un- after months of refusing to do so in plain clothes, to crush largely peaceful at the rights of minority groups. derstandable. The Judge has suddenly shot into the limelight lately for cer- INTENSITY OF – and ridiculing those who did. Trump’s similarly divisive track tain landmark activities. The revolt by the four Justices in 2018 against CJI THE US, But he continues to undermine protests. But in India, much worse is happening: record is exemplified by his am- Dipak Mishra was primarily aimed at showing their displeasure at the BRAZILIAN, AND health experts with false and mis- people who have participated in peaceful plification of white supremacists manner in which a junior Justice Arun Mishra was being given most of the leading claims. Bolsonaro, for his protests are being arrested. Indian and condemnation of ongoing important cases while the seniors were neglected. Justice Arun Mishra is INDIAN part, remains cavalier, even after protests against racial injustice also known in connection with the judgement slapping steep penalties having contracted (and recovered prisons – where COVID-19 is spreading and police brutality. against telecom service providers like Airtel and Vodafone which, critics at RESPONSES MAY from) COVID-19. This brings us to another com- that time said, created an uneven playing field favouring Ambani’s Jio. At By contrast, Indian Prime fast – are now home to many human-rights monality: all three leaders have present, Justice Mishra is the one who has brought in the contempt case against HAVE VARIED, Minister Narendra Modi imposed activists, lawyers, teachers, and students used the pandemic as an excuse to activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan and is also heading the three judge bench BUT THE one of the world’s strictest – and repress dissent. There has been out- hearing the contempt matter. With many prominent media personalities and most sudden – lockdowns, when cry over Trump’s use of federal social activists gradually starting to point fingers at the manner the SC RESULTS HAVE only a few cases had been reported demagogic ability to inspire faith nothing to ensure coordination forces, often in plain clothes, to and the judges have started behaving, this judgement on the Hindu Succession BEEN THE SAME: in the country. This probably partly in a divisive persona that both re- among these lower-level entities. crush largely peaceful protests. Act has offered a golden opportunity to Justice Arun Mishra to showcase explains why the rate of infec- pels many and attracts the quasi- Beyond a lack of effective guid- But in India, much worse is hap- his pro-women and progressive credentials which were coming under the MILLIONS OF tions per million inhabitants is religious devotion of many oth- ance from above, states and pening: people who have partici- scanner. COVID-19 much lower than it is in the US or ers. They have all diligently served provinces have struggled with in- pated in peaceful protests are being This quote of Justice Mishra could be analysed thoroughly. A daughter, Brazil, though independent re- the interests of their friends and sufficient resources. The fiscal arrested. Indian prisons – where when married, becomes a daughter-in-law. If the son listens to his wife and INFECTIONS search suggests that official figures constituents above all. And they imbalance is most marked in India, COVID-19 is spreading fast – are respects her judgement, it may be construed that someone’s daughter has in both India and Brazil are far have all displayed serial contempt where the central government has now home to many human-rights successfully endeared herself to be considered trustworthy in another fam- lower than the actual total. for the truth, using distraction, denied state governments even activists, lawyers, teachers, and ily. So, trusting a daughter also means society has to learn to trust the But Modi’s lockdown wasn’t ac- diversion, and outright lies to ad- the funds that it legally owes them, students. daughter-in-law. It may not be proper to say that a son is a son till he is mar- companied by meaningful social vance their preferred narratives and but it is also evident in Brazil and Brute force cannot stop a virus. ried. Passing such comments may catch the headlines but could very eas- protection or income support. As maintain their popularity. the US. Nor can deception, manipulation, ily create a stronger animosity against the daughter-in-law, who is already a result, a large-scale humanitar- These qualities are at the root More broadly, none of the three bullying, or coercion. As other perceived as an outsider in many Indian families. Most often, they are ian tragedy ensued, with millions of the policy mistakes that have countries has increased overall countries (many with woman lead- blamed for misguiding the soft-in-the-head son. It would be wiser on the part being plunged into poverty and driven up the pandemic-related public-health spending. And while ers) have shown, the only way to de- of people occupying high positions to refrain from jargons and rhetoric as hunger. Meanwhile, the virus con- death toll in all three countries. For governments have offered finan- feat COVID-19 is through commu- they have the potential to complicate social matters. tinued to spread, meaning that, starters, the distribution of re- cial support to ailing companies, nity involvement, cooperation, and when the lockdown was lifted, poor sponsibility between federal and the spoils have gone mainly to social solidarity. It is no accident that workers faced even greater risks. state or provincial governments has large corporations, with small the world's biggest COVID-19 losers The timing and intensity of the been unbalanced, arbitrary, and un- businesses forced to make do with have taken a different path. WISDOM CORNER US, Brazilian, and Indian responses coordinated, while central gov- scraps. Meanwhile, the poor have may have varied, but the results ernments – often disregarding sci- received precious little help, es- The writer is Professor of A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. have been the same: millions of ence or expert advice – have pecially in India. Economics at Jawaharlal WILLIAM BLAKE COVID-19 infections. The US comes imposed irrational, frequently The essential workers risking Nehru University in New Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. in first, at over five million; Brazil changing rules and policies. their lives to keep societies func- Delhi, Executive Secretary of GEORGE BERNARD SHAW second, with just over three mil- State and provincial govern- tioning – delivering health services, International Development The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. lion; and India third, with more ments, for their part, have been for example, or ensuring food sup- Economics Associates, and a But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions. than two million. doing all the heavy lifting, not plies – have also received scant member of the Independent ARTHASASHTRA Their leaders’ personalities have only in containing the virus, but protections or support. Many lack Commission for the Reform of a lot to do with it. Trump, Bolsonaro, also in supporting public health adequate and timely wages, suf- International Corporate and Modi are all known for their more broadly and addressing the ficient protective equipment, and Taxation. arrogance, bluster, and rejection of pandemic’s economic fallout. even health insurance during the WORDSWORTH criticism. They have all shown a Federal governments have done pandemic. @PROJECT SYNDICATE Tax axes are as old as civilization, but our word tax is less old than you IN JEST THIS Tmight think: it first appeared only in the 14th Century. In its first meaning, it was nearer the Latin original taxare, which meant to assess or appraise. So, taxation was at first about the process of deciding how much you were due to pay rather than the sum of money itself. That sense survives in the taxation officer of the courts who assesses whether the fees charged by barristers are fair and accurate. Before the word tax Appreciate Indian names - even on others was available, the English used the closely related word task, which is recorded in the 12th Century with the same meaning. What seems to have headline on the New York names. Just because a name sounds Patel?” mote himself as ‘Dr. Seth.’ happened is that the Latin taxare turned into taxer in Old French, whose Times’ website recently Indian does not mean that the pos- Driver: “Is he Indian?” Thankfully, not all Indian- letters then shifted about through a process called metathesis to become Acaught my interest: “Trump sessor of the name has any con- Friend: “Of course, he’s Indian. American politicians feel the need the English word task, in much the same way that the Old English brid Puts Pentagon in Political Crossfire nection to India. I should have al- Have you heard of a Patel who isn’t to hide or minimise their Indian became bird, and patron turned into pattern. By the 14thCentury, we had With Tata Appointment.” ready known this, because a few Indian?” identity. Pramila Jayapal, a con- both task and tax in the language, and a useful division had appeared in I immediately clicked on the months ago, while reading about a Driver: “But what about the gresswoman from Washington, which the first related to some imposition involving work or labour, the link, wondering what relation- high-profile criminal case, I came name Patrick?” may have lost a few votes by de- second a payment in money. Both retain these meanings, though task has ship this ‘Tata’ had with the famous across the name of an American at- Friend: “Oh, I’m sure he ciding to forgo the name ‘Pam Jay.’ weakened somewhat to refer to anything which has to be done, not Tata family of India. Had President torney named Patrick Patel. Americanised it. His real name is Raja Krishnamoorthi, a congress- necessarily something involving physical effort. But tax still has its Trump appointed Ratan Tata’s Surely his ancestors were from probably Pratik Patel.” man from Illinois, has resisted the original sense, though it has spawned the common figurative meaning of Melvin Durai great-grandson to a top position in Gujarat, I thought, but I was wrong. It’s common practice for many temptation to promote himself as an intangible imposition — something that is strenuous, wearing, the U.S. Defense Department? Was This Patel, like Anthony Tata, Indians in America to ‘Americanise’ ‘Roger Krish.’ And Manan Trivedi, exacting or challenging. One of the curiosities of the English revenue Trump perhaps trying to win traces his roots to Italy. His grand- their first names. This often hap- a politician in Pennsylvania, has system is that people been reluctant actually to call a tax a tax. Most of I SHOULDN’T JUMP favour with the Tatas, first ap- father was a boxer whose name pens among politicians. Bobby not yet won a state election, perhaps the measures to raise funds for the treasury were named duties. Duty TO CONCLUSIONS pointing one of them to a promi- was Patsy Pignatello, but who Jindal, the former governor of because he hasn’t gone with the started out with a sense of some mark of respect that was due to a nent position, then getting Tata fought under the name of ‘Patsy Louisiana, adopted his childhood name ‘Man Triv.’ superior, but quickly took on the additional meaning of a mark of respect ABOUT NAMES. Motors to supply the U.S. Army Patel.’ When he died just seven nickname. It was easier to con- My parents, like many Christians, which was paid in hard cash, of something which you owed to someone JUST BECAUSE A with Tata Tanks? hours before his grandson was vince Americans to vote for ‘Bobby’ decided to give me an English name. else. This reflects its Latin original debere, a compound meaning “to keep But I was disappointed to learn born, the grandson inherited his than ‘Piyush.’ But my wife Malathi and I opted to in one’s possession something that belongs to somebody else” (it’s also NAME SOUNDS that the Tata that Trump had ap- fighting name and the opportunity Rohit Khanna, a congressman give our three children names that the direct ancestor of our debt). INDIAN DOES NOT pointed as a deputy undersecre- to lure thousands of Indian clients. from California, is known to every- reflect their Indian heritage: Lekha, tary had no connection whatso- Patel practices law in New Jersey, one as Ro Khanna. To be a hit with Divya and Rahul. MEAN THAT THE ever to India’s Tata family. He was a state that has so many Indians that voters, he apparently needed to I do not mind the name ‘Melvin,’ Tawdry Anthony Tata, a retired Army of- film star Shah Rukh Khan could run drop the ‘hit.’ but it doesn’t really convey any- POSSESSOR OF ficer whose grandfather immi- for governor. This means, of course, Then there’s Dr. Manish Sethi, thing about me. Perhaps I should omething tawdry is showy but cheap and of poor quality. To find the THE NAME HAS grated to America from Italy. Tata that Patel has a large pool of po- who recently ran for the Republican consider ‘Indianising’ my name. Ssource of this word we must travel to Ely, a city whose cathedral is apparently also an Italian name, tential clients. nomination for the US Senate from Instead of Melvin, I could be dominates the flat fen landscape of East Anglia. Long before the ANY CONNECTION not just a Parsi name as I had Driver: “I hurt my neck in a car Tennessee, promoting himself to Melvinder. No, Melvinder is too cathedral was built, a small religious house had been established there in TO INDIA thought. accident. Which attorney should I voters as ‘Dr. Manny.’ Unfortunately, short. I think I’ll go with the seventh century by Ethelreda, the daughter of King Anna of East The lesson, of course, is that I hire?” Sethi, a trauma surgeon, lost the ‘Melvinderajagopalan.’ Patrick Anglia. She died in 679. Sixty years later the Venerable Bede wrote that shouldn’t jump to conclusions about Friend: “What about Patrick election. Perhaps next time, he’ll pro- Patel would be proud of me. her death had been caused by a growth in her throat, which she had said was a punishment for wearing necklaces in her youth. She eventually became the patron saint of Ely, under the Norman French name of St Audrey, and her feast day, 17 October, was celebrated by a fair. One of Open shrines, please Nepal’s claims Congress’ future the favourite items sold was a band of fine silk lace or ribbon worn about the neck in memory of the city’s patron saint. This became known as St Sir, The extraordinary situation arising out of Sir, The Union government Sir, , It has been a year since Sonia Gandhi took over as Audrey’s lace, but by the end of the sixteenth century it had been Covid-19 has shook mankind. All shrines have has ignored the controversy interim president of Congress August 10, but the party corrupted to tawdry lace. Eventually the first word was taken to be a etters been closed since the onset of corona five months raised by Nepal over the birth- is still uncertain about its future. A new president should description; by the nature of goods sold at fairs they often looked good ago. Religion is a private affair and is about place of Gautam Buddha and have been elected before Sonia completed one year as in- until the buyer got them home, so the word became attached to such one’s faith and spirituality. Our peace of mind admitted that the founder of terim party chief. Rahul Gandhi is unlikely to change his cheap and showy items, and not just at Ely. TOL THE EDITOR has been adversely affected by the grim experience Buddhism was born in Nepal’s mind and will not return as party president. The three Readers of Orissa POST of the pandemic. Man would lead a rudderless Lumbini. It shows that India Gandhis in public are one voice but they have different are most welcome to contribute letters existence if there is no spirituality and faith to is not attempting to manipu- styles of functioning. The three power centres in the (200 words), articles and guide him in his daily life. Moral bankruptcy is late history like Nepal did, as party have frustrated and disheartened the party leaders columns (between 750-1250 LOL words). Contributors are the offshoot of an unprincipled and aimless ex- in the case of Ayodhya and and supporters. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will not take over requested to send their istence. Spiritual poverty is attributed to moral birthplace of Lord Ram. The the throne as it will be a vindication of Rahul’s failure contact numbers and full impropriety and unethical behaviour. It is nec- need of the hour is that Nepal to further the family legacy. It is true that Rahul has sin-

postal address/email ID. They may also essary that shrines are opened again for worship, conducts itself as a good neigh- cerely strived to democratise the party but with no avail.

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Ghaziabad /New Delhi, August does loot by Agra’s pvt hosps 11: Hindon, a tributary of Ganga, is one of the polluted river stretches and no meaningful action has been INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE being taken to clean it, the National Green Tribunal said Tuesday while Agra, August 11: When Uttar directing the UP chief secretary Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister to ensure coordination for rejuve- Dinesh Sharma was told at an nation of the water body. official meeting that the private The green panel said instead of situ remediation is the process by written report that till pipe water hospitals in Agra were charging shifting of blame from one de- which contaminated soil or water supply is provided, water will be pro- more than `15,000 daily for Covid- partment to another, steps should is treated without removing the vided by tankers. 19 patients, he was taken aback. be taken for the restoration of water pollution or other hazardous waste However, it has not been done Sharma told district officials quality of Hindon. from its sub-surface. till date, the committee added. to adopt appropriate measures to “The river is practically dead and The bench said “the Chief “These are issues which could eas- bring down the tariff at par with needs to be restored in the interest Secretary may ensure that there ily have been monitored in the Lucknow where the daily charges of the environment and public is coordination among all the con- monthly monitoring meeting of were `6,800. health. Meaningful progress must cerned Departments in accordance the chief secretary as envisaged In the last 10 days there have be achieved by the concerned de- with the action plan prepared by a in the monitoring framework sub- been numerous complaints against partments including the Urban committee headed by former high mitted by the State to the NGT. the private nursing homes for over- Development, Irrigation, Jal Nigam, court judge, Justice S U Khan.” Chief Secretary should hold the charging distressed Corona pa- and the Environment,” a bench The tribunal said that environ- monthly monitoring meeting reg- tients and their kin. The bills worked headed by NGT Chairperson Justice ment compensation from violators ularly so that such issues get sorted out to more than `1 lakh for a week's A K Goel said. has to be recovered if deadlines out regularly,” the committee said. stay at the facility. A level-3 nursing The tribunal said all drains join- are not adhered to. It directed the The committee also told the tri- home charges around `17,000 a day ing Kali, Krishna and Hindon should UP chief secretary to file a con- bunal there has been no physical with ventilator and ICU support have in-situ remediation and plan solidated reply before February 2, progress in installation of any of while the level-1 charge on an av- Representative images for connectivity with the identi- 2021. The committee told the NGT three sewage treatment plants pro- erage around `11,000 a day. fied sewage treatment plant. In- that chief Secretary assured in his posed in the last one year. These rates are 10X to 12X the tar- In the last 10 days there have been THE BILLS WORKED OUT TO A level-3 nursing home charges iff fixed by the state government. ` numerous complaints against the MORE THAN `1 LAKH FOR A around 17,000 a day with ventilator The nursing home owners say the and ICU support while the level-1 private nursing homes for WEEK’S STAY AT THE patients want 'A' class facilities and charge on an average around overcharging distressed Corona FACILITY are willing to pay for it. A section patients and their kin ` 11,000 a day Cop pays fine for not wearing mask of the society feels no cost is too high for a life saved, a private hospital PRESS TRUST OF INDIA a face mask protects a person, his manager said. any challenge. Don't forget a num- clarified that outsiders would not will dispel the clouds of gloom," LAW IS EQUAL FOR family members and the public The general perception about ber of critical cases are referred be allowed to enter the Sri Krishna hoped Jagan Nath Poddar, convener Bahraich, august 11: A police EVERYONE (from the disease). If our officials government hospitals is negative. to us here by the private nursing shrines in Braj Mandal. Rituals of Braj-Vrindavan Alliance. officer issuing challans to people for do not adhere to these basic points, "You go with one problem and re- homes," a senior government doc- connected with the Sri Krishna So far the trend continues to re- not wearing masks here, even as he villagers claimed they were fined then what message we are going to turn with two," a patient who re- tor claimed. The IMA meanwhile, Janamashtmi will be streamed live main alarming. For the local ad- himself did not have one on, got a even though they had their faces cov- give to the society," Mishra said covered at a private hospital said. has offered a `600 daily package for the benefit of the devotees. ministration, the new worry is the taste of his own medicine when ered with 'angocha' towels. Tuesday. However, the doctors at the dis- for those in home quarantine. The "Like Raksha Bandhan, spread of Dengue and Malaria. The the superintendent of police pulled Meanwhile, Superintendent of "Through this challan, we have trict hospital and the SN Medical expenses on medicines and equip- Janamashtmi festival will also be health department of the munici- him up for it. Police Vipin Mishra got to know tried to send a message to all College Covid hospital vehemently ment are separate but consulta- on a low key, the fervour is clearly pal corporation has stepped up The incident took place Monday that the SHO was issuing challans police officials and personnel in deny the charge. "We are giving tions by the specialists and fre- missing," a 'Panda' of the Vishram sanitisation and cleaning work. when Baundi police station SHO for not wearing masks, while a the district that they are not above high quality services and the re- quent monitoring is included in Ghat said. People have been told to ensure Subhash Chandra Singh was hand- photograph showed him without the public. If we commit any covery rate reflects this. SN Medical the fees, Dr Sanjay Chaturvedi, sec- "Vrindavan lanes are deserted, there was no stored water around, ing out challans to villagers, cy- one himself. fault, then we should also come College is fully equipped with lat- retary IMA told IANS. even the simians are distressed, an official of the District Malaria clists and pedestrians and also ad- The SHO was, subsequently, within the ambit of the same est gadgetry and facilities to take up District authorities in Mathura the morale is low, may be Sri Krishna office said. vising them to wear masks. Some fined `500, officials said. "Wearing law," he added. Cane farming in ‘no man’s nCoV hits sales of national flag Efforts on to prevent land’ on UP-Nepal border ahead of Independence Day Nepali farmers after by Nepal and the even num- second wave of bered ones by India. A stretch 9.1 Production of national flags in reportedly have started metre wide on both sides of the bor- most Khadi units used to begin cultivating sugarcane at der pillars is demarcated as "no from March but due to the man's land", where no state has lockdown, production has been the “no man’s land” in any jurisdiction. In June, some of stalled for almost four months pandemic: Thackeray these pillars had "gone missing". Gauriphanta area of With schools, colleges and a Munna Singh, SSB commandant the district majority of other private of the 39th Battalion, which over- establishments still closed , sees the 63-km area along with the there was an uncertainty INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE UP-Nepal border in the district, over the functions which has had then written to District had a direct impact on the sale Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Magistrate Shailendra Singh about of tricolours by the Pradesh), August 11: Sugarcane the "encroachment". After hold- Khadi Gram Udyog farming is emerging as a major ing meetings with the Nepal offi- problem between UP and Nepal. cials, the problem had been re- district. Coloring is done in Nepali farmers reportedly have solved. But soon after, Nepal officials Ahmadabad, Gujarat, while stitch- started cultivating sugarcane at were seen accompanying locals ing is done in Nanded, he said. the “no man’s land” in Gauriphanta who were cremating dead bodies on This year the manufacturing came area of the district. the Indian side of the border on two to a halt due to lockdown. Manoj Sonkar, Deputy Director occasions. "Noticing the develop- Transportation too was an issue, of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, said, ment, the SSB officials have stepped Sawant said. “So we brought 700 “Nepal nationals have started up their vigil," Sonkar said. flags in the beginning of this month farming in ‘no man’s land’ on against 1,500 last year. But so far we the edge of the forests of Dudhwa. have sold only 40 pieces.” The Chief Minister Covid cases cool down We have informed the SSB and the AGENCIES up to `7-9 lakh rupees in August,” “Last year we had sold around District Magistrate. Indian said store manager Ramji Sawant. 1,200-1,300 flags in the run-up to said Maharashtra did Mumbai: After highs in the past officials have spoken to their Aurangabad (Maha), August 11: “But this year the sales have not yet Independence Day,” he added. not hide a single couple of days, Maharashtra Nepali counterparts about the August 15 is near, but the sales of reached even `1 lakh yet,” he said. Overall sales of the outlet too have Covid-19 cases cooled down latest encroachment being done the tricolour at a khadi store here The manufacturing faced a hurdle fallen to `20,000 per day as com- Covid-19 case and death though the state death toll by their nationals." are yet to pick up amid the when the supply chain was hit by pared to `50,000 before lockdown, he crossed the 18,000 mark, health Lakhimpur Kheri shares bor- coronavirus pandemic. lockdown, he said. said. “ Customers are not buying due to the disease and officials said here. The state der with two Nepal districts -- The Khadi Gramodyog Bhawan The khadi cloth from which the clothes. They are buying only shared information notched 293 Covid deaths Kailali and Kanchanpur. The crops or Khadi Bhandar in Aurangabad flags are made is sourced from the Ayurveda products (which also the Monday - down from the highest have come up around pillar num- sells national flags apart from var- Marathwada Khadi Gramodyog shop sells) such as soap, shampoo, with transparency 390 fatalities Sunday, and ber 752/6 maintained by India -- the ious other products. Samiti, the parent organisation of face wash and items of daily need,” recorded 9,181 new cases, dropping below the peak of odd-numbered pillars are looked “Every year the sales of flags go the khadi store, at Udgir in Latur he said. AGENCIES 12,822 (August 8). The state Mumbai, August 11: The death toll shot up from 17,757 a Maharashtra government is striv- day earlier to 18,050, while the total number of cases went up ing to see there is no second wave from 515,332 to 524,513 of COVID-19 in the state, Chief now - both highest in the country. This village in Maha does not sell milk Minister Uddhav Thackeray said Tuesday during a meeting held by WHILE FARMERS AND LEADERS IN THE STATE AGITATED FOR A HIKE IN MILK PRICES EARLIER THIS MONTH, RESIDENTS Prime Minister Narendra Modi. to ensure their lives are not risked Thackeray also said hospitals in view of the current situation. OF YELEGAON GAWALI, WHERE MOST OF THE HOUSEHOLDS OWN CATTLE, HAVE NEVER SOLD MILK will be set up in all districts of the He made a strong pitch for de- state to control the epidemic, ac- claring students as passed by giv- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA sider ourselves descendants of ple. However, in light of the cording to an official statement. ing them aggregate marks, and Lord Krishna and hence, we COVID-19 pandemic, all func- The Chief Minister said called for taking a decision on it at Aurangabad, August 11: don’t sell milk,” said Rajabhau tions have been cancelled,” he Maharashtra did not hide a single the national-level. A decision needs Claiming to be descendants of Mandade (60), one of the said in a statement. COVID-19 case and death due to to be taken in the case of final Lord Krishna, residents of a vil- residents of the village. Sarpanch of Yelegaon the disease and shared informa- year medical education students lage in Hingoli district of “Although 90 per cent of the Shaikh Kausar (44) said the tra- tion with transparency. also, he added. Thackeray also said Maharashtra do not sell milk and houses in the village have cattle, dition of not selling milk has The Chief Minister said it has there are 3.5 lakh beds equipped give away the produce for free to none of the residents sell milk been followed by all villagers been observed that after recovering with ventilators and other facili- anyone who is in need. and the tradition has been fol- irrespective of their religion. from COVID-19, patients contracted ties in the state. With no COVID- While farmers and leaders in lowed for generations,” he said. “None of the villagers, some other diseases, and called for 19 vaccine available so far, use of the state agitated for a hike in In case of excess production, dif- whether Hindus, Muslims or setting up a mechanism to treat masks and observing social dis- milk prices earlier this month, ferent milk products are made, but those belonging to any other such individuals. tancing are the only ways to tackle

residents of Yelegaon Gawali, none of it sold and they are dis- religion, sell milk from their He also expressed the need to the disease, he added.

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of the day uote SFJ offers $125K for Khalistan flag at Red Fort Panel on corona vaccine It is time for the people to INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE voter registration for the referen- decide if admin to meet today upholding I-DAY ALERT dum in Delhi and Jammu and New Delhi, August 11: The secu- Kashmir on the instructions of The committee on vaccine administration will democratic values is he pro-Khalistan group last more important or a rity agencies are on high alert as the Pannun, who is among the nine engage with all the stakeholders including state banned Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) is Tmonth had declared that it pro-Khalistan activists designated party which wants planned to hold voter registration to forcibly enforce its decisions on learnt to have announced a $125,000 terrorists by the Indian govern- governments and vaccine manufacturers reward for anyone who hoists a camps for its secessionist agenda ment last month. people in general, or a particular 'Referendum 2020' August 15 group Khalistan flag at the Red Fort on US-based Pannun has been play- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Independence Day August 15. ver 45,000 security personnel ing a major role in the ‘Referendum AKHILESH YADAV | SAMAJWADI PARTY Delhi Police, the nodal agency Owill guard every nook and corner 2020’ campaign. His US-based rad- New Delhi, August 11: An ex- PRESIDENT for law and order in the national cap- of the city on Independence Day ical Khalistan outfit has urged the pert committee under the chair- ital, was busy coordinating with Sikhs in India and abroad to sup- manship of NITI Aayog member Dr esides over 2,000 snipers I wanted our different security establishments port its agenda of 'Referendum VK Paul will meet Wednesday to deputed at specific locations on self-respect to B ahead of Independence Day when high-rise buildings in the 5-km 2020', which is being promoted by consider the logistics and ethical remain intact. it was alerted to the SFJ offer. periphery around the Red Fort the group to divide India on com- aspects of procuring and admin- I have given 20 years Over 45,000 security personnel will munal lines. istering the COVID-19 vaccine, the to the party now. We guard every nook and corner of The SFJ is supported by Pakistan- Union Health Ministry said Tuesday. tweeted. The phase-1 human clin- have always the city on Independence Day, be- working sites, announcing “a re- 'Referendum 2020' August 15 in front based handlers to provide money The committee on vaccine ad- ical trials of the two COVID-19 vac- attempted to ensure sides over 2,000 snipers deputed at ward of $125,000 for anyone who of Indian Embassies in the US, the and logistic support to radical Sikh ministration will engage with all the cine candidates, developed in- the participation of people who specific locations on high-rise build- will raise Khalistan flag at the UK, Canada, Italy, Germany, France, elements in Punjab to carry out stakeholders including state gov- digenously by Bharat Biotech in worked hard to form the ings in the 5-km periphery around Red Fort during India's 74th I-Day Australia, and New Zealand during subversive activities. The group is ernments and vaccine manufac- collaboration with the Indian government the Red Fort. celebrations”. the Independence Day celebrations. headed by Avtar Singh Pannun and turers, the ministry said in a tweet. Council of Medical Research and RAJESH PILOT | FORMER RAJASTHAN DY CM Security agencies have mean- Declaring that August 15 is not Indian security agencies have Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, who The committee would chalk out Zydus Cadila Ltd, have been com- while assured that it is “just an at- Independence Day for the Sikhs, already asked these Embassies to have started advocating Khalistan strategies on the aspects of pri- pleted and the trials have moved to tempt by the SFJ to create panic”. the SFJ leader reminded the com- be on alert. as well as the online secessionist oritisation of the vaccine admin- phase 2, ICMR Director General It is necessary Senior Delhi Police officers istration once it is developed, roll- Balram Bhargava said last Tuesday. to implement munity that "1947 was just a swap- Besides, the SFJ, banned by the campaign for the referendum. a scheme like connected with making the security ping of rulers for them as the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs in July However, the SFJ’s agenda has out and cold chain logistics and The Serum Institute of India, MGNREGA for those arrangements said any suspected Constitution labels the Sikhs as 2019 for advocating ‘Referendum been rejected by the Sikhs across training of the people who would Pune has also been permitted for suffering due to person will be taken into custody Hindus; genocide of Sikhs was com- 2020’, has chosen Punjab, Delhi, India in spite of the Inter-Services be administering it. conducting Phase 2 and 3 human unemployment in and that it is “impossible” to mitted with impunity (1984) and and Jammu and Kashmir since Intelligence-sponsored propaganda “The Expert Committee on clinical trials of the Oxford University- cities, and the NYAY breach the security cordon on natural resources of Punjab are July 4 to launch its online voter on ‘Referendum 2020’. The Pakistani Vaccine Administration under the developed COVID-19 vaccine candi- scheme for the poor people across Independence Day. being unjustly appropriated." registration for ‘Referendum 2020’ intelligence agency has been back- chairmanship of Dr VK Paul, NITI date in the country. India’s COVID- the country The alert was issued after SFJ’s The pro-Khalistan group last through different portals but re- ing the malicious SFJ campaign, Aayog will meet August 12 to con- 19 caseload has climbed to 22,68,675 Attorney and General Counsel month had declared that it planned portedly could not gather support. with a large number of Pakistani sider logistics & ethical aspects of while the death-toll mounted to 45,257, RAHUL GANDHI | CONGRESS LEADER Gurpatwant Singh Pannun put to hold voter registration camps The group has used Canadian Twitter handles tweeting in favour procurement & administration of according to the Health Ministry out a message on the social net- for its secessionist agenda cyberspace twice for launching its of the exercise. COVID-19 vaccine,” the ministry data updated at 8 am Tuesday. SHORT TAKES SCHOLAR STUDYING BJP leader shot Centre to allow 4G on BILLOWS OF SMOKE dead in Baghpat IN US DIES IN UP Baghpat (UP): Former BJP ROAD ACCIDENT district chief Sanjay Khokhar trial basis in 2 J&K dists was shot dead at his farm in PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Baghpat when he went out for a morning walk Tuesday. The relaxation will not be in any area adjoining the Bulandshahr (UP), August 11: The incident took place in International Border or the Line of Control, the A 20-year-old student from Uttar Chaprauli area of the Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar, Pradesh district. According to Centre told the top court who was studying in a US college, reports, three unidentified died in a road crash here, with men opened fire at Khokhar PRESS TRUST OF INDIA to restore high-speed internet ac- her family claiming the accident when he was out on a cess to mobile phones. happened as some motorcycle- morning walk. A video doing New Delhi, August 11: 4G Internet On Friday, the Supreme Court borne men were allegedly fol- the rounds on social media services will be allowed on a trial had asked the Jammu and Kashmir lowing her two-wheeler and ha- showed Khokhar lying in a basis in one district each in Jammu administration to explore the pos- rassing her, officials said Tuesday. pool of blood in a narrow and one in the Kashmir valley after sibility of restoring 4G services The incident took place in alley between the fields with August 15, the Centre told the Aurangabad area here Monday big crowd of villagers and in certain areas. A three-judge police personnel taking stock Supreme Court Tuesday, adding bench of Justices NV Ramana, R morning when Sudiksha Bhati of the situation. that a special committee has made Subhash Reddy and BR Gavai heard was riding pillion on a motorcy- this decision. the case today through video con- cle with her younger brother, a The relaxation will not be in any ferencing. minor, they said. The two were area adjoining the International The Jammu and Kashmir ad- en route to their maternal uncle’s Spurious sanitiser Border or ministration home in Khanpur area here from caused 16 deaths the Line of sought time to their house at Deri Scanar village Control, the take instruc- in Gautam Buddh Nagar’s Dadri Amaravati: Spurious sanitiser Centre told tions on the tehsil, the officials said. blended with methanol the top restoration of caused the death of at least court. The high-speed Smoke billows from a fire that broke out inside two ATMs at Charbagh Railway Station in Lucknow, Tuesday PTI PHOTO 16 people who consumed it in areas which Internet serv- lieu of liquor in Prakasam will get the ice, saying a district in Andhra Pradesh 4G Internet new Lieutenant late last month, and ten will be those Governor has people involved in its illicit distribution have been which have been appointed DGCA to check airports hit by heavy rain arrested, police said Tuesday. a low inten- in the union The victims, who were sity of ter- territory. REUTERS the monsoon rains,” Arun Kumar, their data is being examined. habitual tipplers, consumed rorist activities, the Centre said. Manoj Sinha has been appointed head of the Directorate General India’s Aircraft Accident hand sanitiser as an The government will review the the new Lt Governor of Jammu New Delhi, August 11: India’s air of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said in Investigation Bureau is leading the The eldest among six siblings, alternative to liquor, as situation after two months, it said. and Kashmir after GC Murmu re- safety regulator plans to conduct an interview. probe into the crash. Boeing and she had an envious academic regular shops were closed High speed Internet service in signed from the post. special audits of airports across “We will review everything - the US National Transportation record. due to COVID-19-imposed Jammu and Kashmir has been sus- The GC Murmu-led J&K ad- the country affected by heavy the condition of the runway, its in- Safety Board are also taking part “She got admitted in our school lockdown in Kurichedu in pended since over a year when the ministration has faced controversy rain, the watchdog’s chief told cline, the lighting as well as in the effort, Kumar said. in 2011 in Class 6. In 2018, she Prakasam district on different centre scarpped Jammu and over its opposition to restore 4G Reuters, days after an air crash drainage.” “Once the findings are finalised, scored 98 per cent marks in Class dates last month and died. Kashmir’s special status under Internet services in Jammu and killed 18 people and raised ques- Kumar said the special audit and if something is amiss we will 12 examination and topped the Article 370 and it into two Union Kashmir. It has cited increased ter- tions about safety. was over and above the DGCA’s take action to rectify it,” he said. district,” said Bishwajit Banerjee, Territories - Jammu and Kashmir, ror activity as the reason behind its An Air India Express plane routine checks and could cover a Table-top runways are built by the principal of Sikandrabad Yoga sessions and Ladakh. move in the Supreme Court in re- with 190 people on board over- dozen airports including those excavating the peaks of hills and Vidyagyan School, Bulandshahr. Attorney General KK Venugopal sponse to petitions seeking restora- shot the rain-soaked runway at in Chennai, Kochi, Trivandrum as have steep drops at one or both She then went onto win a Rs in TN jails representing the centre made the tion of high-speed Internet. an airport near the southern well as Mumbai, all of which get ends, increasing the danger if pi- 3.8-crore scholarship from Babson Coimbatore: Inmates of statements on restoring 4G on a An NGO called Foundation for city of Kozhikode on Friday. heavy annual rains. lots under- or over-shoot their ap- College, Massachusetts (US), and central prisons across Tamil trial basis. The Attorney General Media Professionals had ap- The Boeing 737 landed in tail- Air India Express is the low proach. At Calicut airport, where was pursuing a graduation course Nadu are attending yoga said the Internet restrictions are not proached the Supreme Court for wind, skid off the runway and cost arm of state carrier Air India. the plane crashed Friday, the pilot in entrepreneurship, he said. classes online to remain posing any hindrance to coron- contempt action against the Jammu broke in half. The flight was repatriating Indians landed a third of the way along Her father runs a tea shop. Her healthy and beat the avirus care, education or business and Kashmir administration and “We will conduct additional stranded in Dubai due to the novel the runway, Kumar said Sunday, family members said she had come coronavirus during the in the union territory and that the centre for not implementing checks at major, busy airports coronavirus pandemic. The black leaving less room to bring the to India due to the coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown period. given the current security scenario, the top court’s orders in restoring across India that are affected by boxes have been recovered and plane to a halt. pandemic and was scheduled to go Considering the request from the situation is not yet conducive 4G internet services. to the US August 20. Tamil Nadu Prisons Department, Isha Yoga Centre is conducting the virtual sessions for inmates at almost all central prisons in the state from July 28. The 5 states face extreme shortage of abortion pills prisons department had made the request to teach yoga to improve physical and THE NON-STOCKING OF DRUGS SEEMS TO BE LINKED WITH OVER-REGULATION BY DRUG CONTROL AUTHORITIES mental health of the inmates, a release said Tuesday. INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE trol authorities. About 79 per cent “In the midst of the pandemic National Family Planning Program. misunderstanding. of chemists do not stock the drugs when movement of people is re- Not allowing chemists to stock ECP “The Ministry of Health and New Delhi, August 11: There is an to avoid legal issues and excessive stricted and clinical methods of denies women of Tamil Nadu a safe Family Welfare should clarify extreme shortage of medical abor- documentation requirements. family planning are not adequately and easy to use contraceptive choice. that MA drugs which are ap- Pilot Deepak tion drugs across the country, Even in Assam, which has the available, there is a dire need to en- The primary reason for non-avail- proved for use up to nine weeks Sathe cremated with acute crisis due to lack of highest stocking percentage, 58 per sure unrestricted access to drugs,” ability of MA drugs seems to be in India cannot be used for sex se- stocks in Delhi, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, cent chemists report over-regulation said Chandrashekar, who is also the incorrect understanding that lective termination of pregnancy. Mumbai: Wing Commander Haryana and Madhya Pradesh, a of drugs. State-wise legal barriers the member of Pratigya Campaign medical abortion combipacks can This will allow women to seek Deepak Sathe (Retd), pilot-in- study revealed. continue to be a major reason for Advisory Group. be used for gender biased sex se- medical support and access drugs command of the Air India The study conducted by the non-stocking of the abortion drugs, While the purpose of the study lection among regulatory officials. with a prescription,” said Dr Express plane that crashed in Foundation for Reproductive Health with 63 per cent chemists in was to verify the availability of A Medical abortion combipacks is Rashmi Ardey, Clinical Services Kerala last week, was Services on 1,500 chemists showed Haryana, 40 per cent in Madhya drugs, the findings also reveal that indicated for use only up to nine Director, FRHS India cremated here Tuesday with that merely one per cent of the Pradesh, 74 per cent in Punjab and Emergency Contraceptive Pills weeks while an ultrasound can de- Scrutiny and over-regulation, state honours. Hundreds of chemists in Punjab, two per cent in 79 per cent in Tamil Nadu report- (ECP) are not being stocked by tect the sex of the fetus at 13-14 leading to non-availability of MA mourners lined up the road as Tamil Nadu and Haryana, 6.5 per ing so. ing them due to misconceptions chemists in the state of Tamil Nadu. weeks gestation. drugs is a major cause of concern

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of the day uote Army to probe J&K encounter after BJP-led govt wins SUSHANT SINGH DEATH After my Bihar govt has no tenure as the governor trust vote in Manipur jurisdiction in the ends, I would like to return to active families allege three men missing politics and serve case: Maha to SC West Bengal PRESS TRUST OF INDIA SEEKING JUSTICE PRESS TRUST OF INDIA TATHAGATA ROY | MEGHALAYA GOVERNOR Srinagar, August 11: The Army is inquiring into an encounter by its amilies in New Delhi, August 11: Bihar troops in a South Kashmir village FJammu Police lacks jurisdiction in Sushant Pilot is also following complaints by families region’s Singh Rajput’s suicide case, the happy and our who have reported some men miss- Rajouri have Maharashtra government told the Chief Minister ing. Three terrorists were killed in filed written Supreme Court Tuesday, while is also happy. This is the encounter, the Army says. complaints the late actor’s father claimed that a direct slap on the Families in Jammu region’s saying three Mumbai Police was not probing the BJP’s anti- men involved Rajouri have filed written com- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE confidence motion moved by the matter “in the right direction”. democratic face plaints saying three men involved in labour Congress, the Manipur Assembly work were KC VENUGOPAL | SENIOR CONGRESS LEADER in labour work were missing from Imphal, August 11: The BJP-led has accepted the motion of missing from the same area. the same Manipur government on Monday confidence moved by the BJP On July 18, the Army said three area won the trust vote 28-16 in the government. Development terrorists were killed in the higher Assembly following a hectic day- Meitei said: “Opposition leader reaches of Shopian in South long debate after Chief Minister N has come to a n July 18, the Army said three his has sparked a controversy (former Chief Minister) O Ibobi Kashmir. However, no further de- Biren Singh had moved a confi- standstill (in Oterrorists were killed in the Twith political parties Singh has categorically stated that Telangana). There tails were shared. higher reaches of Shopian in demanding an impartial probe dence motion. the Speaker didn’t allow for division are no funds for On Monday, Srinagar-based South Kashmir. However, no into the alleged encounter to Eight Congress MLAs skipped of vote despite all the Congress works. This Defence spokesperson Colonel further details were shared ensure speedy justice the proceedings of the House, de- MLAs demanding the same instead government is Rajesh Kalia issued a brief state- fying the party whip. The Congress of voice vote in the House. The misleading the people ment saying the Army has noted so- MLAs who were present demanded Speaker’s action was totally un- JP NADDA | BJP PRESIDENT cial media inputs linked to the op- Sakri village in Kotranka of Rajouri North Kashmir and dubbed as mil- a division but Speaker Y democratic.” The Bihar government told the erations at Shopian July 18. area in Poonch, filed the missing re- itants. A probe later indicted army Khemchand Singh rejected their The ruling coalition and the main top court that the FIR lodged in “The three terrorists killed dur- port with the local police after they men for staging the fake encounter plea after which angry Congress opposition Congress had issued Patna in the case is legal and valid ing the operation have not been failed to contact the three men and and a chargesheet was filed in court. lawmakers threw chairs in the well separate whips to their members to and alleged that there is non-co- SHORT TAKES identified and the bodies were news of an encounter came July 18 Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party of the House. attend the Assembly Monday and operation from Maharashtra. It buried based on established pro- from Ashimpora in Shopian, a po- (JKAP) president Syed Mohammad “We have won the trust vote by vote following their respective party said that even Rajput’s postmortem tocols. The army is investigating the lice official said. Altaf Bukhari sought an impar- voice vote. Whatever the Speaker lines. A noisy scene was witnessed report was not given to Patna MP to release 244 matter,” Colonel Rajesh Kalia said. The official said some of their rel- tial and time bound probe to unearth is doing is as per the rules. The in the House after the BJP-led al- Police by Mumbai Police, and re- prisoners on I-Day This has sparked a controversy atives have reached Shopian in the the mystery behind the disap- Opposition MLAs were in less num- liance won the confidence motion. futed the allegation of political with political parties demanding search of the three youths and were pearance of the three poor labour- bers,” Chief Minister Singh told the The Manipur government had pressure in the case. Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh an impartial probe into the alleged told that the missing men resembled ers of Rajouri district. media after the crucial trust vote. plunged into a serious political cri- Reserving verdict on actress government has decided to encounter to ensure speedy justice. those who were killed by the Army In a statement, Bukhari urged the BJP national general secretary sis June 17 after the four-member Rhea Chakraborty’s plea, seek- release 244 prisoners from The controversy started after in a “gunfight” in a village in the new Lieutenant Governor Manoj Ram Madhav congratulated Singh National People's Party (NPP), the ing transfer to Mumbai of the FIR various jails in the state on some families filed a complaint district July 18. Sinha to order a high-level probe into soon after the trust motion got the sole Trinamool Congress MLA, lodged in Patna against her for the Independence Day, Home Minister Narottam Mishra with a police station in Rajouri The National Conference de- the disappearance of the three endorsement of the House. and an Independent MLA with- allegedly abetting the suicide, the said Tuesday. The stating that their three members are manded a transparent probe into the labourers whose whereabouts were The advisor to the Chief Minister, drew their support while three top court asked the parties con- government releases missing since July 17 from incident and advised the adminis- unknown since July 17. Rajat Sethi, said in a tweet: “Devious BJP MLAs quit the party and joined cerned to file their written sub- prisoners every year by Ashimpora area of Shopian where tration to ensure that no-extraju- “The Lt. Governor led govern- plans of the Congress to desta- the Congress. missions, not more than two pages taking into account their they were working as labourers in dicial killings took place in Jammu ment in JK is expected to order bilise the government have failed. The nine-day-long political cri- each, by August 13 in the case. good conduct and on other apple and walnut orchards. and Kashmir. and pursue a serious, impartial Congrats CM.” sis ended with the intervention of During the nearly 3-hour hear- parameters August 15, an The families, who filed the police The party sought to remind the and transparent investigation that The crucial one-day session of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, ing, a bench of Justice Hrishikesh official said. “244 prisoners complaint jointly, gave pictures of authorities of the Machil fake en- leaves no stone unturned in finding the Manipur Assembly was called BJP national president JP Nadda, Roy was told by senior advocate will be released from various their family members – Mohammed counter which resulted in an unrest out what happened to these three Monday to decide on the confi- Meghalaya Chief Minister and Abhishek Manu Singhvi, ap- jails,” Mishra told reporters. Ibrar (21), Ibrar Ahmad (18) and across the Kashmir valley and poor labourers who have lost con- dence motion moved by the Chief NPP national president Conrad K pearing for Maharashtra, that Imtiaz Ahmad (26) – which were asked for a “thorough probe and to tact with their families since July Minister. The spokesperson of the Sangma and Assam Minister and there was complete lack of juris- subsequently shared with the ensure that the guilty are not 17. The truth behind their disap- Opposition Congress in Manipur, North East Democratic Alliance diction of Bihar in the case. Leopard kills girl Kashmir police for investigation. spared”. Three unemployed youths pearance must be unearthed as Ningombam Bupenda Meitei, said (NEDA) convenor Himanta Singhvi further said that he The relatives, belonging to Dhar were killed by the Army in 2010 in quickly as possible,” he remarked. that instead of accepting the no- Biswa Sarma. has never seen such sensational- in Dahod district isation being attached to a trans- fer petition and no complaint has Dahod: A 7-year-old girl has been mauled to death by a been made out by Rajput's father leopard near Sangasar village LEADING FROM THE FRONT who has filed the FIR against Rhea in Gujarat’s Dahod district, a Man escapes COVID-19 in Patna. forest official said Tuesday. Senior advocate Vikas Singh, This is the third such incident facility, found dead on road appearing for Rajput's father in the region in less than a Krishna Kishore Singh, said that month, he said. The big cat his matter is only about proper dragged the victim away PRESS TRUST OF INDIA His body was found in front of investigation of the case and ac- from outside her house in the Amalner municipal council cording to him Mumbai Police Dhanpur taluka Monday Mumbai, August 11: Hours building on Monday evening, the was not investigating in the right evening, said Vasiya Dungri after he escaped from a COVID- official said. direction. forest range officer Mahesh 19 centre in Amalner in “About 40 patients were being He said the mark on Rajput's Parmar. The half-eaten body Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district treated at the hospital while its neck does not appear to be of hang- of the girl was found deep August 10, a 32-year-old man was actual capacity is of 20 beds,” ing and it appears to be of a belt. inside the forest on Tuesday found dead on he said, morning, he said. road, police said adding that Tuesday. the hospital The patient, head filed a 108 pilots failed Sakshi Maharaj a resident of police com- Wawade village plaint about breath analyser gets death threat in the north the missing Unnao: BJP MP Sakshi Maharashtra patient. test in last 2 years Maharaj has given a written district, located A local complaint to the police over 400 kms BJP leader AGENCIES claiming that he has received from here, was alleged that calls from a Pakistani admitted in the it was not Mumbai, August 11: In the year number threatening to kill facility in an isolated 2019, the number of pilots in India him in a bomb blast. In the Amalner tehsil Monday morning, incident in Amalner. who have failed the Breath complaint to inspector in- an official said. A COVID-19 patient had run Analyser (BA) test stood at 54. The charge of Sadar Kotwali, He said doctors and hospital away from Amalner rural health- figure was the same in 2018 as Dinesh Chandra Mishra, the staff realised that the man had care centre and later killed in a well. A breath analyser test checks MP from Unnao said that he gone missing Monday as there road accident, the leader claimed the alcohol content in the blood. got two phone calls from was a heavy rush at the facility and demanded deployment of The medical officers conduct the some terrorist organisation of Pakistan threatening to on Sunday when he had tested more number of police person- test for the flight crew at the air- blow him up along with his positive for coronavirus. nel at the facility. Indian Army’s women soldiers patrol at Sadhna Pass in Kupwara district, Monday. For the first time, women soldiers port prior to the flight and after it. residence. have been deployed along the LOC in order to keep a check on weapons and drug smuggling in the area PTI PHOTO Following are the details that have come to light through an RTI reply. The RTI said that actions were 3 men arrested taken in accordance with regu- with 60 kg poppy Majority of parents oppose reopening schools lation. RTI activist Rajesh Modi said that he was shocked seeing Jammu: Three men were the RTI reply about the number arrested with 60 kg poppy and IN EARLY MAY, ISRAEL BECAME THE FIRST COUNTRY TO RESTART SCHOOLS AND WITHIN A FEW DAYS HUNDREDS of pilots found failing the breath 30 rolls of cannabis in analyser test before and after Udhampur and Rajouri OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS GOT INFECTED their flight. districts of Jammu and “I was shaken. In our coun- Kashmir, officials said. The INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE have a joint family structure. were reopened, and 2 per cent said try as per motor vehicle act poppy was seized from a 1949, drink and drive is a crim- Punjab-bound truck on a Parents were asked if they ap- they believe online education is a highway in Jakhani area of New Delhi, August 11: Only 33 prove of the reported government good substitute given the situation. inal offence because genesis be- Udhampur. Truck driver per cent parents support reopen- plan of restarting schools from A 47 per cent said all of the above hind it is that a person driving Gurvinder Singh and his help ing of schools from September 1, ac- September 1 for Classes 10-12 and were valid reasons for them as 23 a vehicle under influence of al- Charanjeet Singh were cording to a survey by LocalCircles. for Classes 6-10 after 15 days. In re- per cent said they are not opposed cohol is a potential threat and arrested, they said. Risk and unknowns of COVID- sponse, 58 per cent said ‘no’ while to opening of schools from can cause accident causing 19, and hard to implement social dis- only 33 per cent answered ‘yes’. September 1. harm to the lives of others. tancing norms in schools pose risk With majority of the parents op- As schools in America begin re- Now, an aircraft is the most to seniors in the family are among posing the reopening of schools opening, dozens of students and complicated/ high speed/ high Child labourers the top reasons why parents don’t from September 1, parents were school staff have started testing cost machine which pilots fly. So, rescued want schools starting from also asked for the reason as to why positive for COVID-19, while hun- it is scary for the passengers September 1. they are opposed to schools in India dreds have been ordered home quar- to learn about alcohol con- Hyderabad: Three persons Many schools started online ses- starting from September 1, 2020. antine. In early May, Israel became sumption among pilots. Failing were arrested here for sions for the children to ensure In response, 13 per cent said they the first country to restart schools BA test and that too in few of the allegedly trafficking 11 that learning does not stop. As per and subsequently, LocalCircles de- days for the number of infected to cannot afford to take chances with and within a few days hundreds of cases repeatedly is horrific.” children from Uttar Pradesh latest media reports, the Central cided to conduct a survey to get the increase from 1 million to 2 mil- children given the risk and un- students and teachers got infected. The RTI activist added, “Worth

y and engaging them in work, police said Tuesday. Acting on government is now considering collective parent pulse on how they lion and as per the WHO guide- knowns related to COVID-19, while Like the earlier Unlock guide- to note that out of 205 FATA hold-

opening schools from September 1 feel about reopening of schools in lines, children fall in the high-risk 1 per cent said there is a serious risk lines, the states may be given the au- ers, approximately 40-50 pilots

k y m credible information that some c children were detained and as part of its final unlocking meas- less than a month. category. with seniors in the family in case thority to decide if they want to are found to be failing BA every exploited for work in two POP ures starting with Classes 10-12 and The survey received over 25,000 Children if infected can be car- a child in the family gets infected. reopen schools in different districts, year. This is shocking as well.” units at Hayathnagar on the Classes 6-9 with a 15-day gap. responses from parents and grand- riers of the virus and spread it to A 9 per cent said social distancing depending on the prevailing case FATA (Foreign Aircrew city outskirts, police teams As a reaction to the media re- parents in different parts of India. other members of the family with will not be possible in schools, 5 load. Whatever decision is taken, ma- Temporary Authorization) is is- Monday conducted raids and ports, many parents raised the issue The infection is spreading so fast grandparents being the most vul- per cent said the coronavirus spread jority parents are against restart- sued to foreign pilots working rescued 11 child labourers. of schools restarting September 1 in the country that it took only 20 nerable as many families in India will increase even faster if schools ing of schools. for Indian airlines. We are shocked FB TO BAN NEWS OUTLETS P8 by the loss of WEDNESDAY | AUGUST 12 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR human lives and the BACKED BY POLITICAL GROUPS widespread destruction As the US presidential election caused in Beirut. We pray inches closer, Facebook is set to for strength to families to crack down on local news outlets overcome their great loss backed or supported by political T S TIRUMURTI | INDIA'S PERMANENT groups that push their agenda on international REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UN

the platform, Axios reported Tuesday

k y m c of the day uote Shooting near WH, BEIRUT BLAST Trump escorted Clearly what Scientists pooh-pooh we are doing – amid briefing Lebanese demand the way we are trying to manage the COVID- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA 19 pandemic – is to change after govt quits have local measures Washington, August 11: US in place and local test and trace to Russia’s vaccine claim President Donald Trump was introduce restrictions where that's abruptly evacuated by a Secret necessary AGENCIES Service agent from a live press briefing in the White House after BORIS JOHNSON | UK PRIME MINISTER London, August 11: An an- shots were fired outside the highly- nouncement by Russia Tuesday secured building. that it will approve a COVID-19 Trump returned to the brief- As soon as our vaccine after less than two months ing room minutes later, con- political of human testing prompted alarm firming a shooting near the White partners make a list according to among global health experts, who House and assured the reporters the criteria, the said that with no full trial data, that things were under control. government will the vaccine is hard to trust. "White House seems to be very send it to the Intent on being first in the global well under control. I would like parliament for a vote of confidence race to develop a vaccine against to thank the Secret Service for the pandemic disease, Russia has doing their -- always quick and Words written by Lebanese citizens in front of the scene of the massive explo- DAWA KHAN MENAPAL | AFGHAN yet to conduct large-scale trials of very effective work...there was an sion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP photo) PRESIDENTIAL PALACE'S DEPUTY SPOKESMAN the shot that would produce data actual shooting and somebody to show whether it works - some- has been taken to the hospital," REUTERS ing system and sent prices soaring. thing immunologists and infec- Trump said as he resumed the “I said before that corruption is I call for tious disease experts say could be press briefing on the coronavirus Beirut, August 11: Angry Lebanese rooted in every juncture of the robust utin said the vaccine, xperts said the lack of published a “reckless” step. Pdeveloped by Edata on Russia’s vaccine - including pandemic Monday. said the government’s resignation state but I have discovered that international “Russia is essentially conducting "I don't know the condition of Monday did not come close to ad- corruption is greater than the support for all Moscow’s Gamaleya how it is made and details on safety, a large population level experi- the person. It seems that the per- dressing the tragedy of last week’s state,” he said, blaming the politi- people in need in Institute, was safe and immune response and whether can Lebanon, especially ment,” said Ayfer Ali, a specialist that it had been prevent COVID-19 infection - leaves son was shot by the Secret Beirut explosion and demanded cal elite for blocking reforms. women and girls in drug research at Britain’s administered to one of scientists, health authorities and the Service. So we will see what hap- the removal of what they see as a Talks with the International who are most vulnerable in times of Warwick Business School. his daughters public in the dark pens," Trump said. corrupt ruling class to blame for the Monetary Fund have stalled amid crisis She said such a super-fast ap- The Secret Service also tweeted country’s woes. a row between the government, proval could mean that potential confirming an officer-involved The blast at the Beirut port left banks and politicians over the scale ANTONIO GUTERRES | adverse effects of a vaccine may of vaccines in the population.” US SKEPTICAL shooting at 17th Street Northwest a crater more than 100 metres of vast financial losses. UN SECRETARY-GENERAL not be picked up. These, while likely US Health and Human Services and Pennsylvania Avenue across on dock nine, the French “It does not end with the gov- to be rare, could be serious, she SCIENTIFIC PAPERS Secretary Alex Azar says it's more ambassador said on Twitter fol- ernment’s resignation,” said the warned. His comments were echoed by important to have a safe and ef- lowing a visit to the site by French protest flyer circulating on social SHORT TAKES “I know that it works quite ef- Danny Altmann, a professor of fective vaccine against the coron- forensic scientists supporting an in- media. “There is still (President fectively, forms strong immunity, and Immunology at Imperial College avirus than to be the first to produce vestigation into the disaster. Michel) Aoun, (Parliament Speaker I repeat, it has passed all the needed London, who said the “collateral a vaccine. A protest with the slogan “Bury Nabih) Berri and the entire sys- Niger extends checks,” Putin said on state tele- damage” from deploying any vac- Azar, on a visit to Taiwan, was the authorities first” was planned tem.” For many Lebanese, the ex- vision. Francois Balloux, an ex- cine that is not yet known to be asked by ABC Tuesday what he near the port, where highly ex- plosion was the last straw in a pro- emergency pert at University College London’s safe and effective “would exacerbate thought of Russia's announcement plosive material stored for years det- tracted crisis over the collapse of Niamey: Niger’s government Genetics Institute, said it was “a our current problems insur- that it had become the first coun- onated on Aug. 4, killing at least 171 the economy, corruption, waste has extended a state of reckless and foolish decision”. mountably”. try to register a vaccine against people, injuring 6,000 and leaving and dysfunctional government. emergency to the entire “Mass vaccination with an im- Even as Russia declared victory, the virus. He says, “The point is Northwest. The Secret Service hundreds of thousands homeless. SECTARIAN SYSTEM region that surrounds the properly tested vaccine is un- more than half a dozen drugmak- not to be first with a vaccine. The said a "male subject" and one of its Prime Minister Hassan Diab, The Beirut port mirrors the sec- capital Niamey and suspended ethical,” he said. “Any problem ers around the world are in the point is to have a vaccine that is safe officers were transported to a hos- announcing his cabinet’s resigna- tarian power system in which the access to a giraffe reserve with the Russian vaccination process of conducting large-scale, and effective for the American peo- pital. An investigation of the shoot- tion, blamed endemic graft for the same politicians have dominated the where six French aid campaign would be disastrous advanced human trials of their po- ple and the people of the world.” He ing "is ongoing" and "at no time dur- explosion, the biggest in Beirut’s his- country since the 1975-90 civil war. workers and two Nigeriens both through its negative effects tential COVID-19 vaccines, each says it's important to have trans- ing this incident was the White tory and which compounded a deep Each faction has its quota of di- were shot dead. Attackers on on health, but also because it would with tens of thousands of volunteer parent data on the vaccine to prove House complex breached or were financial crisis that has collapsed rectors at the port, the nation’s motorbikes ambushed further set back the acceptance participants. its safety and efficacy. any protectees in danger", it said. the currency, paralysed the bank- main trade artery. the group Sunday while they were driving through the reserve, a popular destination for expatriates NATURE’S LIGHT SHOW Opposition candidate southeast of Niamey in the Tillabery region. Prince Harry felt thrown leaves Belarus, urges end to protests Israel closes under the bus: New book Gaza crossing AGENCIES who was his girlfriend at the AGENCIES time. "Harry was upset that it was Tel Aviv: Israel Tuesday London, August 11: Britain's playing out so publicly and that Minsk, August 11: The top op- closed the main cargo Prince Harry felt he was “thrown so much of the information position candidate in Belarus' crossing with the Gaza under the bus” to protect the being reported was wrong,” the presidential vote, who initially Strip, after militants in the royal family ahead of his exit as authors quote a source as saying. refused to concede her defeat amid besieged Palestinian frontline royalty with wife “There had been moments a massive police crackdown on enclave launched Meghan Markle, claims a new un- where he felt people working anti-government protesters, said incendiary balloons into official biography of the couple with his brother had put things Tuesday she has left for Lithuania Israeli territory. "The released here Tuesday. out there to make William look and called on her supporters to Kerem Shalom ‘Finding Freedom: Harry and good, even if it meant throwing end demonstrations. Crossing will be closed, with the exception of the Meghan and the Making of a Harry under the bus. It was a con- Looking haggard and distressed, entry of essential Modern Royal fusing time, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, a for- humanitarian equipment Family' by royal and his head mer teacher and political novice, and fuel," Israel's reporters Omid was all over apologized to her supporters in a Coordinator of Scobie and the place — video statement and said it was her Government Activities Carolyn he didn't own choice to leave the country. in the Territories said. Durand comes know who or “It was a very hard decision to packed with a what to be- make,” she said. “I know that series of reve- lieve, and he many of you will understand me, Wickremesinghe lations based on and William many others will condemn me interviews with weren't talk- and some will even hate me. But summoned around 100 peo- ing enough ei- God forbid you ever face the choice ple, including ther, which that I faced.” In another video Colombo: Sri Lanka's former friends and aides, who are said made everything a lot worse," statement released later on Prime Minister Ranil to be close to Harry and Meghan the book claims. Tuesday, she urged her supporters Wickremesinghe, who suffered a crushing defeat in -- the Duke and Duchess of Some of the other subjects Lightning strikes are seen above the skyline of Shanghai’s financial district of Pudong, China REUTERS to respect the law and avoid clashes the parliamentary polls, has Sussex. covered in the book focus on with police. been summoned by a The couple themselves had Harry's "complicated" relation- Her campaign aides said she presidential probe panel earlier issued a statement to ship with his father, Prince made the unexpected move August 18 to record his clarify that they were not in- Charles, and his concern for the under duress. Tsikhanouskaya's statement on the deadly terviewed for the book and had heir to the British throne when Death toll rises to 2 from Baltimore gas explosion husband has been at a Easter Sunday attacks, no involvement. he tested positive for coronavirus Belarusian jail since his arrest Baltimore: Two people are now confirmed dead following a natural gas explosion that destroyed three row officials said Tuesday. The book claims Prince Harry earlier this year. in May. “It's very difficult to re- houses in Baltimore and sent seven people to the hospital, authorities said Tuesday. Baltimore Fire Department Nine suicide bombers was upset by the very public as- The book also details aspects spokeswoman Blair Adams said at a 9 a.m. news conference that a man was pulled from the debris shortly sist pressure when your family belonging to local Islamist pect of a falling out with his of actress-turned-royal Meghan before 1 a.m. A woman had been pronounced dead at the scene shortly after Monday morning's explosion. and all your inner circle have extremist group National older brother and second in line Markle's training in everything Seven others were hospitalized, five in critical condition, Adams said. The conditions of the other two were still been taken hostages,” said Maria Thawheed Jamaat (NTJ) to the British throne, Prince from curtsying to surviving kid- being determined, she said. More than 200 people in the neighborhood were affected by the blast, and about 30 Kolesnikova, a top figure in linked to ISIS carried out a William, after he asked him not napping attempts to prepare her have utilized temporary shelter since the explosion, she said. The natural gas explosion Monday morning Tsikhanouskaya's campaign. series of devastating to rush things with Meghan – for life in the royal family. leveled three row houses and ripped open a fourth, trapping people in the debris and scattering shards of glass Tsikhanouskaya previously blasts that tore through and other rubble over the northwest Baltimore neighborhood of Reisterstown Station. dismissed the official results of three churches and as Sunday's election showing au- many luxury hotels on the thoritarian President Alexander Easter Sunday last year, Lukashenko winning a sixth killing 258 people, including 11 Indians. term by a landslide. HK residents buy newspaper to support free press Thousands of opposition sup- porters who also protested the re- Covid returns sults met with a tough police Wellington: New Zealand AGENCIES had sold 200 of his allotment of that authorities are using the new crackdown in Minsk and sev- Prime Minister Jacinda about 300 papers by late morning. law to suppress dissent and free eral other Belarusian cities for ArdernTuesday said Hong Kong, August 11: Long lines On at typical day, he sells about 100 speech. Meanwhile, Hong Kong’s two straight nights. authorities have found four of people bought up copies of the copies. At least 200 police descended Apple Daily tabloid responded with On Monday, a protester died cases of the coronavirus in Apple Daily paper at Hong Kong on the headquarters of Next Digital, defiance Tuesday to the arrest of amid the clashes in Minsk and one Auckland household newsstands Tuesday to support a which publishes the Apple Daily, owner Jimmy Lai under a new na- scores were injured as police used from an unknown source, free press in the semi-autonomous and carted away boxes of what they tional security law. “Apple Daily tear gas, flash-bang grenades and the first reported cases of Chinese territory. said was evidence a few hours later. must fight on”, the front-page head- rubber bullets to disperse the local transmission in the The public support came one day Earlier, owner Jimmy Lai, his line read, amid fears the new law demonstrators. country in 102 days. Ardern after police arrested the publisher two sons and others from the com- erodes media freedoms in the semi- The ministry said Tuesday said Auckland, the nation's of the pro-democracy paper and pany were detained under the na- autonomous territory. More than that more than 2,000 people largest city, will be moved raided its premises in the most sig- tional security law. An aide to Lai 500,000 copies were printed, com- were detained across the coun-

to Alert Level 3 from midday nificant enforcement yet of Hong said they were suspected of collu- pared with the usual 100,000, the try for taking part in un-

k y m c Wednesday through Kong's new national security law. sion with a foreign power, which the paper said on its website. The sweep- sanctioned protests Monday midnight Friday, meaning “The government is suppressing law criminalizes. Police did not re- ing security law imposed on June evening and overnight. It that people will be asked to freedom of the press,” said Michael lease details. 30 punishes anything China con- added that 21 police officers stay at home, while bars Hung, who bought two copies for 10 The arrests, along with that of siders secession, subversion, ter- were injured in clashes with and many other businesses Hong Kong dollars ($1.25) apiece. democracy activist Agnes Chow rorism or collusion with foreign protesters, and five of them will be closed. The newsstand operator said he Monday night, have stoked fears forces with up to life in prison. were hospitalised. P9 AXIS BANK RAISES `10,000CR WEDNESDAY | AUGUST 12 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR More industry-friendly, productive friendly Private sector lender Axis Bank reforms will be brought Tuesday said it has raised to the mining sector `10,000 crore through allotment very shortly of equity shares to qualified business PRALHAD JOSHI | institutional buyers (QIB).

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k y m c of the REUTERS from 6.09% in June. Forecasts for since February - despite a recent day uote the data, scheduled to be released rise in retail consumer prices - but India inflation likely Bangalore, August 11: India’s re- on Aug 12 at 1200 GMT, ranged from said it would ensure inflation re- tail inflation edged up slightly in 5.00% to 6.55%. mains within target. After a few July due to higher food prices, re- “We see July CPI inflation to be According to the RBI’s latest sur- consecutive maining firmly above the RBI’s steady above the Reserve Bank of vey, household inflation expecta- months of edged up in July on medium-term target of 4% for a 10th India’s 6% policy limit. Food re- tions for the three-month and one-year plummeted sales in a post-COVID straight month, a Reuters poll showed. mained a dominant inflation driver horizons rose to over 10% in July, sug- scenario, there are Food prices, which account for While the central government but high utility and transport costs gesting Asia’s third-largest econ- signs of green- higher food prices nearly half the inflation basket, have gradually eased restrictions in June, also contributed,” said Prakash omy could enter a period of stagfla- shoots in passenger vehicles and soared since April due to supply- regional lockdowns in some major Sakpal, Asia economist at ING. tion - a phase with lofty inflation, two-wheelers side disruptions caused by a na- agricultural producing states con- The government suspended the high unemployment and stagnant tionwide lockdown imposed to con- tinued to disrupt supplies of es- release of CPI inflation headline demand. RAJAN WADHERA | PRESIDENT, SIAM FOOD PRICES, WHICH ACCOUNT FOR tain the spread of the coronavirus sential perishables like fruits and numbers for April and May due to in- “With inflation expected to re- which has infected more than 2 mil- vegetables. sufficient data during the lockdown. main elevated on supply side dis- The NEARLY HALF THE INFLATION BASKET, lion people and killed over 44,000 in The August 6-10 Reuters poll of The RBI kept interest rates on ruptions, we think a rate cut is more government the world’s second-most populous over 45 economists showed Indian re- should come HAVE SOARED SINCE APRIL hold last week after reducing the probable in December,” said Rini out with new foreign country. tail inflation rose to 6.15% last month repo rate by a total of 115 basis points Sen, India economist at ANZ. trade policy at the earliest in view of the COVID-19 UK jobs market outbreak to increase India’s shares in the global merechandise exports plunging toward CHANDRAJIT BANERJEE | DIR GENERAL, CII Factory output shrinks 16.6% cliff-edge moment

In the first PRESS TRUST OF INDIA quarter of However, on a monthly basis, the Index of Industrial Production has shown improvement FY21, we were London, August 11: The UK has able to perform PRESS TRUST OF INDIA of shutdown. kept a lid on unemployment so operationally at par far during the coronavirus pan- with pre-COVID With the lockdown in force for levels. We kept New Delhi, August 11: Industrial pro- most of April and May, the gov- demic but, scratch beneath the supply chain running and stood by duction declined by 16.6 per cent in ernment had released only index surface, there are worrying trends our customers June, mainly due to lower output of numbers for industrial production, that will likely see the jobless total manufacturing, mining and power and the numbers cited above are de- soaring by the end of the year. KARAN ADANI | CEO, APSEZ generation, as per the government rived from those. Figures released Tuesday from data released Tuesday. The government clarified that the Office for National Statistics According to the Index of after reporting zero production in showed that the number of peo- SHORT TAKES Industrial Production (IIP) data, April, subsequent periods of con- ple working fell in the manufacturing sector production ditional relaxations led to a graded April-June quarter by the most registered a decline of 17.1 per cent, pick-up in industrial activity. since the global financial crisis BSE joins hands while the output of mining and However, experts cautioned against more than a decade go, though power fell 19.8 per cent and 10 per celebrating just yet. the unemployment rate held with two groups cent, respectively. “The IIP data for May confirms steady at a historically low 3.9 New Delhi: Leading stock In a press release, the Ministry n our conviction that economic ac- per cent in June. of Statistics and Programme According to the Index of tivity hit a trough in April, and exchange BSE Tuesday said it Industrial Production (IIP) data, Implementation issued a disclaimer items being produced by the es- will record an uneven recovery in has joined hands with two manufacturing sector production bullion trade associations for saying that it may not be appro- registered a decline of 17.1 per tablishments during the period of the subsequent months. However, deepening the commodity priate to compare the IIP in the cent lockdown. With the lifting of re- the rising infections and imposi- derivatives market in the post-pandemic months with the IIP strictions in the subsequent periods, tion of localised lockdowns in many Debt revamping country. BSE has signed a for months preceding the COVID- n The output of mining and power industrial activity is now resuming. states, are raising red flags about the Memorandum of 19 pandemic. fell 19.8 per cent and 10 per cent, Earlier, India’s industrial pro- pace of normalisation that we Understanding (MoU) with However, on a monthly basis, the respectively. Overall, the index, duction had contracted for the third should expect in the ongoing quar- Akola Sarafa Association and Index of Industrial Production has which was 53.6 in April, improved consecutive month in May, shrink- ter. Economic activity is likely to Akola Sarafa Va Suvarnakar shown improvement. The index, to 89.5 in May and 107.8 in June ing 34.7 per cent, after a historic tread a bumpy path in the coming to prolong banks’ Yuva Sangh in this regard. which was 53.6 in April, improved fall of 57.6 per cent in April as the months, in our view,” said Aditi These associations represent to 89.5 in May and 107.8 in June, Covid-19-induced lockdown almost Nayar, principal economist at ICRA. members engaged in retail the data revealed. COVID-19 pandemic, a large num- froze economic activities. However, All the components of the IIP — min- sale and trade of bullion. The In view of the preventive meas- ber of industrial sector establish- the Index of Industrial Production ing, manufacturing, and electricity pact is aimed at facilitating asset uncertainty cooperation between BSE ures and announcement of a na- ments were not operating from (IIP) had begun shrinking even be- — saw contraction, albeit at a and physical markets tionwide lockdown by the govern- March-end, 2020 onwards. fore, falling by 18.3 per cent in smaller magnitude, than the pre- represented by these two ment to contain the spread of This has had an impact on the March, which saw only seven days vious month. REUTERS trade bodies in several areas. Mumbai, August 11: A one-time ‘MSMEs will take debt restructuring allowed by the ICICI shares jump Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to Reliance Industries breaks help lenders and borrowers amid 3% in early trade months to recoup the COVID-19 pandemic will prolong uncertainty about the banking sec- New Delhi: Shares of ICICI tor’s asset quality, Fitch Ratings Bank Tuesday gained 3 per from virus impact’ said Tuesday. cent after the company set a into top 100 global companies The RBI said last week it will floor price of `351.36 per AGENCIES PRESS TRUST OF INDIA allow restructuring of corporate and share for its proposed share personal loans to ease debt strains sale to raise up to `15,000 crore. The stock rose by 2.90 New Delhi, August 11: Reliance New Delhi, August 11: The on companies and lenders, a move per cent to `374.15 on the Industries Ltd (RIL) jumped 10 MSMEs will take at least 7-8 widely awaited by the banking in- EASING DEBT STRAINS BSE. It jumped 2.95 per cent places to rank 96th in the Fortune months to recover from the im- dustry. to `374.30 on the NSE. The Global 500 published Tuesday. Its pact of COVID-19 pandemic, “The policy could open a window n The RBI said last week it will allow floor price for the qualified highest ranking so far was at 99 in Global Chief Economist at Dun for banks to build capital buffers restructuring of corporate and per- institutional placement (QIP) 2012. & Bradstreet Arun Singh said while putting off full recognition sonal loans to ease debt strains on of shares is at a discount of In 2019, Reliance became India's Tuesday. of the coronavirus pandemic’s im- companies and lenders over 3 per cent to Monday's top name in the Fortune Global 500 The Micro, Small and Medium pact on loan portfolios, but is rem- n Indian banks are saddled with more close of `363.60 on the BSE. listing, drawn up on the basis of Enterprises (MSMEs) contribute iniscent of a strategy adopted over than $120 billion in bad loans and revenues. This year, too, Reliance 29 per cent to the country's GDP. 2010-2016 that delayed and exacer- the sector is ranked the third-worst maintained its pole position among The sector is among the worst bated problems for the banks,” among 13 major world economies JSW crude steel Indian companies in the list. India hit by the pandemic. Fitch said. has seven companies figuring in Addressing a webinar, Singh Indian banks are saddled with which remains challenging in the output falls 5 pc the 2020 edition. said the recovery time of an more than $120 billion in bad loans current environment, to address the The 96th rank that Reliance MSME will be tied to the sector and the sector is ranked the third- impact of the crisis on loan port- New Delhi: JSW Steel Tuesday said its crude steel production Industries has achieved in the at 221, Bharat Petroleum at 309, Shell, Saudi Aramco, Volkswagen, in which it is operational. worst among 13 major world folios. during July stood at 12.46 lakh 2020 edition of Fortune Global 500 Tata Motors at 337 and Rajesh BP, Amazon and Toyota Motor. According to him, sectors like economies in asset quality. The central bank has set up a tonnes (LT), down 5 per cent is its highest-ever. Exports at the 462nd rank. With 221 ranking, India's top online gaming, telecommunica- The central bank’s experience committee to oversee restructuring on an year-on-year basis. The The slip of ranking between The world's 500 largest compa- lender State Bank of India (SBI) tions and e-education operating with loan restructuring in the past plans involving creditors with more company had produced 13.17 2012 and 2016 was owing to rupee nies generated $33.3 trillion in has improved its ranking by 15 in the digital space are witness- hasn’t been encouraging. than 15 billion rupees ($200.94 mil- LT crude steel in July 2019, it depreciation and a fall in oil prices. revenues and $2.1 trillion in prof- points. The lender was at 206 po- ing a positive impact by lever- In several instances the re- lion) of debt, but that is likely to said in a statement. However, RIL is classified under its in 2019. Together, this year's sition in 2019. aging opportunities arising from structuring method was used for leave out lending to retail and small- on a month-on-month basis "Petroleum Refining" industry by Fortune Global 500 companies em- Fortune said companies are the pandemic. evergreening of loans, a practice and medium-sized firms, which there has been an Fortune 500. In this category, the ploy 69.9 million people world- ranked by total revenues for their On the other hand, traditional in which banks provide additional Fitch said is likely to account for improvement. "On a month on company is ranked at number 13 wide and are represented by 32 respective fiscal years ended on or sectors like food, drugs, phar- loans to stressed borrowers, often a substantial portion of future pan- month basis, the crude steel globally. countries. before March 31, 2020. While maceutical, ITes (IT enabled serv- indirectly, to enable them to repay demic-linked asset quality stress. production achieved for the The other Indian companies The top 10 in the list include Reliance had a revenue of $86.2 ices), banking, retail, automo- existing loans. Fitch saw downward pressure on month of July 2020 was at who are part of the Fortune 500 list Walmart, Sinopec Group, State billion, IOC had revenue of $69.2 tive, real estate and jewellery are Fitch said it believes that the banks’ standalone ‘Viability Rating’ 12.46 LT showing growth of 9 are Indian Oil at the 151st place, Grid (Corp of China), China billion. ONGC had revenue of $57 witnessing moderate to high to se- scheme may be designed to give as the scheme could expose banks per cent over Jun 2020," it said. ONGC at 190, State Bank of India National Petroleum, Royal Dutch billion and SBI had $51 billion. vere impact. banks more time to raise capital, to higher balance sheet risks.

BIZ BUZZ COVID-19 IMPACT Cooperative banks may lend under ECLGS Domestic passenger NEW DELHI: As the Emergency Credit Line vehicles’ sale eases Guarantee Scheme, specially formed for The sales contraction MSMEs, progresses, the government is NEW DELHI: Faster shift in global trade relations in the domestic passenger vehicles considering allowing cooperative banks to segment eased in July compared lend under it too. Addressing a webinar at the PRESS TRUST OF INDIA process, particularly as China will Developing countries in Asia with earlier month, industry data 'FICCI-SBI Atmanirbhar MSME Virtual retain a number of advantages over such as Indonesia, Cambodia and showed Tuesday. A total of 182,779 Conclave', Micro, Small and Medium Industries New Delhi, August 11: Moody's other economies. India stand to benefit from their passenger vehicles were sold in Minister Nitin Gadkari said that the government is discussing the matter Investors Service Tuesday said the Some Asian markets excluding preferential access to the EU and US July 2020 in India, 3.86 per cent with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). "Cooperative banks that are not coronavirus pandemic is likely to China will benefit from the supply markets for certain goods under lower than the 190,115 units sold included as a member lending institutions under the Emergency Credit during the like period of 2019. In accelerate fundamental shifts in chain shifts, particularly as com- the 'Generalized System of Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) will be included as lenders for MSMEs, June, domestic passenger vehicle trade relationships and global sup- panies look to diversify their sources Preferences' and the 'Everything under a scheme being discussed in consultation with the RBI," a FICCI sales had halved compared with the ply chains. of supply, it further noted. but Arms' initiative to support low- statement quoted Gadkari as saying. same period last year, due to the According to Moody's the trend Asian countries ex-China will Union will have negative effects and middle-income economies, economic turbulence caused by the toward a more fragmented and pro- stand to benefit from diversification for Asian producers, notably those Moody's added. According to Apple CEO Tim Cook becomes a billionaire coronavirus crisis. Besides, the data tectionist global economy will likely away from China provided that in strategic sectors. Moody's, in a post-COVID world, SAN FRANCISCO: Apple CEO Tim Cook has for the first time become a showed that car sales in the accelerate as a result of the pan- these countries have sound eco- Moody's said as the global trade ensuring supply security through billionaire as the Cupertino-based iPhone maker broke all previous country plunged by 12.02 per cent demic, with restrictions on trade, in- nomic fundamentals, reliable in- system becomes more regionally enhanced supply chain robustness records and is now the world's most valued company at over $1.84 to 102,773 units last month. vestment and technology transfers. frastructure, sufficient human cap- focused, each major region – Asia, will become a key focus of gov-

trillion. The net worth of Cook has crossed the $1-billion The pandemic will likely result ital stock, and low geopolitical and Europe and the US – will likely ernments and companies.

k y m c mark, officially making him a billionaire. Cook, however, in some fundamental shifts in trade supply security risk, Moody's said have its own suppliers for strate- Supply chain robustness refers still has a long way to go to catch up with other CEOs on relationships and supply chains in a report. gically important products. to the ability to maintain opera- the Bloomberg Billionaires' list, like Amazon Founder and globally, further hardening atti- However, localization of pro- As these trends accelerate, some tions during a crisis, which can be CEO Jeff Bezos ($187 billion), former Microsoft tudes against globalization, it said duction or reshoring that moves localization and reshoring of sup- achieved both by increasing in- CEO Bill Gates ($121 billion) and Facebook CEO and noted that the supply chain productive capacity out of the re- ply chains outside of Asia to Europe ventories and increasing supplier Mark Zuckerberg ($102 billion). shifts will occur in a multi-year gion to the US or the European and the US will be likely, it said. diversification. BACK PAGE WEDNESDAY | AUGUST 12 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR sports

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Bergamo (Italy), August 11: Atalanta is playing ‘with anger in their eyes and pain in their hearts’ and that emotion could help propel the team from Bergamo beyond ex- pectations in the Champions League. The small city of Bergamo was one of the epicenters of the coro- navirus outbreak in Italy. More than 6,000 people died with COVID- 19 in the province. Images of a convoy of military trucks driving coffins out of the city because the crematorium could- Bruno Fernandes (L) is n’t keep up were beamed around the congratulated by Nimanja world. Matic after the former’s Since even before the restart, goal as another teammate Atalanta players have talked about Anthony Martial smiles bringing the smiles back to the faces of their supporters and it has but be proud of a team like this.” leg took place February 19 in Milan made is obvious but saying that been one of the top teams since Atalanta plays Paris Saint- and has been dubbed ‘Game Zero’ Atalanta-Valencia caused every- soccer resumed. Germain Wednesday in the quar- because of the spread of the disease thing makes me laugh. There were “We were one of the cities worst terfinals of the Champions League. that followed both in northern Italy a thousand causes, not least be- hit by the virus ... and they (the That match and the remainder of and in Spain. cause as a country we were un- players) experienced all that with the competition will take place in “Look it’s difficult not to know prepared.” us,” said Franz Barcella, an Atalanta Lisbon. people who were ill in Bergamo. Atalanta secured a second suc- season ticket holder and the man- There won’t be any fans there but Having said that, to say that it was cessive season in the Champions aging partner at Edone — a bar Barcella estimates around 400-500 because of that match is an insult,” League by again finishing third in and a cultural space near the team’s supporters will be in Edone’s out- said Barcella, who was also ill with Serie A, repeating its highest-ever stadium. door space, watching the match the virus. finish from the previous year. It “They are really moving, moving on a big screen — with all the nec- “How many other chances did also set a new club record points because of what they say, because essary social distancing measures we have to get sick? There were tally of 78. of what they do, because of the way in place. concerts, other matches, the crowds Winning the Champions League RED DEVILS SURVIVE they play. It really seems as if they Atalanta reached the final eight on public transport... would also be historic, not to men- are playing with anger in their eyes with an 8-4 aggregate victory over “A match wasn’t the cause of the tion bringing some joy to a city and and pain in their hearts. You can’t Valencia in the round of 16. The first spread. That there were errors region that has suffered for months. Sabalenka in COPENHAGEN SCARE Men’s hockey camp uncertain second round, ASSOCIATED PRESS the 95th-minute lead. breakthrough goal came just as the Mason Greenwood and English team had seemed to be get- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA tested negative. They are cur- men’s team have not yet to come. Cologne (Germany), August 11: Fernandes hit the woodwork with ting frustrated and taking in- rently under 14-day quarantine The light intensity national Konta ousted Manchester United needed an shots during normal time and creasingly speculative shots against New Delhi, August 11: The up- period and the light intensity camp was supposed to start in the extra-time penalty from Bruno earlier video reviews cost United a Danish team playing its first ever coming training camp for India’s camp will begin once it’s over,” the last week of August after a month- Fernandes to scrape into the two of their best opportunities European quarterfinal. male hockey players in Bangalore source added. long break and was expected to Europa League semifinals after to score. Copenhagen striker Mohamed looks uncertain after half a dozen continue till September 30. beating Copenhagen 1-0. First, VAR scratched off a United Daramy muscled his way past the of them tested positive for COVID- It is learnt that SAI approved the In sweltering heat, United’s young penalty for offside in the buildup. United defense to shoot in the 17th 19 but the women can resume camp after a request from Hockey team controlled the lion’s share of Just before the break Greenwood but had his shot blocked by Harry practice after all of them tested neg- WOMEN’S India, which is among the 57 de- possession but had a hard time cre- put the ball in the net after a light- Maguire, and Jens Stage’s follow- ative for the dreaded virus. CAMP STILL ON recognised National Sports ating clear chances until Andreas ning break down the right flank but up was blocked, too. Six Indian men’s team players Federations (NSFs). Bjelland brought down Anthony the replay showed he’d been just off- United will play five-time Europa – skipper Manpreet Singh, striker DESPITE SIX MALE “Resuming national camps is Martial in the penalty area. side when Marcus Rashford's pass League winner Sevilla or English Mandeep Singh, defenders PLAYERS TESTING not solely SAI’s decision. We take Fernandes blasted the ball past the was played. club Wolverhampton Sunday in Surender Kumar, Jaskaran feedback and inputs from every otherwise excellent goalkeeper That decision was a particular the semifinals. They play their Singh, drag-flicker Varun Kumar POSITIVE FOR NSF before deciding anything be- Karl-Johan Johnsson to give United blow for United after the apparent quarterfinal Tuesday. and goalkeeper Krishan Bahadur CORONAVIRUS cause they are more aware than Pathak – have tested positive us. We just give them support in after reaching Bengaluru for terms of opening up our infra- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE the national camp, scheduled to structure,” a SAI source said. start August 20. Currently, 33 male and 24 fe- “We are in deliberations with Lexington, August 11: World Lukaku leads Inter into semis Of these, Mandeep has been male players are in Bangalore for respective authorities, including No.11 Aryna Sabalenka made a hospitalised after his blood oxy- the camp. The six COVID posi- Hockey India on the resumption winning return at the WTA’s re- DUSSELDORF (GERMANY): gen levels dropped Monday. “The tive men – mostly from Punjab of men’s camp and a decision on sumption in the United States as Romelu Lukaku scored one goal men’s camp is in doubt after six pos- -- were part of a 10-member this matter will be taken shortly.” she battled past America’s Madison and set up another as Inter Milan itive results, more reports are still group that travelled together Reports have alleged that the Brengle to enter the second round defeated a tenacious Bayer awaited from the state govern- from New Delhi. men’s team players, during their at the inaugural Top Seed Open. Leverkusen 2-1 to reach the Europa ment,” a SAI source told this agency. According to sources close to the break, did not follow health safety The No.2 seeded player from League semifinals. “But the women’s camp is still developments, the number could protocols as strictly as they should Belarus defeated Brengle 6-1, 6- Lukaku was the driving force on course after all the players rise as all the test reports of the have been. 7(5-7), 6-2 after nearly two-and-a- from the start, imposing himself on half hours of play Monday. the game and disrupting the “(Brengle) played really well, Leverkusen defense to keep Inter she moved really well,” Sabalenka in the hunt for its first trophy in nine said during an on-court post-match years. Inter last played a European interview as per the WTA web- semifinal on its way to the Tour de France ’21 to begin in site. “It was tough. I just tried to Champions League title in 2010. stay in the game, tried to think “We are growing but we have to clean, and fight to the end, like I learn to kill games off when we usually did.” have the chances to do it, and we did- Brittany after Denmark delay “I was really waiting for ten- n’t tonight,” Lukaku said. “Now nis to get back. I was just trying we have time to recover physically to stay in the tournament, stay and prepare for another great game.” minutes after Lukaku scored. on any transfers for the duration REUTERS omy,” said the region’s president in the rallies, stay in the game as When Nicolo Barella gave Inter A video review stopped Inter ex- of the Europa League campaign. Loig Chesnais-Girard. long as I can, and I think I did the lead in the 15th minute it was tending their lead, overturning For Leverkusen it was another Brittany, August 11: The 2021 The start of next year’s Tour everything I could. Of course I off a rebound from a shot of a penalty given for handball against near miss in a season filled with Tour de France will start here after was brought forward by six days to could play better, but I think for the Lukaku’s which had been blocked. Leverkusen left back Daley them. Leverkusen missed out on Copenhagen’s staging of the ‘Grand avoid clashing with the men’s road first match, it’s okay,” she added. Six minutes later, Lukaku scored Sinkgraven. Leverkusen pushed a Champions League spot on the Depart’ was pushed back by a year race at the rescheduled Tokyo Sabalenka, who won her sixth after a link up with Ashley Young, hard to level in the second half last day of the Bundesliga and due to a potential clash with soccer’s Olympics. career WTA singles title in Doha even though he was falling as he hit but that opened up chances for lost the German Cup final to postponed European Championship, The new June 26 start date, how- earlier this season, will next face the shot while battling a defender. Inter and Leverkusen goalkeeper Bayern Munich last month. race organisers said Monday. ever, created a clash for Denmark the winner of an all-American Just as Inter threatened to over- Lukas Hradecky was called on to “It’s a shame that we couldn’t Brittany will also host the first with the European Championship, encounter between rising teenager whelm Leverkusen, the German make repeated saves. take that final step,” right back Lars four full stages of the race. which runs from June 11-July 11. Coco Gauff and qualifier Caroline team kept itself in the game. Kai The game could prove to be Bender said. “We gave everything.” “Delighted to announce with Denmark is due to host three Dolehide. Havertz played a one-two with Havertz’s last for Leverkusen. He Inter plays Shakhtar Donetsk or Christian Prudhomme that we will group matches as well as a last 16 Meanwhile, World No.15 Kevin Volland and fired the ball has been strongly linked with a Basel in the semifinals on August start in Brest, pass through match, all taking place at the Parken Johanna Konta failed to enter the past goalkeeper Samir Handanovic move to Chelsea and Leverkusen 17. The Ukrainian and Swiss clubs Finistere, Cotes d’Armor, Morbihan Stadium in Copenhagen in June. second round of the competition to cut the gap to a single goal four previously said it would hold off play their quarterfinal Tuesday. and Ille-et-Vilaine. It will be a great The Danish start to the Tour will in US as she lost to unseeded Czech celebration and a boost for the econ- be held from July 1-3, 2022. Marie Bouzkova 6-4, 6-4. Broad fines Broad for ‘inappropriate language’ NZC promises bumper int’l schedule

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA plinary record of Broad, for whom REUTERS it was the third offence in a 24- Dubai, August 11: England fast month period, taking his cumula- Wellington, August 11: West bowler Stuart Broad has been fined tive demerit points to three. Indies, Pakistan, Australia and 15 per cent of his match earnings Broad’s previous breaches were Bangladesh have all confirmed they by referee Chris Broad, who inci- January 27 this year during the will tour New Zealand during the NZC chief executive dentally happens to be the cricketer’s fourth Test against South Africa, and southern hemisphere summer, New David White father, for using ‘inappropriate lan- August 19, 2018, in the third Test Zealand Cricket (NZC) chief exec- guage’ after dismissing Pakistan against India at Trent Bridge. utive David White said Tuesday. spinner Yasir Shah in the first Test “Broad admitted the offence and Under the International Cricket at Manchester. accepted the sanction proposed by Council’s Future Tours Programme, “The incident occurred in the Chris Broad of the Emirates ICC West Indies were scheduled to play 46th over of Pakistan’s second in- Elite Panel of Match Referees and three Tests and three T20s in New nings Saturday, when Broad used ratified by the ICC Cricket Zealand, while Pakistan will play So, 37 days of international cricket. postponed 50-over World Cup. inappropriate language after dis- Operations department as per the two Tests and three T20s. The five We’ll go through the detail of that He said NZC would be looking at missing Yasir Shah,” said the ICC COVID-19 interim playing regula- Tests form part of the World Test in due course.” the biosecurity model being used in a statement. tions. There was no need for a for- Championship. New Zealand has managed to by England to host test series against According to the release, Broad mal hearing,” the release added. Bangladesh were due to play largely contain the spread of the West Indies and Pakistan and were was found to have breached Article On-field umpires Richard both ODI and T20I series and coronavirus and has held a na- discussing details of quarantine 2.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct, Kettleborough and Richard Australia will round out the season tional rugby competition in front for incoming teams with the New which relates to ‘using language, ac- Illingworth, third umpire Michael in a three-match T20 series against of big crowds over the last couple Zealand government. y tions or gestures which disparage Gough and fourth official Steve New Zealand next March. of months. “It’s a lot of cricket,” he added.

or which could provoke an ag- O’Shaughnessy levelled the charge. “We’re making tremendous White also confirmed that the “We’ll just be held up for a week or

k k y y m m c c gressive reaction from a batter Level 1 breaches carry a mini- progress,” White told reporters ‘White Ferns’ women’s cricket team two while we work with the gov- upon his/her dismissal during an mum penalty of an official repri- Tuesday. “Just on the phone actu- will tour Australia in September and ernment agencies on the managed International Match’. mand, a maximum penalty of 50 per ally to the West Indies, they are reciprocate by hosting the Southern isolation but they’ve been tremen- In addition to this, one demerit cent of a player’s match fee, and confirmed. Pakistan have con- Stars in February, when New dously supportive and making re- point has been added to the disci- one or two demerit points. firmed, Australia and Bangladesh. Zealand would have been staging the ally good progress.”

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