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I am going to check surveillance list. Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on the high command desired so. roads and storm drain. I will Earlier on Thursday The Wire por- Pegasus snooping controversy.             Yediyurappa, 78, who met do my duty till the last minute,” tal reported that Tibetan spiritual leader, Sources in the Government said it Prime Minister Narendra he went on. the Dalai Lama, and staff members of ter and son-in-law would eventually get will seek action against some national Capital to engage with so far not commented on the issue. Modi on July 17, has been The Chief Minister, how- other Buddhist clerics were selected as placed on the list too, making it a total Opposition MPs, including Sen, and Opposition leaders. Government sources said the understandably told by the ever, cancelled a scheduled targets of potential surveillance by a of 8 numbers from this one family,” said move a motion for his suspension. Union Minister Meenakshi Leader of the House in the Rajya party leadership to hand over legislature party meeting on client of the Israeli spyware firm NSO the The Wire report. The Trinamool Congress Lekhi condemned the conduct of Sabha Piyush Goyal and his deputy the baton to a new leadership. July 26 and also a lunch with Group over two years, a leaked database The numbers of Asthana, Sharma, (TMC) members tore papers when Opposition members in the Rajya reached out “You all know that two MLAs on July 25. It was earli- of phone numbers reveals. Verma and his family figure in the Vaishnaw was called to read the Sabha and said it was a “new low” to the Opposition members and months ago, I had said I would er anticipated that the CM may The staff of the 17th Gyalwang leaked database for a short period. statement by the Chair in the after- in India’s Parliamentary democra- assured them that the Minister will resign to make way for some- step down on July 26 when he Karmapa, Urgyen Trinley Dorji, the Jesudasan, considered a trouble- noon session. As bedlam pre- cy. Shantanu Sen snatched papers reply to their queries after he makes one else. I will know the next completes two years of his third highest ranking monk in Tibetan shooter for Ambani’s empire in matters vailed, the Minister could not com- from Vaishnaw after TMC, his statement, but in vain. step only after July 25, and will fourth term at the helm. Buddhism, who had been living outside of regulatory policy and the media, plete his statement and instead Congress and other Opposition The situation remained tense in abide by the BJP high com- “Prime Minister Narendra India since early 2017 was also in the appeared on the list in 2018. From mid- laid a copy of it on the table of the party members who had earlier the House as the two sides engaged mand’s decision. I will work to Modi, and our targeted list. The report said Tibetan 2018, there were several tense periods House. forced two adjournments of the in a heated exchange. Deputy strengthen the party and bring national president JP Nadda officials were targeted from late 2017. for the company: This includes the Deputy Chairman Harivansh proceedings in the Rajya Sabha Chairman Harivansh asked the the party back to power in have special love and faith in On the CBI tapping, The Wire has Hollande controversy and tense apex Narayan Singh tried to restore rushed into the well of the House members to desist from unparlia- Karnataka,” said Yediyurappa me. You should know that no reported, “Someone with the keys to court hearings. order and asked members to desist as the Minister was called to make mentary behaviour, before adjourn- on Thursday at Bengaluru. position is given to those who India’s hush-hush spyware deployment The number for Jesudasan shortly from unparliamentary behaviour, a statement on the snooping row. ing the proceedings of the House for “When the directions have crossed 75 years of age in system received authorisation to add stopped appearing in the records after before adjourning the proceedings On his part, Sen alleged that the day. “Please do not adhere to come, I’ll quit and work for the the party, but appreciating my Verma’s numbers to an extensive list of the Supreme Court gave its verdict. The of the House for the rest of the day. Union Minister Hardeep Puri this unparliamentary practice,” party,” he said. Insisting that work, they have given me an persons of interest that included at least judgment, delivered in December 2018 The pandemonium comes days abused him in Parliament and was Harivansh said, adding that the the party leadership had said opportunity despite the fact 10 individuals whose phones bear the by a Bench headed by then Chief before TMC supremo and West on the verge of physically assault- report that all MPs want to hear has nothing to him, he remarked: that I am 78 years old,” the CM tell-tale footprints of Pegasus.” Justice Ranjan Gogoi, dismissed a batch Bengal Chief Minister Mamata ing him before he was rescued by now been laid on the table of the “Let’s see what happens on the said opening up scope of spec- “Along with Verma, the personal of petitions that called for a probe into Banerjee is scheduled to visit his Opposition colleagues. Puri has House and it can be discussed. 25th”. ulation on his next step. telephone numbers of his wife, daugh- the affair.       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Lekhi, he said, had no right in such an outrageous manner Having failed to deter the to resolve the crisis, which of India should try immediate resignation of the nearly eight months, the Chief While the assault on the to defame the farmers in such over the incident. farmers, who had been braving could have serious repercus- to settle the issue at the earli- Union Minister Meenakshi Minister said that it reflected the journalist covering the farmers’ a manner. The Delhi Police Pointing to the disparaging the elements with many losing sions for the country. est, he stressed. ()) * Q, '  R              & '       /0,0$ the ongoing Parliament session,  %      4!%  $ ! ! we made necessary arrange- o mark their protest against ments to keep the protest   '  Tthe Centre’s new farm laws, peaceful. We hope that we’ll get   +$3/ 3($ Government and World Bank and imple- a group of 200 growers reached this support and coordination mented by the Haryana Government. The Jantar Mantar and organised a in future also,” Chinmoy aking State Government’s vision of major objective of this scheme is to create   +$3/ 3($ ‘Kisan Sansad’ after Delhi Biswal, the Delhi Police’s PRO Tgroundwater development and man- the hydrogeological data network of Lieutenant-Governor Anil said. agement a step further, Haryana Chief groundwater resources and further build- eiterating the Punjab Government’s Baijal gave them special per- Around 5,000 police per- Minister on Thursday ing community institutions to manage the Rfirm commitment to make the State mission to hold their demon- sonnel were deployed in the approved the engagement of District groundwater resources in Haryana. clean, green, and pollution-free, the stration till August 9. Though New Delhi district and four Implementation Partners (DIPs) for six As a part of the programme, commu- Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan on the protest was to start at 11 companies of paramilitary clusters to support the successful imple- nity mobilisation and awareness activities, Thursday directed the departments con- AM, the farmers reached the 5 PM. “The first day of Mantar went peacefully. In forces have been deployed in mentation of Atal Bhujal Yojana. as well as capacity building of stakehold- cerned to take all necessary measures to venue at 12:25 PM and sat till the farmers’ protest at Jantar view of Independence Day and and around Jantar Mantar. After the approval, DIPs will prepare ers, will take place. Initially, the water secu- address water and air pollution issues Water-cannons, metal-detec- the village water security plans and facili- rity plan of each village will be prepared and besides ensuring proper solid and plas- tor gates, two tankers carrying tate the implementation of Atal Jal at the the same will be implemented over the next tic waste management. drinking water have also been gram panchayat level. They will also facil- four years. Mahajan, chairing the 15th meeting stationed there. itate community engagement and social Dr Satbir Singh Kadian, Project of the state apex committee to review the “Several companies of the behavioural transition. Director — Atal Jal Haryana informed that progress of the environment action plan, CRPF and the RAF have been The approval was given during the under the scheme, Jal Panchayats will take directed the Local Government deployed at the site. CCTV review meeting regarding implementation place. During this panchayat, villagers Department to take over the sewerage cameras have also been placed of Atal Bhujal Yojana held under the chair- will take ownership of their groundwater treatment plants (STPs) being operated in the area,” said Deepak Yadav, manship of Chief Minister here. resources and will decide the future action by the Water Supply and Sanitation Deputy Commissioner of During the meeting, the Chief Minister plan in consultation with the state team. department and PSIEC by July 31. Police (DCP), New Delhi dis- directed all concerned authorities to con- He added that this programme will rev- She also asked the Department to ini- trict. verge the programme with other ongoing olutionise the groundwater governance in tiate bio-remediation works in all the Barricades along with water-related schemes of the state that is the state and will set an example for the drains at the earliest, where establishment metal detectors have also been Mera Paani Meri Virasat and micro-irri- entire country. of STPs was taking time so that imme- placed on either sides of the gation. He also discussed the future course diate relief was provided to the citizens venue and two water cannons of action under this programme. CM DIRECTS DCSTOFOCUSON of the State. have also been stationed. Additional Chief Secretary, Irrigation MICRO-IRRIGATION SYSTEM Reviewing the water pollution in The farmers alleged that and Water Resources Department, The Chief Minister Manohar Lal river Sutlej due to discharge of sewage they were stopped by the police Devender Singh, informed that under Khattar directed the Deputy and effluents mainly from Ludhiana, the at three places and their Atal Jal, a total of 14 districts of Haryana Commissioners to focus on micro-irriga- Chief Secretary directed the Water Aadhaar cards were checked. will be covered. That includes 36 ground- tion system so as to ensure that water reach- Resources Department to complete the “This was harassment by the water stressed blocks with a total of 1669 es every field. project of releasing 200 cusecs of fresh Government and even buses gram panchayats. At the compilation of the While presiding over a review meeting water from Sirhind canal to Buddha nul- coming from Pakistan would programme, the state has a target to held here regarding micro-irrigation and lah by end of this month. have not been checked in such reduce groundwater depletion by a mini- Parivar Pehchan Patra, he said that the State She also asked to make operational a manner,” said Shiv Kumar mum of 50 percent, he said. Government aims to provide water to every 40 MLD and 50 MLD CETPs in Kakka, a farmer leader. The Chief Minister was further field located in every corner of the state. Ludhiana by July 31, which will also help “Two of our buses broke apprised that Atal Bhujal Yojana is a He said that the Government is pro- to clean the Buddha Nullah, which has down en route, so police escort- Participatory Groundwater Management viding an 85 percent subsidy for setting up become the main source of pollution in ed us in DTC buses,” he added. scheme supported by the Central micro-irrigation systems. Sutlej river. During the day, the farm- ers debated the changes in the APMC Act in two sessions of     )"" ! the ‘Kisan Sansad’. The debate ! P " also featured women and the Q)  %7   R !"  & elderly.  %% 5! * +  ""  "   Chandigarh: Haryana !,  % Government has given its approval for the “Karnal- 9: Yamunanagar” new rail line   +$3/ 3($ .      project. 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By the time DCoronavirus cases on stituency Dilip Pandey’s office stakeholders more effectively. said that the Karnal- he reached the Corporation Thursday while one more has been awarded an ISO 9001- This is achieved by building a Yamunanagar rail line will office at 10.25 am, many Joint patient succumbed to the dis- 2015 certification for quality framework to ensure consistent strengthen the transport infra- Commissioners, including ease, according to a health management. quality in the provision of structure by providing fast, Commissioner of the bulletin issued by the Delhi The certificate awarded by goods and/or services. The safe, economical, comfortable Corporation, Mukesh Government. As per the bul- International Organisation for MLA office has adopted a and reliable mobility option to Kumar Ahuja were absent from letin, the positivity rate stands Standardisation which is one of structured approach towards the people of Haryana. the office. Vij ordered to sus- at 0.08 per cent while 29 the most recognised certificates decentralised governance. The Haryana Government has pend two SDOs, relieve one patients recovered from the in the world. This certificate is passions of politics must co- approved the Detailed Project XEN and register an FIR against infection in the past 24 hours. given to given to those institu- exist with reason and compe- Report of the project on July 20 one for negligence in work. The “The total number of fatal- tions that clear a rigorous set of tence, this belief sits at the core after incorporating all the sug- MC office has been surround- ities stands at 25,040 , while the international standards. of the party.The standard of gestions made by the Union ed by controversies over many cumulative case tally has AAP’s national convener certification is based on seven Ministry of Railways to the issues, including payment of reached 1435720,” it said. At and Delhi Chief Minister quality management princi- draft report submitted earlier fake bills, negligence regarding least 58502 tests, including Arvind Kejriwal will present ples including having a strong in September 2019, he added. rain water drainage. He inspect- 45,892the certificate to Dilip Pandey customer focus, the involve- He said the State ed the offices located on the RTPCR/CBNAAT/TrueNat on Friday.”Criminal records ment of top management and Government has been pursuing three floors of the Corporation tests, were conducted in the last and corruption dominate the a drive for continual improve- this project with the Ministry of and ordered the suspension of 24 hours,” it said, adding that legislatures and parliaments ment. “The MLA office pre- Railways in various meetings two SDOs namely Rakesh out of 12615 available beds in across the country. Questions pared a quality manual, con- held by Haryana Chief Minister Sharma and Kuldeep Yadav hospitals, 251 are occupied as are rarely asked about the qual- ducted risk assessment and with Union Minister of who were missing from the on Thursday while the rest are ifications and the work ethic of thereby attained the certifi- Railways. office. In the case of a six- vacant. legislative officers. cate for three years. Through Haryana Rail Infrastructure month-old estimate, XEN As many as 14,10,095 peo- Consequently, we realised that grievance management soft- Development Corporation Dharambir Malik was instruct- ple have either been discharged, at the MLA office of Timarpur ware and a brand new app, (HRIDC-joint venture between ed to be relieved of the said have recovered or migrated that we need to set up a qual- manual intervention will be Ministry of Railways and charge. He also instructed to out. The case fatality rate stands ity standardization system. ISO replaced by technology and Haryana Government), has deduct the salary for two hours at 1.74 per cent, according to 9001 is the world’s most recog- people will receive updates on finalised this DPR at an esti- of the account branch’s section the bulletin. nised Quality Management SMS and Whatsapp,” it said. mated cost of 883.78 crore. officer Bhupendra Singh.    $  ' R $    

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The DM issued this order TDepartment reported 56 centage from the disease is Covid 19 were reported from kit to the suspected patients services of web masters for the after his inspection of slums new cases of the novel now at 95.90 and the sample Rudraprayag and Bageshwar without waiting for the test purpose. In the letter sugges- located near Bindal bridge and Coronavirus (Covid-19) and positivity rate on Thursday districts on the day. One report and prevent black mar- tions on availability of oxygen, Gandhi Gram on Thursday death of two patients from the was at 0.23 per cent in the patient each was reported keting of medicines and equip- ambulances, taking help of evening. He also ordered MCD disease in Uttarakhand on state. The authorities collect- dead at Sushila Tiwari gov- ment to deal with the probable civil society, counselling of officials and the sub division- Thursday. The department ed 24,129 samples in different ernment hospital Haldwani third wave of the disease. In a patients and arrangement of al magistrate to prepare plans also reported 48 recoveries parts of the state on Thursday. and district hospital letter written to the health food for infected families have for these slums in case of from the disease in the state The state health depart- Pithoragarh on Thursday. minister Dhan Singh Rawat, been given. “We experienced emergencies. on the day. ment reported 18 new patients The state now has 649 Nautiyal has suggested a ten many problems during the sec- He asked the corporation The cumulative count of from Dehradun, ten from active patients of the disease. point formula on which the ond wave and now we should to regularly pick the garbage that might cause waterlogging. senior municipal health officer Covid-19 patients in the state Pithoragarh, nine from Dehradun district is at top of health department should work take the benefit of our experi- like plastics from the areas Kumar asked the officials con- and district disaster manage- is now at 3,41,629 while a total Nainital, six each from the table in the list of active to tackle the third wave of the ences to deal with the third near rivers and bridges in order cerned to be prepared in case ment officer were also present of 3,27,606 patients have Almora and Uttarkashi, three cases with 266 patients while pandemic effectively. wave of the disease,’’ he said. to avoid obstruction in the flow of emergency situations in such during the inspection on recovered from the disease so from Tehri, two from Haridwar in the second posi- of water during heavy rainfall areas. 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He revealed espite the rivers swelling Kothiyal or leaders like the cur-   '   picked during the Covid cur- that there are about 800 bulls Ddue to the rains, some rent Chief Minister Pushkar few. Within the first two in the cattle shelters of the cor-   0$(34/ arrangements are made on ness for this purpose. people are still going to the Singh Dhami. He raised this *  , months of this year, the cor- poration, most of whom are time to deal with the possible The chief secretary Sukhbir rivers to bathe for fun. This ten- questions during his one day poration collected revenue of injured, sick and old. hief Minister Pushkar third wave of Covid. Stating Singh Sandhu directed the dis- dency proved fatal for two visit to Roorkee on Thursday. asking Uttarakhand's public. over Rs two lakh from the The corporation is pro- CSingh Dhami chaired a that there had been a drop in trict magistrates to remain pre- young brothers who drowned On arriving in Roorkee, Sisodia Talking about the party's owners of cattle who left them viding proper fodder and video conference with senior new Covid cases in the recent pared to tackle the challenge of in the Gaula river here on first participated in Shree plan for Uttarakhand, Sisodia in public places. Most of these treatment to these cattle, officials and district magis- past, he stressed on the need for the third wave of Covid-19. Thursday. The incident Shatchandi Mahayagya at said that AAP will develop the cattle were donkeys, pigs, informed Tiwari. trates on Thursday evening to still observing precautions This will enable the govern- occurred near the Anwla Jeevandeep Ashram and later State like Delhi. He said that mules, horses and lactating According to him, the review arrangements being against the virus. Adequate ment to succeed in enhancing Chowki gate. The superinten- interacted with the media. He unlike Delhi's government cows for which people corporation picks up the stray made for protection from oxygen, oxygen supported the health infrastructure. He dent of police (city) and said that he was in the State to schools, Uttarakhand has inef- returned and deposited penal- animals because they might Covid-19. Seeking informa- beds, ICU, ventilators and sep- said that focus should also be Tehsildar reached the area participate in Mahayagya but he ficient education system which ties to take their animals pose a threat to commuters tion from all district magis- arate wards for children should laid on how these facilities can along with their teams on also used this opportunity to is also the main reason for back. and pedestrians on roads but trates about the arrangements be ensured in all district hos- be used after the Covid pan- being informed about the inci- interact with various groups of migration of locals from moun- However, most of the cat- people who domesticate them in their districts, Dhami direct- pitals, community health cen- demic. Coordination should be dent. The police divers were locals in Roorkee. "I asked them tainous regions in the State. tle which are presently living should also act humanely. ed them to ensure proper tres (CHCs) and primary established among all depart- able to retrieve the bodies of whether a CM should be a "Many people do not get edu- under various animal shelters "We want to make the city arrangement of oxygen, oxygen health centres (PHCs). The ments to resolve problems in a both the youngsters. patriot and honest person like cation in such areas and those like Kanji House and Gau stray cattle free but people supported beds, ICU beds chief minister said that he will better manner, he added. Romins and Rohan Ajay Kothiyal or corrupt and who do, receive substandard Sadan are cows and bulls also need to be sympathetic along with separate oxygen talk to the Union Defence The Health secretary Amit Srivastava had gone to bathe in useless like BJP's chief ministers education," asserted Sisodia. He which are either old or sick. and caring towards the ani- and ICU beds for children. All minister and Home minister Singh Negi informed in detail the Gaula river on Thursday or said inefficient education is the According to the senior vet- mals they domesticate rather the district magistrates should for additional beds and vac- about the arrangements made evening. However, they were Pushkar Singh Dhami," stated main cause of unemployment erinary officer of the corpo- than abandoning them on ensure these arrangements by cines in military hospitals of the for protection from Covid-19 unable to stay in control and Sisodia. He said that people and migration in the State. ration, Dr DC Tiwari, 90 per streets," stated Tiwari. July 31, he directed. state for treatment of Covid in the state. Information was drowned in the river. The responded positively towards Moreover, he also clarified cent of these 1,500 cattle Meanwhile, the officials Arrangements will be made patients. The chief minister also presented about the locals nearby informed the AAP's leader Kothiyal and he that the party is not in talks with include mostly cows and bulls informed that the corporation wherever doctors or funds are further directed that all the dis- arrangements made by all the authorities about the incident. wished to ask the same question other members of the opposition who are old and sick. "We did is also planning to take action needed to ensure the needful, trict magistrates should evalu- district magistrates at their It is learnt that when the to everyone. However, on the parties at present but any leader not leave any cattle on roads under Uttarakhand he added. ate the arrangements to be level. Additional chief secretary younger of the two began to question of whether Kothiyal who is honest and non corrupt during the Covid curfew and Protection of Cow Progeny Dhami said that both test- made in all the hospitals so that Anand Bardhan, secretaries drown, his elder brother will be the chief ministerial is welcome to join the party. He provided shelter to them. Act against the owners who ing and vaccination are very when needed, the load is not Pankaj Kumar Pandey, Ranjit entered the river to save his sib- candidate in Uttarakhand from also made it clear that the Aam People mostly leave such cows leave cows and their progeny important for protection from exerted only on one hospital. Sinha and other departmental ling but both of them drowned. AAP in the assembly elections Aadmi Party will contest on all on streets who have become on roads and take them in Covid. He directed the officials He also stressed on the impor- officials were also present in the The police sent the bodies for 2022, Sisodia did not clarify and seats in Uttarakhand assembly old, stopped giving milk or are only to milk them. to make sure that necessary tance of raising public aware- meeting. post mortem examination. just added that this is what he is elections. $%&'($)*  ,'-$(  ) ./ .0.1   .

      /                      &               & &     /0,0$  Q   he CPI(M) alleged on TThursday that the Pegasus spyware scandal is not just a  "   5 !!6* "  case of violation of privacy and illegal, but is a part of the “larg-   /0,0$ of Bharat Samachar and its er architecture” to consolidate promoters and staffers were the “authoritarian Hindu he searched. Bharat Samachar TV regime”, “intimidate” and even Ton Thursday conducted said on its official Twitter han- “blackmail” the functionaries of searches across several States dle that searches are being con- constitutional bodies. In the lat- against prominent media group ducted at the “house of its est editorial of its mouthpiece, Dainik Bhaskar and an Uttar Editor-in-chief Brajesh Mishra, Peoples Democracy, the Left Pradesh-based television news state head Virendra Singh, party said the bigger picture of channel Bharat Samachar for houses of some employees and the issue must not be obscured. alleged tax evasion, eliciting the channel office”. “The Pegasus usage is part condemnation from Interestingly, premises of the larger authoritarian Opposition parties that termed linked to BJP MLA of Harraiya   /0,0$ viding for financial aid to architecture that has been built the development a measure to Assembly constituency Uttar such illegal strikes.” feasibility of providing a 280- up over the past seven years. stifle and scare the media. The Pradesh, Ajay Singh and his gainst the backdrop of Indian Ordnance   /0,0$ metre runway strip instead of The message is that any means Government, however, said associates were also searched Athe threat for an indefi- Factories is the oldest and 150 metres at present. It has can be adopted to establish and there was no interference and during the day. However, it nite strike by over two lakh largest industrial set up he Centre has requested also suggested construction consolidate the authoritarian the agencies were doing their could not be ascertained if the Ordnance Factory Board which functions under the Tthe Kerala Government to of a runway-end safety area at regime....Like the work. searches were linked to those of (OFB) employees, the Department of Defence provide 152.25 acres of land both ends of the runway to UAPA, the hacking of com- The IT Department the media groups. Government on Thursday Production of the Ministry “free of cost and free from all reduce the payload restric- puters of the accused in the searched at least 30 locations the issue was raised in the On its website, the Dainik introduced a Bill in the Lok of Defence. encumbrances” for increas- tions on the aircraft. Bhima-Koregaon case to plant across Bhopal, Jaipur, Rajya Sabha that faced adjourn- Bhaskar posted a message in Sabha seeking to prohibit The ordnance factories ing the length of the The minister said the malware as evidence, the use of Ahmedabad, Noida and other ments twice. The development Hindi saying the government any agitation and strike by form an integrated base for Kozhikode airport runway committee has recommended the Enforcement Directorate places at the premises of the came in for wide condemnation was scared of its true journal- anyone engaged in the essen- indigenous production of from 150 metres to 280 filling, levelling and construc- and other central agencies to Dainik Bhaskar media con- from various Opposition lead- ism. From bodies in the Ganga tial defence services. defence hardware and equip- metres, constructing tion of embankments at the intimidate and incarcerate, the glomerate which has significant ers, including Chief Ministers of to Corona deaths, the Group This Bill comes weeks ment, with the primary embankments and building a airport. “The government has Pegasus is a cyber weapon presence in 12 States. The West Bengal, Rajasthan and that brought the real numbers after the corporatisation of objective of self-reliance in runway-end safety area. requested the state govern- against potential opponents searches began early morning at Delhi, , Ashok in front of the country is being the OFB, against which equipping the armed forces In a written reply to a ment of Kerala to provide and threats,” it said. around 5.30 am and continued Gehlot and Arvind Kejriwal raided by the government. employees of more than 40 with the state-of-the-art bat- question in the on 152.25 acres of land free of cost The Communist Party of till going to the press. respectively, among others. The group said the raids ordnance factories all over tlefield equipment. whether the Centre has taken and free from all encum- India (Marxist) also said the The group publishes 65 In response to criticisms were carried out at the homes of the country have threatened In order to improve any steps to ensure safety at brances for executing the purpose and pattern in the use editions of newspapers and 211 from various quarters, Union many staffers. to go on indefinite strike autonomy, accountability the Kozhikode airport after the works as per recommenda- of the spyware is evident and sub-editions in Hindi, Gujarati Minister said, The mobile phones of those from July 26. and efficiency in ordnance August 2020 plane crash there, tions made by the committee,” that it is designed to “protect and Marathi, as per information “Agencies are doing their own in office were seized and they The Essential Defence supplies, the government Minister of State for Civil he said. those in power and to desta- posted on the website of its par- work and there is no interfer- were not being allowed to go Services Bill, 2021, intro- decided to convert the OFB Aviation V K Singh told Five days after the plane bilise the opposition and mon- ent company DB Corp Ltd. It ence in them.” out, it further said. duced by Minister of State for into one or more one hun- Parliament on Thursday said crash last year, the Aircraft itor the investigative voices in also operates 30 radio stations Articulating the “Officials involved in the Defence Ajay Bhatt, seeks to dred per cent government- a committee was formed to Accident Investigation Board the media”. It said the targeting in seven States besides having Government’s stand, Thakur raids said this was part of the replace an ordinance issued owned corporate entity or “suggest additional safety mea- (AAIB) had formed a five- of the 11 phone numbers online presence with six web further said, “One should take process and they will be released in June. entities to be registered sures at some airports includ- member panel to inquire into linked to the woman who com- portals and four mobile phone complete information and after panchmana proceedings The Statement of Objects under the provisions of the ing Calicut (Kozhikode)”. the circumstances of the acci- plained of sexual harassment by apps. sometimes many issues come are done,” the Group said, said the ordinance issued Companies Act, 2013. An Air India Express flight dent. The panel is yet to sub- the then Chief Justice of India “The group is also involved up that are far from truth.” adding that the digital team on June 30 defines the The recognised federa- from Dubai with 190 people mit its report. was “ominous”. in textiles and mining busi- In the run up to the IT working on the night shift was expressions “essential tions of the employees gave on board, including a six- Captain S S Chahar, a for- “It is meant to protect nesses and the IT department is Department action, both released only at 12.30 pm. defence services” and a notice for an indefinite member crew, overshot the mer DGCA-designated exam- someone in a vital position and also looking into related trans- Dainik Bhaskar and Bharat The Group alleged that the “strike”. It also empowers strike. The conciliation pro- tabletop runway during land- iner for pilots of the B737NG probably use the information actions,” an official said. Samachar have been critical of IT Department’s search teams the central government to ceedings initiated by the ing at the Kozhikode airport in aircraft, is the investigator-in- collected as leverage to bring Both the IT Department the handling of Covid-19 crisis had no women members when prohibit strike in essential government at the level of heavy rains on August 7 last charge in the panel. He is the judiciary to heel. There is and its regulator, the Central through numerous stories high- they raided its Bhopal and defence services and pro- Chief Labour Commissioner year. It fell into a valley 35 feet assisted by operations expert constant talk of the under- Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), lighting the shortcomings of the Ahmedabad digital wing offices vides for disciplinary action, failed in the meeting held on below and broke into pieces, Ved Prakash, senior aircraft mining of constitutional bod- remained tightlipped on the authorities and the consequent where women staffers were pre- including dismissal, against June 15. On June, 16, the killing 21 people, including maintenance engineer-B737 ies under the (Narendra) Modi searches against the promoters distress of people during the sent. Senior income tax officers employees participating in government decided to con- both pilots. Mukul Bhardwaj, aviation regime. The targeting of Ashok and staffers of the two entities deadly second wave of the pan- in the team have not clarified strike. It also provides for vert the Ordnance Factory Singh said the committee medicine expert Y S Dahiya Lavasa, the dissenting Election that faced the searches. demic. the reason for these searches till penalties for “illegal strikes, Board into seven Defence has suggested various mea- and AAIB Deputy Director Commissioner on certain deci- As the searches continued, In Lucknow, the premises now, it said. instigation thereof and pro- Public Sector Undertakings. sures, including exploring the Jasbir Singh Larhga. sions of the Commission favouring Modi, shows how spyware is used to intimidate =               !" and, if required, even blackmail "   P functionaries of the constitu-       tional bodies,” it said. ?        +      /0,0$ Pawar had in a written reply ically reported by states and ?9GH?    5 $ ! a couple of days ago said, UTs.” New Delhi:Twelve BJP MLAs &   ongress Rajya Sabha MP KC “Detailed guidelines for report- But there was an unprece-   /0,0$ from on Thursday CVenugopal on Thursday ing of deaths have been issued dented surge in demand for moved the Supreme Court +  moved a privilege motion by the Union Health Ministry to medical oxygen during the sec- he Ministry of Electronics challenging their one-year sus- $+  against Minister of State for all states and UTs. Accordingly, ond wave and it peaked at near- Tand Information Technology pension from the State Health Bharti Pravin Pawar for all states and UTs report cases ly 9,000 MT compared to 3,095 on Thursday informed Legislative Assembly for alleged    “misleading” Parliament by say- and deaths to the Union Health MT in the first wave following Parliament that Twitter was non- misbehaviour with the presid-   /0,0$ out that it is a matter involving ing “no deaths were reported by Ministry on a regular basis. which the Centre had to step in compliant with the IT rules on ing officer. Afghanistan and Pakistan. any State or UT because of However, no deaths due to to facilitate equitable distribution May 26 when the new regula- On July 5, these 12 MLAs erming the abduction of the “However, since the   /0,0$ Oxygen shortage”. lack of oxygen have been specif- among the states, she said. tions came into effect but the were suspended from the Tdaughter of the Afghanistan Pakistan interior minister has microblogging platform has sub- Assembly for one year after the to Islamabad as a “very shock- dragged India into it, I would s farmers’ unions started sequently appointed a chief com- state government had accused ing” incident, India on only like to say that even by Atheir ‘Kisaan Parliament’ pliance officer and a resident them of “misbehaving” with Thursday said Pakistan’s denial their standards, Pakistan’s at Jantar Mantar to pay trib- grievance officer as a contingent presiding officer Bhaskar of the victim’s version is “stoop- denial of the victim’s account is ute to those who died during arrangement. In another reply, Jadhav in the Speaker’s cham- ing to a new low”. This strong stooping to a new low,” he said. the ongoing agitation, Union the ministry said that close to 140 ber. statement came after Pakistan’s “As regards the security of Agriculture Minister phishing incidents were Advocate Abhikalp Pratap Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid the Indian High Commission on observed by CERT-In during the Singh said he has filed the peti- Ahmed described the incident and our personnel in Pakistan, Thursday yet again urged first half of 2021. tion in the apex court on behalf as a “conspiracy linked to India’s I would not like to get into spe- them to leave the path of agi- In a written reply to the of these MLAs and they have security agencies. cific security-related mea- tation and come for talks. Rajya Sabha, , Minister of State challenged the resolution Selsela Alikhil, the 26-year- sures,” he added. Tomar said farmers across for Electronics and IT Rajeev passed by the Assembly to sus- old daughter of Afghanistan Pakistan’s Interior Minister the country have favoured Chandrasekhar said that Twitter pend these lawmakers for one Ambassador Najibullah Alikhil, said the woman was not the three farm laws. has also informed the IT year. was abducted and held for sev- abducted according to investi- Tomar said, “I want to tell Ministry about its physical con- The 12 suspended mem- eral hours by unidentified men gations and urged her to come through you (media) that tact address in India, and has bers are- Sanjay Kute, Ashish in Islamabad last Friday. She forward and join the probe. farmers should leave the path published a compliance report Shelar, Abhimanyu Pawar, reportedly suffered injuries due Two days after the inci- of protest and come for dia- for June 2021. Girish Mahajan, Atul to alleged torture. dent, the Afghanistan govern- logue. We are ready for talks Chandrasekhar also said the Bhatkhalkar, Parag Alavani, “This is a very shocking ment recalled its ambassador if they come with issues in the statement made by Twitter ear- Harish Pimpale, Yogesh Sagar, incident,” Ministry of External and senior diplomats from bills point wise. If they come lier in May expressing concerns Jay Kumar Rawat, Narayan Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Islamabad over concerns relat- with their proposal, we are over potential threat to freedom Kuche, Ram Satpute and Bunty Arindam Bagchi said here at a ing to their safety and securi- ready to discuss,” he said. of expression and staff safety. Bhangdia. media briefing, while pointing ty. Asserting that the gov- ernment is sensitive towards farmers, the minister said in ant but only 9.8 per cent the last seven years under the cases required hospitalisa- leadership of Prime Minister O          tion, while fatality was found Narendra Modi, major steps to be restricted to 0.4 per cent. have been taken in the agri- It added that the data for culture sector, the benefits of  !  &234P higher infectivity of Delta which are reaching cultivators continues to grow with the across the country. secondary attack rate in “Country has witnessed household contacts being that these farm laws are ben-   /0,0$ sub-lineage that is of greater health measures, such as almost double for Delta, when eficial and are in favour of concern than Delta, it said. Singapore, continue to do compared to Alpha (Public farmers. We have had discus- he Indian SARS-CoV2 “Delta continues to be well, it noted. Health England, July 9 sions about these laws. If they TGenomics Consortium the dominant lineage for new The Delta variant was update). The other VoC con- express their issues with the (INSACOG) said on cases across all parts of behind the deadly second tinues to be very low in India laws point-wise, we can dis- Thursday that the genome India in recent samples and wave of the coronavirus in and are declining relative to cuss it,” Tomar added. sequencing of samples from remains the most rapidly ris- India that killed thousands Delta globally. Tomar, in a written reply across the country have ing lineage globally that is and infected lakhs during “Public health measures to in the Lok Sabha on showed that Delta variant responsible for multiple out- March to May. reduce transmission and vac- Wednesday, had reiterated continues to be the dominant breaks, including across The INSACOG said a cination remain critical,” the that the government will lineage causing Covid-19 and Southeast Asia, which shows study by the Indian Council INSACOG stressed. No cases remain open to discussions there are strong evidence to the fastest growth in new of Medical Research (ICMR) of the Lambda variant have so with protesting farmers’ suggest that vaccination offers cases globally,” the INSACOG has confirmed that most of far been unions to resolve issues over high level of protection. said. the clinical cases in reported in the country, it the three agriculture laws “There is currently no Regions with high vacci- vaccine breakthrough were added. passed by Parliament in evidence of any new Delta nation and strong public infected with the Delta vari- In data from the UK, September last year. Lambda is still After getting special per- seen primarily mission from Delhi Lt in travellers or Governor Anil Baijal, a group their contacts of 200 farmers reached Jantar and is not grow- Mantar — adjacent to the ing relative to Parliament Complex — in Delta. central Delhi to protest against A growing the Centre’s three contentious spectrum of farm laws amid the ongoing mutations is Monsoon session of seen in the Delta Parliament. They have got background in permission to protest till the UK, the US August 9 amid heavy securi- and India. ty.   1 $%&'($)*  ,'-$(  ) ./ .0.1

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UAjay Kumar Lallu and sev- and surveillance raj in India troversy as a “bigger scandal eral other party leaders were New Delhi: A PIL was filed in calling upon all opposition than Watergate” she said “this taken into custody after a face- the Supreme Court on parties to unite against the Hitler-style totalitarian regime 3       % # off between Congress workers Thursday seeking Uniform Narendra Modi Government, cannot be allowed to function and the police while they were Code for Religious and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata for eternity … this is worse you are speaking to you wife or Kolkata: Bengal Chief Minister raided had “fearlessly raised its on their way to Raj Bhawan to Charitable Endowments and Banerjee on Thursday claimed than Watergate, this is a Super with your close associates or Mamata Banerjee on Thursday voice against the UP submit a memorandum on the   4+1/", referred to the control of author- that Pegasus spyware was used Emergency,” and asked “how any one.” condemned the Income Tax Government’s pandemic poli- snooping on party leader Rahul ities on Hindu temples across to record one of her pre-poll long can you muzzle people like Now the situation had raids on the premises of a cy … it had questioned the way Gandhi (Pegasus spyware row) ongress general secretary the country, unlike certain other meetings with poll strategist this … the more you will stop come to such a spot that “either national Hindi daily saying the bodies were being dis- on Thursday. CPriyanka Gandhi Vadra groups which are allowed to Prashant Kishor and her them the more they will you put your handset inside the the people of the country and posed of in Ganges … it had Earlier, Congress Legislature slammed Chief Minister Yogi manage their own institutions. nephew and MP Abhishek protest.” deep freezer or simply consign the “entire media world should also raised its voice against Party leader Aradhana Mishra, Adityanath on Thursday, say- The plea filed by advocate Banerjee. The Chief Minister who it to the funeral pyre … because unite to protest against this act Pegasus and now they are try- MLC Deepak Singh were put ing that people had the right to and BJP leader Ashwini “PK has given his phone was likely to meet the Prime instead of serving your purpose of dictatorship.” ing to muzzle its voice by con- under house arrest. their views and abusing power Upadhyay contended that for auditing and it has been Minister when she would visit it is being used to harm you … “They are trying to control ducting a raid … but we will Despite being under house to intimidate them was a Hindus, Jains, Buddhists and revealed that one of my pre-poll the Capital on July 28 said, “the Now we have been told that the judiciary, they are gagging not allow this and we are all arrest since Wednesday evening, “heinous crime” and reminded Sikhs should have similar rights closed-door meetings was entire civil society, the intelli- contrary to our earlier belief the media, let alone the oppo- behind this media house.” Lallu managed to sneak out and him that the property on which to establish, manage and main- recorded by using the Pegasus gentsia, students, workers … even WhatsApp is not safe.” sition parties they are not even She said the Centre had joined Congress workers as they he was sitting could be taken tain their religious places like spyware … in that meeting PK, everyone should come up in Saying that the Centre was sparing their own party leaders, reduced all the government took out a march from away by the people. Muslims, Parsis and Christians, Abhishek and my State presi- protest against this dirty snoop- trying to brush the issue under government officials and are agencies to servility adding Parivartan Chowk to demand a She was responding to a and the State cannot abridge this dent Subroto Bakshi was pre- ing in people’s private lives … the carpet she wondered “why even spying on a section of the how the CBI, ED and now I-T judicial probe into the Pegasus Chief Minister’s tweet through right. sent … this means that by they will not spare anyone … the Prime Minister is not com- RSS men,” she said adding the was being used to suppress the spyware issue by marching which he appealed to the youth “It is submitted that the snooping on one person they they will keep a watch when ing out with a statement on the newspaper house that had been opposition voices. towards Raj Bhawan. of the State not to be misled by right to manage institutions anyone stressing that no one conferred under Articles 26 is a could do wrong today and natural right for all communi-         whoever wanted to get his ties. But Hindus, Jains, #&  .  &'7     $  property confiscated, he could Buddhists and Sikhs have been indulge in doing wrong. denied this privilege,” said the    & # 4' In a series of tweets in plea filed through advocate     ?4?3 to be studied for taking appro- court. hearsay because Deshmukh had Hindi posted on Thursday, Ashwani Kumar Dubey.   4+1/", priate steps. Obtaining consent from the asked now suspended and incar- Priyanka said, "It is a constitu- The PIL stated that there are n a major setback to However, Solicitor General Maharashtra Government was cerated police officer tional right to raise your voice, approximately four lakh temples n a bizarre case, a class ninth IMaharashtra’s former Home Tushar Mehta, appearing for essential considering that the Sachin Vaze to exhort money to demonstrate and to agitate out of nine Lakh temples across Igirl student was beaten to Minister Anil Deshmukh refus- CBI, opposed petitioner’s request. allegations made against him by from hotels and bars. for your demands in this coun- the country which are under death by her kin after she insist- es to quash the First Information stating that no question of law Mumbai’s former police com- The court that requirement try. Government control. PTI ed on wearing jeans against her Report (FIR) filed against him by was involved. missioner Param Bir Singh could of sanction under Section 17A family members’ wishes in the CBI under the Prevention of The HC bench rejected easily have been a “false” allega- was deemed unnecessary the Deoria on Tuesday. Corruption Act, after holding Desai;s request for stay on the tion, Desai said. moment the Court ordered the (      The family members were The girl's mother filed a that Deshmukh’s petition effect of the order, byu saying that Among other things, Desai enquiry based on a thorough also accused of trying to dispose complaint against 10 people, deserved to be “dismissed”. no substantial question of law told the court that the high consideration of the material of the body by throwing it including the girl's grandparents Hearing a petition filed by was involved. court had relied two documents before it. The section 17A could      from Patanwa bridge on Deoria- and her uncles. A case was reg- Deshmukh, a HC of Justices SS Seeking the quashing of FIR – a complaint made by Dr not be used as a shield to protect Kasya in Rampur Karkhana istered under sections pertain- Shinde and NJ Jamadar held that filed by the CBI, Deshmukh – Jaishree Patil and a letter written a wrongdoer, he told the court.   4+1/", said on Thursday that the Yogi area but the body got stuck in ing to causing disappearance of for reasons cited in the judge- who has been charged with cor- by the by Param Bir Singh – did In his petition filed by him Adityanath Government vacat- the railings. evidence of offence, murder ment, the plea by the State’s for- ruption and criminal conspira- not contain first hand informa- challenging the FIR, Deshmukh team of police and admin- ed a large tract of land of On being informed by and other provisions. The mer Minister deserved to be dis- cy, told the court that the inves- tion which was necessary to ini- had also told the high court that Aistrative officials from Irrigation department in some locals that the body of a grandparents were arrested and missed, and asked the Registrar tigating agency had failed to tiate investigations, but con- the CBI had based its FIR on the Uttar Pradesh demolished a Madanpur Khadar area of teenage girl was hanging from were being interrogated. General to return the investiga- obtain requisite sanction prior to tained mere “suspicions, whis- “vague allegations” and that there Rohingya camp built on 2.10 Delhi and a Rohingya camp the bridge railing, the police The victim’s younger broth- tion papers to the CBI. registering the FIR, as he was a pers and allegations”. was no case of allegations of ‘ille- hectares of land of Irrigation illegally built on this 2.10 rushed to the spot and sent it for er, Vivek, told reporters that on After hearing both sides, public servant at the time of reg- Contending that Deshmukh gal gratification’’ under section 7 department of Uttar Pradesh in hectares land tract was demol- post-mortem. The victim was Monday evening, his uncle the HC bench had reserved the istering offence. was trying to revisit the HC rul- of PCA or criminal Madanpur Khadar area in ished with bulldozers. later identified as Neha Paswan Arvind started beating Neha ruling in the case for ruling on Desai told the court that ing ordering PE into the allega- conspiracy under section 120-B Delhi and restored possession Ironically, all Government (17) of Seorahi Kharg in Deoria. after she insisted on wearing July 12. It had directed the CBI before filing the FIR against tions against Deshmukh, of the IPC. on Thursday. facilities were being provided to When the cops contacted jeans. She was seriously injured to submit its report on the inves- Deshmukh, the CBI should have Additional Solicitor General In his petition filed on May The estimated cost of this the Rohingya refugees by the the family members, the girl’s after which the perpetrators tigation conducted so far. applied for permission from the Aman Lekhi appearing for CBI 5 he had also told the court that land is 150 crore. The UP Delhi government. mother claimed that she suf- and his brothers took her to the On his part senior Advocate Maharashtra government as opposed the petition, by saying the CBI had not taken the Irrigation department has lands Ration material was also fered head injuries when she district hospital but she died on Amit Desai representing required under the Section 6 of that the Court’s order had been Maharashtra government’s con- in Okhla, Jasola, Madanpur being provided in these camps was beaten up and it led to her the way after which they threw Deshmukh, prayed for a stay on the Delhi Special Police upheld by the Supreme Court sent to register the FIR against Khadar, Aali, Saidabad, Jaitpur, during the lockdown by the death. The autopsy report also her body from Patnawa Bridge the effect of the order passed by Establishment (DSPE) Act, after Lekhi argued that the alle- him which he said was necessary Molarvand and Khureji Khas Delhi Government confirmed severe injury and but it stuck in a hook of the rail- the court as it involved important completing the Preliminary gations that the CBI was inves- since he was a minister when the area of Delhi. and Okhla MLA Amanatullah fracture in the head. ing. questions of law which required Enquiry ordered by the high tigation was not based not alleged offence took place. A top official in Lucknow Khan. 79#I7I          )*+ 6 2  4 ! $       ?4?3 *      5  1  he Covid-19 daily deaths dropped to 120 and infec- Ttions dipped to 7,302 in Maharashtra on Thursday, even   4+1/", with a sharp-edged weapon. The =  1"+$ Wednesday shot up further by as 7756 patients were discharged after full recovery from   4+1/", police said that the cabinets in the Thursday. various hospitals in the State. n a gruesome crime in the City room were open and her belong- eteran physicians threw up Chief Minister Pinarayi A day after the state logged 165 deaths and 8,159 infec- he Covid-19 is on the ebb in Uttar Pradesh as eight Iof Taj, a woman and her three ings were scattered on the floor. Vtheir hands in despair as the Vijayan told the people not to get tions, the deaths came down by 45 and infections dipped Tdistricts have been declared coronavirus- free while children were brutally murdered in The victim and her children were Covid-19 pandemic continued its upset with the hike in TPR and by 857.With 120 deaths reported on Thursday, the total 53 new positive cases were confirmed during the last 24 Kucha Sadhuram area in Kotwali last seen on Wednesday after- big strides unabated across Kerala asked them to maintain safety number of deaths increased from 1,30,753 to 1,31,038, hours on Thursday and 56 patients recovered during this police station area and the incident noon. on Thursday. The pandemic norms specified by the doctors. while the infections —with 7,302 new cases — climbed period. came to light on Thursday morn- The role of a tantric was also claimed 122 lives during the 24 But physicians in Kerala who are from 62,37,755 to 62,45,057 Additional Chief Secretary (Information) Navneet ing. being enquired behind the grue- hours ended on Thursday taking working in the Government ser- As 7,756 were discharged from the hospitals across the Sehgal said here on Thursday that there was not a sin- After being informed by neigh- some murders as sliced lemons and the death toll across the State till vice said the people themselves are state after full recovery, the total number of people dis- gle case of coronavirus infection in eight districts of the bours, top police officers rushed to a plate of worship was found in the date to 15,739. to be blamed for the state of charged from the hospitals since the second week of March state, namely Aligarh, Balrampur, Basti, Etah, Mahoba, the spot and later quizzed the room. The police are scanning The day also saw 12,818 new affairs. last year increased from 60,08,750 to 60,16,506 The recov- Lalitpur, Hathras and Shravasti. woman's husband who lived sep- CCTV cameras installed in the persons getting diagnosed with “But for the vaccines provid- ery rate in the State rose from 96.33 per cent to 96.34 per The positivity rate is 0.02 per cent and the recovery arately. area. Covid-19 with an average Test ed by the Union Government, cent. rate in the state is 98.6 per cent. At present, there are 1,028 As per reports, Rathore Later, the canine squad was Positivity Rate of 12.38 per cent. Kerala would have become a The total “active cases” in the state increased marginally active Covid cases in the state. Not a single new case of (36) of Kucha Sadhuram separat- pressed into service to pick up a But the release issued by the office graveyard by this time. I am from 94,745 to 94,168. The fatality rate in the State stood infection was found in 44 districts, while Covid-19 ed from her husband, Sunil scent but nothing positive came of the Health Minister said there extremely sorry to say that the peo- static at 2.09 per cent patients were found in single digits in 31 districts, Sehgal Rathore, two years back after which out. A forensic team also visited the were 271 regions in the State ple in the State are indifferent to Mumbai recorded 10 deaths and 389 infections. As a said. So far more than 6.33 crore Covid samples have been the estranged husband started liv- site for collecting any possible evi- where the TPR was above 15 per the pleas made by the Chief result, the Covid-19 toll in the metropolis increased from tested. In the last 24 hours, 2.34 lakh Covid samples were ing in Maithan. Rekha lived with dence. cent necessitating triple lock down Minister in his media interactions. 15,800 to 15,810, while the infected cases in Mumbai went tested. her three children Tuktuk (12), Police are also trying to figure in the specific areas. Most of the people who turn up in up from 7,32,582 to 7,23,971. Till July 21, more than 4.20 crore vaccine doses have Paras (10) and Mahi (8). out the identity of visitors to the On Thursday, health officials hospitals do not wear face masks Pune with 15,869active cases emerged as the first in been administered in the state. On Thursday morning, around woman's house. Her husband was subjected 1,03543 persons for test- or observe the standard regula- the state in terms of maximum number of “active cases” Meanwhile, Chief Minister on 9 am, the neighbours saw the door also detained for questioning. ing which thre up the figure of 12, tions. If we gently remind them to in the state, while Thane with 11,710 stood second, fol- Thursday directed that ‘Ghar Ghar Par Dastak Abhiyan’ of Rekha's house ajar. Meanwhile, the mastermind in 818. On Wednesday the State had wear face masks, they shout at us lowed by Sangli ( 10,737), Mumbai (10,710) Kolhapur should be effectively carried out for the identification and When they went inside to the kidnapping of an Agra surgeon, diagnosed 17,481 new patients and even try to physically attack (10,701) and Satara (7210). treatment of active patients of TB, dengue, filariasis, enquire, they found to their horror was killed in an encounter in the when 1.45 lakh persons were test- us,” said a senior physician in a Of the 4,62,64,059 samples sent to various laborato- malaria and encephalitis. the bodies of Rekha and her chil- city on Thursday. ed for the pandemic. The TPR Government Hospital in ries across the state so far, 62,45,057have tested positive "During the campaign, people should be made aware dren lying in pools of blood on the Surgeon Dr Umakant Gupta which was 11.9 per cent on Ernakulam district. (13.5 per cent) for Covid-19 until Thursday. about the importance of cleanliness, sanitisation, and room floor. They immediately was honey trapped by a woman nutritious food. Children up to 2 years of age should be raised an alarm and called the local and later kidnapped by notorious vaccinated against Japanese encephalitis in regular police. criminal Badan Singh and taken to immunisation sessions. After this campaign, from July After preliminary investiga- Dholpur in Rajasthan on July 13.     1     26, a special campaign should be carried out to make gold- tion, the police maintained that A demand for a ransom of  5 crore en cards under the Ayushman Bharat scheme,” the chief Rekha and the three children were was also made to the victim’s fam-   =  >3??4 better future. Be it Ladakh or minister said. murdered by slitting their throats ily for his release. J&K our commitment to the t-Gen YK Joshi, GOC-in-C local population is complete LNorthern Command and comprehensive where we Headquarters, Thursday shall share their burden with embarked on a very special equanimity and cheer”. journey commemorating 22 He also added, “Operation nd Kargil Vijay Diwas and 75 Vijay is testimony to the fact years of Independence. that there has never been and During Kargil War Lt-Gen there will never be a compro- Joshi was the Commanding mise on the territorial integri- Officer of Param Vir Chakra ty of the nation and any such awardees Captain Vikram far-fetched idea will remain a Batra and Rifleman Sanjay pipe dream. Kumar of 13 JAK Rifles. A Brigadiers, Sixty two officers, Drass on 23 Jul 2021 where the “Despite and in spite of kargil war veteran, Lt-Gen Six ladies,One JCO and fifteen entire ride is culminating to challenges the soldier will Joshi has been regularly attend- Other Ranks will also be form- further participate in the Kargil always stand steadfast in his ing the annual event but this ing part of the ride Vijay Diwas 2021". vigil to protect the nation and year he decided to hit the road along with six ladies and four At the time of Flag Off of will go beyond the duty to and cover the journey along wards. Ride, the Northern Command make the supreme sacrifice with fellow riders to immor- According to a Defence Army commander said, "The without batting an eyelid. talize the supreme sacrifice spokesman, "the main segment Indian Armed Forces will Operation Vijay may have made by the soldiers. of the ride comprises 25 Jawa defeat any nefarious design of ended 22 yrs back but the bat- The bike rally was flagged Classic Legend riders launched the adversary with resolve, tle here in Jammu & Kashmir off from Dhruva War from Udhampur.Alongside this courage and bravery unparal- still rages on. There is no grat- Memorial by Param Veer main ride, there will be sub- leled in history. In the last two ification in violence and the life Chakra awardee Subedar sidiary rides launched from years we have made steady of a terrorist from the day he Sanjay Kumar. Naushera, Srinagar and progress and the violence para- picks up a weapon to the day The Army Commander Karakoram Pass making it to a meters have ebbed considerably he is neutralized is not more Northern Command will be total of 75 bikes marking 75 indicating a paradigm shift in than two months. I would joined by the three Corps years of India’s Independence. the common Kashmiri mind- exhort the parents to ensure Commanders of 14, 15 and 16 The segment covering the icy set which today is driven to that their children are not mis- Corps Lt-Gen PGK Menon, heights of Karakoram will tra- seek peace and prosperity for guided and lured as cannon Lt-Gen DP Pandey, and Lt - verse through Daulat Beg Oldie the future generations. Let me fodder by the Deep State and Gen MV Suchindra Kumar (DBO) Darbuk Leh and Kargil assure each one that Indian Nexus who sit in comfort and respectively. 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It is also true that if foreign $ "(2  exchange reserves are not sufficient, , /0$3 there is a danger of default in repayment exchange thus earned is the best these sources have a similar effect the exchange rate, causing huge of interest and principal of foreign loans. ,$0/0=0($0(0 option. This has actually hap- on the reserves. Remittances by losses. Not only this, these We realized this worst-case scenario in $3=000/ pened in China. But if this foreign Indians normally do not have any investors cause huge volatility in 1991 when we were forced to mortgage 30?'"3K currency is obtained by borrowing, repayment obligations and gener- the stock markets as well. Today, our gold with the Bank of England as a $00<"(0 / then it is the worst option. ally, all these amounts remain in when India’s foreign exchange guarantee against imminent default. /=0"(#$02 Even if the foreign exchange is India forever. However, foreign reserves are booming, it is time to                  Citing the same history, some econ- $3=0'3(( 0 obtained through investment in investors, whether they are foreign consider what price the country is  (    *    "  $# omists consider the rising foreign $00<<"(2 the stock markets, then also it has direct investors or portfolio paying for this growing foreign      (              exchange reserves to be auspicious. They many side effects. The first side investors, repatriate huge amounts exchange reserves. For, foreign argue that foreign exchange reserves act N3+1?3  /@ effect is that it causes volatility not of money. These investors take investors are repatriating huge  +   *S       +     ( $0"=0(/?0/             # D6  as insurance for the country so that there only in the stock markets but also away huge amounts of foreign profits from India while the coun- is never a situation of a sovereign default. 3/$0 in the exchange rate. Its result can exchange in the form of dividend try’s returns from these foreign         *        ( They also compare India’s foreign +"4/(2  /+0 be ominous for the country. royalty, technical fees, interest, exchange reserves are very negli-                 # exchange reserves with that of China’s. $0(0 3,32 Another side effect is that the salary, etc. In addition to that, the gible. Avenues will have to be  2           #      Significantly, China’s foreign exchange $0<03($3 country has to pay a heavy price share of imports in the products found for gainful use of foreign   G    D6 +    A # ( reserves are six to seven times more than $00<"(0 / for this inflow of foreign exchange produced by these foreign compa- exchange reserves beyond a limit.              +($ India’s reserves. 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ndia has a huge burden of ease are the leading contribu- mental health disorders in 200 palliative care physicians, accessible management of second wave of the pandem- neurological diseases along tors to neurological disor- our country. and around 9000 psychia- neurological disorders. Also, ic. Iwith mental health disor- ders. The government has taken trists, as per the Indian stigma and lack of awareness The number of patients ders and substance abuse. A recent Lancet global steps to make things better for Psychiatric Society register. are key issues that need to be reporting mood swings, Neurological diseases alone study said the disability result- the patients. The Mental The majority of the spe- addressed not only by state but depression, stress, anxiety, constitute nearly 10 percent of ing from neurological dis- Health Care Act, 2017 cialists are in urban hospitals also by civil society. severe post-traumatic stress total diseases in India along % () *!%' 43(5) eases has doubled from four empowers patients to make and private setups. Very few of World Brain Day is disorders, or depressive symp- with an additional 10.6 per- per cent in 1990 to 8·2 per cent choices regarding treatment or these services are available in observed on July 22 with the toms is increasing and needs cent prevalence of psychiatric in 2019 and the proportional nominate someone to take rural areas. Most of these objective of raising awareness counseling and support. We disorders, according to the contribution of mental disor- decisions about the course of patients require long-term about brain diseases and neu- need to plan for the long-term National Mental Health ders to the total disease bur- treatment. It also decrimi- rehabilitation but neuroreha- rological disorders. The theme care of these millions of Survey, 2016. With more than den in India has also almost suicides globally are commit- nalises the attempt to die by bilitation is still in its infancy for this year is Multiple COVID survivors suffering 20 crore people affected by doubled since 1990. Indian ted in India. The suicidal rates suicide, thereby reducing fur- in India and practically non- Sclerosis which affects young from neurological issues. The these diseases and in need to ethnic factors are notable as rank first among all mortali- ther stress on the victim. The existent in many parts of the women resulting in profound time has come to recognize medical help, it is a serious most of us are prone to life- ty causes in young women in Act provides the right to treat- country. Neuro-palliative care physical impairment as well as the parallel epidemic of neu- challenge to India’s public style related risk factors like most states. This causes enor- ment for patients with mental is still unheard of and leaves mental health disabilities. rological and mental health health system. diabetes, hypertension, lack of mous financial losses as well health disorders. many patients with a poor World Brain Day 2021 is disorders and plan strategies These diseases are on the physical exercise, obesity, as societal slurs. The WHO Despite an exponential quality of life. Hardly one or alsoimportant in view of the for an effective public health rise, ironically, because of the smoking, and air pollution. estimated in 2011 that the eco- rise in neurological diseases, two per cent of the patients fact that people in general, and response to reduce this burden increased longevity of the Many neurological conditions nomic loss due to mental the neurology and psychi- have access to palliative care or COVID-19 survivors in par- of brain diseases and augment (The writer is Head of Neurology population withmany people Department, Lady Hardinge have a progressive course with health disorders alone will be atric workforce has not grown pain management.Hence, ticular, are suffering mental infrastructure and the work- now living beyond the seven- Medical College and SSK limited therapeutic options in the realm of $1.03 trillion proportionally. India has inad- there is a dire need to disorders on account of social force in addition to creating ties and eighties. Strokes, Hospital, New Delhi. The views available and require long- between 2012 to 2030.We also equate specialist manpower strengthen the neurology and isolation, anxiety, fear, and public awareness and mitigat- headache disorders, epilepsy, expressed are personal.) term treatment as well as care. have the peculiar social issue with fewer than 2500 neurol- psychiatric workforce and the emotional distress. It has ing social stigma attached to dementia, and Parkinson’s dis- More than a third of all of stigma associated with ogists, 1800 neurosurgeons, availability of affordable and become widespread after the these patients. $%&'($)*  ,'-$(  ) ./ .0.1 8

#954:;< 9  $ "   ) /   6 .0R & !   !  2   0 1  Damascus: Syria accused Israel of Lebanese airspace to carry weapons depots belonging to of carrying out an airstrike in out attacks on Syria. Lebanese Iranian-backed militiamen     a central province early on media meanwhile reported that operating in Aleppo’s Safira  7 .  &7 & Thursday, the second such a rocket fell inside Lebanon — region. Johannesburg: Prince Commission of Inquiry into attack in as many days. The in Lahfed, a village in the The group also confirmed Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the tra- State Capture, where several aerial attack caused material north — on Thursday, causing Thursday’s strikes, saying they Beijing: China on Thursday Jinping’s handling of the coro- ious regions and countries, he ditional prime minister of the witnesses have implicated him damage, it said. a large crater in the ground. destroyed ammunition and categorically rejected the navirus, came after he asked said, reiterating Beijing’s oft- Zulu nation, has made an in corruption. The country’’ state news Israel has launched hun- weapons depots belonging to WHO’s plan for the second China to be transparent and repeated claim that the coron- impassioned plea for an end to President Cyril Ramaphosa agency quoted an unidentified dreds of strikes against Iran- the Lebanese militant phase of coronavirus origin- provide raw data. avirus broke out in several anti-Indian sentiment that has has called the incidents “a Syrian military official as say- linked military targets in war- Hezbollah group in Homs. The tracing in Wuhan, especially to “Asking actually China to places in the world and China seen rising tensions between failed insurrection” in an ing the air defense systems shot ravaged Syria over the years but Iran-backed group has been probe the lab leak theory, as it be transparent, open and coop- was the first to report about it Indian-origin South Africans organised way. Buthelezi said in down most of the missiles in rarely acknowledges or dis- operating in Syria for years, sid- dismissed reports that some of erate, especially on the infor- in December, 2019 when it and their Black compatriots. an interview on TV channel the attack in the region of cusses such operations. Late ing with President Bashar the employees of the facility mation, raw data that we asked emerged in the central Chinese The tensions have been Newzroom Afrika (sic) that Quseir in Homs province. The Monday, Syria reported an Assad’s forces in the devastat- were infected with the deadly for at the early days of the pan- city of Wuhan. particularly high in the sprawl- Indians and Blacks had lived report did not say what was tar- Israeli airstrike near northern ing civil war and helping the virus before it spread to the city demic. We owe it to the mil- Zeng said he was shocked ing Indian township of side-by side for generations, as geted. Aleppo province, but did not government reclaim most of and the world. lions who suffered and the by the WHO’s work plan as it Phoenix, north of Durban, and he decried the killings in There was no immediate elaborate. the country. China will not follow the millions who died to know has been compromised by residents of three surrounding Phoenix. comment from Israel. The Britain-based Syrian Separately, the Israeli mil- World Health Organisation’s what happened,” he had said. political manipulation and dis- Black areas following the deaths “This (the killings) is most Neighbouring Lebanon’s Observatory for Human itary said it detained two peo- suggested plan on the second State-run Global Times respect of scientific facts. of 22 people in Phoenix during unfortunate. The people who president, Michel Aoun, urged Rights, a war monitor that has ple after they were seen cross- phase of COVID-19 origin- reported that the WHO on He said China had allowed the riots and looting last week did this are very stupid, because his foreign minister to protest activists on the ground in Syria, ing from south Lebanon into tracing, Zeng Yixin, the vice Friday last proposed a second the WHO experts to visit all by vigilante groups trying to they should have known with the United Nations the use said Monday’s strikes targeted Israeli territory. AP minister of the National Health phase study into the origins of places they wanted to go and protect their businesses and beforehand what was likely to Commission (NHC), told a the coronavirus in China, meet all people they wanted to homes from looters. follow after that, that there media briefing here. which includes all the labora- see early this year, adding that The unrest started with would be feelings of wanting to '  The work plan on the sec- tories and markets in Wuhan. the results of the WHO-China protests after the jailing of for- retaliate,” Buthelezi said. ,3  ond-phase origins study pro- Zeng said the plan has list- joint study are able to stand the mer president Jacob Zuma on “I’ve always lived cheek-by-   posed by the WHO contains ed the hypothesis that China test of time. July 7, but rapidly degenerated jowl with the Indian people. language that does not respect had violated lab regulations and “We hope the WHO can into mass mob looting and Some of the Indians are com-         science, he said. leaked the virus as one of the carefully consider the advice by arson allegedly fuelled by mitted to social cohesion, China’s broadside against major research objectives, and Chinese scientists, take inves- poverty and unemployment. because there is no future if we >    the WHO and its Director he was “very shocked” after tigating the origin of the Zuma was sentenced to 15 don’t promote and consolidate     General Tedros Adhanom reading the proposal, state- COVID-19 virus as a scientif- months imprisonment by the social cohesion,” said the 92- Jerusalem: A rickety bridge Ghebreyesus, who previously run China Daily reported. ic question free from political country’s apex court for con- year-old politician who started Berlin: Chancellor Angela isn’t a sustainable form of ener- allowing access to Jerusalem’s won Beijing’s praise and sup- Instead, the next-phase ori- interference,” the vice minister tempt of court after he repeat- the mainly-Zulu Inkatha Merkel on Thursday defended gy production.” holy site is at risk of collapse, port for praising President Xi gin tracing should focus on var- said. PTI edly refused to testify at the Freedom Party in 1975. PTI her decision to end Germany’’s The phase-out of nuclear according to experts. But the use of nuclear power next year, power by the end of 2022 has flashpoint shrine’s delicate posi- but acknowledged that it will made Germany more reliant on tion at ground-zero of the make it harder to reduce coal over the coming years Israeli-Palestinian conflict has # '         greenhouse gas emissions in compared to France or Britain. prevented its repair for more the short term. But the German Government than a decade. The decision, taken in the has also committed to ending The tenuous state of the   2      *     wake of the Fukushima nuclear the burning of coal by 2038, a Mughrabi Bridge has raised disaster 10 years ago, is regard- goal Merkel said could only be fears of another disaster Dubai: Mobile phone internet identified the outages as begin- that is likely to limit the pub- ed as one of the pivotal achieved by significantly months after a stampede at a  /    service in Iran is being dis- ning July 15, when the protests lic’s ability to express political moments during Merkel’s 16 expanding the use of renewable religious festival in northern rupted a week into protests in began in Khuzestan amid a discontent or communicate years in office. Critics have said energy. Israel left 45 people dead. Hong Kong: Hong Kong police website. the country’s southwest over drought affecting the oil-rich with each other and the outside the move places a burden on She rejected the idea that a Days after the stampede on Thursday arrested five trade Li said that the stories ref- water shortages, a monitoring region neighboring Iraq. world,” NetBlocks said. Germany as it seeks to cut car- future Government might last May, a municipal engineer union members over children’s erenced the 12 Hong Kong group said Thursday, unrest While landline service con- There was no acknowl- bon emissions to zero by 2045. reverse the nuclear decision, hired by the Western Wall books they described as sedi- activists who were arrested at that has seen at least three peo- tinues, NetBlocks warned its edgement of an internet shut- “There are other countries saying that “for Germany, the Heritage Foundation inspected tious, and a court denied bail sea while trying to flee the city, ple killed. analysis and user reports were down in Iranian state media. that choose differently so it will die is cast” and called instead the Mughrabi Bridge. Citing its for four editors and journalists after most of them were Internet-access advocacy “consistent with a regional Iran’s mission to the United be easier for them, in some for greater efforts to expand poor condition, he urged its held on charges of endangering charged in connection with group NetBlocks.org attrib- internet shutdown intended to Nations did not immediately ways, to achieve climate neu- production of hydrogen, a car- immediate replacement and national security, as part of a massive anti-government uted part of the disruption to control protests.” respond to a request for com- trality,” Merkel told reporters in bon-free fuel that experts say authorized its use only until widening crackdown on dissent protests in 2019. “state information controls or The effects represents “a ment. Germany. “I still believe that in will be needed by the country’’s September. With a Supreme in the city. There was also a story targeted internet shutdowns.” It near-total internet shutdown AP the long term nuclear energy industry. AP Court lawsuit pushing for the The five who were arrest- about wolves who are “cruel structure to be repaired, the ed are members of the General and try to occupy the area” government could soon be Association of Hong Kong where the sheep live, and try to 9:    ?    forced into taking action on a Speech Therapists, according to kill them, Li said.  ! #     ! " problem that it has long evad- local media reports. “Of course, when we pros- ed due to its broad diplomatic The association published ecute the case, we are not the     #  Tehran: Iran on Thursday on Tehran after former US The facility currently sensitivities with Jordan, the three children’s books that Li one to prove that these mate- began exporting crude oil for President Donald Trump allows the pumping of some Palestinians and the broader Kwai-wah, a senior superin- rials have actually caused the Naples: With forest fires raging in the US and Russia and floods the first time in the Gulf of pulled his country out of a 30,000 barrels of crude into Muslim world. AP tendent of the national securi- inciting to others,” said Li. devastating parts of Western Europe, environment and energy Oman, bypassing the strategic nuclear deal between Iran and tankers per hour, via a floating ty department, said have sedi- “And the children, maybe ministers from the Group of 20 industrialised countries gath- Strait of Hormuz. world powers. anchored offshore jetty, or sin- tious intent. because of the information inside ered Thursday for two days of talks ahead of November’s cru- During a ceremony mark- The project, which began gle point mooring. It is locat- The books feature stories ... can turn their mind and cial climate change conference. Host Italy is hoping the Naples ing the inauguration of the pro- in 2019 and will cost some $2 ed some seven kilometers (4.7 that revolve around a village of develop a moral standard against talks will help spur ambitious goals to be adopted at the COP26 ject, President Hassan Rouhani billion in total, helps Iran lessen miles) off the coast. sheep that has to deal with the society.” The 2019 rallies call- conference in Glasgow, Scotland, which organisers have said rep- called the plan “strategic.” its dependency on its main oil “82 per cent of this project wolves from a different village. ing for more civil rights and uni- resents “the world’s last best chance to get runaway climate change Iranian state media export terminal on the Persian has been completed and so far The sheep take action like versal suffrage shook Hong Kong under control.” The Naples meetings Thursday and Friday are described the move as an indi- Gulf island of Kharg. The more than 1.2 billion dollars going on strike or escaping by for months, often descending focusing on three main themes: biodiversity and protection of cation that sanctions imposed shortcut also reduces trans- have been spent on this,” Oil boat, according to the synopses into violence between police oceans; promoting circular economies, particularly in the fash- by the US were being defeated. portation and insurance Minister ?Jan Zanganeh said. published on the association’’s and protesters. AP ion and textile sectors. AP Washington placed sanctions expenses for oil tankers. AP $%&'($)*  ,'-$(  ) ./ .0.1 * <

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According to Milind public procurement portal process of launching it in may be a possibility in the near restructured by public sector accounts with an aggregate banking and finance stocks Muchhala, Executive Director, GeM, a move which would wholesale and retail segments future. So, some progress has banks till June 25 this year, amount of 55,333 crore have amid a bullish trend overseas. Julius Baer, Indian markets enable wider market access for in the near future, RBI Deputy been made. You know we could Parliament was informed on been restructured by public A recovering rupee and made a smart pull-back sup- handloom weavers, artisans Governor T Rabi Sankar said likely come up with this in the Thursday. sector banks,” he said in a optimism surrounding the flur- ported by the positive global and producers, Parliament was on Thursday. near future,” Sankar said. MSME minister Narayan written reply to the Lok Sabha. ry of IPOs added to the set-up and a decent start to the informed on Thursday. He said the idea of Central The Deputy Governor fur- Rane also said that till July 2, In a separate reply, he said momentum, traders said. Q1FY22 earnings season. Minister of State for Textiles Bank Digital Currency ther said legal changes would 2.73 lakh crore have been since the inception of the Prime The 30-share BSE Sensex Darshana Jardosh said steps (CBDC) is ripe, and many be necessary as the current pro- sanctioned under the Minister’s Employment soared 638.70 points or 1.22 have been taken to on-board central banks in the world are visions have been made keep- Emergency Credit Line Generation Programme, till per cent to finish at 52,837.21. (   9  weavers / artisans on the Govt working towards it. tuted by the Ministry of ing in mind currency in a Guarantee Scheme. July 9, 6,97,612 units have Similarly, the broader NSE e-Market place (GeM) to Sankar further said CBDC Finance has examined the pol- physical form under the The scheme was launched been set up (including those by Nifty vaulted 191.95 points or    # enable them to sell their prod- is needed to protect consumers icy and legal frameworks, and Reserve Bank of India Act. for an emergency credit line of farmers) with MM (margin 1.23 per cent to 15,824.05.   RM MG64 ucts directly to various gov- from the “frightening level of has recommended the intro- He said consequential up to 4.5 lakh crore to busi- money) subsidy of 16,688.17 Tech Mahindra was the ernment departments and volatility” seen in some of the duction of CBDC as a digital amendments would also be nesses including micro, small crore. top gainer in the Sensex pack, Mumbai:The rupee strength- organisations. “So far about virtual currencies which have form of fiat money in the required in the Coinage Act, jumping 5.65 per cent, fol- ened against the US curren- 1.5 lakh weavers have been no sovereign backing. country. “Like other central Foreign Exchange lowed by Bajaj Finance, Bharti cy for the second straight ses- onboarded on the GeM portal,” He said central banks banks, RBI has also been Management Act (FEMA) and Airtel, Bajaj Finserv, Tata Steel, sion on Thursday, closing 15 she said in a written reply in the across the globe are engaged in exploring the pros and cons of Information Technology Act. L&T, Infosys and ICICI Bank. paise higher at 74.46 amid a Rajya Sabha. In a separate exploring CBDCs, and a few introduction of CBDC since “These are some of the On the other hand, HUL rally in the domestic stocks. reply, she said under the countries have also introduced quite some time,” he said, and things that.. We are looking at was the biggest laggard, tum- At the interbank forex Scheme for Integrated Textile such concepts.”Perhaps the idea added generally countries have internally,” he added. bling 2.27 per cent, even as the market, the rupee opened at Park , 24 greenfield parks have for CBDCs is near,” he said implemented specific purpose The Deputy Governor fur- FMCG major reported a 10.7 74.46, and hit an intra-day been completed. The minister while participating in an online CBDCs. ther said some of the key issues per cent increase in its consol- high of 74.33 and a low of said SITP is being implement- discussion organised by The The Reserve Bank, he being examined by the RBI idated net profit at Rs 2,100 74.53. It finally finished at ed with a view to increase Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. said, is currently working include scope of CBDCs, crore for the June quarter. 74.46, higher by 15 paise investment, generate employ- In India, a high level inter- towards a phased implementa- underlying technology, and Asian Paints, Bajaj Auto over its last close. PTI ment opportunities and boost ministerial committee consti- tion strategy and examining validation mechanism. and M&M were the other exports in the textile sector. 0.      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All the sell- rules now prescribe that no e- for specialty coffees, according Parliament on Thursday. Information and Broadcasting ing and help in reducing ers on the platform shall only commerce entity shall dis- to a report. India exported In FY12, India’s coffee In a written reply to the Minister Anurag Thakur said. imports,” he told reporters. be third party sellers, and no e- criminate between consumers nearly USD 720 million worth exports, the eighth-largest pro- Lok Sabha, Minister of State for at major ports started from He said that incentives The scheme will cover commerce store can be run on of the same class or make any of coffee in 2020-21, out of ducer and exporter of coffee by Ports, Shipping and Waterways, March 2020. There was a con- worth 6,322 crore will be coated/plated steel products, the e-commerce marketplace arbitrary classification of con- which 42 per cent mainly con- volume, stood at USD 953 mil- Shripad Naik said the ministry siderable decline in the total provided over five years and it high strength/wear resistant platform. sumers affecting their rights stituted the Robusta coffee lion. According to the report, has given monetary compen- traffic and containers traffic ... would create over 5.25 lakh steel, specialty rails, alloy steel These changes come in the under the Act. beans exports, according to a the fall can partly be attributed sation of 50 lakh to the depen- There is no job loss in this sec- jobs. goods, steel wires and electri- Consumer Protection (E- No e-commerce entity report by global trade finance to Covid-19, where in FY2019- dent members or legal heirs of tor,” Naik said. “It will boost manufactur- cal steel. Commerce) Rules, 2020 and shall make any segmented company Drip Capital, which 20, India’s overall coffee exports the employees who lost their the government has sought offers to particular consumers quoted the data from reached a 9 year low in dollar lives due to acquired Covid comments on it. on an arbitrary basis. The clas- Directorate General of Foreign value terms and plummeted by infection at work place. The changes in rules to be sification of consumers shall be Trade (DGFT). According to 44% in April 2020. “The impact of Covid-19 notified will cut on complaints on a transparent and objective the report, India’s coffee exports of discounts, and sales by relat- basis and offerings shall be uni- have dropped at an annual ed parties by foreign e-com- form across a class of con- decline of 3 per cent between merce majors. sumers. 2011-12 till 2020-21. $%&'($)*  ,'-$(  ) ./ .0.1  O&     #    #    P #       # !P L* 5  ;   677! !"#7" 7 10 :3 0', "1 , Q $# R 3  3$ ((3>$3 /   3/1  0(3                                03? = =3      ahir Raj Bhasin has carved a    .   Tname for himself with his performance in films such as and . He hile the mainstream model will now be seen in Looop Lapeta Wof education has its benefits, Furthermore, they can also be as a romantic lead opposite there are several key areas in made to do some household , in Bulbul Tarang need of improvement which are chores and other errands to get a alongside and Yeh visible to the prying mind. One of weekly allowance. Incentivising Kaali Kaali Ankhein, in which he these happens to concern money such activities might additionally has been paired with Shweta management and other vital inculcate some positive values Tripathi. He will also be seen in aspects related to it. into their lifestyle for years to the Ranveer Singh starrer, 83, Keeping in mind the times we come. directed by , in which live in, it is of utmost importance he plays the role of the iconic to impart financial literacy to the KEEPING TRACK Indian cricketer . kids in their pre-teens. Such finan- Parents must teach their kids With four projects under his cial education will help in incul- to keep a record of all their spend- belt, Tahir finds himself extreme- cating a sense of responsibility ings. It can be done by noting ly fortunate to be getting good regarding the wise use of money down the transactions made each work despite the pandemic crip- from a very tender age. In order day. Keeping a track of the expen- pling the entertainment industry to lay the foundation of a secure diture regularly could help them of India. financial future, parents should realise how long it would take to He says, “It feels amazing to nurture their children and give reach a particular savings goal. finish dubbing for my projects them enough exposure regarding Accordingly, they can bring a and watch them come alive. financial matters. Furthermore, good change in their pattern of Post-production has been a big the significance of savings can be gency, especially in the absence of ing the financial decision-making fixed interval, brings a sense of expenditure and save more or challenge through the pandem- Tahir is confident of his work best understood under parental their parents. Besides, they can ability of a child. They must be responsibility. To begin with, they less, according to the need. ic and it’s great to finally be able in these projects and wants to guidance. Financial literacy also also save some amount from their explained at an early age that the can use a piggy bank to save a part It would be highly advanta- to meet the crew, get into the leave a mark with his versatile plays a role in the proper manage- pocket money to spend on some- needs (food, shelter, clothing and of their pocket money. They can geous to kids in their pre-teens if dubbing studio and get to work. acting. He expresses, “I always ment of day-to-day expenses and thing that they longed to purchase. more) must be given priority as also set a savings goal for making their parents can successfully We’re in fifth gear, racing forward aim to leave a solid mark with my the ability to make good financial Take care to give them a pep-talk they are imperative for sustaining a purchase. Parents can further inculcate financial understand- to completion and soon they will performances and I’m anxiously decisions as one grows up. regarding any and all probable in this world. On the other hand, encourage such steps by giving ing in them. This would empow- be ready for release.” awaiting the reactions. Currently, Let’s look at a few tips to help outcomes you foresee regarding wants (including various luxury them some extra money once er them to manage their spending Tahir adds, “I consider myself I’m dubbing for the Netlfix series your kids become financially lit- their expenditure. What seems like goods) must be considered as they achieve their savings goal. properly and develop a habit of very fortunate to be among those Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein.” erate in their pre-teens: a pretty straightforward concept to additional expenses. regular savings from a young age. actors who could get good work Speaking about the series, he you might not be so simple for CULTIVATING A REWARD SYSTEM As a result, children would despite the pandemic and felt shares, “It’s a very special project, FIXED POCKET MONEY them. IMPORTANCE OF SAVINGS Rewarding a child with some become trained and experienced satiated as an actor. I’m very a drama that is a thorough enter- The first step towards develop- Kids must also be taught to money for completing a task is a in monetary management for a proud of 83, Looop Lapeta and tainer with a thrilling script that ing financial literacy begins with DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN save money. Savings play a crucial good way to instil responsible successful future. Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein and I will have you on the edge. giving the child a fixed amount of WANTS & NEEDS role in someone's financial secu- behaviour in them. They can be (The author is co-founder of can’t wait for the audiences to see Shooting for the series has money, either weekly or monthly. Kids in their pre-teens must be rity in the future. Teaching them given some extra pocket money as Junio, a smart card focussed on these projects. It’s an amazing pushed and challenged me as a Further, it enables kids in their taught the difference between the significance of saving a partic- well if they accomplish a work imparting financial discipline to feeling to have good films to offer performer and I hope that peo- pre-teens to deal with an emer- wants and needs. It helps in shap- ular sum of money, at a certain before the given time. children.) to audiences and critics.” ple like it too.”

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The focus is sharp on self-proclaimed time, I did not show any interest in were flavoursome as well as moist and properties made of leaves of this tree that has coffee connoisseurs, creating customer expe- cooking. The only exception was bak- just the perfect accompaniment to cherry-like fruit. This fruit travels to Yemen riences that are unique to coffee drinkers. The ing, which I loved. While many of my evening tea. via Sufi monks and becomes the most beverage is expertly adapted to the modern tastes and interests might have changed, The Granola with quinoa and honey sought-after commodity from their monas- work culture being a common and popular this one has sustained to date. And a had rolled oats, dry fruits, nuts and teries. It spreads across the Ottoman empire feature both in-office breaks and in the new bakery in town inevitably evinces seeds, each of, which added textures despite the Sultan decreeing death to coffee absence of a physical work environment, as my interest and more so if there is a and flavour to the offering. Best had as drinkers, and although Western medicine ini- evident from the Dalgona phenomenon of twist to the fare on offer. a snack when you are feeling peckish tially acts apprehensive, coffee takes over most last year. It is now engaging with an even So, when I heard of Karamele, an in between work. of Europe. The storming of the Bastille gets more dynamic generation, Gen Z. A young all-vegan bakery, I naturally looked for- I reached out for Peanut butter planned in a Parisian café house and leads to and stressed India finds its escape in a mug- ward to digging in. The venture by cookies the next morning as the ingre- the French Revolution. Paris, London, and ful that validates their hustle as well as allow- nutritionist and dietician, Kanupriya dient is something that I can have by Vienna become the centres of café culture in ing them to hit the pause button. Khanna, aims to educate and encour- the spoonfuls. Made out of flours of the 17th and 18th century nurturing the ideas age patrons to eat healthy without com- oats, almond and walnut and additions of artistes, thinkers, philosophers, and rev- Is it healthy though? promising on taste or curbing their of flax seeds, dried cranberries, honey olutionaries such as Rosseau, Isaac Newton, This stimulating and uplifting drink has cravings. Moreover, since the pan- and peanut butter, these reminded me and Ernest Hemingway ever since. In the 20th been found to have several health benefits demic the shift to healthy eating has of old-fashioned goodness that was a century, this brew helps industrial workers from being hydrating to become of utmost importance, such a given in products that were made at work better and rightfully comes to be reducing the risk of type 2 venture has tapped into a market that home by our mothers and grandmoth- known as the lubricant of the diabetes. Recent studies is on the upswing. The brand initially ers for it was chewy, with just a hint of human machine, coined even go so far as to sug- promised only healthy cakes and sweetness. But I found the name some- by William H Ukers, the gest that the habit of muffins but has now branched into what misleading. Where I had hoped founder of the Tea and drinking coffee can keep breads, cookies, granolas, ice-creams for a full-on blast of peanut butter and Coffee Trade Journal. you from suffering heart and pizza bases. being satiated, I found it was a barely- Coffee makes its complications. Besides, it is a Trained as a Nutritionist at King’s there whiff. way into India with well-known antioxidant and College in London, Kanupriya has So, I ferreted out the Gluten-free Baba Budan, a 15th diuretic. worked at Bombay Hospital, Hinduja and vegan bread with mixed seeds century Sufi, Hospital, Jaslok Hospital and as a chief which was neatly packed within the and makes its The new coffee wave dietician at Fortis La Femme. It was a folds of paper. The label stated that it home quite In 2020, Indians consumed over mix of her professional life, where she was free of additives like potato and comfortably 1,170,000 of 60 kg bags of coffee. This helped her patients eat right, and her arrowroot starch. It was here that I was in the Western number stands testament to the growing love experiments in the kitchen, where she pleasantly surprised. It toasts evenly Ghats and Tamil for coffee that is undeterred by the pandem- tried to satisfy her children’s cravings and whether you have it lightly but- Nadu, generating cultural rituals with vari- ic. A social structure built around coffee con- to create wholesome recipes, that led to tered or as a grilled sandwich, ous brewing techniques unique to the Indian tinues to influence business and personal the evolution of different offerings of it was spectacular. Given consumer. relations. In-person coffee sessions have the brand. that it again taps into moved online, and coffee accompanies all A word of caution before you sorghum for its main The rich dark liquid and modern India conversations on social media from music order. The flip side of having healthy these were super soft and absolutely ingredient that, indeed, is Coffee, until recently, was the undercur- to podcast with coffee live sessions and bakery products (if you consider it to non-crumbly. What came through something that you can rent of the Indian experience despite India streams. Coffee to this day affects all facets be that), though, is that without the was the taste of chocolate, which look forward to for a being the sixth largest coffee producer and of life and is a quick energy fix for the needs preservatives, the food starts going stale was rich without sitting heavy on healthy start to the day. fifth-largest exporter in the world. Indian cof- of the WFH lifestyle. Everyday coffee break faster. But then, that is the entire point the gut, that is the norm if we par- This has all my heart fee houses of the majoritarian tea-drinking rooms at the virtual workplace are even a — to eat food that is fresh, healthy and take decadent ones. 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And he pulled a heist in the sec- of the game on the final day Jadeja (51 off 77) and after Jadeja completed his fifty If Shaw gets another oppor- There are times when every ond ODI as he led India to a of India’s warm-up match Vihari (43 not out off 105) with 33 overs left in the game. ndia coach Rahul Dravid tunity, he would be more than player does not want to rest and ndia pacer Deepak Chahar, stunning three wicket win chas- against County XI here on then shared an 84-run stand County XI batted for 15.5 will have to choose between keen to get a big score, as he play each game, but the team Iwho starred with the bat (69 ing a stiff target of 276. Thursday. before the southpaw retired overs, scoring 31 without a loss Iexperimenting and continu- failed to convert his start in the management would need to not out) in the second ODI According to Chahar, he is After bowling out County out. Jadeja had scored 75 in the of a wicket before the players ing the winning combination in first game. consider the workload of the against Sri Lanka, says he has currently not looking at the T20 XI for 220 on day two, first innings. shook hands. his bid to ensure a clean sweep Another dilemma for the bowlers, as they are playing six learnt the art of chasing from World Cup but stressed that he Agarwal (47 off 81) and against Sri Lanka in the third team management would be matches in just 12 days in the great MS Dhoni. is happy that he could prove Cheteshwar Pujara (38 off and final one-dayer here on whether to persist with aggres- humid Sri Lankan conditions. “(Dhoni) he has had a very himself with the bat when he 58), opened India’s second   "+  2 Friday. sive Ishan Kishan or give an In the two previous games, big impact on me. Not just got an opportunity. innings on day three. While Shikhar Dhawan-led opportunity to Sanju Samson, the Indian bowlers managed to CSK, while growing up, we “The (T20) World Cup is The duo shared an 87-run Durham: India wicketkeeper- India won the first game by another hard-hitting batsman, to contain the inexperienced Sri have all seen how he (takes the still far ahead. My target always stand which ended when batsman Rishabh Pant has seven wickets, Deepak Chahar make his ODI debut. Lankan batting-line up and match close). Every time we is that whenever I get an oppor- Agarwal charged down the joined the team bio-bubble pulled a heist in the second one The likes of Manish Pandey pulled things back. speak, he tells me that it is in tunity with the bat or ball, is to wicket to off-spinner Jack after recovering from Covid-19 with his match-winning unbeat- and ever-improving While Bhuvneshwar could your hands to take the game till prove myself. Selection is not in Carson only to be caught at ahead of the marquee Test en 69 as the visitors won by three Suryakumar Yadav are certain to continue to lead the attack, it the end and if you can do that, my hands nor in any player’s mid-on by fellow India team- series against England. wickets. maintain their places as the remains to be seen whether the then you get some overs and hands, to perform is in our mate Washington Sundar. Pant, who had tested pos- Now, it remains to be seen duo are the middle-order back- team management opts for that makes the match thrilling. hands. Washington and pacer itive for the virus, has complet- whether India continue with bone. With vice-captain young Navdeep Saini or “So, that was the whole idea “I was fortunate enough Avesh Khan, who are both set ed 10 days of isolation period, Prithvi Shaw, who got scores of Bhuvneshwar Kumar making it uncapped impressive left-arm — to take the match till the last that I got an opportunity that to fly back home due to injury, followed by two RT-PCR neg- 43 and 13, to partner the skip- clear that there are no fitness pacer Chetan Sakariya in place over,” Chahar said on the eve of I could prove in batting and I played for the County XI in ative reports and proper cardio per at the top, or go in for classy issues with Hardik Pandya, the of last game’s hero Deepak the third ODI. am happy that I could convert India’s only warm up game check-up which are mandato- great to have you back,” the Devdutt Padikkal or an equally flamboyant Baroda player and Chahar, who has been excep- Chahar has played under it,” said the 28-year-old right- ahead of the first Test begin- ry before joining the team. BCCI said in a tweet, along elegant Ruturaj Gaikwad — his brother all-rounder Krunal tional with his knuckle-ball. Dhoni at Chennai Super Kings. arm pacer. ning August 4. “Hello @RishabhPant17, with Pant’s photo, on Thursday. 8)   1 09//      Q  '  8 # =

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Phogat (53kg) don’t end up on the podi- mony on Friday as Covid-19 contingent size being 228, India, a nation of over 1.3 billion, has um after dominating every tournament concerns and competitions including officials, coaches, just 28 Olympic medals to its credit since they have been at in the past three years. lined up the next day led to a other support staff and alter- making a debut back in 1900. That tally Not to mention dark horses like Ravi majority of the contingent nate athletes in view of the features just one individual Gold that Dahiya (57kg) and Deepak Punia (86kg), deciding to stay away from the Covid-19. Abhinav Bindra picked up in 2008. who was a world championships Silver- event. “Archery, Judo, This time the country is definitely medallist in 2019. Athletes from sports like Badminton, Weightlifting, more optimistic than before of what its The two hockey teams are also shooting, badminton, archery Tennis, Hockey (men and 120 athletes — 68 men and 52 women going in with loads of optimism after and hockey, will skip the cer- women), Shooting, the above — in Tokyo would achieve. decent outings in international tours of emony as the Indian delega- are not participating due to The expectations are of a first ever &"$5 @ '    )   +   ' $A   &  + the past one year. tion is not willing to expose Devi, gymnast Pranati Naik matches on 24th, practice ses- double digit figure in the medals tally, sur-     & +  )  +         & ! There is some excitement surround- them to the risk of contract- and swimmer Sajan Prakash sions on 24th and staying passing the best haul of six achieved in rush that India has never seen in the archery team, led by seasoned world ing the paddlers too with the mixed team ing the virus with their events besides as many as eight box- safe,” Indian Olympic the 2012 London Olympics, none of them Games. number one Deepika Kumari. of veteran A Sharath Kamal and the lined up on Saturday. ers will also be there. Association President Gold. The foremost among the con- The jumbo shooting contingent is on Deepika would be eager to exorcise spunky Manika Batra being given a shot From hockey, only flag- Apart from MC Mary Narinder Batra said. tenders are 15 shooters. Mostly young, one side. the ghosts of 2012 London Olympics at a medal together. bearer, men’s team captain Kom, who is also a flag-bear- “The march past will be in with significant international success to On the other is a lone warrior — where too, she entered as the world num- In athletics, javelin thrower Neeraj Manpreet Singh, will partici- er alongside Manpreet, Japanese alphabetical order their credit in the past two years and Mirabai Chanu (49kg) in weightlifting. ber one only to misfire and go home Chopra’s spear could end the agony of pate in the ceremony. Lovlina Borgohain, Pooja and India’s number is 21st,” he buzzing with energy. The 26-year-old has come a long way empty-handed. near misses that the likes of PT Usha and The list of 20 attendees Rani, Amit Panghal, Manish added. A 19-year-old Manu Bhaker and since failing to record a single legitimate With husband Atanu Das, a mixed the late Milkha Singh endured. include four paddlers, includ- Kaushik, Ashish Kumar and “Both the flag-bearers ie Saurabh Chaudhary, a 20-year-old lift in the Rio Olympics five years ago. team archery medal is being seen as a real World champion P V Sindhu is also ing Manika Batra and A Satish Kumar will participate M C Mary Kom and Manpreet Elavenil Valarivan are just some names If all goes well, hers could be among possibility for India. looking good for a second Olympic Sharath Kamal, and as many in the ceremony. Singh are participating in the from whom medal hopes are sky high. the first medals that India would celebrate The boxers are another set of big con- medal of her career, an achievement that sailing team members. India is being represented opening ceremony,” Batra They seem ready for the pressure and this weekend. tenders with world number one Amit would cement her place among the all- Lone fencer C A Bhavani by more than 125 athletes in said. come July 24, there could well be a Gold Another bunch to watch out for is the Panghal (52kg), six-time world champi- time greats of Indian sports. 5   '  '  & !    & ;  < && Tokyo: Up against a familiar pre- The biggest prospects are already won five World Cup 2020 Test Event in July 2019, Olympic hype and with history the husband-wife duo of Das Gold medals in recent times. would also pose a big challenge.    /  7 stacked heavily against them, and Deepika who would look to Wiser and perhaps more Having qualified for the Indian archers will have a feel- recreate the magic of the Paris daring, Deepika’s biggest chal- first time since 2012, the Indian   "12" ing of deja vu when they begin World Cup in the mixed pair lenge would be to overcome the men’s team also offers some   * their Tokyo Games campaign competition that would make its Koreans, who are both mental- promise and it would be a big op seed and world No 1 with the rankings round here on Games debut on Saturday at the ly and physically strong. achievement, should they make TAmit Panghal (52kg) was /    Friday. Yumenoshima Park. In the absence of defending the last-four. among four Indian boxers who Notwithstanding the Competing in her third suc- champion Chang Hye Jin who The world rankings don’t got byes into the Olympic Tokyo: Indian tennis player women’s team’s failure to quali- cessive Olympics, two-time failed to make the cut, Deepika’s give the correct picture as nei- Games pre-quarterfinals as the Sumit Nagal will face fy, the quartet of Deepika world No 1 Deepika has seen it biggest threat is Kang Chae ther Korea nor Chinese Taipei, country’s pugilists geared up for Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin in Kumari, Atanu Das, Tarundeep all, from the lows of London to Young. China and Japan really compet- a tough campaign going by the the opening round of the Rai and Pravin Jadhav entered hitting rock-bottom at Rio 2016. The promising 20-year-old ed internationally since the sec- draws unveiled here on men’s singles event at the the mega-event with renewed Five years down the line, the An San, who had beaten ond half of 2019. All four of Thursday. Olympics. Nagal, who qual- hopes of winning the country’s firebrand archer from Ranchi is Deepika in straight sets en route these nations will be at full An unprecedented nine ified for the Games last week first Olympic medal in the sport. in the form of her life having to win the Gold at the Tokyo strength in the Japanese capital. Indian boxers would be vying after large-scale withdrawals, for medals at the showpiecess. was pitted against the lower- Panghal will step into the ranked Uzbek in the draw on ring on July 31 in the last-16- Thursday. A &   5    7   stage against the winner of the A first-round win for the contest between Botswana’s He will face Jamaica’s 23-year-old Indian, ranked Mahommed Rajab Otukile and Ricardo Brown in the pre- 160, could see him face sec-     /9 Tokyo: France’s bid for men’s Colombia’s Yuberjen Herney quarters and if he wins, the ond-seeded Russia’s Daniil Olympic football glory got off to Rivas Martinez. Armyman will run into top Medvedev next. New Delhi: Rivals when they a nightmare start with a 4-1 Martinez was the light fly- seed Bakhodir Jalolov of In women’s doubles, six- have spears in their hands, defeat by Mexico on Thursday, weight Silver-medallist at the Uzbekistan. time Grand Slam champion German javelin throw superstar while Richarlison scored a hat- Rio Games. Debutant Ashish Sania Mirza and Ankita Johannes Vetter and Neeraj trick as reigning champions The 25-year-old Asian Chaudhary (75kg), who has Raina will lock horns with the Chopra are happy being friends Brazil beat Germany in a six- Games champion Indian, who been an Asian Silver-medallist, Kichenok twins — Nadiia when not competing even goal thriller. is expected to advance, might will be up against China’s and Lyudmyla — of Ukraine though the former is quite clear Sylvain Ripoll’s France are find China’s Hu Jianguan, the Erbieke Touheta in his Games in the opening round. that the Haryana youngster looking for a first Olympic 2016 Olympics Bronze-medal- opener. wouldn’t be able to beat him in medal since winning Gold in list, as a possible quarterfinal The winner meets seeded 2012 Olympic Gold- Tokyo Olympics. 1984, but collapsed in the second opponent. Brazilian third seed Hebert medallist Roniel Iglesias. Former world champion half at Tokyo Stadium. In the women’s competi- Sousa in the pre-quarters. In the women’s draw, Pooja Vetter is the favourite to claim Mexico took the lead less tion, six-time world champion Sousa was a Bronze-medallist Rani (75kg) will take on Gold, while Chopra is being seen he is the only man in the world than two minutes after the break M C Mary Kom (51kg) will at the 2019 world champi- Algeria’s Ichrak Chaib, in her as India’s best bet to end the to have thrown beyond 90m in through Alexis Vega, before ons Mexico. Neymar on home soil five years square off against Dominica’s onships. opening bout and will be up country’s Olympic medal the past 24 months. Sebastian Cordova doubled their France now face a tough ago in Rio, downed Germany 4- Miguelina Hernandez on July Commonwealth Games against China’s second seed Li drought in athletics. In fact, he has done so 18 advantage in the 55th minute. task to get out of Group A with 2 in a dramatic match which saw 25 and up next for her would Silver-medallist Manish Qian if she progresses. “He (Chopra) threw good times, including a record streak The 35-year-old captain a top-two finish, ahead of games forward Richarlison net a first- be Colombian third seed 2016 Kaushik (63kg), also making Qian is the reigning Asian throws twice this year. Above of seven competitions between Andre-Pierre Gignac, whose against Covid-hit South Africa half hat-trick. Olympic Bronze-medallist his Games debut, has Britain’s champion and the 2018 edition 86m in Finland. If he is healthy April and June this year. He even last game for the French senior on Sunday and hosts Japan on But Spain struggled in Ingrit Lorena Victoria Valencia European Silver-medallist Luke world champion. and if he is in the right shape, threatened the world record team was the Euro 2016 final July 28. Sapporo, as a team featuring six as she pursues a second McCormack to contend with in Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) especially in his technique, he last year, throwing 97.76m in loss to Portugal, pulled one Japan saw off South Africa, players who reached the Euro Olympic medal. the opener. got a bye and will face can throw far,” Vetter said. Silesia, Poland to move to sec- back from the penalty spot with who had two players test posi- 2020 semi-finals dominated Also getting a bye was for- Another fancied Indian Germany’s Nadine Apetz in her “But he has to fight with me. ond on the world all-time list. 21 minutes remaining. tive for Covid-19 on Sunday, 1- possession but created few mer Asian Games Bronze- Vikas Krishan (69kg) will take opening clash. I am looking to throw over 90m While the 23-year-old But any thoughts of a come- 0 thanks to Takefusa Kubo’s sec- chances in a 0-0 draw with medallist Satish Kumar on Japan’s Mensah Okazawa in Simranjit Kaur (60kg) also in Tokyo, so it will be tough for Indian, a medal prospect in back were quashed as Uriel ond-half strike. Egypt. Spain next take on (+91kg), who is the first super the round of 32 on Saturday got a bye and has Thailand’s him to beat me.” Tokyo Olympics, has a person- Antuna and Eduardo Aguirre Brazil, who won Gold for Australia, who beat 10-man heavyweight from India to and if he crosses this hurdle, he Sudaporn Seesondee awaiting Vetter is in red-hot form and al best of 88.07m. netted late on for 2012 champi- the first time when inspired by Argentina 2-0. make the Olympic cut. will be fighting Cuba’s third- her in the pre-quarters.