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said, “Discussions focused on *+ ! safety, security and early return of Indian nationals stranded in Afghanistan. The travel of Afghan nationals, especially minorities, who wish to visit , India also came up.” The Ministry said the ! Indian Ambassador reiterated !" the country’s stand that ! ndia on Tuesday established Afghanistan’s soil should not be he Indian economy grew by Iits first formal contact with used for anti-India activities he Taliban revelled in their Ta record 20.1 per cent in the " the Taliban dispensation and and terrorism in any manner. Tvictory after the American April-June quarter, helped by a discussed safety, security and The Taliban representative withdrawal from Afghanistan, very weak base of last year and R early return of the Indian citi- assured the Ambassador that reiterating their pledge on a sharp rebound in the manu- zens stranded in Afghanistan. these issues would be positive- Tuesday to bring peace and facturing and services sectors " $%&$$ Indian Ambassador to Qatar 0 ly addressed. security to the country after in spite of a devastating second Deepak Mittal and Taliban’s 1 Giving a hint about the decades of war. Their anxious wave of Covid-19 cases. representative Sher Taliban’s attitude towards India, citizens, meanwhile, are wait- India is now on track to Mohammed Abbas Stanekzai week after the all-party meet- Stanekzai in a 40-minute video ing to see what the new order achieving the world’s fastest held the discussion in the ing that “You will have to keep posted on the Taliban’s social looks like. growth this year. Indian embassy in Doha, patience. Let the situation set- media last week said the Having humbled the While there was a sharp Qatar’s capital city. tle down.” Taliban favours continuation of world’s most powerful military, year-on-year expansion, Sources said the new rulers In response to a query age-old ties, including political, the Taliban now face the chal- sequentially the economy of Afghanistan had requested about the possibility of recog- economic and cultural, lenge of governing a nation of slowed down by 16.9 per cent for the meeting. nising the Taliban regime, the between India and 38 million people that relies over the January-March quar- quarters of expansion. This is seen as a major External Affairs Ministry later Afghanistan. heavily on international aid, P $ ter and was 9.2 per cent short GVA expanded by 18.8 per development since the Taliban said it will be “jumping the and imposing some form of of pre-Covid levels of April- cent year-on-year in Q1 but took control of Afghanistan gun”. Islamic rule on a population Badri unit toured the aban- A long-running economic June 2019, according to the first sequentially it recorded a dou- more than a fortnight back. Incidentally, Stanekzai that is far more educated and doned airport and posed for crisis has worsened since the quarter GDP data released by ble-digit contraction of 13.3 per Fearing for the safety of its trained as an army officer for cosmopolitan than it was when photos. Taliban’s rapid takeover, with the National Statistical Office cent given the disruptions in diplomatic staff and Indian nearly two years at the Indian the group last governed “Afghanistan is finally free,” people crowding banks to max- (NSO) on Tuesday. April-May due to the lockdown citizens, the Government evac- Military Academy (IMA) Afghanistan in the late Hekmatullah Wasiq, a top imise their daily withdrawal The economy had con- restrictions imposed in the uated more than 600 people, Dehradun in 1982 and is nick- 1990s. Taliban official, told The limit of about $200. Civil ser- tracted by a massive 24.4 per wake of the second wave of including the Ambassador to named “Sheru”. He is report- Thousands who had Associated Press on the tarmac. vants haven’t been paid in cent in April-June 2020 after Covid-19. Afghanistan, in the last few edly number two in the ! worked with the US and its “Everything is peaceful. months and the local curren- one of the world’s most strin- The rebound in the first days, but hundreds of others Taliban’s negotiating team and allies, as well as up to 200 Everything is safe.” cy is losing value. Most of gent lockdowns was imposed to quarter of the current fiscal was are still stranded third overall among leaders New Delhi: Don’t underesti- Americans, remained in the He urged people to return Afghanistan’s foreign reserves curb the spread of coronavirus led by a better-than-expected there. based in Qatar. He is now play- mate the Taliban, warns histo- country after the massive air- to work and reiterated the are held abroad and currently infections, crippling econom- manufacturing performance Given the current situation ing a major role in projecting rian-author William lift ended with the last US sol- Taliban’s offer of amnesty to all frozen. “We keep coming to ic activity. GDP had grown by and a milder hit to services, there, India had so far main- the Taliban’s image in foreign Dalrymple, saying they have diers flying out of Kabul inter- Afghans who had fought work but we are not getting 1.6 per cent in the January- combined with a robust pace of tained it was too early to engage countries, besides forging ties been unquestionably trained national airport just before against the group over the last paid,” said Abdul Maqsood, a March 2021 vaccinations. Vaccination cov- with the Taliban. When asked with them. and funded by Pakistan but midnight on Monday. 20 years. “People have to be traffic police officer on duty quarter. erage has risen from 4.7 per about reaching out to the Announcing the contact there is now the possibility of Hours later, turbaned patient,” he said. “Slowly we will near the airport. He said he The sequential contraction cent of the total population in Taliban, External Affairs between the two sides, the them asserting their indepen- Taliban leaders flanked by get everything back to normal. hasn’t received his salary in four in GDP in Q1 of the current fis- January-March to 24.5 per cent Minister S Jaishankar said last Ministry of External Affairs dence from their “paymasters”. fighters from the group’s elite It will take time.” months. cal came after three consecutive in Q1. '( )' R % & &'' ' ()') ' *)+ ) +,)- +' +,& previous suspicions that simul- ( taneous infections, such as bacterial pneumonia or over- %, reaction of the body’s immune defense system, played major roles in heightened risk of death, the investigators R say. Led by researchers at NYU ! Grossman School of Medicine, ! the study showed that people ' as the cause of the deaths, who died of Covid-19 had on ! buildup of coronavirus in although they cautioned that average ten times the amount ! Athe lungs and the body’s this may be due to the frequent of virus, or viral load, in their lamming the collusion Jallianwala Bagh memorial failure to cope with it are course of antibiotics given to lower airways as did severely ill Sbetween the builders and ormer Congress president complex with many claiming behind the steep mortality critically-ill patients. patients who survived their Government authorities, the FRahul Gandhi on Tuesday that it was “destroying history” rates seen in the pandemic, a The results contrast with illness. Supreme Court on Tuesday termed the Government’s in the name of makeover. His new study has found. ordered the demolition of revamp of the Jallianwala Bagh attack came after Prime However, the investigators Supertech Limited’s 40-storey )* +,- '. / memorial an “insult to mar- Minister Narendra Modi on found no evidence implicating twin towers titled Emerald tyrs”, saying only a person who Saturday dedicated to the a secondary bacterial infection ( % Court project in Noida within owned by builder RK ordered their demolition. does not know the meaning of nation the renovated complex three months for the violation Arora. Supertech Ltd approached the martyrdom can inflict such of Jallianwala Bagh . of building rules. The Bench comprising apex court and obtained status an insult. memorial. " The apex court directed Justices DY Chandrachud and quo in April 2014 against the While several senior lead- But disagreeing Rahul, New Delhi: The daily Covid-19 vaccinations crossed the 1 crore that the entire amount of MR Shah said the case record High Court order. ers of the Congress and the Left the Punjab CM said, “I don’t mark on Tuesday for the second time in five days, taking the homebuyers be refunded with is replete with instances that Observing that there is no parties agreed with Rahul, know what has been removed. cumulative doses administered in the country to over 65-crore, 12 per cent interest from the highlight the collusion between need of interference on High much to the embarrassment of To me it looks very nice.” #$ %& the Union Health Ministry said. Union Health Minister time of the booking and the officers of Noida with Court’s demolition order, the him, Punjab Chief Minister During the event on Mansukh Mandaviya said the highest one-day record of 1.09 crore Residents Welfare Association Supertech Ltd and its manage- Supreme Court said that of Captain Amarinder Singh saw Saturday, Modi also digitally Dhupguri: At least 25 people vaccine doses has been achieved till 6 pm and that 50 crore peo- be paid 2 crore for the harass- ment and involvement of the Supertech’s twin 40-storey tow- nothing wrong with the reno- inaugurated the museum were injured in West Bengal’s ple have received their first dose. ment caused due to the con- planning authority with the ers having 915 flats and shops vation. gallery at the memorial. The Jalpaiguri district on Tuesday “Another milestone achieved in the world’s largest vaccina- struction of the twin towers developer in violation of laws. was done in collusion with Taking to Twitter, Rahul event also showcased the mul- after hundreds of local resi- tion drive under PM @NarendraModi ji. 50 crore people received named Apex and Cyene in the Both the towers were under Noida authority and the high tagged media reports on the tiple development initiatives dents tried to enter a vaccina- their first #COVID19 vaccine dose. I applaud the hard work of Emerald Court project of construction when the court was correct in holding outrage on social media over undertaken by the Government tion centre together, leading to COVID warriors and diligence of citizens in helping achieve this Supertech real estate company Allahabad High Court had that view. the alleged changes at the to upgrade the complex. a stampede, police said. momentous feat,” Mandaviya tweeted. *$) #) 2 " 2) )" ' , 3 # $#$ organised by a traders’ body in per. After reaching Punjab Delhi, like Venugopal ji. There 22 #E/ # # 1 Amritsar last week, had stated, Bhawan, Rawat met several is democracy in the Congress 3 $ 0 $ ,# 2-2- “I have said one thing to party Congress leaders. Later, he party and not unlike BJP,” he # ; - 2$ / $ #$2# - 3 ! high command that if we can went to the Punjab Congress said. $ ,$2- $2 / meet the promises and hopes of Bhawan and met Sidhu, along Regarding meeting Punjab #E/ 2- # ;#, 2$ $ #)1#(1 people, I will ensure Congress with working presidents Kuljit congress leaders, Rawat said N 2$ 2# 2-O6 rule in Punjab for next 20 Singh Nagra, Pawan Goel, and that he was available to meet !" police. He alleged that Geetika unjab Congress party years. Par je tusi manu nirne the state party general secretary anyone who wants to meet with her brother and others #!# "* - )# Paffairs’ in-charge Harish nai len deyonge tan main mai (organisation) Pargat Singh. him. aryana Police DSP and came to their residence in !1 "-" %4 Rawat on Tuesday virtually itt naal itt kharka du (But if you After the meeting, Rawat Already, the party is facing HArjuna Award recipient Agroha in a police vehicle and $5 , FHisar and allegedly allegations. Divan said both #- #2 # #$ ;# 2 tually displaying the party’s (a decorated horse).” Sukhwinder Singh Danny — as by Capt Amarinder and Sidhu. entered into an argument with sides have lodged complaints #4$#2 #/$ 2# $ 2$ excuse-all policy towards him. Rawat, reacting to Sidhu’s Panj Payaraas. Amidst the demand of replace the family over an ancestral against each other. , 2- 2$ $ 2 - 2- Rawat, in the process, statement, maintained that his Rawat is scheduled to meet Chief Minister by four Cabinet property. Another case has been ,2$ 8 # $ 2 $ 2 #6 apparently courted controver- remarks were against his rival Sidhu, besides other party lead- Ministers and more than two Geetika is currently post- lodged on the complaint of sy by comparing Sidhu and his political parties. “Sidhu had ers, including four dissident dozen legislators, Capt ed as the Fatehabad DSP. Balram in which Prakash Veer %1(( * four working presidents with said that if given free hand, woh Ministers — Sukhjinder Singh Amarinder’s camp engaged in “A FIR has been registered and some of his family mem- ( P)(( ) panj payaras (Sukh Guru’s five Akali Dal and BJP ki int se int Randhawa, Tirpt Rajinder same table earlier, and if need, dinner diplomacy claiming against Geetika Jakhar, her bers have been named as 7 50, 3 0- beloved ones). baja denge,” he said, adding that Singh Bajwa, Charanjit Singh they will sit together again,” support of about 55 MLAs brother Balram, who is a naib- accused, he said. 4 #2 $ 2; 2 # Rawat claimed that Sidhu’s it was his way of interpreting Channi, and Sukhbinder Singh said Rawat. and eight MPs among other tehsildar, her father and two Balram had told reporters ,2 $ 2 # $ $$ “itt naal itt” remarks, as per his Punjab Congress president’s Sarkaria. “I don’t talk to the party leaders. police personnel,” Agroha SHO, that he had gone to their ances- , #2 # $ ,4 2 interpretation, was not against statement. He would also meet the leaders via media...I talk to With assembly elections Priyanshu Divan said over the tral house in Agroha for some #;#$#2O #-# $ ,$6 3 the Congress leadership but the On his three-day visit, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder them directly. They should just about six months away, phone on Tuesday. work and alleged that Prakash #,, 2$ ,, 2 # $ Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), Uttarakhand’s former Chief Singh, while a joint meeting also talk to me, take up issues Capt Amarinder and Sidhu Geetika's uncle Prakash Veer's family had assaulted ##; $ 0 2 $ 4#2 B Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Minister Rawat arrived in the between the Chief Minister at the party forum. Those who are still engaged in cold war, Veer had filed a complaint him. He said police have reg- " 0 -#6 and other rival political parties. state’s capital in the evening in and Sidhu with Rawat is not don’t want to talk to me, they and are yet to come to after submitting a CCTV istered a case on his com- Sidhu, addressing an event the State Government’s chop- ruled out. “They have sat on the can talk to the senior leaders in terms. footage of the incident to plaint. !"#$%$"
( R " (' )& " %**- . #)1#(1 Bhakra dam is down by 25 feet notice on the Talwandi Sabo maintained that just as the — at the earliest. Sidhu has also since last year this time...Pong plant, by maintaining that it State Assembly had passed the been attacking the State ! under ‘Kisaani Karza Raahat’, sion. day after Punjab Congress and other dams are also the was functional for 12 months Punjab Termination of Government over the issue. besides Rs 520 crore as debt The state’s Social Security, Apresident Navjot Singh same...So there is a major cri- in the last three years, which is Agreements Act in 2004 on After taking over as state ulfilling a major poll relief to farm labourers and Women and Child Sidhu demanded extension of sis and so we have to see.” less than the minimum require- river water sharing with party chief, Sidhu raised the Fpromise, Punjab Chief landless farmers. As promised, Development Minister Aruna one-day special session of Adding, the Chief Minister ment of 65 percent. Haryana, the Punjab Vidhan power tariff issue and need to Minister Captain Amarinder the State Government has Chaudhary lauded the Chief Vidhan Sabha to bring a legis- said that he had already asked Notably, the Congress-led Sabha should also pass the terminate PPAs with the Chief Singh on Tuesday launched already given smartphones to Minister to double the social lation to terminate the contro- the officers to “reduce some Punjab Government has con- legislation to bring down the Minister in his maiden meet- the enhanced Social Security the students of Class XII, he security pension from Rs 750 versial power pacts to provide where the PPA is very vened a day-long special ses- power tariff. ing with him as PPCC chief. pension of Rs 1,500 per month said while listing out several to Rs 1500 per month from July relief to consumers from the high....like Damodar val- sion on September 3 to com- “We are already paying Rs Acting swiftly, the Chief — a threefold increase from Rs others steps and decisions 1, 2021, to 27 lakh old age, high power tariff, Chief ley...They are giving is power at memorate the 400th parkash 10,000 crore subsidy, but still Minister asked the Punjab State 500 given earlier. taken by the state government widow, destitute and handi- Minister Capt Amarinder Rs 12.50, while others are giv- purb (birth anniversary) of have scope for reducing power Power Corporation Limited The Chief Minister, during in its four-and-a-half-year capped beneficiaries. Singh on Tuesday made it clear ing it at Rs three or Rs Guru Tegh Bahadur. prices by amending faulty (PSPCL) and the Power a launching event, claimed that tenure. With the enhanced pen- that all of total 122 power pur- 3.50...How can I buy on such Sidhu, on Monday, posted PPAs. This will help the Department to initiate the out of 547 poll promises made Reiterating his sion, the annual budget for dis- chase agreements (PPAs) could high rates??” about a seven-minute video on Government give free units to process to scrap the faulty in the manifesto, 422 have Government’s firm commit- bursal of these security pen- not be cancelled. Reportedly, the Punjab Twitter seeking the extension of general category consumers PPAs. already been fully implement- ment to fulfil all the promises sions has gone up to Rs 4,800 However, the Chief State Power Corporation one-day Vidhan Sabha session and also bring down the power ed, 52 partially while 59 are yet made to the people, the Chief crore, she said. “The Congress Minister, at the same time, Limited (PSPCL) has already to five to seven days to pass a tariff to Rs five per unit,” he had REGULAR ASSEMBLY to be implemented. Minister said that every single Government has hiked this also made it clear that he has initiated the process to cancel legislation to terminate the stated in the video. SESSION AFTER FEW “Thus, we have fulfilled 90 grain from the mandis has pension four times during its asked the authorities concerned the PPAs with GVK Group’s PPAs saying that one-day ses- “This will help the Punjab DAYS: CAPT percent of the implementable been lifted by honouring the 15-year rule since 1992 includ- to revisit some of the pacts, and private thermal plant at sion is not enough to take up government give 300 units of Amidst the demand of promises which is the highest promise ‘Dana Dana ing thrice during Capt “reduce” the rates, like one Goindwal Sahib in Punjab, and issues concerning the public. At free power to all domestic con- extending the one day special ever in any State after Chandra Chakkange’, besides making Amarinder’s nine years term as with the Damodar Valley the one run by Damodar Valley present, there is no legislation sumers, including the general session to discuss several issues Babu Naidu’s Government in all out efforts to protect the pre- the Chief Minister, whereas the Corporation at Purulia dis- Corporation at Purulia district listed for the session. category, decrease domestic of Punjab’s interest, Chief Andhra Pradesh,” said Capt cious natural resource of water SAD-BJP regime increased the trict in West Bengal. in West Bengal by serving them “PPA scrapping issue is a tariff to Rs three per unit and Minister Capt Amarinder on Amarinder adding that 14 in the right earnest. pension merely once during its “Do you know how many with “repudiation notices”. part of the 18-point agenda of rs five per unit for industry, Tuesday made it clear that this promises are difficult to fulfil The Chief Minister, on the 15 years of regime,” she power purchase agreements The State Government has the party high command,” he along with the redressal of all was a special session to com- as these are related to VAT occasion, also disbursed added. (PPAs) there are...122...and if I decided to “repudiate” the PPA said, adding that he had raised outstanding bills, and waiving memorate Guru Tegh which has been replaced by the cheques of enhanced pension At the very outset, Capt go and do away with all of them with the Goindwal Sahib ther- it before the Chief Minister of unjustifiable and exorbitant Bahadur’s 400th birth anniver- GST regime. to 10 old age, widow, destitute, Amarinder joined the people in in one go, then I will be sitting mal plant as its per unit rate is also. bills,” he had stated. sary, and the regular session Elaborating on the other and handicapped beneficiaries paying glowing tributes to the in the Supreme Court forev- as high as Rs 10 even as the “Punjab Govt must imme- Notably, power has will be convened after a few welfare measures undertaken to mark the symbolic launch of former Chief Minister late er...And from where do I get power is available at Rs three to diately issue directions to emerged as a major issue with days. “After the one special ses- by Congress-le dGovernment the scheme across the State. Beant Singh on his 26th death the power from?” said the Rs 3.5 per unit from the nation- PSERC in Public Interest to the elections just about six sion, a regular session would be in line with the several promis- Notably, people from anniversary by observing two Chief Minister on Tuesday, al grid. Similar reason was revise tariff being paid to months away. All the political called after a gap of few days,” es made with the people, Capt across the state virtually joined minutes silence. responding to the media cited in the case of the Private Power Plants making parties have made major he said. Notably, besides Sidhu, Amarinder said that the the event at nearly 4,000 dif- “Sardar Beant Singh laid queries, on the sidelines of an Damodar Valley Corporation’s the faulty PPAs null & announcements to provide free opposition parties — Aam amount under the Shagun ferent locations while several down his life for peace, which event. Raghunathpur plant in West void…Further calling a 5-7 power units to the consumers. Aadmi Party (AAP) and scheme (now renamed as Ministers, MLAs, and other ultimately led to a congenial He said: “Punjab only has Bengal’s Purulia district that day Vidhan Sabha Session to Congress high command Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) — Aashirwad) has already been people’s representatives par- atmosphere to ensure eco- the capacity to buy power from had entered a PPA with the bring a New Legislation for ter- has also tasked the Chief have been seeking extension of enhanced to Rs 51,000. ticipated at 400 functions orga- nomic development in the the central pool for 7,000 PSPCL. mination of faulty PPAs!!” Minister to ensure cheap elec- the session to make the Likewise, Rs 4,700 crore nized in different parts of the State,” said the Chief Minister megawatt (MW)....My require- Also, the State Government Sidhu had tweeted. tricity — which was the party’s Congress Government answer- relief has been disbursed to State for disbursal of cheques of while addressing the people on ment is 14,000 MW...My has decided to serve a default Sidhu, in the video, had major pre-poll promise in 2017 able. small and marginal farmers enhanced social security pen- the occasion. + ,-.- / # , -. /0Q- ---- . .. , -. 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! and divisive acts. mer through a video posted on were underway to unearth the Noting that as the land of SFJ’s Facebook page. complete conspiracy, he added. ven as the Punjab Police the Gurus, who had always The FIR (no. 34) has been It may be recalled that SFJ Eregistered an FIR against propagated the ideology of registered against Pannu, his had, in July, issued a threat the ISI-backed Khalistan ideo- oneness of humanity, Punjab associates, and SFJ members at against Himachal Chief logue over his continued was home to all people, regard- State Cyber Crime Police Minister Jai Ram Thakur. The attempts to promote violence in less of religion, caste and creed, Station SAS Nagar, under threat had claimed that the out- the State and his recent assas- the Chief Minister said that Sections 10 (a) and 13 (1) of the fit will not allow the Himachal sination threat against Punjab Pannu’s “pathetic” attempts to Unlawful Activities Chief Minister to hoist the Chief Minister, Capt once again fan hatred, divi- (Prevention) Act, 1967, besides national flag on the Amarinder Singh on Tuesday siveness, and violence in the sections 153, 153A of the Independence Day. The warned Gurpatwant Singh name of religion and in the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Himachal Police had then reg- Pannu against any attempt to garb of a peaceful secessionist Section-124 A of IPC, dis- istered an FIR against Pannu. disturb the state’s peace, sta- campaign for the attainment of closed DGP Dinkar Gupta, Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), a bility and communal harmony. Khalistan has already been adding that Pannu had been pro-Khalistani outfit based in The Chief Minister assert- strongly repudiated by the peo- found promoting violent US, was declared as ‘Unlawful ed that any bid by the banned ple of Punjab and India, who extremist action and threaten- Association’ by the Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) and its want to live and prosper in ing assassination of the Chief Government of India through self-styled General Counsel to peace. Minister, an elected constitu- a notification issued on July 10, create trouble in Punjab would All political leaders and tional Head of government of 2019, in exercise of powers con- be countered with the full might parties had condemned the State of Punjab. ferred by Sub-sections (1) and of his government. “Nobody will Pannu’s Pak-ISI funded cam- Citing preliminary investi- (3) of Section 3 of Unlawful be allowed to disturb the hard- paign for a separate nation, the gations into the video posted Activities (Prevention) Act, earned peace of Punjab and Chief Minister noted. on August 28, the DGP said 1967, after it was found to be again plunge our people into the The Chief Minister’s strong that the said video clearly sug- indulging in activities prejudi- dark abyss of the terrorism days, warning to Pannu came even as gested a criminal conspiracy cial to internal security of India which took thousands of inno- the Punjab Police on Monday against the Chief Minister, who and the public order and have cent lives,” declared Capt registered an FIR against the was shown in the video as the potential of disrupting Amarinder, warning of a befit- SFJ leader for issuing an assas- being targeted with bullets by peace, unity and integrity of the $ 23 * $ (1 1 5 $ 2 ting response to SFJ’s disruptive sination threat against the for- a gun. Further investigations country. ( %2* $ $ (1 O / $ - . , P% , # ' --- . $4 - ! authority. If work is still pend- further improvements are ! it back to the Haryana 15 days so that all the issues, structive achievement to tell the ing at both these levels, then the required. However, it has also Legislative Assembly for recon- affecting the people, including people of Punjab; which has aryana Chief Minister application will come to the been seen that many depart- aryana Congress MLAs sideration under Article 200 of the agricultural crisis, expen- benefited the people and the HManohar Lal Khattar will Commission, he said. ments have low RTS scores and Hled by former Chief the Constitution. sive electricity and the mafia, state,” he added. launch the “Auto Appeal Gupta said that with the they have been directed to fur- Minister and Leader of “This bill is anti-farmer, # can be discussed in the House. Taking a dig at Capt Software programme” of introduction of Auto Appeal ther improve it, Gupta said. Opposition Bhupinder Singh anti-poor and undemocratic. $%& Senior AAP leader and the Amarinder and Sidhu, Cheema Haryana Right to Service Software, people will get a The Chief Commissioner Hooda on Tuesday met the The bill was passed hurriedly Leader of Opposition in said that if Punjab Congress Commission on Wednesday. huge relief and their work will of the Commission further Governor Bandaru Dattatreya without detailed discussion in Vidhan Sabha Harpal Singh president cannot extend the With this, Haryana will become be done within a stipulated said that the District Deputy over the issue of land acquisi- the House,” Hooda said. ! Cheema said that a special term of the upcoming session the first State in the country to time frame. Officers or employ- Commissioners have also been tion bill passed by the State The Congress had protest- session dedicated to Guru Tegh from his party by 15 days, then introduce such a system. ees will no longer be able to given clear direction to review Assembly last week. ed against the Bill and also am Aadmi Party (AAP), Bahadur was welcomed during by what conscience is he sitting Chief Commissioner of adopt a casual attitude. Failure the status of notified services Besides raising the issue of staged a walkout from the State Aafter a meeting of its leg- the meeting, but the in the Congress? “This session Haryana Right to Service to do so may result in action under the Right to Service lathi charge on farmers in Assembly. Talking to media- islative wing on Tuesday, Government’s intentions were would be a test for Sidhu and Commission, TC Gupta said from the clerk to the head of Act. The Deputy Karnal, the Congress delega- persons, Hooda said the new accused Punjab Chief Minister also questioned. “The ruling his fellow Congress MLAs and that if a person's work is not the department, he said. Commissioners have been told tion also submitted a memo- bill is against the intention Capt Amarinder Singh and Congressmen are avoiding fac- Ministers who tweeted against done within stipulated time He said that if an officer or that if a district's score is below randum to the Governor on the and spirit of the Central Punjab Congress president ing the public issues in the their own Congress period and that work comes employee is fined thrice, he 8, then a displeasure note will issue of amendment in land Principal Act, 2013 and will Navjot Singh Sidhu of running House. They fear that the Government citing costly under the purview of the Right may also have to lose his job. be sent across, while if the score acquisition bill by Haryana hurt the interest and sentiments away from public issues. At the shortcomings and failures of power and mafia rule that To Service Act, then the appli- The Right To Service score is above 9.5, then a letter of Government. of farmers who are already agi- same time, the party demand- the Government would not being benevolent to Punjab, cation under the Auto Appeal on Antyodaya Saral Portal appreciation will be given every The memorandum tating against agriculture laws ed that one-day assembly ses- make headlines during this whether they get the power Software will go to the comes out to 10. Barring two- month. A monthly report requested the Governor not to for the last nine months. He sion, dedicated to the 400th pre-election session as today purchase agreements (PPAs) Appellate Authority. If the work three districts in the state, the would also be taken from the give his assent to the new said provisions that safeguard- birth anniversary of Sri Guru even after four-and-a-half revoked during this session or is still pending, then the appli- RTS score of almost all the dis- Deputy Commissioners, he Land Acquisition Bill passed in ed the interests of farmers have Tegh Bahadur on September 3, years, the Captain Government their fight was limited to the cation will go to the higher tricts is appropriate, but still added. the monsoon session and send been taken away. should be extended for at least does not have a single con- chair only,” he added. $ 2$ - / . ! 3 . . , $ 0 1)# ! ARRESTED Busting a big drug syndi- ! ticipating States. Further, the )4 5 3 . + ith the arrest of a radi- cate — suspectedly being oper- NCR Geo-Portal was also Wcalised operative identi- ated by notorious gangsters he 40th Board meeting of launched as an initial central fied as Saroop Singh of Johal lodged in Jails, the Punjab TNational Capital Region database repository, which is . -. Dhai Wala village in Tarn Police have seized 20 kg of Planning Board was held under expected to facilitate Sub- Taran, linked with foreign- heroin worth 100 crore rupees the Chairmanship of Union Regional and local planning in ! based terrorist entities, Punjab in the international market Minister, Housing and Urban NCR. The other issues relating Police on Tuesday claimed to with the arrest of two drug Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri, from to the delineation of NCR and aryana Chief Minister have thwarted another possible dealers on Monday. The two New Delhi through video con- Regional Plan-2041 were also HManohar Lal Khattar on terrorist attack in the border drug suppliers-dealers have ferencing on Tuesday. Haryana deliberated upon in the meet- Tuesday congratulated Singhraj state. been identified as Balwinder Chief Minister Manohar Lal ing. Regarding delineation of Adhana for winning the bronze The police have also recov- Singh of Sarangwal village in Khattar along with Chief NCR, proposals for delineation medal in shooting at the ongo- ered two live Chinese-made P- Hoshiarpur and Peter Masih of Secretary Vijai Vardhan and were deliberated and views of ing Paralympic Games in 86 mark hand grenades from Basti Danishmanda locality in Principal Secretary Town and member States were sought. Tokyo and announced a cash his possession, said the state Jalandhar. Peter has already Country Planning also attended Chief Principal Secretary to reward of Rs 2.5 crore and a Director General of Police been facing two criminal the meeting from Chandigarh Chief Minister, D. S. Dhesi, government job for him. (DGP) Dinkar Gupta on cases. being members of the Board. Additional Chief Secretary, The Chief Minister said Tuesday. He said that Saroop When the Police teams In the meeting, various Irrigation and Water Resources that winning the bronze medal Singh was apprehended by intercepted a truck and a decisions were taken for coor- Department, Devender Singh, in P1 Men's 10m Air Pistol Sports Policy, the State Tarn Taran Police on suspicion Hyundai i20 car at high-tech dinated development of NCR, Principal Secretary to Chief event at Tokyo Paralympics is Government is giving equal at a checkpoint on Amritsar- Dhilwan Police naka in which included inauguration of Minister, V. Umashankar, the result of Singhraj Adhana's awards, government jobs and Harike road on Kapurthala on Monday, the Combined Reciprocal Director, Town and Country sheer determination. He has other facilities to Paralympic Monday. search of the vehicle led to the Common Transport Planning Department, K. won the hearts of the people of players as being given to the recovery of 20 kg heroin con- Agreement (CRCTA), which Makarand Pandurang and Haryana as well as the whole of general sportspersons. He con- 20 KG HEROIN WORTH signment, DGP Dinkar Gupta will facilitate free movement of other senior officers were pre- India, said the Chief Minister. gratulated Singhraj Adhana RS 100 CR SEIZED, TWO said. vehicles within the NCR par- sent. Khattar said that as per its and wished him a bright future. ' !"#$%$" 48 " 4 " ! H will make our democracy stronger’, and will increase con- ok Sabha Speaker Om Birla fidence of the people at large, he Q) " 3 45 R Lon Tuesday inaugurated the said. Birla also referred to the Parliamentary Outreach ongoing Azadi ka Amrit #)"1 " 11 to remain in touch with people and listen Programme for the empower- Mahotsav events and said that to their problems, and not behave like ment of Panchayati Raj democracy in India has been enior National Conference bureaucrats who, he said, do not come to Institutions of the Union strengthened over the period of SParliamentarian from Srinagar Lok the rescue of people. ! Territory of Jammu and time. He noted with satisfaction Sabha constituency and National Expressing anguish over Government Kashmir at Sher-i-Kashmir that hopes and aspirations of the Conference Chief Dr Farooq Abdullah on officials of the Jammu and Kashmir gainst the backdrop of the hostile takeover of Aghanistan by Convention Centre in Srinagar. people have been fulfilled to a Tuesday sounded alarm bells over the pre- administration not responding to phone Athe Taliban, prominent Deobandi Islamic cleric and Jamiat Besides Shri Birla, the pro- large extent and now India is vailing security situation in the wake of dis- calls of people, Abdullah requested Sinha Ulema-e-Hind chief Maulana Arshad Madani stirred the hor- gramme was attended by UT leading the world community in turbing developments in to instruct them to answer calls. net’s nest by demanding setting up of separate schools and col- Jammu & Kashmir L-G Manoj the journey of democracy. Birla Afghanistan. Dr Abdullah maintained at present leges for girls, saying that Muslims should also refrain from pro- Sinha; Union Ministers Prahlad lauded the developments in Interacting with the media persons on you may think peace is prevailing in the viding co-education to their daughters to keep them away from Singh Patel, Ramdas Athawale, Jammu and Kashmir and said the sidelines of a function organised as region but it's calm before the storm. immorality and misbehaviour. Annpurna Devi, former Union that the UT is on the path of part of the parliamentary outreach pro- tancy still exists and the Government ('toofan aa raha hai'). The situation in The Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband is the alma Minister Farooq Abdullah. peace, progress and develop- gramme for strengthening Panchayati Raj should not live in "cuckoo world and think Afghanistan has impacted the whole mater of the Taliban of Afghanistan. Outlining that the objective ment. Institutions in Srinagar, Dr Abdullah said everything is hunky-dory".He demanded world.Why are you only looking at In a statement issued after a working committee meeting of of the Outreach Programme is On the occasion Manoj "We are facing numerous challenges in adequate security cover for panchayat lead- Kashmir. It will definitely have an impact Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, Maulana Madani said that the kind of reli- to make our democratic insti- Sinha said that Gram Panchayats Jammu and Kashmir. The biggest one is ers who continue to face threat to their on all of us. gious and ideological confrontation that was playing out across tutions at the grass-root level and PRIs are at the heart of our staring us at the border. It's not far away. lives. Reacting to issues raised by Dr the country could not be countered by any weapon or technol- stronger and more transparent development process and they Before leaving Afghanistan the US army Referring to the role of elected Abdullah, the Lt Governor Manoj Sinha ogy, and the only way to counter it was to equip the new gen- and accountable, Birla said that can provide good governance at had left behind huge stock (weapons). We Panchayat members Dr Abdullah said, in his address to the gathering said, "I want eration with higher education. democratic institutions like the grass-root level. Referring to have to tackle this situation. It's not an easy "they have a tough job at hand. They have to assure (you) that appropriate arrange- The Maulana alleged that all post-independence governments Gram Panchayats can make the 73rd and 74th constitution- job". to reachout to the masses at the grassroots ments have been made for the security of had excluded Muslims from the field of education under a set people’s lives better and for that al amendments, he hailed the Addressing the delegates in the pres- level.Their safety is of paramount impor- panchayat leaders. The administration is policy. collective and coordinated implementation of the three ence of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Lt- tance. The political leaders need security committed to provide them security and He said that Muslims did not deliberately withdraw them- efforts are needed at the ground tier Panchayati Raj system in Gov Manoj Sinha and other Union too else they cannot reach out to the mass- will extend them all possible help to ful- selves from education, because if they were not interested in edu- level. ‘Empowered Panchayats Jammu and Kashmir. Ministers Dr Abdullah maintained mili- es on ground zero. He also advised them fil their duty." cation, why would they establish madrasas. ) "" 6(7 22, , 2 $ # 2
" *" 11 a preliminary inquiry against Saifee me to effectively provide the requisite video clip that purportedly showed the Burhani Upliftment Trust (SBUT). inputs, if I can, in furtherance of the minister speaking to a senior police # #2 ;2 #2$ #K iting pre-occupation with his min- In a letter written to ED ahead of present investigation? This is without official and asking the latter to arrest Cisterial work, Shiv Sena leader and his scheduled appearance on Tuesday, prejudice to my rights and contentions Rane. ! " 11 The GOC Chinar Maharashtra Minister of State Anil Parab stated: “It may please be appre- in law". Notwithstanding the inferences Corps also urged the fam- Parab on Tuesday failed to appear ciated that due to pre-occupations Meanwhile, the ED officials con- drawn by the Shiv Sena, the ED is fter eliminating several top ilies, especially the par- before the Enforcement Directorate scheduled quite earlier, I am required ducted searches on the premises of understood to have issued summons Acommanders of different ter- ents, to appeal to their (ED) and urged the ED to re-schedule to attend to certain public functions in Deputy Regional Transport Officer (Dy issued to Parab for questioning in con- rorist outfits since the beginning wards to shun the path of his appearance before it on any day my capacity as a public servant being RTO) Bajrang Kharmate in Pune on nection with an allegation that Vaze of this year the Indian Army has violence and return home. after two week for questioning in con- a Minister in the State of Maharashtra Monday in connection with its inves- had made in April this year that the launched an aggressive campaign He reaffirmed security nection with the allegations of cor- on the appointed date i.e. 31 August tigations against Parab. minister had asked him to collect Rs in Kashmir valley to convince the forces commitment to ruption made against him by incar- 2021 for my meeting with you.” On its part, the Shiv Sena has 50 crore to close a preliminary inquiry parents of the active terrorists to maintaining peace in the cerated police officer Sachin Vaze. “As such, due to already scheduled linked the summons issued to Parab against Saifee Burhani Upliftment make an appeal to their wards to Kashmir valley. Though he had initially confirmed engagements in the public interest, may with Union Minister Narayan Rane of Trust (SBUT). lay down their arms and shun the Defence PRO in that he would keep his date with ED, I request you to please reschedule the the Sena during the latter’s arrest at It may be recalled that in a four- path of violence before joining the manders. Srinagar, Col Emron Musavi said, Parab sent off a letter to the central date of my appearance before you on Sangmeshwar on August 24 “Jan page hand written letter to the Special mainstream. GOC, 15 Corps, while "the interaction was intended to investigating agency shortly before he any date after two weeks?,” Parab stat- Ashirward Yatra” for his “tight-slap” Judge of the NIA court on April 7, 2021 On Tuesday, Lt Gen DP addressing family members of instill confidence and convey the was scheduled to appear before it, ed.. remark against Maharashtra Chief Vaze – who is currently being investi- Pandey, GOC China Corps along active terrorists reiterated that intent of the security forces expressing his inability to make an Seeking information about the Minister and Shiv Sena President gated in the twin SUV planting and with GOC Victor Force, Maj Gen the security forces are committed amongst the families of active ter- appearance before the agency and seek- details of the investigations in which Uddhav Thackeray. However, Rane was alleged Manshukh Hiran murder cases Rashim Bali and IGP Kashmir to take surrenders even during rorists". "Societal and family sup- ing a fresh date after two weeks to he had been summoned for question- granted bail by a Mahad court on the – had claimed that Parab had called Vijay Kumar addressed 83 family active operations. He added that port can wean the men away appear before it. ing, Parab said: n “Further, the sum- same night. him July-August, 2020 to his official members of active terrorists at all assistance will be provided to from the path of violence and Interestingly enough, the ED had mons received does not indicate the Following Rane’s arrest, the BJP bungalow and look into a complaint Shopian and urged them to guide the misguided youth in enabling death. The security forces are on Monday conducted raids at three subject of investigation. May I, there- had alleged that Rane came to be concerning the Saifee Burhani their wards back into society. them to surrender and the secu- focusing on the ‘terrorists without locations of Parab in connection with fore, also request you to please enlight- arrested after Parab mounted pressure Upliftment Trust (SBUT), which was The South Kashmir district rity forces will work with these weapons’, who sustain and handle an allegation that Vaze had made in en me about the point of investigation on the district police administration in under preliminary enquiry and asked has witnessed a maximum num- youth to address their concerns terror activities. The overall aim is April this year that the Minister had which has necessitated issuance of the this regard. The BJP had demanded a him to bring the SBUT trustees to him ber of encounters between the and assist them in joining the to break the cycle of violence", the asked him to collect 50 crore to close captioned summons to me to enable CBI probe into a CBI probe into a for negotiations about the enquiry. security forces and terrorist com- mainstream. defence spokesman added. ## #-2 . 0 / +-- )=8(=) 2 0#$ 2$ " 89: $ 1*# ((!! " *" 11 # fter a lull on Monday, the number of new -. , ACovid-19 cases in Kerala shot up to alarm- day after the daily fatalities plunged to 52 ! * ing levels as the State diagnosed 30,203 patients Aand infections dropped to 3,741, the ! Aligarh. After this, by becom- accused has confessed to rob- afflicted with the pandemic on Tuesday. The Covid-19 deaths exactly doubled to touch a aninderjit Singh Bitta, ing a fake inspector, he started bing 12 thousand rupees from ! release by Health Minister Veena George said the tally of 104 in Maharashtra on Tuesday, MPresident of All India fake police officer who is a doing the work of illegal recov- Jasvir Singh, resident of Health department had tested 1.6 lakh samples while the State registered 4,196 new Anti-Terrorist Front and for- Aminor, Vivek Yadav is ery. Mohalla Hathoda, on Awagarh n what could be described as during the last 24 hours. cases. mer President of Indian Youth arrested in Aligarh, who used During the interrogation of bypass located in Jalesar police Ithe worst form of human sav- The pandemic claimed 115 lives and this took With 104 fresh deaths reported on Congress said that India will to loot and extort money in the the police, it also came to light station area. Two thousand agery and perversion, a the fatalities till date to 20,788. The Test Positivity Monday, the total number of deaths in the state not be allowed to become name of police. He used to do that acts were being done by rupees of loot, bike, uniform, 98-year-old woman was sexu- Rate on Tuesday too was on the higher side- 18.86. increased from 1,37,209 to 1,37,313, while the Afghanistan. Hindus, Muslims, all this in order to defame posing as fake inspectors to batch, star and shoes have ally assaulted by a youth in On Monday the number of new cases had total infections -- with 4,196 new cases – went Sikhs and Christians are not police and BJP Government. defame the police department been recovered. Ballia on August 20. come down to 19,622 giving a ray of hope that up from 64,60,680 to 64,64,876. safe in Afghanistan. He was found beating a bike and the BJP Government. It is Police also arrested a sub- As per reports, the victim the Covid-19 situation in the State had plateaued. As 4,688 patients were discharged from the Bitta reached the residence rider in Etah, after which it also being ascertained at whose inspector (real police officer) was in her house when the 22- But by Tuesday evening that expectation got hospitals across the state after full recovery, the of former Chief Minister came to light that he is a fake behest this was being done. The from Jaithra on Tuesday after- year-old miscreant, identified vaporised as the number of persons afflicted with total number of people discharged from the Kalyan Singh amid heavy secu- police officer. police will go deep and bring noon, who instigated the fake as Sonu, forced himself upon the pandemic reached the pre-weekend level. hospitals since the second week of March last rity. He paid tribute by offering The policeman who beat the people involved as well. police officer. The name of the her in Rasda area of the district. The patients diagnosed with Covid-19 on year increased from 62,68,112 to 62,72,800. flowers before the portrait of the bike rider with the belt near Etah SSP Uday Shankar accused sub-inspector came An FIR in this regard was Tuesday include 116 health workers. Doctors all The recovery rate in the state rose from 97.02 Kalyan Singh. He was accom- Nannumal intersection located Singh said that the accused is up during interrogation and he finally registered on Monday over the State under the auspices of Kerala per cent to 97.03 per cent. panied by Dinesh, the organi- in ??Etah turned out to be fake. a minor, who is originally a res- is posted on dial 112 in Aligarh. and the accused was arrested. Government Medical Officers Association staged The total “active cases” in the state zation general secretary of the The police arrested him from ident of Balipur police station, After interrogation, he has The victim’s family members demonstrations in front of the hospitals to press increased from 51,834 to 51,238. The fatality BJP of Punjab province. Aligarh. The accused is a Kampil district, Farrukhabad. been sent to jail. alleged that the police initially home their demands for better working condi- rate in the state stood static at 2.12 per cent. Maninderjit Singh told that minor. He used to loot and ille- He is a class 12th student at SSP Uday Shankar Singh refused to register a case and tions, improved infrastructure in hospitals and Pune with 13,515 active cases emerged as India needs a strong leader, gally extort in the name of DSA Inter College Aligarh. said that the sub-inspector came into action only after a restoration of pay and allowances cut down by the the first in the state in terms of maximum who is in front of everyone. checking vehicles. He had get Sub-Inspector Brijesh Kumar Brijesh Kumar Yadav, a native public outcry on social media. authorities. number of “active cases” in the state, while Political battles will continue. a police uniform stitched on Yadav posted on Dial 112 in of village Kilwara police station, Elsewhere in Fatehpur, a “The protests were held peacefully and did not Thane with 7,081 cases stood second in the Congress, BJP, Samajwadi Party the advice of a inspector. Aligarh and his uncles Sundar Merapur district, Farrukhabad, 70-year-old destitute woman affect the functioning of any Government hospitals state, followed by Satara (5602), Ahmednagar all will continue. But first is the Deputy Inspector General Yadav and Suman Yadav had has been arrested from Jaithra, was raped by a drunk man. The in the State. We were forced to resort to this (5,441), Sangli (4,260), Solapur (3,727) and nation. The people of India of Police Aligarh Deepak advised him to do so. for supporting the accused police said that the victim used demonstrations to tell the people in the State about Mumbai (3,469). should now understand by Kumar said that the accused After which he got a uni- Vivek Yadav and inciting him to beg around for a living and our pathetic conditions. The authorities should Of the 5,39,76.886 samples sent to vari- looking at Afghanistan. Only who beat up a bike rider wear- form sewed. A young man to become a fake police officer. used to sleep in a primary show some concern to our long pending ous laboratories across the state so far, the leader is needed who can ing a police uniform is a minor. named Hemant was given the He was living with his family school building in Tharinav demands,” said T N Suresh, general secretary, 64,64,876 have tested positive (11.98 per cent) protect the borders of the He told during interrogation uniform of the chief constable. members by taking a room on police circle. On Sunday night, KGMOA. for Covid-19 until Tuesday. motherland. What happened in that about 15 days ago he had Together they started making rent in the town of Jaithra. On Laxmi Lodhi (32) reached the Afghanistan? Today neither got the uniform sewn from a illegal recovery from the bike. getting the information, the school in an inebriated state Hindus are safe there nor tailor in Mohalla Rasalganj During interrogation, the police raided and arrested him. and sexually assaulted her. Muslims, Sikhs and Christians. ) $ Those who speak Talibani lan- guage sitting in India, there is only one remedy for them. Put a plane and send them back to # 7"; the Taliban. Bitta further said that the construction of Shri Ram tem- ple is a big work of Kalyan ! the rest of the programme. Singh. He was a very brave and The idea behind the SP ‘Yatra’ is to tap the courageous person. Earlier, the he Samajwadi Advocate Sabha (Samajwadi anger and resentment among the people against security personnel of TAdhivakta Sabah) is organising ‘Samvidhan the Government so that the party may again Maninderjit Singh Bitta Bachao Sankalp Yatra’ in 15 districts of Uttar form the Government in UP after the 2022 reached near Kalyan Singh's Pradesh. assembly elections. Samajwadi Advocate Sabha residence on Maris Road and This ‘Yatra’, to be taken out in eight phases, will meet advocates at most places and will inspected the geographical commenced on Tuesday. Earlier, ‘Janakrosh appeal to them to make all efforts to make location from the point of view Yatra’ and ‘Jankranti Yatra’ were organised by SP Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh of security. On this occasion in various districts of Uttar Pradesh. At the Yadav as the chief minister of the state in 2022. MLC Dr. Manvendra Pratap moment, Samajwadi Party State president The Samajwadi Party, under the leadership Singh, Annu Azad, Dr. Vivek Naresh Uttam Patel is leading the ‘Kisan- of its national general secretary and former Saraswat, Vaibhav Gautam etc. Naujawan and Patel Yatra’ which will pass Cabinet Minister Indrajit Saroj, is going to organ- were present. through 55 districts of UP. ise a public outreach programme through Maninderjit Singh Bitta Under the leadership of Pradeep Kumar, ‘Janadesh Yatra’ in various districts of UP from was like a hero in the eyes of state president of Samajwadi Advocate Sabha, September 1. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has said, BJP leaders and workers. the ‘Samvidhan Bachao Sankalp Yatra’ started “The people in Uttar Pradesh are suffering due Despite the security arrange- from Lucknow and proceeded to Shahjahanpur, to the faulty policies of the Bharatiya Janata party. ments, he was eager to get near Bareilly and Rampur. On September 1, it will The constitutional rights of Dalits and Backward them. BJP District Vice reach Bijnor, Amroha and Moradabad. The are being weakened. President Annu Azad touched ‘Yatra’ will reach Sambhal and Saharanpur on The BJP government is hell bent on killing Maninderjit Singh Bitta's feet September 2 after which it will reach Saharanpur, democracy. The future of the youth has become after sitting in the car. The Shamli, Kairana and Muzaffarnagar on bleak due to the problem of unemployment. security personnel tried to stop September 3 and Baghpat and Meerut on Farmers are compelled to commit suicide. The but he reached near Bitta sitting September 4. image of UP is being tarnished by incidents of in the car and took blessings by After the completion of the first phase of the women harassment and rape. The people of the touching his feet. 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We have the most advanced system of jurispru- dence, thanks to Ambedkar and # ( other luminaries of the ( Constituent Assembly. Its imple- The Indian polity has not this number did not make has a leader who is larger than # % mentation is a different matter, mitigated the caste system. It SCs secure by any chance. life. The big sandstone statues though. The mindset hasn’t has politicised castes and vice There have been many are a massive upgrade from the changed with the Constitution. versa. For their number, all triggers for Dalit atrocities, Ambedkar statues in Dalit . The National Crime Record political parties seek their vote ranging from absurd to bizarre; colonies. D, +5 D> Bureau data since 2016 shows that but none their hearts. The a procession, a bridegroom Before Mayawati, crimes against Dalits have Congress wooed them with a riding a horse, or even a bark- Ambedkar, Jagjivan Ram and # % 9 increased 25 per cent. Atrocities carrot but the condition of ing dog! The latest one is cow Kanshi Ram set the stage for % and discrimination against them Dalits did not improve. Now safety. Mohan Bhagwat’s con- Dalit emancipation. They . # are rampant. It happens at all lev- the BJP is doing what wasn’t tention that the RSS has noth- instilled a sense of dignity in % 8 ( els, under the very nose of the tried before — tame them ing to do with lynch attacks, Dalits. With that springs out governments which are supposed with a stick. The quantum of and contrarily it prevents them will to fight and claim a right- ( .9-/ (+: C 8 to be the custodian of the Dalit atrocities is a shocker. 3 is far from the truth. Lynchings ful place in the society. Now the < # ) @ 9 Constitution. Dalits were turned There were around 46,000 3 6 are not spontaneous. There movement has reached a cross- away from a Government shelter crimes against SCs in 2019. has not been a single incident roads. Though the vote bank of / . (8 ( when they took refuge from While Uttar Pradesh had the 3 3 in which RSS members tried to Mayawati’s BSP in UP remains cyclone Fani in Eastern India. highest number of such cases, prevent it. The vigilantes make intact, her charisma is waning. It is still Manu Smriti being Rajasthan had the highest rate no bones about being Hindu Even the vote bank may be enacted, like it or not. Recently a of crimes against Dalits. 3 hardliners; rather they flaunt it. gone sooner than later. In : horrific incident took place in the The story is the same It is a badge they proudly wear. 2019, the BJP won 15 of the 17 Capital when two daughters were almost everywhere. The home 3 11 It is impossible to establish the reserved seats for the SCs. raped in front of the hapless of a Dalit couple was attacked 3 3 !3 RSS affiliation of cow vigilantes Corruption charges, quirky mother and made to drink pes- by a mob in Gujarat. A man so it is difficult to nail the lie. lifestyle and personality draw- ticide. One girl died, the other bat- had put up a Facebook post 36 3 ! 3 Nathuram Godse was not a for- backs could be her undoing. It tles for life. Not that it happens to saying the Government does 1 mal member of the RSS when has led Dalit voters to look else- only the Dalits but, let’s face it, not permit the village temple he shot Mahatma Gandhi. where. Would it be the dynam- Dalits are soft targets. for Dalit weddings. Equality in 3 The 200 million Dalits ic young Chandrashekhar The police, the politics, the voting rights is yet to perco- constitute a strong political Azad Ravan, or someone else? judiciary and the society are still late to the social realm and force. But that can happen For that, we need to wait till the heavily loaded against them. reflect in parity. N when Dalits vote en bloc. UP elections. Chandrshekahr’s Getting justice is cumbersome The BJP has tried to play Mayawati achieved this to Bhim Army may not be fight- even for those high on the social on symbolism — a post here, 3 3 become the CM. That marked ing it but would be playing the hierarchy. It is difficult for the a sop there, a change of name 3 36 3 the turning point. In Sanskrit, role of an ‘influencer’, in the poor and next to impossible for somewhere. All this while Dalit means lowest. Dalit have new lingo, something aging the poor Dalit. The NCRB data instilling a sense of insecurity 3 chosen this nomenclature over Mayawati should be wary shows that the conviction rate in in them and creating a fear psy- Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘Harijan’ to about! offenses under the SC/ST chosis to mop them up. They connote rebellion. Dalit politics (The writer is a columnist Atrocities Act was 32 per cent. have been pretty successful. has emboldened them. You and documentary filmmaker. The rate of pending cases was a The BJP won 46 of 84 reserved may criticise Mayawati for her The views expressed are whopping 94 per cent. seats for the SCs in 2019. But love for statues but a Dalit now personal.) )) )* ))+ ,)* SOUNDBITE / $ # ' .29$ #2- #$ Sir — Literature written in prisons $ 0$ / occupies a special place in Indian histo- $ $ 2$ 2$ / 2 $ 2- $ 12$ 8 ry. Some of the most compelling writings # $ #2 of Indian leaders, especially during the - / $ 0$$2- # 2 #2 -$ 9 R : 2 $ , 2 , #00 # 4 # /#2, ,# 2- # 2 # 1 6 pre-Independence era, came from their experiences in prison. 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Earlier this month, President Joe India has adopted the amendment K 2# #0 # ( to the freedom struggle and are an inspi- Biden had pledged that the US would called for gradual elimination of the +,,, % .9-/ ration to many even today. remain in Afghanistan until it extracts all harmful chemicals used as cooling Ranganathan Sivakumar |Cuttack #2$ $ $ $ # its citizens. With this, the Kabul airport agents. They belong to the category of <=B $ # 4 $ has been taken over by the Taliban and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) that cause $ 2I$ #00 26 $I +5,,, # they opened celebratory gunfire at the air- depletion of the ozone layer that protects = >; 4#8 # #00 $#$ Sir — The United States completed its port on Monday and said, “After two the earth from the harmful UV radia- 4 $ # % S troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, decades, we have defeated the Americans”. tions. All these chemicals need to be , $ , 2 # $ - 6 $ 8 . ending its longest war and closing a sad Bhagwan Thadani |Mumbai replaced with safer substances. India has two-decade long chapter in its military adopted a national strategy of a four- 6 history. The Afghan war is likely to be phased cutback schedule. It is expected ! 0 ; . 0 0 K $ 2$ % remembered for US’s colossal failures, Sir — The Central Government must be that the next generation of refrigeration unfulfilled promises and a frantic final commended for making a momentous technology would involve the use of safer 3 2 exit. The last US Air Force evacuation decision to ratify the amendment to the chemicals like hydrofluoroolefins flight from Kabul airport on August 30 Montreal accord on phasing out ozone- (HFOs). However, the energy efficien- $ #$ $ #22# # ?;,,, < marked the end of a frantic effort to get depleting and environmentally harmful cy of the refrigerants needs to be #2 $ -2# " + the Americans evacuated. 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elivering the 75th Independence 3 9 " ,- Day address, Prime Minister C84 = ( Narendra Modi set the country ( a targetto achieve self-reliance in # Denergy production through a mix of elec- ( tric mobility, gas-based economy and " C8 making the country a hub for hydrogen 8 +:?; @ production by 2047. Electric mobility and hydrogen are / futuristic areas. Aboutgas-based economy, # 8S pursuit of this goalwill involve increase in # gas consumption to meet additional ener- gy needs for sustaining high growth and 6 6 replacing polluting fuels such as coal. This 8 +??? O could result in increased dependence on ! ) O 6 8 A gas import which is already high at 50 per P# Q @ cent.So, there is need for a massive push ) 6 S to domestic production of gas. # ( India has 26 sedimentary basins (SBs) covering an area of 3.14 million square kilometres. Only six of these are under commercial exploitation but are sub-opti- mally utilized. An overwhelming share of throughput comes from fields discovered over four 3 ! 13 decades ago in the 1970s, namely Bombay High and the South Bassein fields and so on, with no major discoveries in recent 1 " 1 ONGC fall in this category). gram (AWP), appraisal, field devel- whereas, a supplier firm is ever times. The only exception wasthe find in 1 3 Supplies from these fields are opment plan (FDP) including its keen to sell all of its output at much the Krishna Godavari (KG) basin in early 3 P 3 allowed a ‘premium’ price linked to revision, and extension of the con- higher premium price. While the 2000s, touted as ones that would contribute 1 the prices of alternate fuels, viz., fuel tract. No wonder that work in the latter has little interest in maximiz- nearly 50 per cent of the country’s total gas oil, naphtha and imported LNG. assigned fields got stuck for years. ing production, there is no compul- production. Even that turned out to be a 3 This is almost double the ‘normal’ For instance, KG-DWN-98/2 was sion on the formertousegas effi- damp squib with the high-profile KG-D6 1 3 price (effective from Nov 1, 2014, discovered in 2004/05 but produc- ciently. operated by Reliance Industries Limited 6 3 normal price is a weighted average tion from this fieldhas com- To conclude, the objective of (RIL) ending up with meager reserves of of the costs at four global locations- mencedin this year. gas-based economy supported by about two trillion cubic feet (Tcf) against the UK, the US, Russia and Only recently, these procedures domestic production is laudable. an initial estimate of 10 Tcf.The current Canada). have been cut to 18. The DGH However, an ‘incremental’ C 8 ( production is 28.6 billion cubic metres 3 3 Even this special dispensation claims certain approvals such as approach (some relaxations or ( (BCM) (2020-21). 1 3 has not helped in reversing the declaring a discovery, submission of incentives here and there) will not # While two-thirds of this is contributed declining trend in production. The quarterly reports, insurance & get us there. Instead, the ( C8 S by State-owned Oil and Natural Gas 3 3 6 Hydrocarbon Exploration and indemnity and bank guarantees, Government should go in for S Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India Ltd 1 3 Licensing Policy (HELP) also etc.,are now allowed on self-certi- major reforms by dismantling the (OIL) from blocks or areas given to them known as the Open Acreage fication where asappraisal, FDP or existing regime of gas allocation # C8 ( on ‘nomination’ basis,the remaining one- 3 Q Licensing Policy (OALP) launched its revision are allowed on ‘deemed’ and administered prices. The sup- - / " thirdcomes from blocks given under the 3 3 in July 2017 (under it, operators approval basis. pliers should be free to decide their % 4 8 R% 4 S New Exploration and Licensing Policy or Q have freedom to choose new areas; As for multiplicity of prices, marketing and pricing strategies. C 8 R( NELP (the policy was launched in 1999; 3 3 3 they also enjoy freedom of pricing there are at least half-a-dozen Gas import should be deregulated S 9 R S since then, nine bidding rounds have been ! 1 and marketing) has not lifted the prices. Apart from normal price for and infrastructure for handling and held to assign blocks) and pre-NELP sentiment either. fields given on nomination to transportation hived off from PSUs # / S 1 6 3 +:D5 / blocksgiven to private entities before 1999. As per the Exploration & ONGC and OILunder pre-NELP such as GAIL and vested in an The production sharing contracts Production Action Plan prepared and NELP; premium price for so independent entity. The entity / 6 (PSCs) under NELP offered lucrative ! 3 by Directorate General of called D/UD/HP/HT fields; mar- should make the infrastructure G S 0+:>D +:?H2 terms including among others allowing 3 Hydrocarbons (DGH) - the tech- ket-based price for fields under accessible to all suppliers in a / @ ( operators to fully recover the cost incurred 33 nical arm of Ministry of Petroleum HELP/OALP; special price for ‘transparent’ and ‘non-discrimina- +:D, / 1 inexploration and development of the field and Natural Gas (MPNG) monitor- unconventional stuff like shale tory’ manner. <S before they start sharing profits with the ing production of oil and gas - India gas, coal bed methane (CBM); yet These changes will create a Union Government. Yet, global firms will be able to reach 50 BCM by another for small and marginal ‘stable’ and ‘conducive’ policy # 8 6 S didnot come forward and Indian private 2023-24 only which is even short of fields recently transferred from environment for private compa- firms such as RIL who came in have not what it achieved in 2010-11. ONGC/OIL to private firms. This nies including global energy / DI(, delivered. The domestic gas production The logjam has to do with reg- is an open invitation to discretion giants to take long-term bet in / # C 8 declined from a high of about 52 BCM ulatory hurdles,multiplicity of and bureaucratic red tape. Indian gas sector thereby increas- @ ( during 2010-11 to 28.6 BCM during prices, and controls on supply and With regard to controls on sup- ing domestic supply to meet the 2020-21 (the reduction was mainly due to distribution. ply and distribution, who gets growing demand. Efforts on the KG-D6 exhausting almost all of its reserves Till date, as many as 37 process- how much gas and from which demand side can also help in @ - 0(. ( within 5 years of starting production in es and procedures were required to field is decided by an inter-minis- achieving better balance. For 2009-10). terial committee. It creates a fertile instance, if we can achieve 450 R S2J % $ 0( be followed by a firm exploring oil In March 2016, the Modi Government and gas in a block awarded under ground for intense lobbying by MW power capacity based on 2J 8 = 0 2J 0 gavea special package for deep/ultra-deep (The writer is a policy NELP or pre-NELP rounds. These interest groups from both the sup- renewable, this can take pressure 2J / " 0 ( ( and high-pressure/high-temperature analyst. The views covered almost every stage — pliers and users. For instance, a off gas. Likewise, reduction in 2 $ B 6 (D/UD/HP/HT) fields (KG-D6 and neigh- expressed are personal.) declaring a discovery (albeit com- urea manufacturer tries to get all excess urea use will help in $ 3 # C 8 boring KG-DWN-98/2 operated by mercially viable), annual work pro- of hisneeds at the lowest price moderatingthe demand for gas. ( # S # ( POINTCOUNTERPOINT S ! = ( - # )- )* ) "" )*)*"" ! )!( "") (? 6 ) +:,+ P) A " )*-) )* ! " ? "*$$) $) " #) "( - )#!*7$ )"- )# Q 9 6 S -* (") ! (" - #( - # )- " - 9 L!*7$ -# " L -# " R S ! !"# #) ((1"" 1" $ D
n the world we live in, The human species is the This column is just a brief because we listened. When we Death need not be literal. If ate environment. I am foresee- intelligence is measured in only one to evolve rapidly into outline of the vast subject, stop listening, we are bound to the sheer spirit of human devel- ing the deterioration of ‘natur- Imultiple metrics. a ‘thinking’ species from a which deals with ancient die (need not be literal). opment and its core functions al intelligence’, as the human Competence, quality, efficien- ‘feeling’ species. Being on top human competence. I will Look at the national and deteriorate, it is no different enterprise is racing towards cy and result orientation are of the food-chain is no random highlight few important factors political scenarios of any nation from actual death. This is a seri- ‘artificial intelligence’. some essential outcomes of coincidence. It is the outcome which explain the massive and assess if listening as a col- ous challenge, though not very The lack of sensory focus intelligence. I strongly believe # ! 3# * of a prolonged period of evo- impact ‘Receptive Intelligence’ lective and individual human conspicuous, that is evolving in majority young adults, dan- ‘active-learning’ is at the core of lution centred around superi- has on human excellence. function is valued or devalued gradually and poses a serious gerously low listening apti- all competencies that one or ‘Reception’. It will sound quite cruel to over years. Look at the social threat to human development. tude, serious electronic addic- acquires across many phases in All reception is essentially say, ‘Listen or Die’. However, conditions around you and As a human regresses into tion, unusually low compre- life. I hence propose that the function of sensory percep- that is an evolutionary fact. assess for yourself if listening as self-inflicted sensory deterio- hension, is reflective of tough ‘Receptive Intelligence’ is the tion. The species which utilised world today has evolved Those who adapted evolved, a human competence is grow- ration through multiple envi- times ahead. Social competi- critical factor for all active- its sensory perception for out- through stages of intelligence those who resisted perished. It ing or declining gradually in ronmental interferences, the tion, mediocrity, insecurity, learning in human beings. comes bigger than fulfilling over centuries where the is not very hard to understand the society you live. capabilities which have evolved comparison, identity rush, The natural or nurtured bare minimum physical human enterprise has moved and imply that those who Look at your family and this species can dissipate. There indebtedness with unviable capability of an individual to instincts has evolved into a away from caves to social habi- adapted had better ‘Reception’ assess, how much time is spent is already lot of medical evi- lifestyles have already stressed acutely focus on reception superior thinking species. The tats, built machines for mass capabilities to assess changes in into listening by any member dence and scientific data point- the sensory perception in from one’s immediate and rest remained ‘feeling’ species. production and automation, the immediate and remote of your family. Finally assess ing to lowered sensory acuity human adults. remote environment, can- As Homo Sapiens evolved and is today on its way to environment, than those who your own personal condition across the world, especially in The next 20 years will celling out all interference is (The writer is Chief into a complex thinking species achieving inter-planetary perished. and measure the importance modern urban societies. showcase massive disruption in ‘Active Reception’. All knowl- Spokesperson of BJP, with aspirations beyond fulfill- exploration and artificial intel- Listening is not just an and value you attach to this Lowered sensory acuity societal framework, institutions edge compounded as intelli- Telangana State and ing their menial physical needs, ligence. All this was only pos- auditory function. It is a sen- core human function ‘listening’. directly results in low level of marriage and family, work- Organizational Strategist. gence acquired through this The views expressed ‘Reception’ became critical to sible with ‘Reception’ as the sory competence for survival I am sure, you will be quite reception and thereby reduced place dynamics, competitive- method is ‘Receptive are personal.) its constant and consistent rise. core, for all acquisition of intel- and development. We as shocked at the outcome of your learnings and applicable ness, and of course in the qual- Intelligence’. The contemporary human ligence to survive and thrive. humans have come so far, honest assessment. knowledge from the immedi- ity of ‘Receptive Intelligence’. &/ 0 !"#$%$"
3'< " $ - ( N # I $ #2, 3##2 # $ # 2 O 7 $ 4 #-#2$ B 2$I -$#,8 00 $ $2- $ < 3 2 /-#2$#2 ,$ 2$K 24 2 Washington: America has in a contentious military effort, mendation of the Joint Chiefs !" " neighbouring country. London: The UK has said that it is "ready" to launch !" 3 ended its longest war in which eventually saw the US and of all of our commanders "The US troop withdrawal strikes at the ISIS-K terror network in Afghanistan Afghanistan, President Joe handing Afghanistan back to on the ground to end our air- s the Taliban took complete shows that the wanton military after the Pentagon revealed that there are at least he Taliban will have to earn inter- Biden announced on Tuesday, the very Islamist militants it lift mission as planned. Acontrol of Kabul after the US intervention in other countries 2,000 fighters of the outfit in the war-torn country. Tnational legitimacy and support by hours after the final US evacu- sought to root out when “Their view was that end- troops left Afghanistan ending and forcible imposition of values The Islamic State's Afghanistan affiliate, dubbed meeting their commitments on freedom ation plane flew out of Kabul American troops entered the ing our military mission was the America's two-decade-old war, and social systems onto others Islamic State Khorasan or ISIS-K, had claimed of travel, counterterrorism, respecting airport amidst celebratory gun- country in 2001. best way to protect the lives of China on Tuesday asked the mil- will lead to nowhere and is responsibility for the deadly twin blasts at the Hamid the basic rights of the Afghan people, fire from the Taliban, leaving Celebratory gunfire and our troops, and secure the itant group to make a "clean doomed to fail," he said. Karzai International Airport in Kabul in which 169 including women and minorities, and the country in disarray and its fireworks erupted across Kabul prospects of civilian depar- break" from terrorist outfits and However, when asked Afghans and 13 American soldiers were killed on forming an inclusive Government, US future uncertain under the rule as Taliban fighters took control tures for those who want to form an open, inclusive whether China is ready to recog- Thursday. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has of hardline Islamist militants. of the airport following the leave Afghanistan in the weeks Government that follows mod- nise the Taliban as a legitimate Britain's Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief said. The last plane carrying US withdrawal, proclaiming “full and months ahead,” he said. erate policies to get internation- authority in the country, Wang Marshal Sir Mike Wigston, told The Daily Telegraph Blinkin said the US will engage with forces left Afghanistan on independence” for Afghanistan. The president, who will al recognition. said, "we hope Afghanistan can newspaper on Monday that the UK could be the Taliban not on the basis of what a Monday around midnight, a “Now, our 20-year military address the nation later on "Afghanistan is broken free form an open inclusive and rep- involved in strikes against ISIS-K. Taliban-led government says, but what day ahead of schedule, ending presence in Afghanistan has Tuesday, said he has asked the from foreign military intervention resentative government, follow He was speaking after the UK and the US troops it does to live up to its commitments. a 20-year war that left nearly ended,” Biden said, thanking Secretary of State to lead the and the Afghan people are stand- moderate and prudent domestic completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan after “The Taliban seek international 2,500 American troops dead armed forces for their execution continued coordination with ing at a new starting point of and foreign policies, combat all the Taliban takeover. legitimacy and support. Our message is: and spanned four presiden- of the dangerous retrograde US international partners to peace and reconstruction," forms of terrorist forces live in “The UK stands united with our coalition part- any legitimacy and any support will have cies. from Afghanistan with no fur- ensure safe passage for any Foreign Ministry spokesman harmony with other countries, ners in mourning those killed by Daesh's (ISIS) hor- to be earned,” Blinken said in an address The C17 aircraft's depar- ther loss of American lives. American, Afghan partners Wang Wenbin told a media brief- live up to the aspiration of its own rific attack at Kabul airport and in our unwavering to the nation hours after the US con- ture from Kabul's internation- “For now, I will report that and foreign nationals who want ing here on Tuesday, flaying US people and the international com- collective resolve to combat Daesh networks by all cluded its mission to Afghanistan early al airport was the final chapter it was the unanimous recom- to leave Afghanistan. PTI military intervention in the munity”. means available, wherever they operate. PTI Tuesday. PTI 1, 2 #$ 2 12$ $ $ = 2 - 2 * )*)) # 2- , /8 /- " $ B,2$ Washington: Never in history power in the country which they / #("" 1(( 2 $ 3##2 has a withdrawal from war been had lost after the American Brussels: European Union justice and /$ 0# $K 1 4 $() ",!1 handled so badly or incompe- invasion weeks after the Home Affairs Ministers were meeting Islamabad: Pakistan's Foreign Minister 1 0 9,#4$#2I ,2$ B Kabul: At one of Kabul's tently as by Americans from September 9/11 attacks. Tuesday to discuss the Taliban's takeover of Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday Berlin: Chancellor Angela Merkel said on $ //,# upscale wedding halls, a cele- Afghanistan, former president “In addition to the obvious, Afghanistan and how Europe will deal with warned the international community not to Tuesday that she would never govern with 2 3 # ,# $ # 4 bration was in full swing Donald Trump has said as the ALL EQUIPMENT should be the flow of refugees and migrants it is abandon Afghanistan, saying repeating support from Germany's hard-left oppo- && $#2$ / $ #, $#$ around midday Tuesday. United States flew its last mili- demanded to be immediately expected to produce. the mistakes of the past and an economic sition Left party, an option that two of her $ - 0 2 $ ,2$ I Afghan dance music could be tary flight out of Kabul bringing returned to the United States, The meeting comes the day after the last collapse of the war-torn country will have would-be successors have refused to rule $ #,$#2 0 2, 6 heard from inside the hall. back all of its armed forces and that includes every penny of US forces flew out of Kabul's internation- serious consequences. Addressing a press out ahead of the country's national elec- 3 $#2$ 4 2 According to reception from the country. the USD 85 billion dollars in al airport, ending America's longest war. conference with his German counterpart tion in September. #2 ,#2- / / #$ # hall's manager, Shadab Azimi, “Never in history has a cost,” Trump said. “If it is not The 27-nation bloc is looking for ways Heiko Maas, who is here on a two-day trip Speaking at a news conference in ,02 2 $ 0 2, I 26, at least seven wedding par- withdrawal from war been han- handed back, we should either to prevent a repeat of a 2015 refugee crisis to discuss bilateral issues and regional sit- Berlin, Merkel welcomed positive com- 1#$2- $ ,$ 2 12 # 2-$ ties have been held since the dled so badly or incompetently go in with unequivocal military fuelled by Syria's civil war. 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We !" expect to see an increasing !" 11 57,000-mark. $# 2/#$2 / oody’s Investors Service number of emerging market The broader NSE Nifty ndia's macroeconomic fun- Mon Tuesday said the eco- central banks shift to a neutral quity benchmarks galloped extended its winning streak for Idamentals are much 2 $ # 4 nomic activity in India is pick- policy stance amid their gath- Eto record highs for yet the seventh day, rallying 201.15 stronger, and the country is all ing up with the gradual easing ering growth momentum later another session on Tuesday, points or 1.19 per cent to an all- set for robust growth on the # # -2# of Covid restrictions and there this year and early next year,” with the Sensex closing above time closing peak of 17,132.20. back of structural reforms, the could be further upside to Moody’s said. 57,000 for the first time while It touched an intra-day record government's capex push and $ F6(< 0, 2 " growth as economies around Indian economy contract- the Nifty scaled the 17,000- of 17,153.50. rapid vaccination, Chief the world gradually reopen. ed 7.3 per cent in 2020-21 fis- mark as investors remained in Bharti Airtel was the top Economic Adviser KV In its August update to cal. buying mode amid growth gainer in the Sensex pack, ral- Subramanian said on Tuesday. !" ‘Global Macro Outlook 2021- GDP growth in the current optimism and bullish global lying 6.99 per cent, a day after Briefing media on the 22’, Moody’s retained India’s fiscal was estimated to be in cues. Market sentiment was its chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal growth number, he said the !" According to the etail inflation for indus- growth forecast for the 2021 double digits initially, but a positive ahead of the release of indicated raising tariffs. GDP data for the first quarter Commerce and Industry Rtrial workers eased mar- calendar year at 9.6 per cent severe second wave of the pan- Q1 GDP data, traders said, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj reaffirms the government's pre- he output of eight core Ministry data, production of ginally to 5.27 per cent in July, and 7 per cent for 2022. demic has led to various agen- adding a strengthening rupee Finserv, Asian Paints, Titan, diction of an imminent V- Tsectors grew by 9.4 per coal, natural gas, refinery prod- mainly due to lower prices of “In India, economic activ- cies cut growth projections. added to the momentum. TCS and Tech Mahindra were shaped recovery made last year. cent in July, mainly due to a low ucts, steel, cement and elec- certain food items. ity is picking up alongside a Moody’s had in June pro- Rising for the fourth ses- among the other major gainers, India's economic growth base effect and uptick in pro- tricity jumped by 18.7 per “Year-on-year inflation gradual easing of restrictions jected a 9.3 per cent growth for sion on the trot, the 30-share spurting up to 4.94 per cent. surged to 20.1 per cent in the duction of coal, natural gas, cent, 18.9 per cent, 6.7 per cent, for the month stood at 5.27 that were implemented in the current fiscal ending March BSE Sensex soared 662.63 In contrast, Nestle India, April-June quarter of this fiscal, steel, cement and electricity, 9.3 per cent, 21.8 per cent and per cent compared to 5.57 per response to the second wave. 2022. points or 1.16 per cent to its IndusInd Bank and Reliance helped by a low base in the official data showed on 9 per cent in July, respectively. cent for the previous month And there is further upside to It said the rapid global fresh record close of 57,552.39. Industries were the only lag- year-ago period, amid a dev- Tuesday. Crude oil output contract- (June 2021) and 5.33 per cent growth as economies around spread of the highly contagious It touched a lifetime high of gards, shedding as much as 1.55 astating second wave of the The eight infrastructure ed by 3.2 per cent during the during the corresponding the world progressively delta variant of the coron- 57,625.26 during the session. per cent. “Led by bulls, domes- COVID-19. sectors of coal, crude oil, nat- month under review. Fertiliser month a year before (July reopen,” Moody’s said. avirus is a stark reminder that The market capitalisation tic indices breached record The gross domestic prod- ural gas, refinery products, segment recorded a growth of 2020),” a labour ministry The rating agency said it the global pandemic is far of BSE-listed companies highs amid broad-based buying uct (GDP) had contracted by fertilisers, steel, cement and 0.5 per cent. statement said. expects the Reserve Bank to from over, although some vac- jumped to an all-time high of due to continuation of Fed’s 24.4 per cent in the corre- electricity had contracted by 7.6 During April-July this fis- Food inflation stood at maintain an accommodative cines appear to be highly effec- Rs 2,50,02,084.01 crore at close dovish policy and the expect- sponding April-June quarter of per cent in July 2020 due to the cal, the eight sectors grew by 4.91 per cent against 5.61 per policy stance until economic tive at suppressing the severe of trade. ed release of domestic GDP 2020-21, according to data nationwide lockdown imposed 21.2 per cent against a negative cent in June 2021 and 6.38 per growth prospects “durably disease, reducing the need for It took the Sensex just two data,” said Vinod Nair, Head of released by the National to control the spread of Covid- growth of 19.8 per cent in the cent in July of last year. improve”.”We expect the RBI .... hospitalisations and lowering sessions to climb from the Research at Geojit Financial Statistical Office (NSO) on 19. same period last year. To maintain the status quo the incidence of fatalities. 56,000 closing level to the Services. Tuesday. . . -. $ R +8" --- . ;< $ 3@ );5<<< /9))= # . 8( !" cal appear much better than the Product (GDP), better than 9.5 - 8/1 Mumbai:Private airport oper- previous financial year, when it per cent projected in the !" 11 Indian carriers will remain ators are expected to spend he central Government’s soared to 103.1 per cent of the revised estimates in the Budget !" infrastructure is also going to stressed until they are able to around 42,000 crore on capac- Tfiscal deficit stood at 3.21 estimate, mainly on account of in February. help the revival of the econo- andemic-hit Indian aviation reduce their debt burden ity expansion over the five lakh crore or 21.3 per cent of a jump in expenditure to deal As per the data, the central inance Minister Nirmala my. Pindustry is expected to through a combination of years through fiscal 2026 as the budget estimates at the end with the Covid-19 pandemic. government’s total receipts FSitharaman on Tuesday “We need this (scheme) to report a net loss of 25,000- improvement in operating per- they are confident of air traffic of July, as per the data released The fiscal deficit or the gap stood at 6.83 lakh crore or asked all stakeholders to con- be done within time. We need 26,000 crore while its debt formance and / or through growth in the long term, Crisil by the Controller General of between expenditure and rev- 34.6 per cent of corresponding clude 50,000 crore Loan this to be done all over the level may increase to 1.2 lakh equity infusion. Ratings said on Tuesday. The Accounts (CGA) on Tuesday. enue for 2020-21 was 9.3 per BE 2021-22 up to July 2021. Guarantee Scheme for Covid- country, especially in those crore in the ongoing fiscal ICRA has thus maintained amount will be more than The deficit figures this fis- cent of the Gross Domestic Affected Sectors aimed at parts where we have less med- year, credit ratings agency its negative credit outlook on double the capital expenditure shoring up healthcare infra- ical infrastructure, and there- ICRA said on Tuesday. the Indian aviation industry. (capex) they incurred in the structure in non-metros in fore what I would think is the Also, the industry will be Most airlines have initiat- previous five financial years, it time to deal with any future Department of Financial requiring an additional fund- ed fund-raising plans to tide said.According to Crisil, the third wave. Services together with the ing of 45,000-47,000 crore over the liquidity crisis stem- confidence on capex stems Observing that increasing industry stakeholders and the over FY2022 to FY2024, it ming from the cash burn due from the strong long-term fun- the medical capacities in the banks...I think there needs to said. to the impact on demand and damentals and regulated tariff rural areas as well as tier-II and be a lot more information According to ICRA, in the increase in jet fuel prices, it structure, which allows pass -III towns are very critical, the sharing in local areas,” she near term, the balance sheets of said. through of capex costs and Finance Minister said overall said. thereby keeping the risks low. improvement in healthcare !"#$%$" 6
ducation plays a crucial role >&" / !" 9 in developing students’ indi- vidualities and helping them choose their career path. It & hasE always been the deciding factor 7 && for de-stigmatising pressing concerns and breaking generational taboos 8 P & 4 along with serving as a tool that aids #: ) in creating more aware and well-read &/ 3 % citizens that will support the econ- omy of the country. But most of all, & 4 #$ 3 the educational background of stu- & &: dents lays the foundation of their present and future successes. To L ) # ensure a smooth transition from their school life to making an apt choice and finding the right career path, it is imperative that we provide them with quality education and ." international exposure. International education is setting a precedent for students to follow and engage in formats that are glob- #7 ally recognised. The university tie- ups with different institutions spe- cialising in arts, technology, ! leaders from industry and aca- medicare and other subjects are demic institutions from India aiding in offering an array of cours- ndian Institute of and abroad. es for children to pick and choose Management Ahmedabad Announcing the launch of from. With expert guidance and I(IIMA), the premier glob- the Centre, Professor Errol mentorship, the global alliances are al management institution, has D’Souza, Director, IIMA, said, changing the face of Indian educa- partnered with Bank of “Advancements in the infor- tion for good. America to launch a Centre for mation technology sector are The pandemic caught the edu- Digital Transformation (CDT). growing rapidly and trans- cation industry off-guard and halt- The Centre aspires to become forming the way we function. ed the on-site operations of univer- a vibrant knowledge hub for The pandemic has further sities. Hampering campus education ' ) 29' ) 294 academia, policymaking, and revealed the value of digital and learning process, the COVID the private sector by facilitat- operating models and the need outbreak jolted the spine of Indian ing cutting-edge research on for industry, institutions, and education system. However, the sec- digital transformation and nations to ramp up their adop- tor found a silver lining and opted innovation. tion of technology. Therefore, to establish virtual institutes and The Centre for Digital it becomes imperative that we learning processes. In the times Transformation was launched study the impact of this digi- when travelling to the institutes was with an event which was tal transformation on busi- not possible, the Indian education attended by faculty members of ness, Government, individuals system levelled up to start with e- IIMA, along with well-known and society.” learning that was independent of '3((1'''3((1'' offline learning and on-site resources. Going digital with the entire sector, India boosted its ed- tech industry and integrated tech- ' 7$ / nology with learning to launch an online educational sphere that works on personalisation, interactive con- $ 7@@ @ " ! tent and effective learning. Universities are forming associ- $ )1>D(/66130'/ ndia is undergoing a crisis of gigantic proportions. Home ations and international tie-ups to Ito 250 million children, the ed crisis runs wide and deep with- expand the skies of success for their in our nation — two-thirds of our students never make it to students. The collaborations aim to constant exposure to the students tutes are going an extra mile to form versities building an online rapport system and instill a fund yourself Class X and three-fourths never get enrolled into college. teach students effectively and under- and whetting their communication globalintegrations and motivate stu- and professors being more flexible while you educate yourself system “The closure of schools during the COVID pandemic has stand their unique streak. They fur- and career-related skills. Expediting dents to pursue what they like. with their approach, the global asso- instead. affected kids who are stuck at home for almost 18 months fig- ther inspire them to choose from a students overall growth and effi- Offering a diversity of programmes, ciations are transforming the modus- Global associations are making a uring out how to access any format of learning. We have seen diversity of programme options. ciency, the collaborative learning the universities and the mentors are operandi of the sector to an inter- difference to the Indian education a lot of kids forget their foundational literacy and numeracy Transcending geographical barriers approach independent of borderly- encouraging the youth to adapt nationally acceptable and compara- system and unfettering book-is- skills, drop out from schools, get engaged in earning a living, and enabling students to learn from constraints is safeguarding well with students of other tively more retainable way of learn- your-bible stereotypes from the return to child labour or get married in the past one and a half their homes without compromising the future of the nationalities and be ing. International collaborations are learning culture. It encourages prac- years,” says Shaheen Mistri, founder of Teach For India. on the quality of education, global industry as well as comfortable with the proving to be beneficial as they are tical hands-on experience and learn- Continued school closure has also affected the mental associations are helping them flour- the children. curriculum, format and eliminating rote learning and shift- ing internationally-acceptable skills health and the state of nutrition in our children, Shaheen added. ish in an environment of their con- The interna- culture of universities ing the focus from the theoretical seg- to keep students’ career boats afloat, The deadline for fellowship application is September 19, venience and comfort. Making stu- tional affiliations overseas. ment of learning to an interactive way allowing them to win every bout of 2021. dents aware of international formats blended seamless- Without compro- of disseminating knowledge. their professional race along with As a fellow, an individual will get: an opportunity to make and ways of learning, the affiliations ly with distance- mising with the qual- Revolutionising the entire edu- providing them the right condi- a difference in a classroom from day one; support as you apply, are boosting an informative and learning pro- ity, the giants in the cation industry, the global affiliations tioning for developing their individ- train, and teach through your fellowship; exposure to leaders engaging education culture. The fel- grammes and education industry are are changing the conventional struc- uality. from across sectors; a chance to visit the external careers fair lowship programmes, international online education coming together and ture of educating students into a The pandemic has shook the as you graduate from the fellowship; develop skills employ- internships, global lectures with are aiding the stu- strategising a prospering more productive and mutually appre- sector awake and Indian universities ers are looking for; join a community of 4000+ alumni, 77 per critically-acclaimed institutes and dents to explore their future for children where ciated way of learning. The newly are making every bit of it worth with cent of whom work directly with underserved communities veteran professors are serving as the passion and pursue it at they can thrive and simulta- adopted structure of education is their efforts and overseas-collabora- and get access to a global network of 60+ Teach For India part- stepping stone for young aspirants. the comfort of their homes neously draw profitability empowering students worldwide as tions. ner organisations. Teach For India has consistently been International tie-ups are aggrandis- regardless of the pan- from their ambitions. they raise the level of cross-culture =( ' amongst the top 10 places to work in the great places to ing the education sector as they offer demic. Indian insti- With renowned uni- admiration, recreating the era-old &5 work survey.
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! ‘Sarabhai Management and Chairman, Atomic Energy embarked on an ambitious Development Programme for Commission. agenda to leverage the poten- ! tance, the various aspects, Education Crisis with almost enough documents that prove he Indian Institute of senior executives of DAE Addressing the partici- tial of nuclear power as an concerns, and strategies to do 168 million children missing how it has negatively affect- TManagement Ahmedabad Organisations’. This is the first pants, Professor D’Souza, said, alternate source of energy to s the Government slow- this safely.The industry webi- from schools. ed them mentally. We need to (IIMA) has signed a in a series of management “Considering India’s atomic fulfill the country’s energy Aly lifts restrictions on the nar saw participation from Even for those with reopen schools slowly and Memorandum of development programmes that energy is poised for substantial needs and reduce our depen- lockdown and allows schools, industry stalwarts. access to online schools, use technology to protect Understanding (MoU) with IIMA will offer under the growth in the next decade, we dency on other sources of colleges, and educational The experts quoted the excessive screen time and kids.” the Homi Bhabha National aegis of this agreement. see this as a strategic knowl- energy. In this backdrop, we institutes to reopen, various dramatic impact of shutting isolation have caused sever- Dr Swati Popat Vats Institute (HBNI), under the The programme series was edge partnership. Through view this as an opportunity to parties still have several con- down schools leading to an al mental health-related added, “We have to take baby Department of Atomic Energy launched jointly by Professor this, we believe we can con- train the participants on best cerns about the safety of their almost 70-80% loss of learn- issues. steps to begin. Kids will be (DAE). Errol D’Souza, Director, IIMA tribute to one of the crucial practices that will help them children, students, and staff. ing especially in the subjects Dr Muffazal Lakdawala kids. But safety must be As per this agreement, it and K N Vyas, Secretary, sectors of the Indian economy. apply their learnings in their Leaders from the educa- of Math and Language and said, “While we may have ensured, not just as a word, will offer the custom-designed Department of Atomic Energy The Government has respective organisations.” tion industry came together how the United Nations have done this to protect our chil- but also as a feeling and an recently to discuss the impor- declared this as a Covid dren physically, we now have action plan/protocol.” !"#$%$" 66 P -. . -.Q R " $ " " $ @ 7 5// 5/E00
How do you leverage modern learn- ing by introducing global courses and make India ready for global market? We are amongst one of the largest emerging markets. We are experienc- ing modern ways of doing business that is based on global business values and demands. Modern learning includes imbibing the spirit of professional education to enhance the skills, tech- nical abilities and global values with- in the overall learning process. We aim 8 %8 % to leverage the power of technology combining it with the power of content to deliver the intended value aimed at imparting specialisation for the stu- dents at large. / / How has the present pandemic changed career paths? The pandemic has been an alarm- ing indicator to businesses and creat- ed realisations on fronts where atten- . . - . 5 . - -- . .. -. .- - . tion was missing. The work from home has opened possibilities to hire + %- - - .% - .. . . and leverage talent globally; therefore we can now pursue roles like Global Accounting, Taxation, Auditing, . . 5 -- # 0 !#' Financial Reporting, Business Analysis and similar processes becoming acces- he economic slowdown Resiliency and congeniality are You need to practice telephonic future problems and solutions to sible to candidates who seek a global- due to the ongoing two most pertinent traits com- or video interviews at home to prevent them or to mitigate their ly rewarding career without travelling 1-()@'/ TCoronavirus pandemic has panies are looking at in their can- learn the etiquettes of such inter- effects. Problem-solving abili- overseas. made India's industry leaders didates besides how brilliant a views. ties are connected to a number of What are the roadblocks in chang- After pursuing ACCA qualification and corporate houses reel under worker you are. The art of com- 3 Virtual internship training: other skills, including analytical ing the mindset of people regarding or BCom Hons, students can expect to recession-like scenarios again. municating and interpersonal 11 3 Q Practical training that involves skills, innovative and creative modern-in-demand education? commence their journey in various Therefore, it is essential that stu- skills are another set of skills how a particular industry works thinking. A lateral mindset, We fear shifting our mindset from global accounting and finance posi- dents should utilise sharpen their essential for people, especially 3 is pivotal for making an individ- adaptability and flexibility are the traditional degree-based education to tions. After bachelor’s in job-specific skills and become whose work also needs client ser- ual job-ready. So, students should keys. in-demand experiential-based profes- Entrepreneurship Programme, stu- future-ready so that they can be vicing. Therefore, enrolling your- 3 look out for those companies now Learn to keep calm: In light sional or modern education. One of the dents can launch their start-up or join completely ready to hit the floor. self in a short-term personality which are providing such train- of COVID-19, it’s likely that reasons for this is lack of awareness existing start-ups. After Enterprise Institutions should also be work- development and communica- ing. Even college should have an your job search may take longer which comes from a lack of research. Risk Management, students can gain ing more with corporate to tion skills programmes can pro- 3 advanced syllabus module, focus- than the graduates of years past. Another challenge is seen is par- strategic management positions. ensure that students’ skill sets vide you the requisite platform ing more on projects. So, you will have to develop a ents/guardians as career partners. Where do you see India’s education match their job requirements. and realise your true potential. ! 6 In order to prepare for the thick skin. You need to stay When businesses are upgrading and heading with the NEP 2020? There will be more partner- Organise mock telephon- same, students should enroll mentally and emotionally strong. the economy is shifting its approach of With the new policy in education, ship between enterprise training ic/video interviews and tests: themselves in various virtual It's understandable to feel badly going global; both students and parents the Government is taking steps to companies and universities so Since one-to-one interviews are 3B3 1 internship programmes during that after working so hard, you must accept taking unprofessional develop holistic learning right from the that companies too can bridge mostly not happening, one needs 3 the course of their education. now have to face such a job mar- qualification which aims at up-skilling. schooling stage till the degree college the tech-talent gap in their work- another game plan. The trend is !13 These programmes are the biggest ket. Temper your expectations so What is ACCA and other global and above levels. This will shape the force. There will be an emergence leaning towards video and phone source of gaining practical knowl- that you won't get disappointed professional programmes? future of learning making India recog- of using competency-based edu- interviews. They both have their 11 3 edge and also give them an edge if this takes a long time. The Association of Chartered nise its educational level at par with cation (CBE) curriculum for positives and negatives. It's dif- of getting recruited. You need to think about the Certified Accountants (ACCA), global countries and support the coun- many institutions. It will offer ficult to get social cues, whether Problem-solving skills: bigger picture rather than wor- Enterprise Risk Management, BCom try’s economical outcome in a much many benefits including the interviewer likes the answers. ! These skills require using your rying about the temporary phase. Hons in International Accounting, more positive manner. improved completion rates and In a telephonic interview, it’s T 3 own logic and imagination to Utilise this phase to build a Bachelor’s in Entrepreneurship are History is the proof of high devel- easier access to the programmes. easy to fall back on your casual sense the situation well and com- stronger version of yourself as amongst the many programmes which opment growth seen in countries that Following are the areas, tone. 3 1 ing up with relevant solution to unforeseen problems will keep drive global recognition to make a stu- have taken effective measures to shape where job seekers can work upon: Don’t forget the fact that it’s deal with the challenge. In real- coming in future too. dent career ready globally. their educational policies and devel- Personality development an interview and you need to ity, the problem solvers have the '& What kind of jobs can people expect opments. 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Slam win streak to 16 matches on Monday at the US Open to -! advance into the second round. Osaka, seeking her third US reek third seed Stefanos Open crown in four years, GTsitsipas outlasted three- defeated 87th-ranked Czech time Grand Slam champion Marie Bouzkova 6-4, 6-1 at a Andy Murray in a five-set US packed Arthur Ashe Stadium to Open first-round thriller on book a second-round matchup Monday at Arthur Ashe with Serbian qualifier Olga Stadium. Danilovic. Tsitsipas defeated the “It feels kind of crazy to play 112th-ranked British star 2-6, in front of everyone again,” 7-6 (9/7), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in an out here is something we’ve Osaka said. “I feel really com- atmosphere more like an been waiting for for almost a fortable here. I’m just glad I intense second-week show- year,” Tsitsipas said. won.” down than a curtain-raiser for Tsitsipas, this year’s French Osaka beat Bouzkova in the fortnight. Open runner-up, took a long their only prior meeting in the “It didn’t come easy,” break before the final set, frus- first round of this year’s Tsitsipas said. “Lots of sacrifices trating Murray, who surren- Australian Open on the way to I had to make on the court to dered a break in the opening her fourth Grand Slam title. get back.” Murray, a three-time game. The 23-year-old Japanese Grand Slam champion, would Murray forced a break- star could become the first have been the lowest-ranked point in the fourth game but back-to-back US Open player to beat a top-three rival Tsitsipas saved it with a fore- women’s champi- at the US Open since the hand winner and held to lead on since Serena rankings began in 3-1. !" 3 Periavadagampatti village in the athlete who suffered perma- Williams, out 1973. Tsitsipas held at love in the Salem district of Tamil Nadu, nent disability in his right leg 2- #; $ #2- #$ this year with a Two-time Olympic final game to end Murray’s ariyappan Thangavelu had cleared 1.89m when he after it was crushed under a bus torn hamstring, champion Murray, the valiant effort after four hours on Tuesday rued that won the Gold in 2016 Rio when he was only five. won her third in 2012 US and 49 minutes and advance to Mrain foiled his bid for a Paralympics. Mariyappan said the weath- 8 0 0# $ #$ a row in 2014. Open and a second-round match against second consecutive Gold medal He said he could not achieve er in Rio in 2016 was great and Osaka’s major 2013 and France’s Adrian Mannarino. at the Paralympics, saying the the target he had set for himself. similar to India but it was not so Tokyo: Covid-19 came in the when my coaches suggested win streak includes 2016 “I hope I can keep my wet sock did not let him give his “I could have won Gold and in Tokyo. way of him going to the range why not try building a range at her most recent Wimbledon game at the same level I had best in the T42 event. claimed the world record “I could not execute my plan before the Tokyo Paralympics. home,” Adana said in a media US and winner, lost today,” Tsitsipas said. After clearing 1.86m, (1.96m). I came here with that here. I could have cleared 1.90m So, Indian shooter Singhraj interaction. Australian Open for the first Elsewhere, Russian fifth Mariyappan and Sam Grewe aim. But the rain played spoil- had it not been the weather con- Adana simply built the range at “I was getting desperate and wins and a first- time in 15 seed Andrey Rublev advanced twice struggled to clear 1.88m sport. It was a drizzle initially but ditions. I will try for Gold and home after drawing its layout in was not able to sleep at all round win at this first-round US by ousting 221st-ranked Ivo height but the American final- after the 1.80m mark, it became world record in Paris 2024,” he just one night. because of the absence of train- year’s French Open matches despite Karlovic 6-3, 7-6 (7/3), 6-3. The ly bagged Gold medal by soar- heavy,” Mariyappan said after his said. A top of the podium fin- At the Asaka Shooting ing. So I approached my family Open before cheers in a nearly full 42-year-old Croatian was the ing over the mark in the final event. ish would have made Range in Tokyo on Tuesday, the with the idea and they were withdrawing venue. “To have an oldest US Open qualifier in the attempt while the Indian could “The sock on my other leg Mariyappan the first Indian to monumental effort paid off as taken aback at first as it involved over mental electric atmosphere Open Era (since 1968). not and settled for Silver. (the impaired right leg) got wet win back-to-back Gold medals the 39-year-old, only four years lakhs of rupees. health issues. Mariyappan, who hails from and it was difficult to jump,” said in Paralympics. after taking to the sport, won the “My mother only asked me Osaka, who Paralympics Bronze medal in the to ensure that we are able to feed lit the cauldron ups too. The ener- proof of vaccination to attend P1 men’s 10m air pistol SH1 ourselves later on if something at the Tokyo gy here is but they brought energy back to A 8 event. went wrong. But thanks to my Olympics, gave unmatched.” Ashe. However, for someone who family and coaches’ support, the an Olympic pin Osaka saved a break “Playing without fans here Tokyo: Sharad Kumar was on win the Bronze, suffered said after the event. could only watch helplessly as his green signal and help from the to a young girl in point in the ninth game was brutal,” 2017 US Open win- the verge of pulling out from meniscus dislocation (a type of “I spoke to my family back wife once sold her jewelery to Paralympic Committee of India the same venue on a service winner and ner Sloane Stephens said. Paralympics T42 high jump knee injury) on Monday and home (last night) and my support his shooting dream, he and NRAI, we succeeded in my where she won captured the first set by “Having these fans out and the final due to a knee problem wept all through the night. father asked me to read knew the move was a huge gam- mission and the range was soon last year’s title breaking Bouzkova in the energy, the atmosphere, it brings but dialling his family back “I felt great to have won Bhagavad Gita and focus on ble and so did his mother. up and running,” he added. when fans were 10th game when the Czech a lot back to tennis.” in India and reading a Bronze because I had an what I can do and not on what But during the lockdown, He designed it himself. banned due to netted a backhand. In the The former champion beat Bhagavad Gita a night injury on my leg (sus- I have no control over,” he said. the polio-afflicted shooter’s des- “I drew the layout overnight Covid-19. second set, Osaka broke for Madison Keys 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 before the event helped tained during training “So, I put the injury aside peration to resume training had and my coaches told me that if “It felt a 2-0 lead, then saved three (9/7) in a rematch of the 2017 him overcome the on Monday), my but every jump I took was a reached a point where he was at all we are building a range quite lonely break points with winners final. Women’s second seed anxiety for a Bronze- meniscus dislocated war. The medal is the icing on not able to even get a good then it has to be of internation- for me,” she and held in an eight-minute Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus winning effort. last night. I the cried the cake,” said Kumar who is a night’s sleep. al level as it would then help me said. “So I’m third game on the way to outlasted Serbia’s Nina The 29-year-old whole night and Masters degree holder in “As I was not able to train, for not just Tokyo but also Paris quite glad to victory in 93 minutes. Stojanovic 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 6-0 to Patna-born athlete, thought of pulling out International Relations from I started thinking that my dream Games.” “That’s why I am here see little kids in Spectators had to show advance. who jumped to 1.83m to of the event,” Kumar Jawaharlal Nehru University. of winning a medal is over. That’s today.” PTI the audience and grown . .- / &/ 7) $* , Dale Steyn, South Africa’s all-time leading Test wicket-taker, announced his retirement from all cricket & > on Tuesday. Steyn, 38, made the announcement on social !" media, saying he was “bitter- O 0 0# 2- / sweet but grateful.” “It’s been 20 kipper Joe Root, who led England to years of training, matches, Sa series-levelling win at the 2 #2 /-$#,4K 2- travel, wins, losses, strapped Headingley, expects an Indian backlash feet, jetlag, joy and brother- in the penultimate Test and said they’re hood. “Thank you to everyone, ready for all combinations including fac- London: England assistant coach Paul from family to team-mates, ing the “worldclass” R Ashwin at Oval. Collingwood feels India’s batsmen are journalists to fans, it’s been an “A world class team like India, led by coping too much criticism for their failure incredible journey together,” he Virat (Kohli) I expect nothing less than in the third Test at Leeds and his team is added. AFP a response and we’d be naive to think bracing up for a strong fightback from the otherwise,” Root said on Tuesday. visitors in the fourth game starting here on “That’s why I think it’s really impor- Thursday. “I thought we bowled tremen- tant that we don’t get too comfortable, dously well. It is easy to criticise the we don’t think that we’ve achieved any- Indian batsmen when you are an Indian thing at this point, we’ve just got our- supporter but there was a lot of movement selves back to level playing.” on the pitch on the first day,” Colingwood Trusting Ravindra Jadeja’s batting said. ability more than Ashwin, India skipper “...It was kind of conditions with a bit Virat Kohli had ignored the ace offspin- of moisture in the pitch and it was tricky for ner for the first three Tests but heading the batsman, the way we bowled against into the Oval Test from Thursday, the them. Virat (Kohli) said in his post-match call for his inclusion has once again conference, the accuracy and relentness of gained voice. our bowlers was something that they strug- “His record speaks for itself, he’s a gled against and accuracy I thought was fan- world class player. We’ve seen him score tastic,” he added.England made a stunning runs and take wickets against us, we comeback in that game after being thrashed know what he’s capable of in Test arena,” in the second Test at Lord’s by 151 runs. Root said of Ashwin. “Can they (India) bounce back? I am Ashwin, who is four wickets shy of sure we are certainly preparing ourselves joining Harbhajan Singh as the second for an Indian bounce back. We know that best Indian spinner in Tests behind Anil New Zealand in Southampton in June. they are a high-quality team and we have Kumble, last month took a six-wicket “We will certainly be making sure always prepared ourselves that they are haul in a County Championship game that we’re prepared for the challenges going to be 100 percent ready for the next for Surrey at the Oval. that he poses coming into this Test battle in new set conditions at the Oval,” He was also India’s best bowler in the match, along with other combinations added the 45-year-old. PTI World Test Championship final against that they might throw at us,” Root said.