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VOLUME 10, ISSUE 170 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 | 2020 12 PAGES + SUNDAY POST | `4.00 9 Al Qaeda ‘operatives’ held from Kerala & WB FARM BILLS IN RS TODAY Of the nine, three are from Kerala and six from West Bengal THE BJP HAS A SLIM LEAD OVER OPPOSITION IN NUMBERS GAME WITH OLD ALLIES LIKE AKALI DAL TURNING AGAINST IT

AGENCIES AGENCIES House is 243 with a majority mark n THE BJP ISSUES A THREE-LINE BJD TIGHTLIPPED of 122. In what is already a very WHIP TO ALL ITS RAJYA SABHA The Biju Janata Dal (BJD), which New Delhi, Sept 19: Al Qaeda ter- New Delhi, Sept 19: The Rajya tight race, the BJP-led National MEMBERS TO BE PRESENT has 10 members in the RS, has re- rorists, who were nabbed early Sabha is looking all set for a po- Democratic Alliance (NDA) is ex- SUNDAY WHEN THE BILLS mained tightlipped on the issue. A Saturday by NIA teams from Kerala tentially explosive Sunday-show- pected to have around 105 votes, ARE INTRODUCED senior BJD MP said the party has and West Bengal, had plans to travel down over the Farm bills. With the while the Opposition should have instructed all its members to re- to Jammu and Kashmir for weapons ruling BJP and the Opposition try- around 100. main present in the Upper House delivery. They were to deliver with ing to engineer enough support to Ten MPs have tested positive for n THE OPPOSITION Sunday. “We will present our stand home-made explosives for their The seized items along with the suspects either pass or defeat the three pieces Covid-19 and have been isolated at WILL NEED THE in the House which will be in the other associates even as they con- of legislation, the Saffron may find home. A further 15 MPs, including LIKES OF THE YSR larger interest of the country and tinued to take orders from their They were picked up from Kochi. itself in a fix. the Congress’ P Chidambaram, who CONGRESS, THE the state,” said BJD RS member Pakistan-based handlers, NIA of- While Najmus Sakib, Abu Sufiyan, All the three sailed through the Lok Saturday morning hit out at PM BJD AND THE TRS Sasmit Patra. However, the re- ficials said Saturday. Mainul Mondal, Leu Yean Ahmed, Sabha earlier this week but could face Modi over the farm bills, have ex- ON BOARD TO HAVE gional party may not oppose the Bill The revelations came as the NIA Al Mamun Kamal and Atitur a stronger challenge in the Upper pressed their inability to attend. ANY CHANCE OF A as the state government has al- WIN busted the inter-state terror mod- Rehman, were all residents of House, where the BJP does not have Both these developments should ready brought two ordinances in ule after it carried out searches at Murshidabad. These men were a majority on its own and will need help the Saffron party since it brings this regard. The ordinances are— multiple locations in Murshidabad from diverse walks of life from help from allies – within and outside down the majority mark. The Akali Dal, one of the BJP’s line whip of its own, is confident be- Odisha Agricultural Produce and and Ernakulum. The National second year graduate student to the NDA. There have been wide- The BJP, on its own, has 86 mem- oldest allies, pulled its sole rep- cause it has, in the past, been able Livestock Contract Farming and Investigation Agency (NIA) ar- farmer, tailor, cook, electrician, spread protests over the ‘anti-farmer’ bers, and, with its NDA allies, it resentative – Harsimrat Kaur to call on ‘friendly’ regional par- Services (Promotion and rested nine Al Qaeda terrorists – computer science graduate. bills, particularly in Punjab and can count on 105 votes. It cannot, Badal – from the Union Cabinet ties – like BJD, YSR Congress and Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020 and three from Kerala and six from Those arrested from Kerala were Haryana, despite PM Modi’s assur- however, count on three Akali MPs, Friday in protest against the bills. Telangana’s TRS – to vote in its Odisha Agricultural Produce and West Bengal. also originally from West Bengal. ances that farmers can still avail a who have been given a three-line Things have come to such a pass favour when needed. Jagan Mohan Livestock Marketing (Promotion The Qaeda men have been iden- A man, who was staying in the Minimum Sale Price (MSP). whip to vote against all the Farm that SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Reddy’s YSR Congress has six seats and Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020. tified as Murshid Hassan, Yakoob same building as Hassan, said the Now, let’s break down the num- bills. Despite this, the BJP remains Badal said the Akalis would review and K Chandrasekhar Rao’s TRS has The ordinances will be presented Bishwas and Morshraf Hussien, all men came to stay on rent during the bers and try to understand the odds. confident of mustering the required ties with the NDA. seven. Naveen Patnaik’s BJD has in the Assembly in the upcoming three residents of Ernakulam. pandemic-induced lockdown. P9 The current strength of the Upper numbers to see all three bills pass. The BJP, which has issued a three- nine seats. session. IRREGULAR by MANJUL From no data on migrant labourers’ death to 97 ‘died’ on Shramik trains

AGENCIES NO RECORD OF MSMEs SHUT DOWN AMID THE PANDEMIC New Delhi, Sept 19: Days after the gov- The Centre Saturday said that it has no ernment informed Parliament that it has record of MSMEs that have faced closure no data on the death of migrant labourers, in the wake of the pandemic. Out of these deaths, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal told the Interestingly, in a written reply to a police sent the bodies Rajya Sabha that 97 persons died while question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of Varsha seeks transfer for post-mortem in 87 Hope it won’t travelling on Shramik Special trains between State for Micro, Small and Medium cases. In all, 51 post- inspire MPs say TATA May 1 and September 9. Enterprises (MSME) Pratap Chandra to business! mortem reports have of divorce petition, been obtained from the The Minister said that the national trans- Sarangi also said that there is no data on respective state police porter had not collected any fare from the the number of MSMEs closed down from so far, in which the migrants. “Shramik Specials were booked FY 2014-15 to FY 2019-20. moves Supreme Court SHORT TAKES reasons for deaths have by the state governments or their repre- of total deaths on board the Shramik trains MONSOON SESSION MAY BE CUT SHORT been shown as cardiac sentatives on payment of fare. Revenue of since they started operating. Meanwhile, the Parliament session POST NEWS NETWORK arrest, heart disease, `433 crore was collected from them for Goyal said: “Based on the data provided that began this week is likely to be cut short Diesel cheaper by brain haemorrhage, pre- running the Shramik Special trains till by state police, 97 persons have been re- after 30 lawmakers were found infected New Delhi, Sept 19: Varsha existing chronic disease, August 31. As many as 63.19 lakh ported dead till September 9 while travelling with the coronavirus, two senior parlia- Priyadarshini, the wife of 22paise in Capital chronic lung disease and shramiks/stranded passengers travelled in on Shramik Special trains during the ment officials said. The Parliament met Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP chronic liver disease these trains,” Goyal said Saturday. Covid-19 crisis.” He said that police register for the first time in six months September Anubhav Mohanty, has among others He was responding to a question by FIRs under Section 174 of the CrPC in 14 and was to function until October 1, but moved the Supreme Court PIYUSH GOYAL | Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien cases of unnatural deaths and follows the the two officials said its duration could be seeking transfer of divorce RAILWAY MINISTER in the Rajya Sabha Friday regarding details legal process. reduced by a week. petition from Patiala House court here to Odisha. The Odia film actor has court. He added that Varsha Sarpanch, who had filed a transfer petition in the is an actor and has an in- Supreme Court seeking dependent source of income. Diesel- `78.19 (- 22p) bulldozed PMAY-G transfer of the “If she can ` Petrol- 81.74 (no change) houses, suspended divorce petition The actor says it is travel to to Cuttack fam- Mumbai for an Bhubaneswar: For the second difficult for her to POST NEWS NETWORK ily court. The award cere- day in a row, diesel prices travel a long Finally, IPL appellant cited mony then why dropped by 22paise in the distance to Delhi’s Bolangir, Sept 19: The Panchayati in the plea that Patiala House court can’t she travel Capital city, Saturday, while gets underway petrol price remained the Raj department placed Hemakanti it is difficult for and attend the to Delhi for the same. With the price drop, Munda, the lady sarpanch of Salveta her to travel a scheduled hearing hearing?” He diesel costs `78.19 per litre and panchayat in Bolangir, under sus- Piyush Chawla (C) is long distance to October 7 said, “Varsha while petrol stands at `81.74 pension Saturday, based on a report congratulated by his Delhi’s Patiala can avail bene- per litre. In the last three days, submitted by the district adminis- Chennai Super Kings House court and attend the fits in air travel as a wife of diesel has seen a reduction of tration with regard to razing houses teammates after getting scheduled hearing October Parliamentarian.” He also around 81 paisa. In July, petrol constructed under PMAY-G. rid of Mumbai Indians’ 7. Significantly, Anubhav said that Patiala House court demand was down by 34 per According to reports, Hemakanti skipper Rohit Sharma (not Mohanty has also filed a is having adjudicatory ju- cent in Bhubaneswar and it is Munda, her husband and few oth- in pic) during the caveat in the Supreme Court risdiction. lower by 13.66 per cent in ers razed several houses which tournament opener at the urging the court to not pass Anubhav filed a divorce August, showing some positive were being constructed under the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in any order in Varsha’s trans- petition in the Patiala House response in fuel sales. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Abu Dhabi, Saturday fer petition without hear- court in July and submitted Gramin (PMAY-G) programme. ing him. that since the date of wed- Worthy to note, five tribal families Anubhav’s counsel ding, the marriage between No plan yet on THE SARPANCH were sanctioned Ashwani Dubey said that them has not been con- HAS SAID THAT houses under they would challenge summated due to the “self- jumbo corridor SHE DEMOLISHED PMAY-G. As they Varsha’s plea in the Apex ish behaviour of Varsha.” THE HOUSES BY did not have their Bhubaneswar: Taking up a EXERCISING THE own land, the con- petition regarding 14 proposed DISTRICT struction of elephant corridors in the state, COLLECTOR’S houses was the National Green Tribunal POWERS started on vacant How Ginsburg’s death may reshape US Prez polls (NGT) has said that it is yet to receive an action plan from the government land at Salveta village, Odisha government despite its after it was allotted to them by local THE SENIOR LIBERAL JUSTICE’S DEATH GIVES TRUMP, WHO IS SEEKING RE-ELECTION NOVEMBER 3, A CHANCE TO earlier order. The tribunal block administration. during its June 23 hearing had About the issue, she said that she EXPAND THE COURT’S CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY TO 6-3 AT A TIME OF A GAPING POLITICAL DIVIDE IN AMERICA asked the state government to demolished the houses by exer- submit an action plan within cising the district Collector’s pow- AGENCIES of the 100 seats. Democrats lack Friday night said the winner of the two months. On the recent ers. She has been empowered by the votes to block any Trump nom- election should be the one to make hearing of the case, the NGT in the state government for Covid-19 Washington, Sept 19: A fierce po- inee unless some Republican sen- the selection and that Trump should its written order claimed that outbreak exigencies, official litical battle was shaping up ators join them. not move forward with a nominee. despite its order, Odisha sources said. Explaining herself, Saturday over the selection of a With the assistance of Senate Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s top government has not submitted Munda had said, “I along with my successor to trailblazing liberal US Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Democrat, agreed. the same. P3 husband and some members of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader who has made confirmation of McConnell pledged that the Senate the village committee, demolished Ginsburg, with top Democrats op- Trump’s federal judicial nominees would vote on any Trump nomi- the houses as I have been granted posing any move by President a top priority, the President poten- nee. If he wins, Biden would be WEATHER the power of a district Collector.” Donald Trump to nominate her re- a chance to expand the court’s con- tially could announce a nominee and sworn in to replace Trump January y Subsequently, Bolangir district placement before the November 3 servative majority to 6-3 at a time move rapidly through the confir- 20. Trump focused his initial re- BHUB CTK

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New Delhi: Award winning film- ARIES maker Sabyasachi Mohapatra’s Sala Budha has been officially selected for All eyes may be on you defines one’s screening at the prestigious Indo- today — for your looks, skills, or even your funky German Film week 2020 in Germany, bag! Make hay while the sun shines, and to be held from September 24 to 30 charge your batteries with all that atten- at the historic Babylon theatre, tion. You can get some decent work Berlin. The film will have multiple A still from Sala Budha done with that energy, says Ganesha. fitness: Manushi shows including one on the opening Mumbai: Beauty queen- enjoy it,” Manushi said. day of the week-long festival. Jitendra Mishra for bringing such With more than 40 national and in- turned-actress Manushi “I think I have always wanted Reacting to the development, the a beautiful film to this event.” ternational awards under his belt, TAURUS Chhillar says fitness for to push myself because I do believe Bhukha director said, “Indo-German Recently, Sabyasachi Mahapatra Sabyasachi Mohapatra is known as her is all about finding we all have a lot of room for film week has been a great platform joined hands with internationally ac- one of the finest filmmakers from Spontaneity yet sincerity a balance, and that is growth and become the best ver- for Indian films for many years and claimed film producer and promoter Odisha. His films Aadim Vichar (The will be the ruling emo- actually a per- sion of ourselves,” she added. I am extremely happy that my film Jitendra Mishra for global exposure Ancient Justice) and tions of the day. Keep Pahadara Luha your eyes and ears open, advises sonal ex- Manushi says society should not has been selected to be screened.” of his films. (Tears Of The Mountain) received Ganesha, as trouble might be headed your peri- hail skinny as a sign of being fit, Stephan Ottenbruch, the festival “I am super excited for the fact that National Film award for Best fea- way. Make it a point to read the print well ence because the idea sets unreal director said, “We have been trying overseas viewers will get to know ture films in Odia language for 2014 before you sign any legal contract today. because fitness goals. to promote the art, culture and tra- about our culture on big screen. I am and 2015. Mohapatra’s films are mostly each individ- “Perfection is also individual- dition of India in our festival. We are grateful to festival director Stephan based on the lifestyle of people those ual has their istic and I don’t think your size proud to present a film from Odisha Ottenbruch for including this film” belonging to tribal community and GEMINI fitness goals. defines your fitness. Each one of for the first time. We are thankful to Jitendra said. living in western parts of the state. Today, your enthusiasm “For me, fit- us wants to see ourselves in a for sports and outdoor ness is all about finding your certain way, has a certain body activities is palpable. balance. It’s an extremely type and wants to feel great about According to you, variety is the spice of life. personal and individualistic it. That’s what’s important,” she You will keep on jumping from one venture experience because each in- observed. Jacqueline to another. You will establish a good rap- port with your bosses and colleagues. It's dividual has their own fit- Manushi is all set to make her time to taste success in your immediate ness goal. I love my cheesecake debut opposite Akshay Kumar celebrates as and interim objectives. and I also like to train like a in the upcoming film Prithviraj. machine, so that I can IANS CANCER Genda Phool It is likely that you will reach an important mile- SHAHID CALLS ISHAAN stone in life today. Keep garners over in mind that your suc- cess may be a cause of envy for a few ‘BABBAR SHER’ people, some of whom may want to 550 mn views harm you. You are left with two choices: Mumbai: Actor Ishaan Khatter has either try to help them out of their trou- posted a video on his beefed-up body bles and miseries, or prepare for a battle. transformation. Mumbai: Genda Phool, sung by Ishaan took to Instagram, where he Badshah and Payal Dev, has gar- shared a video of his workout and diet nered over 550 million views on LEO schedule of almost two months. In the clip, he YouTube, and actress Jacqueline Forget the weather. is seen lifting heavy weights and eating clean. Fernandez, who stars in its Today, the only thing Alongside the music video, is happy. shining bright are your chances of spending clip, he wrote: The song ran into contro- some quality time with your near and “The real versy upon release in March dear ones. Going along these lines, grind. A major when charges of plagiarism Ganesha wonders how long has it been part of the rose. The song draws its hook since you last did the same. So, make physical prep line from a classic Bengali folk the most of this lucky day. Chances are that you shall make new friends, who on.. When song, Boro loker biti lo, and might turn out to be very supportive in @macriaan told me he wanted a ‘sakht launda’ social media was quick to no- the future. Ganesha wishes you the very in Blackie, it had to be done. Jo mangta tice that fact. Badshah later best on this eventful day. hai woh mangtaich hai.” contacted Ratan Kahar, cre- “Few people know what it takes, ator of the Bengali original, in so I cut together a little montage. an effort to sort things up. VIRGO 80 per cent of the days, you aren’t The video features random Business acumen is motivated. Those are the days shots of Durga Puja festivi- natural to you. Your that count. Where ever you are, ties, and Jacqueline is seen management skills are however you are. 6 months of in a sari that is worn the tra- immaculate. Move the grind in 2 and a half min- ditional Bengali way in some with imagination, innovation and motivation to further your enter- utes. Almost 6 kgs of a clean scenes. prise, advises Ganesha. Feel free to bulk in 2 months. All work. “I am extremely happy and express and exercise your sense of No ball talk. Let’s go.” grateful that people have showered so judgement, says Ganesha. Actor Shahid Kapoor took much love towards the song. We crossed to the comment section and 550 million views recently and it’s in- wrote: “Babbar Sherrrr.” sane. I had so much fun shooting this LIBRA On the work front, song. The whole process was super ex- The whole point of being Ishaan will next be seen citing, from wearing a Bengali attire a Libran is that you in Khaali Peeli, set to re- that I had never donned to experi- always have the tenden- lease digitally encing the touch of folk music and cy to be two separate October 2. IANS overall, the vibe with its beats,” said things put together on a pair of scales Jacqueline. IANS that somehow balance. Ganesha feels that today, you'll bring to the scales the stability of being your own master and servant. It's a fine balance to maintain. SUDOKU SCORPIO PEANUTS post To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, CROSSWORD column and box must contain the numbers Retail therapy with your 0 to 9 and the letters A to E. loved ones is a perfect recipe to have a good time! You will be more than willing to buy things of their choice. Haggling will be a trait you have closeted today as you go about being lavish in your expenses, says Ganesha.

SAGITTARIUS You may have women swooning over you today; such is your charm and way with them, says Ganesha. But friends are highly valuable to you, and you shall spend much time with them cherishing their company and reliving amazing CALVIN AND HOBBES times spent together.

CAPRICORN You love the people around you uncondition- ally and such emotions SOLUTIONS will be more visible now than ever. Today, you will want to keep yourself surrounded with your loved ones, make them happy and have a good time, says Ganesha.

AQUARIUS God helps those who help themselves. You have experienced this plenty of times as your efforts have BREVITY been paid off. While your colleagues at CROSSWORD work may pass negative comments at your work, your boss will not have any complains with you.

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k y m c ITIs to be upgraded as centres of excellence Cyber crooks dupe POST NEWS NETWORK PRIORITISING SKILL man of `10.50 lakh Bhubaneswar, Sept 19: In an aim DEVELOPMENT to make youths employable as per POST NEWS NETWORK The bank accounts in industry needs, the state government hief Secretary directed officials has decided to transform ITIs and Cto start new-age trades in the Bhubaneswar, Sept 19: Cyber which Sahoo deposited polytechnic institutions in min- centres with industry interface crooks have duped a person of the money were found to ` eral bearing areas into Centres of t was decided at the meeting to around 10.50 lakh on the pretext be opened by different Excellence (CoEs). Idevelop ITI Jajpur as a CoE in of awarding him ‘Bank Mitra’ fran- This was revealed at a high-level automation technology, Jajpur chise in Sakhigopal area of Puri dis- persons in four states meeting held under the chair- polytechnic in advanced wielding trict. The cyber cell of state Crime manship of Chief Secretary Asit and Baripada ITI in thermal cutting Branch has started an investigation Tripathy recently where Skill and wielding into the matter after registering a tails like bank account number, Development and Technical case in this regard. PAN card, email Id and phone num- Education secretary Sanjay Kumar he Union government has The victim has been identified as ber in the website. The fraudsters Singh presented the need and fea- Trecognised ITI Barbil as a model Pradeep Kumar Sahoo of then contacted Sahoo over phone and ITI in the country sibility of such institutions. the government. the new-age trades like drone pi- Sriramachandrapur under asked him to deposit various Sasmit presides It was decided at the meeting to Modernisation work at ITI Barbil, loting, solar technology, smart agri- Satyabadi police limits in Puri. The amounts in different bank accounts develop ITI Jajpur as a CoE in au- Mining Engineering Keonjhar, ITI culture, smart horticulture, robot- in Cuttack, Pattamundai and CB sleuths, during initial enquiry, under different heads like regis- over Rajya Sabha tomation technology, Jajpur poly- Rourkela, UGIE Rourkela with fur- ics, mechatronics, additive Balasore. found that the victim recently came tration fee, GST, late fee, agreement technic in advanced wielding and nishing of IT labs, life skill classes, manufacturing technology etc as per Review revealed that three mini to know about ‘Bank Mitra’ scheme fee and bank setup fee. In order to Baripada ITI in thermal cutting & workshops, modern class rooms, their demand in different ITIs and tool rooms have been commissioned from some of his friends. win Sahoo’s trust, the crooks also wielding. A mini tool room will be residential facilities etc have been polytechnics. at ITI Cuttack, Berhampur and Later, he searched online to get sent fake registration and agree- set up at ITI Takatpur. completed, Singh said. He also advised the officials con- Hirakud in collaboration with Central the details regarding the scheme and ment applications to his mail address. Similarly, proposals to upgrade The Union government has recog- cerned to scale up internal resource Tool & Training Center (CTTC), the process to apply for a franchise Accordingly, Sahoo deposited a ITIs at Karanja, Udala, Kaptipada, nised ITI Barbil as a model ITI in the generating activities with modern Bhubaneswar. The components for of the customer service point June whopping `10.50 lakh in the ac- Anandpur, Barbil, Jharsuguda, country. Considering the need for workshops and labs of these insti- Indian Space Research Organisation 10, 2020. counts of the accused persons. The Barkot and Rourkela and CoEs, the Chief Secretary directed tutions so as to make the courses self- (ISRO) are being manufactured at ITI- While surfing in the internet, miscreants dialed Sahoo on dif- Mayurbhnaj polytechnic, , OSME officials to develop such institutions sustainable. It was decided to run Cuttack, sources said. he came across a website, with reg- ferent phone numbers registered Keonjhar, Jharsuguda Engineering in districts coming under Odisha the new skill classes in collabora- Eleven ITIs of Odisha (seven gov- istered head office in Bangalore, outside Odisha. The bank accounts School, Deogarh polytechnic and Mineral Bearing Area Development tion with industry partners as per ernment-run and four private) have inviting people to register through in which Sahoo deposited the money POST NEWS NETWORK UGIE Rourkela to CoEs in differ- Corporation (OMBADC) for ex- their manpower requirement. been ranked among top-100 ITIs of the site to get a franchise for Bank were found to be opened in the ent advanced technologies were panding employment avenues. Presently, industry collaborative India in Phase-II ranking of the Mitra of State Bank of India (SBI). name of different persons in four New Delhi, Sept 19: After al- also discussed and approved by Tripathy further directed to start CoEs have been established at ITIs year 2019-20. Later, Sahoo submitted his de- states outside Odisha. most 20 years, an MP from Odisha, Sasmit Patra, Saturaday conducted the proceedings of Rajya Sabha. The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP presided over the Upper house State yet to submit jumbo FOR A BUMPER YIELD during the discussion on the Epidemic Disease (Amendment) Bill, 2020. corridor action plan: NGT MPs from across the parties congratulated the young Odia MP POST NEWS NETWORK the NGT that works of assessing for debuting as the Vice-Chairman. habitat viability and ground as- Patra was nominated to the panel Bhubaneswar, Sept 19: Taking sessment of the already identified of Vice-Chairmen of the Rajya up a petition regarding 14 pro- elephant corridors were handed Sabha along with five other MPs posed elephant corridors in the over to the Asia Nature Conservation by Upper House Chairman M state, the National Green Tribunal Foundation (ANCF) under an agree- Venkaiah Naidu in July. (NGT) has said that it is yet to re- ment. The ANCF submitted the re- The panel of Vice-Chairmen ceive an action plan from the port January 12, 2018. presides over the council in the ab- Odisha government despite its Meanwhile, the petitioner in the sence of Chairman and the Deputy earlier order. case –Wildlife Society of Orissa – Chairman when so requested by The tribunal during its June 23 has also levelled fresh allegation of the Chairman, or in his absence, hearing had asked the state gov- violations of the 2016 order of NGT by the Deputy Chairman. ernment to submit an action plan on the matter. within two months. On the recent The NGT, in its 2016 order, had hearing of the case, the NGT in barred some activities in eco-sen- Award in memory its written order claimed that de- sitive zones. The petitioner in the spite its order, Odisha government hearing submitted photographs of of Sarada Prasanna has not submitted the same. Telkoi-Pallahara Elephant Corridor, “Vide order dated 23.06.2020, the which bisects the Mumbai-Kolkata BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Tribunal after having noted that de- highway in Keonjhar district, and Naveen Patnaik Saturday tailed works had been undertaken alleged that many trees were felled announced an award in the name in respect of 14 elephant corridors for highway expansion work in the "Sarada Prasanna Gitikabita identified by the state government eco-sensitive zone. Sammana" in memory of Odia in 2011, it was directed that an ac- Taking cognisance of the issue, Labourers remove weeds from a paddy field at the OUAT in Bhubaneswar, Saturday PIC: MANORANJAN MISHRA filmmaker and director late Sarada tion plan with specific timelines may the NGT has issued show-cause no- Prasanna Nayak. Odisha Sangeet be filed within two months in ac- tice to the state government. “In Natak Academy will confer the cordance with the observations the light of the above statements, award every year with an amount and recommendations made in the the State Respondents…shall re- ` of `2.5 lakh in recognition of report of ANCF. The action plan still spond to the affidavit and show WSHGs procure 1,010Cr paddy Nayak's contribution to Odia film has not been filed as directed,” the cause as to why appropriate orders industry. On the Ekadashaha of NGT order reads. should not be issued for such vio- POST NEWS NETWORK crore commission during the Kharif with different departments for pro- late Nayak, special tribute was The government in 2017 had told lation on or before the next date.” and Rabi seasons. visioning of government services offered by the department of Odia Bhubaneswar, Sept 19: Women self- Currently, 223 WSHGs are un- and procurement in a structured Language, Literature & Culture to help groups (WSHGs) have pro- dertaking online registration of manner amounting to `5,000 crore the departed soul. cured paddy worth `1010.14 crore farmers for paddy procurement for over a period of five years. during financial year 2019-20. Kharif 2020-21. So far, 312 such In pilot phase, 17 WSHGs of As many as 199 women SHGs in groups from 11 districts have been Kalahandi district have been en- 11 districts have procured 23.07 lakh involved in the procurement process. gaged in the practice during 2018-19 FIGHTING COVID-19 quintals of paddy amounting to gram panchayats of eight districts They procured 43.12 lakh quintals Rabi season and earned `77.25 lakh `419 crore during Kharif 2019-20. during Rabi 2019-20. They have pro- of paddy amounting to `781.26 crore commission. They have earned commission worth cured 17.58 lakh quintal paddy and got `13.46 crore as their com- After that the Women and Child ‘SWASNER’ BY IIIT `7.2 crore, official sources said. amounting to `319 crore generating mission, the source said. Development department is plan- Similarly, 113 WSHGs were en- commission of `5.49 crore. So, cu- In May last year, the State Cabinet ning to engage more number of STUDENTS CAN BE PIC FOR REPRESENTATION gaged in paddy procurement in 112 mulatively the WSHGs earned `12.69- had decided to tie up women WSHGs women in the business. A GAME-CHANGER INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP DAY-2020 POST NEWS NETWORK Bhubaneswar, Sept 19: Good news for COVID-19 patients who are struggling with breathing MEGA DRIVE TO MAKE PURI COAST LITTER-FREE problems. A group of IIIT, Bhubaneswar students has de- POST NEWS NETWORK The coastal cleanup exercise at next few weeks to remove the veloped a helmet-like ventilation he cleaning exercise was Astarang was carried out at Jahania garbage,” said OPSA managing device that will make a difference Puri, Sept 19: The district ad- Tcarried out as part of the Mo beach, Daluakani beach and Kadua trustee Soumya Ranjan Biswal. in treating patients with breath- ministration along with various Beach programme of the Puri river mouth area to make the lo- Wildlife Activist Akash Ranjan ing problems. social outfits and volunteers district administration calities trash-free. The three local- Rath along with local environ- According to the students- Saturday carried out beach clean- fficials of various ities were littered with garbage mentalists Bipin Dash and Prasar turned-developers, the device has ing at around 50 places on the Puri Odepartments, members of during the recent floods in Puri Khuntia joined the event and en- been named as ‘Swasner’. It func- coast to observe the International women self-help groups and district, sources said. couraged the volunteers. The event tions on the principle of hyperbaric Coastal Cleanup Day-2020. volunteers from Nehru Yuva OPSA Trust sources claimed that was coordinated by Biju Patnaik oxygen therapy. Wearing this de- The cleaning exercise was carried Kendra actively participated in the Devi Turtle Nesting Zone has wildlife Award winner conserva- vice, a patient can inhale pure out as part of the Mo Beach pro- the programme around 100 tonnes of wastes. “The tionist Bichitranand Biswal, sources oxygen. Apart from COVID-19 pa- gramme of the Puri district ad- PSA Trust along with Youth OPSA will continue its efforts for added. tients, those who are suffering ministration. OEnvironmentalist from respiratory diseases can also “The coastal cleaning exercise Programme Trust, Mumbai get benefits from this device. They was carried out at 10 places on Puri observed the day at Devi Turtle further stated that they have used beach and equal number of places Nesting Zone in Astarang medicated plastic collected from each on Konark and Krushnaprasad Central Institute of Petrochemicals beaches. At least five places each was Engineering and Technology cleaned at Brahmagiri, Astarang, Many youths and like-minded (CIPET) in developing ‘Swasner’. Gop and Kakatpur during the drive,” people from different places par- There is a bubble-like enclosure said an official of the district ad- Volunteers undertake cleanliness drive on Puri beach, Saturday ticipated in the coastal cleanup ex- fitted to the base. Oxygen is pumped ministration. ercise, sources said. into the chamber of the enclosure. According to him, at least 10 vol- programme to keep the novel coro- Many celebrities including some International coastal cleanup ex- In hospitals, the device can be unteers and a nodal officer con- navirus at bay,” said the official. movie actors like Bidyut Jamwal had ercise is the largest effort by the mounted on walls. ‘Swasner’ could ducted the beach cleaning at each It is worth mentioning here that participated in the programme and volunteers for ocean health. The be an affordable alternative to place on the coast. Officials of var- the Puri district administration urged the locals and tourists to International Coastal Cleanup Day costly ventilators. The developers

ious departments, members of had organized the world’s biggest keep the shoreline garbage-free. is observed on every third Saturday include Shovit Mitra, Sidharth

k y m c women self-help groups and vol- beach cleaning programme to ob- In a related development, Odisha of September. Shankar Nayak, Ananya Aprameya, unteers from Nehru Yuva Kendra serve last year’s International Paryavaran Sangrakshan Abhiyan People from various walks of life Tapaswin Padhi, Sai Sambit Nayak, actively participated in the pro- Coastal Cleanup Day. Around 20,000 (OPSA) Trust along with Youth gather at beaches, shores, rivers, Divyajyoti Dash, Vitthal Gupta of gramme. “The volunteers followed volunteers had participated in the Environmentalist Programme Trust, waterways and underwater dive IIIT, Bhubaneswar and Jivitesh social distancing norms and wore programme covering over 100km Mumbai observed the day at Devi sites to extract trash and record in- Debata of ITER and Nand Kishore masks during the beach cleaning coastline in the district. Turtle Nesting Zone in Astarang. formation on the debris collected. Beach cleaning underway at Astarang coast OP PHOTOS Gupta of NSIT, Delhi. P4 SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 20 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR downtown

Post-isolation symptoms normal: Docs FIGHT AGAINST PANDEMIC

k y m c MANISH KUMAR, OP HOME ISOLATION CASES Bhubaneswar, Sept 19: Doctors au- thorised by Odisha government to talk about home isolation for COVID- RISE EXPONENTIALLY: BMC 19 cases Saturday said that many pa- tients continue to see some symp- BHUBANESWAR: The 18 in each zone to monitor home iso- toms post isolation period. Bhubaneswar Municipal lation cases. The RRT that were Jayant Kumar Panda, Head of Corporation (BMC) Saturday said only 13 for the entire city has been the Medicine department of SCB that home isolation rate has in- increased to shift more and more Medical College and Hospital in creased from 42 per cent to 73.50 cases to home isolation. COVID Cuttack, said that even after 17 days The state govt is per cent in the City. During the last Care Hospitals (CCHs) and COVID of home isolation and quarantine providing Azithromycin, five days ending September 18, Care Centres (CCCs) are reserved for COVID positive patients, some home isolation rate for positives for co-morbid, critical and symp- symptoms are prevalent and con- Paracetamol, Vitamin D stood at 95.44 per cent. Moreover, 79 tomatic patients,” stated BMC sultation with the doctors is needed and Vitamin C tablets and doctors have been deployed with Commissioner, Prem Chandra before medications. Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) and Chaudhary. He mentioned that the “It’s normal. During the post Levo-Cetrizine tablets for four medical officers each at the hospital situation in the city is COVID days, there could be some home isolation patients three administrative zones re- ‘comfortable’. “Asymptomatic pa- nasal congestion and breathing is- spectively that are engaged in phys- tients are being shifted home on a sues in some patients. If patients ical verification of the facilities for rotation basis. A total of 445 ICUs who have opted for home isolation Paracetamol (anti-pyretic), Vitamin home Isolation. While the South and 2,500 general beds are avail- see such symptoms they need to D and Vitamin C tablets and Levo- West Zone has 26 doctors, the North able in private hospitals. Squads continue some medications and Cetrizine tablets. “In addition to and the South East Zones have 30 have been formed to monitor treat- consult their doctor for better treat- this the patients with other dis- and 23 doctors respectively. ment of COVID-19 patients in these ment if such symptoms persist ease/diseases should continue their “Moreover, we have 54 RRTs with hospitals,” he added. even after 17 days,” he said. medicines as usual. The kit also He also added, “Under home iso- comprises the norms and sugges- lation, the patients need to use the tions on best ways to manage home they enter the room.” CARE Hospital, spoke about who drugs given by the government in isolation,” he said. The doctor also said that there is need to go for testing amid the pan- the kit. They also need to measure He also asked the caregiver/at- no need to go for another COVID test demic. “All those who develop symp- their body temperature everyday tendant to ensure isolation from after 17 days of isolation and quar- toms should go for COVID testing. and keep watch on any other symp- the positive patients. “The care- antine but asked for better care Especially all those who have co- toms. In case the health condition giver/attendant needs to take spe- and rest for the last 7 days. “The morbidities must go for testing if deteriorates they can contact the gov- cial measures to prevent infection seven days are important for re- they develop such symptoms. People ernment and can get admitted to from the person who is under home covery and patients should focus on who have mild symptoms and young COVID hospitals.” isolation. They should not stay in good diet during this period. There with no cormorbodities and in the Panda said that under home iso- the room where the patient is stay- is no need to go for COVID test age group of 15 years to 45 years, can lation, the state government is pro- ing and not use their used prod- again after 17 days,” he said. shun the test and stay in home viding Azithromycin (antibiotic), ucts. They should use masks when Pragyan Routray, a doctor from quarantine for 14 days.”

Police officials collect fines from people who flout Covid-19 norms at Rasulgarh market in Bhubaneswar, Saturday. Twin city police on Earlier in the day, Unit-II market in the Capital city witnessed a near-empty look in the wake of a drive launched by Commissionerate Police to ensure strict enforcement of the guidelines PICS: BIKASH NAYAK toes to enforce norms State reports 4,209 fresh POST NEWS NETWORK

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack, Sept Man booked for 19: Amid rising cases of COVID- COVID-19 cases, 9 deaths Heavy rain to lash 19 in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, PNN/AGENCY raping daughter s many as 2,441 new cases the Commissionerate Police (CP) Awere reported in quarantine has intensified enforcement of Bhubaneswar, Sept 19: Odisha’s centres, while 1,768 infections POST NEWS NETWORK COVID-19 norms. COVID-19 tally rose to 1, 75, 550 were detected during contact state for 2 days The Commissionerate Police Saturday as 4,209 more people tested tracing Bhubaneswar, Sept 19: A woman prosecuted 7,882 persons and sealed positive for the infection, while has lodged a complaint with Mahila POST NEWS NETWORK on the next day (September 21). 44 shops in the twin cities during nine fresh fatalities pushed the hurda district, under which Police here accusing her husband Some places in Kalahandi, the last 24 hours. “The efforts will state's coronavirus death toll to 691, KBhubaneswar falls, reported of sexually abusing their 12-year- Bhubaneswar, Sept 19: The India Nabarangpur, Dhenkanal, Boudh, be sustained and our request to a Health and Family Welfare de- the highest number of new cases old daughter in Khandagiri area Meteorological Department (IMD) Mayurbhanj, Jajpur, Cuttack, everyone is to be both aware as well partment official said. at 663, followed by Cuttack (491) a few days ago. Saturday said heavy rainfall is Malkangiri and Koraput districts as to cooperate,” Commissionerate As many as 2,441 new cases were and Puri (326) Mahila Police has started in- likely to lash several parts of the would also experience heavy down- Police said on Twitter. “During reported in quarantine centres, vestigation into the incident after state during next two days under pour Monday, the IMD said. special enforcement drives for im- while 1,768 infections were detected cases were detected under Out of 4,090 persons, 605 are from registering a case under various the impact of a low pressure area As per the predictions made by plementation of #COVID-19 guide- during contact tracing, he said. Bhubaneswar Municipal Khurda, 412 from Puri, 371 from Sections of IPC and POCSO Act. to be formed in next 24 hours. MeT department, heavy rainfall lines at Cuttack, we have booked Khurda district, under which Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 Cuttack, 169 from Bargarh, 160 Sources said the couple has been “A low pressure area is likely to may trigger water-logging in low- today 1,186 persons for gross vio- Bhubaneswar falls, reported the hours. While 104 of them are quar- from Nabarangpur, 155 from staying apart since long due to develop over northeast Bay of lying areas in the above mentioned lation of #SocialDistancing and 269 highest number of new cases at antine cases, remaining 238 are Sundargarh, 145 from Kendrapara, marital discord. The accused hus- Bengal and neighbourhood areas districts. There is possibility of for not #FaceMasking in our fight 663, followed by Cuttack (491) and local contact ones. Meanwhile, 421 145 from Rayagada, 139 from Jajpur, band reportedly used to beat his by September 20. It is likely to be- damage to kutcha houses and roads, to contain #COVID19. We urge Puri (326), the official said. persons who had earlier tested pos- 123 from Bolangir, 121 from wife under the influence of alco- come more marked over northwest the weatherman said. people to follow COVID-19 guide- The state had reported its high- itive for the disease have recov- Jagatsinghpur, 120 from Koraput, 115 hol. The woman along with the Bay of Bengal & neighbourhood Meanwhile, Special Relief lines and #staysafe,” the Twitter est single-day spike of 4,270 cases ered, said BMC sources. from Mayurbhanj, 110 from Sonepur minor victim resides in a rented during subsequent 24 hours,” the Commissioner (SRC) PK Jena is- handle of DCP Cuttack said. on September 16, he said. According to a notification is- and 104 from Bhadrak, 99 from house separately. The victim who IMD said. Under its impact, a few sued an advisory to the Collectors The move by Commissionerate Two fresh fatalities were reported sued by the civic body, as of Saturday, Sambalpur, 93 from Jharsuguda, had recently come to stay with places in Malkangiri, Koraput, of the districts concerned asking Police came after Chief Minister in Bargarh district, and one each 18,267 persons have tested positive 92 from Keonjhar, 91 from Balasore, her father at his house in Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak, them to remain prepared to deal Naveen Patnaik expressed his dis- in Bhadrak, Bolangir, Cuttack, for COVID-19 in Bhubaneswar out 83 from Nayagarh, 78 from Nuapada, Khandagiri area was sexually Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, with flood-like situation and land- satisfaction over the enforcement Gajapati, Puri, Rayagada and of which 14,052 have recovered. 66 from Angul, 56 from Ganjam, 50 abused by the accused in inebri- Cuttack, Puri, Khurda, Keonjhar, slide in hilly areas. of COVID-19 guidelines within Sambalpur districts, the official While there are 4,133 active cases, from Dhenkanal, 44 from Kalahandi, ated state last week. He had also Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Angul, Asking the district Collectors the Commissionerate limits. said. Fifty-three COVID-19 patients 68 persons succumbed to the disease. 44 from Malkangiri, 38 from reportedly threatened the girl of Deogarh and Kalahandi will witness to closely monitor the situation, Notably, Odisha Police had pro- have died due to other ailments so Odisha health department Kandhamal, 18 from Boudh, 18 from dire consequences in case she re- heavy rainfall Sunday. Jena said continuous vigil must vided 50 more officers and five far, he said. The state has so far Saturday said that 4,090 persons Gajapati, 14 from Deogarh and 212 vealed it before her mother. Similarly, heavy to very heavy be maintained on low-lying areas platoons more armed Police to tested over 27.15 samples for COVID- who earlier tested positive for from State Pool. However, she divulged the episode rainfall would occur in the dis- and steps for dewatering should twin city to enhance enforcement. 19, including 48,075 Friday, he added. COVID-19 have recovered and are With this, total recoveries in the before her mother. Her statement tricts of Deogarh, Keonjhar, be taken wherever required. The The step was taken as COVID-19 As many as 342 new COVID-19 being discharged. state now stand at 1,41,657. was recorded under 161 of CrPC. Sundargarh, Sambalpur, SRC also directed to ban move- cases continue to surge in the twin Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Angul, ment of fishermen into deep sea cities and especially in Nuapada, Bolangir and Sonepur area along and off Odisha coast. Bhubaneswar with Cuttack being a distant second. Bhubaneswar has been divided into three zones BSCL launches internship prog for graduates and each of the zones will have a DCP level officer. POST NEWS NETWORK launched in June this year nation- cities from the young minds to help professional life as Smart City Doctor orders wine online, duped ally and September 18 here. solve the critical challenges. Project is a major urban initia- ` Bhubaneswar, Sept 19: In a bid to ‘Aspirational India’, as the theme “The BSCL seeks interns under tive across the nation in the re- BHUBANESWAR: A doctor here has lost around 1.5 lakh to the cybercriminals while ordering wine online. The victim, who has been impart hands-on training to tech- goes, the program aims to provide the categories: Administration, cent times,” a statement from CLASSIFIED staying in the campus of a private medical college and hospital in the city, nical graduates, Bhubaneswar short-term exposure to fresh tech- Engineering, Finance and BSCL said. has lodged a complaint with Khandagiri police. As per his complaint, he AFFIDAVITAFFIDAVIT Smart City Limited (BSCL) has nical graduates to real world projects Technology. Graduates should not Stating that the internship is came across an online ad about home delivery of alcohol by Kadambini launched an internship programme and its implementation and planning have crossed more than 18 months also aimed to get skilled, high-qual- Wine shop a few days back. He placed an order of `1,480 for a wine bottle – TULIP- that will allow fresh grad- for professional development. between the date of declaration ity workforce and innovative citi- Swapna Rani through the phone number given in the ad. However, the victim contacted uates to work with BSCL projects. Apart from experiential learning of final year results and the date zen-centric solutions, a senior BSCL Baliyarsingh, W/o. one of the accused persons when he did not receive the delivery many The flagship internship pro- with urban local bodies (ULBs) and from which the internship is officer stated it will also help them hours after placing the order. He once again called the miscreants who Bikram Kumar gramme under Housing and Urban smart cities, the programme also sought. The TULIP interns would address critical challenges as the par- asked him to give a different account to get back his money. Accordingly, he Baliyarsingh, At- Affairs and Human Resource aims at harnessing fresh energy get experience certificate which ticipating graduates will enhance sent the bank account details of his friend. The fraudsters withdrew money Dochhian, P.O.- Adal, Development ministries was and ideas towards ULBs and smart would have great value in their their employability. from the doctor as well as his friend’s account to the tune of `1.50 lakh. Dist.- Puri (Odisha) declare that in my husbands, service record my name has been Khurda siblings’ unique music takes social media by storm wrongly recorded as Swapna Rani Chahataray, my correct name should POST NEWS NETWORK When asked how this all hap- Asked about his extraordinary tal- be Swapna Rani VOCAL FOR pened, Sukant said he had a pen- ent for producing sounds of various Baliyarsingh vide Khurda, Sept 19: Sukant Bhoi and chant for learning singing since musical instruments from mouth, affidavit at the Judicial his brother Pabitra from a non-de- LOCAL! his childhood days. “I could not Pabitra said, “Unlike my brother, I script village under Jatni block in learn music institutionally owing have an inclination towards music. Magistrate at Khurda. the district have become the toast n a Facebook post, Sukant can be to financial issues. However, when- I still remember how I would play seen singing a Hindi song while his Hence Swapna Rani of social media for their unique I ever I get any leisure time, I go to drums with earthen pots and metal Chahatray & Swapna Rani younger brother Pabitra produces ability to make music. sounds of musical instruments from our village riverbed or mango or- utensils. Then I tried producing Baliyarsingh is same & In a Facebook post, Sukant can his mouth chard and I sing to my heart’s con- sounds with my mouth and by beat- identical person. be seen singing a Hindi song while tent,” he says. ing my chest with palms. And, it has his younger brother Pabitra pro- he post received likes from “One day, I noticed Pabitra mak- become a habit,” Pabitra said. By virtue of affidavit I duces sounds of musical instru- Tseveral thousands of netizens and ing sounds of various musical in- Local people have wished best the brothers have been flooded with Aarchiesman have ments from his mouth. struments from his mouth. Then an for these two siblings. “Their talent The post received likes from sev- good wishes idea struck us. We recorded a Hindi should not get lost in the village it- changed my name to eral thousands of netizens and the song and posted it on social media. self. We wish their unique talent Archisman Pattanayak. ukant owns a tailoring shop in the brothers have been flooded with the village while Pabitra studies but online classes are on. Despite not Svillage while Pabitra studies in To our surprise, people liked our transcend the village boundary and Hence I will be known as good wishes. in Class X. Due to COVID-19, having a smartphone, Pabitra keeps Class X post. This encouraged us to post entertain people globally,” a local

Archisman Pattanayak. Sukant owns a tailoring shop in Pabitra’s school has been closed, pace with the syllabus on his own. more such videos,” he added. man said.

k y m c P5 SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 20 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR state

Sambalpur jumbo reserve area to expand SCAM IN BOREWELL PROJECT

k y m Lokayukta orders stern action c POST NEWS NETWORK SAFETY CONCERN n Forests under Sambalpur elephant Sambalpur, Sept 19: In a signifi- reserve spread over 468 km now. It cant step for safety and protection against techies, PEO, sarpanch will be expanded to 2178 km. The of elephants, areas under reserve department has submitted its prelim- forests for the animals will be ex- inary report to the state government POST NEWS NETWORK A borewell was dug panded in Sambalpur. about the expansion plan The state has three elephant re- Jajpur, Sept 19: In a significant step at Sinduria village serve forests named after Sambalpur, n The areas of the reserve forests at against corruption, the Lokayukta of Jajpur at a cost Mahanadi and Chandaka. Badarama, Jamankira, Khalasuni, has ordered action against four ` However, safety of the animal Charmal, Bisichandrapur, Muribahal, people including two engineers, an of 2 lakh, but it has become a major concern for Nakatideula, Rampur, Sambalpur, official and a sarpanch in Jajpur. was alleged that its the state and central governments. Dhama, Paadiabahal range, Riamal Reports said, in 2019, the Various measures have been taken (Deogarh) and Chhendipada (Angul) Lokayukta had got complaints about depth was not up for the safety of elephants, but their will be expanded irregularities in a borewell proj- to its prescribed deaths for various factors continue ect in Sinduaria panchayat under to happen in different parts of the n The DFO said the department will plant Dharmashala block of the district. length state. trees in abundance basically con- The directive of the Lokayukta Loss of habitat and fodders and sumed by elephants in the reserve came September 15 based on investi- human interference in forests have areas while waterholes will be made in gation reports submitted by the dis- and had asked the Dharmashala Sahu, former assistant engineer The proposed map for the elephant reserve in Sambalpur forests. Besides, patrolling will be often led to man-animal conflicts. trict administration and the pachay- BDO to look into the alleged scam. Debadatta Mohapatra and Sarpanch intensified while tracking applications Both men and animals have been suf- The state government has de- panded. will be used for their safety. Trenches atiraj, drinking water and sanitation The DDO had submitted his in- Gayatri Parida had bungled fering in terms of lives and prop- cided to expand the reserve forest “Elephants often stray into will be dug up in reserve forests departments in this regard. vestigation report to the Lokayukta the fund. erties. areas for the elephants. human habitations in search of The Lokayukta in his order has July 1, 2020. Jajpur Collector had also sub- Reports said, forests spreading The department has submitted fodder. If their habitats are ex- ordered stern action against these In his reports, the BDO pointed mitted his investigation report to over 468 km reserved for elephants its preliminary report to the state panded, they will not come into people within five months. out that the RWSS executive engi- the Lokayukta and confirmed ir- are in Sambalpur. government about the expansion human settlements,” the DFO said. Reports said, a bore well was neer had measured the depth of regularities in the project. The “Now, this will be expanded to 2178 plan. The department will plant trees dug at Sinduria village at a cost the bore well. In the official meas- Collector recommended depart- km,”said DFO Dr sanjit Kumar. The areas of the reserve forests in abundance basically consumed of Rs 2 lakh. It was alleged that urement book, the depth of the mental proceedings against the Elephant researcher R Sukumar at Badarama, Jamankira, Khlasuni, by elephants in the elephant re- the depth of the bore well was not bore well was recorded as 63 metres, four people. had once pointed out that climate Charmal, Bisichandrapur, serve while waterholes will be made up to its prescribed length while a but in reality it was dug up to 36.4 In the Lokayukta order, it is said change, fodder shortage, damage Muribahal, Nakatideula, Rampur, in forests. That apart, patrolling reserve forests, the DFO said. major part of the fund was bungled. metre deep. that the principal secretary of the to elephant corridors has posed Sambalpur, Dhama, Paadiabahal will be intensified while tracking The final report about the proj- Samiti member Rilu Behura took The report said that former pan- panchayatiraj, water supply and threat to elephants who numbers are range, Riamal(Deogarh) and applications will be used for their ect will be submitted to the gov- up the issue with the Lokayukta, chayat executive officer Mangobinda sanitation department is expected not increasing righty. Chhednipada(Angul) will be ex- safety. Trenches will be dug up in ernment within a week, he added. which recorded the case (421/2019) Baral, former GPTA Puspanjali to take action against the four. Bolangir: Drunkards CREMATION GROUND WEARS TIME FOR SIESTA 9-month-old girl kill man in cold blood dies after falling POST NEWS NETWORK PARK-LIKE LOOK IN NAYAGARH into water pot

Bolangir, Sept 19: A man was The transformation has been pos- POST NEWS NETWORK killed and another seriously injured sible due to the concerted efforts by after having been assaulted in an members of ‘Ghata Nirmana Seva Madhapur, Sept 19: In a freak in- unprovoked attack by a gang of ine- Sangha’. cident, a nine-month-old girl fell briated persons near railway level- Some like-minded youths of into a dish full of water and died crossing in Beherapali locality in ‘Sangha’ decided to transform the at Manarbeda village of Bolangir town late Friday night. ground and give it a park-like look. Kandhapada panchayat under The deceased has been identi- They worked tirelessly to trans- Athamallik block in Angul dis- fied as Keshab Kumbhar, a resident form their dream into reality. trict Friday. of Burla in Sambalpur district. Spending money from own pock- The deceased was identified as According to sources, Keshab ets they sowed flower-bearing plants, the daughter of Ashok Kumura and his brother had come to a rel- shrubs and foliages. They also and Aarati Kumura of Manarbeda ative’s house in Bolangir town sowed plants that have medicinal village. September 16. On their way to properties. Slowly the plants Sources said Aarati was busy in home from the market, a group of bloomed, flowers appeared and the the kitchen while their baby was drunkards ganged against them entire cremation ground looked playing outside Friday noon. There and attacked them with broken different. were some pots with water where beer bottles without any provo- Most importantly, the spot is no the girl was playing. cation. Keshab died on the spot POST NEWS NETWORK longer called a ‘samshan’ or cre- While playing, the baby some- and his brother seriously injured. mation ground. The Sangha has how fell into one of the pots. It On being informed, police Nayagarh, Sept 19: One tends to re-christened it as ‘Mo Janmabhumi did not occur to the family mem- reached the spot and send the in- mistake the cremation ground in Mo Swargadwar’(My Birthplace, bers’ mind that the girl had fallen jured to a nearby government hos- Nayagarh district’s Ranpur NAC as My gateway to heaven). into the pot. pital. a park. Like any other cremation The sangha’s effort has been They immediately rushed the Seeing the cops, all the assailants ground, the one in Ranpur NAC lauded in the locality. Local peo- girl to Madhapur community took to their heel. However, the used to be a deserted place. People ple are of the opinion that if the ad- health centre (CHC) but it was too cops succeeded in nabbing one. would hardly go past the ground. ministration supports them, then late. The doctors declared her re- Registering a case, the police have The situation has changed now. the other cremation grounds in ceived dead. launched a probe into the inci- The ground is crowded with visi- Ranpur NAC will also get a new The incident cast a pall of gloom dent and a hunt to nab the mis- tors, both in mornings and evenings. look. A daily wager taking a quick nap under a tree during a work break in Angul town OP PHOTO in the village. creants. Sex racket busted in Admin extends edu, Jaleswar, 4 detained Where cattle have ‘2 eyes’ on hind legs POST NEWS NETWORK Villagers claim that this Sundarban, Acharya said Royal training to Namita Melka POST NEWS NETWORK Bengal tigers often attack those peo- Baripada, Sept 19: If you ever visit trick has been working ple who live inside the core area of POST NEWS NETWORK district. She became an Jaleswar, Sept 19: An alleged villages located inside Similipal sanc- wonders for safety of the jungle. To save themselves from overnight singing sensation on sex racket which was thriving for tuary in Mayurbhanj district, your the attack, they would wear a mask Koraput, Sept 19: The dis- social media after two of her several months in a local hotel in attention will definitely get drawn to- animals. Wild animals shy facing backwards. This way, they trict administration announced songs went viral a few days ago. the sleepy Jaleswar town in wards a quirky thing. And it is ‘two away from attacking the succeeded in puzzling and terrifying Friday that it will support tribal Namita sings in Hindi, Odia Balasore district was busted by eyes’ painted on the thighs of the the big cats. talent Namita Melka’s educa- and her own native tribal lan- police Saturday. cattle’s hind legs. cattle with human eyes “The people living in Similipal tion and music training. She guage (Kui). Acting on complaints, the police After seeing this, can you stop drawn on the hind sanctuary are following the same will pursue her studies in- Notably, Koraput Collector made a swoop Friday night and de- yourself from finding out the reason trick. But here, they are saving the cluding music training in had earlier paid a visit to tained four persons. The detained behind this practice? This corre- lives of their cattle. The people of Bhubaneswar. Namita’s house and provided persons are manager of the hotel, spondent could not help visiting the ways high. To protect their cattle, other villages have also been en- However, this would be aided her with some financial assis- a customer and two women en- villages to meet cattle rearers to they have devised a unique formula. couraged to follow the trick.” by the state government, the tance. Namita later disclosed gaged in flesh trade, the police know the exact reason behind this They are drawing two ‘eyes’ on A villager of Lulung area, Raibari district administration in- her desire to use the received said. strange practice. the hind thigh of the cattle. From a Singh, says, “We do not go with cat- formed. The young girl with amount to purchase a televi- It is alleged that flesh trade After a strenuous trekking, we distance, the cattle look like a pack tle to graze them. They return home her father met Koraput Collector sion for her family. under the guise of business was stumbled upon some villagerss inside of ferocious animals. This way, they after grazing in jungles with no fear Madhusudan Mishra Friday. It was her teacher Bansidhar going on in the hotel for quite Similipal sanctuary. Mayurbhanj can put the wild animals in puzzle. at all. The artificial eyes are pro- She expressed her desire to ap- Halwa who helped her voice some time which is believed to be district is surrounded by the Similipal The villagers claim that the trick tecting them.” pear for the higher secondary reach thousands. Now, Namita part of an organised sex racket. ecosystem. And there are over 51 is earning good results. Since the Echoing the same, Bhaskar examination from her school. has been earning accolades This had caused inconvenience villages in the sanctuary. People liv- time they applied the trick, no inci- Chandra Mahanta says, “Cattle with Namita Melka is a young from all quarters. She enjoys the to local residents and business ing in these settlements rear cattle, dent of their cattle being attacked by a set of two painted eyes on their tribal girl from the remote adulation as it also inspires her establishments in the vicinity goats and sheep. This is, in fact, one the richer one is. wild animals has been reported. The hind thighs are looking like fero- Chintaguda village in Koraput to achieve greater things. as well. of the few other sources of their Since the cattle are their property, wild animals may be getting afraid cious animals. This is the reason However, police are trying to livelihood. they do whatever they can to save after seeing them. wild animals hiding inside bushes are find out other members involved During interaction with the vil- them. As they are living inside the sanc- This correspondent met a young not attacking them. The trick has in the racket, including the key con- lagers, it was understood that the tuary, the possibility of their cattle environmentalist, Abhisek Acharya. been gaining popularity in nearby vil- duits, police sources said. more the number of cattle one has, being attacked by wild animals is al- Referring to a practice followed in lages as well.” Keonjhar women weave success story of empowerment

POST NEWS NETWORK Also from the discarded cement bags, UTILISING THE DISCARDS the women are making bags of var- Keonjhar, Sept 19: Nothing goes to THESE WOMEN WOMEN OF ious sizes for storing products. waste in this world. The veracity of MAKE ROPES OUT CHHAMUNDA These women were once fully de- this saying can be well realised when OF THESE BAGS VILLAGE HAD pendant on their husbands for the ex- Namita with her father meets Collector Madhusudan Mishra OP PHOTO one meets the women of Chhamunda AND THEY ARE IN DISCUSSION ON penses of their families. Now they village under Telkoi block in GREAT DEMAND IN THEIR FINANCIAL are also happy to contribute. Now Keonjhar district. Using discarded NEARBY AREAS. WOES. IT WAS more than 40 women are involved in cement bags they eke out a living for THUS, THEY HAVE THEN THE IDEA OF the business of making ropes and sell- their families. These women make BEEN ABLE TO MAKING ROPES ing them. ropes out of these bags and they are EARN THEIR OUT OF Local activist Chinmay Kumar in great demand in nearby areas. LIVING BY DISCARDED Sahoo said these women are not get- Earlier, there used to be jute cul- SELLING THE CEMENT BAGS ting proper returns for their efforts. tivation in most parts of the dis- ITEMS STRUCK THEM. “If they are given proper training to trict. However, with the demand for add value to their products, then jute decreasing, farmers have stopped they can also make decorative home

cultivating jute. But with jute farming on the then the idea of making ropes out of went to sell those ropes at nearby mar- products and sell them in fairs and

k y m c Earlier, when jute was in vogue, downslide, ropes became a scarcity. discarded cement bags struck them. kets, they got good response. exhibitions,” he observed. ropes made of the same material So people were looking for a substi- The very next day they started Since then more and more women “If a self help group is formed were available in the market. These tute. working on it. They collected dis- of the village have been involved in and then a cooperative society, they ropes are generally used by farmers. A few months back a few women carded empty cement bags. The the rope-making activity. These ropes can produce articles in large quan- The ropes were multi-utility products of Chhamunda village had discus- threads were separated and then are being used for various works. tities and increase their profits,” he and were used for various purposes. sion on their financial woes. It was used for weaving ropes. When they They are also useful in making cots. added. P6 SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 20 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR power post

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oundaries between aca- than restaurants. demic disciplines are al- Recognising these kinds of con- ways artificial creations nections creates scope for policy Powerful state, Bintended to facilitate analy- interventions that can contain the sis, given our limitations. But as virus without crushing the econ- the economist Albert Hirschman omy. India’s mistake was to im- once argued, there are times when pose a ‘lockdown’ – a misnomer, be- powerless individual it is incumbent on us to trespass cause it forced tens of millions of them. The ongoing battle against migrant workers to spread out t is not seen in that way, especially in our part of the world, but the crim- COVID-19 and its economic fallout across the country, often on foot, inal justice system is deliberately designed to protect the rights of the is such a time. after their jobs and wages in urban Iaccused. And this is the correct way of seeing it. Why? Because in a crim- The pandemic has cast a shadow centres vanished overnight. inal case there are two parties.The accused individual versus the state. The over the global economy. So far, Governments need to intervene with Once we pinpoint the links be- state controls the laws under which the system operates. It appoints, pays the two worst-performing intelligent, well-designed policies, which tween medicine and economics, fas- the salaries of and manages the police forces that arrest and investigate. economies in the second quarter cinating policy ideas begin to The state appoints and pays the prosecutors who will represent it against of 2020 (April-June) were Peru would enable us to keep the virus under emerge, as the Georgia Institute of the individual. The state pays and promotes the judges who determine in- and India, where GDP shrank by control without bringing the economy to a halt Technology’s Joshua Weitz re- nocence or guilt. 30.2 per cent and 23.9 per cent, re- ported in a recent Stockholm All the powers are with the state. There is no power with the individual. Kaushik Basu spectively, in year-on-year terms. School of Economics webinar. Most accused in India have no money even to get proper representation and These record declines were caused CoV-2 virus (which causes the dis- per cent). Thus, only more risk-tol- Countries like India or Peru therefore defence against the state. That is why we have the principle of in- by the pandemic, but also by how ease) are likely to be blown away erant people will go to restaurants. must design rules of behaviour nocent until proven guilty because the understanding is that the state has INDIA’S MISTAKE we are dealing with it. and miss your nostrils in outdoor It is reasonable to suppose that that allow the economy to function, overwhelming and terrible power in a criminal case and there is a mismatch. In Peru, for example, the crude parks. But that is not necessarily the restaurant patrons are there- at least partly, while containing Even though justice is represented as a blind woman with balanced scales, WAS TO IMPOSE mortality rate (CMR) – the num- so, because aerosols are relatively fore more likely to be infected, be- the virus. Here is an idea. As in- the scales are not balanced and the state can load as much weight as it A ‘LOCKDOWN’ – ber of COVID-19 deaths per million heavy and tend to drop quickly cause they would have been tak- creased testing gives us a better wants to on one side. We have seen evidence of the state’s mischief in the people – is 939. The plunge in its in still air. Conversely, a breeze in ing more risk. Assume, for sense of who has had COVID-19 and way that the Delhi riots are being prosecuted. The majoritarian ideology of A MISNOMER, GDP is clearly related to this. an open space makes it likely that simplicity, that 75 per cent of risk- has SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, we a political party is finding expression in the crim- BECAUSE IT Several European countries the aerosol will remain airborne tolerant people are infected, while can offer these people a very high inal justice system because it is in control of with high CMRs, such as Spain for longer and thus pose a risk only 25 per cent of risk-averse peo- wage to do COVID-19-risky jobs – a state with overwhelming power. FORCED TENS OF (647) and the United Kingdom (613), that does not exist indoors. ple are. The probability that an in- including in hospitals, and in busi- In India after independence, the state has not MILLIONS OF also have reported some of the The claim that closed spaces fected person will transmit the ness sectors involving face-to-face been satisfied with the amount of power it has deepest economic slumps. But are more dangerous may nonethe- virus is still 50 per cent, as before. interaction. By using them as links and has needed more. This is not a problem be- MIGRANT India’s CMR is only 60, which, less be true – not because of what Then, if people believe that restau- between vulnerable people, we cause there is nobody stopping the state from though one of the highest in Asia we know about the coronavirus and rants are riskier (and only the risk- can keep supply chains intact giving more power to itself except the voters. WORKERS TO and Africa, makes its sharp sec- the aerodynamics of aerosols, but tolerant enter them), the proba- while disrupting virus transmis- And voters in India have little interest in the SPREAD OUT ond-quarter contraction (bigger because of human behaviour. bility of contracting the virus in a sion chains. criminal justice system. Most middle class in- than almost any country in the Assume, for the sake of argu- restaurant is 37.5 per cent, whereas Under normal circumstances, dividuals do not think it concerns them. The ACROSS THE world) difficult to explain – especially ment, that the probability of the the probability of contracting it the market would do this on its own: state can give itself whatever power it wants. COUNTRY, given that the Indian economy was virus being transmitted by an in- in a park is less than 25 per cent. demand for people with antibod- And what it wants is a reversal of innocent until among the world’s three or four fected person nearby is 50 per cent These probabilities will be borne ies would rise, and so would their proven guilty and make it guilty until proven Aakar Patel OFTEN ON FOOT, fastest-growing until five years ago. in both a restaurant and a park. out by the epidemiological data, and wages. But markets do not function innocent. And in India the state has been giv- AFTER THEIR How can we understand such Assume further that half of the most people will believe that the well during a pandemic, when ing itself this power to reverse the fundamental The majoritarian anomalies? To understand such population is infected. So, if you pattern has something to do with many externalities are at work. principle of the criminal justice system. ideology of a JOBS AND matters, we need to recognise the are near a random person in a the nature of the virus, rather Governments therefore need to Laws that Indians protested against when they political party is interaction between medicine and park or a restaurant, the probability than being driven entirely by intervene with intelligent, well- were being written by the British in a colo- WAGES IN human behaviour. that you will contract COVID-19 is human behaviour. By this argu- designed policies, which would nial state can be written up and implemented finding expression URBAN CENTRES Consider the conventional wis- 25 per cent. ment, if the authorities had an- enable us to keep the virus under today by a democratic state though their effect in the criminal dom that COVID-19 is more likely Suppose, however, that a trusted nounced that restaurants were control without bringing the econ- on the individual is the same. The Rowlatt Act VANISHED to be transmitted in closed spaces authority announces that the risk safer than parks, then parks would omy to a halt. for which the Jallianwala Bagh protesters had justice system OVERNIGHT than in open areas. So, you are of contracting COVID-19 is greater in time have become the riskier gathered allowed preventive detention. This is because it is in safer being close to someone in a in a restaurant than in a park. If place. Even if parks were safer The writer, a former Chief a power under which the state can arrest in- park than in a restaurant. people believe this, it can turn out than restaurants for reasons of Economist of the World Bank dividuals without a crime, on the assumption control of a state We assume that this insight to be a self-fulfilling prophecy. epidemiology and the physics of and Chief Economic Adviser that they may commit a crime in future. This with overwhelming comes from medicine and physics, Restaurants will be less attractive aerosol movement, you could face to the Government of India, is is guilty until proven innocent. Today India has power which tell us, respectively, that to risk-averse people (say, those a bigger risk in a park than in a Professor of Economics at many laws that are similar that have been COVID-19 is highly infectious, and who don’t go to places where the restaurant if it were widely be- Cornell University. written by our democratic state which allow pre- that aerosols carrying the SARS- infection risk is higher than 25 lieved that parks were more risky @PROJECT SYNDICATE ventive detention. Every state has more than one such law and the Centre has them as well. This is why the protesters in- cluding women in the Delhi riots can get bail but still remain in jail because there are many options for the state to keep them locked up without conviction. But most of us do not seem to mind this. Many laws that the government SPECTRUM NATION has written for itself, including UAPA, on money laundering and even on cow slaughter have a reversal of burden of proof. Meaning that until the indi- viduals can prove their innocence to the satisfaction of the state they can be kept locked up and prosecuted. Such laws do not exist elsewhere in the civilised world. Even with more power against the individual than any other modern dem- No delinking economics from politics ocratic nation, the Indian government seeks more. Uttar Pradesh has set up a police force that can arrest without a warrant and without the orders of emember the BJP’s 2014 slo- deal with the worst economic cri- bold political steps in pursuing the activities are expected to drag at a a magistrate. This is a power that other states and even the Centre have. We gan of Achche Din! Even sis is reminiscent of the policy Hindutva agenda, whether it is ab- snail’s pace. have no civic or popular pushback against this sort of acquisition of power Rafter six-long years of the paralysis of the UPA government. rogation of Article 370, bringing When it comes to redressing peo- by the state. In the absence of this the state will continue to acquire more Modi government, good days for the Similarly, while people still believe the Triple Talaaq Bill or Citizenship ple’s grievances, the government power against us. What we have in India today is autocracy and tyranny in majority of Indians are still a dis- the Modi government’s intensions (Amendment) Act, when it comes should not be rigid by not acting practice under a democratic name. I do not make this accusation against any tant dream. Whether economic re- cannot be faulted, they know for to rescuing the country from the upon suggestions given by the party because the government is controlled by different political parties at covery is going to be V-Shaped, U- sure that there is paucity of tal- economic slump, they have failed Opposition. Congress leaders have the level of the province. There is no difference between one part of India shaped or K-shaped, or whether ented persons at the top to handle miserably. They need to be told that been shouting from the rooftops, de- and another in this matter. It is also true that under a government at the Centre the disparity between the haves the crisis. unless the country comes out of manding increased public spending which wants to enthusiastically expand its power the real danger of this is and the have-nots would further Sadly for the NDA, the prevailing the financial mess, no amount of and transfer of funds directly into being seen. widen, only time would tell, de- talent in the bureaucracy, when it political decisions at the helm would bank accounts of people. Even after We may not like the individuals who are being tried by the criminal jus- Anita Saluja pending upon the alacrity with took over reins from the UPA, was bring solace to the common man. It’s release of Rs 20 lakh crore in five tice system today because we have made up our minds that they are bad peo- which the government takes speedy spurned away. Whether it was only when the stomach of an ordi- tranches, the economy has shown ple, even though we have never actually met them. But this dislike is not the WHEN IT COMES action. Tall claims of making $5 tril- Raghuram Rajan, Urjit Patel, Arvind nary man is full that he is able to con- no signs of revival. The patient re- reason why we should approve the state being given overwhelming power lion economy by 2024-25 need a Panagariya or Arvind Subramanian, centrate on other sundry issues. quiring oxygen does not need long- against the individual because this principle is wrong in law and unjust on TO REDRESSING meaningful strategy. all were shown the door by the gov- With the government clueless term life insurance policy but a the face of it. PEOPLE’S With the economy contracting to ernment for not following its diktats. on reviving the economy, the best ventilator to revive. Similarly, the minus 23.9 per cent in the first Sadly, Arun Jaitley, a man for all sea- it can do is to induct some lateral economy needs an inflow of money GRIEVANCES, THE quarter of this fiscal, the scenario sons, is no more there to guide Modi, entrants. After the death of Sushma to scale-up demand rather than looks grim. Fitch Ratings has while other stalwarts like Yashwant Swaraj, Modi was quick to induct long-term reforms in PSUs, edu- WISDOM CORNER GOVERNMENT slashed India’s FY21 growth pro- Sinha and Arun Shourie have been former Foreign Secretary S cation and health sectors. SHOULD NOT BE jection to -10.5 per cent from -5 per pushed to the margins by BJP’s po- Jaishankar in his Cabinet. In fact, Unless there is a clear strategy The secret of getting ahead is getting started. MARK TWAIN RIGID BY NOT cent estimated earlier, saying the litical managers. after Rajan’s ouster as RBI Governor, to deal with the situation, con- A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the continued spread of the virus and Finance Minister Nirmala Jaitley had expressed the need for traction even in the next quarter desire to beat others. AYN RAND ACTING UPON imposition of sporadic shutdowns Sitharaman had referred to Covid- lateral entrants in the government, cannot be ruled out. The remedy is have disrupted economic activity. 19 as an ‘Act of God’ responsible but his suggestion was not heeded. in meticulous fiscal planning, which The dog that trots about finds a bone. GOLDA MEIR SUGGESTIONS No matter if the Hindutva pitch for the economic slump, though for- It’s not that the government has Modi and Shah are incapable of GIVEN BY THE becomes shriller, or the divisive mer Finance Minister P floundered only in the aftermath of formulating, unless they have the politics is further unleashed, the Chidambaram argued that had it the pandemic, but even earlier backing of skilled economists. WORDSWORTH OPPOSITION Aam Aadmi, who is finding it dif- been an ‘Act of God’, agriculture, when it had gone in for demoneti- After all, even for proving your ficult to fetch food for himself, will forestry and fisheries would not sation and brought in GST, the macho personality, figures like a ‘56’ naturally get disenchanted with have grown at 3.4 per cent. Is it only economy had reacted negatively. inches chest are required. A na- Tosticated the Modi government. India that is worst-affected by the pan- The failure to make GST compen- tion’s economy cannot be delinked Ironically, while the Congress demic? Countries like the US and sation payments to states has only from politics! The government ike so many slang or dialect words of previous generations, this one is is reinventing itself after its 135-year- China are far ahead in coping with aggravated the situation, with Chief should move fast, as elections in Lnow very rarely encountered. It gained some publicity in 2011 through old history, the BJP-led NDA should the economic situation. Moreover, Ministers, especially from Congress- Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, being listed by the publishers of Chambers Dictionary as a word with a also learn basic lessons in eco- India’s GDP growth, even at pre- ruled states, fuming for not get- Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are in pleasing sound. When it appeared in the language — in the middle of the nomics, if it is keen to continue Covid times was 4.2 per cent, its ting their dues. the offing. seventeenth century — it was a sadly incompetent attempt to say in office for a longer period. slowest pace for nearly a decade. With the pandemic showing no The writer is a intoxicated, perhaps under the influence of drink (“I’m not so tosticated The absence of any policy to While Modi and Shah have taken signs of slowing down, economic senior journalist. as you think I am”). An influence may have been the even older tosspot, a person who habitually tossed back his pot of drink, hence a heavy drinker or drunkard. Rather later, the symptoms of that state became confused — under the influence of the first syllable of the word perhaps — with those Need for proactive fiscal policy Indo-China border standoff of being tossed about, and took on the idea of being perplexed or distracted. Variously spelled, as tossicated or in other forms, recorders of Sir, The imposition of the nationwide lockdown to check the spread of the coron- Sir, The India and China border English dialect near the end of the nineteenth century found it to be avirus has badly affected the economy of India. For India, The International Monetary standoff is leading to tension in both widely distributed, from Cumberland and Yorkshire down to Somerset and etters Fund (IMF) has calculated a 4.5 per cent contraction of the GDP for the 2020-21 fi- countries, the first time since the Devon. But by then it had vanished from the printed word. Chambers is the nancial year. It is obvious as most of the economic activities were halted. However, 1962 war. The incursions by the only British dictionary that continues to include it (apart from the Oxford the recently published quarterly GDP data (year on year basis), which shows a 23.9 Chinese army have gone unabated. English Dictionary, which never deletes anything). TOL THE EDITOR per cent contraction, lowest since 1969, for the April-June quarter by the NSSO is wor- With the winter only six to eight Readers of Orissa POST risome. Despite some measures taken by the government, such GDP contraction in- weeks away fresh positions having are most welcome to contribute letters dicates a serious financial crisis that the country is going through. The Indian econ- been occupied at the LAC by the (200 words), articles and omy is primarily based on consumption. Around 60 per cent of the economy depends PLA is a matter of grave concern. LOL columns (between 750-1250 words). Contributors are upon private consumption. Another 40 per cent is contributed by private investment, It is high time that PM Narendra Modi and Chinese requested to send their government expenditure, and net-export. During the lockdown, as the income of the President Xi Jinping discuss the bilateral issues on UPSET IS UNHEALTHY asked, contact numbers and full people declined or stopped and uncertainty prevailed in the market, the consump- the sidelines of the G-20 Summit which will be held

“Have the postal address/email ID. They may also tion expenditure declined by 27 per cent. Therefore, the government should come for- in November. It is appalling that India and China have

k y m send in their valuable comments, opinion c he mother of a problem child was tranquilizers and suggestions, preferably by email, ward and take necessary steps to increase demand in the economy. The govern- exchanged blames on the use of firearms at the LAC Tadvised by a psychiatrist, “You are calmed you down?” to: [email protected] ment should inject liquidity in the economy by providing a direct cash benefit to the after India’s Defense Minister and his Chinese coun- far too upset and worried about your “Yes,” the boy’s mother answered. people so that demand will increase. And further, it will lead to increase in invest- terpart held discussions on measures to scale down son. I suggest you take tranquilizers “And how is your son now?” the ment. Monetary measures are helpful for the supply-side but without demand, sup- the tension at the border. The current events are regularly.” psychiatrist asked. B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, ply has no meaning in the economy. similar to those in the run-up to 1962 war. On her next visit the psychiatrist “Who cares?” the mother replied. Bhubaneswar-751010 Manas Kumar Pedi, GANDHINAGAR P. Shantarani Jena, BERHAMPUR KERALA BIHAR P7

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k y m Kochi prepared to deal with terror threat: Cops ‘KERALA HAS FAILED IN c THE CITY HAS A STRATEGICALLY LOCATED SOUTH INDIAN PORT HOUSING VARIOUS VITAL INSTALLATIONS INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN NAVAL COMMAND COUNTER-TERRORISM’ INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE today facing a scenario in which the state cabinet also has a 'terror' pres- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Bengal, the NIA said. A senior po- Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 19: ence in State Minister KT Jaleel, a lice officer said the state police are Successive governments in Kerala former member of the banned out- Kochi, Sept 19: The city of Kochi, doing a lot of work for identifying have failed in anti-terror activities fit SIMI and he is now facing the heat a strategically located South Indian the cadres of terror groups landing said State BJP president K and has already been questioned by port housing various vital instal- in Kerala and the al-Qaeda terror- Surendran Saturday. two national agencies. lations including the Southern ists were arrested in a joint opera- He was referring to the way the “If one looks into some of the ap- Naval Command, is prepared to tion by the NIA and the state police. National Investigation Agency pointments that Jaleel has made in deal with any form of terror threat, “The people suspected to have (NIA) Saturday busted an inter- his department, there are unde- top security officials said here terror links are put on surveillance. state module of Al Qaeda opera- sirable people who have crept in. We Saturday, hours after the NIA ar- We are always on the lookout for tives as it conducted raids in West will continue our protests till Jaleel rested nine al-Qaeda cadres dur- such elements. This is an ongoing Bengal and Kerala. is ousted,” added Surendran. ing raids here and in West Bengal. activity,” the officer said when asked Three of the nine Qaeda men in Meanwhile, the Congress also After NIA revealed that the ar- about the steps taken by the state Kerala were arrested from attacked the state government over rested terrorists intended to launch police to identify the terror sus- Ernakulam district. The three were the issue, alleging the state has be- terror attacks on vital installations pects in Kerala, which is home to picked from two places in Kochi. come a hub of terrorists under in the country with an aim to kill a large population of migrant work- Those arrested are Murshid Hassan, K Surendran CPI(M)-led LDF rule. innocent people, Defence sources ers especially from West Bengal. Yakoob Bishwas and Morshraf KPCC President Mullappally said here that the Kochi-based ties of the people visiting and camp- Ernakulam in Kerala and The police do not publicise the Hussien. Kerala police have found Ernakulam is the latest incident,” Ramachandran alleged the state Southern Naval Command (SNC) ing in the city. “We are very well pre- Murshidabad in West Bengal and type of works being done on the out that Hussien was in Kerala for said Surendran. police failed to trace the presence has been in heightened security pared to deal with any form of such arrested the nine men -- Murshid ground to tackle terrorists, he said. the past one decade and was work- “It’s now come to light that there of al-Qaeda terrorists in the soil for quite some time. terror threats,” a senior officer Hasan, Iyakub Biswas, Mosaraf The three al-Qaeda terrorists ing in a textile shop at Perumbavoor, was a WhatsApp group in the po- of Kerala. “The SNC will continue to take said, reacting to the arrest of three Hossen from Ernakulam and who were arrested from three dif- near Aluva. lice helping those engaged in ter- “With the arrest of three al- all precautions against all possi- West Bengal natives from Najmus Sakib, Abu Sufiyan, Mainul ferent locations in the district were “The Anti-Terror squad in Kerala ror activities. Also a police official Qaeda terrorists from the state, it ble threats,” a Defence source told Ernakulam district. Mondal, Leu Yean Ahmed, Al working as migrant workers, po- is in deep slumber and the succes- who was suspended for leaking e- is evident that that law and order PTI. Highly placed sources in the Acting on a tip-off by central in- Mamun Kamal and Atitur Rehman lice said. sive governments have also failed mails from the police and this gov- machinery in the state has col- Kochi city police said the city police telligence agencies, the NIA, with from Murshidabad. They lived in rented houses in to tackle this terror menace. We ernment was reinstated. This can lapsed and the state has become a have been effectively carrying out the help of the state police forces, Hasan is the leader of the gang Perumbavoor in Ernakulam rural have seen a few cases where ter- happen only in Kerala,” said the BJP fertile soil for terror groups,” its job to identify the terror ele- carried out raids in the intervening and those arrested from Kerala are and Pathalam in Kochi city, they rorists was arrested in the past state president. Ramachandran told reporters in ments, and monitoring the activi- night of September 18 and 19 at also originally residents of West added. from our state. What happened in Surendran alleged that Kerala is Thiruvananthapuram. Can ignoring loyalists Owaisi forms separate PM to lay foundation of 9 hurt BJP in Bihar polls? highway projects in Bihar Modi has recently anti-BJP front in Bihar inaugurated or PRESS TRUST OF INDIA laid the foundation

Patna, Sept 19: Hyderabad MP of a number of Asaduddin Owaisi headed All India projects in the Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) Saturday tied up with the state which is set party of former union minister to go to the Devendra Prasad Yadav for fighting Assembly polls in upcoming Bihar Assembly elec- tions and attacked RJD for dub- October-November bing him ‘spoiler’ of secular votes. Addressing a press conference PRESS TRUST OF INDIA the process to be launched, the with Yadav here, Owaisi said they PMO said. have laid foundation of UDSA New Delhi, Sept 19: Prime With the completion of these (United Democratic Secular Minister Narendra Modi will lay the projects, all rivers in Bihar will Alliance) which would assess as foundation stone of nine highway have bridges conforming to 21st on how many seats they should projects in Bihar through video century specifications and all major field candidates in the poll fray in conference Monday and also in- national highways will stand the state. augurate optical fibre internet serv- widened and strengthened. Yadav is heading Samajwadi ices through which the state’s all Giving details of the optical fibre Janata Dal (D). Coming down heav- 45,945 villages will be connected, the internet services programme, the INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE In the organisational ily on the RJD for dubbing him PMO said Saturday. PMO described it as a prestigious ‘vote katwa’ (spoiler of votes) of These nine highway projects in- project covering all 45,945 villages Patna, Sept 19: Ahead of Bihar structure of the BJP in the secular forces, Owaisi asked volve a road length of about 350 of Bihar which will enable a ‘dig- polls, key officials with just two to Bihar a majority of what happened to these so called kilometres at a cost of Rs 14,258 ital revolution’ to reach the state’s five years’ history in the BJP have ‘thekedars’ (feudal lords) of the “We are not scared of any po- crore. remotest corner. been made team leaders in the state leaders holding top anti-BJP votes in the 2019 general litical party. Our party had con- Modi has recently inaugurated This project will be executed by organisation. This may backfire posts have joined just elections in Bihar. tested the election in 2015 from or laid the foundation of a number the combined efforts of for the party as old loyalists asso- In reply to a question that the par- What happened in 2019 Kishanganj, but the Congress won. of development projects, includ- Department of Telecom, Ministry ciated with it for 30 to 40 years have two to five years ago ties of the opposition grand al- Parliamentary election in Today the BJP is riding high in ing those related to railways, in- of Electronics & Information been asked to play second fiddle. case, people like J.P. Nadda, who was liance coalition are blaming him for Bihar...did RJD claiming Bihar due to the failure of the frastructure, bridges, drinking Technology and Common Service IANS managed to obtain the list a booth president of the party in trying to help the BJP by planning itself to be champions of RJD. I have defeated the BJP and water and sanitation, in the state Centres (CSC). of organisational structure of BJP Patna, would not have become na- to field candidates in the October- the minorities and the Shiv Sena in Hyderabad,” which is set to go to the assembly The PMO said the CSC has 34,821 in Bihar wherein majority of lead- tional president.” November polls, Owaisi said “they secular voters win any Owaisi said. polls in October-November. centres throughout the length and ers holding top posts “have joined “Our PM Narendra Modi is also are playing old cassette.” seat? “In Maharashtra, the Congress The Prime Minister’s Office breadth of Bihar and it will utilise just two to five years ago.” an example of it. He was a “AIMIM contested only Kisanganj ASADUDDIN OWAISI I AIMIM CHIEF party is sitting on the Shiv Sena's said in a statement that the pro- this workforce to not only imple- Sources have said that such ran- Swayamsewak of RSS and worked seat in the 2019 general election in lap. The former is presented as a posed highways will pave the way ment this project but also make it dom appointment may hurt the at the ground level, now he has Bihar and our candidate secured 3 secular party in the country but for the state’s development as professionally run to provide optical morale of old loyalists, who being reached the height from Chief lakh votes while that of the JD(U) managed to win one seat of I would believe that its thinking they will enhance better connec- fibre internet services for common strongly connected with grassroots Minister to Prime Minister.” bagged 3.25 lakh votes and the win- Kisanganj. Asked that the Bihar promotes feudalism. People of the tivity, convenience and economic citizens at every village. and actual voters of the party, have “BJP is not like a party that be- ning Congress nominee garnered AIMIM president recently met RJD country are facing the conse- growth in and around it. The project would also entail capacity to bring numbers to polling lieves in carrying forward lega- 3.50 lakh. Can we be dismissed as leaders reportedly for an electoral quences due to the wrong moves Movement of people and goods implementation of one Wi-Fi and booths. cies or dynasties. With the passage an insignificant player after this tie-up but the Lalu Prasad headed of the Congress party,” the AIMIM will also improve substantially, five free of cost connections to gov- “Despite Bihar having come a of time, generational shift is obvious and winning a seat in the assembly party did not give it any weight, chief said. especially with the neighbouring ernment institutions like primary long way on the development scale, in this party.” bypoll?” he asked. Owaisi said “the meetings were After gaining a toehold in the states of Uttar Pradesh and schools and anganwadi centres votes here are actually cast on the “On the other hand, during “What happened in 2019 not as you are guessing.” Bihar politics by winning an as- Jharkhand, it added. among others, it said. basis of caste. If we entirely de- Rastriya Janata Dal (RJD) regime, Parliamentary election in Bihar...did “We will fight the election under sembly seat in the Muslim-domi- Modi had declared a special pack- This will lead to digital serv- pend on Prime Minister Narendra they talked of caste and social jus- RJD claiming itself to be champi- the leadership of Devendra Prasad nated Kisanganj constituency early age for significant infrastructure ices like e-education, e-agricul- Modi and Chief Minister Nitish tice but their social justice was ons of the minorities and secular Yadav, the president of SJDD. We this year, AIMIM is trying to in- development of Bihar in 2015. The ture, tele-medicine, tele-law and Kumar, I believe, it would not be the based on conflict of castes. They voters win any seat?” he said. welcome all those parties who want crease its footprint in the state by package included 75 projects worth other social security schemes to right approach. We have to include have created a fragmented society The NDA had won 39 out of total to fight against communalism and planning to contest some seats in Rs 54,700 crore, of which 13 projects be easily available to all citizens all sections of the people to succeed where dynastic politics in the shape 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar in last communal parties,” the AIMIM Seemanchal areas having sizeable have been completed, and work is of Bihar at the click of the button, in election,” a party leader said of Tejashwi Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav, general election while Congress chief said. minority population. undergoing at 38 and others are in the PMO said. requesting anonymity. Misa Bharti are being promoted,” “Ignoring old loyalists may have Anand said. huge consequences like India “There is a perception that the Shining and Bharat Uday cam- BJP belongs to upper caste in Bihar paign of 2004 parliamentary elec- but our state president Sanjay Rise in Covid cases makes Shailaja face reality tion when NDA lost elections to Jaiswal is a Bania (Trader) by caste the Congress. We have to learn our so is Sushil Kumar Modi, the deputy INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE in containing the Nipah virus in did quite well during the national lessons from the past and avoid chief minister. Nand Kishor Yadav, the state in 2018. lockdown. She warned that the making such mistakes. It is in the road development minister belongs Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 19: With the media also highlight- state has the highest density of interest of the party,” he said. to OBC, Prem Kumar belongs to Gone are the days when Kerala ing Shailaja in the way Covid was population besides a huge eld- IANS spoke to a few more old loy- OBC holding agriculture ministry State Health Minister KK Shailaja being tackled, even as the developed erly population and not to men- alists who, however, expressed portfolio. These are indication that was omnipresent in the TV channels countries were fighting hard, she tion that Kerala is the national slightly different views and said BJP belongs to all caste and com- taking all accolades, when the Covid at one point of time was one of capital of diabetes. that it was up to party to decide the munity,” Anand said. pandemic was gripping the country the most sought after politicians Incidentally, all these health char- role of a particular official. Political experts believe that it and Kerala was fighting it, but today by the media, including the in- acteristics that she highlighted “The party’s think tank is in is an image building effort which she is hardly visible. ternational media. have always been there and there better position to observe the work- is being done by all parties. For Saturday, Kerala reported the But the first strike against her was nothing new. ing style of particular person. I RJD, Jagadanad Singh who is the highest single day surge of COVID- came from Leader of Opposition Chennithala called Shailaja’s was state media cell in-charge ear- state president of the party be- 19 cases -- 4,644, taking the infection Ramesh Chennithala, describing statement about the ‘flattening of the lier and was shifted into the district longs to Rajput caste. count to 1,31,025, while the toll Shailaja as one having a ‘media curve’ as nothing but an imaginary executive committee and I am The simple reason for all this mounted to 519 with 18 more deaths. mania’ and asked her to concen- thing and pointed out that it was like happy whatever assignment I have is to earn votes of the upper In the past one month alone close trate on fighting Covid only. running a marathon and the Left been given from the party,” Rajiv castes. Stalwart Samajwadi to 50,000 new positive cases were At that time, Chennithala was government declared they have Kuamr said. leader late Raghuvansh Prasad recorded. slammed and he went quiet for won the battle against Covid after Nikhil Anand, chief spokesper- Singh who stayed in RJD for 32 The minister has openly admit- some time, but not for a long time. running just 100 metres. son of BJP Bihar unit said: “BJP years was a Rajput. RJD has an ted that the state was more vul- He struck back when the state’s With more and more restric- has grown up over the years to get image of Muslim-Yadav party. nerable compared to neighbouring With restrictions being eased, it remains to be seen Covid figures started to rise at an tions being eased, it remains to be

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of the day uote Bill to punish people INDIA’S HEALTHCARE CREAKS attacking healthcare Nagas harden stance, These bills are anti-farmer workers passed in RS and a demand separate flag conspiracy against farmers. In these PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The joint platform of other Naga armed groups Naga difficult times, UNDER MOUNTING CASE LOAD farmers saved our New Delhi, Sept 19: The Rajya National Political Groups have said they are ready to economy but now big industrialists AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Covid-19 patients in Sabha Saturday passed a legisla- are eyeing farming which will India are dying tion that provides for up to seven sign the peace deal without the flag and constitution render farmers like labourers New Delhi, Sept 19: Coronavirus because of a lack of years in jail for those attacking patients in India are dying because beds in intensive care doctors and healthcare workers (constitution) must form a part of AKHILESH YADAV | SAMAJWADI PARTY CHIEF of a lack of beds in intensive care units and a shortage fighting the Covid-19 outbreak or the Indo-Naga political solution in units and a shortage of oxygen cylin- of oxygen cylinders during any situation akin to the order to qualify the Naga deal as ho- ders as the healthcare system strug- The govt says it has current pandemic. The Epide- nourable and acceptable,” NSCN- Wearing a gles to cope with a surge in cases. provided 230,000 mic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, IM said in a press statement. mask is India’s tally of confirmed cases oxygen-supported 2020, was introduced by Health They also added that the centre important passed 5.7 million this week, sec- isolation beds and Minister Harsh Vardhan in the and the NSCN-IM must seek a “final whenever you meet ond only to the United States, after 62,717 critical care Upper House Saturday. agreement” based on the historic a person outside beds with ventilators, your house, several weeks with an average of The Bill was supported by the Framework Agreement signed but doctors say this is including outsiders 92,000 new infections a day. More members across party lines; how- AGENCIES August 3, 2015. not enough to deal working in your house. This is very than four million patients have re- ever, some suggested adding in This comes at a time when a del- with the pandemic’s important covered, leaving the country with its purview hospital sanitary staff, Guwahati, Sept 19: Nagaland’s egation of top leaders of NSCN-IM, slightly more than 1 million active onslaught ASHA (accredited social health foremost armed rebel group in- including general secretary M VENKAIAH NAIDU | VICE PRESIDENT cases, while the death toll from Dr Rajan Sharma, national president of the IMA, called the situation a activist) workers and ‘Corona war- volved in the peace talks, the NSCN- Thuingaleng Muivah, are camp- Covid-19 has passed 84,000. “double-whammy” for medical professionals riors' in emergency services such IM, said that without a separate ing in New Delhi for taking for- “The situation is critical,” said Dr as police and personnel from other flag and constitution, the peace deal ward the talks with officials of the BJP should Devender Singh Rana, chairman hoarding as well as theft of cylin- departments. with the Central government will Home Ministry and the Intelligence give account of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in the Covid tally crosses 53L ders – a vehicle loaded with oxygen Besides, members also pointed not lead to an honourable solution. Bureau, without Ravi. of its 15-year- Indian capital New Delhi. “We are supplies for hospitals was robbed in out overcharging by some private A joint council meeting of the The idea is to iron out differ- long rule in the state witnessing an unbelievable rise in New Delhi: India’s coronavirus the city of Pune last week. According hospitals in the name of Covid-19 NSCN-IM Friday deliberated on the ences and work towards a possible before asking about the number of cases that we had cases Saturday crossed the 53- to the All India Industrial Gases treatment, turning this crisis into “historical and political rights of final deal for the talks that have the performance of not even seen in June when coron- lakh mark after the country Manufacturers Association, hospi- an “opportunity” for them. the Naga people” and how the “Indo- been on since 1997, sources said. the previous detected a spike of 93,337 new Congress-led government that was avirus was at its peak [in Delhi] … tals and healthcare centres are using The Bill will replace an ordi- Naga political talks” reached this far. Last month, in a radical depar- there are no beds; we are all full.” The cases in the past 24 hours. India’s up to 2,700 tonnes of medical oxy- nance issued in April by the gov- The meeting was held at the cen- ture from the government line on in power for 15 months coronavirus tally, including the healthcare infrastructure in the gen a day, compared to 750 tonnes a ernment. The government had tral headquarters in Hebron near the subject, NSCN-IM had claimed that KAMAL NATH | CONGRESS LEADER recovered cases, has now climbed country of 1.3 billion was already less to 53,08,015, according to the Union day at the beginning of the pandemic. brought the ordinance April 22 to Dimapur in Nagaland. The hard- the Centre had recognised the sov- than ideal before the pandemic, Health Ministry. A total of 1,247 Meanwhile, the country's medical amend the Epidemic Diseases Act, ened stand of the NSCN-IM comes ereignty of the Naga people through with one doctor for 1,457 people in- coronavirus patients have personnel are struggling with the 1897, to make incidents of violence at a time when the peace talks have the framework agreement signed in SHORT TAKES stead of the World Health succumbed to the infection in the lack of equipment, long working on health workers treating Covid- been hit a deadlock because of dif- 2015 which agreed that the Nagas Organisation norm of 1,000, and past 24 hours, pushing the hours, public anger and personal 19 patients a non-bailable offence ferences between the group and will co-exist but not merge with India. one hospital bed for every 1,844 peo- country's death toll due to Covid-19 risk from exposure to the virus. At least with provisions of a penalty and the interlocutor RN Ravi, the Meanwhile, according to govern- 4 of a family ple, according to World Bank data. to 85,619. The Covid-19 case fatality 380 doctors have lost their lives in a jail term of up to seven years. Governor of Nagaland. ment sources, the joint platform of The government says it has pro- rate has further dropped at 1.61 per the last six months while treating The Bill intends to ensure that “The house had unanimously other Naga armed groups Naga found dead vided 230,000 oxygen-supported iso- cent, the data showed. India's coronavirus patients, according to during any situation akin to the adopted the resolution to reiter- National Political Groups have said Jaipur: Bodies of four lation beds and 62,717 critical care coronavirus caseload includes the Indian Medical Association. current pandemic, there is zero- ate the stand of NSCN-IM that the they are ready to sign the peace deal members of a family were beds with ventilators since India 10,13,964 active cases. In some states, nurses and doctors tolerance to any form of violence. 'Naga national flag and Yehzabo without the flag and constitution. found hanging at their house recorded its first case January 30. at government-run hospitals are in Rajasthan’s Jamdoli area Doctors say this is not enough to pitals in the first week of September. threatening to strike over non-pay- Saturday, police said. Police deal with the pandemic’s onslaught. A record-breaking surge of one mil- ment of wages since March. Some suspect that it is a case of New Delhi, a metropolis of 22 mil- lion cases in just 11 days has also trig- doctors have faced discrimination death by suicide. The lion people, has just 37 Covid-19 des- gered a sharp rise in the demand for and violence from the general pub- PREPAREDNESS deceased were identified as ignated hospitals and 2,558 ICU beds oxygen cylinders. Nearly 6 per cent lic over fears that they might trans- Yashwant Soni, Mamta Soni to treat more than 30,000 active cases. of Covid-19 cases experience mod- mit the virus. Dr Rajan Sharma, and their children Bharat and In Mumbai, the financial capital, erate to severe symptoms and re- national president of the IMA, called Ajit. The incident came to there was not a single ventilator quire oxygen support. the situation a “double-whammy” light when Yashwant Soni's bed available in any of the top hos- The demand for oxygen has triggered for medical professionals. brother went to their house. A preliminary investigation revealed that the family members were under stress for a long time because of a financial dispute, police said. Political blame game in WB

Christian named in chargesheet over arrest of terrorists PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The arrest of nine the state should shun “appease- New Delhi: The CBI has filed a ment politics, dirty communal pol- supplementary chargesheet Kolkata, Sept 19: The arrest of terrorists has triggered a itics and take strong measures in the AgustaWestland case nine terrorists, including six from political blame game in against terror modules setting up that names 15 individuals West Bengal, and busting of an al- their bases in state.” including middleman Qaeda module Saturday has trig- the state with opposition “Remember the RDX blast at Christian Michel - a British gered a political blame game in the Bowbazar over two decades back. national extradited to India BJP and Congress state with opposition BJP and The entire state is now sitting on from Dubai in December 2018 alleging that intelligence and currently lodged in Congress alleging that intelligence a powder keg. If the administration Delhi’s Tihar Jail. Former CAG failure and appeasement politics failure and appeasement doesn’t sit up and take note, Bengal Shashi Kant Sharma has not of the Mamata Banerjee govern- politics of the Mamata will be in flames,” Sinha said. been named in this ment have led to such a pass. Countering the allegations, TMC chargesheet as the CBI has The ruling Trinamool Congress, Banerjee government MP Sougata Roy said the arrests An Army convoy carrying military material on its way to Ladakh amid border tension with China at Manali-Leh not yet received sanction on the other hand, said the arrests should not lead to any question highway, Saturday PTI PHOTO from the Defence Ministry to cannot be construed as failure on have led to such a pass about the state government's re- prosecute him. the part of the state administra- solve to flush out and crush terror- tion which is committed to flush out spurt in terrorist activities in state. ists. Roy said the terrorists cross terrorists. Earlier, we had heard about nu- over to this side of the border Man held for cheating 600 people of `60cr Soldier ends The Opposition is politicising merous cases of Jamat activists ar- which is manned by central forces. an issue involving national security, rested. Now it is al-Qaeda, the most “The border forces could have AGENCIES police station at around 5 am. that the racket was being run life in camp the TMC said. dreaded terror outfit in the world. been more vigilant,” he said adding The police also confiscated three through a multi-level marketing Leader of Congress party in Lok “This brings bad name to there should be better coordina- Lucknow, Sept 19: The Uttar mobile phones, five cheque books, mechanism, with Hari Om Yadav, Jammu: The body of an Army Sabha, Adhir Choudhury said the Murshidabad district which has tion between the state and BSF. Pradesh police Saturday arrested one passbook, an Aadhaar card, a doubling as CMDs of Alaska Real personnel with a bullet injury ` on the head was found in a arrest of six alleged al-Qaeda op- borders with Bangladesh, to entire He said there should be more a man for allegedly duping over laptop and 700 cash from the ac- Estate Pvt Ltd, Alaska Commodities ` camp on the outskirts of eratives from Murshidabad dis- West Bengal,” Chowdhury, the vigil by the border guards so that 600 people of around 60 crore on cused, the STF said in a statement. and Alaska Enterprises and duping Jammu with police trict shows “total intelligence fail- WBPCC President said. infiltration can be thwarted and the promise of a 60 per cent return The STF said it made the arrest around 600 persons for `60 crore. suspecting that he ended his ure on the part of state police who He alleged that these incidents those coming to this side are on their investments. following a probe into complaints A case was registered in this con- own life with his service rifle. are only busy running errands for send out the message of “commu- tracked. The Special Task Force of the by several people that they have nection at Gosaiganj police station Havaldar Harvinder Singh Trinamool Congress leaders.” nalisation of politics which does not About the Opposition charges, the UP police said it arrested the racket's been duped of their money on the under various sections of the IPC, (36), a resident of Punjab, “It throws up the question augur well for the state.” veteran TMC leader said, “They mastermind, Hari Om Yadav, from promise of 60 per cent returns on and as many as nine members of the was found dead at Rakh whether the state administration is Flaying the TMC government, are doing politics over an issue of Chandpur village in Sultanpur their investments. gang were arrested earlier September Muthi camp in the Jourian competent enough to tackle the senior BJP leader Rahul Sinha said national security”. Road in Lucknow under Gosaiganj During the probe, it transpired 15, the statement said. area on Friday, a police official said. He said preliminary investigations suggest the soldier took his own life with his service rifle. India digs deep to boost defences on crucial China frontier The body was handed over to his unit after completion of legal formalities. A TUNNEL ALMOST COMPLETE IN THE INDIAN HIMALAYAS WILL SLASH BY HOURS THE TIME IT TAKES TROOPS TO REACH THE CHINESE BORDER

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE The showpiece is a $400-million Still, India’s efforts only belat- Gyaltsen, an elected representative Cocaine worth tunnel in Himachal Pradesh state, edly mirror those of China, experts from a village around 30 kilome- `4cr seized Atal Rohtang tunnel, Sept 19: A providing an all-weather route for mil- say. “Earlier administrations wasted tres from the border. tunnel almost complete in the Indian itary convoys to avoid a 50-kilome- two decades,” said Harsh Pant, from “They often wonder if China New Delhi: The Narcotics Himalayas will slash by hours the tre trudge through mountain passes the Observer Research Foundation is attacking,” Gyaltsen said. Control Bureau (NCB) on time it takes troops to reach the that are snow-bound in winter and think-tank in New Delhi. The BRO says it has built more Saturday said it has seized Chinese border, part of an infra- subject to frequent landslides. “China, and its infrastructure, strategic roads — most in the high- cocaine worth about `4 crore, structure blitz by New Delhi that is From late this month, what used is much stronger today.” tension zone next to China – the last arrested a person from gathering pace since a bloody bor- to be a four-hour, winding, high-al- Training the locals four years than in the previous Mumbai and is probing an der clash. titude crossing will be cut to a 10- Sanjay Kundu, the Himachal decade and aims to complete 15 illegal network of narcotics The nuclear-armed Asian giants minute dash through the moun- Pradesh police chief, has also pro- more key routes by the end of 2021. distribution in the western blame each other for a brutal high-al- tains in the state-of-the-art tunnel. posed arming locals and training Labourers are upgrading a re- metropolis that has “possible titude battle in June that left 20 Indian “There have been times on the The Atal Rohtang tunnel will allow India to deploy troops to the frontier area them to report possible Chinese cently-completed 250-kilometre linkages” with “high-profile” soldiers dead and an unspecified pass route when vehicles have bro- in minutes compared with the current four-hour high-altitude crossing AFP PHOTO spies and drone and helicopter stretch parallel to the Chinese drug users. The federal number of Chinese casualties. agency seized a total of 670 ken down, causing traffic jams of sightings. frontier that cuts journey times

gm of cocaine from a parcel Both have sent massive troop re- even six to eight hour,” said to get the tunnel ready before Prime than 3,000 metres and stretching “Ultimately, whether it is at the from Ladakh’s capital Leh from one y that arrived in Delhi from inforcements, but India has also Lieutenant-General Harpal Singh, Minister Narendra Modi is due to nine kilometres , the Atal Rohtang border or the hinterland, people week to less than a day.

stepped up its activities behind the head of India’s Border Roads open it later this month. tunnel is also a feat of engineering. need to be trained and they need to Significantly, by next month all

k y m Addis Ababa, Ethiopia c early this month. The agency frontlines – belatedly so, analysts say. Organisation (BRO). Currently, essential items such as A decade in the making, freezing be trained in defending themselves,” bridges along the route will be conducted a “controlled Its stepped-up infrastructure pro- “This tunnel and the other in- arms, ammunition and food have to winter temperatures meant work he said. The government hopes it will able to support the weight of a delivery” operation and later gramme includes roads and bridges frastructure plans change a lot for be transported up in bulk before could only take place from April reassure worried villagers. 70-tonne T-90 tank on a trailer, or arrested the consignee of as well as high-altitude helipads the troops,” he said. winter starts in an area where tem- to September. Workers wore spe- “In the last few weeks they’ve a truck carrying a surface-to-air the parcel, S Ghangale, a and airstrips for civilian and mili- Engineering feat peratures can plunge to minus 40°C. cial microchips to help locate them seen a lot more activity of fighter missile, according to press resident of Vasai. tary aircraft. Labourers are working overtime Constructed at an altitude of more if they got trapped in an avalanche. planes over the region,” said Lobsang reports. P9 VETERAN COMMUNIST LEADER SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 20 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR ROZA DESHPANDE PASSES AWAY The Congress and the BJP are “on the same Veteran Communist leader, page” as far as the women’s rights activist and farm Bills are ex-MP Roza Deshpande passed concerned away in Mumbai due to old age y related ailments, according to a

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of the day uote NIA arrests 9 al-Qaeda men from Bengal, Kerala Govt withdraws three Presently, farmers in PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Banerjee dispensation on several is- labour Bills from LS Punjab and Haryana are staging sues, had on earlier occasions ac- protests on the New Delhi/Kolkata, Sept 19: cused the police and administra- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE later referred to the Parliament's streets. Soon, Foiling an attempt by internation- tion in the state of playing a partisan Standing Committee on Labour, farmers from all ally banned terror group al-Qaeda role and causing harassment to New Delhi, Sept 19: The Centre which discussed all the three. over the country will hold to set up a base in India, the National leaders and workers of opposition Saturday withdrew three Bills “Standing Committee led by demonstrations on the streets Investigation Agency (NIA) swooped parties. moved by the Labour Ministry in Chairman Bhartruhari Mahtab, a on its recruits in West Bengal and A closely-monitored operation the Lok Sabha and reintroduced Biju Janata Dal MP from Cuttack, BHUPESH BAGHEL | Kerala and arrested nine of them, of the NIA and central intelligence them with fresh labour code pro- made 233 recommendations and CHHATTISGARH CHIEF MINISTER an official spokesperson said agencies began September 11 when visions as part of the labour re- we accepted 174 of them.” Saturday. the premier investigating agency reg- forms initiative. The minister said all these A rustic Acting on a tip-off provided by istered a case to probe the al-Qaeda The Occupational Safety, Health changes in the new Bills are part farmer gave central intelligence agencies, the module. The group was also plan- and Working Conditions Code, 2019; of the labour reforms initiative. an example to NIA, with the help of the state po- ning to go to Kashmir for weapons Industrial Relations Code, 2019; “When the country got independ- us... ‘Jio came in, lice forces, carried out raids in the delivery as it intended to launch and Code on Social Security, 2019 ence, there were 44 labour laws. they gave free intervening night of September 18 cting on a tip-off provided by ccording to the officials terror attacks on vital installations were withdrawn from As some of them phones. When and 19 at Ernakulam in Kerala and Acentral intelligence agencies, the Ainvestigating the case, the in the country with an aim to kill the Lower House when The minister were later repealed, everyone bought Murshidabad in West Bengal, and NIA carried out raids in the arrested men are highly innocent people, the official said. it assembled for the day reintroduced we are now work- those phones and got dependent on arrested the nine men – Murshid intervening night of September 18 radicalised and were getting A preliminary probe revealed at 3 p.m. ing to change 29 these phones, the competition was Hasan, Iyakub Biswas, Mosaraf and 19 at Ernakulam in Kerala and instructions from Pakistan- that the arrested men were radi- Minister of State (in- them with fresh labour laws into wiped out and Jio jacked up their Hossen from Ernakulam and Murshidabad in West Bengal, and based al-Qaeda members via calised by Pakistan-based al-Qaeda dependent charge) in four Codes. This rates. This is exactly what the Najmus Sakib, Abu Sufiyan, Mainul arrested the nine men cyberspace terrorists on social media platforms the Ministry of Labour labour code House passed the corporates are going to do Mondal, Leu Yean Ahmed, Al and were motivated to launch attacks and Employment, provisions as first Code with full SOME OF ITS MEMBERS WERE TRYING TO DEVELOP EXPERTISE IN HARSIMRAT KAUR BADAL | Mamun Kamal and Atitur Rehman at multiple locations, including in Santosh Kumar support; we have IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE-MAKING TOO AND WERE PLANNING TO part of the labour AKALI DAL LEADER from Murshidabad. the National Capital Region (NCR). Gangwar, moved the come with three CONVERT CRACKERS INTO AN IED Hasan was leading the gang and The module was actively involved proposal for the with- reforms initiative more Codes.” those arrested from Kerala are orig- in fund-raising and some of its drawal of these Bills Later, the Minister Government inally residents of West Bengal, to develop expertise in Improvised government in the state, saying members were planning to travel to and later reintroduced them with said that his ministry held nine tri- will allow the NIA spokesperson said. Explosive Device (IED)-making too West Bengal has become “home to New Delhi to procure arms and fresh provisions. partite consultations, four sub-com- them to utilise According to the officials in- and were planning to convert crack- illegal bomb-making” and the state ammunition, the official said, adding In his speech, Gangwar said var- mittee meetings, 10 regional con- those vestigating the case, the arrested ers into an IED. The NIA recovered administration cannot escape its that the arrests have prevented pos- ious changes have been made in ferences, discussed labour court infrastructures of men are highly radicalised and switches and batteries from Abu accountability for the “alarming sible terrorist attacks in various the provisions related to the labour provisions at various places in the ISRO which are were getting instructions from Sufiyan’s house during the raids. decline” in law and order. parts of the country. Codes as well as their Preamble, country, 10 inter-ministerial con- otherwise not Pakistan-based al-Qaeda members Besides, the module was trying The governor alleged that the Incriminating materials, in- necessitating their withdrawal and sultations and also took suggestions available elsewhere in India and via cyberspace. to establish a well organised al- state director general of police is dis- cluding digital devices, docu- introduction of new ones. “Because from various departments and there will be reasonable charges for The module was planning to tar- of various changes in the Bills, it is utilisation of government Qaeda network in different parts of tanced far from reality and his “os- ments, Jihadi literature, sharp Ministries as well as the public. infrastructure which will be varying get vital installations as well as tar- the country, including the north- trich stance” is “very disturbing”. weapons, country-made firearms, necessary to withdraw earlier ones The Occupational Safety, Health depending on the requirement geted killings in India and was in east and Jammu and Kashmir, on “How far distanced is DGP a locally-fabricated body armour, and introduce Health and Working and Working Conditions Code, 2019 the advanced stage of procuring the instructions of their Pakistan- @WBPolice from reality is cause of articles and literature for making Conditions Code, 2020; Industrial aimed to consolidate and amend the JITENDRA SINGH | arms, including automatic rifles based handlers, the official said. worry. His ‘Ostrich Stance’ is very home-made explosive devices, Relations Code, 2020; and Code on laws regulating the occupational MINISTER OF ATOMIC ENERGY AND SPACE and pistols, ammunition and ex- West Bengal Governor Jagdeep disturbing,” he tweeted. have been seized from the pos- Social Security, 2020 in their place.” safety, health and working condi- plosives to carry out attacks. Dhankhar was quick enough to The Governor, who has had reg- session of the arrested terror- The original Codes were intro- tions of the persons employed in an SHORT TAKES Some of its members were trying take a dig at the Mamata Banerjee ular run-ins with the Mamata ists, the official said. duced in the Lok Sabha in 2019 but establishment. 3 LeT terrorists Chinese woman, Nepalese FEAR IN THE AIR SW Monsoon arrested in J&K withdrawal Jammu: Three suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists have man held for paying been arrested by the security likely to begin forces from Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir with a scribe for defence info next week large cache of arms and ammunition they had received PRESS TRUST OF INDIA through drones, officials said The development Saturday. All three belong to New Delhi, Sept 19: The South Kashmir’s Pulwama comes after the Southwest Monsoon is likely to district and have been Special Cell start withdrawing from west identified as Rahil Bashir, Amir Rajasthan by the end of next week, Jan and Hafiz Younis Wani. arrested journalist the India Meteorological Police said they had gone to Rajeev Sharma, a Department (IMD) said. Rajouri to receive the weapons Conditions are likely to become sent by drones from Pakistan. resident of favourable in the next two days for Pitampura in New the withdrawal of monsoon. North Indians plains are also witnessing Minor abducted, Delhi under the above normal temperatures, it said. Official Secrets Act “These are one of the weather raped in UP A Kashmiri woman holds a girl as they watch a protest after a gun battle between suspected militants and Indian patterns we see when conditions Muzaffarnagar: A 16-year-old INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE for various newspapers and news security forces in Srinagar REUTERS PHOTO are ripe for monsoon withdrawal. girl was allegedly abducted agencies, was arrested Monday From September 20 onwards, we and raped by a youth in a New Delhi, Sept 19: Delhi Police and presented in a Delhi court the don't see the possibility of monsoon village in Uttar Pradesh’s Special Cell has arrested a Chinese next day. Sharma was sent in police rains in west Rajasthan,” IMD Muzaffarnagar district, police woman and her Nepalese associate custody for six days. J&K announces `1,350cr economic relief Director General Mrutyunjay said Saturday. The alleged for paying freelance journalist After his arrest, his Twitter ac- Mohapatra said. incident took place Friday in Rajeev Sharma for the sensitive count has also been restricted. The PRESS TRUST OF INDIA which will cover both the existing all borrowers up to March next The IMD has revised the with- the village under Bhopa information passed on to the Twitter flashed a message that his and new enterprises and will be a year. He said the new economic drawal dates for monsoon from police station limits, they Chinese intelligence, police said account showed suspicious activ- Srinagar, Sept 19: Jammu and big boost to business and industry package is apart from the package this year. According to the new said. The girl returned to her Saturday. ity and hence was restricted. Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj in Jammu and Kashmir. announced by Prime Minister schedule, monsoon was expected home later in the evening “The Chinese intelligence had In 2019, columnist Rajeev Sharma Sinha announced a `1,350-crore eco- Announcing this, the LG said, Narendra Modi under the to withdraw September 17. after which a case was tasked the journalist to convey sen- was supposed to be one of the many nomic package for the Union “You know that at the most, a two- Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan. However, due to a low pressure registered under sections IPC sitive information in lieu of large victims of the alleged Pegasus Territory Saturday to give a much per cent interest subvention is pro- “Overall, this economic package area in the Bay of Bengal, the re- Sections 363 (kidnapping), sums of money routed through snooping. After his arrest, the Delhi needed boost to tourism and other vided and that is what the people is historic in terms of volume and treat has been delayed. 364 (kidnapping or abduction shell companies. A number of mo- Police seized his laptop and mo- sectors hit by the economic slow- expect as well. However, keeping in reach. I can see that Kashmiris are The withdrawal of the Southwest in order to murder) and 376 bile phones, laptops, and other in- bile phone, and scanned his CDR down caused due to the COVID-19 pan- mind the special situation here – eager to contribute to the growth of Monsoon from west Rajasthan (rape) and provisions of the criminating and sensitive mate- to know with whom he was in con- demic and the security scenario. businesses have been suffering for the Union Territory as they are fed also makes conditions conducive Protection of Children from rial have also been seized,” said tact with. As a part of the package, the the last about 20 years – we have de- up with the cross-border terrorism for onset of winter. Several parts Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Sajeev Yadav, DCP, Special Cell. Sources said that the Delhi Police government has waived 50 per cent cided to give an interest subven- sponsored by our neighbour.” of central and south India are The development comes after had got secret information about of the electricity and water bill tion of five per cent without any dis- “I strongly feel that it is our col- likely to receive heavy rainfall the Special Cell arrested journal- his alleged involvement in pro- amounts for a year across Jammu crimination to all businesses lective responsibility to ensure that in the next two days. Farmer ends life ist Rajeev Sharma, a resident of curement of classified documents. and Kashmir with an aim to bring whether small, medium or heavy. a lot of money goes into creation of So far, the country has received over farm Bills Pitampura in New Delhi under the The Special Cell is interrogating a huge relief to farmers, families This is an unprecedented decision.” jobs, strengthening of businesses 7 per cent more rainfall than Official Secrets Act. Sharma to know how he procured and businesses. He said the Union Territory ad- and coming together of families normal. The northwest division Chandigarh: A 70-year-old “He was found to be in possession the defence-related classified doc- Sinha also hinted that the Centre ministration will directly support for a quick bounce-back of Jammu of the IMD has an overall 15 per farmer has died after of some defence-related classified uments and for how long he had is actively considering an “un- this with `950 crore. and Kashmir's economy. I have twin cent deficiency. It comprises consuming some poisonous documents,” said the DCP. been passing sensitive information precedented and historic package” Sinha also announced that stamp objectives – ensure more money in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, substance during a protest Rajeev Sharma, who had worked to the Chinese intelligence. for assistance to business entities, duty has been exempted in case of people's pockets,” Sinha said. Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. against the new farm Bills in Muktsar district of Punjab, police said Saturday. Pritam Singh, a resident of Akkanwali village of Mansa district, consumed the Trapped in Chinese debt, Maldives mends ties with India poisonous substance Friday morning and died at a AS TOURISM, THE MOST IMPORTANT SECTOR FOR MALDIVES, TOOK A HUGE BLOW WITH THE SPREAD OF THE hospital later in the day, they said. Singh had been participating in the protest CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, CONCERNS OVER DEBT REPAYMENT TO ‘ALLY’ CHINA ARE LOOMING LARGE since September 15. INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE economy hard, amid the World “Solih appeared to be in no doubt payment of a larger amount, paid. Bank’s projection of an 8.5 per cent that the country's financial crisis was In 2017, China gave a $127 million New Delhi, Sept 19: As tourism- contraction in its economy, the na- brought about by the previous ad- loan to Sun Siyam Resorts Private 15 booked for burning the most important sector for tion is in no position to make the re- ministration's overly-close rela- Ltd but what is interesting is that the PM Modi’s effigy Maldives, contributing the most of payment. Besides tourism, the coun- tionship with China. The implica- Maldivian government had extended the nation’s gross domestic product- try’s construction activities have tion is that China, as it has done in sovereign guarantee for the same. Muzaffarnagar: Fifteen took a huge blow with the spread of also come to a near halt. Sri Lanka, has used financial loans “At $1.4 billion, of which $857 mil- people, including the national the coronavirus pandemic, con- “The shock to tourism adversely to manipulate the Maldives into a lion has been disbursed, most of president of a little-known cerns over debt repayment to ‘ally’ affects employment and household position of indebtedness to Beijing,” the foreign debt is owed to China for outfit, were booked on the China are looming large. earnings, as one-third of adult males charges of rioting after they Futuredirections.org.au said. financing former President Abdulla burnt an effigy of Prime The archipelago nation on the and a quarter of females are en- Just after Maldives celebrated Yameen's infrastructure scale-up,” Minister Narendra Modi on Indian Ocean owes about $1.4 billion gaged in tourism-related jobs. Lower- its 55th Independence Day July 26, Maldives Independent reported said.

his birthday while observing to China. It is a huge sum for a income households that depend on had indicated that interest rates ex- saying, “We are mostly looking into China issued a notice asking Male According to Harvard y “Unemployment Day” in country which has a GDP of $5.7 bil- fisheries are also affected as ex- tended on concessional loans from increasing the repayment period.” to repay $10 million which was Business Review, China with its

lion; this translates to almost one- ports of raw fish have ceased due the dragon nation constitute only The Chinese debt trap backed by sovereign guarantee. debt diplomacy currently is a

k y m neighbouring Shamli district, c police said Saturday. The fourth. What is worrisome is that, to weak demand,” a World Bank about 1.5 per cent to 2 per cent, Maldives President Ibrahim This means that failure to repay major global lender, with out- case was registered against as many analysts said, the figure of report said. Tourism accounts for “while those on loans made under Mohamed Solih, soon after getting would amount to a sovereign de- standing claims now exceeding 11 unidentified people and $1.4 billion may not be a true rep- about 28 per cent of the country's sovereign guarantee are around 6 per elected in 2018, said that the coun- fault that has serious ramifications more than 5 per cent of global four named accused Friday resentation, the actual debt feared GDP and generates over 60 per cent cent to 7 per cent”. The Nikkei Asian try's close tie-ups with China have for the country's economy. Reports GDP. The lending is done both di- based on a complaint filed by to be much higher. foreign exchange receipts. Review had quoted Maldivian brought about a financial crisis have suggested that the Xi Jinping rectly by the government and Shamli district BJP president. With the pandemic hitting the In 2018, the Maldives government Finance Minister Ibrahim Ameer as into the nation. government in August sought re- the state-controlled entities. P10 POTENTIAL THREAT SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 20 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR Pakistan is facing another Russia is ready to potential threat of a major work with the winner damage to its exports as of the forthcoming US India has applied for an presidential election exclusive Geographical SERGEY LAVROV | Indications tag to Basmati RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER

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Pyongyang in NY shooting China protests US ban ASSOCIATED PRESS summit Thai protesters accord with Rochester, Sept 19: Two people North Korean leader Kim Jong-un should died and 14 others were wounded be implemented at a backyard party in Rochester, New York, early Saturday, po- hold ambitious rally despite restraints at home and abroad on TikTok, WeChat lice said. The deaths included a male and Organisers predicted that as many as 50,000 will march MOON JAE-IN | SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT TIKTOK AND WECHAT WERE FIRST BANNED BY INDIA JUNE 29 ALONG a female, both between the ages of over two days in an area of the capital historically 18 and 22, Interim Police Chief WITH 59 CHINESE APPS, SAYING THEY WERE PREJUDICIAL TO Mark Simmons said. The 14 associated with political protests, after an estimated The wounded people were taken to two coronavirus SOVEREIGNTY, INTEGRITY AND SECURITY OF THE COUNTRY 10,000 people turned out for the last major rally August 16 different hospitals. Simmons said pandemic has highlighted the need none of them were believed to PRESS TRUST OF INDIA for massive PRESS TRUST OF INDIA issued rules for a widely antici- have life-threatening injuries. upgrades of school pated unreliable entity list mech- “This is truly a tragedy of Bangkok, Sept 19: Protesters technology around Beijing, Sept 19: China Saturday anism on Saturday that could se- epic proportions,” Simmons said gathered Saturday in Bangkok for the country said it was resolutely opposed to verely punish foreign entities and near the crime scene, which ap- the most ambitious rally so far in the US' move of blocking down- individuals who undermine China's peared to stretch at least a block. a pro-democracy campaign that ANGELA MERKEL | GERMAN CHANCELLOR loads of WeChat and TikTok apps national interests. The shooting comes as the city's has shaken up the government and and warned counter measures to The move is believed to counter police department has been Thailand's conservative estab- A second protect the interest of Chinese the US' relentless crackdown cam- rocked by the suffocation death lishment. wave of Covid- companies. paign against Chinese businesses, of Daniel Prude. Organisers predicted that as 19 in Britain is The US Friday issued orders to state-run Global Times said. The list Video taken in March and made many as 50,000 will march over coming in, and the ban popular Chinese social media would include foreign entities or in- public by Prude's family September two days in an area of the capital government may apps TikTok and WeChat from power to suppress the two enter- dividuals who undermine China's 4 shows Prude handcuffed and historically associated with polit- need to intensify Sunday to safeguard national se- prises for unwarranted reasons, sovereignty, security and develop- naked with a spit hood over his ical protests, after an estimated pling an elected government, was things to help bring curity, weeks after India banned which seriously disrupted their ment interests and those who vio- head as an officer pushes his face 10,000 people turned out for the returned to power unfairly in last the rate of infections down them, saying they were prejudicial normal business activities, un- late market principles by cutting off against the street while another of- last major rally August 16. But the year's general election because

BORIS JOHNSON | BRITISH PM to sovereignty, integrity and secu- dermined the confidence of in- normal transactions with Chinese ficer presses a knee to his back. The early turnout was modest Saturday the laws had been changed to favor rity of the country. ternational investors in the US in- firms, organizations or individuals, officers held him down for about as a steady light rain fell. a pro-military party. Last month, US President Donald vestment environment and the MOC said. The Ministry did two minutes until he stopped Demonstrators wore face masks, A constitution promulgated Trump signed an executive order damaged the normal global eco- not release specific foreign enti- breathing. He was taken off life sup- but ignored a Thursday night plea under military rule is likewise un- SHORT TAKES to ban TikTok and WeChat by nomic and trade order, the MOC ties or individuals that will be put port a week later. from Prime Minister Prayuth Chan- democratic, they charge. September 15 unless the owner- said in a statement. on the list. Monday, Mayor Lovely Warren ocha to cancel the event, which he The mostly student activists ship of the two Chinese companies It said Washington should im- TikTok and WeChat were first fired Police Chief La'Ron Singletary, said risked spreading the coron- raised the stakes dramatically at an 2 dead, 1 missing changed to American. mediately stop bullying and safe- banned by India June 29 along with who she said initially misled her avirus and derailing recovery of August 10 rally by issuing a 10- Athens: Two people have died Reacting to orders issued by the guard international rules and order. 59 Chinese apps, saying they were about the circumstances of Prude's Thailand's battered economy. point manifesto calling for re- and one is reported missing Trump administration to ban "If the US is bent on having its own prejudicial to sovereignty, integrity death. The core demands declared by forming the monarchy. Their de- in central Greece region of TikTok and WeChat from Sunday, way, China will take necessary and security of the country. The fatal shooting early Saturday the protesters in July were the mands seek to limit the king's Thessaly after a storm China's Ministry of Commerce measures to resolutely protect the The ban was expanded to 224 did not appear to be linked to the dissolution of parliament with powers, establish tighter controls pounded parts of the country (MOC) said it was resolutely op- legitimate rights and interests of Chinese apps later. The ban was March death. fresh elections, a new constitu- on palace finances and allow open overnight and caused posed to the US' move to block down- Chinese companies," the ministry imposed in the backdrop of a tense Officers responded to calls of tion and an end to intimidation of discussion of the monarchy. flooding. Authorities loads of these apps. said, without giving details. stand-off along the Line of Actual shots fired and found “approxi- political activists. They believe Their boldness was virtually un- identified the two victims as In the absence of any evidence, Though the ministry did not control in eastern Ladakh with mately 100 people” running from that Prayuth, who as then-army precedented, as the monarchy is con- an elderly woman found dead the US has repeatedly used state specify any retaliatory action, it Chinese troops. the scene, Simmons said. commander led a 2014 coup top- sidered sacrosanct in Thailand. in her flooded home and a 63- year-old shepherd who was swept by rising flood waters. They said a woman who DISPLAY OF FORCE FUN TIME Nepal gets 2 modern ignored firefighter and police instructions not to drive into trains from India an area where a bridge spans a river is missing. The China sends jets as PRESS TRUST OF INDIA country's firefighting service said early Saturday that it Kathmandu, Sept 19: India has had fielded almost 2,500 calls handed over two modern trains to from trapped residents in Taiwan honours Lee Nepal that would run between central and western Greece Jaynagar in Bihar and Kurtha in or about removing fallen ASSOCIATED PRESS cal transition to the island democ- Dhanusa district from mid- trees that were blocking racy. Lee had built a separate December, marking the beginning roads or had caused property Taipei, Sept 19: China sent more Taiwanese political identity, dis- of the first broad-gauge railway damage. The service warplanes toward Taiwan for the tinct from mainland China, which service in the Himalayan nation, reported rescuing more than second day Saturday as the island's claims Taiwan as part of its own officials said Saturday. 600 people. leader, senior government officials territory to be reunited by force if The Konkan Railway delivered and a high-level US envoy paid trib- necessary. two modern Diesel-Electric ute to the man who led Taiwan's Lee's carving out of a non- Multiple Unit (DMUC) trains to the Firefighter dies transition to democracy, former Chinese identity and insistence Nepal Railway for Jaynagar-Kurtha President Lee Teng-hui. that the island be treated as an broad gauge line on Friday. These Juniper Hills (US): The death Keith Krach, the US undersec- equal country brought him into trains are manufactured by of a firefighter on the lines of retary for state, kept a low profile direct conflict with Beijing. He Integrated Coach Factory, Chennai a wildfire east of Los Angeles was under investigation at the service. His presence at the died July 30 at age 97. with modern amenities and latest Friday as another blaze to the event and on the island has drawn “We have a responsibility to AC-AC propulsion technology. north burned homes in a a strong rebuke from China, which continue his endeavours, allowing Hossam Nasser plays with his camel in front of his house in the Nubian village of Gharb Soheil, on the west bank of The Indian technicians and the small community on the edge sent 18 warplanes across the mid- the will of the people to reshape the Nile river in Aswan, Egypt REUTERS Nepal Railway staff were wel- of the Mojave Desert. The line of the Taiwan Strait Friday in Taiwan, further defining Taiwan's comed at various locations when death occurred Thursday in an unusually large display of force. identity and deepening and bol- the trains arrived in the country San Bernardino National Saturday, Beijing dispatched 19 stering democracy and freedom,” from India on Friday. Thousands Forest as crews battled the El more warplanes, two of which Tsai said. Former Japanese Prime of people gathered to see the new Dorado Fire about 75 miles were bombers, according to Minister Shinzo Abe and the Dalai Ocean’s hidden heat measured with quake sound trains despite the coronavirus (120 kilometers) east of LA, Taiwan's Defence Ministry. Lama also paid tribute from afar. pandemic that has killed 390 peo- the U.S. Forest Service said in The island's air force scrambled “We Buddhists believe in life PRESS TRUST OF INDIA termine how much the tempera- ple and infected over 60,000 others a statement. The fire erupted their own and deployed an air de- after life, so most probably he will ture of the ocean has altered, and in Nepal. earlier this month from a fense missile system to monitor be reborn in Taiwan,” the Dalai Los Angeles, Sept 19: Scientists continues changing, even at depths The train operations from smoke-generating China's activities, according to a Lama said in a video message. “His have developed a novel method that are normally out of the reach Kurtha to Jaynagar, covering a pyrotechnic device used by a statement. rebirth will carry his spirit con- to determine how fast the Indian of conventional tools. distance of 35-km, will benefit cit- couple to reveal their baby's The service was held at the tinuously.” Ocean is warming by analysing the They assessed a 3,000-kilome- izens of both the countries, ac- gender, the California Aletheia University in Taipei on a The guests included another for- sound from seabed earthquakes, ter-long section in the equatorial cording to Indian Embassy sources. Department of Forestry and balmy Saturday morning, with mer Japanese prime minister, an advance that may lead to a rel- East Indian Ocean, and found tem- The trial run of the new trains Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, said. The name of the President Tsai Ing-wen honouring Yoshiro Mori. They wore masks atively low-cost technique to mon- perature fluctuations between 2005 started from Friday on the broad firefighter was being Lee for bringing a peaceful politi- and sat spaced out in pews. itor water temperatures in all of and 2016, with a decadal warming gauge tracks whose construction withheld until family the oceans. trend that "substantially exceeds pre- was completed last year, according members are notified. According to the researchers, in- vious estimates."By one estimate, to Nepal Railway Company cluding those from the California the scientists said the ocean could Director General Guru Bhattarai. Institute of Technology (Caltech) monitor the temperature of ocean be warming by nearly 70 per cent Since the border is unlikely in the US, as much as 95 per cent waters. In the current study, pub- greater than had been believed. to open soon due to the pan- Guard suspended of the extra heat trapped on the lished in the journal Science, the However, they cautioned against demic, the train services would London: A bodyguard who Earth by greenhouse gases like car- scientists used existing seismic drawing any immediate conclu- not start now and the trains was travelling with Britain's bondioxide is held in the world's monitoring equipment, as well as sions, as more data need to be col- would be parked at the Nepal foreign secretary has been oceans, making it important to historic data on earthquakes, to de- lected and analysed. Railway Station in Jaynagar for suspended from duties after maintenance and safety. he reportedly left a loaded gun on a plane. British media reported Saturday that the police protection officer travelling with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on a Ginsburg, a feminist icon memorialised as the Notorious RBG visit to the United States left the pistol on a plane at ASSOCIATED PRESS trainer. She never missed any time ture film “On the Basis of Sex,” in Ginsburg had special affection for ity of the sexes in the law. In the London's Heathrow Airport in court before the age of 85, and then which the actor Felicity Jones por- Brandeis, the first Jew named to 1970s, she argued six key cases be- on Friday. A cleaner found the weapon, media reports Washington, Sept 19: Supreme only following surgery in December trayed her. the high court. She was the court's fore the court when she was an ar- said. London's Metropolitan Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2018 for lung cancer. Ginsburg died In her final years on the court, second woman and its sixth Jewish chitect of the women's rights move- Police said the force was moved slowly. When court was in ses- Friday of complications from Ginsburg was the unquestioned justice. In time she was joined by two ment. She won five. aware of “the incident on a sion, she often had her head down, metastatic pancreatic cancer at her leader of the liberal justices, as out- other Jews, Stephen Breyer and “Ruth Bader Ginsburg does not flight into the UK on Friday” sometimes leading visitors to think home in Washington at 87, the court spoken in dissent as she was cau- Elena Kagan, and two other women, need a seat on the Supreme Court and “taking this matter she was asleep. She once acknowl- said. tious in earlier years. Criticizing the Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor. to earn her place in the American extremely seriously.” edged that she did occasionally nod Late in her court tenure, she be- court's conservative majority for Both developments were perhaps history books,” President Bill off. She once confessed to dozing dur- came a social media icon, the getting rid of a key part of the land- unthinkable when Ginsburg grad- Clinton said in 1993 when he an- ing a State of the Union. Notorious RBG, a name coined by mark Voting Rights Act in 2013, uated from law school in 1959 and nounced her appointment. “She Quake rattles But it was a mistake to equate her a law student who admired Ginsburg wrote that it was like faced the triple bogey of looking has already done that.” Her time as gait and gaze with frailty, for Ginsburg's dissent in a case cut- “throwing away your umbrella in for work as a woman, a mother and a justice was marked by triumphs California Ginsburg showed over and over a ting back on a key civil rights law. a rainstorm because you are not a Jew. Forty years later, she noted for equality for women, as in her steely resilience in the face of per- The justice was at first taken aback. getting wet.” that religion had become irrele- opinion for the court ordering the South el Monte (US): A sonal loss and serious health prob- There was nothing “notorious” Her stature on the court and the vant in the selection of high-court Virginia Military Institute to ac- magnitude 4.6 earthquake

lems that made the diminutive New about this woman of rectitude who rapper The Notorious B.I.G., her death of her husband in 2010 prob- justices and that gender was head- cept women or give up its state k y m struck Southern California late c Friday night, according to the Yorker a towering women's rights wore a variety of lace collars on skepticism turned to delight. “In ably contributed to Ginsburg's de- ing in the same direction, though funding. There were setbacks, too. US Geological Survey. The champion and forceful presence at the bench and often appeared in the word the current generation cision to remain on the bench beyond when asked how many women She dissented forcefully from the earthquake hit around 11:40 the court over 27 years. public in elegant gloves. uses, it's awesome,” Ginsburg said the goal she initially set for her- would be enough for the high court, court's decision in 2007 to uphold a PM, about 3 kilometers outside She made few concessions to age But when her law clerks and in 2016, shortly before she turned self, to match Justice Louis Brandeis' Ginsburg replied without hesita- nationwide ban on an abortion pro- of South El Monte, near Los and recurrent health problems, grandchildren explained the con- 83. In 2018, Ginsburg was the sub- 22 years on the court and his re- tion, “Nine.” cedure that opponents call partial- Angeles, the agency reported. working regularly with a personal nection to another Brooklynite, the ject of a documentary and a fea- tirement at the age of 82. She could take some credit for equal- birth abortion. The corporate debtor often CABINET NOTE READY FOR P11 has guarantors. So for SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 20 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR VEHICLE SCRAPPING: GOVT comprehensive corporate insolvency resolution and liquidation we felt it The government Saturday said a Cabinet was necessary that the insolvency of note has been formulated for the vehicle the corporate debtor as well as its scrapping policy. MoRTH has formulated a guarantors are considered together note for Cabinet on creation of an ecosystem business to whatever extent it is possible for voluntary and eco-friendly phasing out of

unfit and old polluting vehicles

k y m NIRMALA SITHARAMAN | UNION FINANCE MINISTER c of the day uote Govt introduces three The govt ‘Fuel demand to shrink 11.5% in 2020’ envisages labour Bills in Lok Sabha creation of National Database AGENCIES consumption falling on average by for Unorganised GLOOMY FORECAST ON INDIA 46.6 per cent in the eight months to Workers. This New Delhi, Sept 19: Fitch Solutions August, it said adding at its April has revised downward its forecast FITCH’S low, the demand contracted by 91.4 database shall be ECONOMISTS for fuel demand contraction in India per cent y-o-y, due to a total ban on seeded with Aadhaar and used for FORECAST to 11.5 per cent in 2020 in line with facilitating delivery of social INDIA'S REAL flights, excluding those for essential security schemes implemented by further deterioration in the coun- GDP TO cargo movement, such as medi- the government try's economic outlook. CONTRACT BY cines. Gasoline (petrol) demand fell Its economists forecast India's by an average of 16.1 per cent in the SANTOSH GANGWAR | LABOUR MINISTER 8.6 PER CENT real GDP to contract by 8.6 per cent IN THE FISCAL YTD (with a low of 60.4 per cent) and in the fiscal year 2020-21 (April 2020 YEAR 2020-21 diesel demand (which is widely to March 2021), down from -4.5 per (APRIL 2020 used in the transport, industrial The cent previously. TO MARCH and power sectors) was down by 25 commission "Demand weakness is spread 2021), DOWN per cent, with a low of 55.5 per cent. has given across the board, with both con- FROM -4.5 PER "Industrial demand as a whole AGENCIES and 174 of its 233 recommenda- violators the option sumer and industrial fuels set for CENT has declined sharply, due to re- tions have been accepted, the min- of either stop selling the steep decline," Fitch Solutions PREVIOUSLY New Delhi, Sept 19: The govern- ister said. Congress leaders -- products in the strictions in place on business ac- said in a note. "We have made a fur- tivities, labour and supply short- ment Saturday introduced three Manish Tewari and Shashi Tharoor name of Khadi or IN THE Q1 OF 2020-21, THE HIGH JOB LOSS AND LOSS OF legal action will be initiated for ther downward revision to our ages and credit constraints," Fitch bills related to labour laws, in- -- opposed the introduction of the India refined fuels demand fore- GDP SHRANK BY 23.9 PC, THE INCOME STEMMING FROM THE said. The one bright spot was LPG, cluding on industrial relations, in three bills. Tewari noted these recovery of heavy damages STEEPEST CONTRACTION ON cast for 2020, from -9.4 per cent to - PANDEMIC HAVE SEVERELY demand for which rose by 4.3 per cent the Lok Sabha amid opposition three bills are fundamentally RECORD. THE DOMESTIC DEPRESSED CONSUMER VINAI KUMAR SAXENA | CHAIRMAN, KVIC 11.5 per cent, in line with further de- in the year to date. "Social distanc- from the Congress and few other changed versions of their earlier COVID-19 OUTBREAK SHOWS SPENDING, WHICH IN TURN terioration in the country's economic NO SIGNS OF ABATING WILL WEIGH ON BUSINESSES ing measures have increased resi- parties. Labour Minister Santosh forms and urged the minister to outlook." dential demand as whole, while the Kumar Gangwar introduced the withdraw them and hold wider The BMW R18 It forecast a 5 per cent year-on-year government's policy to offer free Occupational Safety, Health And consultations before introducing is BMW (y-o-y) growth in 2021 and 2022, as cylinder refills to low-income house- Working Conditions Code, 2020, them. These bills are also a blow to Motorrad's the outbreak is brought under con- ment, it said. In response to the on-year contraction for total fuels holds offered an extra boost," it said. the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the rights of workers, he added. much-anticipated trol and the economic activity nor- pandemic, the government has in- consumption. As the lockdown was Fitch said its 2021 and 2022 fuel and the Code On Social Security, Regarding the bill on occupa- entry into the malises. In the first quarter of 2020- troduced a number of stimulus rolled back, demand began showing demand forecast are skewed to the 2020. He withdrew the three bills that tional safety, health and working cruiser segment. 21, the GDP shrank by 23.9 per cent, measures which will likely con- some signs of life, contracting by just downside. "The economy was al- were introduced last year and in- conditions, Tharoor said it fails to Fans and the steepest contraction on record. tinue to boost spending in the face 8.6 per cent in June. However, state- ready under strain in advance of troduced the three new ones. have specific provisions to safe- motorcycling enthusiasts in India The domestic COVID-19 outbreak of a persistent revenue shortfall. level restrictions, persistent dis- COVID-19. The virus has only served According to the minister, over guard interests of unorganised have been eagerly waiting shows no signs of abating, with "However, given the scale of the ruption to economic activity and con- to exacerbate this strain and the 29 labour laws have been merged sector workers and also that there for this day daily cases continuing to accelerate. economic damage currently being tinued and aggressive spread of path to recovery is far from clear. into four codes and that one of was no exclusive chapter on inter- VIKRAM PAWAH | GROUP PRESIDENT, BMW "While the nationwide lockdown wrought, the fiscal response is prov- the virus dragged the demand lower Both the manufacturing and serv- them has already been passed. The state migrant workers. He also (in place since March 25) was lifted ing far from sufficient," Fitch said. once again, with 20.6 per cent con- ices sectors will likely remain under Code on Wages Bill, 2019 was passed said that the bill is discriminatory on May 31, state-level restrictions Fitch Solutions said demand weak- traction in August. pressure in the coming months, as by Parliament last year. since there is no specific provision SHORT TAKES remain in place and will likely drag ness is spread across the board, The transport sectors have suf- demand remains weak and state- Gangwar noted that the gov- on women's welfare. With respect on the economic recovery," it said. with both consumer and industrial fered the heaviest losses, as social level restrictions constrain activity." ernment engaged in wider con- to the industrial relations code, he High unemployment and the loss fuels set for steep decline. distancing measures cut off traffic A rollback of these restrictions sultations over these bills with var- said it severely restricts the right Blackstone sells of income stemming from the coro- With a nationwide lockdown in and travel and curbed demand for should help normalise output, but ious stakeholders and that more of workers to strike and also al- navirus have severely depressed place over March to May, domestic road, air and shipping freight. in light of the persistence of the out- than 6,000 comments were received lows state or central governments stake in Essel consumer spending, which in turn demand plummeted, reaching its In percentage terms, jet fuel has break, the return to normalcy will online on the bills. These bills were to amend the threshold for appli- New Delhi: American buyout will weigh on the business invest- nadir in April at 48.7 per cent year- seen the sharpest contraction, with likely be slow, it said. later sent to a standing committee cability relating to layoffs. major Blackstone on Friday sold 23 per cent stake in Essel Propack, one of the largest manufacturers of No decision to laminated tubes used mostly PM-KISAN assists Surcharge on dividend income by FMCG and pharma phase out companies, for a little over `1,860 crore through open `2000 notes market transactions. The state’s 44.4L farmers for FPIs may be capped at 15 pc shares were picked by Axis AGENCIES Mutual Fund, Franklin AGENCIES Templeton Mutual Fund and New Delhi, Sept 19: The Finance FPIs have to pay a DSP Mutual Fund, Morgan Ministry Saturday informed the New Delhi, Sept 19: In a major re- Stanley, Neuberger Berman surcharge as high as and Nomura among others. Lok Sabha that no decision has lief for foreign portfolio investors, According to block deal data been taken to discontinue the the Union Government has pro- 37% if their dividend ` available with the BSE, printing of 2,000 denomination posed to cap the surcharge on div- income is over `5 cr Blackstone through its entity currency notes. idend income from FPIs with a Epsilon Bidco PTE LTD sold a In a written reply, Minister of trust structure at 15 per cent. and 25% in case of a total of 7,25,80,090 shares, State for Finance Anurag Thakur Currently, FPIs that operate as translating into 23 per cent said printing of bank notes of par- trusts have to pay a surcharge as dividend income stake, of Essel Propack. ticular denomination is decided by high as 37 per cent if their divi- of `2 crore and `5 cr the government in consultation dend income is over `5 crore and 25 with the RBI to maintain desired per cent in case of a dividend income CAMS bags denomination mix for facilitat- of `2 crore and `5 crore, following the Foreign Portfolio Investor," said The Taxation and Other Laws ing transactional demand of measures in the 2019-20 budget. the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of `666 cr public. The government was at the re- (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Bill, 2020 pro- POST NEWS NETWORK During the year 2019-20 and ceiving end of criticism from sev- Certain Provisions) Bill, 2020 tabled vides for extension of various time New Delhi: Warburg Pincus- The total number of 2020-21, no indent was placed with eral quarters due to the existing in the Parliament. limits for completion or compli- backed CAMS has raised a eligible beneficiaries ` little over `666 crore from Bhubaneswar, Sep 19: Under the the presses for printing of 2,000 the surcharge structure put in place The government has also pro- ance of actions under the speci- anchor investors ahead of its Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman enrolled/uploaded in denomination notes. "However, in the FY20 budget. posed tax exemption on the income fied Acts and reduction in inter- initial share sale that opens Nidhi (PM-KISAN) Yojana, many the PM-KISAN portal as there is no decision to discontinue "The Finance Act, 2020 is also of category-III Alternate Investment est, waiver of penalty and for public subscription small and medium farmers (SMFs) the printing of `2,000 denomina- proposed to be amended to clarify Funds in the International Financial prosecution for delay in payment Monday. The company has received benefits in the state. on September 17, 2020 tion bank notes by the govern- regarding capping of surcharge at Services Centre from masala bonds, of certain taxes or levies during finalised the allocation of According to Union Ministry of is 11,07,62,287 across ment," the minister said. 15 per cent on dividend income of derivatives or overseas investments. the specified period. 54,19,230 shares at `1,230 Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, apiece to 35 anchor over 40.4 lakh SMFs benefited from the country investors, CAMS, which acts the scheme. as a registrar and transfer The ministry said about 40,47,444 posed of by them is, however, main- agent (RTA) for mutual funds, farmers were given assistance tained centrally. 210 NH projects delayed due to land issues said in a filing to stock under the yojana since 2019 to till The Centre targets to take vari- exchanges. At this price, the date. ous steps for doubling the farm- AGENCIES the land acquisition issues for ex- company garnered `666.56 PM-KISAN Yojna aims at iden- ers' income. The agriculture credit pediting availability of land, he said. crore. tifying landholder farmer families flow target was set at `13.50 lakh New Delhi, Sept 19: The govern- The steps include constitution eligible for benefits under the crore for the FY 2019-20 and `15 ment Saturday said as many as 210 of High Powered Committee under scheme and uploading the data of lakh crore for FY 2020-21. national highway projects are de- Chief Secretary to monitor the pre- Niti, ISPP join eligible beneficiaries on the PM- With a view to providing income layed due to various reasons such construction activities, strength- KISAN portal is the responsibil- support to all farmers’ families as poor performance by develop- ening of Land Acquisition Units hands ity of states/UTs. across the country and to enable ers and problems in land acquisi- by way of providing manpower New Delhi: Niti Aayog and the The total number of eligible ben- them to take care of expenses re- tion besides regulatory hurdles. and resources and effective formal Indian School of Public Policy eficiaries enrolled/uploaded in the lated to agriculture and allied ac- It also said there are some hybrid public consultations at the time of (ISPP) have joined hands for PM-KISAN portal as on 17-09-2020 tivities as well as domestic needs, annuity model (HAM) projects which project preparation to address the training, mentoring and is 11,07,62,287 across the country. the Centre had started PM-KISAN. are yet to secure financial closure. "210 concerns of public, he added. capacity building of Under the scheme, the states/UTs The scheme aims to provide nos. of National Highway projects are The minister added that there government officials as well are required to set up Grievance `6000 per year in three 4-monthly delayed under NHAI due to various tivities and clearances such as util- K Singh told the Rajya Sabha in a writ- are some HAM projects which are as public policy scholars, a Redressal Committees for looking installments of `2,000 to every reasons. The delays are due to mul- ity shifting, environment/forest clear- ten reply. yet to secure financial closure. statement said. The into the grievances related to im- farmer family, subject to certain ex- tiple reasons, such as poor per- ance, land acquisition and law & Since land is a state subject, a Most of the such projects are in Development Monitoring and plementation of the scheme. No clusions relating to higher income formance of Contractors/ order problems etc," Minister of State number of steps have been taken to Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Evaluation Office (DMEO) of data of grievances received/dis- groups. Concessionaires, delays in various ac- for Road Transport and Highways V coordinate with the States and solve Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. the Aayog has signed a statement of intent with the ISPP to build a collaboration for faster intermediation of knowledge and use within the public system, the No buyers for Air India may mean divestment to be put off statement said. AGENCIES ther to sell the airlines or close it Air India, the government had al- down. October 30th was the latest ready announced a reduced debt New Delhi, Sept 19: Air India is ROUGH WEATHER deadline for finalizing the sale of Air exposure of Rs 23,286 crore for the Hyundai promotion not finding any takers and the pri- India, but Govt will be forced to ex- buyer. This means, that instead of New Delhi: Hyundai Motor vatisation may be put off by three Due to the turbulence caused in the aviation tend that as well. The deadlines of Rs 60,074 crore debt, the new buyer India on Saturday said it has years, delivering a blow to the efforts sector by the Covid 19, airlines are already Air India sale have been extended will be needed to repay only Rs launched exclusive services to divest the national carrier. struggling, there are no buyers for Air India. quite a few times in the last couple 23,286 crore of debt. The rest of the for new customers of its It seems that due to the turbulence Tatas were frontrunners for the divestiture, but of years. debt will be transferred to a spe- premium SUV Tucson and caused in the aviation sector by the for some reason have backed out of the race If the privatisation is put off by cial purpose vehicle called Air India sedan Elantra through its Covid 19 pandemic, airlines are al- three years then the government will Assets Holding Ltd. premium assurance ready struggling and in that sce- have to find a plan to keep the Discussions are on to evolve a programme. As part of the nario, there are no buyers for Air Reports suggest that the huge debt of Air India national carrier running for that formula where the buyers can put premium assurance India. Tatas were supposedly fron- is a major reason for buyers not being period. in a bid based on the enterprise

programme, the company trunners for the divestiture, but for interested to participate. The government is Reports suggest that the huge value and bids will be evaluated

k y m c has rolled out various some reason have backed out of examining how the debt exposure of the debt of Air India is a major reason based on that. initiatives like five-year the race for the moment after com- potential buyer can be reduced. for buyers not being extended. The However, due to the stress in the warranty, three-year pleting the due diligence process. The government is examining how the aviation sector, buyers may not in- roadside assistance and question is therefore whether the debt exposure of the potential buyer terested even with reduced debt connectivity features, among books revealed a bigger financial The government has already post- after having said that the date would Minister Hardeep Puri has remarked others for the two models. can be reduced. given that their core operations are mess than what was anticipated. poned the last date for inviting bids not be advanced. Civil Aviation that the options on the table are ei- Out of Rs 60,074 crore debt of pressure. P12 SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 20 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR sports

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k k y y m m c Delhi Capitals take c SUPER WIN FOR SUPER KINGS on Kings XI Punjab AGENCIES BCCI, Emirates board sign Abu Dhabi, Sept 19: Ambati Rayudu (71, 48b, 6x4, 3x6) and Faf du hosting agreement MoU PRESS TRUST OF INDIA TODAY’S Plessis (58 n o, 44b, 6x4) played won- MATCH derful knocks to guide Chennai Dubai: The BCCI and Emirates Cricket Board Dubai, Sept 19: Two greats will pit Super Kings (CSK) to a compre- Saturday signed a Memorandum of their wits against each other in hensive five-wicket win over de- Understanding (MoU) and hosting agreement the background as their captains, DC KXIP to boost cricketing ties between the two coun- AT 7:30 PM fending champions Mumbai Indians with an ability to achieve great- tries, which could make UAE a second option (MI) in the opening match of the IPL ness, lead their power-hitters out for India’s home series if the surge in COVID-19 TELECAST: STAR SPORTS here Saturday. cases continues. BCCI secretary Jay Shah for an IPL match between Delhi Chasing 163 to win, CSK were tweeted about the same. “I along with Vice Capitals (DC) and Kings XI Punjab left tottering at 6/2 in two overs, Chairman of Emirates Cricket Board, Khalid Al (KXIP) here Sunday. The KXIP also boast of some losing both the openers – Murali Zarooni signed an MoU & Hosting agreement Ricky Ponting and Anil Kumble of the finest clean hitters in the Vijay (1) and Shane Watson (4) – between @BCCI and @EmiratesCricket to boost are arguably two of the biggest form of Chris Gayle, Glenn cheaply. However, Rayudu and Du the cricketing ties between our countries,” names in cricket and the dazzling Maxwell and Rahul himself. Plessis held their nerves and forged Shah wrote on his twitter handle. While there array of talent in both the teams Maxwell’s confidence must be together 115 runs in next 14 overs was no official confirmation, but the agreement would seek to draw inspiration sky high after his ODI series- before the former got out off a Rahul could mean that the IPL 2021, which is sup- from their respective heavyweight winning century (108) against Chahar (1/36) delivery. posed to be played in next six months, could be coaches in their tournament opener. England in Manchester. Everyone was expecting MS again hosted in the UAE if the situation doesn’t Man-to-man, DC seem to have a The KXIP have a dangerous open- Dhoni to come in, instead it was improve in India. “There are two major events. slight edge, more so in the spin de- ing pairing in Gayle and Rahul Ravindra Jadeja (10) who walked in. England home series for which having it in partment, with the trio of R Ashwin, with Mayank Agarwal to follow. The Indian all-rounder too got out India is still the first option. However, if the Amit Mishra and Axar Patel streets But it remains to be seen whether shortly, leaving CSK in a spot of COVID caseload during January remains same, I ahead of their counterparts from the 40-year-old Gayle will continue bother. Dhoni yet again stunned guess it’s only fair that BCCI keeps an option B the Mohali-based side. Spin is ex- to be a regular feature at the top of ready which could be UAE. Also the next big everyone when he sent Sam Curran pected to play a big role on the the order this time around. issue is IPL 2021 which starts late March, early ahead of himself and Kedar Jadhav April,” a senior BCCI source told PTI on condi- UAE pitches. The Capitals may come up with and it paid off. The Englishman tion of anonymity. The match will also be a face-off a surprise by picking Big Bash struck a quickfire six-ball-18 in- MATCH WINNERS: Faf du Plessis (L) reacts after reaching fifty; Ambati Rayudu sweeps as Quinton de Kock looks on between skippers KL Rahul and League’s highest wicket-taker Daniel cluding two sixes and a four that Shreyas Iyer, both seen as future Sams along with Kagiso Rabada, made things easy for CSK. bowling at the back end as CSK re- convert their starts as the defend- with wrist spinners. It was a straight but some good outfielding in the India captaincy material. leaving out senior India pacer Ishant After his dismissal, Dhoni finally stricted MI to 162/9. CSK’s new re- ing champions got only 76 runs in delivery that Rohit was trying to back-10 from the likes of Curran and On the batting front, the Capitals Sharma, who has had an under- walked in, although he faced only cruits – leg-spinner Piyush Chawla their back-10. hit inside out but couldn’t get past Du Plessis had MI struggling. have one of the best assortments whelming IPL over the years. two balls without troubling the score. (1/21) and left-arm seamer Curran De Kock started in a blazing fash- Curran at the mid-off circle. BRIEF SCORES of India internationals, comprising For KXIP, India strike bowler With five needed off the final over, (1/28) – made a fantastic first im- ion and launched straight into The seamer was back in action Mumbai Indians 162/9 (Saurabh Prithvi Shaw, Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Mohammad Shami will spearhead bowled by Trent Boult, Du Plessis pression while Lungi Ngidi (3/38) Chahar and Ngidi as 45 came off the as he got rid of De Kock with a well Tiwary 42, Quinton de Kock 33; Shikhar Dhawan, besides West the pace department. It is in the struck two consecutive boundaries and Deepak Chahar (2/32) came first four overs. disguised off-cutter, which the bat- Lungi Ngidi 3/38, Deepak Chahar Indian Shimron Hetmyer. slow-bowling department that the to wrap up the things for CSK giving back brilliantly at the death overs. The shrewd Dhoni then intro- man hit straight to Shane Watson 2/32) lost to Chennai Super Kings In this scenario, India Test vice- KXIP could face problems. They his side a morale-boosting win. For MI, Quinton de Kock (33, 20b, duced Chawla into the attack and he at mid-wicket. 166/5 (Ambati Rayudu 71, Faf du captain Ajinkya Rahane (strike-rate don’t have any big names following Earlier, Dhoni’s astute captaincy 5x4) and Saurabh Tiwary (42, 31b, right away dismissed Rohit Sharma Suryakumar Yadav (17) and Plessis 58 n o; Trent Boult 1/23) below 120), who was bought from the departure of Ashwin. Mujeeb was backed up by some brilliant 3x4, 1x6) played well, but couldn’t (12) who always have had a problem Tiwary added 44 to steady the ship by 5 wickets. Rajathan Royals, may be left out. Zadran is the sole established name. Djokovic loses his cool again FOOTBALL ROUND UP NEYMAR’S PUMA DEAL HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SPONSERSHIP In the women’s tournament, top- THIAGO JOINS LIVERPOOL seeded Simona Halep reached the PARIS: Neymar’s shock switch to become the new face of Puma has reportedly come last four when Kazakh opponent FROM BAYERN MUNICH with a massive 23million pound-per-year deal – the largest individual sponsorship contract in sport. The 28-year-old ended his close partnership with Nike this month, Yulia Putintseva retired midway LONDON: Liverpool have confirmed the signing quitting the American brand after they backed his rise from the age of 13. The PSG through their match due to a lower of Thiago Alcantara from Bayern Munich for forward had two years left on an 11-year deal with Nike – but opted to break the contract back injury. 25million pound. It was announced Thursday to join Puma after being offered a staggering sum. Neymar’s reported 23mn pound-a- Halep, who lost two straight finals that the Premier League champions had year crushes Cristiano Ronaldo’s 15mn pound Nike deal by a massive 8mn pound, while in Rome to Elina Svitolina in 2017 finalised negotiations with the German giants Lionel Messi’s 18mn pound Adidas partnership is also dwarfed by the Brazilian’s. The and 2018, will need to beat two-time after a summer of speculation linking Thiago huge sums were revealed by ‘Forbes’, as per ‘The Sun’, but the length of the deal is Grand Slam winner Garbine to Anfield and now they have sealed the deal. unknown, as Neymar settles into life as the face of the German brand, wearing Puma The Spain international told Liverpool’s official Muguruza or US Open runner-up boots, lifestyle wear and training gear. Puma’s signing was website: “I think it’s an amazing feeling. I was Victoria Azarenka to return to the announced with the slogan ‘The King is back’, referencing the waiting for this moment for a long time and I championship match. company’s iconic Puma KING boot. Halep was ahead 6-2, 2-0 when am very, very happy to be here.” He has now Putintseva decided she was in too been announced as a Liverpool player by the much pain to continue – having al- club after completing a medical and ready taken an off-court medical agreeing personal terms. Thiago has put pen to paper on a four-year deal and AGUERO OUT FOR UP TO 2 MONTHS ASSOCIATED PRESS lowing a couple of overrules and a timeout between sets. will wear the vacant No.6 shirt for Manchester: Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero could be out point that was ordered to be re- The 30th-ranked Putintseva was Jurgen Klopp’s side. Rome, Sept 19: Less than two played. coming off two long three-set for up to two months as he recovers his fitness after weeks after getting defaulted from The 97th-ranked Koepfer, who matches, having upset eighth-seeded surgery on his left knee injury, manager Pep the US Open, Novak Djokovic lost screamed at himself in frustration Petra Martic and 10th-seeded Elena Guardiola said. Aguero had an operation June his cool again midway through a 6- throughout the match, was also Rybakina. Entering the match, she 24, two days after getting hurt in an English Premier League match against 3, 4-6, 6-3 win over German quali- warned for misbehavior early in the had been on court for seven hours, Burnley. The Argentina international fier Dominik Koepfer in the Italian third set. 22 minutes – far more than Halep, published a video on Twitter Open quarterfinals Saturday. Aiming for his fifth title in Rome, who had a bye in the opening round Thursday, showing himself running When Djokovic was broken at Djokovic’s semifinal opponent will and won her next two matches in with a ball in an individual training love to even the second set at 3-3, he be Casper Ruud, who eliminated straight sets. session, but Guardiola said an slammed his racket to the red clay local favorite Matteo Berrettini 4- Putintseva also reached the US imminent return to the team was in anger. With the frame broken 6, 6-3, 7-6(7-5) in a match that lasted Open quarterfinals in her previ- unlikely. “He is doing the (work), in and the strings all mangled, Djokovic two hours and 57 minutes. ous tournament, while Halep de- maybe one month or two months he was forced to get a new racket and Ruud is the first Norwegian to cided to skip the event in New will be ready,” Guardiola said. Gabriel received a warning from the chair reach the semifinals of a Masters York due to coronavirus travel Jesus is likely to start the season up umpire. 1000 tournament. His father, concerns. front in Aguero’s absence. City’s first game Djokovic had already appeared Christian Ruud, got as far as the Halep improved to 8-0 since the in the Premier League is at Wolverhampton frustrated the previous game, when quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo tennis restart and 12-0 overall Monday. he glared toward the umpire fol- Masters in 1997. stretching back to February. Leeds script 1st EPL win; scrape past Fulham 4-3 BAYERN DISMANTLE SCHALKE GNABRY SCORES HAT-TRICK, WHILE MUSIALA BECOMES YOUNGEST EVER SCORER FOR BAYERN MUNICH AS ASSOCIATED PRESS THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS KICK-OFF BUNDESLIGA CAMPAIGN WITH 8-0 ROUT OVER SCHALKE Leeds, Sept 19: This time, YOU CAN SEE THAT Leeds were on the right end of came Bayern’s youngest ever to deflect the Poland striker’s shot with chairman Karl-Heinz THE TEAM WAS a 4-3 thriller in the Premier goalscorer at 17 years, 205 days, but his outstretched leg. Rummenigge, president ALREADY STRONG League (EPL). A week after los- otherwise it was business as usual Schalke managed to hold out Herbert Hainer and his LAST SEASON. THE ing at champion Liverpool by as they totally dominated and the until the 19th, when Leon Goretzka predecessor Uli Hoeness TEAM IS STILL HUNGRY the same score line on the open- visitors tried limiting the damage. scored against his former side with sitting together without DESPITE WINNING THE ing day of the season, Leeds Schalke’s winless run stretched Thomas Muller laying the ball back. wearing masks. TREBLE LAST were involved in another wild to 17 games, while Bayern extended Sane brilliantly set up Kahn told broadcaster SEASON AND TO contest in their first home game their winning run to 22. Lewandowski shortly afterward, but ZDF that the officials stuck HAVE SUCH A back in the division and came Serge Gnabry scored a hat-trick the Poland striker fired over. to ‘Bavarian regula- START IS out on top against fellow pro- and Sane set up two of the goals. It Lewandowski finally got off the tions, which also per- moted team Fulham. was 3-0 by halftime and Bayern mark from the penalty spot in the 31st, mit exactly that’. OUTSTANDING Helder Costa scored in each missed a host of chances. after he’d been fouled by Ozan Kabak. (INDICATING half for Leeds. Aleksandar Mitrovic The game took place without Niklas Sule – a central defender THEIR WIN scored twice for Fulham at an fans despite plans for 7,500 specta- – struck the post and Bayern missed OVER empty Elland Road. tors to attend. A spike in local coro- other chances before the break, too. SCHALKE) Costa gave Leeds a fifth-minute navirus infections forced authori- Sane set up Gnabry’s second goal in LEROY SANE lead by slamming a shot in off the ties to row back. the 47th – his first assist for the bar from an acute angle after The team showed no ill effect club – and repeated the trick to help Fulham midfielder Harrison Reed from the supporters’ absence, nor his Germany teammate complete his inadvertently flicked on a corner the short break of 26 days after hat-trick in the 59th. by the hosts. winning the Champions League Lewandowski set up Muller in the Penalties have been a feature of final against Paris Saint-Germain. 69th by wrapping his right boot be- SERGE GNABRY the first two rounds of the league It was the biggest opening night hind his left leg, a rabona move, and there were two in six min- win since 2016 when Bayern routed two minutes before Kimmich set utes here. In the 35th, Mitrovic Robert Lewandowski gesticulates in Werder Bremen 6-0. up Sane for his first goal. converted a spot-kick. Mateusz celebration after scoring against Schalke; Gnabry got the side off to a flying Sane made way for Musiala to Klich replied with one of his own (inset) Jamal Musiala rejoices after start in the fourth minute, taking make his second Bundesliga ap- y for Leeds in the 41st. becoming the youngest scorer for Bayern Joshua Kimmich’s pass from mid- pearance in the 72nd. The 17-year-

Bamford then scored for the field, switching direction to elude old English midfielder grabbed his

k k y y m m c c second straight match, before pro- ASSOCIATED PRESS Schalke 8-0 for a record in the Schalke captain Benjamin Stambouli, first goal in the 81st. viding the cross that Costa swept league’s opening match. And it then unleashing a fine strike with Bayern board member Oliver in the 57th for 4-1. Fulham fought Berlin, Sept 19: The new should have been more. his left boot inside the left corner. Kahn addressed club officials’ lack back through goals by Bobby Reid Bundesliga began in an empty sta- Germany winger Leroy Sane Robert Lewandowski almost made of social distancing during the in the 62nd and Mitrovic in the 67th dium with eight-time defending starred Friday and scored on his it 2-0 a minute later after being set up game. TV images showed at least 10 but Leeds held on. champion Bayern Munich routing Bayern debut and Jamal Musiala be- by Sane, but Sebastian Rudy managed Bayern officials including Kahn,

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