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HP LANDSLIDE TOLL INCREASES TO 14 CJI TRIBUTE FOR RETIRING SC JUDGE SHIMLA: Four more bodies were recovered from the landslide site NEW DELHI: “We are losing one of the lions of the India judiciary,” in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh taking the death toll Chief Justice NV Ramana said Thursday while paying glowing Thursday to 14. Search and rescue operations resumed early tributes to Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman on his superannuation Thursday and continued till evening. The Himachal Road Transport after over seven years at the Supreme Court bench. Justice Corporation (HRTC) bus, which, along with other vehicles, was Nariman became an apex court judge July 7, 2014. He disposed of buried under the debris after the landslide, has been found in a over 13,500 cases and delivered historic verdicts including badly damaged condition, HP Disaster Management director declaration of privacy as fundamental right, decriminalising Sudesh Kumar Mokhta said. However, a Bolero car with six consensual gay sex and permitting women of all ages to enter passengers has still not been traced, he added. Kerala’s Sabarimala temple.
HEAVY RAINS IN Man throws acid on ODISHA FROM wife after argument AUGUST 14: IMD POST NEWS NETWORK POST NEWS NETWORK from Nimapara in Puri district. The two tied the nuptial knot in 2019 Bhubaneswar, August 12: The Bhubaneswar, August 12: Acid after a prolonged relationship. regional office of India attacks have become a common However, the two had been stay- Meteorological Department (IMD) occurrence in most parts of India. ing in their respective parental said Thursday that heavy rains Every other day such attacks are houses after marriage. are likely to lash different parts reported. In most cases these are The accused had reportedly of the state from August 14. The carried out by jilted lovers. However, promised to bring the victim to his IMD has issued ‘Yellow Warning’ in a strange development, a man house after convincing his par- sign for a week for districts in dif- threw acid on his wife Wednesday ents. However, he did not take any ferent parts of the state. These dis- evening after a heated argument and steps in this regard. He had asked tricts are expected to get heavy to fled the spot. Sources late Thursday his wife to come to Dhauli along very heavy rainfall. evening said that the accused Pappu with the documents for some dis- The IMD also said that a cyclonic Rout has been detained. However, cussions Wednesday evening. circulation is likely to form over police did not confirm whether When they met, a heated argu- west-central and adjoining north- the accused has been detained. ment broke out. The accused put west Bay of Bengal around August The incident took place in Dhauli the marriage documents on fire, 15. It may lead to formation of a low locality. However, the woman was then threw the burning bundle pressure area over the same re- lucky and managed to escape with and the acid at the victim before gion during subsequent 48 hours. minor injuries. Dhauli police have fleeing the spot. However, it is too early to com- registered a case (121/21) under Police reached the spot after get- ment on the development, the de- sections 326(A), voluntarily caus- ting information from locals. The partment informed. ing grievous hurt by use of acid, and victim was rushed to Capital “Heavy rainfall is very likely to 379(theft) against the accused Rout. Hospital where she was discharged ODE TO GENTLE GIANTS occur at one or two places in the dis- According to the complaint, the after treatment. She lodged a com- tricts of Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, victim married Rout, who hails plaint with the police after that. On the occasion of ‘World Elephant Day’, Thursday, the pachyderms at Nandankanan Zoological Park were offered a special treat full of delicacies OP PHOTO Balasore, Nabarangpur and Koraput,” the IMD said in its forecast. IRREGULAR by MANJUL Kendrapara violence AG seeks answers for `80cr extra expenses
POST NEWS NETWORK cent overhead charges on the esti- leaves many injured mated cost and 10 per cent con- Bhubaneswar, August 12: The tractor’s profit over it against the “Thunderstorm with lightning is Accountant General (AG) of Odisha admissible 15 per cent has ensured very likely to occur in the districts of Cops-protesters clash over mega drinking water project has pulled up the state government undue benefit of `8.01 crore to the Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, POST NEWS NETWORK for incurring extra expenditure of contractors in four road projects, the Bhadrak, Jajpur, Sundargarh, over `80 crore while executing four AG said in his observations. Jharsuguda, Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Kendrapara, August 12: The con- infrastructure projects. Principal The road projects are – Gopalpur- Kandhamal, Malkangiri, Koraput, Of course, we care for democratic struction site of the mega drinking Accountant General of Odisha Chhattisgarh border road, Baripada- Gajapati, Cuttack, Khurda and values, norms & tradition and want to water project on Kharasrota river Bibhudutta Basantia has written a Bamanghati road on SH-50 (from Rayagada,” the met department added. see them empowered... in Afghanistan! at Barunadiha under Rajkanika letter to the state Finance depart- Bisoi to Rairangapur), Godobandha- The IMD also stated that the in- block in this district turned into bat- ment, seeking the views of the gov- Kalanda road and Komtalpeta- tensity of rainfall in some parts of tlefield Thursday as agitators against ernment on the findings. Kalayansingpur road. Odisha will increase from August the project, clashed with the po- The AG has found excess ex- Similarly, the audit further said 14 and continue till August 17. lice. In the process, several people penditure of `9.87 crore in one that laxity in monitoring for re- No special warning however has 20-year sentence including cops were injured as the Water Resource department project covery of mobilisation advance paid been issued for fishermen. The state protests turned violent. Protesters vandalising a vehicle during the agitation Thursday and also has said undue benefits to the contractor led to unsettled capital meanwhile is expected to see for 2 rape convicts There has been opposition in tion of locals. However, agitators project site they staged a road block worth `15.64 crore were given to a advance of `2.17 crore including in- one or two spells of rainfall Friday Kendrapara district against the defied orders and destroyed the on Chandbali road at Achyutpur contractor on another project of terest. Execution for improving the while the maximum temperature BARIPADA: A Mayurbhanj district project as people do not want water site office and damaged vehicles. area of Rajkanika block. the same department. Mahanadi river embankment from could go up to 36 degree Celsius. court Thursday sentenced two men of Kharasrota river to be diverted When police tried to stop them, the Sixteen platoons of police had The AG has pulled up the Works Baliput to Odasingha without en- Most of the districts in the state to 20 years rigorous imprisonment to Bhadrak district. Thousands of situation turned ugly. Police had to been deployed at the site. However, department for excess expenditure suring availability of land resulted reported scanty rainfall in the last for raping a woman. Additional ` District and Session Judge, agitators broke prohibitory orders resort to force as the protesters it seemed they were not sufficient of 52.41 crore during construc- in abandonment of work midway 24 hours, the IMD said. The dis- Baripada, Choudhury Prabir Kumar and barged into the project site by hurled stones and brickbats at them. to control the agitation. tion of two roads. He has also and that led to unfruitful expendi- tricts that reported good rainfall are also ordered Kusu Murmu and toppling police barricades. In the process, nine protesters, four Meanwhile, the hunger strike pointed out that the department ture of `9.87 crore. Balasore (56.9mm), Koraput Mohan Marandi to pay a penalty of The Kendrapara district ad- police personnel and a scribe were by environmentalist Srikant Nayak had spent an excess of `2.17 crore Using of higher capacity crane (41.5mm) and Bolangir (12.5mm). Rs 20,000 each to the victim. The ministration had clamped Section- injured. The injured are being treated against construction of the project in another project. Construction of 80 tonne instead of the actual re- The maximum temperature in the two had taken the victim out on a 144 prohibitory orders at at the Aul community health centre. entered its third day, Thursday. The of two-lane roads with paved shoul- quirement of 35 tonne for lifting of state was reported Thursday from bike for a visit to a ‘Debsole Mela’. Barunadiha and adjoining The protesters were demon- environmentalist has been sitting ders in violation of IRC specifica- armory stone boulders of not less Talcher (36.5 degree Celsius) while the However, en route to the village Bharigada and Balakati panchay- strating under the banner of under the Mahatma Gandhi statue tion led to an extra expenditure of than one MT inflated the estimated minimum temperature in the state fair, they took her to a forest where ats from 4.00am of August 10 to ‘Kharasrota Banchao Sangram situated outside the residential of- `44.40 crore, the AG said. cost in 10 works, the AG pointed out was recorded in Phulbani which was Kusu raped her with the help of October 10 to prevent congrega- Samiti’. After the violence at the fice of the district collector. Similarly, provision of eight per in his observations. 20 degree Celsius. Mohan. Then they fled the spot leaving the unconscious victim in the forest. Later she was rescued by locals and taken to a hospital. 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Besides this, brutal ambush, and when Vikram, Thursday conferred the National Pradhan was also felicitated Ganesha says you need to cut down on driven berserk by grief, rage and a Youth Awards 2017-18 on Anil as Global Change maker by Dais your spending. sense of revenge, takes action that Pradhan of Cuttack for his out- Foundation and National Youth ends up cutting his life short. standing social service to the Icon. The Youth Affairs Ministry Sidharth Malhotra delivers a community. informed that a total 22 individ- TAURUS charming and effective perform- According to the Ministry of uals and organisations were fe- This is a bright, rosy day for ance and his romance with Kiara Youth Affairs and Sports, Pradhan licitated with the National Youth students and scholars, par- Advani is palpable. With her natural founded a school in the rural Anil receiving the certificate from Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Awards (NYA). ticular who are engaged in, looks and consistent accent, Kiara pocket of Cuttack to in- Sports, Anurag Singh Thakur in Delhi The award comprises a medal, or are looking forward to higher studies, performs ably. She matches culcate scientific a certificate and a cash prize of specializing in a particular professional Sidharth’s histrionics. spirit in young technology to maximise day light- vators in India by Larsen & `1,00,000 to individuals and a cash stream. This a great day for making plans ` for higher studies abroad. Do not miss Every other actor is minds. He has ing in buildings for which he was Toubro. He was the lead design en- prize of 3,00,000 to organisations this opportunity. aptly cast. They are all designed a listed among the top seven inno- gineer for VSSUT Student Satellite respectively. pitch-perfect in their mannerisms and GEMINI body language. The idea of being with your Kamaljeet family will keep you moti- Negi’s cine- SLB’s Heeramandi triggers vated throughout the day. In matography is Actors should take business, your inquisitive approach will strikingly bril- do you a lot of good. In fact, you will have liant. His debate among Pak artistes the proverbial Midas touch — whichever Director: Vishnuvardhan camera venture you put your hands on will turn into a glittering success. Cast: Sidharth Malhotra, movements blame for a film’s Islamabad: As India’s ace di- makers. Kiara Advani, Shiv Pandit are smooth rector Sanjay Leela Bhansali “Heera Mandi is here in and Nikitin Dheer. and extremely (SLB) gets ready to reveal Lahore and the movie on CANCER focused. Each the untold stories of Lahore’s this is being made by irector Vishnuvardhan’s frame is well- red light district, Heera Indians,” said the Pakistani A shopping spree with your failure: Kirti Shershaah is a patriot’s jour- angled and Mandi, Pakistani artistes actor Yasir Hussain. “And darling is likely to be the highlight of the day, even Dney, the biopic of Captain impressive. are questioning their own then we will be criticising though you will be paying for almost Vikram Batra, an officer of the Overall, New Delhi: Kirti Kulhari agrees that if industry, maintaining that how Indians show false nar- everything. Though you have decided to Indian Army who was posthu- this film, actors have not performed they are to take such stories should be nar- ratives. God knows when we be this lavish out of sheer love, your mously awarded the Param Vir which is ded- a part of the blame for a film’s failure. rated by Pakistani film- will talk about such issues, sweetheart will more than return the Chakra, India’s highest award for icated to the However, the Pink star added that she has makers. when we will tell our sto- favour with a sweaty thank you 'return gift' in the evening. bravery in the battlefield, after the 527 martyrs not really understood what makes a movie Bhansali’s web series ries,” he added. 1999 Kargil War. who sacri- successful or a failure. Heeramandi is being pre- “We don’t make movies At the very ficed their Talking about if she finds it fair if actors sented and produced by the on such issues because if we LEO start we are lives to are blamed for a film’s failure, Kirti said: online streaming giant do, a fatwa will be issued given an insight win “Well, if the actors have not performed well Netflix. and producers will lose their Seems today is just one of Film Review those days when things sim- into Vikram’s back yes, they are to take a part of the “Heeramandi is an im- money,” said actress Hira ply refuse to go your way. It character when our blame but honestly, I have portant milestone in my jour- Tareen. “Do you really think happens to the best of us, says Ganesha, he says to his land, is an been in Bollywood for a while ney as a filmmaker,” Bhansali PEMRA (Pakistan Electronic and there isn't much one can do about it dad, “Meri cheez earnest por- and I really haven’t under- said, adding, the project is an Regulatory Authority) can except slog it out and find that hidden mere se koi nahin chheen sakta trayal. stood what makes a film suc- epic, first-of-its-kind series tolerate a narration of the reserve of moral support. On a brighter note, Ganesha observes the possibility of hai, papa.” The film narrated IANS cessful or a failure.” based on the courtesans of ‘real’ stories of Heera Mandi you meeting the right person who shall through his brother Vishal Batra’s The box-office is unpre- Lahore. In Pakistan, the SLB or any other such subject?” help you rekindle your imagination. point of view. dictable, says the 36-year- movie is being anxiously she asked. The Pakistani There appears to be some fresh- old actress. awaited, even as artistes are raising per- ness in the narrative despite fore- “And really a film’s fail- Pakistani artistes tinent questions as VIRGO seeable, emotional and gut-wrench- ure and success at the box- are raising ques- the country’s con- Issues regarding religious ing moments plugged into the plot. office most of the time is re- tions over the servative religious beliefs and spirituality will What keeps you hooked is the ro- ally something you cannot lack of realisa- elements have in surface today. Pursue your mance track between Vikram Batra predict and sometimes some tion in the the past responded goals single-mindedly to attain success in (Sidharth Malhotra) and Dimple not-so-good films become Pakistani film in- the field of your choice, and exploit your violently against abilities and talents to the hilt, advises (Kiara Advani). How their love blos- successful and sometimes dustry that such any topic that would Ganesha. You will be more logical and cal- soms and then Vikram leaves her very good films fail stories should be be of importance culative, rather than emotional, in mat- to follow his dream of being a part and you just don’t narrated by the and been high- ters of your relationships. of the Indian Army, forms the crux know why. I am still country’s own lighted on the big of the tale. in that state like I film- screen. You witness in Kashmir how don’t know why. IANS LIBRA Vikram wins over the hearts of the Haven’t figured it out Ganesha says that today local populace and the confidence and I think it will be you shall be very careful in of his seniors and colleagues. The very tough to figure it money matters. It is nothing plot is interspersed with a couple out,” she added. to do with miserliness at all. When buying of frontline battle scenes on the Kirti is now gearing up for the release things you will be careful while spending money and will stick to your budget. On Himalayan terrain, a few where of her upcoming web-series Human, which the other hand when you are out with the Indian Army ferrets out ter- also stars Shefali Shah. IANS your loved ones you will not think about holding back and will spend lavishly.
SCORPIO SUDOKU A creative thought or an post To solve the Sudoku puzzle, fill in the boxes in such a innovative idea may spice PEANUTS CROSSWORD manner that every row, column and 3x3 box contains up your routine work. the digits 1 to 9, without repeating any. Apparently, you may seem all worked up and disorganised, but actually you may be quite systematic when it comes to your work. Keep the enthusiasm in you alive to make life happier, tips Ganesha.
SAGITTARIUS Lengthy business meetings keep you occupied almost throughout the day. You may also do some value addition to your work by taking co-workers' suggestions and inputs, says Ganesha. Implementation of these inputs will prove highly beneficial in the long run.
CAPRICORN CALVIN AND HOBBES You are a bighearted person and you love to help others in every possible way. But, peo- ple may take you for a ride, warns Ganesha. You may realise that if you would have been extra careful, you could have stopped oth- SOLUTIONS ers take advantage of you. By the end of the day, you will shake off such negative feel- ings and be grateful to the God for blessing you with all the nice things in life.
AQUARIUS The day begins on high note. You work hard, put your best foot forward and at the end get the final output as per your requirements. Romantic and beautiful, the setting Sun will bring the softer side BREVITY CROSSWORD of your personality to the fore as you will spend the evening with your sweetheart, predicts Ganesha.
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POST NEWS NETWORK After mines and minerals of the state, corporate India has started showing interest he state govt has revised the in Odisha’s farm produce. The salt to software conglomerate, Tata Group, has Bhubaneswar, August 12: The Tproject cost of Cuttack Netaji state government has revised the Bus Terminal at Khannagar to acquired the marketing rights of Koraput Coffee. The Tribal Development project cost of Cuttack Netaji Bus `83.97 crore from `64.69 crore Cooperative Corporation of Odisha Limited (TDCCOL), the apex body entrusted Terminal (CNBT) at Khannagar to `83.97 crore from `64.69 crore, up he revision was necessitated with the task of protecting tribal interests, has signed an agreement with Tatas to sell by `19.28 crore, official sources Tdue to a host of issues like the local beans. Many wonder what was the reason for government of Odisha to said Thursday. shifting of public utilities and The Housing and Urban avenue plantation sign an MoU with Tata. Could the company not have bought the produce as a Development (H&UD) department general buyer? That might have helped the farmer get competitive price. Is the state has revised the project cost by `19.28 hief Minister Naveen Patnaik crore following a request from the Chad laid the foundation for the government ensuring no competition comes to play, while Tata procures the coffee? Odisha Bridge and Construction The model of Netaji Bus Terminal in Cuttack bus terminal January 23 this year There will be no mention of Koraput anywhere in the marketing process. Excerpts of Corporation Limited (OB&CC), a state PSU under the administra- riod to avoid cost and time overrun. 125th birth anniversary of Netaji an interview with TDCCOL’s Managing Director Mansi Nimbhal. tive control of the Works department As per the H&UD department’s Subhas Chandra Bose. The CNBT will also have ultra- that has been executing the ambi- order, the OB&CC can charge upto The bus terminal will come up modern ticket counters, rest rooms, tious project, added the source. 8 per cent of actual expenditure. on a 12-acre land with a built-up area cloak rooms, food court, e-vehicle n Tatas have taken the Sources familiar with the de- Besides, the project executing of 1.18 lakh sq ft. It will have a charging station, rooftop rainwa- marketing rights of Koraput velopment said the revision was ne- agency can also ask for an addi- three-storey terminal building and ter harvesting and solar panels. Coffee. Should not the state cessitated due to a host of issues tional incentive of 2 per cent of regular bus bays to accommodate Besides, it will boast an integrated government and the like shifting of public utilities and the actual expenditure only in 180 buses at a time. This apart, it information management system TDCCOL encourage people of avenue plantation. event of timely completion of the will have the space for local and Mo for passengers. Koraput to process the The Works department has asked work, said the source. Bus service, bus repair workshop The new bus terminal was ne- coffee they cultivate the OB&CC to initiate the work as Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik with parking space and special cessitated as the existing one at themselves and market it? per the revised cost and complete had laid the foundation for the bus parking lot for four and three- Badambadi has been dogged by the project within the stipulated pe- terminal January 23 this year, the wheelers. space crunch. n We have formed six coffee pro- ducers’ groups and youth are also being trained for this pur- pose. But, the most important EOW nabs ex-under thing to ensure the quality of cof- SFSL to have cyber forensic fee is it needs to be processed secretary in `36L (depulping) within 6-7 hours of its harvest. But farmers go out scholarship scam for their work in the morning & DNA laboratories soon and return at 5 pm. They are not coffee under their branding. PNN & AGENCIES in a position to engage in depulp- Will turmeric from POST NEWS NETWORK ing of coffee. Besides, they Kandhamal be the next Bhubaneswar, August 12: The don’t have the machines. Even product in their bag? Bhubaneswar, August 12: If every- Economic Offences Wing (EOW) if we provide them machines thing goes as per plan, the State of the state Crime Branch Thursday for depulping, they need to n There is nothing wrong about Forensic Science Laboratory (SFSL) arrested a retired under secretary dry coffee for 11 days after it. Tatas are even looking to will have a cyber forensic lab to the Higher Education (HE) de- depulping. This is a cum- Kandhamal turmeric market equipped with advanced gadgets to partment in connection with `36.10 bersome process which needs to n Instead of giving Koraput as well. Private associations deal with the rising cybercrime lakh eMedhabruti scam. be followed under proper guide- Coffee to Tatas, would not need to promote Odisha’s brand. cases within four/five months. EOW sources said that Prakash lines. This is why we have it have been better to We don’t think by selling our Director General of Police Chandra Rath, who was the under granted permission to Tatas to promote local products products private player will be (DGP) Abhay Thursday informed secretary, in-charge of scholar- process and market the product. through local startups? able to enhance their brand the media persons that two new ship section in HE department, The company will follow the names. laboratories, a cyber forensic lab was arrested from his Balianta guidelines to do all process. n Don’t ask too many questions. and a DNA lab will be opened at residence here in connection with Why are you running after n TDCCOL procured only 23 the SFSL. a case (20/2017) registered under n Tatas will sell the local brew Tatas? This news is only meant MT of ripe coffee berries He also revealed that both the Sections 409, 406 and 120B of the under a brand name of their for marketing Koraput Coffee. from SHGs when they labs will be made functional within IPC relating to financial mis- choosing. Don’t you think produce over 100 MT of the next four to five months. The management and irregularities Odisha’s importance will get n The state government is coffee. Later, TDCCOL’s Odisha Police has already pro- in payment of eMedhabruti, a lost in the process? investing more money on procurement dipped to 9.5 The newly-inaugurated building at the SFSL OP PHOTO cured most of the advanced equip- scholarship scheme, in 2014-15 to machines. Should not we MT. What is the reason be- ment for the cyber forensic lab ises at Rasulgarh here. the country in terms of manpower ineligible students. n This is good news that the com- invest on creating supply hind such poor procurement? and soon it will hire adequate “This 4-storied modern com- and equipment’. pany procured Koraput Coffee. chain infrastructure? manpower to man the lab. plex, constructed by Odisha Police The spacious building will fa- We have opened the market n Those times were different. We Abhay affirmed that the new Housing and Welfare Corporation cilitate an advantageous atmos- chain through the company. n Everything is going on. See, are in a process of procuring 100 advanced DNA lab will help solve Ltd, has all the latest features of an phere for work. This is a breakthrough. Tatas this is a parallel thing. If we cre- per cent coffee produced by complex sex offence related cases. ideal forensic science laboratory,” Senior police officers including have a big market chain and ate capacity building without farmers in Koraput this year. The DGP revealed this on the claimed the police sources. Crime Branch ADG Sanjeeb Panda will sell our coffee in various procuring machineries, how TDCCOL is planning to buy occasion of inauguration of the The police also asserted that the and State Crime Records Bureau markets. We will get good re- can we process it? So, human in- 500 MT of coffee this year. The state-of-the-art Forensic Science SFSL, Odisha is one of the ‘oldest (SCRB) ADG Vinaytosh Mishra at- sponse when they sell Koraput frastructure and machines are state government is interested Laboratory building on SFSL prem- and most developed laboratories in tended the inauguration ceremony. “Prakash, in a criminal con- Coffee. In fact, we are launching being developed. in developing the entire Koraput spiracy with others, had sanctioned a new product to promote our region and make it a stock point scholarships to the tune of `36.10 own coffee brand. Just wait 2-3 n Tatas are present in multiple of Koraput Coffee. The District lakh in favour of 235 ineligible stu- weeks when I launch the new sectors in the state like mines, Collector has been directed to dents, leading to a huge loss to the product, Odisha’s brand will be ports, hospitality and power start new plantations and main- POLITICKLE by MANJUL state exchequer,” the EOW said in known and recognised. and now they will market tain existing ones. a statement. The investigating agency said that as per the existing norms, stu- dents were required to apply for Srimandir managing scholarships online on the dedi- 4 cops feted for excellence in probe cated government portal. Thereafter, panel reconstituted concerned institutes to which the POST NEWS NETWORK The award, constituted students belong to were supposed to verify the authenticity of ap- New Delhi, August 12: As many in 2018, aims to promote POST NEWS NETWORK plications and, in genuine cases, as four personnel of Odisha po- high professional used to validate the same and for- lice have been awarded with the Bhubaneswar, August 12: The ward it to the HE department for ‘Union Home Minister’s Medal for standards of state government Thursday re- processing. Excellence in Investigation’ for the investigating officials constituted Shree Jagannath “After the receipt of applica- year 2021. Temple Managing Committee by tions of genuine students by the Inspector Devendra Kumar investigating officers. nominating 10 renowned persons government, it was the respon- Mallick, Inspector Debendra Kumar Among the personnel receiving as members of the panel. sibility of the under secretary to Biswal, Sub-Inspector Trupti Ranjan these awards, 15 are from CBI, 11 The state government has nom- place the same before the Nayak and Sub-Inspector Srikanta each from Madhya Pradesh and inated the persons in pursuance to Financial Advisor for sanction of Sahu were conferred with the medal. Maharashtra Police, 10 from Uttar the Shri Jagannath Temple Act, the scholarships. Subsequently, According to the Ministry of Pradesh, nine from Kerala and 1954, the Law department said in after necessary sanction, the Home Affairs, 152 police personnel Rajasthan Police, eight from Tamil a notification Thursday. scholarship amount used to be have been awarded this year. This Nadu Police, seven are from Bihar, The nominated members are: disbursed to the students. award, constituted in 2018, aims six each from Gujarat, Karnataka Senior advocate of High Court However, all such norms were to promote high professional stan- and Delhi Police, and the remain- Ashok Kumar Mohapatra who is violated by the accused,” EOW re- dards of investigation and to ac- ing from the other states. These representing Mukti Mandap, lease added. knowledge the excellence of the include 28 women police officials. Madhab Chandra Pujapanda (rep- resenting Pujapanda Nijog), Jagannath Kar (Pushpalak Nijog), Madhab Chandra Mohapatra CM flags off cotton ginning mill, ENCROACHMENT ON MAHANADI EMBANKMENT (Pratihari Nijog) and Ananta Tiadi (Suar Mahasuar Nijog). Similarly, Durga Prasad bus terminal at Digapahandi Dasmohapatra (Daitapati Nijog), NGT seeks report on Hanuman temple demolition Mahant Ramakrushna Das (Math POST NEWS NETWORK & other institutions), chartered accountant Sarat Chandra Bhubaneswar, August 12: Chief POST NEWS NETWORK The SC had earlier the apex court comprising Justices Bhadra, Padma Bhushan Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday DY Chandrachud and MR Shah Ramakanta Panda and sculptor inaugurated a cotton ginning mill New Delhi, August 12: Expressing dismissed an appeal had observed that it did not find any Padmashree Sudarshan Pattnaik and bus terminal at Digapahandi dissatisfaction over the state gov- filed by Panchmukhi error in the order of the NGT on have been nominated as mem- in Ganjam district on virtual mode. ernment’s failure in removing the issue. bers of the panel. The Chief Minister, in his virtual Panchmukhi Hanuman temple Hanuman Temple Trust It is to be mentioned here that Meanwhile, the temple reopened address, said that this is an ini- The Chief Minister, in his from the embankment of Mahanadi against the NGT order an application had been filed with Thursday in the first phase after tiative to prioritise development virtual address, said that river at Ratilo in Cuttack, the the NGT stating that the remaining shut for over three of small towns. National Green Tribunal (NGT) Panchmukhi Hanuman temple months amid the Covid-restric- “We are working to improve the this is an initiative to has granted two weeks to the dis- is the responsibility of the district has been illegally constructed on tions. In the first phase, only fam- livelihoods of people in small towns prioritise development trict Collector to file an action- magistrate to maintain the law the embankment of the Mahanadi ily members of the servitors are and the development of various taken report (ATR) in this regard. and order and comply with the river. In December last year, the being allowed to enter the temple,
civic facilities," he said and pinned of small towns Peeved at the state government’s order of the tribunal,” the green NGT had delivered a judgement an official said. The temple will
k y m c hope that these new services could stand that it could not remove the “It cannot be pleaded by the body observed. asking the state government to open for the public in the second help in improving quality of life of would also inspire other farmers illegally-constructed temple due Collector that the order of the tri- Significantly, the Supreme Court ensure removal of all encroach- phase, he said. The 12th-century people living in the area. to diversify their crops. The Chief to huge gatherings, the NGT said bunal cannot be complied with had Tuesday dismissed an appeal ments from the Mahanadi em- shrine was shut on April 24 amid “The cotton ginning mill is a Minister also said that plans are that this cannot be an excuse for ad- merely because a large number of filed by Panchmukhi Hanuman bankment and not to carry out the second wave of the pandemic, new initiative in the state's co-op- afoot to build an indoor multipur- ministration’s failure to deal with people were present during the re- Temple Trust against the order of any construction activity on the and remained closed during the eratives," he said. He added that it pose stadium in the area. the situation. moval of illegal construction. It the tribunal. A two-judge bench of floodplains of the river. Ratha Yatra. P4 FRIDAY | AUGUST 13 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR downtown Traffic advisory KHURDA STILL IN RED ZONE
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k y m Odisha registers 1,107 more Coronavirus cases, 67 fatalities c officer for scribbling POST NEWS NETWORK AGENCIES Bhubaneswar, August 12: The Bhubaneswar, August 12: With Commissionerate police Thursday the state’s Covid-19 daily cases THE STATE’S APEX COURT HAD AUGUST LAST YEAR ASKED THE DOCTORS issued traffic advisory for the state hovering around 1,000 for quite level Independence Day celebra- some time, Khurda district con- IN ODISHA TO WRITE PRESCRIPTIONS IN CAPITAL LETTERS tions Sunday. Traffic restrictions tinues to be in red zone with 3,842 will be in place near the venue at active cases. Justice SK Panigrahi IDCO exhibition ground from 6am Odisha Thursday added 1,107 directed the medical till the programme is over. more people to its Covid-19 tally with Vehicles going towards Ram 1,107 single-day cases, while 67 officer in-charge of temple and Housing board colony fresh fatalities pushed the death toll Basta CHC in Balasore to will be diverted towards Kendriya to 6,697, a health department offi- Vidyalaya lane at MBS blocking cial said. appear before it in and St Joseph blocking respec- The coastal state now has 10,853 person August 18 tively. active cases, and 9,73,579 patients Similarly, Vehciles coming from have so far recovered from the dis- through virtual mode Keshari Talkies and PMG side will ease, including 869 since Wednesday, be diverted towards Sachivalaya he said. Khurda district, compris- who are bound to deal with such Marg near the blocking spot at ing state capital Bhubaneswar, re- medical reports. Charlie hotel. ported the highest number of 397 The High Court had also asked The VVIPs can park their vehi- new infections followed by Cuttack State govt gears up for likely third wave POST NEWS NETWORK written by him are difficult to be the state Chief Secretary to take nec- cles at the right flank of gate num- (130) and Balasore (66). Boudh dis- comprehended by this Court as essary action in this regard. It had ber I of the ground. trict did not report any fresh case. POST NEWS NETWORK cidence of Covid cases amongst the New Delhi, August 12: well as the conducting counsels of also asked the state government The VIPs and media can park The new fatalities include 18 population of this age group in the Exasperated by the illegible content the Court,” Justice Panigrahi said. to take steps to create awareness their vehicles at designated spot of deaths in Cuttack, Khurda (11), Bhubaneswar, August 12: With eventuality of a third wave. Thus in an injury report of a case, the The Orissa High Court directed among medical professionals to gate number II and V respectively. Sambalpur (9) and Jajpur (5). the third Covid wave predicted to you are requested to take immediate Orissa High Court has summoned the civil surgeon, medical officer- record their prescriptions in a leg- Selling of gas balloons near the A total of 53 other Covid-19 pa- target children, the state govern- necessary steps in this regard and to the civil surgeon, medical officer- in- charge, Basta CHC to appear in ible manner. venue has been barred. tients have also died due to co- ment Thursday instructed all con- remain in readiness,” the letter read. in-charge, Basta CHC, Balasore person before the court August 18 The court had stressed that pre- morbidities, the official said. cerned authorities to be in full pre- District level task forces shall and issued show-cause notice to through virtual mode and “reply scriptions of physicians, OPD slips, Khurda continues to be in the red paredness for managing high be constituted under the chair- the official, observing that he had to the show cause as to why action post-mortem reports, injury re- Plantation on Youth Day zone with 3,842 active cases, while number of cases predicted in com- manship of Collectors and other made the report callously. shall not be taken against him for ports and others are required to be Cuttack is under the yellow zone ing months. members of the health department A bench of Justice SK Panigrahi adopting such a cavalier approach legible and fully comprehensible. Bhubaneswar: The Socially Smart with 1,321 active cases. The re- Additional Chief Secretary PK for effective monitoring and spon- observed that the content in the while preparing the injury report.” “This Court feels it is impera- Bhubaneswar Project of maining 28 districts are in the Mohapatra, In a letter to all sorship. The committees will reg- injury report as well as the en- It is to be mentioned here that in tive that the entire physician com- Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited green zone, he said. Collectors, Municipal ularly analyse gaps and take steps dorsement therein was totally il- August last year, the Orissa High munity needs to go the extra mile took up plantation activities at Odisha has thus far conducted Commissioners, Superintendents for remedial action. legible and incomprehensible. The Court had asked doctors to write and make conscious efforts to several locations here with the help over 1.68 crore sample tests, tak- of medical colleges and Director “All paediatric cases of ILI/SARI of Peer Leaders (Pragati Sathis) on bench observed that the surgeon has prescriptions in capital letters. write prescriptions in good hand- ing into account 64,802 clinical of Capital Hospital, said that all need to be listed and swab collection International Youth Day Thursday. prepared the report in a callous The bench of Justice SK writing preferably in capital let- The Peer Leaders decided to plant examinations Wednesday. The cu- authorities must be prepared for of children of 0-18 age group shall and flimsy manner which cannot Panigrahi had observed that il- ters. The digital era could also trees which not only provide a mulative positivity rate is at 5.8 per Covid management for paedi- be ensured for RT-PCR testing, to be ‘consumed’ by any stakeholder. legible scrawls composed by doc- throw open several options to green corridor, but are also helpful cent and the fatality rate stands at atrics population keeping in mind screen out suspected positive cases “This Court feels constrained tors create unnecessary nuisance make prescriptions and the di- for food. They selected Baramuda 0.6 per cent. the lack of vaccination for the in all health care facilities. Half of to issue show cause to the con- at the end of the patients, phar- agnosis more patient-friendly,” Village Primary School, Baramunda The official said 1,86,45,414 peo- same. ICU, PICU and NICU may be isolated cerned doctor as the endorsements macists, police, prosecutors, judges the Court had said. Anganwadi Centre Campus (IV), ple have been inoculated till “Children in age group of 0-18 are and earmarked for managing pae- OUAT Farm Gate and Gandamunda Wednesday, with 43,02,619 benefi- yet to be vaccinated. As per the pre- diatric cases. Steps will also be Primary School campus to plant ciaries having received the second diction of the public health experts, taken for upgrading the capacity,” Evaluation of matric fruit-bearing trees. dose of the vaccine. there is possibility of increased in- the letter added. exam papers begins CSIR-IMMT conference RAKHI AHEAD 483 mobile towers POST NEWS NETWORK on Nucleic Acid Science for LWE-hit areas Bhubaneswar, August 12: The gratitude to the duo for their ground- Socially Smart Bhubaneswar breaking work which paved the POST NEWS NETWORK Project of Bhubaneswar Smart way for future biomedical research. City Limited (BSCL) took up More than 500 delegates from Bhubaneswar, August 12: plantation activities at several lo- different academic and research Accepting state’s request, the Union cations across the city with the institutes across the country are par- government has floated a tender for help of Peer Leaders (Pragati ticipating in NCNST. The diverse installation of mobile towers at Sathis) on the occasion of groups of participants consisting 483 locations in the left wing ex- International Youth Day POST NEWS NETWORK of students, scholars, school- tremism (LWE) areas of Odisha. Thursday. teachers, academicians, profes- The state government had sent The Peer Leaders decided to Bhubaneswar, August 12: To sors, doctors, scientists and en- a list of 483 locations for mobile plant trees which not only provide mark the 150th year of discovery of trepreneurs have interacted with tower installation under Phase-II a green corridor, but are also help- DNA by Friedrich Miescher in the the experts in the field of Genomics, of the mobile connectivity scheme. ful for food and nutrition. Seyler's Lab, the CSIR-Institute of transcriptomics and DNA The Department of Telecom (DoT) They have identified Baramuda Minerals & Materials Technology, Nanotechnology. has floated a tender for 2,542 tow- Village Primary School, Baramunda Bhubaneswar, is now holding a na- Speaking on this occasion, IMMT, ers, including 483 in Odisha, Anganwadi Centre Campus (IV), tional conference on Nucleic Acid Bhubaneswar Director sources said. OUAT Farm Gate and Gandamunda Science and Technology (NCNST). Suddhasatwa Basu said, “We are As many as 256 mobile towers Primary School campus to plant The conference commenced happy to organise the national con- were installed in the Maoist af- fruit-bearing trees. August 10 and is scheduled to con- ference with participation from fected districts of Odisha under The focus was to sensitise tinue till August 13, institute renowned people from different Phase-I of the scheme. All the 256 and bring behavioural sources said. academic and research institutes towers are currently operational, changes among youths to- The death anniversary of Prof across the country. The conference the source said. wards transforming their Felix Hoppe-Seyler is observed will help all the participants in ex- Under Phase-I, the Centre had re- neighbourhood with more August 10 while August 13 is the ploring newer dimensions in the leased `696.75 crore to the state greenery and fight global birth anniversary of Prof Miescher. areas of Nucleic acid Science and from Universal Service Obligation warming and climate change. Thus, the online conference offers Technology.” A girl checks rakhis at a stall near College Square in Cuttack, Thursday OP PHOTO Fund (USOF) till June, 2021. ‘State keen on improving pvt ‘Media role pivotal in nCoV Central University at investment in agriculture’
POST NEWS NETWORK awareness among tribals’ Anandapur sought Bhubaneswar, August 12: The THE DISCUSSIONS encouraging more people to be grassroots level due to network and share of agriculture in the budget vaccinated. transport issues. Therefore, we POST NEWS NETWORK of 2020-21 financial year was 13 REVEALED THAT The panel discussion was com- need to deploy a combination of per cent and the government is COVID-19 VACCINES menced by Radhika Srivastava, mechanisms including mass com- Bhubaneswar, August 12: very keen on improving private Communication and Advocacy munication and interpersonal A delegation of concerned citi- investments in agriculture and al- HAVE HIGH EFFICACY Specialist, Unicef Odisha followed communication to reach out the zens of Anandapur, led by Odisha lied sectors, predominantly in food cent of the total agriculture and al- by Monika Nielsen, Chief of Field vulnerable mass.” Nadi Surakshya Samiti presi- processing and cold storage sec- lied activities. However, floricul- RATE AND AROUND Office, Unicef Odisha. Speaking on safety of vac- dent Maheswar Sahoo, has urged tors, said Arun Kumar Sahoo, State ture and livestock shares are grow- 1.86 CRORE DOSES Highlighting the role of media cines, State Immunisation the Union Education, Skill Agriculture Minister. ing in a very fast pace,” he added. during the pandemic, Nielsen said, Officer Tapas Kumar Patra said, Development and Sahoo addressed the national e- Chairman of Global Agri System, HAVE BEEN “Media has been playing a crucial “Around 1.86 crore doses have Entrepreneurship Minister this subdivision has become the summit on ‘Agriculture-Combating Gokul Pattnaik highlighted major ADMINISTERED role in disseminating information been administered so far in Dharmendra Pradhan for es- victim of gross negligence of the the Pandeminc’ organised by Indian faults in Indian agriculture system during the pandemic, especially Odisha. The government has tablishment of a Central authorities, Sahoo added. Chamber of Commerce (ICC), during the pandemic. Pattnaik said, IN ODISHA in tribal regions that are hard to also approved vaccination of University at Anandapur in Keonjhar district has been in- Odisha, Thursday. “Covid pandemic shows two major reach.” pregnant and lactating women. Keonjhar district. cluded in North Odisha University “The Odisha government has faults of Indian agriculture sys- POST NEWS NETWORK In his remarks, Akhil Kumar Since July 15, more than 60,000 In a memorandum submitted after its detachment from Utkal been providing great focus to agri- tem. One is supply chain and another Mishra, Director of Regional pregnant and lactating women to Pradhan, Sahoo said that University. In this context, Sahoo culture sector. To uplift the socio-eco- is last mile delivery. Farm produces Bhubaneswar, August 12: Unicef Outreach Bureau, Bhubaneswar in Odisha have been success- Anandapur in Keonjhar district said, the distance between nomic condition of farmers, the change hands six times to reach Odisha, in collaboration with state said, “The focus should be not only fully vaccinated for Covid.” having a rich cultural heritage has Anandapur and North Odisha government has implemented var- from farmer to consumer. During Health department and Press on tribal regions of particular dis- Speaking on the efficacy of vac- been a centre of learning and ed- University is around 200km ious initiatives,” the Minister said. the journey, price of that product in- Information Bureau (PIB) tricts but also on the rural and cines, Assistant District Public ucation since long. whereas Utkal University is 140km. “Although rice is the dominating creases by at least 60-70 per cent.” Bhubaneswar, organised a virtual tribal pockets of all developed Health Officer, Koraput Historically, it has been a centre This change of university ju- crop of the state, the non-food Meanwhile, Nabard CGM C media sensitisation program cities.” Nilamadhab Satpathy said, “All of Buddhism and Jainism. Several risdiction is quite injustice and items’ share has been on the rise Udayabhaskar said, “There is a Thursday on Covid and vaccination Rajinder Choudhry, Additional the vaccines approved by the gov- eminent scholars of Anandapur disadvantageous to the people of in the state’s total agricultural pro- need of mini supply chain sys- in three districts-Gajapti, Director General, Press ernment have high efficacy rate. had adorned the Royal Court of Anandapur, he said, urging duction. Contribution of rice is as tem in agriculture sector. We also Kandhamal and Sundargarh. Information Bureau & Regional The average efficacy rate of all Keonjhargarh during the Bhanja Pradhan to consider establish- high as 48 per cent in total pro- have to digitise the storage and The sensitisation program em- Outreach Bureau, Bhubaneswar vaccines including Covaxin and dynasty rule, he said in the mem- ment of a Central University at duction. Few years back, non-food transport facilities, and look at phasised on the need for gener- said, “In a diverse country like Covishield is 70-75 per cent. So, orandum. Anandapur as it would help items like oil seed, fibre and sug- National Agricultural Market ating awareness on Covid-ap- India and particularly in Odisha, we should get ourselves vacci- However, it is a matter of pro- spread higher education in the
arcane constituted only 2.6 per (eNam) as a reality.” propriate behaviour and it is difficult to reach out to the nated without hesitation.” found grief that since Independence, tribal region.
k y m c P5 FRIDAY | AUGUST 13 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR state
Keonjhar: 121 jumbos died in 22 years Ganjam DM livid
k y m c POST NEWS NETWORK FACT FILE DUE TO RAPID INDUSTRIALISATION, ROADS BEING WORLD ELEPHANT DAY LAID THROUGH FORESTS, MENACE OF TIMBER MAFIA over sharing of official Barring 2016-17, Keonjhar, August 12: As many as AND ENCROACHMENT OF JUNGLE AREAS, JUMBOS elephant deaths in ARE LOSING THEIR HABITATS. THEIR CORRIDORS ARE 121 elephants were found dead in Keonjhar forest Keonjhar district in past 22 years, GETTING DESTROYED. SO THE ANIMALS GET letters on social media division have been DISORIENTED AND ROAM AIMLESSLY forest department data show. reported every With four cow elephants dying year. From 2001-02 unnatural deaths in the last 20 till August 11, KEONJHAR DFO AJIT SATPATHY SAID THE days, rising cases of man-elephant 2021-22, the forest DEPARTMENT IS TAKING MANY STEPS FOR THE conflicts have been a cause of con- division reported SAFETY OF JUMBOS IN THE DISTRICT. PEOPLE ARE cern for the department, animal 121 elephant BEING MADE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF lovers and environmentalists alike. deaths due to HAVING ELEPHANTS IN JUNGLES AND HOW THEY Barring 2016-17, elephant deaths various reasons CAN KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE FROM THE ANIMALS in Keonjhar forest division have been reported every year. From animals, for their tusks. their safety and the safety of lives 2001-02 till August 11, 2021-22, the Disoriented elephants often lose and properties of people in view. forest division reported 121 ele- lives in road and train accidents We always keep a tab on their move- phant deaths due to various reasons. while crossing roads or railway ment. There are squads formed by According to the information lines. In this regard, Keonjhar DFO the forest department to carry out shared by the department, as many There were only two elephant encroachment of jungle areas, jum- Ajit Satpathy said the department these activities. Besides, the de- as eight elephants died in 2001-02. deaths in 2017-18. But since then, bos are losing their habitats. Their is taking many steps for the safety partment deploys its own staff. At Similarly, 12, 3, 12, 3, 6, 6, 8, 4, 9, 4, the number of fatalities is in- corridors are getting destroyed. of jumbos in the district. People are the same time, legal actions are 9, 4, 4, 6, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 4 elephants lost creasing, triggering resentment So they get disoriented and roam being made aware of the impor- being taken against the poachers their lives in 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004- among animal lovers. aimlessly. The shortage of food in tance of having elephants in jun- and wildlife smugglers,” he in- 05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008- According to them, there are jungles forces them to head to- gles and how they can keep a safe formed. It may be mentioned here POST NEWS NETWORK district medical officer (CDMO), 09, 2009-2010, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012- many reasons responsible for these wards human habitations, result- distance from elephants. that August 12 is observed as World general manager(GM) of the 13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2017-18, deaths. Due to rapid industriali- ing in man-elephant conflicts. “If elephants come near human Elephant Day to help protect the Chhatrapur, August 12: The District Industries Centre, district 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 sation, roads being laid through Sometimes, wildlife smugglers use habitations, we immediately take world’s elephants and recognise Ganjam Collector has expressed se- tourist officer(DTO), chief district (till August 11, 2021) respectively. jungles, menace of timber mafia and electricity or firearm to kill these steps to drive them away, keeping their importance in biodiversity. rious displeasure over sharing of education officer (CDEO), chief official letters by government of- district agricultural officer (CDAO), ficials on social media platforms district horticulture officer(DHO), which is an act of negligence and deputy director of fisheries de- Man kills minor a violation of the Official Secrecy partment and project director of SALVAGE ACT Act, a report said. district watershed department. son, ends life The issue acquired prominence Any clerical staff sharing the of- after Ganjam Collector Vijay ficial letter in social media plat- Amruta Kulange was informed forms will be deemed as his neg- in Jharigaon about misuse of social media plat- ligence towards duty, the Collector forms by officials of various gov- observed. ernment offices in the district. Any person in need of infor- POST NEWS NETWORK Kulange has come to know that of- mation has to visit the district ficials in various government of- website or through the public do- Jharigaon, August 12: In a fices, particularly the clerical staff main of district information and shocking incident, a tipsy man are sharing various official letters public relations officer (DIPRO) killed his three-year-old son and in social networking sites like to get the information. later committed suicide at WhatsApp and in other platforms. Government officials sharing of- Arjanguda village under Expressing his displeasure, ficial letters in social media plat- Jharigaon block of Nabarangpur Kulange, in a letter-1090, has di- forms is not a healthy practice, the district Wednesday night. rected various departmental heads Collector has observed in his let- According to reports, the de- to keep a tab on these develop- ter. Anybody found violating the ceased was identified as Pitabash ments and take stringent action order will be severely dealt with Bhatra (25). He was a tractor against the concerned officials. and stringent action will be taken driver at Arjanguda village in The letter has been issued to against him, the Collector has Chacha panchayat. Bhatra was departmental heads like the chief warned. an alcoholic. It was alleged that he used to quarrel with his fam- ily members in intoxicated Inter-state tipper smuggling racket busted state. Drunk excessively, he had a POST NEWS NETWORK stolen in Lahunipara and Barsuan quarrel with his wife Bimala last areas under Bonai sub-division in night. Fed up, his wife went out- Lahunipara, August 12: the past few days, spurring the side the house when Bhatra was Lahunipara police successfully local police to launch an investi- with his minor son Jitendra in busted an inter-state tipper truck gation in the matter. A the house. smuggling gang in Sundargarh s part of the investigation, police A few hours later, Bimala re- district Thursday and arrested were checking the CCTV footages turned home and was shocked to seven people. of petrol pumps and roadside eater- find her husband and son hang- According to reports, members of ies along the highway in the area ing from roof. She raised an alarm. the gang used to steal tripper trucks, when they spotted two accused in Following a complaint lodged cut them into small pieces and dis- one of the clips. After taking two by deceased’s brother Rudradev, mantle the parts of the engines people into custody, police inter- Jharigaon police registered a case A farmer tilling his land with a power tiller as another wets the soil by supplying water through a pipe in Buguda area of Ganjam district. Due to deficit before selling them outside Odisha. rogated both of them and arrested and sent the bodies for autopsy. rainfall, vast swathes of farmlands in the region have remained fallow in this kharif season OP PHOTO More than six tipper trucks were five other members of the racket. Man bites snake to Dengue cases on rise in Ganjam
POST NEWS NETWORK of health officials visited the village dengue August 6. She is a nursing death in revenge of the patient and made people of officer. The first dengue patient Berhampur, August 12: Dengue aware of some preventive meas- was detected in the district July 22. POST NEWS NETWORK it repeatedly, killing the viper on is reportedly spreading in parts ures. Locals were panicked in the the spot,” said Badra. of Ganjam. Another dengue case Another team of doctors led by areas where dengue cases have Jajpur, August 12: In a bizarre case Following the incident, he came was detected in Sorada area. The district malaria control officer(vec- been detected while officials of the of human revenge, a 45-year old back to his village with the dead latest is the fifth case in the district, tor-borne) Dr Sanotsh Kumar Padhi health department are taking up tribal man reportedly bit a snake snake and told his wife the whole said district malaria control officer will visit the village. preventive measures and advising to death after the latter bit him in tale. Soon this became the talk of Dr Santosh Padhi. down with fever August 6 and ad- A woman of Aska has also tested people to keep their surroundings a remote village in Jajpur district. the village with Badra exhibiting The gradual rise of dengue cases mitted to MKCG Medical College positive for dengue August 8. neat and clean. Kishore Badra of Gambharipatia the snake to his friends. has been a cause of concern for and Hospital. His blood sample Another person, an ex-army man, Anganwadi workers, ASHAs village under Salijanga panchayat Some onlookers advised Badra local people and the health de- was sent for test which came out pos- was found positive for dengue in the and ANMs have been directed to to under Danagadi block was re- to visit a nearby hospital, but he re- partment as well. itive for dengue August 9. district August 7. visit villages and carry out aware- turning home after working in his fused to go to the hospital and in- A trader of Sorada area was In the wake of the case, a team A girl had tested positive for ness drive in the affected areas. paddy field Wednesday night, when stead went to a traditional healer a snake bit him on his leg. Badra to seek advice on the same night. managed to capture the viper and Luckily for Badra, the snake bite and bit it to death in a bid to take his biting the snake has seemingly revenge. had no impact on him. Badra none “Something bit on my leg while the worse for his bizarre adven- Airstrip project in I was returning home on foot last ture, said Thursday, “Even though night. I switched on my torch and I bit the poisonous krait, I did not found it to be a poisonous krait feel any difficulty. I went to a tra- snake. In order to take revenge, I ditional healer near the village and soon took the snake in my hands and bit was cured.” M’ngiri dist POST NEWS NETWORK
Bhubaneswar, August BIZ TIME 12: An airstrip project in Malkangiri is on the anvil. The state govern- ment has already initi- ated the process to chalk out a blueprint for the airstrip in the district, an official source in- formed Thursday. According to the REPRESENTATIVE PIC source, initially, Malkangiri district ad- Malkangiri district ad- neighbouring Koraput ministration has plans ministration would carry district is expected to see to construct an airstrip out an afforestation drive flight operations by the on 13.233 hectares. in the days ahead as part year end if everything Selection of a suitable of compensation for goes as planned. patch of land for the pur- using forest land for the By the year end, around pose is underway. project after getting a 19 chartered flights will op- The executive engi- nod from the state gov- erate from the airstrip, neer of Malkangiri ernment. built under the UDAN Public Works department Malkangiri tehsildar scheme for regional air had earlier written a let- was previously asked to connectivity. The Central ter in this regard to identify a patch of land government will give ap- Collector Vishal Singh for plantation on 26.466 as proval to airline opera-
for land acquisition. compensatory afforesta- tors after bidding. Jeypore
k y m c Subsequently, the district tion. The presently iden- airstrip will be the third administration has ap- tified forest land will be in the state after proached the deputy di- converted into commer- Bhubaneswar and rector-general of the min- cial category. Jharsuguda to get the istry of environment and It may be noted here airport tag from the Civil A youth hawking plastic toys in Angul town OP PHOTO forests. that Jeypore airstrip in Aviation Ministry. P6 FRIDAY | AUGUST 13 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR power post
FOCUS PANDEMIC & CLIMATE CHANGE You take up the spiritual path
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he Apocalypse is now. Simple rules that would make That is the glaring mes- multinational companies pay the sage of the perfect same rate of tax as purely do- Invest in global T storm of COVID-19 and mestic firms, and ensure that the climate change that has now bro- revenues are shared fairly be- ken. The pandemic is unlikely to tween countries, would reduce end for years, as the novel coro- inequality and provide fiscally vaccine equity navirus mutates into increasingly constrained developing economies transmissible, drug-resistant vari- with much-needed resources. ants. And the climate catastro- Likewise, an international sov- he extraordinary global effort to develop safe and effective COVID- phe is no longer “impending” but ereign-debt resolution mecha- 19 vaccines in record time highlights the power of vaccines to bring playing out in real time. nism would reduce many devel- T us closer to our loved ones and to a more prosperous, equitable world The latest report by the oping countries’ fiscal burdens, in which everyone has the chance to achieve their full potential. Vaccines Intergovernmental Panel on freeing up space for urgent spend- are among modern medicine’s greatest innovations, allowing billions of Climate Change – whose assess- ing. Regulating highly mobile people to lead healthy lives. But stopping outbreaks of vaccine-preventable ments predate the extreme cli- cross-border finance, reining in disease – and not only COVID-19 – depends on achieving critical mass with mate events of the past year – credit-rating agencies, and in- immunisation campaigns. tells us that some drastic adverse troducing conditions that make fi- Consider polio. The shuttering of classrooms to protect children from COVID- climatic changes are now irre- The perfect storm of COVID-19 and climate nance respond to social needs 19 outbreaks might seem unprecedented, but a 1937 polio outbreak in the United Jayati Ghosh versible. These will affect every change and the resulting economic damage, also will require international States inspired school-by-radio programs – an early innovation in remote region, as the recent heatwaves, regulatory cooperation. learning. In those days, polio was thought to afflict only industrialised coun- wildfires and floods demonstrate. will most likely trigger much more social and Unfortunately, the current state tries, until a major outbreak in South Africa in 1948 led to the establishment HUMANITY STILL They will also severely damage political instability of global politics means this nec- of the first African foundation for polio research and catalysed greater many natural species, and ad- essary and feasible agenda is un- awareness of the disease’s global burden. In HAS A CHANCE versely affect the possibilities for likely to be realised. Leaders of the 1950s, polio paralysed an average of TO STEP BACK and conditions of human life. pandemic will be predominantly nario can still be averted with sub- major countries have so far dis- 600,000 people each year. Keeping future global warming low-paying and poor quality. stantially increased international played a pathetic lack of ambition. Fortunately, scientists developed the FROM THE to a manageable level will require Meanwhile, economic in- cooperation on a few key issues. On Instead, they have paid lip serv- first polio vaccines later that decade. And BRINK. WILL IT a massive effort, involving sharp equality between and within coun- climate, governments could col- ice to these existential challenges, since the launch of the Global Polio economic-policy reversals in every tries has reached levels that were lectively declare that they will cut while remaining subservient to Eradication Initiative in 1988, vaccines DO SO, OR WILL country. Major changes in the unimaginable in the already ex- carbon dioxide and other green- private capital and vested inter- have reduced the global incidence of wild FUTURE SPECIES global legal and economic archi- tremely unequal pre-pandemic house-gas emissions more sharply ests, and all too willing to play to polio cases by more than 99%, from hun- tecture will be essential. world. While many people face in order to reach net zero in a national and local galleries. dreds of thousands annually to a handful WONDER WHY For its part, the pandemic has substantial income losses, de- decade, rather than several decades. The attitude of G7 governments, of endemic cases in just two remaining devastated employment and liveli- clining access to basic needs, Rich countries with high legacy which are more obsessed with countries: Afghanistan and Pakistan. In WE CHOSE TO hoods, pushing hundreds of mil- acute deprivation and hunger, a emissions should obviously make China’s rise than with preserv- 2020, Africa was certified as being free of PARTICIPATE lions of people, mostly in the de- tiny minority of the extremely the deepest cuts and transfer green ing our increasingly fragile world, wild polio, giving the continent a much- veloping world, into poverty and wealthy and a few large corpo- technologies to the developing has been especially depressing. needed glimmer of hope amid the COVID- ACTIVELY IN hunger. The International Labour rations have grabbed even more world without conditions. Funds Their COVID-19 vaccine nation- 19 pandemic. Strong vaccine coverage has Rosemarie Muganda OUR OWN Organisation’s World Employment income and wealth, thereby mul- for climate adaptation are now alism is short-sighted and obscene, made it possible to believe that polio could and Social Outlook Trends 2021 tiplying their assets. essential and proposed global pub- while their rigid attachment to become the second disease – after small- DESTRUCTION? show the extent of the damage Today’s new forms of con- lic investment can enable swift intellectual-property rights al- pox – to be eradicated through vaccination. Vaccines are among in grinding detail. In 2020, the spicuous consumption – such as action on this. lows private firms to restrict But the polio clock has not stopped tick- modern medicine’s pandemic caused loss of nearly 9% Jeff Bezos recently spending $5.5 To control the still-raging pan- knowledge and production in ing: back in 2014, the World Health greatest innovations, of total global working hours, billion for a four-minute ride demic, it is imperative to redis- order to maximise their profits. Organisation sounded the alarm when it equivalent to 255 million full-time around suborbital space – are lit- tribute available vaccine doses These stances have reduced trust designated the disease as a Public Health allowing billions of jobs. This trend has continued in erally out of this world. This immediately, and remove legal and hampered international co- Emergency of International Concern. In people to lead 2021, with working-hour losses amount could instead have funded constraints on widening pro- operation to tackle the pandemic. particular, areas with low immunisation equivalent to 140 million full-time the COVID-19 Vaccine Global duction through compulsory li- Humanity still has a chance to rates, and thus low levels of protection, are healthy lives. But jobs in the first quarter and 127 mil- Access (COVAX) facility to provide censes. In addition, the pharma- step back from the brink. Will it also vulnerable to rare but increasingly fre- stopping outbreaks of lion jobs in the second quarter. vaccines to two billion people in ceutical firms that benefited from do so, or will future species won- quent outbreaks of circulating vaccine-de- On current trends, projected poor countries, who are unlikely large COVID-19 vaccine-develop- der why we chose to participate rived poliovirus (cVDPV), which occur vaccine-preventable employment growth will be in- to get them in the next two years. ment subsidies must share their actively in our own destruction? when the weakened pathogen originally disease depends on sufficient to make up for these This state of affairs obviously technology with other producers contained in oral polio vaccines eventu- achieving critical losses. So, even in 2022, total em- cannot continue for long without to increase supply, as the World The writer, Executive ally regains virulence. ployment will be lower than in 2019 major social tensions and civil un- Health Organisation Council on Secretary of International Today, cVDPV outbreaks outnumber wild mass with by the equivalent of at least 23 rest. Indeed, the perfect storm we the Economics of Health for All Development Economics polio cases. Although we are closing in on immunisation million full-time jobs. This is de- are beginning to experience will has recommended. Building re- Associates, is Professor of the virus, we are struggling to maintain spite relatively strong job growth soon include much more social silient and decentralised manu- Economics at the University the strong vaccine coverage needed to stop campaigns in the United States, meaning and political instability. Rather facturing capacity, including in the of Massachusetts Amherst these outbreaks before they start, owing to that labour-market deterioration than spurring a progressive and public sector, will be vital in order and a member of the a lack of resources, conflict or civil unrest, in other, mostly poorer, regions will transformative agenda, this could to deal effectively with future pan- Independent Commission for and pandemic-related disruptions to immunisation drives. be even sharper and more in- descend into ethnic, racial and demics and other health crises. the Reform of International The COVID-19 crisis has so far caused the postponement of 57 life-saving tense. Moreover, the “new” jobs as- other forms of conflicts, violence As for economic policy, global Corporate Taxation. mass vaccination campaigns in 66 countries, affecting hundreds of mil- sociated with recovery from the and chaos. This nightmarish sce- tax cooperation is a no-brainer. ©PROJECT SYNDICATE lions of people, mostly African children. In November 2020 the WHO and UNICEF called for emergency action to avert a secondary crisis of measles and polio outbreaks caused by disrupted vaccine access. Even as we rally together against COVID-19, PATH and other partners con- SPECTRUM SURVIVAL INSTINCTS tinue to call upon national governments and donors to double down on im- munisation against polio and other vaccine-preventable diseases. The newly launched Immunisation Agenda 2030 global framework has a crucial role to play both to make up for lost time and to boost our collective resilience. As the pandemic has shown, cross-border spread of infectious disease is an ever-present threat. All therefore have a strong interest in international im- Man-animal conflict getting worse munisation coverage. Investing in disease prevention through vaccine development and deliv- ogs and monkeys – the first, Pradesh, the animal rights ac- imals, the Animal Welfare Board of is taking a silent toll on human sen- ery protects us all and will pay dividends for years to come. We should thus man’s oldest friend from tivists have pointed fingers at the India compiles data on complaints sitivities, leading to acts of cruelty feel heartened by the stunning speed with which the scientific community D the animal world, and the village panchayat officials for or- on reported cruelty to animals. on innocent animals. While it cer- – helped by many previous years of research into other coronaviruses – came other, is man’s closest relation from dering the disposal of the stray Compared to 155 cases that were tainly does not justify such inhu- together to develop effective COVID-19 vaccines. the animal world. dogs which were overrunning the reported in 2014-15, the numbers mane acts, the Covid fallout is def- These investments are bearing fruit not only for COVID-19, but also for But, no less than 300 stray dogs village. In Karnataka, the mon- grew to 228, 256 and 225 respectively initely not to be ignored. polio. Last year, after a decade of research and development, the novel oral Narendra Puppala are estimated to have been killed keys were trapped and being trans- in the next three years. Following The abysmally low penalties polio vaccine against type 2 (nOPV2) became the first vaccine to receive a by poisoning in a small village in ported away, allegedly at the behest a comparative lull in 2018-19 when and punishments laid out in the law WHO Emergency Use Listing. Researchers expect that nOPV2 will be less Andhra Pradesh around a fort- of villagers fed up with the mon- 144 cases were reported, the num- are also a factor fuelling acts of cru- likely to seed new cVDPV2 outbreaks, thereby helping to hasten the eradi- night ago. And, around the same key menace to their crops. bers grew to 300 in 2019-20, 383 in 2020- elty against animals. For instance, cation of polio. A POPULATION time, in neighbouring Karnataka, While instances of cruelty meted 21, and stood at 210 in the first seven `50 is the highest penalty for a When it comes to highly infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and polio, EXPLOSION at least 60 monkeys were found out to animals regularly make months of 2021-22. first offence under The Prevention our fates are bound up together; what affects one part of the world af- in gunny bags strewn along a coun- news headlines, these have gener- The above figures may just be the of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. fects us all. Investing in tools for a single country does little to a con- CAUSED BY LACK try road. Found dead or dazed, the ally been isolated cases involving proverbial volcano’s tip, and not ex- A population explosion caused trol or eliminate such global health threats. Instead, we must keep OF SYSTEMATIC simians are believed to have been individuals or small groups. In con- actly reflect the ground realities be- by lack of systematic birth control global vaccine access at the center of our efforts. Strong national com- drugged before their capture. trast, the recent incidents in Andhra cause it is a given that every case mechanisms for these species, is mitments and financing for the Immunisation Agenda 2030 framework BIRTH CONTROL Predictably, the grisly incidents Pradesh and Karnataka are a ‘com- of animal cruelty is not recorded. cited as the major factor behind this can help get us there. MECHANISMS FOR provoked a hue and cry in several missioned’ crime. Secondly, these are just a number emerging problem. In India, kill Globalisation has already brought us closer together. With a commit- quarters. Animal rights activists The scale and planning involved of cases filed, and do not detail rather than birth control, is the con- ment to equitable immunisation access, the world can advance toward a shared THESE SPECIES, IS took up the matter in Andhra in these ‘organised’ pogroms, raises the numbers of animals subjected venient mantra for civic officials future of health and prosperity. Pradesh, and local police reluc- concerns and questions. The man- to cruelty. Take for instance, the tasked with maintaining hygiene CITED AS THE tantly filed a case. In Karnataka, animal conflict over dwindling case of the 300 dogs killed in in our villages, towns, and cities. The writer is Regional Advocacy Director at PATH, based in MAJOR FACTOR the High Court, taking suo motu habitats is no longer about ‘wild’ Andhra Pradesh, or that of the 60 For them, the costs of finishing off Nairobi, Kenya. cognisance, ordered an enquiry animals like leopards, tigers, and monkeys in Karnataka. the problem work out cheaper than ©PROJECT SYNDICATE BEHIND THIS into the killings of the monkey. elephants alone, but has expanded A sharp rise in such incidents sterilisation the dumb animals. EMERGING While a few persons, belonging to include domesticated species can be noticed over the last two Eliminating them totally means to traditional animal-trapper com- and species that have acclimatised years, which incidentally corre- inviting new problems, apart from PROBLEM munities, have been arrested in to urban surroundings, which are sponds to the emergence of the the ethical issues involved in such WISDOM CORNER Karnataka for the monkey mur- home to humans. Covid-19 pandemic. Of late, a num- flagrant vigilante responses. The ders, in Andhra Pradesh, the per- So, how big a problem is the ber of animal cruelty cases have man-animal conflict certainly The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high petrators have been identified as issue of cruelty to animals? Is it a been initiated on the basis of videos seems to have come closer home, and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our tribals who are animal hunters. problem in the making? While the trending on social media. It raises possibly, a bit too close for comfort. mark. Both cases show certain dis- Central government does not main- the question of whether remain- MICHELANGELO turbing similarities. In Andhra tain records of crimes against an- ing cooped up indefinitely in homes, IANS If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. NELSON MANDELA Pay heed Mixing vaccines My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better. Sir, Minimal accountability, disdain for court directives and abysmal conviction rates are Sir, Earlier it was thought that the first dose of MARLO THOMAS factors that continue to embolden the Indian police to run amok. When an innocent man, Covishield vaccine followed by Covaxin or vice- etters including the educated and privileged, fears the police, it speaks volumes about his/her versa would have ill-effects or may even prove abject loss of confidence in the law enforcers. Chief Justice of India NV Ramana’s take fatal. But this view has lost ground to the view that on human right violations at police stations is making headlines. Justice Ramana was mixung vaccines would be safe and improve the TOL THE EDITOR vocal over his displeasure about police stations becoming the first point of threat to immunity, according to the study released by the LOL Readers of Orissa POST human rights. He should know well because the Supreme Court guidelines in all cases Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). are most welcome to contribute letters of arrest or detention are clear-cut. Though the Chief Justice specifically spoke about the Several cases of deaths have been reported even Hanging herself (200 words), articles and third degree treatment meted out to the accused at police stations, there is no doubt that in the case of people having received two doses. columns (between 750-1250 words). Contributors are he had in mind the boiling issue of custodial deaths. Indian police assume they are ‘pow- Israel has been contemplating for booster dose to blonde really got tired of all husband said, requested to send their erful’ if thrashing an arrested person defines ‘power’. That is exactly what the Chief Justice contain the corona spike. No hasty recommendation Ablonde jokes and decided to "I thought you contact numbers and full has lamented: violation of bodily integrity at police stations. No state has put the ‘Police should be given for mix of vaccines without con-
hang herself in the bathroom. As she were hanging postal address/email ID. They may also Complaint Authority’, as ordered by the top court, in place. Augmenting investigative tech- clusive evidence to show that it would improve the
k y m send in their valuable comments, opinion c locked the door, she yelled at her yourself." She said, "Yes, I am!" The and suggestions, preferably by email, niques, providing better facilities in rural police stations, refresher courses in wide rang- safety and immunity. Vaccine supply should be husband, "I'm hanging myself husband replied, "Usually when to: [email protected] ing subjects, psychological counseling – all are some ways to reform the police. As Justice speeded up and people of all the age group need because I'm tired of jokes about us people hang themselves, they tie the Ramana has said display boards and outdoor hoardings in police stations depicting the to be administered vaccine at the earliest possi- blondes being stupid!" Her husband rope around their neck, so why is salient features of free legal aid services should help. Also, doctors conducting the post- ble time leaving no one unvaccinated all over the broke into the bathroom and saw his yours tied on your toe?" She said, "I B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, mortem examination, and judicial magistrates in front of whom the arrested is pro- world. It is the only ray of hope to eradicate the wife with a rope tied on her toe. The tried that, but I couldn't breathe." Bhubaneswar-751010 duced, require appropriate training. Ganapathi Bhat, AKOLA lethal disease. KV Seetharamaiah, HASSAN P7 FRIDAY | AUGUST 13 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR state
GREEN CAUSE Spectre of drought looming
k y m large in Bolangir district c BANKEL, MATHANPALLA AND JAMUNA JORA IRRIGATION DAMS ARE OF NO USE FOR FARMERS. EXISTING CANALS ARE UNABLE TO DELIVER WATER DUE TO BAD SHAPE
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Titlagarh, August 12: With de- ficient rainfall in July and August, Titlagarh area in Bolangir dis- trict is going to see a drought sit- uation. Agriculture activities have failed to make progress with the farmlands getting dry and crack- ing for lack of sufficient rainfall. Paddy saplings are dying due to lack of water. Residents of Parbatipur village under Khaira block in Balasore district distributed over 2000 saplings to commuters on Soro-Kupari road as part of a programme As there is no likelihood of rain celebrating the 137th birth anniversary of Mukunda Prasad Das, the Speaker of first pre-independent Odisha Assembly, Thursday OP PHOTO in the coming days, farmers fear the spectre of drought. According to reports, normal rainfall in July should have been 360.5 mm, but it was far less. Other blocks VIMSAR students, docs send postcards to PM Bangomunda, Puintala and FACT Reports said, normal rainfall in July should have been 360.5 Muribahal have also received deficit mm, but it was far less. Other blocks Bangomunda, Puintala and Muribahal have also received deficit rainfall POST NEWS NETWORK Sundargarh has various facilities like rainfall. Farmers apprehend a FILE AIIMS IN SUNDARGARH Jharsuguda Airport and Biju drought with the monsoon almost Expressway for connectivity. If AIIMS Farmers apprehend a drought Locals in these areas expressed concern Sambalpur, August 12: The state doing a vanishing act. Telltale signs with the monsoon almost doing a over the scanty rainfall. They lamented government has proposed the sec- is set up people of other western of drought were found at several Odisha districts, neighbouring vanishing act. Telltale signs of that irrigational facilities in the block have ond AIIMS in tribal-dominated places where farmlands have been Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh will drought were found at several become defunct. Some areas have canals, Sundargarh district. Both the avail of medical services left cracked for want of rain. places where farmlands have but they are unable to deliver water as state and the central governments Farmers in these areas expressed been left cracked for want of rain they are in their bad shape had earlier initiated the process Dr Sanjib Mishra The second concern over the scanty rainfall. On for the establishment of the fa- said Sundargarh AIIMS will the other hand, Bankel, and turned yellow. The situation will in the projects. cility, but the efforts have slowed district is a tribal- bring about a Mathanpalla and Jamuna Jora ir- turn worse if the saplings don’t “Covid-induced shutdowns and down, it was alleged. dominated one and change in rigation dams are of no use for find water immediately. In most lockdowns have already affected Now, doctors and students of tribal people will healthcare farming. Some areas have canals, areas where there are no irrigation our activities. Deficit rainfall has VIMSAR have pressed for setting get quality sector in but they are unable to deliver water facilities; paddy cultivation de- badly affected farming activities,” up of the second AIIMS in healthcare services entire western due to bad shape, farmers alleged. pends on rains,” some farmers farmers said.In some areas, sev- Sundargarh. They have sent through AIIMS Odisha At many places, canals have lamented. They pointed out that eral hectares of land were left fal- postcards to Prime Minister collapsed. “Mathanpalli dam has the area is a drought prone one. low. Farmers demanded that the Narendra Modi to take expedi- dominated one and tribal people no water at this time. Lift irrigation They alleged that there are two state government take welfare tious steps in this direction. will get quality healthcare serv- points at some places are not work- mega irrigation points, but they are measures and do damage assess- It may be noted here that peo- ices through AIIMS. ing. Paddy saplings have wilted unable to supply water due to faults ment in the area. ple of some districts in western The second AIIMS will bring Odisha had staged protests for about a change in healthcare sec- the AIIMS in their respective tor in entire western Odisha. districts. It may be noted here that former Nuapada woman eatery Youth murdered, Hundreds of students and doc- chief secretary Asit Tripathy had tors – Ashok Panigrahi, Sanjib In their postcards, they have set up in the district, people of proposed the central government villagers gherao PS Mishra, Ashok Kumar Dhal, Pinak mentioned that Sundargarh has other western Odisha districts, in 2020 for setting up of the sec- owner murder; 4 held Prasad Bhal and Hemanta Patel various facilities like Jharsuguda neighbouring Jharkhand and ond AIIMS in Sundargarh. POST NEWS NETWORK -- organised a meeting Thursday Airport and Biju Expressway for Chhattisgarh will avail of medical Thereafter, various outfits in and urged the Prime Minister to connectivity, apart from good in- services. different districts staged protests Phulbani, August 12: A youth take necessary steps for setting of frastructure in education and Dr Sanjib Mishra said demanding the facilities in was allegedly murdered at Subalaya AIIMS in Sundargarh. medical education. If AIIMS is Sundargarh district is a tribal- their districts. village under Chakapad block in Kandhamal district. Angry over the incident, hundreds of villagers Burglars decamp staged protests at local police sta- tion, by keeping the body Thursday. Show cause to 3 asst teachers with cash, jewellery The deceased was identified as Jashbant Behera of Brahmanpad. POST NEWS NETWORK The agitating people demanded POST NEWS NETWORK certained that Basanti’s son-in-law that police arrest the real culprits. over dereliction of duty Patana, August 12: Burglars looted Minaketan Behera and his elder They said the person arrested by a house at Dianali village under Nuapada, August 12: The police brother had hatched a conspiracy police is not the one who murdered POST NEWS NETWORK Erandei panchayat in Patna block Wednesday solved the murder case and hired two contract killers for the youth. Several others are in- of Keonjhar district Thursday of a woman dhaba owner who was `6 lakh to eliminate her over volved in the crime and they aare Chhatrapur, August 12: Show- morning and decamped with `80,000 recently killed at Duajhara area. a family feud. going scot-free, they asserted. cause notices have been issued and gold ornaments. Four persons were arrested in this “Family members of the woman The protestors clamoured for to three assistant teachers in Bimala Mahanta, wife of connection including the deceased’s alleged that Minaketan had been quick action by police against those Ganjam district on charge of ir- Netrananda Mahanta, was alone at son-in-law, his elder brother and two threatening to kill his mother-in- who have eliminated youth. regularities and dereliction of their house. After finishing daily other contract killers. law. The prime conspirator along IIC Ambika Prasad Pattnaik duty, a report said. chores, she locked the door of the Nuapada police have also seized with his elder brother had made a tried to convince the agitating peo- The teachers were identified house and went to their farmland `90,000, four mobile phones and deal with two supari killers and ple, saing that culprits will be ar- as Madhu Charan Sethi, assis- at the backside of their house. On two bikes from their possession, a given them `2 lakh in advance,” rested as soon as possible. tant teacher of Jharapalli Project her return, she found the lock bro- source informed. Nuapada SP Pratyush “We have detained five youths in UP School, Khitish Dash, assistant ken and the door ajar. Sensing According to sources, the de- Diwaker said. this connection and they are being teacher of Kairasi Nodal UP School something wrong, she alerted her ceased woman eatery owner, iden- “Minaketan had also promised interrogated,” he added. After the and Kishore Chandra Ghasi, as- neighbours. In the house, she found tified as Basanti Meher, was shot to give them `4 lakh more after the assurance from the IIC, the peo- sistant teacher of Komanda UP the almirah had also been prised dead Saturday night following an murder. The arrested four were ple relented. School under Khallikote block. open and `80,000, a gold chain, two argument with two miscreants forwarded to court Thursday morn- However, the family members The block education officer has BLOCK EDUCATION OFFICER ABINASH SATAPATHY IN THREE SEPARATE pairs of gold earrings, two gold who were in an inebriated condi- ing. Probe into the murder case of the deceased are not aware of appraised the district education LETTERS HAS ISSUED THE NOTICE TO THE CONCERNED TEACHERS ON rings and silver anklets missing. tion. During the probe, it was as- has been intensified,” the SP added. why Jashbant was murdered. officer and all district project co- BEHALF OF THE DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ordinators of the development. The notice has been issued by THE TEACHERS HAVE BEEN ASKED TO FILE THE TEACHERS HAVE BEEN Abinash Satapathy, Chhatrapur THEIR REPLY TO THE CHARGE WITHIN A ACCUSED OF INSTIGATING GIRL EDUCATION GOES FOR A TOSS IN MAYURBHANJ and Khallikote block education WEEK OF THE RECEIPT OF THE LETTER. THEY OTHER TEACHERS IN officer on behalf of the director of HAVE BEEN WARNED OF DISCIPLINARY STAGING A HUNGER STRIKE primary education. ACTION IF THEY FAIL TO FILE THEIR REPLY TO WITHOUT INFORMING THE The BEO, in separate letters- THE NOTICE WITHIN THE PERIOD HIGHER AUTHORITIES KGBV upgradation in limbo despite huge funds 1791, 1795 and 1799 has issued the show-cause notices to the con- within the period. Moreover, their official duty, disobeying the higher POST NEWS NETWORK keen on upgradation programme cerned teachers. service book will also be affected, authorities, inviting teachers and of these schools. The teachers have been asked they have been warned. conducting meetings in alleged Baripada, August 12: The cen- “As upper classes have not been to file their reply to the charge The teachers have been accused violation of Covid-19 protocols tral government is executing uni- opened, our kids have to face a lot within a week of the receipt of of instigating other teachers in and frequently visiting the block versal education programme aimed of problems in pursuing higher the letter. They have been warned staging a hunger strike without in- education officer’s office and dis- at ensuring education to the needy, studies. After completion of their of disciplinary action if they fail forming the higher authorities. rupting the daily works of the of- helpless and economically back- studies, our children have to re- to file their reply to the letter Irregularities and dereliction in ficials are the charge against them. ward girl students in Kasturba turn home and drop out their stud- Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV) ies. We are not able to afford to pay since 2004. for higher studies,” they pointed out. Crores of rupees are spent for es- Students of Class-IX like DEMO OVER POWER CUT tablishment and upgradation of Sukumari Nayak, Phulamani these schools. But updgradation Murmu and Jaba Tudu expressed programme has been caught in a concern over their fate after com- stalemate in Mayurbhanj district pletion of Class-X. “As upgrada- despite allocation of huge funds, a tion scheme has not been executed, report said. many students of economically Lack of upgradation of KGBVs weaker section will drop their stud- has deprived the girl students of MATTER OF CONCERN Class-IX and Class X have been ies,” they lamented. pursing their higher studies. opened in almost all these When contacted, district edu- Central government issued a directive According to reports, the cen- schools but Class-XI and Class cation officer Pradosh Kumar in 2018-19 to open Classes from IX to XII are yet to be opened. Lack of tral government issued a directive XII in KGBV residential schools. Nayak, who is also project coordi- in 2018-19 to open Classes from IX additional hostel facilities for nator of the universal education pro- However, many schools do not have students is termed as the to XII in these residential schools. gramme, said that all arrange- hostels with adequate beds to reason for not opening Class-XI However, many schools do not have accommodate students and Class XII ments have been made to set up hostels with adequate beds to ac- ` additional hostels for seven KGBVs commodate students. Class-IX and Government has allocated 26 crore for construction of additional hostels in Rairangpur sub-division while Class X have been opened in al- in this tribal-dominated district where the majority of population are from `7 crore has been handed over to tribal communities and economically backward classes most all these schools but Class-XI the rural development department. and Class XII are yet to be opened. Tender process will be initiated It is explained that lack of additional communities, economically back- Accordingly, the government soon, he added. hostel facilities for students is the ward classes. The district has 26 has allocated `99.99 lakh for each Similarly, steps have been taken reason for not opening Class-XI KGBVs where 3, 264 girl students additional hostel three years ago. to build hostels for 19 KGBVs in
and Class XII. are studying – 371 are in Class VI, Three years have passed, but the Baripada and Karanjia sub-divi-
k y m c It was learnt that the govern- 645 in Class-VII, 925 in Class-VIII, funds lie unutilized due to apathy sion, he added. Zilla Parishad chair- ment has allocated `26 crore for 716 in Class IX and 598 in Class-X. of the district administration. person Sujata Murmu said the construction of additional hostel As per the government direc- Guardians of the KGBVs like issue has been raised at the Zilla facilities in this tribal-dominated tive, all these 26 KGBVs should Narottam Nayak, Sahadev Barik Parishad meeting, but the district Residents of Sathipur village in Jajpur district protesting unscheduled power cuts staging a sit-in outside the district. In Mayurbhanj, a major- have been upgraded with classes up and Kalicharan Singh alleged that administration is not keen to exe- electricity sub-division office at Panikoili, Thursday OP PHOTO ity of population belongs to tribal to XII. the officials concerned are not cute the centrally sponsored scheme. KARNATAKA P8 KERALA
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k y m 499 kids test Covid+ve in last 10 days Cong holds mock session c In the coming weeks the number might get three times more than this, said Health dept sources
AGENCIES outside Kerala Assembly Bangalore, August 12: As many 50% ICU beds for The prime accused as 499 children have tested posi- tive for Covid-19 during the first paediatric cases in the gold smuggling ten days of August in Bangalore, MANGALURU: Karnataka Chief case, Swapna Suresh has creating a worrisome situation Minister Basavaraj Bommai, for parents. who is on a visit to Mangaluru alleged that a packet of According to a health bulletin, to review the Covid situation, foreign currency was about 88 children in the age group Thursday announced that 50 of 0 to 9 years and 305 children be- per cent of ICU beds in the state sent to Vijayan tween the age of 10 to 19 years have hospitals will be converted into tested positive for the coronavirus. paediatric ICU beds. Asked INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Out of 499 cases, 263 were re- about the preparation for the ported in last five days. Among third wave of Covid which is Thiruvananthapuram, August these, 88 are between 0 to 9 years and expected to hit the children, he 12: In a first of its kind move, the 175 are between 10 and 19 years old. said that the state government Congress-led opposition after being The Health department has con- is already taking precautionary denied permission to seek leave sidered this development as alarm- measures. At all hospitals in for an adjournment motion de- were placed and all the opposition Later Leader of Opposition VD ing situation and has already started zilla panchayats, 100 plus bed manding the resignation of Kerala legislators sat and Thomas pointed Satheesan said not allowing the initiating strict measures to con- hospitals in taluka panchayats Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan out that the details of the role of opposition to even present the tain the infections. and government hospitals in over the fresh revelation in the Vijayan has now come out in the leave for the adjournment motion In the coming few weeks the Bengaluru, it has been gold smuggling case, held a mock show cause notice issued by the is strange. number might get three times more decided to convert 50 per cent session outside the main gate of the Customs to Swapna and other ac- Just recall the events years back than this, sources in the Health of ICU beds into paediatric ICU Assembly Thursday. cused on the issue of illegal ex- when this very same Vijayan was department explain. beds, he said. The prime accused in the gold port of dollars abroad. demanding the resignation of the Parents have been advised to smuggling case, Swapna Suresh The show cause notice, dated then Chief Minister Oommen vaccinate themselves with two has alleged that a packet of for- July 29 came out Wednesday and Chandy when the solar scam ac- doses of Covid first and then mon- eign currency was sent to Vijayan Swapna Suresh says M Sivasankar cused levelled allegations and what itor their children properly and ‘VATSALYA’ SCHEME TO BE REPLICATED ACROSS K’TAKA while he was on a visit to the UAE (then secretary to Vijayan) called all they created in the state on that avoiding them from crowded places. in 2017, through a diplomat of its her and said there was a very im- case. Today, just in the same man- MANGALURU: The ‘Vatsalya’ scheme launched in Udupi district for children will be replicated across Karnataka The state is recording 1,500 plus Consul General’s office. portant packet that had to be sent ner when an allegation in the dol- in view of the apprehensions of some experts that the third wave of Covid-19 may affect kids most, Chief Covid cases on an average and so Minister Basavaraj S Bommai said Thursday. In Udupi, ‘Vatsalya’ (meaning affection) scheme has been Senior legislator PT Thomas to the UAE to Chief Minister, who lar case was raised, Vijayan is tak- far 15,919 deaths have occurred launched. The same has to be implemented in Mangaluru and across the State. In the next one and half months sought leave for the motion, but had reached the UAE on the pre- ing cover and is not even saying a due to the virus. a health checkup of all the children will be carried out. Such camps should be held in every school of the state. If Speaker MB Rajesh said since the vious day. Sarith collected the word. He could have at least spoken At least 19 children between the there is any shortcoming in the nutrition then it should be improved, Bommai told reporters here. He opined that matter is sub-judice permission packet and gave to the diplomat on the floor of the house. This is in ages of 0 and 9 have died and 26 chil- the nutrition intake is low among a section of children from economically weaker sections and rural areas cannot be given to move this. Ahmed Al Doukhi, for carrying it no way acceptable and hence we dren in age group of 10 to 19 have leading to their under-growth, lack of immunity, and malnourishment. In order to identify them, health camps Following this an angry oppo- to the UAE. Sarith informed her un- have no other way but to boycott the lost their lives. Hence, 45 children have to be organised. If there is any shortcoming in the nutrition then it should be improved, Bommai added. He sition decided to boycott the day’s officially that he had brought the house, said Satheesan. of the age group of 0 to 19 years have added that some medical experts are of the view that the third wave may hit children the most. Hence, a special session and trooped out of the said packet to the Consulate for With the opposition up in arms died. As many as 279 individuals of drive will be launched under ‘Vatsalya’. Bommai said he would hold a meeting with experts next week as part of house and marched to the front screening it in the X-Ray machine and the present assembly session 20 to 30 age group have lost their efforts to contain Covid-19. gate of the Kerala Assembly. and that the packet contained cur- to end Friday, there could be more lives to the deadly coronavirus. In front of the assembly, chairs rency, said Thomas. action from the opposition. Doorstep assistance scheme for BJP MLA protests own party govt’s apathy
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Noting that the situation con- own party being in power we are ONE-MAN PROTEST tinued last year and this year too, neglected every year. the aged, disabled and destitute Bangalore, August 12: Ruling he said, I did not want to question My constituency is facing a tough BJP MLA from Mudigere MP why other constituencies are being situation, we are facing floods every ernment’s experience it would be Kumaraswamy Thursday staged considered and we were not, but one year, we have requested it to be de- extended to the entire state in a protest accusing his own party’s name I will take- Shivamogga city- clared as rain and flood prone area. December, he said in a release. government in Karnataka of ne- was considered for relief under There are seven to eight panchay- Explaining how the scheme glecting his constituency that has NDRF norms, but Mudigere which ats here that come under Western would be implemented, the re- been ravaged by torrential rains, is a hilly area that comes amid Ghats region, but the government lease said that in all Local Self floods and landslides over the past western Ghats and receives heavy is not declaring it rain and flood Government Institutions, a com- few years. rains, was left out. prone. They are completely ne- mittee consisting of an accred- He staged a protest alone, with Pointing out that in 2018 when glecting us, he added. ited social health activist (ASHA), a placard, in front of Mahatma fifteen days to search for their bod- HD Kumaraswamy of the JD(S) The protest by MLA against his a Kudumbasree representative Gandhi statue at Vidhana Soudha, ies, several houses and coffee plan- was the Chief Minister, he had own party government is being and volunteers under the chair- the seat of the state legislature tations were destroyed due to land- given grants and had promised to seen as an example for simmer- manship of the Ward member will and secretariat here. slides, we asked for compensation, help in other ways, following his ap- ing discontent within the ruling BJP, carry out the work of providing the In 2019 we had heavy rains and we were completely neglected, we peal on the social media not to neg- after the recent cabinet formation services. The Asha workers will about six people were washed away remained quiet, Kumaraswamy lect Mudigere constituency, the exercise by Chief Minister have the primary responsibility of along with their houses and it took said. MLA said, but now despite our Basavaraj Bommai. contacting those in need of serv- ice, the release said, adding that those in need of the service can contact the committee members by phone. For this, a card contain- Let Cong open ‘Nehru Hookah bar’ at its office: Ravi PRESS TRUST OF INDIA To start with, a lifetime ing the phone numbers of the committee members will be is- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA and Indira Gandhi for the coun- Nehru Hookah Bar...Let them open. Thiruvananthapuram, August certificate, preparation sued, it said. try, hit back at the BJP national Who will object?” But, let them not 12: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi of an application for Akshaya centres and volunteers Bangalore, August 12: Reiterating General Secretary and asked him use it to play politics. That’s why I said Vijayan Thursday announced a will be available to assist the Asha his demand to rename Indira to speak responsibly. “We don’t the canteens have to be renamed as ‘doorstep assistance’ scheme under assistance from the Chief workers. The LSGIs would be re- Canteens as Annapoorneshwari have prejudice to reject every stand Annapoorneshwari canteen, he said. which senior citizens unable to go Minister’s Disaster Relief sponsible for locating the volun- Canteen, BJP National General taken by Indira (Indira Gandhi). Launched in 2017, the Indira out due to their age, those bedrid- teers by using a transparent Secretary CT Ravi Thursday said; Nehru and Indira Gandhi have Canteen, which was the pet project den as well as destitute and dis- Fund, social security methodology, the CM said and he let Congress open the Indira Canteen contributed to this nation. But to of then Chief Minister abled persons would be provided pension, delivery of directed the Health department or Nehru Hookah Bar at its office. say only that family contributed to Siddaramaiah, serves highly sub- various services like social security emergency medicines to ensure that the medicines re- Alleging that there was pure the nation is something only slaves sidised food. These canteens serve pension and emergency medicines quired by each person are available politics behind naming the can- will agree with,” Ravi said. breakfast for five rupees and lunch at their place of residence. and palliative care would locally. He also said that the teens after late former Prime Speaking to reporters here, he and dinner for ten rupees. Pointing To start with, a lifetime certifi- be the services provided progress of the door-to-door serv- Minister Indira Gandhi, he said said 217 schemes have been named out that Indira Gandhi was assas- cate, preparation of an applica- ice activities should be regularly the BJP doesn’t have prejudice to after the Nehru-Gandhi family, and sinated in 1984, Ravi asked whether tion for assistance from the Chief under the scheme reviewed at the district-level and reject everything she and her father sought to know if others haven’t canteens in her name were started Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund, at the level of the LSGIs and added Jawaharlal Nehru, the first PM of contributed to the nation. Defending in 2017 out of love. “No, it was for social security pension, delivery of would be added subsequently. The that the District Collector and the the country, did, as both have con- his suggestion to rename Indira can- pure politics. Why didn’t Congress emergency medicines and pallia- first phase of the scheme, which District Planning Committee will tributed to the nation. teen as Annapoorneshwari canteen, open the canteens when it was in tive care would be the services pro- would commence from September, have a crucial role to play in the Congress leaders Siddaramaiah Ravi, who is MLA from Chikmagalur food and we pray to her as part of our power between 1989 and 1994, 1999- vided under the scheme, the CM will be implemented in areas under implementation and monitoring and DK Shivakumar, while re- said, “Annapoorneshwari is not a culture. In the Congress office, let 2006, 2013-2017. They did it for pol- said and added that other services 50 local bodies and based on the gov- of the scheme. counting the contributions of Nehru political name, she’s a goddess of them open the Indira Canteen or itics and to make money,” he said. Kerala not opening its Flower growers, vendors decry ban on garland, bouquet cinemas anytime soon The Karnataka coronavirus. The Karnataka gov- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE ernment Tuesday had issued a cir- FLOWER POWER government Tuesday had cular banning the practice of giv- Guard of honour to Thiruvananthapuram, August issued a circular banning ing garland, shawls, flower 12: Despite a number of block- bouquets, fruit baskets and mem- be done away with busters lined up for Onam release, the practice of giving orabilia at government events, fol- fter doing away with the with Covid still raging in Kerala and garland, shawls, flower lowing directions from Chief Apractice of giving the daily number of new cases Minister Basavaraj Bommai and bouquets, garlands, and touching as high as 52 per cent of bouquets, fruit baskets had said Kannada books can be memorabilia at government the total daily cases reported na- and memorabilia at given instead. events, Karnataka Chief tionally, the Pinarayi Vijayan gov- TM Aravind, President of the Minister Basavaraj S Bommai ernment has decided not to open the entire film industry here is government events, South India Floriculture said Thursday that he would the movie halls anytime soon. struggling, but what can be done, we following directions from Association said the decision will soon issue an order banning The Onam season starts from all have to be patient. Perhaps by affect the families of thousands of guard of honour given to him next week. The big names waiting December, we are expecting every- CM Bommai farmers engaged in flower culti- and other ministers at every district and public places include Mohanlal starrer Marakkar thing to be normal, said Cherian. vation in the state covering 7,500 during their visits. “I have said Lion of the Arabian Sea, which has The Covid pandemic has taken PRESS TRUST OF INDIA hectares. that there is no need for a already won a number of awards. a heavy toll on the Malayalam film Noting that there was no scien- Guard of Honour at airports State Minister for Culture and industry and according to indus- Bangalore, August 12: Flower tific thinking behind this decision, and other public places. It is Cinema Saji Cherian said it will try sources close to 100 films are growers and vendors Thursday he said, “With this ban the flower not required at the district level not be possible to open the movie halls ready for release with around Rs protested at the city’s interna- growers who are already suffer- and farmers’ organisations in- informal sector. There are about six every time I visit. I will issue a as the daily positivity rate touched 800 crore investment stuck. tional flower auction market de- ing from hardship due to pandemic volved in floriculture participated people working on an acre and direction soon after going to
15 per cent, only the other day. There are 720 movie halls in manding the immediate with- will be further affected. Farmers in the protest, holding bouquets, gar- about 15 people on a hectare.
k y m Bangalore tomorrow,” Bommai c So with the TPR continuing to re- the state and the owners are also drawal of the ban on the practice who have been affected by lack of lands and fruit baskets. Srikanth Bangalore is a major hub of the told reporters. According to main high we will not be able to in dire straits. Just when many of giving garland, flower bouquets public meetings for a year may be Bollapalli, President of the Flower country’s flower industry, with government sources, Bommai allow permission for movie halls to were expecting the halls will open, at government events. driven to commit suicide. Crores Council of India, said, floriculture flowers exported from Bangalore asked officials in Mangaluru open. Let us wait for the TPR to fall the second wave began in Kerala, They said it will put a burden on of rupees were involved in flori- is being carried out in GreenHouse within the country and abroad, he that there was no need for such below 8 per cent and once it does, we unlike the other states, there has the state’s floriculture farmers, re- culture.” on 7,500 hectares, besides flowers said, as he termed the ban as in- ‘pompous show’. will decide then. We all know that been no respite. covering from the hardship due to Representatives of state’s florists are also grown on many acres in the appropriate. The Central government, MAMATA BANERJEE ALLEGES POLITICALLY P9 adopting a very MOTIVATED QUESTIONS IN CAPF EXAM FRIDAY | AUGUST 13 | 2021 irresponsible and insensitive attitude, refused to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee came accept that there were any deaths down heavily on the Centre for alleged “politically due to lack of oxygen in the motivated” questions asked at the CAPF (central country but has now started armed police force) recruitment examination and asking for data from the states y said it proved that BJP has politicised the central after being rebuked by the court
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of the day uote Twitter blocks Chandrayaan-2 orbiter detects water molecules on Moon Cong’s official We need to PRESS TRUST OF INDIA found to have more dominance identify areas of OH at higher surface temper- where man- handles, several According to the New Delhi, August 12: ature, it said. animal conflicts Chandrayaan-2, ISRO's second The development also assumes exist. We will have to researchers, the leaders’ accounts visit local areas while lunar mission, has detected the significance considering that framing a policy to formation of presence of water molecules on Chandrayaan-2 did not yield de- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA address these issues the Moon, data obtained from the sired results. Planned to land on the hydroxyl or water mission has revealed. South Pole of the Moon, New Delhi, August 12: The BHUPENDER YADAV | UNION ENVIRONMENT molecules occurs In a paper co-authored by A S Chandrayaan-2 was launched July Congress alleged Thursday that its MINISTER Kirankumar, former Indian Space 22. However, lander Vikram hard- official Twitter handle as well as due to a process Research Organisation (ISRO) landed September 7, crashing India's that of a large number of party lead- chairman, said imaging infrared ers and workers have been blocked A voice of poor, called space dream to become the first nation Dalits, farmers spectrometre (IIRS) is one of the to successfully land on the lunar sur- by the microblogging website, which and workers weathering, which is payloads on-board Chandrayaan- face in its maiden attempt. justified the action saying it has will be heard in the when the solar 2, which is placed in a 100 km polar tection of OH and H2O signatures Science journal said. The orbiter of the mission is been done for violating rules. country. It will gather orbit to acquire global scientific on the Moon between 29°N and Plagioclase-rich rocks have working fine and has been sending The development comes close on momentum gradually winds blow over data. “The initial data analysis 62°N lat., after incorporating been found to have higher data to Chandrayaan-1, the first the heels of the blocking of Congress and turn into a storm from IIRS, clearly demonstrates physics-based thermal correction OH (hydroxyl) or possibly H2O lunar mission, and showed evi- leader Rahul Gandhi's Twitter han- that will throw Narendra Modi out of the lunar surface the presence of widespread lunar to reflectance data,” the paper (water) molecules when compared dence that there was water on the dle after he shared pictures of the Prime Minister's residence hydration and unambiguous de- which was published in Current to the mare regions, which were Moon, the paper said. family of a nine-year-old alleged
RAHUL GANDHI | CONGRESS LEADER rape-and-murder victim in Delhi last week in violation of laws. Twitter, on its part, said the `50,000 will be PARLIAMENT DISRUPTIONS blocking of the accounts of sev- given to home- Several hundred crores lost: ISRO eral Congress leaders, including owners whose that of Gandhi, was done to pro- homes have received The GISAT-1/EOS-03, with a life span of 10 years, would have been the country's first tect individual privacy and safety minor damage due to eye in the sky or earth observation satellite to be placed in geostationary orbit after they posted images that vi- floods Govt, Opposition olated its rules. PRAMOD SAWANT | GOA AGENCIES The Congress accused the web- CHIEF MINISTER GSLV FAILS TO PLACE SATELLITE INTO ORBIT site of acting under pressure from Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), the government. blame each other August 12: Indian space pro- The chief spokesperson of the SHORT TAKES gramme suffered a serious setback party, Randeep Surjewala, said the Thursday as its GSLV-F10 rocket Narendra Modi government will not failed midway in its mission of be able to suppress their voice by Six Manipur putting into orbit the Geo-Imaging threatening Twitter. Satellite-1 (GISAT-1). Congress general secretary militants killed The rocket's cryogenic engine Priyanka Gandhi accused Twitter New Delhi: At least six did not fire up to complete the mis- of colluding with the government members of Manipur based sion, said the Indian space agency. to stifle democracy. outlawed outfit Peoples Along with the rocket, the 2,268 kg On Instagram, the Congress said: Liberation Army (PLA) have GISAT-1/EOS-03 communication "Twitter India has locked the offi- been killed and three injured in satellite carried by the rocket, both cial handle of the principal oppo- a factional battle in Myanmar, valued over several hundred crore sition party. officials said Thursday of rupees, revenue opportunity This is an unprecedented attack claiming that the number of for 10 years, were also lost. on the voice of the people. slain extremists might be The GISAT-1/EOS-03, with a life The Twitter accounts of All eight. Security and intelligence span of 10 years, would have been India Congress Committee officials familiar with the be the country's first eye in the (AICC) general secretaries northeast India militant outfits AGENCIES behaviour of some opposition mem- sky or earth observation satellite took place August 12, 2021 at 0543 to be probed by ISRO, whether a Surjewala, K C Venugopal, said that six or eight PLA bers in the House. to be placed in geostationary orbit. Hrs IST as scheduled. Performance faulty component was the reason. Harish Rawat, Ajay Maken, the guerrillas were gunned down The gov- by their fellow cadres when New Delhi, August 12: “For the first time in Rajya Announcing the mission fail- of first and second stages was nor- Earlier in a GSLV rocket that party's whip in the Lok Sabha the slain rebels tried to flee ernment and opposition parties Sabha MPs were beaten up, after ure, K Sivan, Chairman, ISRO said: mal. However, Cryogenic Upper went up, a component with higher Manickam Tagore, Assam in- the Myanmar camp "out of were involved in a slanging slugfest bringing people from outside,” al- “The mission cannot be fully ac- Stage ignition did not happen due dimension than what was designed charge and former Union min- frustration" Tuesday. Thursday over curtailing of the leged Rahul. “It is the Chairman’s complished because of a techni- to technical anomaly. The mission was fixed and the rocket failed. ister Jitendra Singh and Mahila Monsoon Session of the Parliament. and Speaker’s responsibility to cal anomaly observed in the cryo- couldn't be accomplished as in- The Indian space agency does not Congress president Sushmita The government accused the run the House,” he added. genic stage.” Later, the ISRO in a tended." The reason(s) for non-fir- insure its rockets and satellites Dev have also been blocked, the Opposition of ‘literally threatening Meanwhile, the government rep- statement said: "GSLV-F10 launch ing of the cryogenic engine will have launched from the country. party said. Teen drowns that if (the government attempts resented by seven ministers blamed off Goa beach to pass more) bill, there will be the Opposition for unruly scenes even more damage done’. The witnessed during the Monsoon Muslim man Panaji: The Goa Police Opposition on the other hand Session. They said the Rajya Sabha GEARING UP Thursday issued a public appeal marched in protest against the Chairman must take the strongest thrashed, asked to urging people not to share government on several issues, in- possible action against those who photos of the remains of a 19- cluding Pegasus, farm laws and broke the rules. chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ year-old girl, who was found alleged manhandling of their MPs Addressing a joint press con- in a semi-naked state on the in Rajya Sabha. ference, they also accused the op- AGENCIES popular Calangute beach earlier in the day. The deceased, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi position leaders of manhandling a resident of Nachinola village said the voice of people was crushed marshals. Union Minister Piyush Kanpur (UP), August 12: A in North Goa, was missing since in Parliament and democracy was Goyal said that the Opposition’s Muslim man was assaulted in the Wednesday morning and a ‘murdered’. The opposition protest approach of ‘my way or highway public and allegedly asked to chant complaint was filed by her father evoked a furious response from the is highly condemnable’ and the "Jai Shri Ram" even as his minor with the local police station. government which pressed into India also condemns such attitude. daughter tried to save him, said service an array of seven ministers. So the opposition leaders must police here Thursday. Top leaders of several opposition univocally apologise to the nation. A one-minute video of the incident parties met in the chamber of The Secretary General’s table surfaced on social media on 22 Bills passed: Govt Leader of Opposition in the Rajya in Rajya Sabha is not meant for Wednesday. The 45-year-old man is New Delhi: The Ministry of the Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge and dancing and protesting, Union seen being assaulted by some men, Parliamentary Affairs then walked in protest from Minister Anurag Thakur said. He who ask him to chant "Jai Shri Ram". Thursday said that altogether Parliament House to Vijay Chowk. was referring to an incident when Some policemen took the man 22 Bills were passed in the Those who attended the meeting an opposition leader was seen above to their Jeep. The footage also shows Monsoon Session of included Rahul, Sharad Pawar, a table inside the upper house of the man being hit while in police cus- Parliament which was Kharge, Sanjay Raut, Tiruchi Siva, Parliament. Condemning the tody. Deputy Police Commissioner adjourned sine die Manoj Jha and a few others. They Opposition's 'behaviour' in the just- (South) Raveena Tyagi said the mat- Wednesday. This Session met Rajya Sabha chairman M concluded Monsoon Session of the ter came to the fore at the Kacchi provided 17 sittings spread Venkaiah Naidu and complained Parliament, the government Basti locality near the Ram Gopal over a period of 24 days, against the alleged heckling and Thursday demanded the crossing in the Barra area of Kanpur though, it was originally manhandling of MPs including Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha to on Wednesday. scheduled to have 19 sittings from July 19 to August 13,2021, some women. A couple of hours take strictest possible action against "On the complaint of the vic- was curtailed due to later in the day, some Union the unruly members of Opposition, tim, we have lodged an FIR and continuous disruptions in both Ministers also met Naidu and com- who should apologise to the na- legal action is under way," she said Tamil Nadu Women Commando Force contingent during a rehearsal for the 75th Independence Day celebrations the Houses of the Parliament. plained against the alleged unruly tion for their conduct. in a statement. in Chennai PTI PHOTO COVID THIRD WAVE CONCERNED OVER SITUATION ‘Majority of citizens confident about preparedness’ IN AFGHANISTAN, SAYS INDIA PRESS TRUST OF INDIA India has also been
AGENCIES fectively handle the second wave. New Delhi, August 12: India calling upon all sections The survey also asked respon- 3,87,987 Thursday said the situation in of the political spectrum New Delhi, August 12: As many dents on how they foresee eco- Afghanistan is of concern and that in Afghanistan to work as 58 per cent of citizens surveyed nomic recovery from the impact of ACTIVE CASES it continues to hope for a compre- feel confident that India is well Covid in the next one year. hensive ceasefire to end violence together to meet the prepared to handle the third wave This question in the survey re- ndia logged 41,195 new in that country. aspirations of all people of Covid, LocalCircles said ceived 11,081 responses, of which Icoronavirus infections taking Ministry of External Affairs Thursday. 33 per cent said they are hopeful that the total tally of COVID-19 (MEA) Spokesperson Arindam in the country The question how confident do the economy “will recover com- cases to 3,20,77,706, while the Bagchi also said India is in touch people feel about India's pre- pletely and surpass pre-Covid 2019- active cases increased to with all the stakeholders in The Taliban has been making rapid paredness to handle a possible 20 GDP level”. 3,87,987, according to the Union Afghanistan and closely monitor- advances across Afghanistan by Health Ministry data updated third Covid wave in August- About 11 per cent of the re- ing the ground situation in the resorting to widespread violence Thursday. The death toll December 2021, received 8,880 re- spondents said it “will recover climbed to 4,29,669 with 490 war-ravaged country. since the United States began with- sponses in a survey conducted by completely but not surpass pre- fresh fatalities, the data At a media briefing, Bagchi said drawing its troops from the coun- LocalCircles, a community social Covid 2019-20 level”. On an ag- updated at 8 am showed. India attended a regional conference try May 1. media platform. gregate basis, 3 in 4 Indians fore- on Afghanistan in Doha on The US has already pulled back As many as 26 per cent of re- see India that will be able to drive Thursday at the invitation of Qatar. the majority of its forces and is spondents said they are “highly significant economic recovery from To the similar question asked "The situation in Afghanistan looking to complete the draw- confident”. About 32 per cent said Covid within the next one year be- in the 2018 and 2019 surveys or be- is of concern. It is a rapidly evolv- down by August 31. India has y they are “somewhat confident” fore it completes 75 years of fore the Covid-19 hit India, 35 per ing situation. We continue to hope been engaged with a number of
and 25 per cent noted that they Independence, LocalCircles said. cent of citizens had said they were that there will be a comprehen- stakeholders and leading powers
k y m c “have very little confidence”. Nearly The survey also found that con- confident about India creating a sive ceasefire in Afghanistan," he on the latest developments in 13 per cent said they have “no con- India is well-prepared to handle the 2021 when LocalCircles had asked fidence levels about India being lot of new employment and en- said in a statement. Afghanistan. fidence at all”, while 4 per cent did 3rd Covid wave in the coming citizens about India's ability to han- able to leverage demographic div- trepreneurship opportunities. This Asked about Pakistan's contin- It has been supporting a national not have an opinion. months," LocalCircles said in a dle the second Covid wave. Back idend and create enough jobs and percentage declined to 31 per cent ued support to the Taliban, Bagchi peace and reconciliation process "On an aggregate basis, 58 per statement. then, only 41 per cent had exuded entrepreneurship opportunities in the 2020 survey, and is currently said the international community that is Afghan-led, Afghan-owned cent of citizens feel confident that This is a marked shift from March confidence in India's ability to ef- has dropped to an all-time low. at 26 per cent. is well aware of that country's role. and Afghan-controlled. BIDEN THANKS HARRIS P10 The drills are a rehearsal FRIDAY | AUGUST 13 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR for war and prove the US is US President Joe Biden has thanked responsible for destabilising the Kamala Harris for her work as Vice situation. We will also boost President, saying he couldn’t have cooperation between North Korea asked for a better partner and friend and Russia with the view to counter than her. Biden, a Democrat, recalled the US, a common threat that he had picked Harris as his
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k y m international SIN HONG-CHOL | , running mate August 11 one year ago c of the day uote Ship splits into two off Japan coast, spills oil SQUEEZING KABUL The climate AGENCIES The 39,910-tonne vessel, the Coast Guard said. An oil slick 5.1 crisis — I’d like “Crimson Polaris,” was carrying km long by about 1 km wide was to use this Taliban capture Tokyo, August 12: A Panamanian- wood chips when it ran aground on visible later in the day, but con- term, and not climate change — the climate registered ship ran aground in a Wednesday morning in Hachinohe tainment measures were being crisis is here. We are northern Japan harbour, then split harbour. It managed to free itself, taken by patrol boats. in the middle of in two and was leaking oil, but but due to poor weather was unable The vessel’s two parts have not third largest city August and it’s clear we will have there were no injuries among the to move far and ended up anchor- moved and are being closely mon- difficult days ahead of us 21 crew and the oil leak was being ing about 4 km (2.4 miles) out from itored by patrol boats, and by late The seizure of Herat marks the biggest prize yet for the Taliban, controlled with no signs it had the port. The vessel, which was at afternoon there had been no ap- KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS | PM, GREECE reached shore, the Japan the end of a voyage from Thailand, parent major change in its situation, who have taken 11 of Afghanistan’s 34 provincial capitals Coast Guard said. split in two early Thursday, the a Coast Guard spokesman said. Palestinian armed groups during the May Fmr K-Pop star jailed RULE OF LAW GOVERNANCE fighting flagrantly violated the laws-of- for prostitution, fraud war prohibition on indiscriminate attacks by launching AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE thousands of unguided rockets CPC mulls law-based control towards Israeli cities Seoul, August 12: Disgraced for- mer K-pop star Seungri was con- The announcement signals that a crackdown on industry with regard to privacy, ERIC GOLDSTEIN | DIRECTOR, HUMAN victed of arranging prostitution RIGHTS WATCH data management, anti-trust, and other issues will persist on through the year and other charges stemming from a sex and drugs scandal and jailed and medicine, natural resources, for three years Thursday by a mil- industrial safety production, urban The US should itary court, officials said. governance, transport, would also honour its The 30-year-old singer from pop- be strictly enforced, they said. commitment, ular boyband BIGBANG, who re- They additionally laid out di- stop meddling in China’s internal tired from showbusiness as the rectives for the prevention and ASSOCIATED PRESS Af govt offers affairs under the scandal mounted and later enlisted resolution of social conflicts and ‘share in power’ pretext of Tibetan in the military, was found guilty on reiterated an order for officials Kabul, August 12: The Taliban cap- affairs, offer no support to the all nine counts against him, a de- to “nip conflicts in the bud”. tured Afghanistan’s third-largest The Afghan government has Tibetan independence forces to fence ministry official told AFP. The government has in recent city and a strategic provincial cap- offered the Taliban a share in engage in anti-China separatist BIGBANG enjoyed widespread months reined in tech giants with ital near Kabul Thursday, further power so long as the rising activities fame following their 2006 debut anti-monopoly or data security squeezing the country’s embattled violence in the country comes to and Seungri -- real name Lee Seung- rules and clamped down on tu- government just weeks before the a halt, Al Jazeera reported WANG XIAOJIAN | EMBASSY Thursday, citing a government SPOKESPERSON, CHINA hyun -- went on to become a suc- toring companies, as the state in- end of the American military mis- cessful businessman. creases its control of the sion there. source. The proposal was economy and society. Taliban fighters rushed past the delivered through Qatar, the host Thursday, state-media outlet Great Mosque in the historic city of Afghan peace talks, according SHORT TAKES the Securities Times reported that — which dates to 500 BC and was once to the source. In another banking regulators would step up a spoil of Alexander the Great — and development, the head of the BLUEPRINT FOR 2025 scrutiny of online insurance com- seized government buildings. High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR), Abdullah Pak blames India, CPC would improve legislation around public health Better legislation panies in an effort to “purify the Witnesses described hearing spo- market environment” and “pro- radic gunfire at one government Abdullah, presented to the by amending the infectious disease law for areas members of Troika-plus the Af for July 14 blast tect the legal interests of building while the rest of the city fell including scheme of Afghan government Islamabad: Pakistan Thursday Authorities will aim to develop laws consistent with education, race consumers”. silent under the insurgents’ control. for winding up the ongoing war in alleged that India and new sectors such as the digital economy, internet and religion and Authorities used a law aimed at The capture of Ghazni, mean- Afghanistan. Abdullah said the Afghanistan were behind last finance, artificial intelligence, big data, biosecurity was responding to foreign sanctions while, cuts off a crucial highway Afghan government is committed month’s suicide attack on a He was convicted of arranging cloud computing also on the cards for the first time last month to linking the Afghan capital with to end the ongoing conflicts shuttle bus in the country’s sex services for potential investors sanction former US Commerce the country’s southern provinces. through negotiations. Abdullah restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in his business, as well as over- Secretary Wilbur Ross and im- While Kabul itself isn’t directly further added that the major province that killed 13 people, seas gambling at luxurious casinos AGENCIES The Chinese Communist Party posed a national security law on under threat yet, the losses and powers of the world along with including nine Chinese in Las Vegas involving illicit foreign and the government said in a blue- the special region of Hong Kong the battles elsewhere further tighten the Afghans want an independent engineers. The bomb attack exchange transactions. Beijing, August 12: China will print for the five years to 2025, last year, employing legal means the grip of a resurgent Taliban, and united Afghanistan which is took place in the Dasu area of His illegal gambling was “seri- draft new laws on national secu- published by the state-run Xinhua to protect interests beyond the who are estimated to now hold free of terrorism. Upper Kohistan district where ous” given his status as a celebrity rity, technology innovation, mo- news agency, that they would also mainland border. over two-thirds of the nation and a Chinese company is building and it went on over a long period. nopolies and education, as well improve legislation around pub- President Xi Jinping has made are continuing to pressure gov- will again impose a brutal, re- a 4,300-megawatt hydropower According to the charges he as in areas involving foreigners, lic health by amending the infec- "rule of law governance" a signa- ernment forces in several other pressive government, all but elim- project on the Indus river. At least 13 people were killed arranged prostitutes for foreign the national leadership said in a tious disease law and the “frontier ture of his rule, which will be ex- provincial capitals. inating women’s rights and con- when the bus carrying Chinese investors on 24 occasions over five document published late health and quarantine law”. tended if, as expected, he seeks a Thousands of people have fled ducting public amputations, engineers and workers to the months from September 2015. Wednesday. Regulations dealing with food third term next year. their homes amid fears the Taliban stonings and executions. site of the under-construction Dasu Dam exploded July 14. The bus fell into a deep ravine Booster for weakened after the explosion. ‘US prefers India, uses SIGH OF RELIEF immune systems: Fauci Flash floods kill Pak to settle Af mess’ ASSOCIATED PRESS nine in Turkey PRESS TRUST OF INDIA President Biden’s reluctance to Washington, August 12: Dr Istanbul: Nine people were contact PM Khan despite consid- Anthony Fauci says an additional killed in flash floods in Islamabad, August 12: Taking a ering Islamabad as an important Covid-19 booster shot will be rec- Kastamonu in Turkey’s Black jab at the US, Pakistan’s Prime ommended for previously vacci- Sea region that sent water country in some critical issues like and debris gushing through Minister Imran Khan has said that Afghanistan. nated people with weakened im- streets and damaged bridges, Washington sees Pakistan as “use- At the meeting with foreign mune systems. authorities said Thursday. ful” only for clearing the “mess” it journalists, Imran Khan said that He told NBC’s “Today” show There was also flooding in the has left behind in Afghanistan after a political solution to the Afghan Thursday that he expects the Black Sea provinces of Sinop 20 years of fighting and prefers problem was difficult as the booster recommendation to come and Bartin, where one person India when it comes to forming a Taliban was not ready to talk “imminently.” went missing on Wednesday ‘strategic partnership”. with the Kabul government as Fauci says for other vaccinated and another died due to a “Pakistan is just considered long as President Ashraf Ghani groups, such as the elderly, data is heart attack, according to only to be useful in the context of is there. being collected to determine if or state broadcaster TRT Haber. somehow settling this mess which He said the Taliban told him when their protection goes “below a More than 900 people were has been left behind after 20 years during a visit that the Ghani gov- critical level” and “that’s when you’re evacuated from the areas of trying to find a military solu- ernment was allegedly a “puppet”. going to be hearing about the im- affected in the three provinces. tion when there was not one,” “The condition is that as long as plementation of boosters” for others. Imran Khan told foreign journal- Ashraf Ghani is there, we (Taliban) The expert says “at this moment, ists at his home in Islamabad are not going to talk to the Afghan other than the immune compro- Tourist helicopter Wednesday. government,” Imran Khan quoted mised, we’re not going to be giving Islamabad is unhappy that Joe the Taliban as saying. boosters.” crashes in Russia Biden has not spoken to Imran Prime Minister Khan also re- Fauci says “inevitably there will Moscow: A helicopter Khan since he assumed the US iterated that Pakistan wouldn’t be a time when we’ll have to get carrying tourists plunged Presidency in January. provide bases to the US forces boosts because no vaccine, at least into a deep volcanic crater Pakistan’s National Security after the drawdown. Though it not within this category, is going lake on the Kamchatka Adviser Moeed Yusuf recently ex- was unclear if the US formally A woman receives cash assistance from the government following the imposition of two-week lockdown to prevent to have an indefinite amount of Peninsula in Russia’s Far East pressed disappointment over asked for the facility. the spread of the Coronavirus Delta variant in the Philippines REUTERS protection.” early Thursday, and rescue workers were searching in the lake for up to eight people missing, officials said. At least eight others reportedly survived. The Mi-8 NZ sets out plan for opening borders next year helicopter sank in Kurile Lake, which was formed in a volcano caldera and crater THE PLAN WILL ALLOW THE COUNTRY TO CAPTURE THE OPPORTUNITIES VACCINATION BRINGS, WHILE PROTECTING and is located in the THE GAINS NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE WORKED SO HARD FOR Kronotsky nature reserve. INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE the publication of the Strategic RISK-BASED APPROACH in the plan is speeding up the Covid-19 Public Health Advisory vaccination process to “ensure B’desh nabs three HIGH-RISK PATHWAY WILL SEE THE Wellington, August 12: The Group’s advice to the government CONTINUATION OF A FULL 14 DAYS everyone is at least partially vac- neo-JMB members New Zealand government un- Wednesday, the Xinhua news IN MANAGED ISOLATION AND cinated as soon as possible” to veiled Thursday a framework for agency reported. QUARANTINE (MIQ) AND TESTING reduce the risk and impact of Dhaka: The Bangladesh re-opening borders next year and “Getting vaccinated is the num- FOR ANY TRAVELLER Delta entering the country. Counter-Terrorism and moving to an individualized risk- ber one thing everyone can do to Period between doses was ex- Transnational Crimes Unit based model for quarantine-free be protected against Covid-19, MEDIUM-RISK PATHWAY WOULD tended to six weeks from Thursday. (CTTCU) has arrested three travel, while using the second help accelerate our economic re- INCLUDE A COMBINATION OF SELF- Those who work at the border, neo-JMB members, including half of 2021 to vaccinate as many covery, reduce the risk of lock- ISOLATION AND/OR REDUCED MIQ have underlying health condi- Jahid Hasan alias Forkan, a New Zealanders as possible. downs, and safely allow New FOR VACCINATED TRAVELLERS tions or wish to be fully vacci- bomb expert who used to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Zealand’s borders to begin re- LOW-RISK PATHWAY WILL PERMIT nated sooner can still get their conduct online training on told a forum on Reconnecting opening next year,” Ardern said. QUARANTINE FREE ENTRY FOR second dose after three weeks, making explosives. The
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k y m members of the CTTCU c HAVE BEEN IN LOW-RISK nabbed Forkan, also a student the country will “safely conduct was informed by “the best avail- of Health. COUNTRIES of Jahangirnagar University a self-isolation trial for vacci- able scientific evidence and pub- Once enough people are vac- (JU), and two of his aides nated New Zealanders in order to lic health advice,” adding it will cinated, the government will be during a drive at Kafrul Police prepare for a phased resumption allow the country to capture the Zealanders have worked Elimination Strategy. The advice and advantages we have achieved able to start a phased introduction Station area in Dhaka on the of quarantine-free travel.” opportunities vaccination brings, so hard for. is clear: If we open our borders so far,” she said. of an individual risk-based ap- night of August 10. The release of the plan followed while protecting the gains New “Key to this is maintaining our now, we will lose the freedoms Ardern stressed the first step proach to border settings in 2022. Despite the country being US’ JOBLESS CLAIMS FALL P11 severely impacted by the FRIDAY | AUGUST 13 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR second wave of Covid-19, Producer prices posted their largest there was a sense of optimism in annual increase in more than a decade the market as vendors utilised the amid inflation pressures while the time to procure devices to assure number of Americans filing claims for channel availability from their end unemployment benefits fell again last BHARATH SHENOY | MARKET ANALYST week as the economic recovery
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k y m business continues to be bumpy c of the day uote CIL’s e-auction ‘We can’t become world’s next factory by copying China’ allocation up 29% In the past few PRESS TRUST OF INDIA other forms of decarbonisation. years, we have Citing Niti Aayog's analysis, in Apr-Jul this year funded and New Delhi, August 12: India partnered with Kant said Europe and America to- various drone cannot become the next factory gether will be importing close to 500 startups and of the world by copying China, gigawatts of green hydrogen and ecosystem players. Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant green ammonia. "India should tar- said Thursday and emphasised India has the strongest get to export at least 200 gigawatts We will help the winners of the global companies in the Drone Innovation Challenge 1.0 and that the country needs to get into of this green hydrogen and green further scale up the indigenous sunrise areas of growth if it wants renewable sector...These ammonia by 2030," he said. ecosystem with joint go-to-market to be a global leader. (hydrogen, high end Further, he said the Indian business and funding opportunities Addressing a virtual event or- batteries, advanced solar Industry needs to strive to become panels) are areas of ROHAN VERMA | CEO AND EXECUTIVE ganised by industry body CII, Kant lean, digital and invest in skills, cor- technology of growth, if you DIRECTOR, MAPMYINDIA said India's private sector has to set porate R&D and cutting edge prod- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA ambitious targets for itself and want to be a global leader uct innovations to be competitive. focus on green hydrogen, high-end AMITABH KANT I CEO, NITI AAYOG "The new technology has to be New Delhi, August 12: State- Post lower batteries and advanced solar pan- shared, connected and electric," owned Coal India Thursday said its inflation data, els to become competitive. he said. e-auction allocation stood at 35.5 mil- investors are "India cannot become the next a situation where India's green Noting that disruption caused lion tonnes (MT) during April-July now awaiting US factory of the world by copying already a leader. Kant said India can be a major products will be cheaper than by the COVID pandemic must be 2021 under five auction categories, weekly jobless data China...We have always got into "India has the strongest global exporter of both green hydrogen India's high carbon products," he used by the private sector to be- registering a sharp 28.6 per cent in- as the recovery in the sunset areas of growth, this is the companies in the renewable sec- and green ammonia, and also emphasised. come globally competitive, Kant crease over the same period a year labor market is also time to get into sunrise areas of tor...These (hydrogen, high end bat- added that in the next five years, Pointing out that only 18 per cent said, "the world is moving towards ago. Its e-auction allocation was an important parameter for Fed to growth," he said. teries, advanced solar panels) are solar energy prices should come of India's final energy consump- green technology. The old tech- 27.6 MT in the corresponding four decide on its tapering action According to him, India should areas of technology of growth, if you down to Re 1 per unit. tion is in the form of energy, he nology will die, the green technol- months of the 2020-21 fiscal. SIDDHARTHA KHEMKA | HEAD (RETAIL not get into areas where China is want to be a global leader," he noted. "And, therefore, this will create said that the rest 82 per cent needs ogy is the future". Coal India Ltd's (CIL) actual e- RESEARCH), MOTILAL OSWAL FINANCIAL SERVICES auction net sales were worth over `4,700 crore during the first quar- ter of the ongoing fiscal, posting a Climate change jump of 87 per cent year-on-year. is the biggest FMCG sector clocks 37% The sale volume was 30.2 MT in challenge we JUNE IIP RISES 13.6% YoY the June quarter this fiscal as face today as a against 15.9 MT in the same pe- human race, and the value growth in June qtr riod last year when the pandemic burden of it will be carried by our future slowed down the sales, it said in a DUE TO LOW BASE EFFECT AGENCIES statement. generations, unless we choose differently. By setting its aspiration With international coal prices spi- to be Net-Zero by 2050, Birla Carbon AGENCIES New Delhi, August 12: Indian raling upwards with no signs of is making its choice with the rest of FMCG industry recorded a 36.9 let up, consumer preference for the industries that have chosen to New Delhi, August 12: Industrial per cent value-based growth in domestic coal is seemingly gaining step up to the challenge production surged by 13.6 per cent April-June 2021, the quarter hit by ground, it said. in June mainly due to a low-base the second wave of the pandemic, The effect of ascending cost of SANTRUPT B MISRA | GROUP DIRECTOR (CARBON BLACK), BIRLA CARBON, ADITYA BIRLA GROUP effect and good performance by over the corresponding period a coal sourced from overseas was manufacturing, mining and power year ago, data analytics firm Nielsen evidenced in the country's coal im- sectors but the output remained has said. However, when compared e-Commerce grew porters booking 70 per cent of the below the pre-pandemic level. with this year’s January-March total quantity of 2.4 MT offered to SHORT TAKES The manufacturing sector, which quarter, the industry saw a 2 per in double-digit in the them under their special spot e- constitutes 77.63 per cent of the cent drop, it added. April-June quarter auction during April-July. The add- Index of Industrial Production e-Commerce grew in the double- on over the notified price under DCB Bank (IIP), grew by 13 per cent in June NSO held back the release of com- digit in the April-June quarter and and traditional trade this category was 52 per cent. this year, according to the data re- he manufacturing sector, plete IIP data. In May this year, it traditional trade channels like gro- Interestingly, for the month of gets RBI nod which constitutes 77.63% channels like grocers leased by the National Statistical T grew 28.6 per cent. cers and chemists remained buoy- July almost all the quantity of 1.6 New Delhi: DCB Bank of the IIP, grew by 13% in and chemists remained Office (NSO) Thursday. The mining June this year The second wave of the pan- ant in the quarter, according to MT offered to coal importers under Thursday said it has received sector output rose by 23.1 per cent demic started in the middle of FMCG Snapshot released by exclusive special e-auction win- RBI nod to conduct buoyant in the quarter in June while power generation ndustrial production had April this year and many states NielsenIQ’s Retail Intelligence team. dow was booked. government related increased by 8.3 per cent. plunged 18.7% in March last transactions. The Reserve I imposed restrictions to curb the Indian FMCG firms were largely im- year following the Covid-19 Bank has empanelled DCB In June 2021, the IIP stood at spread of coronavirus infections. mune to the second wave of the was witnessed in the Covid-19 wave outbreak and remained in the Bank as an agency bank to 122.6 points compared to 107.9 point "The growth rates over corre- Covid pandemic, the report said. last year." negative zone till August 2020 Retail inflation eases facilitate banking and in the same month last year. The sponding period of previous year In the comparative April-June "Traditional trade channels like payment transactions for the index was at 129.3 points in June ith the resumption are to be interpreted considering the quarter last year, the market faced grocers and chemists remained to 5.59% in July on central and state 2019 as per the NSO data. Wof economic activities, unusual circumstances on account a nationwide lockdown imposed buoyant in the quarter; metros, in governments, it said in a The data showed that industrial factory output rose 1% of Covid-19 pandemic since March by the government to tackle the particular, had a strong ally in e- release. This empanelment production recovered but was still in September 2020," NSO said in a statement. spread of Covid-19 and then sub- commerce to sail through the trou- softer food prices follows the announcement by below the pre-pandemic level of The government had imposed sequent easing of restrictions hap- bled waters," it added. the Finance Ministry in May June 2019. The IIP had contracted grown by 4.5 per cent in October. In a nationwide lockdown to contain pened in phases. Moreover, prioritisation of the as- 2021 lifting the embargo on by 16.6 per cent in June 2020. November 2020, the factory output the spread of coronavirus infec- According to the report, during sortment of brands and SKU range further allocation of Industrial production had fell 1.6 per cent and then entered the tions on March 25, 2020. April-June of 2021, "rural markets was a clear trend that emerged in government business to plunged 18.7 per cent in March last positive territory by growing 2.2 With the gradual relaxation of re- continued growth buoyancy with the quarter. "We see that trend in- private sector banks. year following the Covid-19 out- per cent in December 2020. strictions, there has been a relative strong tailwinds on the back of tensify in AMJ'21 (April-June)," it break and remained in the negative The IIP had recorded a con- improvement in economic activi- good monsoon and affirmative ac- said. Moreover, during the quar- zone till August 2020. traction of 0.6 per cent in January ties as well as in data reporting, the tions from the government. The ter as the supply chain was facing OIL net jumps With the resumption of economic and 3.2 per cent in February this Ministry of Statistics and metropolitan (top 52) cities also constraints, retailers continue to re- activities, factory output rose 1 per year. In March, it grew by 24.2 per Programme Implementation had saw a significantly lesser impact in spond with evolved and optimised PRESS TRUST OF INDIA 221% in Q1 cent in September. The IIP had cent. For the month of April, the said in a statement in November. wave two, as compared to what stocking behaviour. New Delhi: State-owned Oil New Delhi, August 12: Declining India Ltd Thursday reported a prices of food items like vegetables more than three-fold jump in pulled down retail inflation to 5.59 its first-quarter net profit on Shree Malani Foams to set BharatBenz expands Samsung launches Premiere projectors per cent in July, bringing it back the back of a rise in crude oil within the RBI’s comfort zone after prices. Consolidated net profit network in state BHUBANESWAR: Samsung, one of country’s largest consumer electron- two months, official data showed of `1,214.65 crore in April-June up new manufacturing unit ics brand, has strengthened its lifestyle product portfolio with the Thursday. The retail inflation based BHUBANESWAR: Expanding its footprint was higher than `377.63 crore launch of the ultra-premium range of projectors called ‘The Premiere’ to in the eastern region, Daimler India, in on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) profit a year back, according offer you a big-screen private cinema experience in the comfort of your POST NEWS NETWORK and the North Eastern states with association with PPS Trucking, inaugu- had remained above 6 per cent dur- to the company's filing with home. The Premiere would be available in two an overarching goal to capture 25% rated the new BharatBenz Truck and Bus ing May and June. the stock exchanges. Revenue models on Samsung’s official online store, Bhubaneswar, August 12: Shree of the market share in the east- workshop in Sambalpur. The opening of The government has mandated the rose to `6,276.58 crore from Samsung Shop and at select Samsung Smart Malani Foams Pvt Ltd, leading ern markets within two years. the new touch point reflects the increas- RBI to maintain retail inflation at `4,334.48 crore last year. Plazas. The LSP9T model of The Premiere is mattress and PU foam brand, will Shree Malani Foams has com- ing demand for BharatBenz products in available at `6, 29,900 while the LSP7T is 4 per cent, with a margin of 2 per cent open a new manufacturing facil- missioned best-in-class European Odisha. available at `3, 89,900 respectively. on either side. The CPI based infla- ity in Odisha which is likely to be machines to create the highest qual- Speaking tion stood at 6.26 per cent in June 2021 ITC to invest $2bn one of the largest foam plants in ity products for its vast consumer on the and 6.73 per cent in July 2020. The the country. base. The company that already inaugu- AMNS India partners with NSDC overall food inflation softened to under ‘Next’ strategy The greenfield unit added to manufactures 10,000 tonnes of PU ration, 3.96 per cent in July this year, from Rajaram NEW DELHI: ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel (AMNS) India Thursday said it
Shree Malani Foams’ infrastruc- foam annually at its Hyderabad fa- BIZ BUZZ 5.15 per cent in the preceding month. New Delhi: Business has signed an agreement with National Skill Development Corporation ture with a massive investment of Krishnamurthy, VP (Marketing & Sales) Vegetable prices decreased at a conglomerate ITC Ltd cility under Centuary Mattresses (NSDC) to provide digital skill training to over 800 people across the Thursday said it plans to `60 crore and will help the com- will now be doubling its produc- at DICV said, “Odisha is an important faster pace, with inflation dropping market for DICV with its many mineral- country. Under the partnership, the Gujarat-based company will invest around $2 billion pany increase its overall revenues tion capacity with the new plant. financially sponsor digital skill training for eligible candidates next to (-) 7.75 per cent in July compared ` rich factories in the state. BharatBenz (around 14,851cr) as part of by 50% in the next two years. With Siddharth Malani, the MD said, year as part of its CSR programme, AMNS India said. AMNS India part- to (-) 0.7 per cent in the previous its 'ITC Next' strategy, under products have displayed strong growth this, the front-running comfort so- “We are looking forward to ramp- and acceptance from customers in this nered with NSDC on International Youth Day to provide digital skill month, as per the data. The rate of which it will explore lutions brand will be doubling its ing up production and boosting our training to more than 800 young people, it said. The initiative aims to price rise in pulses and products was opportunities to craft region. We will continue to invest in manufacturing capacity to 20,000 revenues over the next few years. strengthening our presence and deliver motivate youths and equip them for both, jobs and entrepreneurial 9.04 per cent compared to 10.01 per “disruptive business models”. tonnes of PU foam annually. West Bengal and the northeast rep- opportunities in areas like customer service, telecalling and data entry cent in June 2021. However, inflation Addressing a virtual press customer-centric product solutions that The company is planning an ag- resent relatively untapped markets drive growth for our customers”. among others. was higher in protein rich items conference, ITC Chairman gressive expansion into West Bengal with fewer high-quality products. like meat, fish, eggs and milk. Sanjiv Puri said the investment would be to beef up capacity to meet demand, to remain competitive and in technology and quality upgradation and new vectors of growth that it Youngsters more likely to trust AI over humans: WEF report has identified. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA According to the survey, young The idea that we most half of the young people sur- people believe there is a serious need to rebuild veyed said they feel inadequately Ducati launches New Delhi, August 12: The youth crisis in politics, especially with re- differently after skilled and close to a quarter said today are more likely to trust an ar- gards to climate change policies, and Covid-19 is widely shared. they would risk falling into debt if 2 models in India tificial intelligence-run system income inequality. We need a society, economy, faced with an unexpected medical than one controlled by humans, "They believe that the fractures expense," the report said. New Delhi: Italian superbike and international community and they believe the “fractures” that have come to bear in society designed to care for all The Davos Lab Survey showed maker Ducati Thursday said it in society are manifestations of are manifestations of an underly- that physical safety ranks as the people, especially youth, has launched XDiavel Dark and an underlying political problem, a ing political problem. Concerns greatest safety concern among the XDiavel Black Star models in World Economic Forum (WEF) re- about corruption and stale politi- who are the most important young people, a potential function India priced at `18 lakh and port has claimed. The report was cal leadership have become urgent and most affected part of our of the increased use of surveil- `22.6 lakh (ex-showroom), global future respectively. Back in 2016, the launched as part of a drive to mark priorities for young people if they lance technology and militarised WADIA AIT HAMZA I HEAD, GLOBAL SHAPERS company had entered the the International Youth Day, which are to keep faith in the political policing against activists and peo- COMMUNITY cruiser segment with the is celebrated on August 12. system," the report said. ple of colour. XDiavel range. “The XDiavel The WEF drive, called a 'Youth- The survey found that young Climate change also ranked high
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k y m range was the result of our c efforts to bring two universes ticipation of over two million young trust a system run by artificial in- want to see a global wealth tax on most young people's mind. "Young together. We wanted to build a people from across countries, in- telligence than humans. As part of fluential policy-makers, it said. they will enjoy a better standard of assets worth more than USD 50 people want to see a halt on all bike that offered the comfort of cluding India, who shared their the solution, they suggested greater Still smarting from the effects of living than their parents did, the million to safeguard social safety new coal, oil and gas exploration the cruiser and the performance views on what will become the investment in programmes that the 2008 financial crisis and faced report found. nets and avoid austerity measures and development to limit global of a sport-focused bike,” Ducati next normal for society, govern- help young "progressive voices" with stagnating incomes, young "They are extremely worried that disproportionately burden warming to the 1.5°C limit set out India MD Bipul Chandra said. ment, and business. join governments and become in- people no longer seem to believe that about their financial future. They youth and the working poor and al- in the Paris Agreement. P12 FRIDAY | AUGUST 13 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR
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k k y y m m c Rahul ton propels India c Becomes 10th Indian batsman to score a century at the iconic Lord’s as India Warm send-off reach 276/3 at stumps on the opening day of the second Test against England for Team India PRESS TRUST OF INDIA PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
London, August 12: KL Rahul New Delhi, August 12: A 54-mem- (127 batting, 248b, 12x4, 1x6) scored ber Indian team for the upcoming a splendid century to help India Tokyo Paralympics was on reach 276/3 at stumps on the open- Thursday accorded a warm send- ing day of the second Test against off by Sports Minister Anurag England at the Lord’s here, Thakur and the national govern- Thursday. ing body, with high hopes that the With this feat, Rahul became country will return with its best the 10th Indian batsman to achieve ever performance. the feat – scoring a Test ton at the The team has some of the bright- iconic ground known as the ‘Home est medal prospects like Devendra of Cricket’. Vinoo Mankad (1952), Jhajharia, seeking his third Dilip Vengsarkar (1979, 1982, 1986), Paralympics gold (after 2004 and Gundappa Biswanath (1979), cur- 2016) in F-46 javelin throw, rent India head coach Ravi Shastri Mariyappan Thangavelu (T-63 high (1990), Mohammed Azharuddin jump) and world champion Sandeep (1990), Sourav Ganguly (1996), Ajit Choudhary (F-64 javelin throw). Agarkar (2002), Rahul Dravid (2011) India will compete in nine sports. Odisha para shuttler Pramod Bhagat and Ajinkya Rahane (2014) have ROHIT SHARMA Mariyappan, who had won a is among the medal hopefuls their names in the elite list. gold in the last edition in Rio, will Rahul was accompanied by be the flag bearer of the Indian one thought – to better India’s rank- Rahane (1 batting) at stumps, after contingent during the opening cer- ing in the medals tally from before.” a solid 117-run stand between Rahul The out-of-form Cheteshwar 13th over bowled by Sam Curran. emony on August 24. The Tokyo Thakur said Prime Minister and skipper Virat Kohli (42, 103b, Pujara (9) was also snuffed out by Having done all the hard work dur- Paralympics will end September 5. Narendra Modi has done his best 3x4) was broken by Ollie Robinson Anderson before tea to bring some ing that first hour, Rohit under- The Tokyo-bound players were to motivate the country’s athletes (1/47) with the second new ball. cheer in the English camp. stood the urgency to get a move part of the event virtually as they before and during the Tokyo James Anderson (2/52) took the It was an enticing first hour but on in the scoreboard and, in are in strict bio-bubble. “The am- Olympics and will do the same for other two wickets. the Indian openers displayed im- Curran’s next over, smashed four bition and self-confidence of our the para athletes also. Earlier, Rohit Sharma (83, 145b, pressive technique and, more than boundaries. para athletes give inspiration to 1.3 India achieved its best ever per- 11x4, 1x6) blended caution with ag- anything else, appreciable tem- Mark Wood, the world’s fastest billion Indians. In front of their formance in the Paralympic Games gression en route his highest over- perament to tackle Anderson and pacer, was brought after lunch but courage, the biggest of challenges in the 2016 Rio Games with two seas Test score as India gained early Robinson’s testing new ball spells. this time Rohit’s mistimed pull- bow. And they deserve every bit of gold, one silver and one bronze advantage, reaching 157/2 at tea. Both Rohit and Rahul battled shot fetched him a six and ‘chinese it,” Thakur said in a video message. medal. PCI president Deepa Malik, Put in to bat at the Lord’s, the their minds to leave most of the de- cut’ got him a boundary. Rohit kept “The number of our para athletes who herself had won a silver medal Indian opening pair of Rahul and liveries on the ‘fourth off-stump’ the scoreboard moving and allowed participating in the upcoming in shot put at Rio 2016 Games, said, Rohit negated the overcast condi- channel. Both didn’t fiddle much Rahul to take 100-odd balls to reach Games is three times bigger than “The games will not be the same tions on a good batting surface with those incoming deliveries 20 but confidence is infectious. the last edition. I have full faith in again after Tokyo2020 Paralympics. during the visiting team’s first cen- and knew where their off-stump Rahul, who was unable to get a your abilities. I believe that your per- We are going to see a record haul tury opening stand since the tour was and covered the swing. boundary for more than 100 balls, formance too will be better than last of medals as our athletes are in of 2007. They added 126 for the If Rohit left it alone at times not suddenly stepped out and hit Ali time.” He said it’s a matter of great prime form.” opening stand to set up a much- offering any stroke, Rahul would over long-off for a six. Once Rohit pride and satisfaction that the para PCI secretary general Gursharan needed foundation for India. present a dead bat but keep it close left the scene, Rahul upped the athletes have so far won three Khel Singh will be the chef de mission It needed a magic delivery from to his body, which ensured that he ante and finished the session with Ratna, seven Padma Shri and 33 of the Indian team. Badminton KL RAHUL veteran Anderson, who got a 43-over negated the maximum chance of a glowing cover-drive. Arjuna awards. will make its debut at the old Dukes ball to jag back viciously getting a nick. The first 10 overs “It’s not easy at all but your hard Paralympic Games, which will fea- and literally cut the batsman into yielded only 11 runs but not for BRIEF SCORES: India 276/3 (KL work, the desire to win and your ture as many as seven Indian shut- half, ending Rohit’s dreams of a one moment did one feel bored or Rahul 127 batting, Rohit Sharma 83; passion translate all the challenges tlers. India will start its campaign maiden Test hundred in a SENA bogged down. James Anderson 2/52) vs England. into triumphs. I know when you go August 27, with men’s and women’s country. The first boundary came in the Match to continue. to Tokyo Games, you will go with only archery events. Nat’l Sports Awards BLUES SINK YELLOW SUBMARINE Neeraj jumps 14 places to function pushed back Late sub Kepa helps Chelsea win UEFA Super Cup on penalties against Villarreal dislocated shoulder in the 40th 2nd in world PRESS TRUST OF INDIA July 5 after two extensions. The minute — 13 minutes after putting PRESS TRUST OF INDIA applicants were allowed to self- Chelsea into the lead by converting New Delhi, August 12: The nominate online in view of the a cross from Kai Havertz. New Delhi, August 12: India’s National Sports Awards function, pandemic but national federations That was cancelled out by Gerard Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra which is held August 29 every year, have also sent their preferences. Moreno in the 73rd for the Spain in- gained a whopping 14 places to oc- has been pushed back since the The Indian contingent produced ternational’s record 83rd goal for cupy the second spot in the men’s government wants the selection its best ever performance at the Villarreal — breaking the record javelin throw world rankings after panel to consider the performances recently concluded Tokyo Games he shared with US-born former his historic gold in the Tokyo Games. of the para athletes competing in where country’s athletes won seven Italy striker Giuseppe Rossi. Moreno The 23-year-old Chopra, who the Tokyo Paralympics. The medals, including a gold, two silver exchanged a one-two with Boulaye sent the spear to 87.58m to clinch Paralympics will held from August and four bronze medals. Dia before lifting his shot over India’s maiden Olympics athlet- 24 and conclude September 5. India is sending its biggest-ever Mendy and into the top corner. ics medal Saturday, was at a lowly Sports Minister Anurag Thakur contingent of 54 para-athletes to Villarreal were playing in the 16 before the Tokyo Games with an said the selection panel for picking Tokyo. At the last Paralympics, Super Cup as the Europa League average performance score of 1224. the award winners has been formed the Indian athletes returned with champion, a tournament it won But in the latest rankings is- but they would prefer to wait for a haul of four medals, including two by beating Manchester United in sued by World Athletics, Chopra some more time before going ahead gold, a silver and a bronze. a penalty shootout. On that occa- found himself at the second spot with the selection process. The Khel Ratna, the country’s sion, every one of its players con- with 1315 average performance “National sports award com- highest sporting honour, was re- verted their penalties in the score behind German Johannes mittee has been formed for this cently renamed after hockey wiz- shootout before goalkeeper Vetter (1396), who finished a lowly year but Paralympics are yet to be ard Major Dhyan Chand. The award Geronimo Rulli saved from oppo- ninth in the Olympics final after held so we want to add winners was earlier named after former site number David De Gea to seal coming into the Games as the gold from paralympic also. I hope and Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. an 11-10 win. medal contender. wish they will perform really well,” The prize money for the sports Rulli was on the bench Thakur said during the National awards was increased substan- Wednesday, with Sergio Asenjo Youth Awards function. tially last year. The Khel Ratna starting as goalkeeper and he saved The awards – the Khel Ratna Award now comes with a reward the first kick of the shootout from Award, the Arjuna Award, of `25 lakh, much higher than the ASSOCIATED PRESS statisticians that Kepa has a better players sprinted from the halfway Havertz. Chelsea scored its next Dronacharya Award and the Dhyan previous amount of `7.5 lakh. record at saving penalties than line to celebrate with Kepa, one of six, while Kepa saved Villarreal’s Chand Award – are given away The cash reward for Arjuna Belfast, August 12: Thomas first-choice goalkeeper Edouard the first to reach him was Mendy. second — from Mandi — and then each year by the country’s president award has been enhanced to `15 Tuchel made the bold call, and Mendy, so the substitution was Less than 10 weeks after Chelsea’s Albiol, Villarreal’s 35-year-old cap- August 29, the National Sports Day lakh from `5 lakh, the Dronacharya Kepa Arrizabalaga made the big made in the 119th minute of a match 1-0 win over Manchester City in tain. which is also the birth anniver- (Lifetime) awardees, who were ear- saves. Brought on as a substitute that ended 1-1 after extra time. the Champions League final in Wednesday’s match – billed as the sary of hockey legend Major Dhyan lier given `5 lakh, are now being with seconds remaining in extra Kepa had already saved a penalty Porto, Cesar Azpilicueta was again most prestigious ever to be staged Chand. given `15 lakh. time, Kepa kept out two spot-kicks from Aissa Mandi when he dived lifting a European trophy to the in Northern Ireland – was played “Like last time, this year’s award Dronacharya (Regular) get `10 as Chelsea beat Villarreal 6-5 in a low to his right again and parried backdrop of fireworks and ticker- in front of 13,000 people, with ceremony could also be held vir- lakh instead of `5 lakh per penalty shootout to win the UEFA out Raul Albiol’s attempt in what tape. Among the players celebrat- Windsor Park at 70 per cent ca- tually,” a ministry source told this awardee, while Dhyanchand Super Cup Wednesday. proved to be the final kick of the ing on the podium behind him was pacity during the pandemic and agency. The process of nominations Awardees are being given `10 Tuchel, the Chelsea manager, shootout at Windsor Park in Hakim Ziyech, who had his right spectators required to wear face for the national honours ended lakh instead of `5 lakh. has been informed by his team of Northern Ireland. As Chelsea’s arm in a sling after a suspected masks.
Chopra collected 1296 perform- Belarus sprinter looks to future in Poland HOCKEY STARS FETED ance points for topping the Olympic qualification round on August 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS Zdanevich, by her side. “We are her husband feel secure in Poland, and 1559 points for winning the planning to stay in Poland and where they arrived separately gold in the final. Three other events Warsaw, August 12: After all continue our careers here.” last week on humanitarian visas. of this year – Federation Cup, the turmoil of the last week, “We have turned to the Ministry The runner recalled the har- Indian Grand Prix-3 and Kuortane Krystsina Tsimanouskaya finally of Sports, turned to the Polish rowing, confusing moments when Games (Finland) – where he had feels safe. athletics national team, with issues she sought Japanese police help come up with big throws were also The Belarusian Olympic sprinter regarding a coach, a group and a at Tokyo’s Narita International considered in the ranking process. who found refuge in Poland to avoid place where I can train and many Airport, when she was being forced Vetter, however, remained on top punishment at home after criti- other issues regarding the con- by Belarus officials to leave the of the world rankings despite fail- cizing team officials at the Tokyo tinuation of my sports career Summer Games early and return ing to make it to the last eight in the Games says she now hopes to focus here in Poland,” she said. home. Olympic finals as he was dominat- on how to keep up a world-class She emphasised that she and her “They didn’t understand first ing before the Tokyo Games with running career. 25-year-old husband, an athletics’ what happened to me,” the runner seven 90m plus throws this year. Speaking in an interview trainer who also has been her said of the police. “They thought Marcin Krukowski of Poland, Wednesday with this news agency coach, feel that it would be a waste that I was unwell or lost some- who also had failed to make it to the at the Olympic Center in Warsaw, to abandon an online training thing. And then I wrote that I was Olympics final despite having the
the 24-year-old runner said she program they launched in Belarus. being forcibly taken out of the (From L): Amit Rohidas and Birendra Lakra show their medals, while Deep season’s second best throw of
k k y y m m c c has already asked Polish officials “We had so many ideas, we country and I don't want that to Grace Ekka and Namita Toppo look on during their felicitation ceremony 89.55m, was third in the latest world to help her resume training. planned it to a tiny detail,” happen.” at a city hotel in Bhubaneswar, Thursday. Rohidas and Lakra were part of rankings with an average per- “Life changed in one day, and Tsimanouskaya said. “We have She used her phone to trans- the Indian men’s hockey team, who won bronze at the Tokyo Games. Ekka formance score of 1302. Tokyo now we are starting it from scratch put a lot of time and effort in it and late the desperate plea for help and Toppo also became a part of history when the women’s team quali- Olympics silver winner Jakub in a new country,” she said, speak- we would like to keep it going.” after her grandmother warned fied for the semifinals at Olympics for the very first time. Vadlejch of Czech Republic was ing with her husband, Arseni Tsimanouskaya said she and Krystsina Tsimanouskaya her not to return to Belarus. fourth with a score of 1298.
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