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MAMATA BANERJEE TRUMP PREDICTS END COULD’VE BEEN BETTER CONDEMNS UP JOURNALIST PANDEMIC WILL ‘GET WORSE : KUMBLE ON STINT AS KILLING BEFORE IT GETS BETTER’ INDIA HEAD COACH P-5 P-8 P-11

STRANDED MAHA COMMUTERS BLOCK TRAINS, EXTRA BUSES DEPLOYED GLOBAL COVID˨19 CASES

Palghar (Maharashtra), July should be allowed to travel regu- ed to 300 on Wednesday to clear TOP 14.8 MILLION 22 (IANS)Hundreds of irate larly on suburban locals and not the unexpected rush, promising As of Wednesday morning, the total commuters bound for Mumbai, just on special services. another 200 to be added in the number of cases stood at 14,898,145, Thane and other places staged Later, the GRP reached the next couple of days, totalling while the fatalities rose to 615,462. an impromptu rail-roko agita- spot and dispersed the crowd 500 services daily. tion at Nala Sopara station on peacefully. “For the past two days, many Wednesday to demand resump- Commuters from Mumbai, commuters who travelled by the tion of regular suburban train Thane, Palghar and Raigad special trains were not allowed services discontinued due to (MMR) have been demanding to board owing to various rea- spike in Covid cases. that the local train services -- sons. Consequently, the crowds The agitated commuters the lifeline of the country’s com- were suddenly diverted to state -- mostly working in private mercial capital -- be resumed transport buses. companies or factories in the immediately or more categories Since we strictly adhere to Mumbai Metropolitan Region of workers be permitted to trav- physical distancing norms and or MMR -- said they were left el by special services operated allow around 22 passengers per stranded as the Maharashtra for a month now.An MSRTC bus, the additional passengers State Road Transport Corpora- spokesperson said that usu- compounded the problem. We Washington, July 22 In terms of cases, India tion or MSRTC, which operates buses on Wednesday.Left in the many squatting on the tracks ally around 150 state transport hope to resolve it in the next (IANS) The overall num- ranks third (1,155,354), services to Mumbai, Thane and lurch, the commuters marched and halting special local trains. buses are operated there daily, couple of days,” the spokesper- ber of global COVID-19 and is followed by Russia Raigad, allegedly stopped plying to Nala Sopara station, with They demanded ing that they which are now being augment- son told IANS. cases has increased to (782,040), South Africa over 14.8 million, while (381,798), Peru (362,087), the deaths have topped Mexico (356,255), Amit Shah calls on Moon not sighted, to more than 615,000, Chile (334,683), the UK according to the Johns (297,389), Iran (278,827), Eid-ul-Adha in India on Aug 1 Hopkins University. Spain (266,194), Pakistan L.K. Advani at As of Wednesday (266,096), Saudi Arabia New Delhi, July 22 morning, the total num- (255,825), Italy (244,752), his residence (IANS) The Fatehpuri ber of cases stood at Turkey (221,500), France Masjid's Shahi Imam, 14,898,145, while the fa- (214,607), Bangladesh Maulana Dr Mufti Mo- talities rose to 615,462, (210,510), Colombia hammed Mukkaram, the University’s Center (204,005), Germany who also the President of for Systems Science and (203,717), Argen- the Fatehpuri Royal Hilal Engineering (CSSE) re- tina (136,118), Canada New Delhi, July 22 Committee, announced vealed in its latest up- (113,473) and Qatar (IANS) Union Home Min- on Tuesday that the new date. (107,430), the CSSE ister Amit Shah called on moon has not been sight- The US accounted for fi gures showed. senior BJP leader and for- ed yet and thus, Eid-ul- the world’s highest num- The other countries mer Deputy Prime Minis- Adha will be celebrated ber of infections and fa- with over 10,000 deaths ter L.K. Advani at his resi- on August 1. talities at 3,899,072 and are the UK (45,507), dence here on Wednesday. Advani is scheduled to ap- ment on July 23.Sources The Markazi Chand 141,992, respectively, ac- Mexico (40,400), Italy Shah spent about half an pear in the court on July 24 said Amit Shah spoke to Committee too asserted cording to the CSSE. (35,073), France (30,168), hour with Advani and talk- in the Babri Masjid demo- Advani on this issue. that the moon was not Brazil came in the sec- Spain (28,424), India ed about various issues in- lition case. Sources also said that sighted as of Tuesday. ond place with 2,159,654 (28,084), Iran (14,634), cluding the Babri case and He will record his state- Shah invited Advani for the Meanwhile, Islamic na- UAE, and Qatar have al- will be celebrated in those infections and 81,487 Peru (13,579) and Russia the Ram temple construc- ment through video con- ‘Bhoomi Pujan’ (ground tions like Saudi Arabia, ready declared that the Eid countries, on July 31. deaths. (12,561). tion, sources said. ferencing under Section breaking ceremony) to be The meeting assumes 313 of the CrPC. held on August 5 in Ayod- fected state with 3,27,031 cases signifi cance as Advani has Advani is an accused hya for the construction WITH SPIKE OF 37,724 CASES, INDIA’S and 12,276 deaths. to appear before a spe- in this case.Senior party of the Ram temple. Advani The second worst-hit state, cial CBI court in the Babri leader Murli Manohar had led the Ram temple Tamil Nadu has reported mosque demolition case. Joshi will record his state- agitation in the nineties. COVID˨19 TALLY REACHES 11,92,915 1,80,643 COVID-19 cases so The total number of cases includes 4,11,133 active cases, 7,53,050 cured/ far while Delhi has reported discharged/migrated and 28,732 deaths, the Health Ministry informed. 1,25,096 cases, according to VIKAS DUBEY ENCOUNTER: the Ministry. New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Other states that have wit- With a spike of 37,724 cases nessed a higher number of CO- SC nod for and 648 deaths reported in the VID-19 positive cases include, last 24 hours, the total num- Andhra Pradesh with 58,668 cas- 3-member judicial ber of COVID-19 cases in India es, Karnataka with 71,069 while stands at 11,92,915, according Telangana has reported 47,705 to the Union Ministry of Health COVID-19 positive cases. probe panel and Family Welfare. Meanwhile, as per the infor- by the state government The total number of cases mation provided by the Indian will be free to inquire into includes 4,11,133 active cases, Council of Medical Research New Delhi, July 22 any of the related incidents 7,53,050 cured/discharged/mi- (ICMR), the total number of (IANS) The Supreme which are the subject mat- grated and 28,732 deaths, the samples tested up to July 21 is Court on Wednesday ap- ters of this case. Health Ministry informed.Ma- 1,47,24, 546 including 3,43,243 proved the appointment Solicitor General Tushar harashtra remains the worst af- samples tested yesterday. of a three-member inquiry Mehta, representing the commission, headed by UP Police, informed the former apex court judge top court that the state gov- TELANGANA BANS TRANSPORT, SLAUGHTER OF CAMELS Justice B.S. Chauhan, to other criminals in the state, ernment proposes Justice probe the encounter death who also have many cases Chauhan's name to head Hyderabad, July 22 (IANS) to engage in transportation of of gangster Vikas Dubey, like Dubey."We direct that the three-member inquiry Ahead of Eid-ul-Adha, the fes- camels, illegal slaughtering of and asked it to submit its the notifi cation constituting commission into the en- tival of sacrifi ce, the Telangana camels and sale of camel meat report to the court and the the Commission and incor- counter of Vikas Dubey and government, here on Wednes- in Cyberabad limits," it said. Uttar Pradesh government porating the Terms of Ref- his associates. day, said transportation and "Any contravention of the within two months. erence as approved by us, The other two members slaughter of camels was a crimi- above is publishable as per the A bench headed by Chief shall be issued immediately. of the commission are nal offence and those indulging provisions of the Prevention of Justice S.A. Bobde also told The Commission shall former judge of Allahabad in it would be prosecuted and Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, the Uttar Pradesh Police not sit at Lucknow, Uttar High Court Justice Shashi punished. the high court in its interim order the GHMC Act, 1955 and under to resort to further encoun- Pradesh and start func- Kant Agarwal and former The Veterinary and Animal in a public interest litigation said section 429 of the Indian penal ters to eliminate dreaded tioning within a period of Director General of Police Husbandry Department said as camels shouldn't be slaughtered code, which attracts imprison- gangsters in the state, after one week from today," said K.L. Gupta.The apex court per the Rajasthan Camel (Prohi- as that was inhumane, unconsti- ment of up to 5 years or fi ne or Ghanshyam Upadhyay, the bench also compris- noted that the secretarial bition of slaughter and regula- tutional and would be treated as both," he said.The Commission- who moved the apex court ing Justices A.S. Bopanna assistance to the Justice tion of temporary migration or a criminal offence. els. The police had been put on er said people could report any for an independent inquiry and V Ramasubramanian. Chauhan commission export) Act, 2015, no camel could Meanwhile, the Cyberabad high alert to check that, said violations or Dial 100 or What- into the encounter, sought The bench noted that the shall be provided by the be transported to Telangana for Police have also said stringent Cyberabad Police Commission- sApp number 9490617444. The that UP government should Special Investigation Team Centre and not the state any purpose, including slaugh- action will be taken against er V. C. Sajjanar."The general complainant's identity will be not resort to encounter of (SIT) already constituted government. ter.According to the department, transport and slaughter of cam- public is hereby informed not kept confi dential. City Indian Horizon 2 Thursday, July 23, 2020 AAP demands Tripura CM’s Digvijaya, Scindia greet each other in Rajya Sabha New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) took oath in the presence of resignation over comments on Jats One of the reasons said to be Rajya Sabha Chairman M. behind the exit of Jyotiraditya Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday. New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The Scindia from the Congress It was for the first time that the Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday was the rivalry between him new members took oath in the demanded the resignation of and Digvijaya Singh, the two- Upper House chamber when Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb time former Chief Minister Parliament is not in session. for his controversial comments of Madhya Pradesh. On The oath-taking ceremony was about the Jat community. Delhi Wednesday the two came face earlier postponed due to the Assembly’s peace and Harmony to face during the oath-taking nationwide lockdown amid Committee said it has taken ceremony of the newly elected the Covid-19 outbreak. The cognizance of the matter. Rajya Sabha MPs. voting for the Rajya Sabha’s In a meeting on Wednesday, the “When they came across each Forty five members took oath Four months after the rebellion vacant seats was held in June committee recorded the statements other the two leaders greeted but all eyes were on Jyotiraditya by Scindia the Congress is 2020. First-timers among the of the complainants. According to each other,” said an eyewitness. Scindia and Digvijaya Singh. facing another rebellion in new members include Priyanka the Chairperson of the committee, Jyotiraditya Scindia also greeted The former’s rebellion had Rajasthan where former Deputy Chaturvedi, who last year quit Raghav Chadha, several complaints that we condemn such a regressive that the Jat community will not Leader of Opposition Ghulam led to the fall of the Congress Chief Minister Sachin Pilot has the Congress to join the Shiv have been received regarding the statement. Before the election, the tolerate such disrespect and Nabi Azad and Mallikarjun government in Madhya Pradesh herded his 18 MLAs into a plush Sena; Jyotiraditya Scindia, who remarks made by the Tripura CM. BJP goes to every house and asks for will stand united.” Adding to his Kharge who has also been when Scindia along with his hotel in BJP-ruled Haryana’s dumped the Congress earlier Condemning Deb’s statement, votes from both Punjabi Sikhs and statement, AAP senior leader elected to the Upper House. supporting MLAs joined the BJP. Gurugram. The 45 MPs-elect this year to join the BJP. Aam Aadmi Party leader Kailash Jats. But after the election they make and MLA Jarnail Singh said the Gahlot said, “Yesterday Tripura chief such comments.” statement made by Biplab Deb Minister Biplab Deb who is from the He said, “On behalf of the Aam has hurt the Sikh community 74% Indians prefer Personal ambition, lack of BJP had said that the Punjabis and Aadmi Party, I want immediate at large. The Aam Aadmi Party to work from home the Jats are physically strong but are resignation of Biplab Deb. I want will not leave this matter here. less intelligent and are lunatic. Both to ask the BJP whether they have The Sikh and Jat organisations after Covid-19: ideology ruining the Congress? the communities are very much sent any notice to him or taken across the country and Delhi Survey New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) to make a career but they hurt by such a statement coming any action. If they have not done are staging protests against such Amid the ongoing battle don’t have any inclination from a sitting chief minister of a so that will mean that the party a regressive statement and we New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) for Rajasthan, even as the towards the party ideology,” state. As a representative of the Jat agrees with such regressive will also keep protesting against At least 74 per cent of people Congress claims that the said Hariprasad. While a party community, I want to make it clear thought. I want to be very clear such kind of mindset. in India say they will continue Ashok Gehlot government insider who is young says that to work from home more than is safe, former Deputy Chief all said and done, veterans they did before the Covid-19 Minister and state party chief have more commitment pandemic, a new survey revealed Sachin Pilot has become the towards party rather than Kerala gold smuggling: ED on Wednesday. A new report third high-profile leader after young ones who are out to from the global PC market leader Ashok Tanwar of Haryana and grab power for themselves Lenovo showed that 62 per cent Jyotiraditya Scindia of Madhya come back into its fold.” No and are not bothered about registers money laundering case of respondents in the country are Pradesh to rebel against the head of the family will allow the fate of the party. concerned that new technologies party. However, as this brings any member to demolish The party leadership, New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) suspect Swapna Suresh, Fareed and Sandeep Nair in could even eliminate their jobs. to fore a generational rift in the family, she said referring which was keen to somehow Almost 12 days after the the woman who rubbed its FIR. The survey revealed that 82 per the party, the Congress cites to Pilot, who, despite being retain Pilot, seems to have National Investigation Agency shoulders with the high and While the NIA has held four cent of the Indian respondents all it has done for Pilot. approached by the party, did withdrawn after they were (NIA) registered a case in the mighty in the state and was persons in connection with said that their biggest concern Congress spokesperson not respond to its overtures. given ample proof of Pilot Kerala gold smuggling issue, close to Kerala Chief Minister the case, the Customs has also was personal data protection. Supriya Shrinate, while While analysts feel that the hobnobbing with the BJP the Enforcement Directorate Pinarayi Vijayan’s now made over a dozen arrests. According to the data, 91 per cent responding to a question central leadership is weak and to topple the Rajasthan (ED) said on Wednesday it had ousted secretary and senior Last week, the NIA wrote to of respondents in India agree that at a press conference, is not able to keep the flock government. The party also registered a case under IAS officer M. Sivasankar.Interpol seeking a blue notice they have increased their usage said: “From an MP at 26 to together or nobody cares for has already lost two the Prevention of the Money Sivasankar was removed in against Fareed, a Dubai- of laptops during this pandemic, deputy Chief minister in 40s, the party anymore, veteran governments due to internal Laundering Act (PMLA). connection with seizure of 30 based person named accused even higher than the global average the party has given all the leader B.K. Hariprasad says rebellions, first in Karnataka The ED has became the kg (24 carat) gold worth Rs in the case. Fareed, who is of 85 per cent. “The insights from opportunities to the young that there is lack of ideological where the coalition third agency to register a case 14.82 crore at the Trivandrum absconding, facilitated gold Lenovo global research signals leader (Pilot). But he chose commitment which is the government with the Janata in the matter after the NIA and International Airport on July 5 smuggling and has links to a fundamental shift in the way a to remain in the hospitality driving force behind such Dal-Secular collapsed and the Customs. by the Customs (Preventive) terror outfits, NIA sources modern workforce operates and of the BJP in Haryana as the rebellions. “These so-called then in Madhya Pradesh, On July 10, the NIA Commissionerate, Cochin. said. It was being used for we are doing everything in our party repeatedly asked him to young politicians are here following Scindia’s rebellion. registered an FIR against four The NIA has named P.S. Sarith, terror activities, sources capacity to empower them,” Rahul persons, including prime Swapna Prabha Suresh, Fazil added. Agarwal, CEO and MD, Lenovo India, said in a statement. The report revealed that 95 per cent of Serological survey to be participants in India already agree Indian Red Cross lends helping that they “became their own IT conducted in Delhi every month person” while working from home. New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) after taking written the previous sero survey The company said that 81 per A serological survey will informed consent and which was conducted hand to Assam flood victims cent of those surveyed in India now be conducted in Delhi then their sera were tested in Delhi between June New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Amid the also confirmed a complete shift every month to find out for the IgG antibodies. As 27 to July 5, it was found ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, savage in their daily work dynamic how many people have many as 21,387 samples that 24 per cent people in floods have wreaked havoc in Assam, during the last three months, developed antibodies from were collected during the the national capital have disrupting the lives of nearly 33 lakh even greater than the 72 per cent the SARS-CoV-2 virus, survey. developed antibodies people in 28 districts. Due to the of respondents globally who Delhi Health Minister “But the sample size of from Covid-19 virus, floods, lakhs of people have lost their agreed with the same statement. Satyendar Jain said on next survey will be larger which means that 24 homes and livelihoods. Although most respondents from Wednesday adding that the than this. And samples for per cent people have Since the onset of the floods, India said technology makes them next survey in Delhi will be the survey will be collected got infected by the virus 1,200 volunteers of the Indian Red efficient and more productive. The conducted between August on a random basis from and then recovered. Cross Society (IRCS), an auxiliary to report showed that 78 per cent of 1 and 5. Addressing a press all over Delhi,” the Aam The minister said that it the government and armed forces’ respondents in India believe that conference, Jain said, “The Aadmi Party (AAP) leader was found in the survey medical services, have been working the technology they use at work is Delhi government has said. Out of the 11 districts, that most of the people tirelessly to provide support to the becoming more intuitive and user- decided to conduct sero- eight have sero-prevalence were not even aware that affected communities in the remote friendly, while 84 per cent think survey every month. It of more than 20 per cent. they have been infected areas. “Initially, the state branch being supported in temporary people have taken shelter. they could do their job better if will be done from the first In the central, north- by Covid-19 virus. Jain conducted a needs assessment and shelters and relief camps set up by One such camp has been set up at they had better technology skills. day of the month till 5th east, north and Shahdara once again reiterated established 12 zonal centres to pre- the IRCS in the highlands at several IRCS’ raised platform in Chorabori According to the survey, 70 of every month.” The next districts, the sero- that in Delhi the spread position 13,500 tarpaulins so that we locations. All the beneficiaries are in Kamrup district, where 50 flood per cent feel it is important to survey will be conducted on prevalence is 27 per cent. of Covid-19 has reached are able to launch a timely emergency being provided with dry ration, affected families are being sheltered have separate devices (personal August 1, the minister said, Delhi’s south-west area the “community”, but he response,” said Diganta Bujarbaruah, utensils, mosquito nets, soaps, along with their cattle. computers/phones) for work and adding that more samples has 12.95 per cent sero- cannot say whether it is General Secretary of IRCS Assam. masks and clean drinking water. The society has served more than their personal life. “This data will be taken this time as prevalence, the least in community spread or not. Till date, 9,283 tarpaulins have IRCS Assam has installed 25 40,000 people reeling under the gave us valuable insights on the compared to the last. For the city, followed by south Jain himself had tested been distributed among the needy family tents in different Covid-19 impact of the devastating floods complex relationship employees the last exercise, survey and west Delhi at 18.61 per positive for Covid-19 last families, helping close to 46,000 quarantine centres as well as along with relief aid such as dry ration kits, have with technology as work and teams were formed, blood cent and 19.13 per cent, month but has recovered people gain immediate shelter. the highways, railway lines and mosquito nets, utensils and other personal lives are becoming more samples were collected respectively. and resumed work on As many as 2,000 families are embankments where displaced essential commodities. intertwined with the increase. from selected individuals Jain further said that in Monday. Five northeast states receive Where does the buck stop: Congress on killing of scribe in UP New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) so I feel very strongly about The scribe was attacked excess, 3 scarce rainfall Following the death of a what is happening to my fellow when he was returning from his Ghaziabad based journalist journalists in UP. Every agency, sister’s house along with his two Guwahati/Agartala, July 22 (IANS) Amid recorded minus 46 per cent rain, Mizoram after being shot on Monday brute police force, false cases daughters on a motorbike on the peak of the four-month-long monsoon, minus 32 per cent and Nagaland minus 27 night for protesting against are being used to silence the Monday night. He had suffered five of the eight north-eastern states, per cent. According to IMD officials, the the harassment of his niece, critics of this government, a bullet injury on his head after including Assam, have received excess June-September southwest monsoon is in the Congress has hit out at the to clampdown on honest the assailants opened fire at rain and the remaining three reported full-swing in most parts of the mountainous Uttar Pradesh government. journalism,” said Shrinate. him. The Chief Minister has deficiencies. According to the Indian Council north-eastern region. IMD scientist Rajan Addressing a press conference Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi announced a job for the victim’s of Agricultural Research (ICAR) scientists, the Phukan said as the monsoon trough is active on Wednesday party and Priyanka Gandhi too have wife and cash compensation. erratic monsoon is likely to affect both kharif along the foothills of Himalayas, Sikkim, spokesperson Supriya Shrinate Should one be surprised that targeted the UP government and Nine people have been arrested and rabi crops in the region. As per the Indian Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya asked “So who is answerable increasingly those being accused termed it as “Jungle Raj”. in connection with the shooting. Meteorological Department (IMD), Sikkim were experiencing good and heavy monsoon for it today, where does the of criminal acts are either from Journalist Vikram Joshi, who Meanwhile, police officer has recorded plus 95 per cent rain, Meghalaya rain. “Since Wednesday, due to the marginal buck stop?” Shrinate said that the BJP or associated with some was shot at by armed assailants Raghvendra has been suspended plus 52 per cent, Assam plus 20 per cent, shift of the monsoon trough, Manipur, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath of its top leaders or enjoy their near his residence in Vijay for not taking swift action and Arunachal Pradesh plus 16 per cent and Tripura and other north-eastern states might is conspicuously silent on the political patronage, she asked. Nagar, Ghaziabad on June 20, ignoring the complaint filed by Tripura plus 2 per cent, whereas Manipur has witness more rain. consistently rising crime graph. “I have been a journalist and passed away on Wednesday. the family of the victim. Indian Horizon 3 State Thursday, July 23, 2020 Spirited mother fights SC initiates suo motu contempt off kidnappers, saves her 4-yr-old New Delhi, 22 July (IANS) blocked the passage of the proceedings against Prashant Bhushan A woman resolutely held bikers with a two-wheeler. out against against two After a brief scuffle, the NEW DELHI Jul 22: His tweets Arun Mishra recorded in a writ- combination of judges. Former motorcycle-borne men who criminals managed to flee, on its “role” in the “last six years” ten order. The court issued con- Tehelka magazine editor Tarun tried to kidnap her four- leaving their vehicle behind. and photo of Bobde on a motor- tempt notice to Mr. Bhushan, to Tejpal is a respondent party in the year-old child in Shakarpur Police have unearthed bike undermines its dignity and which he has to respond. It also case with Mr. Bhushan. area of east Delhi, forcing the conspiracy, and arrested CJI office in public eye, it says issued notice to Attorney General The case was initiated on the them to flee without their two people, including the The Supreme Court on Wednes- K.K. Venugopal to assist the court basis of an interview given by bike. The whole incident, crime’s mastermind. day initiated suo motu contempt in the proceedings. The case is Mr. Bhushan, in which he made on Tuesday, was captured “The bike was having a proceedings against noted civil scheduled for hearing on August remarks about the presence of on CCTV camera in which fake number plate but we rights lawyer Prashant Bhushan, 5. Senior advocate Sajan Poo- former CJI S.H. Kapadia on the the two helmet-wearing managed to trace its owner, saying his tweets on its “role” in vayya, appearing for social media Forest Bench of the apex court kidnappers are seen forc- through the chassis num- the “last six years” and a photo- platform Twitter, said the cause that decided the Niyamgiri min- ibly trying to grab the ber. Bike owner Dheeraj graph of Chief Justice of India title of the case showed ‘Twit- ing lease case in Odisha in favour child. However, the mother was arrested and on inter- Sharad A. Bobde on a motorbike ter Communications India Pvt of Sterlite Industries. pounced on the bike like a rogation, revealed that the undermines its dignity and the Limited’ as the respondent party. Last year, Mr. Bhushan turned lioness, making them panic child’s uncle, identified as office of the Chief Justice of India He said the correct description is down an offer from the Supreme and lose balance. While the Upender, was the master- (CJI) in the public eye. ‘Twitter Incorporated, California, Court to “unconditionally apolo- woman snatched back the mind of the kidnapping “We are, prima facie, of the view USA’. The court asked the social gise” to a Bench led by Justice child, one of the men ran bid,” DCP, East, Jasmeet that the aforesaid statements on media platform to file a reply. Mishra during a contempt pro- away on foot while the other Singh said. A police team Twitter have brought the admin- Another contempt case ceedings regarding his February 1, tried to flee on the bike. then raided the house of istration of justice in disrepute general and the office of the Chief aforesaid tweet also apart from Meanwhile, another suo 2019 tweets claiming that the gov- Hearing the shrieks of Upender, 27, in Krishna and are capable of undermining Justice of India in particular, in the tweet quoted above and suo motu contempt case against Mr. ernment misled the court about the woman, area residents Nagar and arrested him. the dignity and authority of the the eyes of public at large. We motu register the proceedings”, a Bhushan, dating back to 2009, is the appointment of M. Nagesh- gathered at the spot, and “Upender tried to kidnap institution of Supreme Court in take suo motu cognisance of the three-judge Bench led by Justice listed on July 24 before the same war Rao as interim CBI Director. an alert man among them the child for ransom. Heavy rains lash Can’t final yr exams be MCQ, Delhi, low-lying areas waterlogged assignment based: HC asks UGC

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) while Ayanagar, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) like other universities across the counsel for the UGC the Online Open Book Ex- not appear in open book ex- Heavy monsoon rain and Safdarjung and Ridge obser- The Delhi High Court has the globe, the Delhi Univer- said. The UGC said that if amination (OBE) mode amination. gusty winds lashed the na- vatory recorded 24.4 mm, asked the University Grants sity has not been helping its students take assignments from August 10. The court’s request and tional capital and neighbour- 13.2 mm, 8.8 mm and 6.4 Commission (UGC) to clari- students. home, the sanctity of exams The advancement of dates direction came after the ing areas on Wednesday, mm rainfall from 8.30 a.m. to fy if the examinations for the The court was hearing would not be maintained as came after a division bench varsity in an affidavit filed leading to waterlogging and 11.30 a.m, Wednesday. final year students can be petitions challenging Delhi there would be a chance of of the high court presided on Monday had submitted traffic disruption in several According to the weather Multiple Choice Questions University’s decision to cheating. by Justices Hima Kohli and that the open book exami- areas. The India Meteorologi- bureau, rainfall below 15 (MCQs), presentation or as- hold Open Book Examina- To which the court re- Subromonium Prasad asked nations will be conducted cal Department (IMD) has mm is considered light, be- signment based instead of tion (OBE) for final year un- sponded, “At the end of the the varsity to expedite the from August 17 to Septem- warned of major traffic dis- tween 15 to 64.5 is moderate typical long format papers. dergraduate courses which day, percentage of people examination process. “Wrap ber 8. Initially, the varsity ruption on roads, increased and above that as heavy. On A single judge bench of the will be in long form exams. who would cheat would it up fast, the more you de- had announced that the chance of vehicle accidents Sunday, the capital city had high court presided by Jus- During the course of the be minimal. People, who lay the exams, the lesser online Open Book Exami- and water accumulation in received 74.8 mm of rain in a tice Prathiba M Singh while hearing, the UGC appraised would cheat, can do so even career options would be nation (OBE) would com- low lying areas and on roads. span of around three hours. listing the matter for further the court that guidelines do in hard exams. Three hours there with the students,” the mence from July 1, which Traffic was affected at scores The Minto Bridge under- hearing on Friday post lunch not permit internal assess- is not.. Open Book Exam bench said. It has also asked was later postponed by of places due to the water- pass, which was inundated asked the UGC to consider ment for evaluating final (OBE) has so many prob- the varsity to file an affida- the varsity to July 10. The logging. According to data on weekend, drowned vehi- and state whether the op- year students as it puts the lems.” Last week, Delhi Uni- vit mentioning the detailed university has now post- with the Delhi’s Regional cles and killed a 56-year-old tions of MCQ, assignments, credibility of the system at versity agreed before a sepa- timeline for the declaration poned the same till August Weather Forecasting Cen- driver of a mini truck, water- presentation etc are avail- risk. “Graduating people on rate bench of the Delhi High of results and conducting 15 without giving a specif- tre, Palam observatory re- logged again on Wednesday able to final year students. the basis of their past per- Court to conduct the final physical examination for ic date when they would corded a rainfall of 56.8 mm, after the heavy downpour. The court observed that un- formance is not an option,” year examinations through those students who could take place. ‘Deserves no leniency’: Sex racketeer Delhi HC seeks govt response on plea on DSCDRC post Sonu Punjaban gets 24 years jail New Delhi, July 22 “virtual farewell” to Jus- (IANS) The Delhi High tice Sehgal, a day before New Delhi, July 22 tim to make it “more suit- Court on Wednesday she demitted office. (IANS) A Delhi court on able for prostitution” and sought a response from Justice Sehgal ob- Wednesday sentenced used to charge Rs 1,500 the Kejriwal government tained her LLB degree sex racketeer Geeta from the customers. on a plea for court direc- from Delhi University Arora, alias Sonu Punja- Five years after the case tions on judicial mem- in 1981 and completed ban, to 24 years rigorous was registered, the victim ber’s post in Delhi State her LLM in 1983. She imprisonment and her came to the police station Consumer Disputes joined service in July associate Sandeep Bed- to record her statement, Redressal Commission 1985. She served as the wal to 20 years in a case of in which she claimed (DSCDRC) that is slated Registrar General of kidnapping and prostitu- that she was kidnapped to fall vacant on July 24. Delhi High Court from tion of a minor girl. The by Bedwal after he con- A division bench com- tinue in the consumer response to the petition. April 2013 to December 12-year-old victim was on her and sentenced upon the victim. The per- fessed his love to her. prising Chief Justice DN panel till his replace- Meanwhile, former 2014 and also worked kidnapped by Bedwal on her to 24 years of rigor- son, who committed such The victim divulged Patel and Justice Prateek ment is hired. Justice Sangita Dhingra as Registrar (Vigilance). September 11, 2009 and ous imprisonment for not offences or is responsible that he took her to the Jalan directed the Delhi During the hearing, Sehgal of the Delhi High She was elevated as was sold and re-sold to a only purchasing the mi- for commission of such house of ‘Seema Aunty’ government to file a sta- the court asked the gov- Court took over as Chair- an Additional Judge of score of people, including nor for prostitution but offences do not deserve on the pretext of marriage tus report on the matter ernment on the steps person of the Delhi State the High Court on De- Sonu Punjaban, for the brutalising her. Sonu will any leniency and is li- and raped her. From and listed the case for taken for the appoint- Consumer Disputes cember 15, 2014, and purpose of prostitution. first undergo 14 years jail able to be dealt with firm there, the chain of selling further hearing on Au- ment of the judicial Redressal Commission. became a permanent While sentencing Sonu term for offences under hands of the law,” the and re-selling her for the gust 31. The directions member. In response, On May 29, while the judge on June 2, 2016. Punjaban, Additional the Immoral Traffic (Pre- court noted. flesh trade began. The mi- came on a petition filed the government said country was under a na- She was also serving as Session Judge Pritam vention) Act, followed by The court also recom- nor girl was then sold four by one Rahul Chauhan, that the procedure to fill tionwide lockdown due the Presiding Officer of Singh of the Dwarka 10 years for offences such mended disbursal of times by different people who sought a direc- up the vacant position to coronavirus outbreak the Unlawful Activities court held that she does as procuration of minor, compensation of Rs sev- and eventually end up tion to the authorities in the commission had and all public gatherings (Prevention) Act (UAPA) not deserve any leniency slavery, selling and buy- en lakh to the victim, not- with Sonu Punjaban, who to let judicial member already begun. It also were prohibited, the Tribunal and a member as she crossed all lim- ing minor for prostitu- ing that not only was her after using her for prosti- OP Gupta, scheduled to sought time from the Delhi High Court had of the Juvenile Justice its to be called a woman tion, poisoning, wrongful education disrupted but tution, sold her to three retire on July 24, to con- court to file a detailed bid a first-of-its-kindBoard (JJB). and deserved the sever- confinement and crimi- her childhood was made men. Following this, one est punishment provided nal conspiracy. hell by the convicts. of the men named Satpal under the law. Bedwal, on whom a fine The court had con- married her. “On Febru- RJD MP writes to PM on Bihar floods, Covid-19 “How a woman can of Rs 65,000 was slapped, victed the duo on July ary 7, 2014, the victim left New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) ter to the Prime Minister in Stressing on the rise in the state. Jha further alleged outrage and brutalise will first serve 10 years 17, holding that the pros- the house of Satpal and Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Ra- Hindi, Jha said, “There was number of Covid-19 cases, that the results of the Co- the modesty of another jail term for kidnapping, ecution had succeeded on February 9 came to jya Sabha MP Manoj Ku- already a lot of concern the RJD leader said that ev- vid-19 tests were not being woman, who is minor, in procuration of minor, in proving the charges Police Station Najafgarh mar Jha on Wednesday about Covid-19. But Bihar ery day the number of Cov- made available to the peo- such a horrific way. The slavery, selling minor for against the two accused and on her statement, an wrote to Prime Minister suffered a double whammy id-19 patients in Patna and ple for several weeks and shameful deeds of con- prostitution, and crimi- “beyond reasonable FIR was registered,” the Narendra Modi raising due to the floods during adjoining districts is going even the personal protec- vict Geeta Arora deprives nal conspiracy, followed doubt”. court said. Sonu Punja- concerns over the flood the Covid-19 situation.” up while still there is no tive equipment (PPE) kits her of any leniency from by 10 years for rape of the According to the pros- ban was then arrested in situation in several parts The situation of health sec- adequate number of tests. are not available to doctors the courts,” the judge minor. “Convict Sandeep ecution, Sonu Punjaban December 2017 and the of Bihar and the surge in tor is critical in Bihar and He also pointed out that in many districts. Talking rules. The court also im- Bedwal began the com- used to administer drugs charge sheet was filed in the number of coronavirus the Covid-19 pandemic there are very few commit- about the floods, the RJD posed a fine of Rs 64,000 mission of the offences into the body of the vic- March 2018. cases in the state. In his let- has affected the state a lot. ted Covid-19 centres in the leader said. Indian Horizon 4 South Thursday, July 23, 2020 Covid-hit Bengaluru unlocks, life No home quarantine for SSB returns to near normal candidates coming to B’luru pended and buses limiting pas- removed road-blocks and barri- Bengaluru, July 22 night before the interview tine’ sign as well as ‘SSB’. sengers from boarding to main- cades at check-posts for allowing (IANS) There is no need to comply with the state “The list of those candi- tain physical distancing, several intra-state and inter-state move- of home quarantine for government’s rule of 14 dates who have reported roads were grid-locked with more ment. Services Selection Board days home quarantine for to the SSB campus will be people using personal vehicles for Restriction on movement of (SSB) candidates sched- inter-state travellers. collected daily and tallied commuting,” the official said. people and vehicles remains in uled to attend interviews “In this background, with the list of candidates Though Karnataka Chief Minis- the containment zones across the from July 31 in the city it is clarified that there reported at the BRCs,” he ter B.S. Yediyurappa declared on city to prevent the virus spreading for jobs in the armed is no need for 14 days said. The senior IAS offi- Tuesday there won’t be lockdowns and reduce the infections. forces, said an official on home quarantine and as cer has warned that any hereafter in the city or anywhere The three main agricultural Wednesday. such the candidates are discrepancy in the pro- in the state, schools, colleges, cin- commodity markets in the city re- “The candidates com- advised to report at the cedure will be intimated ema theatres, multiplexes, gyms mained shut to prevent crowding ing for SSB will be treated Border Receiving Centres to SSB and dealt with and fruits and vegetable markets and traffic congestion. as business travellers and (BRCs)as business trav- according to the law, in remained shut to avoid crowds “Major markets in the city will hence are automatically ellers coming for SSB by addition to shifting the Bengaluru, July 22 (IANS) India’s or resume their daily chores,” a and risk of being infected. remain shut till July 31, as people exempted from the 14 producing the call letter,” violating candidates to an tech city unlocked on Wednesday state home department official “As per unlock 3.0 guidelines, visiting them for purchases don’t days home quarantine said Manivannan. institutional quarantine to return to near normal after the told IANS. curfew will be in force from 9 p.m. wear mask or maintain social dis- rule,” said Captain Ma- BRCs include airports, facility at their own cost. 9-day lockdown was re-imposed With state-run bus service re- to 5 a.m. daily and lockdown will tance,” said city civic body official nivannan, head, Home railway and bus stations. With 1,714 infections on July 14 to contain the corona- suming and autos and taxis plying, be observed across the state on N. Manjunatha Prasad. Quarantine Task Force. However, according to on Tuesday, Bengaluru virus spread. the city’s main roads were choke- Sunday (July 26) and August 2,” Of the 3,649 Covid cases re- Incidentally, several the requirement of SSB, continues to report the “The city bounced back to a-bloc with vehicular traffic, as the official noted. corded on Tuesday, 1,714 were students from across the all the candidates have to highest number of cases life after the renewed lockdown shops, business establishments, Heavy vehicular traffic was wit- reported from Bengaluru, taking country have asked for produce a Covid negative in the southern state, ended at 5 a.m, with thousands offices, shopping malls, restau- nessed through the day on city’s its tally to 34,943, including 26,746 clarification on homecertificate. On arriving, raising its tally to 34,943 of people stepping out of homes rants and eateries re-opened. thoroughfares leading to state and active cases. quarantine, checking if the candidates will be cases, out of which 26,746 wearing mask to get back to work “As metro service remains sus- national highways, as the police they need to arrive a fort- stamped with a ‘Quaran- are active.

Goa govt trying to avoid debate Cong, BJP up in arms after Police on Covid, economy: Kamat register case for crowding at exam Panaji, July 22 (IANS) Leader of my, environmental issues, like pro- tested Covid positive, unwisely went ahead and examination, he had con- Opposition Digambar Kamat, here posed projects causing damage to while on Wednesday two several students who ap- gratulated all those who on Wednesday, accused the BJP- the Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary and more students turned pos- peared for the exam have had worked to see it went led coalition government in Goa the Mollem National Park, double itive. tested positive in the off well. State BJP presi- of trying to avoid debate on key is- tracking of rail passing through vil- Tharoor said he was last 48 hours. I condemn dent K. Surendran also sues, like the Covid-19 pandemic, lages in coastal areas,” Kamat said. shocked to learn that Govt’s move to file police slammed the Vijayan gov- revival of economy and environ- Kamat said he had registered his Police have registered a cases against those who ernment for registering ment issues related to destruction dissent in writing before the busi- case against students for were forced by Govt to cases against the parents of over 150 hectares of forest for ness advisory committee over the crowding at the entrance appear for an avoidable and their wards. development projects, during the government decision to pass the of St Mary’s School here, exam, without allocating “While the Centre post- forthcoming one-day session of the budget during the one-day session. alleging violation of pro- enough centres to prevent poned the NEET, the Kera- Assembly. The monsoon session of the As- tocols. overcrowding. Govt is act- la government went ahead Speaking to reporters follow- sembly was curtailed after an all- Thiruvananthapuram, (KEAM) entrance exami- “They (Police) have de- ing against the citizenry to with it. A case should be ing a business advisory committee party meeting earlier this month July 22 (IANS) Congress nation which was held on manded names and ad- cover up its own incompe- registered against those meeting, convened at the Assembly in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic Member of Parliament July 16. dresses. I’m outraged,” tence. I demand the cases responsible for holding complex, Kamat also accused the and was reduced to one day. Shashi Tharoor and the The Kerala Police in the said Tharoor. be withdrawn,” wrote Tha- the exam here. The Vijayan government of trying to hurriedly “The other issues and business, BJP on Wednesday pro- capital city registered the “The student commu- roor in his Facebook post. government which is now pass the budget during the July 27 such as passing of bills, must be tested after the Kerala case against mostly par- nity and political leaders, Despite numerous re- caught in the gold smug- session. undertaken in the next session Police registered a case ents who accompanied including myself, had re- quests from various quar- gling case is trying to sweep “It’s important that the one-day with a longer duration to enable all against 600 people includ- their wards who wrote the quested the Govt of Kerala ters, Chief Minister Pina- it under the carpet and di- session give utmost priority to the members to give their views in the ing students who came to KEAM exam. to postpone this exam in rayi Vijayan was adamant vert attention. It has now Covid pandemic, financial condi- interest of the state,” the Leader of write the Kerala Engineer- On Tuesday, two stu- the wake of the pandemic to hold the KEAM exam turned against the parents tion of the state, revival of econo- Opposition said. ing Architecture Medical dents who wrote the exam gripping the state. They as scheduled. After the and their wards.

Home delivery of PDS K’taka not to permit opening of new schools amid pandemic

mid-March, the state government year,” reiterated the official. All food grains in B’luru has decided not to allow them in primary, middle and high schools this academic year (2020-21), as the which could not conduct annual containment zones situation is fluid in the wake of the exams for their students of classes continuing pandemic,” an official 1-9, were advised to promote them Bengaluru, July 22 tainment zones across the of the state department of public to the next class on the basis of (IANS) Food grains would city, 791 are in western instruction told IANS here. their performance and internal as- be delivered at home to suburbs, followed by 242 Even before the state-run and sessment during the 2019-20 aca- ration card holders in con- in the east, 124 in north- private schools closed for summer demic year.h tainment zones in the city east and 118 in the south. vacation in April, nationwide lock- The state secondary leaving cer- to prevent crowding at fair According to the depart- down since March 25 and its exten- tificate (SSLC) and the pre-univer- price shops amid Covid-19 ment official, the city has sion to contain the virus spread has sity course (PUC) boards, however, scare, an official said on about 10 lakh BPL ration prevented them for re-opening af- held the public exams for class 10 Wednesday. cards, 5 lakh APL cards ter the summer vacation, as positive and second year PUC students in “As movement of people and 2 lakh Antyodaya cases continue to surge in all the 30 June in compliance with the lock- and vehicles is restricted cards for buying monthly districts, especially in Bengaluru. down guidelines. to prevent the virus spread quota of food grains from Bengaluru, July 22 (IANS) With academic year, an official said on “As two months of this academic “The department will take up in containment areas, food the public distribution reopening of schools across Karna- Wednesday. year have gone under lockdown, the applications for opening new grain kits will be delivered system (PDS) shops. taka delayed further due to rising “Though we have received about with no signs of the schools re- schools early next year as we hope to all ration card holders at By linking Aadhaar cards coronavirus cases, the state gov- 1,800 applications for permission opening till normalcy is restored, the pandemic subsides by then to their respective homes,” a with ration cards, the de- ernment has decided not to per- to open new schools in the state the applications have not been return to normalcy,” the official state Food and Civil Sup- partment has weeded out mit opening of new schools in this before the COVID-19 outbreak in considered for new schools this added. plies Department official several fake card holders told IANS here. to streamline distribu- Though the lockdown tion of food to the needy Kerala CM trying to destroy proof in gold case: Cong leader was lifted across the city and deserving.By linking earlier in the day, restric- Aadhaar cards with ration Thiruvananthapuram, July 22 (IANS) A state Secretariat will be changed after a tions on the people in the cards, the department has Congress leader in Kerala on Wednesday lighting strike. No one knows when the containment zones con- weeded out several fake wondered why Chief Minister Pinarayi Vi- lighting struck. We have to caution the NIA tinued. card holders to streamline jayan was blaming the party for his own po- that Vijayan is trying his best to destroy all “Fair price shops for distribution of food to the litical problems regarding coronavirus and evidence by getting changed all the CCTVs distributing foodgrains in needy and deserving. gold smuggling case and accused him of that have captured lots of things, which containment zones will “Those who do not have trying to destroy evidence in the gold rack- they don’t want to come out,” claimed also remain shut to pre- any ration card will also et. “Do not know what has happened to Chennithala. Chennithala said those un- vent BPL (below poverty be supplied food grains as him. It’s understandable that he has come der the cloud in the gold smuggling case line) and APL (above pov- per their need on register- a cropper on two counts; all the applause include IAS officer M. Sivasankar (since erty line) ration card hold- ing with their nearest fair that his government got for tackling Co- suspended), Swapna Suresh, Assembly ers crowding and violating price shops,” the official vid-19 has disappeared after he admitted to Speaker P. Sreeramakrishnan, State Minis- social distancing,” said the added. community spread in two coastal hamlets ter for Higher Education K.T. Jaleel and his official. Of the new Covid cases here. Then came the gold smuggling case, personal assistant and security officer. Of the 1,423 active con- on Tuesday, 1,714 were in which eight government officials are un- He said more information has surfaced tainment zones across the reported from Bengaluru, der the scanner. Fail to understand what on numerous appointments made through city, 791 are in western taking its tally to 34,943, have we done in the corona spread and the the back door by Vijayan via state-run suburbs, followed by 242 including 26,746 active af- gold case,” Leader of Opposition Ramesh agency KINFRA, which had entrusted the mand the Chief Secretary to release a list that he has been a big failure in govern- in the east, 124 in north- ter 7,476 were discharged Chennithala told the media. task to an agency named Mint. of all appointments made through Mint. ing the state and that can be seen from east and 118 in the south. so far, with 520 in the last “We now hear the Chief Secretary has “None has a clue about Mint and its Vijayan is now attacking us because we how Covid-19 is spreading,” the Congress Of the 1,423 active con- 24 hours. ordered on July 13 that all CCTVs at the locus standi in the matter. We now de- are asking him hard questions. He knows leader remarked. Indian Horizon Thursday, July 23, 2020 Nation 5 Former BSP MLC disqualified after Will move SC to avert constitu- he joined Congress tional crisis in Rajasthan: Speaker Jaipur, July 22 (IANS) A day af- Joshi has served disqualification Lucknow, July 22 (IANS) Senior Con- A former minister in the Mayawati After over two years of hearing on ter the Sachin Pilot camp got a notices on dissident Congress MLAs gress leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui government, Siddiqui was expelled Tuesday, Ramesh Yadav, Chairman, breather from the Rajasthan High for remaining absent from two suc- has lost his membership of the state from the BSP on charges of anti-party Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, Court, Assembly Speaker CP Joshi cessive Congress Legislative Party Legislative Council following his dis- activities on May 10, 2017. ruled against Siddiqui and disqualified on Wednesday said that he will file meetings after Pilot raised a banner qualification by the Chairman of the After his expulsion, Siddiqui floated him. a Special Leave Petition in the Su- of revolt against the leadership of Council. a new outfit, Rashtriya Bahujan Mor- In the order, Yadav said, Siddiqui preme Court to avert what he called Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. His removal will be effective from cha. had been disqualified from the mem- a constitutional crisis in the state. Joshi said that he would challenge the day he joined the Congress party Soon after, the BSP moved an appli- bership of the council with effect from “The Speaker (of the Assembly) the High Court order on the ground almost two and a half years ago. cation for his disqualification, but the February 22, 2018, the day he joined holds the right to disqualify MLAs. that why was it entertaining a peti- The decision comes days after the petition was rejected and Siddiqui was the Congress. No one can interfere in the Speak- tion at a procedural level when the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High allowed to stay on as an unattached The disqualification has been done er’s decision,” Joshi told the media Speaker had not even passed any Court, comprising Justice P.K. Jaiswal member of the Legislative Council. in accordance with the paragraph 2 here. order and only issued show-cause and Justice D.K. Singh asked the chair- Later, when Siddiqui joined the Con- of the tenth schedule of the Constitu- On Tuesday, the High Court had notices to the MLAs in question. man of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative gress in 2018, the leader of the BSP in tion, which allows disqualification of asked him to defer till Friday action “I have respected whatever judg- Council to take a decision on the Bahu- Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council Sunil a member if he voluntarily gives up against rebel MLAs led by Pilot, who ment the court has given till now. jan Samaj Party’s (BSP) petition seek- Kumar Chittor moved another petition membership of the party on whose was sacked as PCC chief and deputy However, does this respect and ac- ing Congress leader’s disqualification for his disqualification on February 22, ticket he was elected to the council, CM on July 14 by the Congress lead- ceptance mean that one authority within 15 days. 2018. said Yadav. ership. can overlap the role of the other?”

Suresh Kashyap Punjab okays $285 million canal-based water supply project Chandigarh, July 22 Government Department $11.61 million, improving fairs had sought the World surface water source. appointed new Himachal (IANS) The Punjab cabinet, for adoption of resettle- water supply infrastruc- Bank’s support for imple- A spokesperson for the here on Wednesday, ap- ment policy framework ture at $240.38 million, menting 24X7 canal-based Chief Minister’s Office BJP chief proved the $285.71 million under the Punjab Munici- besides land acquisition water supply projects in said the resettlement pol- Shimla, July 22 (IANS) Lok Air Force, Kashyap, 49, be- project for canal-based pal Services Improvement and rehabilitation and Amritsar and Ludhiana. icy framework laid pro- Sabha member from Shimla longs to the Koli community water supply for Amritsar Project. resettlement at a cost of With the World Bank’s cedures and measures to (reserved) constituency, listed under the Scheduled and Ludhiana. The cabinet meeting, $15.62 million, Covid crisis technical assistance, the ensure adequate account- Suresh Kashyap, was appoint- Castes category. He has also The International Bank held through video link, response to the tune of $10 pre-feasibility reports ability and transparency ed the BJP Himachal Pradesh been a legislator for two for Reconstruction and was chaired by Chief Min- million and project man- were prepared in 2015 and in the process of assessing unit President on Wednesday. terms. Development (IBRD) will ister Amarinder Singh. agement at $7.6 million, updated in 2019. It pro- land-related impacts. The announcement was Bindal resigned from the provide $200 million (70 The project would have in addition to $0.5 million posed the need to migrate A fair process will be made by BJP national chief post in May on moral grounds per cent) and the state four components. They front-end fee. from rapidly depleting and put in place for acquiring J.P. Nadda. and sought an impartial probe government $85.71 mil- are: strengthening urban In June 2018, the state contaminated decentral- land and for compensating The post had fallen vacant into the recent arrest of the lion (30 per cent) as per and water supply service through the Union De- ized ground water sources those adversely impacted following the resignation by state Health Director for alleg- the proposal of the Local management at a cost of partment of Economic Af- to a centralized treated due to replacement cost. legislator Rajeev Bindal, who edly seeking Rs 5,00,000 bribe. had served on the post for Former Health Minister and nearly four months. four-time legislator Bindal had K’taka Covid tally rises to 75,833 A former Non-Commis- denied any involvement in the Mamata condemns sioned Officer of the Indian Health Department scam. with 4,764 new cases

Bengaluru, July 22 (IANS) Among the new cases, ex- UP journalist killing Goa leaders back online Record number of 4,764 new cluding Bengaluru, Udupi ac- Kolkata, July 22 (IANS) West Bengal Covid positive cases have counts for 281 cases, followed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on ‘puja’ service in corona been registered in Karnataka, by Belagavi (219), Kalaburagi Wednesday condemned the killing of increasing the state’s tally to (175), Dakshina Kannada (162) Uttar Pradesh journalist Vikram Joshi 75,833, even as 55 patients and Dharwad (158) among who was shot by assailants in Ghazi- times succumbed to the virus, an of- others. abad near Delhi on Monday night in Panaji, July 22 (IANS) With pub- have to take support of technol- ficial said on Wednesday. Meanwhile, 55 patients suc- front of his two daughters. Joshi died lic movement restricted due to the ogy for worship. You can now offer “New cases reported from cumbed to the virus, raising this morning at a hospital. Covid-19 pandemic and “pujaris” prayers from the comfort of your Tuesday 5 p.m. to Wednesday the death toll to 1,519, with “My heartfelt condolences to the (priests) reluctant to visit homes home. Look at this as an oppor- 5 p.m. are 4,764,” said a health Bengaluru accounting for 735 family of Vikram Joshi, a fearless jour- nalist lying on the road wounded and out of caution, a new online “puja” tunity and not an impediment,” official. of them. nalist who passed away today. He was one of his daughters weeping and initiative started on the eve of the Sadguru Brahmeshanandacha- With no change in the pat- Severe Acute Respiratory In- shot in UP for filing an FIR to book his screaming for help. festival-heavy Shravan month by rya, spiritual head of the peeth tern of infections, Bengaluru fection (SARI) has been iden- niece’s molesters,” the West Bengal Banerjee, in her tweet, said that an a local religious centre, has found said on Wednesday. continues to report the high- tified to be the most common CM tweeted. atmosphere of fear has been created backing across political lines. The peeth, also referred to as est number of cases, recording medical condition among the CCTV footage also showed the jour- in the country. The initiative started by the the Tapobhoomi is a politically 2,050 on Wednesday, raising deaths, with fever, cough and Shree Datta Padmanabh Peeth sensitive entity with a mass fol- the city tally to 36,993, out of breathlessness being the main based in South Goa’s Ponda sub lowing among the state’s Bahu- which 27,969 are active. symptoms. Punjab to procure 7 RNA district, offers online puja solu- jan Samaj (a non Brahmin caste Bengaluru accounts for 59 On a happy note, 1,780 pa- tions for several festivals like Nag grouping) in Goa. per cent of all the active cases, tients have been discharged, Panchami, Shravan Somvar, Saty- According to Chief Minister a slight reduction of 2 per cent swelling the total number of extraction machines anarayan Puja, Narali Poornima, Pramod Sawant, the online puja in one day. discharges to 27,239. Chandigarh, July 22 (IANS) To the Baba Farid University of Health etc. These are held during the service would do away with the further ramp up Covid-19 testing Sciences in Faridkot. Hindu calendar month of Shra- need for pujaris, who are reluc- capacity in the state, the Punjab The Department of Medical van (beginning on July 23) which tant to visit homes due to fear BJP legislator among 510 new government will procure seven au- Education and Research had es- winds up with the culmination of of contracting the dreaded viral tomatic RNA extraction machines tablished two viral testing labs in Ganesh Chaturthi. infection during the pandemic. Covid cases in Jharkhand for the viral testing labs at three March 2020 itself -- at Government “Whatever the severity of the Goa currently has more than 1,400 Government Medical Colleges in Medical Colleges in Patiala and pandemic, it cannot be allowed active Covid-19 cases and has re- Patiala, Amritsar and Faridkot. Amritsar. to wean us away from God. So we ported 25 deaths. They are in addition to four more Thereafter, in April 2020, the machines for the newly-set up viral third viral testing lab was set up at testing labs in Mohali, Ludhiana Guru Gobind Singh Medical Col- Man kills woman and and Jalandhar cities. lege in Faridkot. The Punjab Cabinet, which met Initially, testing capacity for Cov- daughter, buries them on Wednesday under the chair- id-19 was about 40 tests per lab per manship of Chief Minister Ama- day. Later, when the department rinder Singh, gave the go ahead installed new extra machines, the in his house for the procurement of these ma- testing capacity increased to 400 Meerut, July 22 (IANS) her first marriage, lived to- Ranchi, July 22 (IANS) than seven deaths have been chines within the next 3-4 weeks, tests per lab per day. In a shocking incident, a gether for about four years Jharkhand reported a record reported in the state taking amid increasing cases of Covid-19 Subsequently, testing capac- woman and her 10-year-old in his house in the Partapur number of more than 500 the death toll to 62. in the state. ity was further increased with the daughter were murdered on area. Since the past one year, coronavirus cases including As per the data provided by The move is aimed at control- purchase of three high through- March 28 by the man with Shamshad had been putting a former minister, health of- the health department, the ling the spread of the pandemic put automatic RNA extraction ma- whom the woman was in a pressure on her to convert, ficials said on Wednesday. number of active cases in the through increased testing by aug- chines of MGI make by the Baba live-in relationship. but she was refusing. BJP Ranchi legislator and state is 3,192. menting the state’s fight under Farid University of Health Sciences The accused, Shamshad, According to the police, former Minister C.P. Singh In the last 24 hours 107 peo- Mission Fateh. at the cost of Rs 1.5 crore per ma- buried them in the court- Shamshad was called for in- informed on Twitter that he ple have recovered and have According to a spokesperson of chine. yard of his home and con- terrogation, but he fled. has tested positive for coro- been discharged from vari- the Chief Minister’s Office, the This had enhanced the testing tinued to live there. Akhilesh Narain Singh, SP navirus. “I am corona posi- ous dedicated Covid-19 fa- Cabinet gave the go ahead to pro- capacity to 3,000 tests per lab per The police, acting on a City, said a police team had tive. Those who have come cilities in the state including cure seven automatic RNA extrac- day at each of the three labs in missing report filed by the been sent to Shamshad’s in contact with me should 21 in Hazaribagh followed tion machines of Thermofisher- Government Medical Colleges. woman’s friend on July 14, native state Bihar. The skel- get themselves tested,” Singh by 20 from Giridih, 12 pa- make model Kingfisher flex and However, the Covid-19 cases are recovered the skeletons of etons of the woman and her tweeted on Wednesday after- tients from East Singhbhum, test kits as approved by the Health gradually increasing and the aver- the two on Wednesday. daughter were being sent for noon. 11 from West Singhbhum, Sector Response and Procurement age number of new cases over the The police claimed Sham- DNA testing. Jharkhand has registered a 10 each from Ramgarh and Committee. past seven days is 281 per day, as shad had befriended the Meanwhile, Hindu Yuva record number of 510 coro- Koderma, 8 from Deoghar, 7 The expenditure on these ma- against 100 per day in June. woman on a social network- Vahini activists told local navirus positive cases in the from Dumka, 3 from Bokaro, chines and test kits would be in- However, the Covid-19 cases are ing site and hid his religious media this was a case of ‘love last 24 hours, including 120 2 from Godda and 1 from curred from the State Disaster gradually increasing and the aver- identity. jihad’ and had the police in Ranchi, taking the total Palamu. Response Fund, and the entire age number of new cases over the The couple, along with acted in time the murders number to more than 6,200. Jharkhand had reported procurement process would be past seven days is 281 per day, as the woman’s daughter from could have been averted. 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Sig- — could have done with a more nu- BJP had nothing positive to offer at local level nificantly, this restriction not only pre- Defence lacks money for self-sufficiency anced response. And an acknowledge- By Saba Naqvi tence at civility in public life and ramped current BJP and its ideological family aged to peacefully rule Goa with a large vented them from reaching the pinna- ThereAmit wereCowshish always & Rahulgood reasons Bedi for upsive the financial hate speech. injection The desperation can be sourced to have,driven therefore, financial made crisis. the Forshift the to invokservices,- Christianto succeeding population parliamentary without any defence social ment that something has gone terribly the THEBJP to one be defeatedirrefutable in theinput Delhi in Asaug- - alsoto progress stick to itsthe CAA atmanirbharta agenda in the objective face ingthis enemies fiscal chasmhere, there, has steadilyeverywhere. widened In upheavalcommittees is gone that too. have The criticised most signifi this- sembly elections. First, the party is in of spreading protests in the Capital and doing so, the BJP gives some youth the cant is the passing away of Arun Jaitley menting atmanirbharta, or self- and to commercially perpetuate it in the over a decade: from around Rs 23,000 unremitting decline, is pegged at a cle in their career, but also disqualified power in the three municipal corpora- across the country also drove the BJP pretext to abuse, blame others for their who determined the media spin given to wrong, and the problem is far from sufficiency, to fulfil India’s assorted calamitous monetary distress triggered crore in 2010-11 to Rs 1,03,000 crore in 60:40 per cent quotient. them from pension, which starts only tions in the Capital that have a shabby to the point where we can state that in misfortune and feel a sense of belong- events and was brought out as a trouble- fixed. record.materiel Indeed, requirements, one could as recently say that pro - Januaryby the coronavirus2020, the BJP pandemic. completely aban- ing2020-21. to an ideology, In these someintervening even picked years, up the shooterFurthermore, when the scriptthe severitywent haywire. of this after 20 years of service. theymulgated are a blot by Finance on the MinisterSwachh BharatNirmala donedThe its stock mukhauta response (mask) of MoD model officials that gunsdisparity as was between witnessed capital in three and cases revenue of resourceHalf the crunch second evenrung beforeof the theBJP panhas - A startling revelation during the campaignSitharaman of Prime is, simply, Minister money. Narendra And lots hasto athese place disquieting in the party’s and history. seemingly in- shootingoutlays forthat modernisation took place in Delhi. and salariesIn the passeddemic awaystruck while can bethe gauged other halffrom has de - History is witness to a number of awe- Modi.of it, Second,to galvanise the BJP India’s could sluggish offer no de - explicableMukhauta queries was the isphrase that thatthe gainedsolution past,and polarisationoperating expenseswas part ofrespectively, the strat- beenlayed rendered payments powerless. by the MoD This includesfor com - Union minister Nitin Gadkari, former course of the hearing, again based on localfence leadership industrial or baseface toby take attaining on Delhi mili - currencyhas been after outsourced a high-ranking to the 15th RSS-BJP Finance egy;too in has the sizeably future, it widened. seems likely to be the mitted liabilities or previously acquired Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, whose functionary described former PM Atal main plank of the strategy along with the chief ministers Shivraj Chouhan and inspiring and brave women leading tary technology, expanding competi- Commission, by asking it to address In the fiscal year 2020-21, for in- materiel, especially from the local media coverage, was that 644 migrant approval ratings always remained high. Bihari Vajpayee as the mask/plausible continued cult of the Great Leader. Raman Singh, who have all been cut to thousands of men in battles, includ- Third,tive themanufacturing BJP had no youthand alternativeaugmenting pleasantconcerns face regarding who gave the cover allocation to an ideo of- a stance,The language the MoD of allocatedurban warfare merely and Rs astate-owned size, smaller thanentities. their Lastpotential. December, What labourers died during the lockdown. As tomilitary AAP whose exports. core team is packed with logicalseparate agenda. and non-lapsable Vajpayee helmed fund toa suc man- - civil1,13,000 war was crore spoken towards in Delhi capital and expen hate - arethe left parliamentary are the Big Two defence and yes-men committee and ing the famous Joan of Arc and our youngHowever, faces. Fourth,in the dinlarge over sections atmanirb of - cessfulage India’s coalition various in an defence age where and internalnum- speechesditure for made all three by lawmakers services, against without Rs women,severely none castigated of whom the cangovernment muster the for the apex court delivers its verdict, the theharta, youth the were, Ministry in any of case,Defence alienated (MoD) berssecurity demanded commitments. moderation. Incredulously, any1,75,000 real apology trillion from which the theynation’s had pre- de- couragedefaulting to speak on these up even payments, if they thought which very own Rani of Jhansi. Recognising fromis, ostrich-like, the BJP at the disregarding spectacle of violencethe reality theyThe wouldBJP has have a majority us believe on its that own such at eminentmanded party. for all-round This is because modernisation they do errorsin a wider were beingcontext made is not (and only some embar do). - core issue that has gained traction is on two universities in Delhi, Jamia Mil- the national level but is losing power in not see themselves as replacing any And there are new entrants who are ab- that apart from the massive funding subcontracting is the panacea for this and upgrades. Conversely, the annual rassing but also casts doubts on India’s the valour and capability of women lia and JNU, in the weeks preceding the states at a time when the economy is in middle ground — as the BJP of the Va- solutely committed to this goli maaro the urgent requirement of a data bank electionsneeded (after to buttress voting this day, domestic came reports initia - crisis.seemingly There insoluble is now a financialpalpable sensecalamity. of jpayeebudget era apportioned did — but in almost creating twice an enthat- tonesolvency and tenorin the without global any arms pretense bazaar. of in military matters in the past couple oftive, sexual similar assault amounts, on girl students if not more, of Gargi will economicIt is now despair evident in the that air. theIn the perenni week - tirelyamount new groundof Rs 2,18,000and reality crore in India. to the beingAnd though part of polite the MoD politics. has been putting of migrant workers. The absence of ac- of decades, countries such as the US, Collegebe needed in South annually Delhi toby eventuallygoons shout pro- - precedingally widening Delhi’s gap February between 8 voting the day,funds military’sBesides, thererevenue is no oneexpenditure. left in the naFor- upThere a brave is no front, turning its macho back fromstance the in tual numbers, as succinctly brought ingcure Jai Shrithe ensuingRam). equipment. a demandeddiplomat from by the a country services with and large other tionalthe Indian BJP who Army, can pullon theoff theother kind hand, of hardinsouciantly ideological dealing line for with the BJP.the financialIt’s also Israel, North Korea, France, Germany, InRegrettably, the end, the neither AAP moved Sitharaman far more nor investmentsMoD departments in India revealed and the that annual their deftthe positioningrevenue-to-capital that is required outlay ratiowhen was a importantpredicament to understand is beginning why to Shaheenresemble out before the Bench, aggravates these deftlyany otherand creativelyofficial hasthan provided the older guid - internaloutlays politicalallocated assessments to them will show widen a partyparticularly pushes alow hard — ideological 83:17 per agendacent — Bagh,misdirected the anti-CAA bravado. protest site in Delhi, party. It was light on its feet in evading cycle of endemic social unrest leading and then tries to pass it off as reason- that became a template for similar pro- Netherlands, Australia and Canada ance or direction from where this mas- as a consequence of the pandemic- whereas the desired ideal, according IANS calamities by leaving the administer- the BJP’s attempt to make this election up to 2024; they do not see the country able. In the past year, the more plausible tests across the country, was made the have allowed women in groundbreak- about Hindu versus Muslim as opposed as a safe destination to invest in infra- pleasant faces of the BJP passed away. main election issue by the BJP. It upset ing agencies under-prepared to deal to issues of local governance. Partly be- structure and do not expect the Indian Sushma Swaraj would have watched the believer for a multiplicity of reasons ing combat positions. While stopping cause theAgriculture BJP had nothing positive to of -caneconomy be to grow a at a saviourhealthy rate. They herin Ps andthe Qs while pandemic-hit talking about other that lie beyond economy the Delhi poll. Shaheen with the challenges. fer at the local level, it decided to make were even factoring in a simulated war women, be they protesters or leaders; Bagh marks the resurrection of the short of granting this role to the Indian the Umeshelection Kohli about its ideological andna- nutritionalwith Pakistan! security This shockinglybut ple badwould eco -otherwiseshe even starve. maintained oping excellentpost-harvest rela -andpower value ofnutraceuticals the nation’s largest and buildminority our ‘It is in your hands to take care of tionalIndia issues. has In alwaysthe process, been in an full viewalso fornomic livelihood projection of millions means thatThe thegovernment BJP tions thus with has Sonia to additionGandhi although sectors theright supportedat the immune by the large system. percentage Farmers’ of In- women, the Supreme Court judgment of the national and international media cannot use traditional means to engage two had contested an election against dians who did not vote for the BJP. agricultural state, character- engaged in farming. This fact ensure that the MSP for ag- village level; this will provide health needs attention, par- them’ is the message the Bench has in the Capital, the BJP dropped all pre- the young in a future that has hope. The each other. Manohar Parrikar who man- IANS notably rubbished the patriarchal con- ised by small holdings, where was realised by the govern- ricultural products is reason- jobs and livelihood. Entrepre- ticularly because they have a delivered to the states, in a clear in- bulk of its farmers are small ment, and agricultural opera- ably high so that farmers find neurs can also take advantage relatively older demographic cept that portrays women as weak by and marginal, depending on tions were soon allowed to be farming a profitable venture of the economic package an- profile as compared to the dication that foolproof registration pointing out the fact that 30 per cent subsistence farming,US yet wants they carried out Central during the lock- andAsia are able toto sustain oust farm- nounced China, by the government. Russiageneral worker population. feed 1.3 billion people. Agri- down. ing. India produces 313.85 mil- Certain horticultural plants of workers who have reached home By P Stobdan once Moscow signed a special strategic Uzbek leader Islam Karimov’s death The critical point is that Uzbekistan en- culture employs about 55 per All farm sector value chains, Some of the government’s lion tonne of fruit and veg- with medicinal value will oc- of our women officers are deployed in US officials rarely visit Central Asia, partnership with China. The US then in 2016 and Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan dorses the Taliban movement and sup- is on the cards, along with directions cent of the population and however, cannot operate economic measures for the etables from an area of 25.49 cupy centre stage in the post- conflict zones. This effectively expos- but amidst the coronavirus outbreak in took a pause, waiting for the situation to stepping down in 2019 opened a win- ports direct talks between the US and China,contributes Secretary roughly of State Mike17 per Pompeo with otherevolve, sectors while maintainingremaining thefarm posture sector of aredow directed of opportunity to- million that prompted hectares Mike — amilitia. pro- Itcovid hedges period a bet becauseon Washington of their to launch employment schemes. The es the government stance that wom- paidcent a tostealthy the GDP. visit Indiato Kazakhstan is sec- shut.and Subsistencesupporting the farming independence in wards and “high-hangingterri- Pompeo fruits”, to visit Nursultanductivity in of Tashkent. 12.31 tonne than per on Moscow’sstated value ability in tostrengthening end the Af- suggestion that states should also fa- Uzbekistanond in agricultural with a bag full produc of intersecting- rural Indiatorial isintegrity a major of reasonCentral Asiani.e., measures nations. thatNew will Uzbek provide leader hectare, Shavkat Mirziyoyevwhich, compared is ghan to stalemate, the immune crucial system. for Uzbekistan’s This field en are physiologically unfit for higher agendas,tion, next primarily only to conveyChina. that We the for re -theIn workforce the 90s, toZbigniew move to Brzezinski relief in sugthe- longnow run. a reformer A mea- andcereals potential and partner pulses, for is security.nearly needs more research and ex- cilitate their movement if they want gionproduce remains 12 independent per cent of the of the en -malignurban gestedareas inthe search need to of wait bet for- thesure next such gen as- developmentthe US, who itof believes, four hastimes. taken Besides steps higherUzbekistan ploration. is becoming a linchpin influence of ‘external actors’, an obvious eration Central Asians overcoming their to initiate reforms. Mirziyoyev’s busi- state in the US success to get the Afghan Army ranks as farcical and hollow. tire world’s agricultural out. ter livelihoods. Due to the post-harvest infrastructure, productivity, the value of hor- With such diverse benefits to go back to other states to work is tug to China and Russia. The visit came inherited, unsure self-ambivalence and ness offers could spin off opportunities war to an end. We don’t know the details In the light of the forward-looking aheadThe of thesector State creates Department’s wealth unveil impact- orienting of covid-19, themselves migrant towards though America. a far-sightedfor the idea, US firms. will ticultural produce is farfor more the post-Afghanfrom the agriculture settlement, sector but the in noteworthy. While the Central and ingfrom of the land, ‘US waterstrategy and for Centrallight, Asiaworkers Afterhave 30 movedyears since, back Central give Asiaits benefithas Pompeoof preserving also visited than Nursultan that of food to cul grains- aim and would the be lockdown to avoid andthe mistakepost-covid of order that bestows dignity on able 2019-25:using Advancingsemi-skilled sovereignty labour home.and changedThe question and Washington is what nutritiousseems set tofood tivate (mostly new horKazakh- pulses. President This Kassym-makes the hastilyhorti- withdrawingperiod, when US troopsfood demand from Syr -is state governments have been asked economicand agri-inputs. prosperity’. In learning will theyreap do the back fruit ofat its home? investments. ticultural The new produce) Jomart over Tokayev a pe- toculture profit from sector his a recent major drivingia resulting expected in Turkey’s to keep military growing, assault it women, it is now a question of time toAmericans live with are coronavirus, not known forwe under Many,- policyof course, lists $9will billion return funding riod ofsupport time. political reforms. forcePompeo for lauded doubling ‘real farmagainst in- theshould Kurds. remain The biggera priority picture sec - to complete the transportation of standingalso must Central realise Asia wellthat as agri compared- to cities for once democracy the lockdown programmes, is The security supply ofimprovements’, hybrid seeds urgedcomes. Kazakhs However, to resist perishabil is how- thetor. US A mayrenowned be subtly economist using the of before women officers in the Indian to Europeans who coined the Eurasia cooperation, economic governance and excessive engagement with China and Afghan factor as a means to nudge Cen- culture may be a saviour. It is over, yet a substantial num- of staple and horticultural ity of horticultural produce is our times, Jacques Attali, has migrant workers, whether by rail or and Silk Route phrases and traversed private sector-led economic growth. Be- instead consider America as a reliable tral Asia into accepting a certain option Army acquire positions of command. alongultimately its various our self-reliancepaths. 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ReadersReaders ResponseResponse andand contributioncontribution WelcomeWelcome Indian Horizon 7 OPED Thursday, July 23, 2020 How the UAE is ushering in knowledge and technology revolution By Jamal Sanad Al Suwaidi The upcoming knowledge revolution humans. At some point, in the years to Today, we are witnessing a revolution will make our systems and societies come, smart machines will transcend that establishes a knowledge-based future smarter, but will be especially challeng- human capabilities in forming, acquir- as the major driver of economic growth and ing for individuals seeking to success- ing and applying the practical knowl- the well-being of nations. The transition fully transition to the new variety of jobs edge of human civilisation. to a knowledge-based society has become that will be required in the future. Within this scenario, the human role necessary to create success; in fact, knowl- Here, the role of learning and educa- remains distinguished by what is re- edge will become an advantage in securing tion is emphasised in encouraging fu- ferred to as ‘tacit knowledge’, which will the prosperity of one country over anoth- ture generations to innovate and create be the key to innovation and will require er. In terms of this revolution, knowledge knowledge, and to contribute to research specific capabilities to work with ideas progress cannot be achieved without seri- and development efforts to meet the ex- and bring them to life, through research ous investment in the technological foun- panding needs of humanity. This future and analytical skills, as well as strengths dations, as well as human capital. cannot be achieved without transition- in perception and development. This is particularly the case in light of ing to knowledge production through A review of the history of scientific the growing importance of knowledge as advanced technologies. progress reveals the increasing and ac- humanity enters the era of the Fourth In- Consequently, governments will have celerated role of technology in the for- dustrial Revolution (4IR), which will not to accept the challenge of keeping pace mation of knowledge, especially since be limited to industry, and will extend to with accelerated technological progress, the mid-twentieth century. all aspects of our personal, social, cul- investing in its elements to create new This was reiterated by the American tural and environmental lives. knowledge and to advance among na- philosopher Richard Fuller in his influ- while that rate is approximately eighteen yse and harness all aspects of this vast The knowledge revolution will largely tions. Without this, they will be forced ential book Critical Path (1982) in which months in medical and health knowl- amount of acquired knowledge. depend on the ability of governments, to rely on established knowledge they he presents the theory of ‘the knowledge edge. In general, the world relies mainly on organisations and individuals to utilise already possess, retreating into the dark- doubling curve’. He points out that until Pace of technology six technological tracks to generate the technology to create value that adds to ness of underdevelopment and oblivion. 1900, human knowledge doubled almost On average, knowledge in all fields momentum of the knowledge revolu- their intellectual capital. Role of technology every century. By the end of World War now doubles every thirteen months. tion, namely microelectronics that form Success will also depend on our ability Artificial Intelligence (AI), big data, the II, knowledge doubled every twenty-five With the knowledge revolution, IBM es- the foundations of information technol- to harness forms of knowledge that help internet of Things (IoT), hyper commu- years. timates that the integration of AI with ogy; advanced material technology, such realise practical solutions for environ- nication, and other advanced technolo- However, measuring the growth of other technologies, such as the internet as graphene, polymers, superconduct- ments that are more inclusive, prosper- gies have enabled the attainment of un- knowledge based on the same approach of Things, will see knowledge double ev- ing materials, etc; biotechnologies, es- ous and secure. The best example of this precedented levels of knowledge. today is not easy, and will be more com- ery twelve hours. pecially in genetics and vaccines; space can be seen today as we maximise tech- However, the reality of the upcoming plex in the future. Each branch of knowl- These are impressive levels by any technologies, particularly propulsion nological tools for distance learning and knowledge revolution is that it emerges edge has a different rate of growth; for measure, and will definitely require the systems; energy technologies, and nano- working from home amid the global cri- as a product of the interactions between example, nanotechnology knowledge interaction of smart machines with oth- technology. sis brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. machines, and between machines and doubles every twenty-four months, er existing technologies to absorb, anal- Gulf News Will Biden be kinder to Palestinians? Bank. The language used by Blinken leaves to be fairer to Palestinians and hostile to logical rapports. He said: “We always talk no room for doubt that Biden, under any Israel than the previous administration, about Israel from this perspective, as if circumstances, will leverage Washington’s vice president Biden was erroneously we’re doing (them) some favour. We are support for Israel to persuade Tel Aviv to linked to that period of American ’even- meeting a moral obligation. But it is so respect US foreign policy in the Middle handedness’. In truth, Obama proved the much more than a moral obligation. It is East, let alone international law. most generous of all American presidents overwhelmingly in the self-interest of the On April 29, Biden also made it clear as he bestowed upon Israel a largesse of United States of America to have a secure that he does not intend to move his coun- $38 billion, in addition to his administra- and democratic friend, a strategic partner try’s embassy from Jerusalem back to Tel tion’s complete backing of Israeli wars on like Israel. It is no favour. It is an obliga- Aviv. Gaza. tion, but also a strategic necessity.” Trump’s decision to relocate the em- One of Biden’s most significant roles Biden’s lexicon evolved further, to the bassy on May 14, 2018, was a stark viola- between 2009 and 2017, was to assuage extent that, in April 2015, he began his tion of international law which recognis- Israeli fears and reassure Israel’s leaders speech at the 67th annual Israeli Inde- es East Jerusalem as an integral part of the of Washington’s unconditional love and pendence Day celebration in Jerusalem Occupied Palestinian Territory. support for Tel Aviv. with these words: “My name is Joe Biden, There is no doubt that Biden has em- At an American Israel Public Affairs and everybody knows I love Israel.” braced Trump’s aggressive agenda which Committee (AIPAC) conference — Is- “Sometimes we drive each other cra- was tailored by Trump’s son-in-law, Jared rael’s main lobby in Washington DC — zy,” he said in reference to disagreements By Ramzy Baroud by decades-long ideological affinity with Kushner, and others, to meet the expecta- in March 2013, Biden elaborated on his between Israel and the US over Prime If you are one of those who are hold- Zionism. To his credit, Biden’s pro-Israel tions of the most extreme elements with- president’s commitment to “the Jewish Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal ing their breath with the hope that the US views have never been masked by po- in the Israeli government. state of Israel.” to halt construction of illegal Jewish set- Democratic Party’s presidential candi- litical platitudes or mediocre attempts at Two issues may have contributed to the He said: “I’ve served with eight presi- tlements. date, Joe Biden, might play a more even- fairness and balance. In fact, Biden had misperception regarding Biden’s expect- dents ... and I can assure you, unequivo- “But we love each other. And we protect handed role in his dealing with future argued, in an interview with Shalom TV as ed ‘fairness’. cally, no president has done as much to each other … As many of you heard me Middle East foreign policy, you may start early as April 2007, that “you don’t have to First, Trump’s anti-Palestinian agenda physically secure the state of Israel as say before, were there no Israel, America breathing now. be a Jew to be a Zionist”. is unprecedented, even according to the President Barack Obama.” would have to invent one. We’d have to If the former vice president is to be It was then that he declared with un- poor standards set by the inherently- The following year, Biden told the an- invent one because you protect our inter- elected to the White House come Novem- mistakable clarity and pride: “I am a Zi- biased American foreign policy in the nual Saban Forum hosted by the Brook- ests like we protect yours.” ber, he is likely to carry on with pro-Israel onist”. Middle East. ings Institution in Washington: “If there While Trump’s support for Israel has policies. It came as no surprise, then, when Some argue that anyone, even Joe were not an Israel, we would have to in- been expressed through successive steps In fact, as destructively biased as Don- Anthony Blinken, Biden’s adviser, an- Biden, is better than Trump. Those who vent one.” aimed at winning Israeli, and subsequent- ald Trump has been in his support for nounced on May 18 that the presidential adopt this position are often ignorant of Beyond political expediency ly, pro-Israel’s lobby’s approval in Wash- Israel’s colonial policies in occupied candidate is in “complete” opposition of Biden’s protracted love affair with Israel. In this speech, Biden added a new com- ington, Biden’s love for Israel is demon- Palestine, Biden might still be worse, for any reduction of US military aid to Israel, Misperceptions galore ponent to the American understanding strated through an undeviating political one simple reason: Trump’s policies are should the latter continue with its illegal Second, since the Barack Obama Ad- of its relationship with Israel — one that message that has spanned decades. driven by pure interests, while Biden’s annexation of parts of the occupied West ministration was mistakenly perceived goes beyond political expediency or ideo- Gulf News Libya plagued by malevolent outside parties By Linda S. Heard under the Turkish flag. power, has altered the equation … for a threats to open the floodgates to millions with Khalifa Haftar and the speaker of the Since Western powers leapt into the fray There are credible reports from multiple price. of refugees eager to get to Europe and Er- elected Libyan parliament Aguila Saleh on to remove the long-standing Libyan lead- sources that Syrian children and teenag- Without going into detail the GNA has dogan’s buddy-buddy relationship with Saturday, he outlined a plan — the Cairo er Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, the oil-rich ers from poor families have been recruit- handed Turkey the right to drill for oil and the incumbent of the White House. Declaration — that begins with an imme- country, once the wealthiest in Africa, has ed to join the pro-GNA militias, which if gas within its waters under a maritime If the UN operated on principle it could diate ceasefire to allow for negotiations been embroiled in conflicts. proven, is a war crime that is seemingly delimitation deal signed last year which scupper this GNA-Turkish plot by with- aimed at free and fair elections, the dis- Today over a third of the population live going unnoticed by the United Nations established an illegal economic maritime drawing legitimacy from the Muslim arming of all militias and the cleansing of in poverty. The days when no one went that persists in recognising the GNA as the zone from Turkey’s southern coastline to Brotherhood-supporting Fayez Al Sarraj the country from foreign mercenaries and hungry or was homeless and everyone legitimate ruling entity. the northeastern coast of Libya. government. terrorists. lived in peace and security are long gone. Once again the Turkish President Recep This devilish pact has put Turkey in di- Egypt’s role Crucially, both Haftar and Saleh are on Democracy, promised by the armed in- Tayyip Erdogan who remains hand-in- rect confrontation with the governments The nation that is at most at risk from board the initiative which has been wel- terlopers France, Britain and the United glove with the pro-Islamist Qataris, is flex- of Egypt, Greece and Cyprus which con- Erdogan’s de facto ‘occupation’ of Libya is comed by the United States, Russia, Saudi States, failed to manifest echoing their ing his muscle within Arab states, in some sider the deal “void” because it “infringes Egypt whose border with its neighbour is Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, still cases with the assent of governments, un- upon the sovereign rights of third states long and porous. and Jordan. struggling to recover. Yet those who broke der the pretext of being a defender. and does not comply with the law of the Turkish-Egyptian relations are at an all- If it succeeds, it will deliver life-chang- Libya have shied away from fixing it. In recent years, Turkey has implement- sea”. time low and Egypt’s President Abdul Fat- ing benefits to the Libyan people in terms Not only have they made little effort to- ed an expansionist agenda establishing a Erdogan has pledged to begin oil and tah Al Sissi has repeatedly stated he will of national unity, security, living stan- wards the holding of a countrywide dem- military presence in Qatar, Somalia, Su- gas exploration shortly and if he is per- never tolerate terrorist organisation or dards as well as encouraging foreign in- ocratic ballot in recent months, they have dan, Iraq, Syria and most recently Libya. mitted to use warships to patrol the area parties backing them to threaten the sta- vestment. So far, the Cairo Declaration stood back allowing fellow Nato member Lucrative quid-pro-quo under the false legitimisation provided bility and security of neighbouring coun- has been the recipient of praise but there country Turkey to launch an armed con- With regards to Libya, Erdogan has by the GNA, this would not only encroach tries from Libyan soil. is one silent voice which doubtless will flict against the commander of the Libyan negotiated a potentially lucrative quid- upon established oilfields but would also The question remains whether Egypt not stay quiet for long. National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar on pro-quo in exchange for his beating back gravely hamper the trio’s plans to export will ultimately be cornered into using its No peace deal could incorporate Presi- behalf of the unelected GNA. of Haftar’s troops that just a few short gas to European states. not unsubstantial military prowess to dent Erdogan’s domination of Libyan they have done nothing to prevent An- months ago had taken control over a large The EU is critical of the deal but lacks flush the foreign militias out? Mediterranean waters or permanent kara from infesting the country with Syr- swathe of the capital and surrounding ar- the courage of its convictions, primarily In the meantime, President Al Sissi seeks Turkish bases on Libyan soil. ian mercenaries and terrorists fighting eas. The Turkish entree, especially its air because of Turkey’s status within Nato, its a peaceful conclusion. Following talks Gulf News

The views expressed in these columns are the writers’ own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Indian Horizon or its management.-Editor Indian Horizon 8 international Thursday, July 23, 2020 Trump predicts pandemic will ‘get worse Turkish president says troops to remain in Syria before it gets better’ Washington, July 22 He added: “We’re asking He continued: “We’re (IANS) President Donald everybody that when you asking Americans to use Trump has warned that the are not able to socially masks, socially distance US pandemic will probably distance, wear a mask, and employ vigorous “get worse before it gets get a mask. “Whether you hygiene - wash your hands better”, as he revived his like the mask or not, they every chance you get, coronavirus briefings. have an impact, they’ll while sheltering high risk Trump also asked all have an effect and we need populations. Americans to wear face everything we can get.” “We are imploring young coverings, saying “they’ll The president is facing an Americans to avoid packed have an effect” and show uphill climb to re-election bars and other crowded “patriotism”, the BBC in November against indoor gatherings. Be safe reported on Tuesday. Democratic challenger, Joe and be smart.” Ankara, July 22 (IANS) safety,” he said while speaking He was not wearing a Biden, according to opinion Trump has been reluctant Turkish troops would remain at a presidential meeting in mask at the briefing, but The daily White House coronavirus briefing for polls. to wear a mask himself in in Syria until “the Syrians capital Ankara on Tuesday, has previously downplayed news conferences ended months on Tuesday, a more Trump appeared on front of the media, claiming can live in peace and safety,” Xinhua news agency reported. such personal protective soon after Trump suggested scripted president echoed Tuesday without the that some people only wore Turkish President Recep Tayyip The Turkish army has equipment. in April during freewheeling what public health officials medical experts who used such face coverings as a Erdogan said. launched operations in The president’s aides remarks from the podium on his pandemic task force to address the briefings. He political statement against “We will continue to stay in northern Syria against the have reportedly asked him that the virus might have been saying as he kept his remarks brief and him. The press pictured him this country until the Syrian Syrian Kurdish People’s to adopt a new tone as virus be treated by injecting warned: “It will probably focused, avoiding sparring recently wearing a mask for people, our thousand-year-old Protection Units and the caseloads spike across the disinfectant into people. unfortunately get worse with reporters who asked a the first time as he visited a neighbor and our brothers, Islamic State elements in the US. In his first White House before it gets better.” few questions. military hospital. achieve freedom, peace and region. Australia: Woman asked to remove ‘tampon’ in strip-search Thai PM to disclose new names for cabinet team Canberra, July 22 (IANS) in another case that an officer request”, the report said. correctly. But the examples The Sydney Police have asked had been suspended from That prompted a review of raised questions over the go to His Majesty the King a young woman to remove her duty, the BBC reported. other cases where complaints legality of police conduct, for endorsement and the tampon during a strip-search, The cases were reviewed had been made and no drugs pressure to conduct searches, swearing-in ceremony a law enforcement review has either after parents of the had been found. and poor communication and would follow,” he said. found. women complained or they In another case, a young record-keeping, the report Prayut had however, It was among instances of received coverage in local performer at the Secret added. Under Australian earlier confirmed that he police misconduct uncovered media. Questions over the Garden festival was ordered law, police can only carry had approached top banker in an investigation into five legality of the searches - to pull down her underwear out strip-searches if “the Preedee Daochai to join his controversial strip-searches all targeting drugs - was a and bend over before being seriousness and urgency of new cabinet lineup team. across Sydney last year. “recurring” issue, the report spoken to unprofessionally the circumstances” means it Preedee is a co-president Most took place at music said. It has added to public and laughed at by male is reasonable and necessary to of Kasikornbank, a Thai festivals and left those scrutiny of searching practices officers, the report said. do so. They must also conduct commercial bank, as well searched feeling humiliated and calls for reforms. In A woman strip-searched at the least invasive search Bangkok, July 22 (IANS) team to help reboot the Thai as the chairman of the Thai and degraded, the report said. one instance in January another festival was made to possible. It is illegal to search Thai Prime Minister Prayut economy hit hard by the Bankers’ Association. New South Wales Police 2019, police strip-searched squat and cough and wasn’t genital areas or any body Chan-o-cha told the press COVID-19 crisis. Just on Monday, Labour said it would consider the two young women outside given adequate privacy. cavities. that he has a new list of names “I have these new names Minister Chatumongol findings of the report. a Sydney casino - one was The review found that in In the case of minors, a for his cabinet reshuffle after in mind but will not officially Sonakul announced his The Law Enforcement asked by an officer to remove many cases, police reported parent or guardian must be several ministers resigned reveal who they are until their resignation to quit the Conduct Commission report her tampon. A review of that not knowing what they could present, unless an immediate earlier. qualifications are checked Cabinet. called on the police force to incident “revealed a lack of do in a strip-search. It noted a search is necessary to protect Prayut initially said that and verified,” Prayut said Five other cabinet apologise to one of the young clarity for [officers] regarding new manual was introduced the person or prevent the the cabinet reshuffle could on Tuesday, Xinhua news members have already left women involved, and noted the lawfulness of such a last August to instruct officers destruction of evidence. be done after the budget agency reported. the government, including debate, but decided to “When that is over the Deputy Prime Minister Iran, Iraq aim to increase bilateral trade to US $20 bln quickly line up his cabinet new cabinet line-up would Somkid Jatusripitak. Tehran, July 22 (IANS) threats to Iran. Entire state responsible for Iran and Iraq are keen on The Iraqi prime minister increasing bilateral trade expressed his gratitude to value to 20 billion U.S. the Iranian side for Tehran’s journalist abduction: Pakistan court dollars in near future, supports and assistance to Islamabad, July 22 (IANS) did anyone, wearing a police “Whatever happened Iranian President Hassan the Iraqi people in their fight The Islamabad High Court uniform, dare to abduct a today, the entire state is Rouhani said in a joint press against the Islamic State (IHC) on Wednesday slammed person?” The Chief Justice responsible for it,” he said. conference with the visiting extremist group. police for the kidnapping said that chaos would spread “The incumbent government Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi pointed out of journalist Matiullah Jan, throughout the country if the also talks about freedom of Al-Kadhimi. that Iraq has turned into a big saying that the entire state was rule of law did not prevail. press. Well, the CCTV footage Rouhani said at a live market for Iranian products responsible for the incident. “Where was Islamabad is available. This is a test case broadcast from the state TV and his country will also help The IHC was conducting the Police? How could this for the police and the federal on Tuesday that the two sides Iran overcome its economic hearing of a petition regarding happen in the federal capital?” government,” he added. are determined to implement challenges. the journalist’s abduction. wondered the Chief Justice. The Chief Justice directed their earlier agreements, Al-Kadhimi arrived in Jan was kidnapped from “What perception does this police to take steps to ensure particularly connecting the the Iranian capital Tehran outside his wife’s school and send to the common person, that such incidents do not Iranian Shalamcheh to the that Iran would stand by the need cooperation and on Tuesday for talks on remained missing for about that people here are walking take place again. Advocate Iraqi Basra city via railway. Iraqi people in their fight coordination in the face of bilateral issues and regional 12 hours before he returned, about in police uniforms Jahangir Jadoon, who filed the Iran is also prepared to against the COVID-19 and will challenges, like the spread of cooperation.During his two- geotv reported. (without fear)?” he stated petition for the journalist’s cooperate with Iraq for the provide them with medical COVID-19 pandemic and the day visit, the Iraqi prime “The way a journalist was angrily. Minallah said that this recovery, said that the case peace and stability of the and health needs, Xinhua fall in the crude oil prices. minister is also scheduled picked up in broad daylight, case pertained to the freedom should not be wrapped up Arab country and the region, news agency reported. He said that his government to meet other Iranian top have all institutions been of speech and the press. and the court should ask for he noted. For his part, Al-Kadhimi will not allow the Iraqi soil officials, according to IRNA destroyed?” asked IHC Chief He said that crimes against progress reports regarding the The Iranian president said said that Iran and Iraq to be used as a platform for news agency. Justice Athar Minallah. “How journalists should end now. incident. Ex-Trump lawyer sues William Barr Finnish PM says outcome of EU summit “acceptable” Helsinki, July 22 (IANS) recovery package will be 3.2 for ‘gag order’ Finnish Prime Minister Sanna billion euros. And Finland will Washington, July 22 the American Civil Liberties Trump and his family, the Marin said the compromise was be paying the recovery package (IANS) President Donald Union (ACLU) on Monday. US media reported. acceptable to Finland regarding between 2021 and 2058, in all Trump’s ex-lawyer Michael The lawyers have requested The book will “provide an unprecedented recovery 6.6 billion euros. Cohen has sued the US Cohen’s immediate release graphic and unflattering deal reached by leaders of the 27 In the seven-year budget, attorney general for a so- from prison. details about the President’s European Union (EU) member Finland is to receive 11.1 called ‘gag order’. The 53-year-old has behaviour behind closed states following marathon billion euros in EU funding, Cohen said he was sent a history of respiratory doors,” the documents said. negotiations, Finnish national while Finnish payments to the back to prison as retaliation issues and is vulnerable to Among these details broadcaster Yle reported. EU will be 16.7 billion euros. for writing a tell-all book Covid-19, they said. are descriptions of “the Based on the outcome, the Finland as a net payer will show that reportedly details Cohen was taken back President’s pointedly size of the recovery package said, adding that Finland did According to the agreement, a 5.6-billion-euro deficit in alleged racist comments into custody on July 9, after anti-Semitic remarks and remained the same at 750 billion not want to join any groups in 70 per cent of the recovery fund its payments and receivables made by the president, authorities said he refused virulently racist remarks euros (US $858 billion). The the EU. Marin said Finland had should be used in 2021-2022. from the EU, according to the BBC reported. Cohen the conditions of his home against such Black leaders massive fund comprises 390 been able to secure additional Another 30 per cent can be used the newspaper. Finland’s had been released in arrest. Days earlier, on July as President Barack Obama billion euros in non-repayable 400 million euros for rural area in 2023. The repayment of the opposition parties criticized May from a three-year 2, Cohen tweeted that was and Nelson Mandela, grants and 360 billion euros in and agricultural support, and a pan-European debt under this the outcome. Jussi Halla- sentence for charges “close to completion” of a neither of whom he viewed loans to member states, while separate 100 million euros for fund should be completed by aho, chairman of the largest including Trump campaign tell-all book. as real leaders or as worthy the European Commission’s the development of northern December 31, 2058. opposition, the Finns Party, finance violations, due to In court documents filed of respect by virtue of their original proposal of the fund Finland. Marin also said that The seven-year EU budget said the distribution criteria of coronavirus. The suit claims Monday night, Cohen wrote race”. Cohen’s attorneys consisted of 500 billion euros the “connection between the for 2021-2027, or the so- the recovery package should Cohen’s re-arrest violates that his book - tentatively said his constitutional in grants and 250 billion euros rule of law and the usage of EU called multiannual financial have been essentially changed. his right to free speech. titled Disloyal: The True rights were violated when in loans, Xinhua news agency funding” made in the outcome framework (MMF), was set at “Those countries that have The Bureau of Prisons Story of Michael Cohen, probation officers asked reported on Tuesday. was important to Finland. A 1.0743 trillion euros. managed their economies more director is named along Former Personal Attorney him to sign a gag order that The amount of non-repayable third of the recovery package Finnish officials toldresponsibly will have to finance with US Attorney General to President Donald J would prohibit him from grants has declined essentially, will be used for climate issues, newspaper Helsingin Sanomat the problems that have resulted William Barr in the lawsuit Trump - will describe first- “speaking to or through any therefore the compromise is which Marin said was “a on Tuesday that the estimated from long-term bad economic filed by Cohen’s lawyers and hand experiences with media of any sort.” acceptable to Finland, she sustainable road forward.” input to Finland as part of the management. business Indian Horizon 9 Thursday, July 23, 2020 Banking sector woes impacting growth: CEA Sensex snaps 5-day rally amid profit booking, global cues New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Mumbai, July 22 (IANS) the underlying trend remains India’s banking sector woes Ending the rally of five con- positive. Further upsides are have impacted investments secutive sessions of gains, likely once the immediate and growth, Chief Economic the Indian equity indices on resistance of 11,238 is taken Adviser (CEA) Krishnamur- Wednesday settled in the red out. Weakness could emerge thy V Subramanian said on as traders took to profit book- if the support of 11,056 is bro- Wednesday. Speaking at the ing. ken,” he said. Ficci’s 17th Annual Capital The decline in the domestic On Wednesday the Nifty50 Market Conference ‘CA- market was in line with the on the National Stock Ex- PAM2020’, he said the sector negative trend in the global change closed at 11,132.60, faced two problems of “scale markets. Heavy selling pres- lower by 29.65 points or 0.27 and quality”. sure was witnessed in auto, IT from its previous close of The CEA elaborated that and capital goods stocks. 11,162.25 points. these problems are major lags behind “spectacularly” Citing last year’s data, he Rahul Sharma, Market seen closing open positions Deepak Jasani, Head of Re- The BSE Sensex closed at factors for slow growth. in terms of large banks, as said that credit given during Strategist and Research Head, to rollover their positions to tail Research at HDFC Securi- 37,871.52, lower by 58.81 According to Subrama- it only has one bank in top that time period, similarly, Equity99 Advisors, said: the August 2020 series ahead ties, noted that major Asian points or 0.16 per cent nian, NPAs and risk aversion 100, while China has 18 such during the lockdown phase, “Swinging between losses of derivative expiry on Thurs- markets closed on a negative from the previous close of have impacted investment, financial institutions. low credit was given except and gains through the day, day.” note and European indices 37,930.33. which has in turn hit growth Furthermore, he said that for the aECLGS sheme for markets settled in the red He added that traders were including FTSE, DAX and CAC It had opened at 38,178.07 and eventually lowered con- quality of large borrowers MSMEs’. today, snapping the five-day actively booking profits in also ended lower. and touched an intra-day sumption. is not very good and that Additionally, he said India rally. In an extreme volatile select banking and financial “Technically, while the high of 38,199.27 and a low of Besides, he pointed out banks should first check the cannot become a big econ- trading session, traders were stocks. Nifty has corrected today, 37,601.62 points. the need to focus on bring financial status of the bor- omy with the current scale scale to the banking sector. rowers before lending. of the banking sector. The He asserted that India Apart from the sector’s theme of the conference is Foreign cos among 16 entities in pre-bid for running pvt trains needs large banks. woes, he said banks are in- aAtmanirbhar Bharat: Role New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) upfront and will be suitably The CEA cited that India vesting more than lending. of Capital Market’. Even as the Indian Railways indexed for the entire conces- plans to introduce the first set sion period, thereby bringing of 12 private trains in 2023, fol- certainty in the haulage charg- NSDC partners Airtel Payments Bank on lowed by 45 more in the next es. fiscal, according to an initial “The Railways will also pro- skilling rural youth timeline drawn by the Rail- vide the details of passenger New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) There will be a strong fo- to become entrepreneurs, ways, the national transporter traffic being handled on the Airtel Payments Bank on cus on adoption of digital such as distributors/resell- held a pre-bid conference and routes under bidding. This Wednesday announced a tools to drive online bank- ers of financial services, several international compa- will enable the bidders to do partnership with National ing and digital financial thereby creating employ- nies showed interest in the due diligence for the project,” Skill Development Corpora- services given the growing ment opportunities for project. he said. The official also said tion (NSDC) to skill youth in penetration of affordable people in their local geog- According to railway min- that Railways has clarified that rural India and enable them smartphones and 4G net- raphies. istry sources, Spanish coach trains to be operated under to find employment oppor- works in the country, Airtel Further, Airtel Payments and component maker CAF, Infra, Hind Rectifier also par- spokesperson said that the is- the project can be either pur- tunities within the financial Payments Bank said. Bank will also conduct an Bombardier India, GMR group ticipated in the meeting. sues and concerns raised by chased or taken on lease by the services industry. “Through our strate- awareness drive at NSDC’s which owns and operates two The 16 firms attended a pre- the prospective private play- private entities. The partnership aims to gic partnership with Airtel training centres. airports in the country were application conference on the ers were discussed and clari- The national transporter combine NSDC’s experi- Payments Bank, we aim at Under this drive, the bank among the prominent players private train project held on fications were provided by clarified that risks with regard ence, training infrastruc- imparting the youth with will organise sessions high- which participated in the pre- Tuesday. However, the rail- the officials of the Ministry of to operation of trains shall be ture, and wide network knowledge and training that lighting the importance of bid meeting. ways remained tightlipped on Railways and NITI Aayog for allocated to the parties in an with Airtel Payment Bank’s render financial and bank- digital banking, its benefits Sources also said that public the companies that partici- improved clarity on the pro- equitable manner. industry insights to design ing services more accessible and also provide hand on sector units (PSUs) like RITES, pated in the meeting. The Rail- visions of RFQ and bidding The Ministry of Railways will and conduct targeted skill to rural and semi-urban In- digital banking experience Railways’ tourism and catering ways in a formal kickstart to its framework. be providing written replies to development programmes dia,” Manish Kumar, MD & during these sessions. This arm IRCTC and Bharat Heavy plans to allow private entities He said the queries were the queries received from the for rural youth. CEO, NSDC, said in a state- collaboration will also ex- Electricals Limited (BHEL) to operate passenger trains on mainly related to eligibility prospective applicants by July The programmes will ment. tend to Eskill India, NSDC’s also participated in the meet- its network has invited propos- criteria, bidding process, pro- 31 and the second pre-appli- be tailored for imparting Airtel Payments Bank and digital skilling initiative. ing along with the Hyderabad- als from companies to run 151 curement of rakes, operations cation conference is scheduled knowledge and skills for en- NSDC said they will lever- Special learning modules based Medha Group, which modern passenger trains on of trains and composition of on August 12. As part its priva- try-level jobs such as Busi- age their industry linkages will be built to create aware- had bid for the Train 18 proj- 109 pairs of routes across the clusters. The official further tisation plan, the Railways has ness Correspondent, Field and help the participants in ness about digital financial ect, RK Associates, Sterlite country. The project would en- said that there were queries planned to introduce 12 trains Sales Executive, etc. among finding suitable jobs. service and will be intro- Power, Bharat Forge and JKB tail private sector investment on haulage charges to which in 2022-23, 45 in 2023-2024, 50 others within the financial The partnership will also duced on the platform, the Infrastructure. The sources of about Rs 30,000 crore. the Railways replied that haul- in 2025-26 and 44 in 2026-27, services sector. encourage skill trainees two organisations said. said that Gateway Rail, Jason On Monday, a Railways age charges will be specified taking the total number to 151. Huawei, Apple to push 5G handset production to Cairn Energy expects 235mn units in 2020 arbitration award on New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) purchase, in turn affecting as Qualcomm and Medi- Driven by Huawei and new the sales performances of aTek, strive to expand their retrospective tax soon Apple iPhones which are the new iPhones,” said the shares in the 5G market. set to join the ranks, the 5G report. “As such, Chinese handset production is ex- Samsung’s 5G smart- brands, which were ahead pected to reach 235 million phone production this year of their competitors in 5G units at an 18.9 per cent is forecasted at 29 million strategies, occupied a 75 penetration rate by the end units, placing the company per cent share in the global the year, according to a new in third place globally. 5G smartphone market in report. Vivo, OPPO (includ- the first half of 2020,” said Led by Huawei, Chinese ing OnePlus, OPPO, and the report. brands are expected to oc- Realme) and Xiaomi are The report predicted that cupy four out of the top six tied for fourth place. an aggressive push by mo- spots of 5G smartphone Vivo, OPPO and Xiaomi’s bile processor manufactur- brands ranked by produc- yearly 5G smartphone pro- ers will lead to the rapidly tion volume, said marker The company is expected “However, 5G functions duction volumes are pro- increasing presence of 5G research firm TrendForce. to produce about 74 million will increase the produc- jected to reach about 21 chipsets in the mid-to-low Huawei has shifted its 5G smartphones this year. tion cost of smartphones million, 20 million, and 19 end market, driving 5G New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Scottish mit to a specific date for its ruling, focus to the domestic Chi- Apple’s yearly 5G smart- accordingly. If Apple de- million units, respectively. smartphone production to oil firm Cairn Energy has pinned its it expects a “release of the Award nese market under the im- phone production is ex- cides to directly reflect 5G remains a hot topic surpass 500 million units hopes on a favourable order from after the end of the summer,” Cairn pact of US sanctions and in pected to total about 70 this added cost on the re- in the smartphone market in 2021, which will poten- the arbitration panel by the end of said. Summer in Europe is between preparation for China’s ac- million units in 2020, which tail prices of the iPhone this year, as smartphone tially account for about 40 summer over its tax dispute in India June-August, so the company ex- tive 5G commercialization lands the iPhone maker in 12 series, it may lower its brands and mobile proces- per cent of the total smart- where it has challenged the govern- pects an order next month or early efforts. second place. consumers’ willingness to sor manufacturers, such phone market. ment for seeking Rs 10,247 crore in September. retrospective taxes from the oil ex- “Cairn continues to have a high plorer. level of confidence in the arbitra- 78% Indian consumers cut spending amid Covid-19: Report “The Arbitration Tribunal has tion and is seeking full restitution New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Internet Business, KPMG in consumer who is financially consumer trust and indicated that while it has encoun- for losses of more than $1.4 billion,” Covid-19 has significantly India. constrained, more confidence going forward. tered some difficulties created by the company statement said. impacted Indian “In the next three months, advanced in their use of As a consequence, the Covid-19 pandemic, it does not In 2014, the IT department had consumers as 78 per cent 49 per cent respondents digital technologies, more companies will need expect significant delays and hopes slapped the tax demand on Cairn of the Indian consumers intend to spend up to Rs thoughtful and selective in to develop their online to remain reasonably within the Energy saying the company made said they have reduced 5,000, across categories their decision-making, and presence and last-mile lead-time it had anticipated,” Cairn capital gains of Rs 24,503.50 crore discretionary spending, a “Our study indicates which makes this the most keen to see Covid-19 as an logistics and delivery said in a statement. in 2006 when it transferred all its In- new KPMG report revealed that 22 per cent consumers popular basket value and opportunity to reset values. capabilities and manage Cairn Energy has sought arbitra- dia assets to a new company, Cairn on Wednesday. in tier-2 and 30 per cent indicates that consumers The survey was supply chain hygiene tion under the India-UK bilateral India. However, 51 per cent of consumers in tier-3 feel are cautious about conducted with 2,376 across all levels,” Razdan investment protection treaty. The The company was subsequently respondents feel that the that their spending will spending,” Razdan added. respondents across tier- said. three-member arbitration tribunal listed on the stock exchanges. In impact of Covid-19 will be either increase or remain A comparative of 1, tier-2 and tier-3 cities, “With the advent of is based in The Hague and final 2011, Cairn Energy sold a majority short-lived and normalcy is the same as prior to pre and post Covid-19 amongst different spender a strong digital wave, hearings on the matter were com- stake in its Indian unit to mining not far, said the report. COVID-19 and this could scenario clearly showed types and age groups, it will be important for pleted in December 2018. The tribu- group Vedanta for $8.67 billion. Consumers in tier-2 and be the next focus area for that preference to online between May 18-June 7. companies to adapt to nal was supposed to give an award Following the merger of Cairn In- tier-3 cities are much more retailers to expand their channels have increased “Consumer goods the situation quickly and by February 2019. But in March dia and Vedanta in April 2017, the optimistic than those in presence,” said Harsha 1.6 times. companies and retailers continue to innovate 2019, it delayed it to 2019-end and UK firm’s shareholding in Cairn In- tier-1 cities, the findings Razdan, Partner and Head, The results suggest will need to identify keeping consumers at the then to the summer of 2020. dia was replaced by a shareholding showed. Consumer Markets and the emergence of a new ways to continue to build centre of their plans.” “While it is not yet able to com- of about 5 per cent in Vedanta. Indian Horizon Thursday, July 23, 2020 business 10 AI slashes employee allowances up to 50% despite protests Gold again at fresh high, nears New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) (such as lDA, HRA and other all pilots available for flying letter dated January 1, 2016. as per notified government National carrier Air India has allowances linked to basic will be paid fixed 20 hours of For general category rates vide MEA’s order Rs 50,000/10 gm gone in for a massive cut in pay) will remain unchanged. flying allowance or actuals, officers, salary and allowances dated September 21, 2010. move towards the safe haven employee allowances even as The rate of allowances whichever is higher in a (i.e. basic, IDA and HRA The layover allowance for asset. protests from all sections of other than DPE allowances month, during Quarter 1 and linked to basic pay) will the flying crew will stand A recent report by the World the employees continue. will stand reduced by 40 Quarter 2 of financial year remain unchanged. However, amended accordingly. Gold Council (WGC) said As per an office order, this per cent of the approved 2020-21 on the revised flying the other allowances will be For employees (both that with investors looking at has been done as per the allowances. allowance rate. reduced by 50 per cent. permanent and FTC) with safer assets amid the Covid-19 directions of the Ministry of These include flying Simulator training hours For general category staff, gross salary up to Rs 25,000 pandemic, investment in gold Civil Aviation and following allowance, executive flying will be paid on the revised allowances will be reduced a month, there will be no Mumbai, July 22 (IANS) is likely to make up for the fall approval from the Board of allowance, special pay wide rate of flying allowance. The by 30 per cent and same is the reduction in salary. As economic uncertainty in consumption demand for Directors of Air lndia Ltd. The body allowance, domestic overtime rate beyond 70 case with operators. For the Further, fixed termcontinues in the wake of the the precious metal. rationalisation of allowances layover allowance, quick hours in a month shall be permanent and contractual contractual employees other rising number of coronavirus The report titled ‘Gold Mid- will be effective from April 1, return allowance, high 125 per cent of the revised cabin crew, allowances will than pilots and cabin crew cases, gold futures on the Year Outlook 2020’ noted that 2020 and shall remain in force altitude allowance, check rate of flying allowance, be reduced by 20 per cent. with gross salary (excluding Multi-Commodity Exchange in the current global economic till further review by the Air allowance, instructor while layover allowance at All the above allowances PF contribution) of more (MCX) on Wednesday touched environment, three factors lndia Board. allowance, examiner stations outside lndia will be will be paid at the reduced than Rs 25,000 per month a new high and neared the Rs are supportive of investment This is an across the board allowance and additional payable as per the notified rate on actual flying. will also be subject to similar 50,000 per 10 gram mark. demand for gold -- high cut in allowances for all landing allowance. government rates. For all categories of reduction, i.e., 50 per cent The August contract on MCX risk and uncertainty, low employees, rather than just Flying allowance to be paid Other applicable employees, including of other allowances for earlier in the day surged to a opportunity cost and positive the pilots and the other flying on actual hours flown by an conditions and penalties will flying crew, foreign travel executives and 30 per cent new high of Rs 49,996 per 10 price momentum. staff. individual pilot in a month. remain the same as per the allowances/foreign daily of other allowances for staff gram. “Additionally, we expect The salary and allowances However, as a special case, Ministry of Civil Aviation’s allowance will be payable categories of employees. Currently, the contract is investors to turn to gold as a trading at Rs 49,872.00, higher means of hedging as we have by Rs 345 or 0.70 per cent from seen in the first half of this its previous close. year,” it said. Retail investors’ participation in equity market surges: SEBI chief The steady demand for the Like the money market and New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) time has come.” forward and make bold yellow metal continues as high-quality bond funds, gold Despite Covid-19 pandemic, Besides, Tyagi said that investment decisions, and other assets classes including benefited from investors’ there has been a surge the market infrastructure for contribute towards building equities and properties are not need to reduce risk, with the in participation of retail corporate bond and G-Secs an Aatmanirbhar Bharat.” doing well amid the economic recognition of gold as a hedge investors in the equity market markets should be integrated. Acknowledging that the slowdown. further underscored by the over the last few months, He contended that having country is passing through Further, the highly record inflows seen in gold- SEBI Chairman Ajay Tyagi two separate ecosystems a difficult, stressful and unpredictable economic backed ETFs, according to the said on Wednesday. results in artificialchallenging time due to situation makes investors WGC report. Addressing the Ficci’s segmentation of investors the Covid-19 outbreak, he 17th Annual Capital Market and divergent governance said that to provide relief Conference ‘CAPAM2020’, and regulatory norms for to the affected companies, Microsoft introduces he said: “The fact that there institutions in the two SEBI has issued a number is also a surge in opening up markets performing similar of relaxations to facilitate ‘Customer Voice’ service in of demat accounts suggests functions. fundraising by the corporates. that many of these retail ideal that they begin their On improving the Highlighting the potential “SEBI has come out with Dynamics 365 investors are perhaps first- journey by first investing in corporate bond and G-Secs of the Indian financial market, relaxed norms for preferential time investors in the stock risk free G-Secs.” market, he said that there Tyagi said that it is geared up issue pricing and exemption market.” “The issuance of G-Secs is an inter-linkage between to aid the country achieve the from open offer for eligible On the theme of in demat form, apart from them. “The required reforms $5 trillion economy mark. stressed companies. These ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat: Role easing the process of in the corporate bond market “The revival of the stock relaxed norms, finalised after of Capital Market’, Tyagi said: making investments by non- should be brought in without market and an uptick in fund wide public consultation, can “With a view to facilitating a institutional participants in any further loss of time,” he raising by the corporates is be used for restructuring of smooth and welcome entry these securities, may also said. encouraging. stressed companies without of these newcomers to the facilitate easier raising of “Unification of financial “I exhort the captains going through the IBC capital markets, it would be borrowings.” markets is an idea whose of the industry to come process. San Francisco, July 22 (IANS) rience by signaling the arrival In a bid to help organizations of vehicles as they approach Now, you can pay monthly bills with UPI AutoPay listen, understand and respond the store. New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) monthly, quarterly, half authenticate their account to customers quickly in social The company also an- The National Payment yearly and yearly. through UPI PIN for one-time distancing times, Microsoft has nounced new capabilities for Corporation of India (NPCI) “The UPI AutoPay offering and subsequent monthly introduced a Customer Voice Microsoft Dynamics 365 Fraud on Wednesday said that it has would provide millions of payments would be debited service in Dynamics 365. Protection as digital transac- launched the functionality of UPI user’s convenience and automatically. Customer Voice is an enter- tion volumes have skyrocketed Unified Payments Interface safety while making recurring Some of the banks, prse-grade feedback manage- during the crisis and, along AutoPay for recurring payments,” Dilip Asbe, merchants and aggregators ment solution to capture and with it, a surge in fraud. payments. MD & CEO, NPCI, said in a who have already gone live incorporate real-time feedback “We are announcing new With this new facility, statement. with UPI AutoPay are Axis into a unified view of custom- capabilities for Microsoft Dy- customers can now enable If the amount exceeds Rs allow customers to view “We believe this facility will Bank, Bank of Baroda, HDFC ers and drive action in the mo- namics 365 Fraud Protection recurring e-mandate using 2,, customers have to execute their past mandates for their not only benefit customers, Bank, HSBC Bank, ICICI ments that matter. to help protect retailers, pub- any UPI application for every mandate with UPI PIN. reference and records. but also merchants with an Bank, IDFC Bank, IndusInd According to the company, lic sector entities, credit issu- recurring payments such Any UPI-enabled The pattern for auto debit all new recurring payments Bank, Paytm Payments Bank, Customer Voice brings out- ers, and their customers,” said as mobile bills, electricity application would also have mandate has been created experience. We also hope to AutoPe-Delhi Metro, Paytm, of-the-box integration into Alysa Taylor, Corporate Vice bills, EMI payments, OTT a “Mandate” section, through keeping in mind customers’ achieve new milestones by PayU, and RazorPay, among everyday applications and President, Business Applica- subscriptions, insurance, which customers can create, spends on recurring expanding UPI’s presence others. workflows, and?ready-to-usetions & Industry. mutual funds and loan approve, modify, pause as payments. especially in the P2M Jio Payments Bank, State templates to enable a fast re- Account Protection will help payments, paying for transit/ well as revoke auto debit The mandates can be set (person-to-merchant) Bank of India and YES Bank sponse to customers’ needs at protect online revenue and metro payments among mandate. for one-time, daily, weekly, payment space”. will soon go live with UPI the right time, and in the right reputation by counteracting others of up to Rs 2,000. The mandate section will fortnightly, monthly, bi- The customers need to AutoPay, NPCI said. place. fraudulent account access, “For retailers, Microsoft Dy- fake account creation and ac- namics 365 Connected Store count takeover, and safeguard- Bajaj Auto’s Q1FY21 standalone net profit down 53% will soon offer store traffic and ing user accounts from abuse Mumbai, July 22 (IANS) previous fiscal. company said in a statement Further, the company “However, strict cost curbside queue as features, and fraud. “Innovation across Two-and three-wheeler According to the company, on Wednesday. reported that its turnover control measures helped us increasing shopper safety as Dynamics 365 applications in- major Bajaj Auto’s standalone the Q1/FY21 has been an “Impact of this pandemic during the quarter under declare an EBITDA of Rs 441 stores reopen in accordance to cluding Customer Voice, Con- net profit for the first quarter extremely challenging quarter was experienced in India and review declined to Rs 3,417 crore... Fixed cost spends regulations,” the company said nected Store and Fraud Pro- of 2020-21 fell 53.10 per cent due to the unprecedented in countries across the globe crore from Rs 8,197 crore were controlled across all during its virtual ‘Inspire 2020’ tection are focused on making due to Covid-19 pandemic. Covid-19 pandemic. that we export to. While we reported for Q1, 2019-20. plants and locations.” event on Tuesday. sure we’re helping customers The company’s net “Lockdown and have restarted operations, “Resultant to the lockdown The company’s total These capabilities will help weather the current crisis while profit during the quarter other containment or sporadic localised lockdowns and other measures, revenue quarterly sales including retailers remain below capac- also setting them up for future under review declined to precautionary measures have are disrupting the supply from operations recorded a exports fell to 4,43,103 units ity limits and design stores so agility and resilience,” said Rs 528 crore from Rs 1,126 resulted in disrupted supply chain and impacting the decline of 60 per cent to Rs from 12,47,174 units off-take customers can maintain a safe Gavriella Schuster, Corporate crore earned during the lines and a sharp decline ability of the business to 3,079 crore,” the statement during the corresponding distance, as well as helps to im- Vice President, One Commer- corresponding period of the in overall demand,” the return towards normalcy.” said. period of the previous fiscal. prove the curbside order expe- cial Partner. NGO argues that new emission norms for power plants to entail huge expense New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) sulphur dioxide from thermal like SPM, SO2, NOx and selected as the optimum requirement of large capital foreign companies (mostly additional water requirement The Veterans Forum for power plants. Mercury. Most of the power technology by most of the investment to the tune of Rs Chinese) and is approximately for FGD, burning of coal Transparency in Public Life, NGT heard the whole plants are complying with the power plants in India and the 50 to 80 lakhs per MW and the three per cent total forex to meet the additional 1.5 an NGO, recently filed an matter from the NGO on July prescribed emission norms same is recommended by CEA subsequent high recurring reserves of the country. per cent auxiliary power application in the National 14 and felt that the matter for SPM, NOx and Mercury. also. opexThe NGO argued that Besides all these coal-based requirement, pollution due Green Tribunal (NGT) against is more of technical issue However, majority of them Majority of the coal- it necessitates to carry out power plants shall run out to handling limestone (FGD the Environment Ministry for and understanding; and are still far away from meeting based power plants plant specific studies for of life over the next 15 to 20 reagent) and generation of notifying emission norms for considering the facts and the emission norms for SO2. could not adhere to the analysing the contribution years and some even in less Gypsum (FGD by-product) thermal power plants without figures, NGT advised the NGO The timeline for complying implementation schedule the coal-based plants on the than 10 years thus making this and transportation and scientifically assessing their through Order to approach these norms was December for FGD installation due to air pollution of nearby cities large investment as national disposal of FGD Gypsum likely impacts on improving CPCB for consideration of 31, 2019 for Power plants in concerns like non availability and metros. wastage without accruing any which contains heavy metals the ambient air quality. their viewpoint. Delhi-NCR region and up of technical specifications Enforcing SO2 emission environmental benefits. and may pollute underground The NGO also argued Environment Ministry to December 2022 for other from Central Electricity norms for all power plants In addition, Enforcing SO2 water, besides requiring large against the likely notified revised emission power plants. Authority till June, 2018 ; in India shall require capital emission norms shall have land area for disposal, and environmental Impacts of norms for coal-based To control SO2 emissions minimum time of 36 months expenditure to the tune of huge impact on environment most importantly, additional installation of wet lime FGD power plants in the country from power plants, wet lime required for implementing Rs 1 lakh crore ($14 billion) by large scale mining and release of about 16 Million technology for controlling specifying limits for pollutants based FGD technology is FGD after Order placement; and most of which will go to transportation of lime, Tonnes of CO2 per annum. Sports Indian Horizon 11 Thursday, July 23, 2020 END COULD’VE BEEN BETTER : KUMBLE ON STINT AS INDIA HEAD COACH ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC’S

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) with off-spinner Harbjahan BRACE HELPS AC MILAN BEAT Legendary leg-spinner Anil Singh and he gave an insight Kumble has opened up into how the two bowled in SASSUOLO IN SERIE A regarding his stint as head tandem and helped India coach of Team India and achieve multiple victories Rome, July 22 (IANS) AC Milan stated it was a great feeling during their time together in continued their unbeaten run in to again become a part of the the national team. Serie A as Zlatan Ibrahimovic's dressing room following his “I had a very special bond double helped them edge past retirement. with Bhajji (Harbjahan) Sassuolo 2-1 away from home. In 2017, Kumble resigned because we played a lot more. The Rossoneri entered from the high-profile Also Venkatpathy Raju, who Tuesday's game on the back role after his relationship was my first spin partner of an eight-game unbeaten with skipper Virat Kohli along with Rajesh Chauhan. run but were dealt a blow became ‘untenable’. There Towards the second half of my just 11 minutes into the game were reports that things career, Harbjahan Singh was when Andrea Conti limped were wrong between the pretty special,” Kumble said. off, making way for Davide two heavyweights for head coach.Kumble stated cricketer Mpumelelo really happy that there were “To have someone who Calabria, reports Xinhua news quite some time but Kohli he holds no regrets but did Mbangwa during a live chat some contributions made could pick up fifers, for me, agency. brushed aside such talks concede that end could on the latter’s Instagram and there are no regrets. I that was like a big advantage However, Milan broke the during the Champions have been better.“I was very handle.“Having been with was happy moving on from because when you have two deadlock in the 19th minute Trophy.However, after happy that I took up that great performers and again there as well. I know the end spinners and both are capable when Ibrahimovic sent his the conclusion of the role. It was great...the one being a part of the Indian could have been better but of picking five wickets then as diving header into the net from tournament where India year I spent with the team dressing room was a great then that’s fine,” he added. a batsman you know...even Hakan Calhanoglu's floated lost to Pakistan in the final, was really fantastic,” Kumble feeling.“We did really well in The 49-year-old also opened before the start of the match pass. Kumble stepped down as told former Zimbabwe that one year period. I was up regarding his relationship that you are under pressure. The away side were forced to make another change when captain Alessio Romagnoli was injured and replaced by starlet Brazil’s Olympic athletes return to Matteo Gabia. The home side got back on ̍̑ NFL PLAYERS training after isolation level terms in the 41st minute when Calhanoglu's arm blocked TEST POSITIVE Rio de Janeiro, July 22 to make immediate use of the a free kick in the box, with (IANS) Brazil’s elite athletes decision included gymnasts, Francesco Caputo stepping up FOR COVID˨̉̑ have resumed normal judokas, weightlifters and to convert the resultant penalty. training after more than divers, among others. The Rossoneri restored their four months of confinement “We’re facing a very lead in first-half stoppage time because of the COVID-19 difficult time, but we’ll get as Calhanoglu atoned for his pandemic. through it,” said BOC sport error by laying on another MARC MARQUEZ The Brazilian Olympic manager Jorge Bichara. smart pass for Ibrahimovic to Committee (BOC) said its “We’re going to resume complete his brace. UNDERGOES training centers across the training. We are going to Sassuolo went down to 10 country were reopened on work very hard next year so men shortly afterwards as HAND SURGERY Tuesday with strict sanitary that the athletes arrive in Mehdi Bourabia was sent off for protocols, reports Xinhua good condition at the Tokyo his second bookable offence. AFTER CRASHING news agency. Olympics and can represent The victory temporarily lifts “It’s a good time for us a feeling of starting over to training regimes since mid- Brazil.”In March, officials Milan up to fifth place with 59 IN JEREZ to come back,” open water fulfil a dream. Today’s first March, when facilities were postponed the 2020 Tokyo points.In Tuesday's other Serie Los Angeles, July 22 (IANS) Barcelona, July 22 (IANS) swimmer Ana Marcela Cunha practise was a warm-up.” closed and competitions Olympics - which had been A match, Atalanta beat Bologna The NFL Players' Association MotoGP world champion said. “I’m looking forward to Brazilian athletes have suspended amid the set to begin on July 24 - until 1-0 with Luis Muriel coming off (NFLPA) has said that 59 Marc Marquez recently the Tokyo Olympics and have been limited to home escalating pandemic.Those July 23 to August 8 next year. the bench to score the winner. players tested positive for underwent succesful hand coronavirus as of July 22. surgery after crashing at As per a statement on NFL's season-opening race in Jerez. PROVISIONAL DATES FOR ̊̈̊̉ ARCHERY WC, WORLD C’SHIPS ANNOUNCED official website, the total There has been no Lausanne, July 22 stage will be held from June Cup stage, from June 18 to 21. number was updated via the return date announced yet (IANS) World Archery has 22 to 27 in Paris while the Meanwhile, the Youth union's official website, which for the eight-time world announced provisional dates final is scheduled to be held World Championship features a hub for the latest champion as a metal plate for the 2021 Archery World in September-October. The has been scheduled from information on COVID-19 for was inserted in his arm and Cup circuit and for the 2021 venue will be announced on a September 19 to 26. all players. he was directed to stay at World Championships. While later date. The World Archery 3D The change from 95 down to the Barcelona hospital for the World Championships The final qualification Championships that were 59 was clarified in a tweet from couple of days. will be held in Yankton, USA tournament for Tokyo was originally scheduled to be the NFLPA in which it stated: “His aim is to return to the from September 19 to 26, the initially scheduled to be held in 2021 have already "The previous number 2020 World Championship World Cup circuit will begin held in Berlin in June 2020. been delayed to 2022. included all known positives as soon as possible with an on April 19 in Guatamela City. However, following the one- Dates for the next World across the league, including expected date becoming The first stage of the series year delay of the Games, it has Archery Para Championships, staff, and has now been clearer soon,” Marquez’s will go on till April 25 after been replaced by Paris.It will which are due to take place updated to include only team Honda was quoted as which it moves to Shanghai be held as a standalone event, in Dubai, have not yet been players."The NFLPA's website saying in a statement. from May 17 to 23. The third immediately before the World confirmed. also has an update on the After mounting an status of infectious disease incredible comeback in emergency response (IDER) the Spanish GP, Marquez New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) WITH EYE ON TOKYO OLYMPICS, SAI EXTENDS Indian and foreign, will be plans received from all 32 suffered a high side at Turn The Sports Authority of hired for at least four years or teams, it said on nfl.com. 3 and came down heavily on India (SAI) has extended the CONTRACTS OF ̋̊ FOREIGN COACHES one Olympic cycle to ensure A quarter of those plans his right arm on July 19. contract of 32 foreign coaches continuity in training. The (eight) have been approved by As a result, he had suffered in 11 disciplines till September Minister Kiren Rijiju said, four-year contract will be the union and the remaining a transverse diaphyseal 30, 2021. The contracts of "The postponement of Tokyo handed out with an eye on the 24 submitted plans still under fracture to his right humerus. many coaches was slated to Olympics by a year makes 2024 and 2028 Olympics. review.The NFLPA on Monday MotoGP medical staff had end in September this year. it imperative that the same The interim extension of one had released a statement on initially confirmed there SAI said that the decision coaches be retained so that year till 2021 is an immediate testing procedures: was no other serious head or was taken to ensure that athletes are not disadvantaged step to ensure athletes have "Our union has been pushing thoracic trauma. athletes bound for Tokyo in any way.""A new coach the same coaches till the for the strongest testing, tracing “Everyone who races in the Olympics, which has been takes time to understand Tokyo Olympics. The further and treatment protocols to World Championship has postponed by a year due an athlete and the athlete extension of contract for four keep our players safe. The the unfortunate possibility to COVID-19 pandemic, needs time to understand the years will be decided on the testing protocols we agreed to of getting injured and having can retain continuity in training process of a coach. basis of the performance of the are one critical factor that will to go to the operating room,” their training with the same We don't have that kind of coach and recommendation help us return to work safely Repsol Honda Team manager coaches.Speaking about time now."Rijiju had earlier from the respective National and gives us the best chance to Alberto Puig had said earlier. the decision, Union Sports announced that coaches, both Sports Federations. play and finish the season." Wrestling national camp likely REVISITING NATURE THROUGH CAPTURED MEMORIES: TENDULKAR Mumbai, July 22 (IANS) bring back my childhood what the technology shows Cricket legend Sachin memories,” Tendulkar said if it is being brought into from August 1st week Tendulkar on Wednesday in an Instagram post with the game. New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) derecognised 57 National WFI Secretary-General jogged down memory lane a video where he was seen “What % of the ball hits the August first week has been Sports Federations (NSFs) in Vinod Tomar told IANS on to share a photograph of him enjoying the showers and stumps doesn’t matter, if DRS earmarked as a potential time line with the Delhi High Court Wednesday. amidst nature. roaming around his garden shows us that the ball is hitting for wrestlers to assemble for order in June. "Initially it will be focused on “Revisiting nature in a black t-shirt and black the stumps, it should be given their national camps after the The camp will initially be held the Olympic weights. As and through captured memories shorts. out, regardless of the on-field COVID-19 hiatus. The Sports for Olympic weight categories when the situation improves, #throwback,” Tendulkar said Earlier, Tendulkar had call. That’s the motive of Authority of India (SAI) is and would also begin only we will open up other weight on Instagram with a photo of said that the International using technology in cricket. working in tandem with the after necessary quarantine categories too. him basking in the afterglow Cricket Council (ICC) As we know technology isn’t Wrestling Federation of India protocols are fulfilled. "The men's camp is set to of nature. should consider doing away 100% right but neither are (WFI) to plan a date for the "A number of wrestlers are be held in Sonipat, Haryana Recently, Tendulkar was with the provision to stick humans,” tweeted Tendulkar resumption of training. training on their own right now while that of women's will be taken back to his childhood with the umpire’s call when alongwith a video of him and SAI has taken up the and they are of the opinion in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. memories as he posted a favourite camerawoman, @ a team calls for a review for fellow batting great Brian responsibility of organising that let this month go by. So we The top wrestlers who have video taken by daughter saratendulkar captured me an LBW decision.Tendulkar Lara discussing the Decision national camps for individual will probably plan for a camp qualified for the Olympics will Sara where he is seen enjoying the simpler joys said that the decision should Review System (DRS) for the sports after the Sports Ministry in the first week of August," be required to attend the camp. getting wet in the rain.“My of life! Raindrops always be entirely dependent upon former’s 100MB app. ENTERTAINMENT IIndianndian HorizonHorizon Thursday, July 23, 2020 ̉̊ RANVEER SINGH'S 'AUR BATAO YAAR' POST PREITY ZINTA Sara Ali Khan shares throwback pic ENDEARS FANS TO THE STAR RESUMES of 'young mommy' Amrita posted a throwback pic- SHOOTING ara Ali Khan has shared ture in which he is seen a picture from her wearing stylish sunglasses Schildhood with mother and a coat. AMID Amrtia Singh and brother But it is the caption that Ibrahim, with a dash of funky catches the eye."Aur batao PANDEMIC rhyming. yaar," Ranveer wrote.Re- "Mother, Daughter- Iggy acting to the post, a user Potter … Riot of colours with quipped: Water Slaughter ...Mommy "Bas sab badia yaar, aap so young I almost forgot her bataao."Actor Dino Morea ...Gulaal we threw, off-guard commented: "Chashma we caught her ...But it was kaha se liya ?" healthy fun with no totter Ranveer will next be seen ...After all she's mother dear- in Kabir Khan's "83", which est- the OG Fautor," wrote looks cute.Recently, Sara tioned the picture.Sara will narrates the story of India's Sara alongside the pictures posted a quirky photo where next be seen alongside Varun first-ever cricket World that she posted. she is seen twinning with her Dhawan in David Dhawan's Cup victory in 1983. The snapshot is from a mom. In the picture, Sara comedy flick "Coolie No. 1". In the fi lm, Ranveer essays Holi celebration and has the and Amrita wear similar out- The film is a remake of Dha- the role of Kapil Dev, who three of them hugging each fits. Even their masks are of wan's 1995 hit of the same captained an underdog team other. Amrita's face is cov- the same design."Mommy's name, starring Govinda and to World Cup glory. Ran- ered in red ‘gulaal' while and day out. #twinning #win- Karisma Kapoor. n Wednesday, ac- and tried to brighten up veer's other upcoming fi lm Sara with her chubby cheeks ning," the actress had cap- IANS tor Ranveer Singh their day with his latest is "Jayeshbhai Jordaar". ctress Preity Zinta has re- Ogot candid with fans Instagram post.The actor IANS sumed shooting post Co- Avid-19 lockdown. SANJAY DUTT CALLS HIS WIFE 'MOM' Preity shared a couple of boo- merang videos on Instagram ing it so beautiful," Sanjay AS 'SINGHAM' TURNS 9, AJAY DEVGN Stories to share the fact with wrote on Instagram. fans. In the fi rst video, the ac- He also mentioned how SALUTES 'KHAKHI KI VARDI' tress is seen getting her makeup badly he is missing her and done and in the second, her hair their kids, Shahraan and Iqra. he Ajay Devgn block- is being styled. Maanayata and the kids had buster Singham re- "Back on a show -- post Covid travelled to Dubai before the Tleased nine years ago tests, masks and hand sanitiz- Covid-19 lockdown in India, on this day. ers," she wrote in one video. and are still there. Recalling the film's jour- However, Preity did not share "You are amazing and I ney Devgn, who played what she was shooting for. love you so much! I wish I was the starring role of Bajirao Recently, Preity shared a pic- there with you and the kids to- Singham, took to Instagram ture along with her husband day but I hope your day is as to salute policemen for Gene Goodenough. In eh Ins- special as you are to me," San- their work, especially dur- tagram post, she is leaning on jay added. ing the ongoing Covid-19 hubby's shoulder. Along with it, he posted a pandemic. IANS video with pictures of the cou- "#9YearsOfSingham -- ple and their kids. A movie that saluted the n the occasion of the calling her "mom"."Happy Sanjay and Maanayata got spirit & bravery of 'Khakhi DIA MIRZA birthday of his wife Birthday Mom. For those of married in February 2008. The ki Vardi'; today's frontline OMaanayata Dutt, ac- you who don't know, I call two reportedly dated for two warriors," Ajay wrote along FINDS SINGER tor Sanjay Dutt took to Ins- her Mom. Thank you for years before tying the knot. with a video that comprises tagram to pen a wish for her, coming into my life and mak- IANS of the stills from the movie, which also featured Kajal ANDRA Aggarwal.Singham" was a remake of the Tamil fi lm The 2011 release was di- fi lm had a sequel, "Singham SCARLETT JOHANSSON, COLIN JOST'S "Singam", starring Suriya. rected by Rohit Shetty. The Returns", in 2014. IANS DAY A TRUE INSPIRATION WEDDING PLANS REMAIN IN LIMBO ollywood stars Scar- KANGANA ON 'NEPO MAFIA': lett Johansson and HColin Jost are re- It has dismantled ambitions of thinking their wedding plans amid the Covid-19 pandemic. struggling outsiders In "Andy Cohen Live", Jost opened up about his them to be hanged but they wedding plans and how he can also not sail through it," and Johansson have had to she said of the ‘movie mafi a'. reevaluate their wedding The actress recalled that she plans amid the pandemic, was shocked the most when reports etonline.com. she read an obituary for Su- Asked whether the pan- shant by fi lmmaker Karan demic made them rethink Johar, whom she called "in- ctress Dia Mirza con- how they will get married, tolerant" towards outsiders siders singer Andra the 38-year-old said: "Of and has referred to a "fl ag- ADay a true inspiration. course. We don't even know bearer of nepotism" who Dia is part of the United Na- what's legally allowed. ment, they really don't know alone have a wedding where only backed industry kids. tions campaign, 'Women Rise This is not the time to get "when that moment will be" the audience is elders," Jost "I mean is he (Karan) plan- for All' that includes women all your elderly, at risk rela- that they can actually have shared.Jost and Johansson ning to make another victim world leaders like Melinda tives together all in one big a wedding ceremony."We got engaged in May 2019 af- like that? I was shocked. So, Gates and Mia Mottley, in an group ... who knows!"Jost don't know if we could do ter two years of dating. they are preparing to contin- initiative to support a global went on to say that, at the mo- a live show for SNL yet, let IANS ue with this ganging up on plan for social and economic individuals, and he is pretty recovery from coronavirus. sure that he will face more As part of this campaign, people like that and at that Dia engaged in a conversa- RAFTAAR: I've grown amidst chaos, time he may just reach out tion with singer and advocate to that person," she said. for the Covid-19 response, competition and crisis ctress Kangana just dismantled the very am- Kangana stressed that the Andra.Andra is the voice be- Ranaut has lashed bition of upcoming actors situation needs to end. hind "Rise up", a song she re- opular rapper Raftaar Aout with strong and struggling outsiders. "I mean, this is so shame- leased in 2015. says he has grown amidst words at what she refers to It has caused a lot of dam- less. This needs to stop. They "Lifting people during this Pchaos, competition and as the Nepo Mafia of Bol- age. How to dismantle it? have gotten away from a crisis, and now supporting the crisis.Asked if the pandemic lywood, saying it has dis- We need to talk about it. In murder unaffected. So, this is Covid-19 response, Andra is a has made him reassess his life, mantled the ambitions of many ways it will prepare what it will take to dismantle true inspiration. Raftaar told IANS:"You see I've upcoming actors and strug- outsiders." their egos, their control and I think, like her, all of the always been humble about my gling outsiders. She added: "Eventually, the fact that they think that women who are rising up, success and struggle. I've grown Kangana, who has consis- when a single human being money can buy everything, lending their voice, and are amidst chaos, competition and tently voiced her views on -- talented, extraordinary, and they are drunk with the speaking up are doing it from crisis, so today when the op- the untimely demise of actor genius -- is suppressed to power they acquired from an innate place of individual- portunity has been presented Sushant Singh Rajput, has death and killed systemati- their fathers. This will take ity and their own response to to us in the form of a pandemic openly spoken about favou- cally for petty egos, for petty collective voices of people to what is happening. I have learnt to adapt to the situ- ritism in the Hindi fi lm in- gains, the offenders don't dismantle that," she said. Dia is part of an initial group ation and fi nd the positivity in dustry towards the star kids, have a happily ever-after. Kangana recently spoke of nine women joining the all the negativity.""But yes, this by the "gangs" of Bollywood, It's not a world they are re- about the lobby culture United Nations Deputy Sec- is a universal chance for every which she has often tagged warded for," she said. prevalent in the Hindi fi lm retary-General in raising their human being to sit down and as "movie mafi a" and "Sui- Kangana feels a "collective industry, after which various voices to save lives and protect re-evaluate what works for us cide Gang" of the industry. consciousness" has woken old videos of the actress talk- livelihoods, urging leaders in and what doesn't. We will never Currently I'm learning the art of musical touch to fi lms like "Bul- Opening up on the sub- up and people are now ques- ing about star children in the all countries, across all sectors, get this time again and, in the balance -- between self and oth- let Raja", "Fugly", "Dangal" and ject, Kangana told IANS: tioning the star system that industry started doing the to address the humanitarian silence minus the fastpaced ers, between family and friends, "Andhadhun", and is currently "Well, for now it has taken victimises outsiders."Like rounds on social media. crisis of the pandemic. lifestyles we all have got accus- between work and home," he seen on "MTV Roadies Revolu- a life, many careers… it has I had said, we don't want IANS IANS tomed to, will fi nd the answer. added.The rapper has lent his tion" as a gang leader.

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