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"#$ %& Jagatsinghpur 42 each, four from Jajpur, three from he State on Thursday Mayurbhanj 26, Kendrapada Boudh, two each from Balangir, Treported 849 new Covid-19 24, Sambalpur 20, Nayagarh 19, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, cases in the 30 districts and the Sundargarh 15, Bhadrak and Jharsuguda, Kalahandi and R Q R State pool, with which the total Deogarh nine each, Keonjhar Sundergarh and one each from tally increased to 10,04,059. eight, Ganjam six, Kalahandi Baleswar, Khordha, Puri, The new cases included three, Malkangiri and Rayagada and Subarnapur. 130 children in the age group Rayagada two each and However, another 764 of 0 and 18 years. Jharsuguda, Kandhamal, patients recovered, increasing ) R A total of 71,231 samples Nuapada, Subarnapur and the total recoveries to 9,88,854. were tested in the last 24 hours Boudh one each. wo suicide bombers and and the test positivity rate Besides, 65 positives were Tgunmen attacked crowds of (TPR) was 1.19 per cent. The detected from the State Pool. Afghans flocking to Kabul’s air- active cases stood at 8,288. Another 66 patients suc- port Thursday, transforming a court directed police to Of the new cases, 429 were cumbed to the disease, pushing scene of desperation into one Alaunch a fresh probe into from quarantine and 357 local the total death toll to 7,628. of horror in the waning days of the allegations of involvement an airlift for those fleeing the of Panchayati Raj and Law Taliban takeover. At least 13 Minister Pratap Jena in the BHUBANESWAR: people were killed and 15 more radical than the Taliban, one explosion was near an air- double murder that occurred in Bhubaneswar on Thursday reg- wounded, Russian officials said. who recently took control of port entrance and another was Mahanga of Cuttack district istered 229 Covid-19 cases. Several Marines were killed the country in a lightning blitz a short distance away by a hotel. earlier this year. With this, the total tally rose to and a number of other and condemned the attack. One official, who spoke on Hearing a protest petition O P 1,06,079 in the city. Notably, the American military were Western officials had condition of anonymity to dis- filed by Ramakant Baral, son of city had recorded 170 cases on wounded, a US official said. It warned of a major attack, urg- cuss ongoing military opera- deceased BJP leader Kulamani ed across the State. He said Wednesday. was not clear if those deaths ing people to leave the airport, tions, said several Marines Baral, the Judicial Magistrate dreams and possibilities are the Of the new cases, 185 were were included in the Russian but that advice went largely were killed. It wasn’t clear if First Class (JMFC) Court, evening, Kulamani and his ollowing the inauguration identity of student life. “Dream local contacts and 44 were toll. One of the bombers struck unheeded by Afghans desper- other U.S. Military troops were Salepur, directed the Mahanga associate Dibyasingh Baral Fof 10 more transformed High big and make the dream come from quarantine. people standing knee-deep in ate to escape the country in the among the dead. police to start an investigation were critically injured after Schools under the Chief true by using the talent within The local contacts includ- a wastewater canal under the last few days of an American- American officials have anew and also to investigate the being attacked by miscreants Minister Naveen Patnaik’s 5T you,” he stated. ed 11 in Patia, 10 each in sweltering sun, throwing bod- led evacuation before the US. said that information is still alleged involvement of the near Jankoti in Cuttack district programme on Thursday in his 5T Secretary VK Pandian Nayapalli and Old Town and ies into the fetid water. Officially ends its 20-year pres- coming in and they are trying Minister in the case. when the duo was returning Hinjili constituency, the coordinated the event. six each in Dumduma, Those who moments ear- ence on August 31. to determine exact numbers of Family members of home by a motorcycle. They Assembly segment Ghatikia, Baramunda and IRC lier had hoped to get on flights At least 13 people died and casualties. Kulamani accused the later succumbed to their became first in the Village. The active cases in the out could be seen carrying the 15 were wounded, according to Even as the area was hit, Mahanga police of dropping injuries. country for trans- city stood at 3,357. wounded to ambulances in a Russia’s Foreign Ministry, evacuation flights continued to the Minister’s name in the Around a month later, forming all 30 One more patient suc- daze, their own clothes dark- which gave the first official take off from Kabul airport. charge-sheet filed in the court. Prafulla Biswal, an accused in Government High cumbed to the disease in the ened with blood. casualty count. Pentagon Adam Khan was waiting BJP State spokesperson the murder case, was found Schools in a single city, increasing the total death A US official said the com- spokesman John Kirby also nearby when he saw the first Pitambar Acharya demanded dead on road near Tangi. constituency. toll to 990. plex attack was believed to confirmed the blasts and said explosion outside what’s known Minister Jena’s resignation from A total of 10 people were The CM said However, 261 persons have been carried out by the there were casualties, including as the Abbey gate. He said sev- the Cabinet in view of the arrested in connection with the the school trans- recovered from the disease in the Islamic State group. The ISIS among members of the mili- eral people appeared to have court’s order to police. murder of Kulamani and formation drive last 24 hours, increasing the total affiliate in Afghanistan is far tary, but gave no figure. He said been killed or wounded. Notably, on January 2 Dibyasingh. would be extend- recoveries to 1,01,711. PNS !"#!$!% !
"' *$ ' #$ ' % 7 %!&& +,-+.(&$ ./01 / 330 " ( 5 1 16 5 norms, the letter said. 0 1 ) An officer, preferably ollowing an order of the Additional District Magistrate midst the fear of a Covid-19 third wave, FSchool and Mass Education (ADM) or Sub-Collector, may - the existing lCUs. Aas many as 10 children, including four Department, the Department be deputed to personally visit *Establishment of 50-bed field hos- infants, have tested positive for the virus at of Social Security & the institution in their respec- disha might witness as many as pitals at selected DHH/ SDH/ CHC the District Headquarters Hospital Empowerment of Persons with tive districts and ensure that O19,278 daily Covid-19 cases during level. (DHH) here. Disabilities (SSEPD) has asked necessary safety procedures the peak of a possible third wave as per *Upgradation of BLS to ALS Of the infected kids, four are newborns the concerned district are implemented, the Director several accused who were an estimation of the State Ambulance for augmenting capacity of (aged under 28 days) and they are under Collectors to reopen Class-IX further said. wanted and absconding for Government. referral transportation services. observation at the Sick Newborn Care Unit and hostels in the Special On August 5, S&ME he Odisha Police during a the past several years in various While the expected duration of the *Support for establishment Liquid (SNCU) of the hospital. Besides, three kids Schools for the students. Principal Secretary Satyabrata Tnine-day special drive have cases have been arrested dur- third wave is 75 days, the estimated aver- Medical Oxygen (LMO) and Medical Gas are in the age group of one to one and a half SSEPD Director Bratati Sahu had directed to reopen managed to execute as many as ing the special drive. age cases per day are 10,217 with a total Pipeline System (MGPS). years and remaining three in the 2-10 age Harichandan has written to the Class-IX for classroom teaching 4,945 Non-Bailable Warrants An accused, wanted in the of 7,66,275 infections during the period. *Provision for engagement of addi- group. Two of the children have been Collectors of Baleswar, Cuttack, from August 16 with strict (NBWs). The drive was carried sensational Baburam Panda Additional Chief Secretary to tional Human Resources (i.e., Medical PG referred to the SCB Medical College Ganjam, Kalahandi, Koraput, adherence to Covid-19 protocols. out from August 16 to 25. murder case under the Pipili Government, Health & Family Welfare Residents, Medical UG interns, Final Year Hospital, Cuttack. Keonjhar, Puri, Kandhamal, The teaching hour for A maximum of 850 per- police station in Puri district, Department PK Mohapatra has written MBBS students, Final Year GNM Nursing Meanwhile, a three-month-old baby girl Sundargarh and Khordha in Class-IX students is going on in sons have been arrested in was arrested August 19. The to the district Collectors regarding students and Final Year BSc Nursing stu- succumbed to the virus in Balangir district this regard. As per the letter, the all Government schools from 9 Ganjam district including 57 in accused was absconding for last approval of an Emergency Covid dents only). as reported by the Health and Family physical infrastructure available am to 12.30 pm everyday, connection with warrants in seven years. Response Plan (ECRP) for tackling the *Strengthening implementation of e- Welfare Department on Thursday. in these schools to maintain excluding Sundays and public sessions trial cases during the Appreciating the special third wave. HMIS at DHH level through the support The Baleswar Additional District Covid protocols and the local holidays. The students are special drive which was carried drive to nab absconding of OCAC & CDAC. Medical Officer (ADMO) said, “A few cases Covid situation should be taken allowed to attend the classes out across the State. accused and execution of pend- The major activities approved under *Strengthening Hub (MCHs), Sub- have been reported at the DHH. But the sur- into account while reopening either on online mode or offline Police said 645 wanted ing NBWs, DGP Abhay in a ECRP Phase-II are as follows: Hub (DHHs) & Spokes (Covid Care veillance teams have not corroborated the the schools. mode in consultation with their accused against whom war- tweet said, “Police had *Covid essential diagnostics Centres) for tele-consultation services in claims of paediatric population mostly The District Social Security parents. Attendance is not rants had been issued were launched a special drive from (Provision of Rapid Antigen & RT-PCR the State. being infected with the virus. Nevertheless, Officers (DSSOs) concerned mandatory for students in arrested in Baleswar district, 16.8.21 to 25.8.21 to arrest Test kits & establishment of RT-PCR *Capacity building for strengthening the district administration is all prepared to should be instructed to regu- offline mode. 547 in Khordha and 278 each persons wanted by courts.4,945 Labs) and drugs (8 types of essential Covid management services, wherever treat paediatric patients in the impending larly monitor the functioning of The schools have been were nabbed in Kandhamal persons have been arrested on drugs). required. third wave.” the schools and hostels and reopened for the Classes-X and Cuttack districts. The spe- strength of NBWs n produced *Establishment of Dedicated Pediatric The official added, “Children are defi- submit a monthly report on the and XII students from July 26 cial drive against the criminals before courts, many in old Care Units (20/30-bed oxygen-support- All these activities need to be com- nitely at risk as they have not been vaccinated attendance of students and following improvement in the was significant to maintain and heinous cases.” ed wards and 12-bed Hybrid ICU). pleted latest by December 2021 and against the virus yet. They should remain additional arrangement made, Covid-19 situation. Later the peace and order during the The DGP also issued *Establishment of prefab units at PHC related expenditure to be booked in fully cautious and avoid going out. Women if any, for residential accom- classes of Class-XI students upcoming Durga Puja festivi- appreciation letters to the SPs (6-bed) and CHC (20-bed) level. FMR January 2022, Mohapatra wrote in should encourage their children to wash modation of the students keep- would commence from ties in the State. of Ganjam, Baleswar, Khordha, *Provision of additional ICU beds in the letter. hands at regular intervals and wear masks.” ing in view social distancing September 15, sources said. Senior official said that Cuttack and Kandhamal. ) * #$ $ %& '$ * +$ , *% 3 # "(
7 - Moreover, 44,74,071 citizens lakh people have not received ,- - 6 and 5,45,991 Covid warriors their second dose of the vac- chieving another signifi- have been fully vaccinated in cine in the State. fourth class employee was Acant milestone in the ongo- Odisha. As many as 12,95,000 ben- Afound running from pillar ing Covid-19 vaccination drive, Highest 26,10,036 persons eficiaries have missed the second to post for justice after work- the State has fully vaccinated have been fully vaccinated in dose of Covid vaccine within the ing for three decades in a over 50 lakh people. “Happy to Khordha district followed by stipulated time, the Health and Government office. The sorry share that more than 50 lakh Ganjam 22,45,290, Cuttack Family Welfare Department part is the poor staffer has citizens have been successful- 12,76,979, Baleswar 10,00,498, said. The department is verify- already written to the Chief ly administered two doses of Sundargarh 9,47,872, Puri ing as to why the beneficiaries Minister in 2006 and Prime Covid-19 vaccines in the State. 8,78,556, Mayurbhanj 8,62,582, were not administered the sec- Minister in 2007, but failed to We are thankful to all citizens Jajpur 7,37,127, Keonjhar ond dose even after exceeding get a redressal of his grievances. for their proactive participation 7,37,050, Koraput 7,28,870 and the prescribed schedule. Even after an order from the in our fight against Covid19,” Bhadrak 7,09,071. The lowest The State Government has Orissa High Court in March, the Health and Family Welfare 1,61,092 persons were admin- set a target to vaccinate is being opposed by the party. agenda of the BJP. his problems are yet to be Department said in a tweet. istered second doses in Deogarh. 3,9,85,000 people by December, In 2010, during the tenure of Questioning the State heard by the district adminis- Over 1 lakh people were This assumes significance 2021 in the fight against the he Congress on Thursday the UPA Government, the BJP Government sincerity on the tration. Consequently, the vic- vaccinated during the past 24 with experts predicting the pandemic. According to Tquestioned Prime Minister was demanding for caste-based issue, Behera asked why 50-per tim is surviving with PDS rice Agarawal in his second tenure hours. According to the State third wave to hit the country experts, a third wave of Covid- Narendra Modi and Odisha census, he reminded. cent reservation for OBCs dur- but that is not sufficient for his in Puri had sanctioned him Covid-19 dashboard, 50,20,062 anytime between September 19 is must in India. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik In the Parliament also, the ing admissions in the educa- four-member family. honorarium of monthly Rs have received two doses of the and October. Director, Health Recently, a Central panel of why the OBCs are being neglect- BJP members have said the tional sector hasn’t been imple- Kunja Bihari Pradhan (55), 2,000 from the Red Cross Covid-19 vaccines in the State, and Family Welfare, Bijay experts constituted by the ed and step-motherly treatment Prime Minister also wants mented in the State. the attendant at District Society. Later, the honorarium so far. A total of 2,10,62,517 Panigrahi said the vaccination Ministry of Home Affairs is being meted out to them. caste-based enumeration to be He dared the Odisha Pressroom, had begun his duty was hiked to Rs 3,500 and Rs doses of the vaccines have would gain pace from August (MHA) has submitted a report At a Press conference here, conducted. Despite all this, Government to bring an ordi- in 1991 as an unpaid watchman 4,500 in 2017. But since July last been administered in the State, 28 with the drive being con- to the PMO warning that the PCC media cell chairman why the Central Government is nance for holding a caste- in the town hall library. As per year, the Red Cross has stopped till date. As many as 1,60,42,455 ducted in over 100 sites daily. possible third wave would Ganeswar Behera posed some backtracking on the issue now, based census in the forthcom- his statement, after three his payment. persons received the first jab However, the department reach its peak by late posers to the BJP and asked Behera questioned. He said ing monsoon session of the months he was asked to pro- Earlier, outgoing Collector and 50,20,062 the second shot. on Thursday said nearly 13 October 2021. why caste-based enumeration the OBCs don’t figure in the State Assembly. duce documents by the DIPRO Balwant Singh in 2020 had for regularisation of his job. By ordered the Red Cross to pay the way, he was shifted to Pradhan a hiked salary to Rs ! Pressroom to work as an atten- 8,400 per month. Besides, the Q R ! dant. But he neither got salary, Orissa High Court on March " #$ % #& '()) " nor was his job regularised 26 last had already directed the ( % ) Government to allow social events with fes- even after 30 years of duty in Collector in support of a hike tive season starting from September. - 6 ject for providing education to the BHUBANESWAR: Former the Government office. in the remuneration and imple- The members of the association children of the servitors, Dr Kumar Director of Central Bureau of However, with request of mentation of the same within claimed that over 1 lakh light and sound he State Government would said a Srimandir Adarsh Gurukul Investigation Uma Shankar journalists, Collector Aravind three months. n view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the providers across the State have been hit due Tprovide houses to the servitors Society and a Srimandir Gurukul Mishra, a 1968-batch IPS officer IState Government has imposed restric- to the lockdown in the last 17 months. of the Jagannath Temple here, Fund for managing the education- of Odisha cadre, passed away on tions on gathering of people during wed- They requested the Government to informed Shree Jagannath Temple al institution would be formed for Thursday. He was undergoing 1 P9 1 533 : dings, public processions and other social allow at least a procession of 100 people Administration (SJTA) Chief the purpose. Seventeen acres of land treatment at a private hospital in gatherings. under strict adherence to Covid appropri- Administrator Dr Krishan Kumar at Matitota has been identified for Delhi. Mishra CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court on Thursday disposed of a Like the caterers, the livelihoods of the ate behaviour. The body also appealed the after a meeting of the Temple establishment of the Gurukul, for was the main petition of Kendrapada BJD MP Anubhav Mohanty without any light and sound providers in the State have Government to allow procession during Managing Committee which was which the State Government would strategist in the intervention. Mohanty had sought an expeditious hearing and been severely affected. Ganesh Puja to be celebrated next month chaired by Gajapati Maharaja provide Rs 20 crore. Teaching would arrest of under- fixing of a date for final hearing of his petition for divorce from The Light and Sound Owners’ on September 10. Dibyasingha Deb on Thursday. begin at the Gurukul from academic world don Abu his actress-wife Varsha Priayadarshini. Association, at a Press conference on The association demanded that if the The houses over eight acres of year 2022-23, he said. Salem and his The divorce petition is currently pending at the Cuttack Wednesday alleged that while pandemic Government doesn’t allow land would be provided to as many Kumar further informed that girlfriend Monica Bedi. He had Family Court. Stating that the conciliation exercises conducted continues to bring misery for the last one public gathering, it should compensate the as 400 sevayat families in the first wheels of the Rath Yatra chariots of also served as Special Director by the Family Judge have failed, Mohanty had approached the and a half years, the Government is apa- light and sound providers with Rs 10,000 phase. An amount of Rs 2 lakh would the deities, which were earlier sold, to the CBI before taking charge HC for a direction to the lower court for a speedy trial of the thetic to their cause. every months. be given to each family for building would now be given for free. A sub- as its Director in 2003. Besides, case. HC Justice BR Sarangi refused to intervene in the trial of “We have never been really allowed to “If our demands are not fulfilled soon, a house on a 600-sqft plot. They can committee would prepare the cri- he was a member of the the Family Judge, which has made substantial progress in the case resume operations in full-fledged manner over 50,000 light and sound workers in the invest more money for expansion of teria for selection of the individu- Meghalaya’s Planning during the last six months. despite relaxations to other sectors,” the State would take to the streets,” association the houses, said Kumar. als and institutions to whom the Commission and an adviser to PNS organisation said while demanding the State secretary Biswaranjan Samantaray said. Speaking on the Gurukul pro- wheels would be given. the Microsoft India. PNS 406 017 8 100
, " % tional institutions and 1,30,000 tively backward communities. inance of powerful BCs to manipulation. As a result, in a made provision of reservation and contribute to strengthen recruitments in Central Also some States have accom- avoid unequal competitions. competition among unequal the for specific tribes and the trib- fraternity as fellow citizens of the the benefits of reservation in Government that have taken modated minorities within BCs The move of the most vulnerable sections within al reservation is more than fifty country. It has contributed to Central Government jobs and place during last five years reservation based on social Government will affect the SCs are being deprived of getting percent because of their demog- abolish caste-based occupa- Central educational institu- under OBC category. The demography. Karnataka has dominant OBC sections having the benefits of reservation. The raphy. Nagaland has made 52 tions, caste-based discrimina- tions for OBC under Central Commission has yet to submit classified OBC reservation into more access to political visi- States such as AP, TamilNadu, percent reservation for indige- tion in public places through list have not reached to a major its report and recommenda- five categories and TN and bility but definitely it is going Punjab and Bihar have made leg- nous STs and 15 percent for social mobility of different castes section of communities with- tions for a sub categorising of Kerala have provided reserva- to be more beneficial for the islations to sub -categorise the backward tribe of Nagaland. and most importantly created in the list as a handful of dom- OBC reservation aiming to tion to specific caste groups marginalised sections among SCs reservation with a purpose Meghalaya has separate reser- equal opportunity in matter of inant castes within OBCs have fair distribution of available such as Vanniyar, Ezhave, OBC. The creamy layer crite- to reach the more deserving vation for specific tribe such as public education, employment grabbed the lion’s share. Justice State owned opportunities. It is Nadar and Muslims within the ria based on economic consid- communities. Bihar has made Khasi, Jaintia and Garo and and governance. G Rohini headed Commission suggested that the 27 percent of BC reservation. eration and other criteria have provisions for Maha Dalits and other STs. Reservation has not affect- set up in October 2017 for the reservation will be subcate- The State of UP is in path of already put restrictions on TN has made provision for 3 per Some time back, a declara- ed the quality; rather it has he Indian social system purpose of studying the OBC gorised to cover all communi- such move with recommenda- access of rich and publicly vis- cent quota in favour of tion by AP Governor for 100 proved that States having reser- Thas many layers of inherent reservation benefits across ties in the list as relatively for- tions of Justice Raghavendra ible sections to such benefits. Arundhatiyars caste within the reservation in all posts of school vation for a long time have inequality. India with huge castes in its consultation paper ward, backward and most Kumar report in 2018. Way The issues of sub -categori- SC quota. Many other States have teachers in scheduled area was made success in education, diversity has adopted a policy shared that less than one per backward based on the benefits back the issue was raised by LR sation is also equally being dis- supported the move while asked declared unconstitutional. administration and gover- of reservation to strengthen cent of the 40 OBC castes have they have already availed. Naik, a former MP and Dalit cussed in case of SCs and STs by the Supreme Court and some However, it has been experi- nance. All southern States are inclusive democracy through availed 50 per cent of reserva- There is no legal restriction member of the Mandal reservation because it has been States have opposed it. It is sug- enced that reservation policy the best examples in this balanced representation of all tion benefit where as 20 per over the sub categorisation in Commission, in support of most told that though SCs are a social- gested that the States must go for serves as an instrument of regard. Though reservation is sections of people. Though it is cent of the communities listed nine States including Andhra backward among OBCs as land ly homogeneous group based on scientific survey to get the cor- building inclusion, distribut- not a solution to the larger difficult to ensure absolute in 983 entries could not avail Pradesh, Telengana, Bihar, owning OBCs are more power- the criteria of untouchability rect picture of representation of ing public opportunities, and issues of poverty and unem- equality in all spheres but there any benefit. 994 entries have a Jharkhand, Karnataka, West ful than others mostly engaged but the list has not been strictly various sub -castes in jobs and sharing responsibility of nation ployment but it has created a must be a scientific approach to share of below 3 percent. There Bengal, Haryana and in caste based occupations. followed in many States while educational institutions in order building based on values of scope of participation especially reach to the most deserving are 2633 entries in the Central TamilNadu which have already The idea is the most back- identifying the sub castes with- to identify the more vulnerable democracy, liberty, equality and in Government jobs and edu- ones in lowest rung to ensure OBC list. The panel has stud- adopted the practice to ensure ward classes whose marginal- in SCs and it is found that many sections. fraternity. It is helping to bring cational institutions for histor- inclusive distributive justice. ied 1,00,000 admissions in last distributive justice. They have isation is more visible must of the non-deserving castes The States such as Nagaland, different castes and tribes to ically deprived sections. It has been revealed that three years to Central educa- provided more space to rela- have protection from the dom- entered into SCs list through Manipur and Meghalaya have work together for common goal ([email protected])
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But 4 +14 ## # 44 - TCourt on Wednesday worked at District Child the Orissa High Court, but the after 15 days of the girl’s birth, +#0 rejected the bail petitions of Protection Unit, Bibekananda court had rejected their peti- the staffers of the CCI by mak- & 4>+/> 4> four persons, including three Atabudhi, legal advisor, tions and directed them to ing an unholy nexus with the 7&7 ( $(* 7 # #0 officials and a woman, for Rabindra Mahalik, a former appear before the District Judge officials allegedly sold the child 1 5; 4 6O#1 5 >6 )5 1# (-. #/ their alleged involvement in employee of Letheran’s special Court. by informing the Dalit minor # 7#.4 .# O# 4 1# selling a child of a Dalit minor adoption agency and Rina alias It may be noted here that girl that they were taking their A #0 .#4 4 # # # !4.A> girl inmate of Lutheran Mahila Renubala Panda, house moth- in 2017, a Dalit minor girl was girl for providing treatment at #/14> 14> #4 > > > #> A>/> Samiti in Patalipanka under er of Lutheran and remanded sexually exploited continuous- a hospital. >8 >-4>.>; 14-4/0 # #<# # ;A1410 / ## 7+2? <# 4# 2&41 <#6 2' 4#>1 2<0<022@ (* "R " )R *++ , 6 9 ? .41 B ! +1 ?6!+@ 4# # 4#0 / 4 /0 ! #.##4 1# # # !!!" #>/>;A14> # >/>;A14> $(( & ' 1> 4 /> 1> 4 /> 7- (' the medicine ward of the He hardly remains in the DHH was operational as a medical ; # 14>-4> > ; # 14>-4> > ;;-; ) Baleswar DHH for treatment of for 2-3 days in a week. college hospital. >8A > >8A >8A1 > various ailments out of which Consequently, the patients, “Besides heart specialists, 8A1 > A>!4.A> A>!4.A> > year after the high-profile ivil society organisations nearly 7,000 including many of mainly the poor ones, face a other associated modern 4>+/> 4> > > 14 > APihu disappearance case, Chave demanded appoint- them with cardiac problems tough time getting medical care equipment including testing 0 !/ +/0 her whereabouts have not been ment of a heart specialist in the were referred to either Cuttack for cardiac ailments. Either, he and treating should be installed 6!+## ##4 #/ established as yet. The National District Headquarters Hospital or Bhubaneswar. And several of has to go to private doctors or in Baleswar without delay,” # # 4 1# Human Rights Commission (DHH) in Baleswar. them met untimely death due to visit Cuttack or Bhubaneswar on demanded Parida. District !4.A>#> A> # # > (NHRC) has recently sought a They said even though the delay in administration of emer- their own expenses. Project Manager, NHM, Anil />;A141 8A >-4> >4> report from the State DG of year. Monalisa met the district DHH is used as a hospital for gency care during transportation Niranjan Parida, a func- Mohanty said that there was no 2' 4#0 4> 4> Police on the incident. Collector with her complaint. Fakir Mohan Medical College, over a distance 250-300 km. tionary of Baleswar specialist for heart in the DHH, +? # 4 /0 Meanwhile, Pihu’s mother Pihu went missing from yet unfortunately it didn’t have Reports said there is no Government Medical College Baleswar. And the doctor see- 4 4# 2$41 <#6 +? <# Monalisa approached the Jajpur her uncle’s house at even a single cardiac specialist. heart specialist as such in the and Hospital Action ing the patients visits two other 4 4# 2& 4# 6 4 4# 2<41 <# District Magistrate on Thursday Madhusudanpur village under As a result, patients are referred DHH. The lone doctor who Committee said it was a very districts in a week too. #/ 4 4 4# 2C@B # and asked for permission to pre- the Binjharpur police station on to Cuttack and Bhubaneswar sees the patients as heart spe- sensitive and key healthcare Meanwhile, civil society 1# #> / 4 1# sent her views to the State August 8 last year. Her mother and often die on the way, they cialist is not qualified for the issue of not having a single car- organisations like Ama />;A14>1> # # 14 > Assembly during its upcoming has been complaining since the alleged. discipline. And further, he diac doctor in the DHH. Balasore, Mona among others 4 />; # 14>-4> !/ >. 14>41> Monsoon Session. She had incident that it was a case of kid- They claimed that between doesn’t reside in Baleswar as he Patients face a lot of diffi- have submitted memorandums > >8A > > > unsuccessfully tried to raise the napping. But police have so far April 2020 and March 2021 as visits two other districts, culties in want of a qualified to the district administration in 8A1 > A>!4.A> 4 0 issue before the Assembly last not taken any action. many as 45,000 patients visited Mayurbhanj and Bhadrak too. doctor even though the DHH this regard. 16 5 - 1 1 33P6 1*%R Q (R R * + # ,-* * ( 98+ unfortunately the Collector said he was busy and could not dis- "- & & -7: 9: +76 9 768 + enerally, the Dangaria cuss with them. We felt ashamed GKandhs, one of the most and returned back,” said the underdeveloped PVTGs president of the tribal forum. & (Primarily Vulnerable Tribal The predecessors of Mishra Groups) of Odisha, are shy to used to call the leaders of the - 7 ing to his own choice and cost, interact with the outsiders, tribal group to the collectorate !- and ask the Tata Power to fix it including Government per- and interact with them on amount actually reaches to the through impoverished condition on payment of the prescribed sonnel, because of the history their issues. Even a Collector tribals. As it exclusively works of poor people. Hundreds of vil- fter the Gandhinagar fee, or TPCODL can instal its of injustices meted out to them. went to one of the most inte- for the PVTG, no assistance is lages still have no roads and the ACitizens Forum demanded own meter and can realise the Last Saturday, however, rior tribal villages called Manda provided to the underprivi- people are using animals to the State Government to scrap cost of the meter from the con- hundreds of Dangaria Kandhs to conduct a public hearing. leged communities like SCs transport goods availed through its pact with Tata Power for sumer in 60 installments along assembled in Sanadenginali They were even called to events and OBCs. According to the PDS systems. Drinking water poor services, former president with the monthly energy bill. village of Niyamagiri hills range like Independence Day, Rath leaders, the Government is and healthcare are a burning of Ganjam Bar Association Sources said the Tata !)- But the will power of under the leadership of Yatra, etc to integrate them into consciously creating a cultur- issue. People still eat mango ker- Bhagaban Sahu repeated the Power invariably insists the Brundaban always helped him Niyamagiri Surakhya Samiti’s the mainstream. Once, these al divide and disharmony nels and wild greens, roots and same demand over a meter consumer to take energy meter e was a very poor boy. His scale new heights. (NSS) Lada Sikaka to resist tribal youths also had got the among the communities inhab- tubers. And the land is open for scam by TPCODL. at the time of taking a new con- Hfather was a daily labour- With scholarship money, Odisha PVTG Empowerment opportunity to meet a former iting on 112 villages of plundering resources like mines, It is alleged that Tata Power nection, the cost of which er. At times, he also repaired he pursued his education from and Livelihood Improvement SP as the Collector was non- Niyamagiri hills for centuries. forest and water. Similar provi- is reportedly looting huge varies from Rs 1,100 to Rs 1,300 bicycles in his village to eke out reputed colleges and universi- Programme (OPELIP) , which responsive, he added. Meanwhile, they have dence is in the process to be amount from the consumers by in the local market as per the a living. But the will power of ties of the country and finally is a flagship programme under “It is a matter of regret that decided to call the Collector, written of Niyamagiri hills,” installing energy meters at a MRP written on the body of both the father and son for the got a PhD degree. the Tribal Welfare Department Mishra did not give the tribals Sub-Collector and other senior lamented Sibaram Nayak of price nearly double the market the meter. higher education of the latter Prior to this, Brundaban of the State Government. time to listen to our grievances. Government officials to their vil- Jana Jagarana Manch, Kashipur. price. Sahu strongly demand- But, Tata Power reported- helped, as after persistent pursued his education in The OPELIP is funded by He could have told them to lage to resolve the issue or oth- Sibaram comes from Maikanch ed to institute a probe into the ly collects Rs 40 in the month- efforts, the poverty-stricken Bhubaneswar, Puduchery and the International Fund for meet after the meetings, if they erwise they will lock the OPELIP village where three tribals resist- matter. ly electric bill per consumer per lad completed his PhD from Amarkantak (CG) for his high- Agriculture Development were so important. Let’s not use office. The development of ing a mining company got mas- Even when a consumer month towards the cost of Gangadhar Meher University, er studies. (IFAD), Rome, as a part of UN the PVTG members as show Dangaria Kandha is really an sacred through police bullets. wants to change an old meter meter for a single phase report- Sambalpur. “He also keeps interest in agencies. pieces,” rued State convenor of eye-wash. During the eighties, It is high time that with a new one bought by him, edly in sixty installments which Meet Brundaban Meher, a human rights and other social “Around a month back, Odisha Suchana Adhikar same IFAD supported the Tribal Collector Mishra and his senior the Tata Power forcefully takes comes to Rs 2,400 meaning resident of nondescript Sulsulia activities,” family sources said. some of us from NSS came to Mancha Rabindra Patakhandal. Welfare Department of Odisha colleagues paid a patient hear- that away stating that the same taking double the amount from village under Bhattli block of “The guidance of Dr Harihara meet district Collector Saroj The members of NSS are to take up a multi-crore project ing to the still shy Dangaria is required by office. the consumers. In this way, the Bargarh district. The financial Sadangi and Dr Partha Sarathi Mishra to appraise him about anguished over the implemen- in Kashipur block of Odisha. Kandhs and other communities According to information TPCODL is virtually looting condition of his father, Mallick of GMU were of how OPELIP is disrupting har- tation of OPELIP, which boasts But, hardly have they done of Niyamagiri to avoid a law available, a consumer has the lakhs of rupees from the con- Pitambar Meher was not at all immense value for me. They mony amongst the communities of spending crores of rupees for any upliftment of local people and order situation in the area, option either to buy a new sumers in the name of supply- sound to support the higher helped me fulfill my dream,” living in Niyamagiri hills; but their development. A miniscule which is presently reflected sources suggested. meter from the market accord- ing meter, charged Sahu. education of his studious son. said Brundaban. *. ' +/P +.2 * 3 (4R " 3 !R + -+ ntellectual masses, social Iactivists and political leaders 1 5: 50 1 of the district condemned the 5 0 5( % district administration’s act for inister of Petroleum and 1> 1 forcibly shifting environmen- MNatural Gas and Housing 1 1 0 5 1 talist Srikant Nayak in night to and Urban Affairs Hardeep > 50 1951 the SCB Hospital. Nayak is now Singh Puri and Union on a fast-unto-death stir Education Minister ucts. The Paradip terminal dis- protesting the pipe water pro- Dharmendra Pradhan will lay tricts of Angul, Keonjhar, ject on the Kharasrota river. foundation stone for a Deogarh and Dhenkanal would Nayak was staging the agi- Common User Petroleum be major beneficiaries. tation for last 17 days on his Facility at Sadashibpur, The approximate cost of bed of the District ; 8+ honour was given to martyr Block Chairperson Rosalin Patel Dhenkanal, on Saturday. the project is Rs 395 crore. It Headquarters Hospital putting Umakanta before unveiling the and Kirmira Block Chairman Minister of State Petroleum would have a storage capacity the State Government in great ealth Minister and statue. Late Naik was a native Debraj Sahoo were present on and Natural Gas Rameswar Teli, of about 42,000 KL of MS, embarrassment. HJharsuguda MLA Naba of Ramachhipadihi village in the occasion. Parents of martyr Dhenkanal MP Mahesh Sahoo HSD, ethanol and bio-diesel. Nayak is opposing the pro- Kisore Das on Thursday Laikera block in the district. Prafulla Kumar Naik and and Hindol MLA Seemarani The project would generate ject apprehending a threat to the unveiled a statue of martyr District Collector Saroj Snehalata were honoured with Nayak will remain present. about 2 lakh man days’ employ- biodiversity of Bhitarakanika Umakant Naik, who died Kumar Samal, SP Bikash mementos and certificates. The The facility would help ment during the construction and water crisis in locality. recently in a Maoist ambush in Chandra Dash, Zilla Parishad statue was constructed under reduce cost of frequent trans- period and many more during Meanwhile, the senior BJP Thursday visited the pipe water met members of the Kharasrota Koraput district. A guard of President Laxminarayan Patel, DMF funds. portation of petroleum prod- operation. leader Bijoy Mohapatra on project construction site and Banchao Sangram Samiti. !"#!$!% + " " . /
0 - +)6 prototype identification num- the airspace above 200 feet or ber and certificate of manu- 60 metre in the area located he Centre on Thursday facturing and airworthiness between the lateral distance of Tnotified the new drone have also been 8 kilometre and 12 kilometres rules 2021 for drones opera- abolished. from the perimeter of an oper- 5 +)6 tion replacing the Unmanned Drone here means an ational airport will be desig- Aircraft System Rules (UAS), unmanned aircraft system nated as ‘yellow zone’. 2021. Notified by the Ministry which has been categorised ‘Red zone’ means the air- +)6 which looks like an oversized lleging threat to his life due of Civil Aviation (MoCA), the into five: Nano (weighing less space of defined dimensions drone - in regular service in Ato "political conspiracy", Lok new rules — which Prime than or equal to 250 grams), above India’s land areas or ter- ndia could be a major hub for time for the 2024 Paris Janshakti Party leader and Union Minister Narendra Modi Micro (weighing more than ritorial waters, or any installa- Iair taxi services in near Olympics. In June, Hyundai Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras termed as a “landmark 250 grams, but less than or tion or notified port limits future. After announcing the had said it planned to have an has written a letter to Home moment” — have a five-time and self-certification. equal to 2 kilograms), Small specified by the Central notification of the new drone air-taxi service in operation as Minister Amit Shah and urged reduction in number of forms approvals, compliance require- (weighing more than 2 kilo- Government beyond the terri- rules 2021, Union Civil soon as 2025. that he should be given 'Z Plus' replaced the young leader with to be filled to operate them ments and entry barriers have grams, but less than or equal torial waters of India. Here Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya The South Korean compa- security, the highest level of him as their leader in Lok (from 25 to 5) even as types of been significantly reduced,” to 25 kilograms), Medium unmanned aircraft system Scindia on Thursday said that ny is also developing air taxis, security accorded to an individ- Sabha. Chirag Paswan, son fees charged from the opera- he said. The Prime Minister (weighing more than 25 kilo- operations will be permitted air taxis, that will traverse the to be powered by electric bat- ual by the Government. of late Dalit leader and LJP tor have been drastically said the new rules will tremen- grams, but less than or equal only by the Central airspace instead of roads, will teries, that can transport five to At a Press conference on founder Ram Vilas Paswan, has brought down from 72 to just dously help start-ups and to 150 kilograms) and Large Government. be very much possible in the six people from highly con- Thursday, Paras said that he been on a tour across Bihar to 4. The fees too have been youth working in this sector. "It weighing more than 150 kilo- No flight permission will coming days under the drone gested urban centres to air- had received abuses and threats rally support around his lead- made nominal in will open up new possibilities grams).No person shall oper- be required up to 400 feet in rules. "Air taxis are being ports. on his personal mobile phone, ership. Paras is the younger nature. for innovation and business. It ate an unmanned aircraft sys- green zones and up to 200 feet researched and invented glob- According to these rules no and has lodged a complaint brother of Ram Vilas Paswan. The fee for a remote pilot will help leverage India's tem in a red zone or yellow in the area between 8 and 12 ally and many startups are security clearance is required with the Delhi Police. In his letter to Shah, Paras license has been reduced from strengths in innovation, tech- zone without prior permis- km from the airport perimeter, coming up," the Minister said before registration or issue of Without naming anyone, expressed concern over the secu- 3,000 (for a large drone) to nology and engineering to sion. No prior permission it said. during a Press conference here. licence for the operation of he said his political rivals have rity provided to him and cited his 100 for all categories of drones make India a drone hub," he shall be required for operat- No pilot licence will be "That time is not far when drones. In addition, fees for been jolted by the "huge pub- busy engagements as a minister and it is valid for 10 years. The mentioned. ing an unmanned aircraft required for micro drones taxis, like the ones of Uber etc these licenses have has been lic response" he had drawn on and the leader of his party. He maximum penalty has been As per the new drone system in a green zone,” (for non-commercial use), that you see on roads, you will reduced significantly. Drone his first visit to his constituen- also referred to the squabble reduced to 1 lakh. rules, the fee has been the notification nano drones and for R&D see in the air under the drone corridors will be developed cy Hajipur in Bihar on August within his party over the change The new rules allow drones reduced to nominal levels said. (research and development) policy. I believe this is very for cargo deliveries, and cov- 23 after becoming Union min- of leadership. Paras told to operate in the green zone and de-linked from the size of The rules define ‘green organisations.Drone corri- much possible," he added. erage of drones has been ister, and accused them of reporters that a few of his without prior approval. This the drone. The rules have also zone’ as airspace of up to a ver- dors will be developed for Worldwide the 'air taxi' is increased from 300 kg to 500 resorting to this "murderous party leaders had also received could mean using a drone for abolished the requirement of tical distance of 200 feet or 60 cargo deliveries and a drone an idea starting to garner sig- kg to include heavy payload- politics" as part of a political filthy abuses and threat on the delivery of goods in resi- various approvals, including metres above the area between promotion council will be set nificant attention. Researchers carrying drones and drone conspiracy. His cavalcade was their mobile phones. He has dential areas away from the air- certificate of conformance, a lateral distance of 8 kilome- up to facilitate a drone-friend- at IIT-Kanpur are developing taxis, or air taxis. shown black flags by a group of also written a letter to Bihar port. certificate of maintenance, tres and 12 kilometres from ly regulatory regime in the functional prototypes of verti- The minister said that the people allegedly hired by his Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Calling it a landmark import clearance, acceptance the perimeter of an opera- country, according to the cal takeoff and landing (VTOL) Defence Ministry, the Home rivals and they also threw regarding this. Paras claimed moment, Prime Minister of existing drones, operator tional airport. For other rules. craft, which have the potential Ministry and BCAS (Bureau of mobil oil at it, he noted. that the Hajipur police was not Narendra Modi said on Twitter permit, authorisation of R&D regions, the vertical space The rules also stated that to be used as flying taxis. Civil Aviation Security) have Paras is involved in a messy adequately alert regarding his that the new drone Rules usher organisation and student could be 400 feet or 120 there would be no restriction According to reports, been working together so that battle with his nephew and MP security. Both the Bihar and the in a landmark moment for this remote pilot licence. Other metres. The airspace above on drone operations by foreign- German flying taxi startup "counter rogue drone technol- Chirag Paswan over the lead- Delhi police should act swift- sector in India. “The rules are approvals such as unique 400 feet or 120 metre in the owned companies registered in Volocopter has said it hopes to ogy" can be developed and ership of the Lok Janshakti ly and take action against the based on the premise of trust authorisation number, unique designated green zone and India. have a two-seater flying taxi - adopted quickly. Party after five of its six MPs culprits, he said. #$;<.+ *674R . $ % ) *3 $ # 63 0( 8 (+% +)6 over the last 24 hours - a 22 per cent +)6 jump - while deaths from COVID-19 +)6 Ravikumar of the Kerala High Delhi University and was the stand- aking cue from a high rate of rose to 607.The country's overall case- he Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized an amount of Court, and Justice M M Sundresh ing counsel and legal advisor of the TCovid-19 transmission in Kerala fol- load now stands at 3.25 crore, while total T106.93 crore lying in the bank accounts and virtual resident Ram Nath Kovind on of the Madras High Court have also New Delhi Municipal Council in lowing a week-long festival Onam, the fatalities are at 4.36 lakhs, according to accounts belonging to PC Financial Services Private Limited PThursday signed the warrant of been appointed to the top court. the High Court of Delhi from Government on Thursday cautioned the government. (Non-Banking Financial Company) under the provisions of appointments of nine new judges, Senior advocate and former 1999-2004. She was appointed as an that next two months --September and Kerala reported 31,445 fresh Covid- Foreign Exchange Management Act. including three women, to the Additional Solicitor General P S Additional Judge of the High Court October ---are crucial in Covid-19 19, with the test positivity rate (TPR) The ED is investigating a number of NBFCs and Fintech Supreme Court, making Justice B V Narasimha has became the sixth of Delhi on May 29, 2006 and took management and warned that festivals touching 19 per cent now. This is the first companies under money laundering for providing instant micro Nagarathna in line to be the first lawyer to be elevated to the apex oath as a permanent judge on should be celebrated with Covid appro- time that the state has reported more loans using mobile apps and then extorting high rate of inter- woman Chief Justice of India (CJI) in court bench directly from the Bar. August 29, 2007 and later became priate behaviour as the country is still than 30,000 fresh cases since May 20 this est by using the personal data of the customers illegally and September 2027. With a sanctioned The Chief Justices of different the Chief Justice of the Telangana in the midst of the second wave. year, when the second wave was raging. threatening and abusing them through call centres. strength of 34 judges, the Supreme high courts who have made it to the High Court on January The warning came amid sudden 58.4 per cent of total Covid-19 cases During the money laundering investigation, the ED also Court as of now has 10 vacancies. Supreme Court are Justices Abhay 7, 2021. sharp surge in Covid cases in the last 24 last week were reported from Kerala, initiated an investigation under FEMA against PC Financial Once the new judges take oath on Shreeniwas Oka (Chief Justice of the Justice Trivedi, born on June 10, hours till 8 am on Thursday which added Bhushan.Kerala is the only state Services Private Limited (PCFS) that provides instant personal Tuesday, the top court will have only Karnataka High Court), Vikram 1960, is the judge of the Gujarat breached 40,000 mark after hovering reporting over 1 lakh active Covid-19 micro loans through its mobile application ‘Cashbean’ for sus- one vacancy. The appointments come Nath (Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court since February 9, 2016 between 25,000 to 35,000 in the past few cases, while four states have 10,000 to picious foreign outward remittances. after a gap of 21 months as the SC High Court), Jitendra Kumar and belongs to the judicial service days even as 41 districts in the country 1 lakh active cases. "Kerala has more The PCFS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oplay Digital Collegium had not taken a decision Maheshwari (Chief Justice of the category. Besides Fathima Beevi, reported a weekly positivity rate of more than 1 lakh active cases. Maharashtra, Services, SA de CV, Mexico, which is in turn a subsidiary of in this regard. Sikkim High Court). who became an apex court judge on than 10 per cent. Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & Andhra Tenspot Pesa Limited, Hong Kong which is owned by Opera In a first, the Supreme Court Justice Nagarathna, born on October 6, 1989, seven more “The country is still in the midst Pradesh have 10,000 to 1 lakh active Limited (Cayman Islands) and Wisdom Connection I Holding Collegium had last week recom- October 30, 1962, is the daughter of women judges have been appoint- of the second wave. The second surge cases. Kerala contributes to 51%, Inc (Cayman Islands), which are ultimately beneficially mended for appointment to the former CJI E S Venkataramiah. ed till now. They are Justices Sujata has not yet concluded. It is not over and Maharashtra 16% & rest of the three owned by Chinese National Zhou Yahui. apex court three women judges. She enrolled as an advocate on Vasant Manohar, Ruma Pal, Gyan therefore, we have to maintain all nec- states contribute to 4-5% of the cases in The original Indian Company PCFS was incorporated in 1995 Besides Justice Nagarathna, the October 28,1987 at Bangalore and Sudha Mishra, Ranjana Desai, R essary precautions, particularly in light the country,” Bhushan said. by Indian nationals and got NBFC license in 2002 and after RBI third senior-most judge of the practised in the fields pertaining to Bhanumathi, Indu Malhotra and of our experience that after every fes- Dr Rahul Bhargava, head, approval in 2018, the ownership moved to the Chinese controlled Karnataka High Court, the other the Constitution, commerce, insur- Indira Banerjee. Justice Banerjee tival and wherever there has been a gap Haematology Department in Fortis company. Investigation further revealed that the foreign par- women judges who have been ance and service. She was would demit office on September 23 in following Covid appropriate behav- Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon ent companies of PCFS brought in FDI worth Rs 173 crore for appointed to the apex court are appointed as an Additional Judge of next year. iour, we have seen a rise in cases,” said sounded a similar warning, saying that lending business and within a short span of time, made for- Justice Hima Kohli, the Chief Justice the High Court of Karnataka on Judicial appointments in the Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan the Coronavirus has gone nowhere. It eign outward remittances worth Rs 429.29 crore in the name of the Telangana High Court, and February 18, 2008 and became a Supreme Court have remained while addressing media here. the con- is here to stay and will become endem- of payments for software services received from related foreign Justice Bela M Trivedi, the fifth permanent Judge on February 17, frozen since September 2019. The cern comes in the wake of a string of ic ie some regions in the country companies. senior-most judge of the Gujarat 2010. She will have a tenure as an first of the 10 vacancies in the upcoming festivals in the country par- reporting high number of cases and oth- The PCFS also showed high domestic expenditure of Rs High Court. Justice Kohli was to SC judge till October 29, 2027 and Supreme Court arose following the ticularly in North India. ers comparatively less. So, the solution 941 crore. Detailed investigation into the foreign expenses paid retire on September 1 on attaining may have a tenure of over one retirement of Justice Ranjan Gogoi ICMR Director General Balram is to keep the mask on and adopt Covid by the NBFC revealed that most of the payments were made the age of 62. month as the first woman CJI after in November 2019 as the chief jus- Bhargava said vaccines are disease appropriate behavior. to foreign companies, which are related and owned by the same While high court judges retire September 23, 2027. tice of India. The latest vacancy was modifying and not disease preventing Speaking on the vaccination cov- Chinese nationals, who own the Opera Group. at the age of 62, the retirement age Born on September 2, 1959 in created following the retirement of so it is very important to continue the erage in India, the Ministry said that 80 All the foreign service providers were chosen by the Chinese of Supreme Court judges is 65. Delhi, Justice Kohli did her LLB Justice Navin Sinha on August 18 use of masks even after vaccination. lakh doses of vaccine were administered owners and the price of the services was also fixed by them. Besides them, Justice C T from the Campus Law Centre in this year. India added 46,164 new Covid cases in the country in the last 24 hours. 9 ( : ;+?@ 4 #1##4 ! ' 8 # G.##4# % +)6 USS Barry, naval special warfare opportunity to conduct multi- +)6 his party has always supported it and forces, maritime patrol and recon- national training to hone warfight- been part of the resolution passed in n the backdrop of China asserting naissance aircraft from Task Force 72, ing and maritime security skillsets," JP ally and coalition partner in Bihar assembly in its Iitself in the Indo-Pacific region, and military sealift command's Henry said Capt. Chase Sargeant, BBihar, Janata Dal (United) continues favour. New Delhi:Minister of State for Social Justice and the Malabar series of naval exercis- J Kaiser-class underway replenish- Commander, Task Force (CTF) 71 to put pressure on the Modi- On August 23, an 11-member del- Empowerment, Ramdas Athawale, on Thursday launched es involving the Quad nations of ment oiler USNS Rappahannock are of US 7th Fleet. Government to announce a caste- egation from Bihar led by Nitish called Lingocap (lingocap.in), a communication portal created by India, US, Japan and Australia among the assets deployed by the US In an interactive session at the based census (including OBCs). Close on Modi and demanded a caste-based Shivansh Kulshrestha, an 11th grade student. Lingocap is the began on Thursday off the coast of Navy in the exercise. Observer Research Foundation on the heels of an all-party delegation census across the country. country’s first ever communication service that specifically caters Guam. Malabar-21 will witness complex (ORF), Commander of the US Indo- from Bihar led by Chief Minister Nitish The Centre had until last month to the hearing and speech impaired community of India. A range of complex drills involv- exercises including anti-surface, anti- Pacific Command Admiral John Kumar meeting Prime Minister stuck to its official policy of not hold- The platform is the first to make real time speech cap- ing warships, aircraft and heli- air and anti-submarine warfare drill, Aquilino on Wednesday spoke about Narendra Modi to demand the census, ing caste-based census as it may fuel a tioning available for video communication in five Indian lan- copters will be carried out during the and other manoeuvres and tactical key challenges facing the Indo- former Union Minister and currently the demand for Mandal-2 and further guages and strives to make communication accessible and four-day exercise, being hosted by exercises. The exercise will provide Pacific and delved into China's Parliamentary Board head of JD(U) complicate reservation inclusive for its target group. the US Navy in the Western Pacific, an opportunity for participating rapid military build-up includ- Upendra Kushwaha on Thursday arithmetic. . Kulshrestha is a student at Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj. officials said. navies to benefit from each other's ing in the maritime domain. sought the Centre to resolve its “inner Replying to a written query in the In early 2020, his hearing-impaired grandfather had moved to The US Seventh Fleet, in a state- expertise and experiences," Indian Aquilino also hinted at the pos- conflicts” and decide the issue in view Lok Sabha on July 20 this year, Union Jaipur for treatment, leading to difficulties in communicating ment, said the exercise demon- Navy Spokesperson Commander sibility of increasing the number of of the “popular sentiments”. minister of state for home Nityanand with him, since none of the modern video-communication strated the commitment among the Vivek Madhwal said here. participants at the Malabar naval All political parties in Bihar are unan- Rai said that the central government mavens such as Zoom, Google Meets, or Skype, provided cap- like-minded nations to uphold a The US 7th Fleet said the first exercise if leaders of the four par- imous in favour of a caste-based census has decided as a matter of policy not to tioning for Indian languages. The young student identified this rules-based maritime order in the phase of the exercise is an opportu- ticipating countries concur with it. in the country. Chief Minister Nitish enumerate caste-wise population other as a notable gap in the industry and created Lingocap with the Indo-Pacific. nity for the four Indo-Pacific navies Following India's invitation, Kumar, a Kurmi by caste and Kushwaha, than SCs and STs in the aim of providing a service for speakers of Indian languages with The Indian Navy has deployed to operate together to strengthen Australia participated in the Malabar a koeri, together seek to consolidate census. hearing impairments to enable effective communication with its stealth frigate INS Shivalik, anti- their skills in "combined maritime exercise last year that effectively Kurmi-Koeri OBC vote bank in the State Kushwaha asked the Modi-govern- their loved ones. This service offers a unique point of accessi- submarine warfare corvette INS operations, anti-submarine warfare made it a drill by all four member and are thus backing the caste-based cen- ment to respect “public sentiments” and bility and inclusivity to Indians with speech and hearing impair- Kadmatt and a fleet of P- 8I mar- operations, air warfare operations, nations of the Quad. China object- sus . quickly come out with a decision in favour ments, who number at approximately 75 Lakhs and more. itime surveillance aircraft in the 25th live-fire gunnery events, replenish- ed to it and said the exercise is an "There is conflict within the BJP of the caste census. The young, enterprising student took on this ambitious edition of the mega exercise. ments-at-sea and cross-deck flight effort to militarise the Indo-Pacific over the issue. Some of its leaders are "What is the problem in this digi- project with the goal of creating a tangible change in the lives The US Pacific Fleet's Arleigh operations." region and feels this drill is to con- speaking in favour, some are speaking tal age? You just have to insert an addi- of a community that has been systematically marginalised in Burke-class guided-missile destroyer "Malabar 21 is an excellent tain its influence there. against. They need to set their house in tional column of caste..... I do not pay this country. He did so through individual initiative, learn- order,” Kushwaha, who much heed to pointless objections. I am ing the basics of setting up captioning & video communica- was a Union minister hopeful that the meeting of our CM tion software through taking online courses and allowing a under Modi, said. Prior with the PM will bear fruit and the drive for social betterment to push his dream forward. to joining the centre as Centre will do the needful," said The communication portal solves for accessible com- minister he had briefly Kushwaha, who is a strong backer of munication through live speech captioning in Indian lan- parted ways with Kumar reservation politics and been favour- guages and a network of qualified ISL interpreters. and floated the Rashtriya ing quotas in the judiciary and the pri- Additionally, as a video conferencing platform, it has the avail- Lok Samata Party. vate sector. ability of all standard features such as breakout rooms, screen Senior BJP leader Bihar legislature has unanimously sharing, white board communication, and more, placing it and Rajya Sabha mem- passed a resolution for conducting at par with other video conferencing giants in terms of fea- ber Sushil Kumar Modi caste-based census . tures, accessibility, and efficiency. had also called for a BJP's allies from UP and Tamil Nadu Lingocap has made a considerable impact in a short time caste-based census join- Apna Dal and PMK respectively have also on its 1,350+ users which consists of deaf students & indi- ing a chorus for it saying sought a caste-based census. viduals along with their family members. . !"#!$!% + 1) & 2 #/$ 3$ 4 ( +$8$$=% >" -$4 +)6 state as a Chief Minister she will have to get elected within N+##/.4 1 O he Trinamool Congress on six months to retain her post. - 7 7 6 TThursday requested the In such a case, bypolls in the ( they are now building pressure if elections could be held then Election Commission (EC) to vacant Assembly seats must be 7) on the ECI to hold elections there is no reason why it cannot erala on Thursday logged hold bypolls at the earliest for conducted by November 5, defying the pandemic norms,” be held now when the situation K30,007 new Covid-19 cases, the seven vacant assembly seats 2021. TMC MLA from day when the Trinamool Ghosh said. is far better,” Moitra said. according to a release issued by in West Bengal. Bhawanipur constituency ACongress leadership paid a “These are power-hungry The BJP however said that Veena George, Minister of “Our meeting with the Sovandeb Chattopadhyay had third visit to the Election people and they cannot leave the TMC was in a hurry to con- health. The department of Election Commission (EC) was on May 21 this year vacated his Commission of India office without power … they can duct polls in order to save the health tested 1.66 lakh samples very cordial and the poll body seat to make way for asking for early by-elections to shed their skins but they cannot Chief Minister’s chair. out of which 30,007 tested said their purpose is to hold Banerjee. seven Assembly seats in Bengal, shed power … what is the “If the situation is con- positive while the Test elections and not to withhold Recently, Dinhata and State BJP president Dilip Ghosh problem in leaving the CM’s ducive for holding elections Positivity Rate stood at 18.03. the polling process. We told Santipur Assembly seats fell on Thursday called Chief chair for some time … they then why Mamata Banerjee is Though this is lesser than them that the situation is con- vacant after BJP leaders Nisith Minister Mamata Banerjee a already have 213 seats and they not allowing the local trains to Wednesday’s 19.03, there is ducive to hold the polls as the Pramanik and Jagannath “power hungry” person who can easily run the Government run, why the schools and col- nothing for the State to feel number of Covid-19 cases has Sarkar resigned as MLAs after could stoop to any level to … let her step down and allow leges are still closed, why they relaxed. In another develop- declined in the State. We have winning to retain their cling on to power. anyone to become the CM till are still continuing with other ment, 162 patients succumbed also given them Covid-19 sta- Parliament memberships. Ghosh was reacting to a regular election is held … restrictions including the night to the pandemic and this took tistics in all the seven con- Similarly, elections could TMC’s petition to the ECI seek- where is the problem … but no curfews and why the opposition the death toll to 20,134. stituencies where bypolls are not be held in Samserganj and ing early conduct of Assembly she will not … her hunger for parties are not being allowed to Ernakulam ( 3872), pending. The EC said they Jangipur seats in Murshidabad by-elections. power will make her cling to the conduct political programmes,” Kozhikode (3461), Thrissur will consider our matter and we due to the death of candidates “The Trinamool is building post.” Earlier a team of TMC Ghosh said adding first Mamata (3157) and Malappuram (2985) are hopeful for a fair response during the recent assembly pressure on the ECI to conduct leaders led by senior parlia- Banerjee should hold civic elec- topped the table of districts from the EC,” TMC MP polls in the state. The Kharda early elections because they mentarian Saugato Roy, Derek tions, first she should lift other with highest number of daily Saugata Roy said addressing a seat also fell vacant in North want to save Mamata Banerjee’s O’ Brien, Mahua Moitra and restrictions before asking the cases. There are more than 1.81 press conference after meeting 24-Parganas district after TMC Chief Ministerial chair … others met the EC officials ECI for holding the by-polls.” lakh Covid-19 patients under- from their own homes. If one The Union Government the EC officials with a party candidate Kajal Sinha passed because she has entered the demanding early by elections in The TMC leadership react- going treatment across the member of the family gets has asked the Kerala delegation. away before he could celebrate State Assembly through back seven Assembly seats of the ed saying the “BJP knows that State as on Thursday. afflicted with Covid-19, other Government to strengthen the The TMC’s urgency for his victory. door and become a Chief State. they would be swept away if the Minister Veena George members of the family too get surveillance as well as diagno- the bypolls has to do with The Gosaba seat also fell Minister even after losing the “We told them that while elections are held right now … blamed the people for the surge afflicted. This is what the sis process. Health Secretary Chief Minister Mamata vacant after the TMC candi- Assembly elections to Suvendu the State elections were held in they do not want to more polit- in the number of Covid-19 department of health has con- Rajesh Bhooshan reportedly Banerjee, who lost her date, Jayanta Naskar, who won Adhikari and it is mandatory for April-May the daily cases were ical humiliation and so they are cases in the State. “More than cluded from the studies,” told the State officials that the Nandigram seat in May this the elections, succumbed to her to get elected within six about 17-18 thousand which trying to stonewall the electoral 35 per cent of the Covid-19 George told mediapersons on situation in Kerala is a matter year. To continue to run the Covid-19 in June this year. months to save her high seat has come down to about 830 … process.” patients contract the disease Thursday. of concern for the Centre. ;414 # 1 R "
- 7 for Capacity Building in Textile Sakthivel. #4## 6 Sector) launched by the Jyothi, an 18-year-old girl, Ministry of Textiles intends to who was selling millet soup in iruppur, India’s knitwear train 16,000 workers over the Chennaimalai is one of the ) 7 the door bolted from inside. Ali had been repeatedly molest- Tcity is all set to emerge as next two years as full time candidates who underwent the When the girl did not open the ing and harassing her for the the fashion capital in gents’ designers, dress makers and programme under SAMARTH ension prevailed in Jaunpur door after knocking for sever- last three months. wear. A mega programme has craftsmen,” explained scheme. “I had completed Plus Tafter a minor girl ended her al minutes, she peeped through The victim also urged her been launched by Tiruppur Shanmugham. Two but could not pursue high- life after being fed up of regu- the window and was shocked father to avenge her death and Exporters’ Association (the col- Tuesday evening saw 95 er education because of finan- lar harassment and molestation to find her daughter’s body get the miscreant lective of all knitwear manu- students passing out of the cial issues. The training pro- by a youth belonging to the hanging from the roof. punished. facturers in the district) in col- first batch of SAMARTH ini- gramme helped me to know minority community and find- After the incident came to The victim's father later laboration with the Union tiative, a 45-day residential pro- more about designing of fash- ing no help from the Jaunpur light, a police team rushed to lodged a complaint against Government to train and pro- gramme with monthly stipend ion wears and formal wears. police despite filing several the site and recovered a suicide Rustam Ali, his uncle fessionalise youngsters hither- of 14,000/- and refreshments. Now, I can operate automatic complaints, on Wednesday. note from the room where the Gorakhnath and grandfather to working as labourers in “We have two schemes to machines and design any kind In her suicide note, the vic- teenager hanged herself. Ali Raja. knitwear units. mould skilled workers. There is of T-shirts and banians,” said tim requested her father to not Later, villagers gathered in Security has been beefed “Till now, they were just a programme to up-skill and re- Jyothi. let the accused go scot free. large numbers outside the up in the village to avert any workers. Our mission is to ele- skill existing workers while Raja Shanmugham said After media focus, the local Sureri police station and untoward incident. vate them as designers and fresh workers are trained under that casualwears from Tiruppur police have now registered a demanded stringent action Meanwhile two more cases master craftsmen who would be SAMARTH for 300 hours,” are establishing as a strong case on the complaint of the against the accused youth and of sexual assault were reported able to design fashionable wears said S Sakthivel, executive sec- brand in markets in Europe and victim’s father but have failed to the lax police from Etawah and Lalitpur of global standards,” Raja M retary, TEA. USA. “With these skilled staff arrest the accused who is said personnel who did not extend respectively. Shanmugham, president, TEA, He pointed out that the the factories in Tiruppur would to be on the lam. any help despite several com- In Etawah, an 80-year-old told The Pioneer. SAMARTH and up-skill pro- emerge as design studios and As per reports, the 15- plaints. occultist was arrested for try- He said lakhs of workers are grammes are meant to increase we will produce fashion and year-old victim hanged herself In the suicide note written ing to rape a minor girl who employed in the knitwear units. the competitiveness and casual wears for the world,” said to death in Kamruddinpur vil- in Hindi, the girl has men- was suffering from jaundice. “Many unemployed youths enhancing the productivity of a beaming president. lage in Sureri police station area tioned that she was forced to The accused, identified as make a beeline to Tiruppur to the workers. “The day is not far Tiruppur could be India’s of Jaunpur on Wednesday take the extreme step due to Subhash, attempted to rape get a job and they end up as off when these trained and up- answer to Savile Row, accord- morning. regular harassment and the 15-year-old girl on the working in the assembly line. skilled staff would sit with our ing to Sakthivel who points out When the girl’s mother molestation by a Muslim youth pretext of treatment at a village They use their physical prowess buyers and chalk out designs that skilled labourers are the went to her room at around 8 whom she identified as Rustam in Bakewar police station area but not their hearts. The pro- and fashion wears as per the biggest capital in this kind of am on Wednesday, she found Ali. She alleged in the note that on Tuesday. gramme SAMARTH (Scheme 1& / / need of the latter,” said industry. 4 !4 .+ -> 1#. / ( ) / -8 # ## 1 # > ( ( !!6B in July in which former murder, assault. them by builder Shyamsunder 4 Mumbai Police commissioner Chauhan told police that Agarwal. hree police officers, includ- Param Bir Singh is a co- the trio threatened to lodge Following Chauhan’s com- Lakhimpur: One more accused Ting a Deputy accused. false cases against him and then plaint, the Amboli Police have was injured in a police Commissioner of Police and Mane is currently behind demanded 17 lakh as extor- registered an FIR against DCP ( ! : 6 encounter on Thursday when dismissed inspector in the the bars for allegedly planting tion money to save him from Pathan and PI Adhav and ex- he allegedly tried to attack a Antilia bomb scare case, have a gelatine-laden Scorpio car the consequences. cop Mane under various sec- he Andhra Pradesh School constable in Lakhimpur district been booked by the Mumbai outside Mukesh Ambani’s res- Chauhan said that when tions of the Indian Penal Code. Lucknow: With the aim to pro- damaged or lost in floods. An TEducation Regulatory and of Assam. police for allegedly extorting idence and murdering busi- the three accused demanded DCP Pathan has earlier vide prompt help to victims of amount of 3,000 will be given Monitoring Commission has According to a senior 17 lakh from a property deal- nessman Mansukh Hiren. more money from him, he been booked by the Marine natural calamities like floods, to animal owners on the death fixed the fee structure for police officer, the person had er. In a complaint lodged with refused to oblige them, the trio Lines Police in an alleged cor- the Uttar Pradesh Government of small animals like goat, schools and intermediate col- been arrested on August 22 fol- Identifying the three police the Amboli police station, an heaped abuses on him and ruption case of 50 lakh, along has made provisions for distri- sheep or pig, 25,000 for non- leges in the State for three aca- lowing a dacoity in a house in personnel named in the extor- Andheri resident assaulted him at his office in with former Mumbai Police bution of relief materials and milk giving animals (camel, demic years beginning 2021- Kulabali area under Boginadi tion case as Deputy Gurusharansingh Chauhan has Andheri west. He also alleged Commissioner Param Bir financial assistance for loss of horse, bull) and 16,000 for 22. police station in Lakhimpur. Commissioner of Police Akbar alleged that between October that the accused also forced Singh and others, following a lives and damage to houses. animals like cows and buf- Addressing a press confer- "Today we took him to the Pathan, Police Inspector 20, 2019, and February 29, him to sign some blank papers complaint by a builder Besides, the state government faloes. ence here on Thursday, spot to recreate the crime scene. Chimaji Adhav and a dis- 2020, the accused three police before filing a complaint Shyamsunder Agarwal. will also provide compensation “Poultry has also been Commission Chairman Justice At that time, he attacked a con- missed inspector Sunil Mane, officers had allegedly extorted against him with the MIDC Incidentally, Mane is also to cattle rearers and craftsmen included in this provision. (Retd.) R Kanta Rao said it was stable with a blade. Then he a senior police official said that 17 lakh by threatening him Police Station. an accused in the investigations in cases of cattle head casual- Poultry farmers will be pro- for the first time that school tried to flee from there," the offi- three accused police personnel that they would implicate him This is the second case reg- into the sensational case of ties or loss of equipment due to vided assistance of 50 per and college fee was being reg- cer said. had been booked for allegedly in a false case if he istered against Pathan. Earlier planting a SUV with 20 gelatin the floods. poultry. These provisions are ulated in AP though several The law enforcers asked conspiring, intimidating and failed to pay the extortion he had been booked by the sticks near Mukesh Amani's If any animal dies in a dis- not only for floods but also for other states have already been him to stop, but he continued to extorting money from a 50- money. Marine Lines Police in an residence, Antilia. aster, the Government will calamities including cloud- doing it. run, prompting the police to year-old property dealer. In his complaint, Chauhan alleged 15 lakh corruption After his alleged involve- provide financial assistance to bursts, fire, drought, cyclones, He said the maximum fire at the legs of the accused, Earlier, Pathan had been has accused DCP Pathan, case, along with former ment in the bomb scare case cattle rearers up to 30,000 per unseasonal heavy rain, thun- annual tuition fee for schools in the officer said. named as one of the accused in Inspector Adhav and dismissed Mumbai Police Commissioner and his subsequent arrest, animal. Also, craftsmen will be derstorm and lightning,” a gov- gram panchayats has been fixed "He was immediately taken the extortion case registered at police officer Mane of cheating, Param Bir Singh and others, Mane was dismissed from the provided with new tools and all ernment spokesman said in at 10,000 for primary classes to Boginadi Model Hospital, the Marine Drive police station fraud, extortion, threats of after a complaint lodged with police force in June this year. possible help if their tools are Lucknow on Thursday. PNS and 12,000 for higher classes. from where he was taken to North Lakhimpur Civil Hospital," he added. With the latest incident, at least 21 suspected militants and /#B;- #1 criminals have been shot dead and 34 others injured while either trying to snatch service firearms or escape from custody 1 4 since the Himanta Biswa Sarma government assumed charge in May. ) 7 Thursday. Akhilesh Yadav further The rising number of police In a statement issued in said that the BJP had imple- encounters has whipped up a itting out at the ruling Lucknow on Thursday, the SP mented policies that were detri- political furore with the oppo- HBharatiya Janata Party, chief said that looking at the mental for the farmers and sition alleging that the Assam Samajwadi Party president and policy and intentions of the BJP, farming community. Police has turned "trigger former Chief Minister of UP, it seemed that it was bent "The so-called three agri- happy" and is indulging in Akhilesh Yadav, said that the upon forming the Government cultural reform laws will ruin "open killings" under the second BJP was engaged in a conspir- akin to East India Company the agricultural system. In the BJP Government in the state. acy to “illegally capture democ- forming a government in India midst of elections, the BJP Unfazed by criticism, racy” in the State. in the 19th century. Government has made Sarma had said in Assam "With lies and deceit, the “The BJP's agenda is not to announcements as a strategy to Assembly on July 15 that the BJP wants to turn back the remove inequality from society mislead the voters. The farm- state police has "full opera- clock of development in Uttar but to widen the chasm ers should beware of this mis- tional liberty" to fight against Pradesh. The BJP leaders have between the rich and the poor. information campaign. The criminals within the ambit of come to realise that the public They are conspiring to hold the present BJP regime has set law. In the first face-to-face is going to remove them from farming sector hostage to records in robbery, petty crime meeting with the officers-in- the Government. multinational companies and and murders. Law and order is charge (OCs) of all police sta- Samajwadi Party is committed to push the future of the youth at its nadir. Women are living tions in the State on July 5, to democracy and socialism into uncertainty by eliminating under the shadow of fear,” he Sarma had said that shooting at and people have to act with village-based industries and said. criminals "should be the pat- utmost vigilance and under- promoting big industrial hous- The SP chief said that the tern" if they attempt to escape standing to save the es. The BJP does not want to politics of the country was from custody or try to snatch democracy in the State," implement socialist system," he passing through a phase of arms from law enforcers. PTI Akhilesh said on alleged. transition. $ 2 % * !"#!$!% :
$ ! %$ & . /0 1 * +- # 0 1 435 16#+ 467" % (% ( (" %"% " "1 '() ( % ( # , # 41 4 / + > * , : ; 6 0 4 # # 4 , # $ , # % n August 18, 2021, a * Supreme Court Bench , 8 of Justices SK Kaul and ( , # , % S Hrishikesh Mukherjee Opassed an interim order allowing women candidates to sit for the ;+ ;* % ( National Defence Academy ( (NDA) entrance exam to be held in the first week of September. * ( They further stated that the “pol- icy decision to bar women from # admission to the NDA is based on $ ; + gender discrimination”. This rul- ing follows the earlier one by the Bench of Justices Chandrachud * and Rastogi directing the ) ;+ ( Government to ensure women ) $ 9 1 + Short Service Officers are given permanent commissions in Army, P Q including command postings. # 3<< Indeed, while women consti- ( tute 48 per cent of our population, ,+ their representation in the military is just 0.56 per cent, 1.06 per cent ) 0 and 6.5 per cent in the Army, Air ) ) Force and Navy, respectively. It # clearly reflects a patriarchal mind- It is a rather sorry reflec- soldier underwent diluted stan- tion with similar career , + # set which, by any standards, is tion on the state of the military dards of physical fitness does prospects as available to men, unacceptable in this day and age leadership, especially of the not give her the right to slow including command of units, $ 3<< in a democracy such as ours. In Army, that continues to remain down her comrades nor com- then all personnel must be fact, it makes little sense to restrict hidebound and conservative. promise their safety because judged from their training ,+,+ # 1 P Q women’s entry mainly to the offi- Its emphasis has been on she cannot keep pace with onwards by universally applic- cer cadre and must indeed be stalling women’s entry into its them. It does not give her the able criteria with regard to ;* + , 7 extended to cover Personnel Below ranks instead of concentrating right to seek privileges or spe- physical standards and service * , ,S Officer Ranks (PBOR) as well. on formulating a viable HRD cial dispensations on account profile, regardless of gender. It , While the Supreme Court strategy that allows their induc- of her gender, because she has then does not matter which , , ( must be commended for its pro- tion to add value to the organ- 6 6)6 67> already demanded and been training establishment they gressive approach, one hopes that isation. If they had been proac- given equality when she have graduated from, be it the + * % ! our lordships’ approach towards tive, they would not have demanded her right to enter NDA, IMA or the OTA. # 9 the issue spills over to the judicia- found themselves in this diffi- 6 7! > the battlefield.” If it is not found to be fea- # ry as well. After all, it is indeed rep- cult position, browbeaten into This is a reflection of the sible, then it may be appropri- rehensible that even after seven adopting shortsighted ad hoc 7! --7 > true state of affairs and not an ate to raise a women’s corps on decades of Independence, a mere measures that will have serious attempt to belittle women or the lines of the Rani of Jhansi , # three per cent of our judges in the repercussions. )786 6 7 cast doubts on their courage Regiment or the Military Supreme Court have been women The Army leadership has +!66 6: or capabilities. Throughout Nursing Service, which will ; "*+) and we are unlikely to see our first aggravated the problem by our history, there have been have its command, staff and woman Chief Justice till the latter diluting standards that women 7)> 6)): innumerable women who supervisory appointments held part of this decade, if at all. candidates have to meet to suc- 7- 656 ))9 have shown courage, resolve by women from within their Over the past few decades, cessfully graduate from the and leadership in equal mea- cadre. Their utilisation, given that we live in a nuclear Officers Training Academy. 6+ 656+)78 sure. The exploits of Rani whether in combat, combat armed neighbourhood, the very As former military veteran 6 Abbaka Chowta of Ullal, who support, logistics or adminis- nature of warfare has undergone and colleague Shivaji Ranjan defeated the Portuguese in trative role will have to be a transformation and conflicts Ghosh writes in a viral social - 78 67 three major battles before specifically identified along rarely cross the threshold into a media post: “There are no being vanquished, along with with career progression no-holds-barred conventional war. gender-neutral battlefields.” He : )) the legendary Rani avenues, as well as opportuni- In such an environment, “Grey adds: “The battlefield is an 7--7 6 6 Lakshmibai of Jhansi, Rani ties to be selected for the Zone” tactics or “Hybrid Warfare” unforgiving place. It does not Rudramma Devi of Warangal, “General Cadre”, if deemed is the norm, creating its own set understand decency and 7) + Rani Chenamma of Kittur suitable. One thing is clear, of complications and challenges. civilised behaviour, and it does 57 and hundreds of women who status quo is not an option. Countering these tactics requires not give consideration to phys- served in the Rani of Jhansi (The writer is a military a nuanced approach, which is ical or physiological differ- N8 ) + O Regiment of the Azad Hind veteran, who is a Visiting Fellow where gender diversity within ences. Mountains do not get Fauj (INA) come to mind. with the Observer Research the military will give additional any less steep, nor does the The Army leadership now Foundation and Senior Visiting flexibility and options to sur- enemy stop firing because the faces a couple of stark choic- Fellow with The Peninsula mount the challenges it faces, adversary is not a male like es. If women are to form an Foundation, Chennai. The especially in large urban settings. him. Simply because the female integral part of the organisa- views expressed are personal.) %## ### # SOUNDBITE #4 % * 4 > Sir — Cricket is a game of glorious uncer- Q 4 tainties and the stakes go up and down 6L# - 1# 1 1 ##0 with every wicket. On the first day of the 1# / third Test at Leeds, India was bundled out #?@> 4 4 > G + 1 # 1 # # 1 . #.4### 41 #0 for a meagre first innings total of 78. India had earlier collapsed at 36 against - - 4 " Australia in Adelaide as captain Virat #. 0 !# 1 &505716595 1 Kohli’s men recorded their lowest-ever -4#BL! # K 48 "") *%"" ? Test score in December last year. But the # 4 M0 timely recovery ensured the series win by ! ##/ # ## 6 / 1 0 * + , 2-1 rather convincingly. India should now .. 4 # 8 4 ) $ - )$. / 0 1 1 ( look forward to saving the Test and the N1 /L . # # 1 ) series next. #.4# + .4# >.4 .4#8 The Indian side is struggling with the . / 2 3 * pace and swing of English bowlers. ## . 8 O# , # #0 # 41 #0 Former England captain Nasser Hussain 1 ##0 )$ # / said that England have exposed the holes # L 1 8 O# M0 ! in India’s batting line-up. It appears that ## .4 4 0 )$ G 1#G 10 5- India lost direction after their win at the K + N Lord’s and a few bad decisions made mat- # / . # 0 # G + / ) ters worse. It is now, therefore, crucial to # ! #0 ! .4 ### # G 9 4# $ * * have a solid opening partnership in the #1 L 06 #. ## second innings to reduce pressure from # 4 M0 + !# ! # . >.4 #G .4 *# 0 , * the middle order and be less dependent A# # #14 #G # PQ 6 on the tail end. Our inherent weakness 4 ! #L# 4# #G N O0 ( should be totally ironed out early or else #1 41 # 0 6 #. #1 G #. 40 + * teams like Australia and England will con- #1 . # 4 0 16 1 1 >0 5| ( tinue to enjoy our shortcomings on the field. but defends the opening of markets dur- moves by the warring factions as in 35 CK Subramaniam |Mumbai ing Eid. This minority appeasement pol- Madhya Pradesh to the party’s grief. K 4 " ( icy won’t do. It is critical that the cases are It is possible that there is some cor- # ( Q confined to Kerala in order to prevent a relation between the unabated feuds # " Sir — The massive spike of COVID-19 nationwide spread for now. Kerala’s vac- spurred by personal ambitions and the #6G41 cases in Kerala is an alarm call. While the cination drive appears good on paper and seemingly not-so-assertive party high )$ S rest of the country is anticipating a third until the majority of the population is command. In a strange way, the Gandhis 1 . / 7 8 )$S wave, Kerala has not yet been set loose by inoculated; social, religious and political do not seem to be overly concerned about . 2 ( the second wave for that matter. It is crit- gathering must be prohibited. factionalism within the party. Perhaps this # / 0 * 0 + ical to understand the gravity of the sit- Yashi Bairagi |Ujjain is due to the allegiance and loyalty sworn uation in Kerala and strictly prohibit mass to the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty by all self- 6 # &50516 1 3 9 1 gatherings. Kerala reported more than seeking factional leaders and the belief K##4## 6 + 6 30,000 fresh cases in a day, which accounts Sir — As the country’s principal that they individually and collectively ,S for over 70 per cent of the total cases Opposition party, the Congress has the ‘strengthen’ the organisation. It is rather difficult to discern if factionalism is real- 1 # ( nationwide. 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autilya sat down to write ‘Artha ),'(& (= Shastra’, one of the first books = ( on economics in human histo- = ry, some 2,300 years ago. And # heK ended up writing a whole chapter on % ‘corruption’. He famously said, ‘just like P Q it is impossible not to taste a drop of ( honey that you find at the edge of the tongue, it is impossible for a King’s offi- # cer not to eat up a bit of King’s revenue’. % ( Essentially, it means that even as # long ago as in 300 BC, we were rampant- ly corrupt and as a society we exploit- ed whatever individual power we had. , Kautilya implied that for Indians, the # $ very human nature it self poses corrup- #S $ tion. Time and again it was proved in - our history. Kingdoms grew or fell ; 6!/. through some strategic corruption of individuals who switched sides at a crit- ical time. Even the British India Company walked over this sub-conti- nent and established the rule of Britain over us, because we could be corrupt- ed easily, and it was so effortless to +-G 77 + divide us and rule. marketing of oxygen cylinders patient proved to be a Herculean here, a rude shock awaited them. As a society, we indulge in it as a 7 - 676 wreaked havoc on families in dire task and in many cases, the hos- Before the COVID-19 pandem- casual act of convenience. And then, we ) :6 need of oxygen. Even a taxi dri- pital beds were hoarded by ic, who would have ever thought complain about it, make fuss and cry 87+- ver would charge hefty sums unscrupulous agents in con- of corruption in the cremation wolf. 6 86: from passengers. nivance with the hospitals. News ground? Families of the deceased Why is it that the Governments can- 7) We have just shown that we reports of ambulance operators were charged up to 25,000 to not absolutely wipe out corruption? In could just exploit any opportuni- charging 20,000 to 40,000 for 30,000 for cremating the bodies all these 2,500 years, we have had sev- 7 7 ty for money or material. And by ferrying patients to short dis- which otherwise cost less than eral types of Governments ruling over stooping to this low, we have also tances of a few kilometres 5,000 in normal days. us - kingdoms, monarchies, dynasties, :6 > 5 defeated all the good works of a describes this moral corruption in I began this article saying that sultanates, foreign colonisations and 75!+6 ) large section of people during the most absolute terms. corruption is a blood trait of peo- democracies. There have been benevo- 6 ! these difficult times. Individuals, In our country, where private ple. There is very little that any- : ( lent rulers, autocratic usurpers, people’s organizations, even political parties, infrastructure accounts for near- one can do to remove this evil # leaders, men of sword, religious oppres- +!+6 6 in their own capacities, have been ly 62 per cent of all of India’s from our midst if people act + ( sors… you name it. But how come any 5 7!7-6 ) providing free food, medicines, health infrastructure, it is easier beyond the sanctity of morality. , form of government or system of rule ambulances, oxygen and all possi- for corruption to thrive at every A thing that was never effective- # $S could not bring down corruption 7)+ ble support to the needy but they level of the system. Medical staff ly curtailed for centuries will / through force, legislation, counseling, or - !6! were easily eclipsed by the rampant were found refilling empty only increase and occupy the cen- any other means for thousands of years? corruption surrounding us. Remdesivir bottles with fake tre stage of our lives when peo- ( Havenot we punished people enough? 7 6+0 6 In the COVID-era, we have drugs and selling them to patients ple patronize it, benefit from it Well, the country has historically prac- 6 )+ seen that corruption has reached not only at a premium but also and silently subscribe to it. / $ ,S #( ticed capital punishment, dismember- !7 ) the zenith. It is not exaggerating risking their lives, remorselessly. The present Government ( ment of limbs, jailing, public humilia- - 9 that during the times of the Patients and their families were under the leadership of PM - ;+. tion, seizing of property and all kinds :+ 6: Pandemic, we have ‘corona'ted cheated with fire extinguishers in Narendra Modi has effectively of punishment for corruption over cen- corruption and installed it on the the name of oxygen cylinders just shown how a system can be run , # " , ( ! 7 turies and millennia. Yet, as a society, we throne. Corruption thrives at the when they needed oxygen to without corruption. Having are as corrupt as we have been for thou- 9 )68+ juncture of power. And power save the lives of their loved ones. served for 20 years as head of # % sands of years. ))68 need not be political or adminis- These instances are just the Government - in Gujarat and ) This essentially means that it is not 67G!+6 ) trative or of any high order. And proverbial tip of the iceberg. The then at the Centre - without even ( the Government or the Law which is 57 if the opportunity is of critical deep-rooted corruption in the a charge of corruption, Modi has weak and unimaginative in bringing nature, rendering the other one health services goes as deep as an impeccable, clean character to 5 -6 % down corruption. It is just that as peo- helpless, distressed and weak in kickbacks given to health work- inspire our generation to adopt ( ple, we are too strong and imaginative some manner, it is easier to ers to secure better services, theft honesty as the way of life. # ( to remain corrupt by all means. And exploit the situation. And CORO- of medical instruments and med- Unfortunately, even the high morally, we do not attach shame or guilt NA has become a golden goose of icine from hospitals that are then degree of honesty and morality of ( in being corrupt. Corruption is our benefit for the heartless, sold at a premium outside. This our Prime Minister failed to , ( blood trait. unscrupulous and ruthless. ethical and moral bankruptcy influence our society and proved , During these testing times, when a People of all statures - from have even driven them to the that corruption was indeed our ( selfless and sincere approach was need- the rich and resourceful to the extent of recycling and selling blood trait. - ;+ ( ed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, ones struggling to meet their bio-medical wastes like used face Governments can only help . this trait of corruption ruled the roost. ends - had to fight this corruption masks, PPE kits and gloves for the people's will to change. But if A grocery shop owner fleeced customers sake of a few pennies. Hospitals they donot want to change, there , ( alongside fighting the deadly citing short-supply. A pharmacist hoard- (The writer is Chairman, virus. It was widely reported that were also found charging exorbi- is no power that can pull us out , ed life-saving medicine. A basic equip- Khadi & Village once you reach the hospitals, in tant fees from COVID-19 of the intricate mess that we have ( $ ( Industries Commission. ment like pulse oximeter suddenly dis- The views expressed the hope of some relief and cure, patients. created for ourselves. Let us - . # appeared from stores and if available, are personal.) corruption widened its wings. In And if one thought this face- pledge not to exploit humanity + ( was sold at a much higher price. Black fact, finding a hospital bed for the off with corruption would end with our greed. , ( , " ( # ;= # POINTCOUNTERPOINT , (7 ('@ ((( $ ( (*'( -"-7 (& # & ((& (' ( ((7(P ,S ;+ (( L7 L ( ( 1" @ D E
wami Vivekananda had The Rebellion commenced memoirs described the agita- who studied the riots in detail demanding hike in pay and Riyaz announcing the con- described Kerala as a under the garb of Khilafat tion as a communal pogrom. and submitted a report to the was staged at a time when the struction of a memorial for Slunatic asylum after Movement patronised by Rao Bahadur C Gopalan Government asking for the leaders of the freedom move- Variankunnathu Ahmed in watching the casteism and Muslim leaders to express sol- Nair, the then deputy collector, removal of the names of near- ment were busy working out Malappuram. Adding insult to communalism prevailing in idarity with the Khalifa of Malabar Province, had ly 350 persons who have been the modalities of transfer of injury was the declaration by God’s Own Country. If the Turkey who had lost his pre- authored a book Mappila Riots listed as freedom fighters. “The power. Till the end of the M B Rajesh, Speaker of the monk returns to Kerala today, )," %% ;; ( eminent position as the 1921 in which he has chroni- name of Variamkunnathu Second Word War, the Legislative Assembly, that he would be in for further guardian of the Muslim com- cled the details. Nair writes Ahmed Haji, had not figured Communists were hand in Variankunnathu Haji was a shock. munity at the end of the First with documentary evidences in the list of freedom fighters glove with the British revolutionary like Sardar Kerala, reeling under the World War. that the riot was blatantly com- submitted by the Kerala Government and even tried to Bhagat Singh. The Pandora’s onslaught of COVID-19, has Sir C Sankaran Nair, who munal. Government and this was subvert the Quit India Box has been opened. been struck by another ‘pan- has been the only Keralite to took the shape of massive The ruling CPI(M) claims added later,” said the professor. Movement. “Both the LDF and the demic’ created by self-serving adorn the presidency of Indian communal pogrom in the that the Mappila Riot of 1921 Issac further points out that Annie Besant who toured UDF Governments have politicians and religious fanat- National Congress and who Eranadu and Valluvanadu was part of the freedom strug- in 1973, the then home min- the region in the aftermath of refused to instal a statue of ics. The present controversy is was the member of the regions of Malabar and saw the gle. But they are evasive when ister had told Parliament that the riots wrote: “It would be Thunchathu Ezhuthachan, the over the 1921 Mappila Viceroy’s Executive Council slaughter of Hindus who asked why people who refused the Mappila Riots were not part well if Mr Gandhi could be father of the Malayalam lan- Rebellion, the biggest commu- had alerted the leaders of the refused to convert to another to convert were butchered. of the freedom movement. taken into Malabar to see with guage, in his hometown of nal pogrom witnessed in this Freedom Movement that the religion. Congress leaders like “The Mappila Riot was Meanwhile, the Communists his own eyes the ghastly hor- Tirur citing religious senti- part of the country. Khilafat agitation has no rele- late K P Kesava Menon and K accepted as part of the freedom had succeeded in getting the rors which have been created ments. Then why is this spe- The riots which erupted on vance in India. But Mahatma Madhavan Nair who ques- movement only on December Punnapra-Vayalar workers agi- by the preaching of himself cial honour for a mass murder- August 21, 1921, claimed lives Gandhi chose to support the tioned the course of the agita- 5, 1981 by the Indira tation of October 1946 the sta- and his ‘loved brothers’ er?” asks Ali Akbar, move of over 2000 people who (The writer is a senior movement hoping to enlist tion earned the wrath of the Government as part of a polit- tus of freedom struggle much Muhammed and Shaukat Ali.” maker. refused to change their religion. journalist. The views the support of Muslims in the rioters and both of them had ical accord between Congress to the anguish of historians. It The atmosphere in Kerala The centenary of Mappila The year 2021 marks the cen- expressed are personal.) freedom struggle. to make a quick retreat. Both and Muslim League,” said Prof was an uprising by the coir got vitiated with the Minister Rebellion is a controversy that tenary of this rebellion. But the Khilafat agitation Menon and Nair had in their C I Issac, eminent historian, workers of Alappuzha district for Tourism Mohammed politicians could have avoided. !"#!$!% ? 1 2 +4 & & +4$ +
Several countries urged people to avoid the airport ear- 24) lier in the day, with one saying there was a threat of a suicide ( !+ cabinet for more than a month bombing. But just days — or as the Madhav Nepal faction of even hours for some nations — he newly-formed CPN the CPN-UML, which played a before the evacuation effort T(Unified Socialist) led by key role in the formation of the ends, few appeared to heed the Madhav Kumar Nepal on government, was in the process call. Thursday announced to join of getting recognition from Over the last week, the air- Prime Minister Sher Bahadur the election commission. port has been the scene of some Deuba-led coalition govern- Madhav Nepal had sub- of the most searing images of ment soon, vowing to not give mitted an application at the the chaotic end of America’s up the communist ideology Election Commission last week longest war and the Taliban’s and move forward as a cultured for registering a new political takeover, as flight after flight revolutionary party. party after President Bidya took off carrying those who The announcement came a Devi Bhandari issued an ordi- fear a return to the militants’ day after the Election nance to amend the Political brutal rule. Commission granted official Parties Act 2071, aimed at eas- Already, some countries recognition to the newly- ing the procedure for political have ended their evacuations & / formed party, which was cre- parties to split. and begun to withdraw their ated after splitting the CPN- Madhav Nepal, a former soldiers and diplomats, sig- UML led by former prime prime minister, had gone ) group and not the Taliban, who naling the beginning of the end A 5 / minister K P Sharma Oli. against the party and support- have been deployed at the air- of one of history’s largest air- “We will soon join the ed the then Opposition alliance n explosion went off port’s gates trying to control the lifts. The Taliban have pledged Deuba government. We will in its bid to topple the govern- AThursday outside Kabul’s mass of people. not to attack Western forces " 4 not give up communist ideol- ment led by Oli. airport, where thousands of The Pentagon confirmed during the evacuation, but Dublin: French President ogy and we will move forward “We assure you all that the people have flocked as they try the blast, with no immediate insist the foreign troops must 68 7 dition of anonymity to discuss Emmanuel Macron said “the by being a disciplined and cul- party would embrace commu- to flee the Taliban takeover of word on casualties. be out by America’s ongoing operations. situation has seriously deteri- tured revolutionary party,” nist ideology,” he said, blaming Afghanistan. Officials offered Adam Khan, an Afghan self-imposed deadline of S official says the complex The Islamic State group is orated” near the Kabul airport Madhav Nepal, who is the Oli for giving up Marxist- no casualty count, but a witness waiting outside the airport, August 31. Uattack outside Kabul air- more radical than the Taliban after “several explosions hap- Chairman of the CPN (Unified Leninist ideology and exercis- said several people appeared to said the explosion went off in Overnight, warnings port is “definitely believed” to and has carried out a pened in the last hours.” Socialist), said at his party’s first ing autocratic principle. have been killed or wounded. a crowd of people waiting to emerged from Western capitals have been carried out by the wave of attacks targeting civil- Speaking in a news confer- press meet here. He said his party would Western nations had enter the airport. Khan, who about a threat from Islamic State group. ians. ence during a visit to Dublin, “We will be part of the gov- pursue a model of socialism warned earlier in the day of a said he was standing about 30 Afghanistan’s Islamic State The official says members The official says evacuation Ireland, Macron said “we are fac- ernment. The five-party suitable for Nepal and added possible attack at the airport in meters (yards) away, said sev- group affiliate, which likely of the US military were wound- flights have continued to take ing an extremely tense situation alliance will move further for- that the party would make the waning days of a massive eral people appeared to have has seen its ranks boosted by ed in Thursday’s attack, which off from Kabul airport in the that makes us coordinate obvi- ward,” he said. agriculture the foundation of airlift. Suspicion for any attack been killed or wounded, the Taliban’s freeing of prison- involved two suicide bombers waning days of an airlift to help ously with our American allies Deuba is likely to expand Nepali national economy as targeting the crowds would including some who lost body ers during their blitz across the and gunmen. people flee the Taliban takeover and call for the utmost caution his six-member Cabinet on Nepal is still an agrarian coun- likely fall on the Islamic State parts. country. The official spoke on con- of Afghanistan. in a context we don’t control.” AP Friday. He could not expand his try. Q7%" (0 R . @ " 9 (& 5/" - 4 ( 1 0 '$ ( )7+7 and “very lethal” terrorist attack from an Islamic State (ISIS) Washington: The United States !7 7 ( 6;68 Australia and Japan with the ritish Prime Minister Boris Afghanistan affiliate dubbed says as many as 1,500 Americans aim to strengthen the rules- BJohnson said on Thursday Islamic State Khorasan or may be awaiting evacuation he Kremin says that Russia hina’s military on Thursday based regional order and main- that the “overwhelming major- ISIS-K. from Afghanistan amid growing Twill closely follow the Ccriticised large scale mili- tain a “free and open Indo- ity” of people eligible for evac- Speaking to reporters dur- warnings Thursday of terrorist developments in Afghanistan tary exercises held by the US Pacific”. uation from Kabul airport have ing a visit to British military’s threats targeting the Kabul air- before making a decision on and its allies in the South The Malabar naval exercise now left Afghanistan. Permanent Joint Headquarters port as President Joe Biden’s whether to recognise the China Sea and Malabar naval are scheduled to be held from Johnson also reiterated that in north London to meet deadline for withdrawing troops Taliban’s rule. drills by Quad countries, say- August 26 to 29 off the coast of the UK government will do troops involved in evacuation fast approaches. Russian President Vladimir ing Washington is instigating Guam amid mounting global “everything we can” to get efforts in Afghanistan, Johnson Untold thousands of at-risk Putin’s spokesman Dmitry confrontation by “forming concerns over China’s growing those remaining out of the said, “around 15,000” people Afghans are struggling to get Peskov said Thursday that gangs” which will lead to ten- military muscle-flexing in the country soon after warnings have already been evacuated by into the airport even as many Moscow will watch the sions. Indo-Pacific region. were issued of an “imminent” British troops. thousands of other Afghans Taliban’s “future steps to ensure Practicing unilateralism Tan said that the US, for already had been flown to safe- order and security of the coun- and instigating confrontation some time, by perceiving some ty in nearly two weeks of try’s citizens and provide secu- will only lead to tension, other countries as its imaginary round-the-clock flights. AP rity for the Russian diplomats.” , 1 $ 51$ 6$4788) *** instead of bringing about so- enemies, “organised large-scale $ 9$ called “freedom and openness”, military exercises, formed Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, a gangs in relevant waters and Toronto: Canada has ended sion. Canadian military flights spokesperson for China’s showed off its military evacuations from Kabul’s air- evacuated about 3,700 people. Ministry of National Defence, strength”, the Chinese mili- port, a Canadian general said “We stayed in Afghanistan told an online media briefing tary’s official on Thursday, as the clock ticks for as long as we could. We while commenting on the website, chinamil.Com.Cn, down on dramatic Western were amongst the last to cease recent US-led multinational reported. efforts to help people flee the evacuation operations. We wish joint exercises in the Indo- Such movements of the Taliban takeover ahead of a full we could have stayed longer Pacific region as well as US have severely undermined American withdrawal. and rescued everyone who was Malabar naval exercise by regional peace and stability General Wayne Eyre, the so desperate to leave. That we Quad countries - India, the US, and run counter to the com- country’s acting chief of Defence could not is truly heartbreak- Australia and Japan. mon aspiration of countries in Staff, said all the other countries ing, but the circumstances on The US military recently the region to pursue peace, have to leave the airport before the the ground rapidly deteriorat- held the Large-Scale Exercise cooperation and development, Americans can wrap up their mis- ed,” Eyre said. AP (LSE) 2021 with the UK, Tan said. %& 6 / * ### ( ( ( ; 1 8 B* ( 5 ; 14 68 7 to stay in power.” # ## ## # ) The suit was filed on behalf 1 # # # S Capitol Police officers of the seven officers by the # O1 1/ 6 Uwho were attacked and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil # beaten during the Capitol riot Rights Under Law. It names the /. 7 ). filed a lawsuit Thursday against former president, the Trump > 8 68 7 former President Donald campaign, Trump ally Roger # 41 # Trump, his allies and members Stone and members of the 0 resident Joe Biden and of far-right extremist groups, extremist groups the Proud PIsraeli Prime Minister accusing them of intentional- Boys and Oath Keepers who (' '7% Naftali Bennett are set to hold ly sending a violent mob on were present at the Capitol and -%(C their first face-to-face meeting Jan. 6 to disrupt the congres- in Washington on Jan. 6. D 16; # > Thursday, and Israel’s new sional certification of the elec- Two other similar cases -/# >! leader intends to press Biden to tion. have been filed in recent /1 4 give up his pursuit of reviving The suit in federal court in months by Democratic mem- 1/1 # . the Iran nuclear deal. Washington alleges Trump bers of Congress. The suits #. - 1O# Before arriving in “worked with white suprema- allege the actions of Trump and ). 4 O# Washington, Bennett made cists, violent extremist groups, his allies led to the violence 1 clear the top priority of the visit and campaign supporters to siege of the Capitol that injured ># # to the White House was to per- violate the Ku Klux Klan Act, dozens of police officers, halt- 4#0 suade Biden not to return to and commit acts of domestic ed the certification of Democrat the nuclear accord, arguing terrorism in an unlawful effort Joe Biden’s electoral victory. !- & Iran has already advanced in its (- uranium enrichment, and that 5; 1 1 sanctions relief would give Iran /2 #A4 more resources to back Israel’s !-!-! . 41# enemies in the region. #14 -/# O# # .-4/ 4/ % -% - 1 >1 #0 + . 41# 4) 4 . !&-%! % # 1 >/ ; 1 10- # ( )7+7 the challenge of producing ## 11 accurate Arctic sea ice forecasts # . 41#0 cientists have developed a for the season ahead -- some- Snew artificial intelligence thing that has eluded scientists . / (AI) tool that can more accu- for decades. ( 7 Hanoi: US Vice President rately forecast Arctic sea ice Sea ice, a vast layer of (51; 6G Kamala Harris said on Thursday conditions months into the frozen sea water that appears at .# she raised issues of human future. the North and South poles, is 4 rights abuses and restrictions on The improved predictions notoriously difficult to forecast / political activism in her con- could underpin new early- because of its complex rela- # 4<> versations with Vietnamese lead- warning systems that protect tionship with the atmosphere 1 ##0 ers this week, but offered no Arctic wildlife and coastal com- above and ocean below, the indication those talks bore fruit. munities from the impacts of researchers said. 7-7 7 ; “We’re not going to shy sea ice loss, according to an The sensitivity of sea ice to **E( &7 away from difficult conversa- international team of increasing temperatures has $ 161; / /# tions. Difficult conversations researchers led by British caused the summer Arctic sea 4 -# ; often must be had with the Antarctic Survey (BAS) and ice area to halve over the past people that you otherwise may The Alan Turing Institute, UK. four decades, equivalent to the GC# > have a partnership with,” she Described in the journal loss of an area around 25 times 2P 1 14 said at a news conference in Nature Communications, the the size of Great Britain, they # 4 Hanoi on Thursday. AP AI system, IceNet, addresses said. # # 0 !"#!$!% -
# ## -%" ..%-! + $ +# +861 % / -- 4 # // 1# -% /0Q , 687 duration than the permissible but has suggested amendment 3-5 years at present. in the existing GMPCS (Global ( +)6 +)6 New Delhi:On Women’s 6 !+6 6 Low bit rate services are Mobile Personal Equality Day, NTPC ltd, India’s required for machine-to- Communication by Satellite) ast Sikkim has topped in ndia’s second coronavirus largest integrated energy com- 7)7 7 machine communications, sen- licence meant for satellite ser- Eterms of meeting sustain- Iwave is increasing asset risks pany has recruited its first all- sors used for tracking cargo, vices. able development goals in the for banks, but the country’s Female Engineering Executive vehicles, railway and traffic Trai has also pitched for Niti Aayog’s North Eastern economic recovery, a tighten- Trainees (EETs) batch to reaf- ( +)6 signals, soil content for farm- lowering the spectrum usage Region (NER) District SDG ing of loan underwriting crite- firm its stand on diversity and ing, among others. charges to 1 per cent from 4 per Index Report 2021-22 and ria, and continued govern- inclusion. NTPC received an elecom regulator Trai on “The service licensees cent for low bit rate satellite Nagaland’s Kiphire featured at ment support will prevent a overwhelming response of the TThursday recommended should be mandated to estab- connectivity. “Replacing the the bottom, as per the specified sharp spike in problem loans, recruitment advertisement, the Government to lish the earth station in India, existing formula-based mech- parameters. and ranks the districts based on according to a Moody’s tive interest rates and loan which was published in April, reduce/remove various levies corresponding to the chosen anism, spectrum usage charges It was the release of the the same. East Sikkim, with a Investors Service report. restructuring schemes will con- 2021. The engineering gradu- imposed on satellite operators foreign satellite or satellite sys- for using satellite frequencies first edition of the North score of 75.87, ranks first in the “A severe deterioration of tinue to mitigate asset risks, ates were selected based on the as well as measures like avoid- tem, prior to using the leased under the GMPCS service Eastern Region (NER) District region followed by districts banks’ asset quality is unlikely, such that the coronavirus performance in GATE 2021 in ing intermediaries in the seg- capacities,” Trai recommended. authorization should be pre- SDG Index Report and Gomati and North Tripura despite an expected rise in resurgence will delay but not the Electrical, Mechanical, ment to make services afford- The Telecom Regulatory scribed as 1 per cent of AGR. Dashboard 2021–22 by NITI (score 75.73) at the second new loan impairments, partic- derail the improvements in Electronics and able. Authority of India (Trai) said These charges would cover the Aayog and Ministry of position. The score for the 103 ularly among individuals and banks’ balance sheets that had Instrumentation disciplines. The regulator, in its rec- providing choice to the VSAT entire spectrum charges for Development of North Eastern districts ranges from 53 in small businesses that were hit begun before the pandemic. Company has envisioned an ommendations on licensing operators to directly negotiate handsets/user devices as well as Region (M/DoNER) on Kiphire, Nagaland to 75.87 in hardest by the virus outbreak. Moody’s rated banks also all-female Operation Control framework for satellite-based and execute agreements with for earth stations,” Trai said. Thursday. The index measures East Sikkim, Sikkim, the report This is because government have stronger loss-absorbing Room at NTPC in the near connectivity for low bit rate the satellite system provider The regulator has also rec- the performance of the districts said. According to the report, initiatives like the emergency buffers, which will help them future, towards a brighter applications, has suggested will also help in avoiding the ommended removal of net- of the eight states of Arunachal out of the 103 districts consid- credit linked guarantee scheme withstand the asset quality future ahead for females in the allowing use of all types of intermediaries and making work operations and control Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, ered for ranking, 64 districts (ECLGS) have been effective in decline and maintain their organisation. Out of 50 offers satellites for low bit rate con- the satellite-based services centre (NOCC) charges and Meghalaya, Mizoram, belonged to the front runner providing immediate liquidity credit strength. Banks had rein- sent by NTPC, 30 Female nectivity. affordable. facilitation charges by the gov- Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura category while 39 districts were for businesses,” Moody’s Vice forced these buffers in the past Executive Trainees (ETs) have It also recommended use The regulator has not rec- ernment when hiring foreign on the Sustainable in the performer category in President and Senior Credit year through increases in cap- already joined the company of foreign satellites for provid- ommended any separate capacities from the approved Development Goals (SDGs) the composite score and rank- Officer Alka Anbarasu said. ital, loan-loss reserves, and between 31st July and 6th ing connectivity for a longer licence for low bit rate services list of foreign players. and their corresponding targets ing of districts. In addition, accommoda- profitability. August 2021. @@0 R 6) # $ P $&1 8A( 4 ) ) . O>G 9 @ ( +)6 CSR norms.Activities under- place for three financial years * 2>5922 taken by companies as part of till FY 2022-23, as per the FAQs orporate Social the normal course of business (Frequently Asked Questions) ( !!6 pack, rising 1.29 per cent, fol- Kolkata:Steel Authority of CResponsibility spending is not considered CSR work. dated August 25. lowed by M&M, HCL Tech, ( +)6 sale of entire PSUs across sev- India Ltd is aiming at reducing under the companies law However, the ministry has pro- “This exclusion is allowed quity benchmarks Sensex ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, HUL eral sectors, including general its net debt to a range of Rs should not be interpreted as a vided an exemption for com- only in case the companies are Eand Nifty ended on a flat and Nestle India. he All India Bank Officers’ insurance companies and 15,000-20,000 crore in the cur- source of financing the panies engaged in R&D activ- engaged in R&D in collabora- note for the second straight ses- On the other hand, Bharti TConfederation (AIBOC) banks in the public sector, ini- rent fiscal if the prices and resource gaps in Government ities for new vaccines, drugs tion with organisations as men- sion on Thursday amid expiry Airtel, Maruti, PowerGrid, SBI, on Thursday opposed the tiated through the Union demand for the commodity schemes, the Ministry of and medical devices in their tioned in item (ix) of Schedule of monthly derivative con- Tata Steel, NTPC and Sun National Monetisation Budget 2021. remain stable, a top company Corporate Affairs has said as it normal course of business with VII and disclose the same in tracts and a muted trend over- Pharma were among the lag- Pipeline, terming the move as “Such privatisation will official said on Thursday. The issued a detailed set of FAQs for respect to COVID. their board reports,” the min- seas. gards, tumbling up to 4.18 per “wholesale privatisation” of only benefit a handful of large Maharatna PSU has around the effective implementation of The exemption would be in istry said. After trading range-bound cent. public sector assets across all corporates while destroying 30,000 crore net debt as of through the session, the 30- “Indian market started flat crucial infrastructure sectors. the foundations of our nation- June 30, 2021, down from share BSE Sensex ended just to marginally negative follow- The bank officers’ union al economy,” it said in a state- 35,350 crore by end of the pre- 4.89 points or 0.01 per cent ing negative Asian market cues urged the Union government ment.Employees, officers and vious fiscal. “We are aiming at higher at 55,949.10. as South Korea’s central bank to desist from moving along other stakeholders of public reducing the debt drastically Extending its rising streak hiked interest rates, making it this “disastrous path of selling sector enterprises, which col- from around 30,000 crore for the fourth day, the broad- the first developed economy to family silver”. “This wholesale lectively serve as the back- now to anywhere between er NSE Nifty advanced 2.25 do so in the pandemic era,” privatisation of infrastructure bone of the economy, are total- 15,000-20,000 crore, depend- points or 0.01 per cent to its said Narendra Solanki, Head- assets under the garb of ‘asset ly opposed to privatisation of ing on steel prices and demand fresh closing peak of 16,636.90. Equity Research monetisation’ is accompanying public assets in any form, it situation,” SAIL chairman Reliance Industries was (Fundamental), Anand Rathi. the disinvestment and strategic added. Soma Mondal said. PTI the top gainer in the Sensex * ) 1 2 , ( +)6
ndian Tobacco Association Ion Thursday said it has urged the Government to include tobacco under the tax rebate scheme RoDTEP (Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products) with an aim to encourage exports from the sector. The Government on August 17 announced rates of tax refunds under the export promotion scheme RoDTEP for 8,555 products, such as marine goods, yarn, dairy items. Under the RoDTEP, var- ious central and state duties, taxes, and levies imposed on input products, among others, would be refunded to exporters. 9 New Delhi:Walmart-owned Flipkart on Thursday said it has strengthened its supply chain network in Karnataka with the addition of three new facilities ahead of the upcoming festive season, a move that is expect- ed to help create over 14,000 job opportunities. The new fulfilment centres (warehouses) will help create deeper capabilities to support thousands of sellers, MSMEs, small farmers from the state to cater to the growing customer demand, create more employ- ment opportunities while enabling faster deliveries for consumers, a statement said. These new facilities will serve sellers of large appli- ances, furniture, mobile phones, apparel and electron- ics and are located in Kolar, Hubli and Anekal, it added. Flipkart has nine supply chain facilities, including ful- filment and sortation hubs in Karnataka spread across near- ly 23 lakh square feet area and has created more than 26,000 direct and indirect job oppor- tunities. PTI !"#!$!%
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And here we cent round eyes and tails that start are, today is August 27 and wagging every single time there is Chehre is finally being aired in food around; our furry four-legged theatres across the country. friends that make our hearts melt Rumy Jafry, the director, every time they smile. credited the producer of One of the purest forms of love Chehre, Anand Pandit, for that exists is the one between a per- being at his patient best and son and their pets. One’s ability to believing in the project. “I showcase love and affection can be have to let you know that, as determined from how they treat a director, this film was made their pet — qualities that are essen- keeping in mind the audience tial to a human relationship too. to sleep on their bed. in theatres. I have the constant OkCupid has always been a plat- ' 7( urge to keep doing things that form which empowers users to find F I haven't done before. Part of A NEW FACE IN CINEMA their kind of love based on shared Most users on Okcupid are the reason why I chose to interests, quirks and beliefs and for pet lovers, with 41 per cent say- work on a thriller is that the some daters, their pets are simply ing they prefer dogs. 26 per cent scope is limitless. I can play B "" 1 & &&) 88 " part of the package! On account of saying they love both dogs and with the lighting, background International Dog Day, celebrated cats, 6 per cent love cats exclu- music, and shots and so on. 8&@ 1F E@'& " % "" 8@AF/3@F yesterday, the premiere dating app, sively, while 27 per cent were of Keeping in mind the technol- shared data from its in-app ques- the opinion that they don’t like ogy and tools that are available always nice to receive some a newcomer all over again. I tions on how millennial daters in either. in these times, we brought in positive feedback (laughs). wrote a song for the first time their search for unconditional love, the best of the best, like Resul When I first set foot in the in my life, and would you look at the relationships their > 56 6F Pookutty, so that we had a fit- industry, it took me three believe it if I say that it is the potential partners have with their 63 per cent responded with ting end product. I don’t have years to convince people to title track of the film, which furry friends. a resounding yes for the large any qualms against OTT, it trust my ability as a director. was recited by Bachchan ji and Responses shared by daters on burly animals, while 37 per has opened so many interest- And, well, here I am. But I composed by Vishal and the app suggest that 67 per cent cent would prefer small dogs ing avenues for the audience have to admit, I was glad Shekhar,” he shared with a users would either love to have a running around in their lives. as well as people in the indus- when people reached out to wide smile. furry friend, or already do. Those try. But Anand bhai agreed to me with glowing reviews of When we asked him who are on the lookout for love also shows a person’s sensitive side, a $ 1 6 3> 5 : 3% wait for the situation to get the trailer. That made me about his formula for work, have a soft spot for rescued animals, great quality to look for when 55 3 1F better since the audience think that I was on the right he replied unabashedly, “I with 81 per cent users saying that searching for your kind of love! 42 per cent users claimed deserves to watch this incred- path and that I ought to have decided that I will never they would date a person who res- they would respond with ‘Aww, ible piece of cinema in the the- believe in myself more often. repeat myself. I would hate to cues stray animals and brings them To further understand how how cute!’ when a dog licks atres for a wholesome experi- I can’t wait for the film to be serve the same, boring stuff home. Confirming this further, 66 OkCupid’s users feel about these their face and showers them ence. All credit to Anand released.” to viewers. I want to explore per cent said they would prefer to four-legged bundles of joy with kisses while 26 per bhai, for being at his patient Elaborating on his expe- and come up with more adopt a pet rather than purchasing and how their pet beliefs cent users would prefer to best and recognising the value rience of working with a stal- incredible material for the one from a breeder. Coming to how can impact their search for not let dogs lick their face, of Chehre,” he shared. wart such as Amitabh work on the sets easier. You would be shooting in Poland audience. Truth be told, I these adorable animals can help love, the dating app’s study and the remaining 32 per A visibly excited Jafry Bachchan, Jafry remarked, “I will not feel that such a senior with Bachchan ji. I remember have three projects ready, daters in their search for love, pets revealed some notable cent aren’t exactly sure how could not stop gushing about have worked with him in two actor, a superstar is present on this one time when it was -14o sab likh k rakha hai. But we are also the purr-fect conversation insight for the following they would react. the film and how it turned out projects in the past and it is your set.” and despite some discom- all know how this industry starters for 31 per cent millennials, questions: to be better than what he had always a delight to work with He went on to reveal, fort, he still completed the works; I would like to take coming in a close second behind $ 51 1 51 16 expected. He expressed, him. He is a thorough profes- “We shot a huge chunk of the shoot without a fuss.” things one step at a time. I am talking about goals, plans and $ 991 165359F “Honestly, I did not know sional, through and through; film in Poland and Slovakia, As the conversation pro- sure that Chehre will make wishes. In fact, 53 per cent users feel 5 F 59 per cent said they would what to expect. And when I so disciplined, dedicated and that too in December. I was ceeded that part of the excite- more people trust my vision. that pet owners who ‘baby-talk’ 43 per cent users have said they rush to rescue their pet without say that, I do not mean that I involved that there is absolute- forewarned by a lot of my ment was due to something Dekh lena, Chehre ke baad with their pets are endearing. Fair would allow their pet to sleep on a doubt, and only 1 per cent said was anxious about the audi- ly no stress for the director on peers who were caught off Jafry had done for the first aur achche film banaunga to say, millennials feel that talking their bed alongside them, while 32 that they wouldn’t. Well, that’s ence’s response, though it is the set, in fact making my guard when they learnt that I time in his career. “I feel like main.” in cute ‘baby voices’ to one’s pets per cent would not prefer their pets comforting. ) ( " ; WE’VE GOT THE RETRO LOOK 7""" B C BD( " ( " ( " < 1 E E / ( ( azm-e-Mahal by Leena NSingh is the story of the he name of the collection this time is quintessential royal queen- TScintilla which means a tiny spark of light. who values the old world Scintilla has always allured us, the very first charm. She is sophisticated, sliver of light at the dawn or in a pitch dark elegant and is empowered in sky when we see a star shining, or in a total her own demeanor. The eclipse the first spark of light that shines on poise in her gait portrays the a world shrouded in darkness is called scin- ( C- blurred the boundaries between ball epitome of her purity with tilla. It breaks the darkness both from outside gowns and lehengas, creating hybrid timeless radiance and and within. This collection is an attempt to ike an unlikely, shimmering styles that would be suited to any- majestic epiphany. depict the exultation nature celebrates through Lwaterbody defying the withering where from New York to New Delhi. Ashima-Leena (AL) brilliant blooms, scintillating constellation, dew heat of the Thar, Shantnu and Nikhil’s Voluminous drapes met expertly couture - 2021 collection drops, snow falls or vivid colors of the sky. We collection stood out for its splendour constructed bodices to form one-of- was adorned with the magic depicted these elements through water lilies and unapologetic glamour. The a-kind pieces that wouldn’t be out of of royalty yet drenched with and other blooms, birds, constellations or fire- designers said that Oasis is, in place in a dark, stormy fairytale. simplicity reflecting the strains using a technique The purity and the sim- works and dew drops through signature essence, their response to the need of Embellished with exquisite hand- pure soul of a princess which has become extinct plicity of the maharanis of brushstrokes like linear hand embroidery,” said our times — beauty to those deprived embroideries, they shimmerred with belonging to the Mughal over the years. The subdued bygone era were reflected Amit, speaking on the occasion. of it, glamour to those missing it, crystals, while leather appliqués lent era. The collection com- beautiful colours of light and authentically portrayed This time the sheer scale of the collection’s power to those feeling helpless. a powerful statement to each look. bined delicate hand embroi- turquoise, light pink, light in these most exclusive trains and bustles in gowns as well as lehen- Proportioned 70:30, the lineup con- Here, the signature Shantnu and dery with meticulously peach and vibrant purple pieces of art, with special gas were far more dramatic and voluminuos. sisted of menswear primarily, with Nikhil crimson lehengas took center- curated woven textiles, with coupled with rich heavy techniques of restoration. And from what Amit said, we understood that key womenswear silhouettes that stage, standing out of the crowd with classic AL royal silhouettes weaves of the beautiful The brilliant selection of it was all about the scintillating emotions of added a new dimension to the over- their softer appeal and painstaking- worn by maharanis in antique sarees spoke of the hues transformed textures the bride, depicted through her ensembles. all look. ly executed embellishments all done palaces in the Mughal era. classic and subdued taste into a chromatic scale of Ruffles, scrunched textures, feathers and On offer, the famed draped kur- by the hands of master artisans. The high point of this and style of maharanis of charming colors exuding ingenious saree drapes, trains and bustles are tas for men, now achieved in kalei- The colour palette travelled from collection was its antique that era. an old-world charm. something we all were used to seeing from doscopic prints on the finest of silks. gold to navy, reds to blacks, punctu- brocade sarees which have The collection com- Nazm-e Mahal can best Amit, over the past decade. However, this time These were paired with armour-like ated with multicolour couture prints been sourced from the orig- prised classic blouses, circu- be likened to a story that around, brush stroke linear embroderies a constant feature of Amit’s collection over the bundis and military-inspired short developed in-house and transferred inal wardrobes of the maha- lar lehengas, antique deli- was woven beautifully with seem to be taking centrestage. Admittedly, years. Rachel Weisz, Eva Longoria, Elizabeth bandhgalas in black. The new onto the most luxurious fabrics. ranis from the palaces of cate sarees with jeweled tas- rich textiles, and employed Amit was ahead of his time when over a decade Gillies, Toni Braxton, Avril Lavigne are some Shantnu and Nikhil cowl trousers The campaign storytelling embodied Rajasthan, and have been sels, brocade-woven odhnis magical restoration, to pro- and a half ago he was showing dramatic ball notable names which have adorned his cre- updated the dhoti silhouette, and the same spirit of modernity which restored by the designers’ with antique gold fabrics, duce a confluence of the gowns with long trains and bustles, along with ations. “I always believed in pushing the enve- went perfectly with both, the short- blended beautifully with the coura- weavers from Banaras. The and re-interpretated length- exquisite traditional saree gowns which are now a de riguer in every lope and making a way forward in fashion and er jackets as well as the longer sher- geous voice of the collection. The warp and the weft of the ened jackets that can be wardrobes of maharanis Indian wedding. Duchesse satin gowns with I will continue to do more with more chutz- wanis, all topped with jewelled backdrop of the campaign was set in weaves were infused with worn with various classic with timeless royal silhou- detachable trains with large bows, organza tex- pah and vigour and ardour,” Amit signed off brooches and regalia-inspired acces- a space which reflected a similar ener- pure gold and pure silver silhouettes. ettes. tured ball gowns, saree drape gowns had been with a flourish. sories. 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Along with Providing the right amount of food can be driving factors behind these poor nutri- comfort level was clearly evident on their it, the vegetarian plat- reduce the risk of obesity, diabetes, and tional choices associated with sleep depri- faces. ter included the nutriment improve heart health. These facts are well- vation. The normal production of leptin As an art lover, I was specifically of Crunchy dahi sticks, which known, but many people are unaware that and ghrelin, hormones that help control engrossed in observing a bronze replica were basically curd ice cream sticks in their poor diet can also affect sleep. appetite and hunger, is thrown off even of the Vitvruvian Man and I, for a glasses, with a crunchy twist, Bharwa gol- Certain foods and drinks can make it after short periods of inadequate sleep. moment, did nothing but awe at the bril- gappe, adorned with curd and namkeen, easier or harder to get the sleep that one Other chemicals in the brain that help liance of the architect. were extremely appetizing. The aesthet- needs. Enough sleep is associated with guide food choices may also be impacted We were welcomed warmly by Neha ic appeal was so endearing, nobody maintaining a healthier body weight and by lack of sleep. In addition, sleep is known Sarna, who talked about how the cus- could stop themselves from clicking pic- can be beneficial for people who are try- to affect concentration, decision-making, tomers were drawn back to this warmth tures as the dishes kept coming in one ing to lose weight or have health condi- and mood, all of which can play into the and the classics. The significance of the after the other. The representation of the tions like thyroid, blood pressure and dia- types of foods we incorporate into our quality of the product was also empha- WITC Tandoori chicken, Cherry pepper betes. daily diet. sised by the CEO Deepak Tandon, who chicken and Chilli chicken oyster sauce was It’s no secret that both a healthy diet mentioned that an entrepreneur starting at par with the taste and competed for fin- and a good sound sleep play an important Some foods that will help improve a restaurant needs the following three ger-licking dishes. The taste of the suc- role in our health, but this secret is often your quality of sleep: things: a strong product, clarity, and culent sauce on the Dynamite Prawns was overlooked. determination. sweet and the crunchiness only added to MILK Since its establishment in 2002, its flavours. Should dieting be avoided for bet- Milk contains tryptophan and mela- WITC has branched out, and the compar- I could not ter sleep? tonin that may help you fall asleep. atively newer branch in Connaught Place, imagine eating Very low calorie diet or a very high Tryptophan is an amino acid found in a New Delhi, is catching eyes quicker than more food, but calorie diet will make it difficult to sleep. variety of protein-containing foods. It usual. On the subject of the cafe+bar the scrump- Erratic diet trends of fasting to lose plays an important role in the production exuding an urban-ish vibe, Sarna com- tiousness weight will create sleep problems in the of the neurotransmitter known as sero- mented, “Here the main-course is all pre- made it long term. Empty stomach or too full tonin. plated. WITC is a more contemporary almost stomach affects the quality of sleep. Loud CHAMOMILE TEA version of its older counterparts.” mandatory to snoring is a common sign of overeating. Stress is another marker for poor Thanks to its uniqueness of blending not miss any- Overeating or junk eating can make you sleep. Having two cups of chamomile tradition with modernity, the multi-cui- thing. Were feel constipated, nauseous, gassy or acidic flower may reduce stress and anxiety and sine restaurant with its diverse menu still we experienc- at night which may keep you awake at improve sleep quality. finds its peak popularity in traditional ing FOMO? night. ASHWAGANDHA dishes like Dal makhani, Dum biryani, Perhaps, because Consuming excess refined or rich car- Ashwagandha is a magical herb for Spicy tofu with green veggies, et al. orange juice, and tonic water on the base I, further, got a South bohydrates diets, especially during the lat- every health condition and also for sleep. However, what was commendable was of gin. The tastes swerved together as if Indian gimlet made for ter half of the day like sugar, sodas, pas- Mix ¼ spoon of ashwagandha powder their modern touch, embellishing the tra- rendering a different kind of freshness myself, customised, with the base of gin, tries, and maida can affect the way you with a glass of milk or make it in tea form. ditions and the 19 years legacy that the and relaxation to the spices, and juice. Moreover, it is a sin to sleep. Have it one hour after dinner. chain of restaurants car- mind. The bourbon say no to desserts and so we were served High consumption of coffee and tea BANANAS ried with it. The conven- base gin, as the name with a range of luscious dishes like during examinations, work or because of Bananas are rich in magnesium and tions were suggested, contained Angoori rabdi, the grapes in the sweet habit leads to insomnia. Caffeine dehy- potassium which helps in relaxing our grazed with a the goodness of bour- rabdi had an intoxicating experience by drates your body and alerts your brain muscles and may be beneficial to improve stroke of novel- bon, sugar and water. itself, Sizzling brownie, the Kulfi platter, throughout the night causing sleeplessness, the quality of leep. Have it with milk one ty with savoury The first dish with mango, rose and kesar and pista anxiety, frequent nighttime awakenings, hour after dinner. dishes like served to us was deli- flavours giving it an appearance of a and overall poorer sleep quality. Cutting B12 RICH FOODS Spaghetti with cious Chicken pista- colourful delicacy, and an aesthetically back the caffeine intake as a pre workout Caffeine awakens your mind and creamy pesto chio tom yum. It would pleasing and moreish Apple pie. can be beneficial for some. helps you workout or focus more. But it sauce, Prawn patia, not be wrong to say We were informed of WITC’s brand dehydrates the body in the long run and Lemon fish, Sizzling that I had never tasted a Meethi, and on tasting its sweets, it was What kind of diet should be followed can cause anxiety and sleeplessness. brownie, and so on. The vast better combination of white impossible for me to not mention the for better sleep? Adding B12 supplement gives the same cuisines incorporate that of sauce, chicken pieces and pista- toothsome Kaju katli, Figs barfi, Doda Consume a balanced diet. Researchers focus and alertness but will also improve Indian, Oriental, Mexican, chio. The warm soup soothed barfi, and Pedas. My favourite would be have shown having a balanced amount of the quality of sleep. Lebanese, Italian, Sizzlers, our insides. We were not fin- Kaju katli - you could taste the cashews, carbohydrates- protein and fats improves AJWAIN AND METHI and Beverages. ished, yet, when we were served sugar, and milk as if freshly mixing and the quality of sleep. Ajwain with honey will help you relax The exotic cocktails’ ses- with Smoky avocado salad, and melting in your mouth. Fat rich diet takes time to be digest- or two teaspoons juice of methi leaves sion commenced with Lemon fish. The piquant I highly recommend the Chicken pis- ed. 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