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MYRIAD MOODS RHEA APPEARS BEFORE ED LANDSLIDE WIN Actor Janhvi Kapoor shares various moods Actor Rhea Chakraborty, accused of abetting Rajapaksa will be sworn in as Lanka's PM for while promoting her upcoming flick suicide of Sushant Singh Rajput, appeared 4th time Sunday after his party won a landslide victory Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl LEISURE | P2 before the ED Friday TWO STATES | P7 INTERNATIONAL | P10

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AGENCIES An Air India Express flight with passengers on board New Delhi/Kozhikode, August 7: en route from Dubai skidded An Air India Express aircraft skidded off the runway while landing off the runway while landing in in Kozhikode, Friday PTI PHOTO Kozhikode and plunged into the deep valley below. At least 11 people have re- portedly died in the accident, includ- Record 1-day Covid Don’t you give any frequent flier ing the pilot of the flight, DV Sathe. benefits? I’ve been flying with you The incident occurred at 7.41 pm since my childhood! Friday when the flight from Dubai to spike in India, state Kozhikode skidded off the runway after landing at the 'table-top' airport. AGENCIES & PNN The aircraft with 190 persons on- Treatment at SHORT TAKES board, including six crew members, New Delhi/Bhubaneswar, pvt hosps soon battled heavy rains while landing. August 7: Registering over According to the Directorate General 60,000 cases in 24 hours for BHUBANESWAR: With the Kerala landslide of Civil Aviation, Air India Express the first time, India's COVID- spike in Covid-19 cases, the AXB1344, a B737 aircraft, with 191 peo- 19 tally galloped past 20 lakh state government Friday kills 15; 60 missing ple onboard, landed on Runway 10 on Friday, while the number allowed private hospitals amid visibility of 2,000 metres in heavy of recoveries surged to 13.78 having 30 or more beds to Thiruvananthapuram: Heavy rain, but continued running till the lakh, according to Union open Covid-19 units. In view rain followed by a landslide at of the pandemic, a large end of runway, fell down in the valley health ministry data. The Rajamalai in Idukki district number of cases of different Thursday night has left at least and broke into two pieces. coronavirus infection tally severities like mildly symp- 15 persons dead, including a As per the Ministry of Civil Aviation, had crossed 19 lakh just two tomatic, very mildly sympto- child, and more than 60 others rescue operations are going on and days ago. matic, moderate and severe are reported missing, a police the injured have been moved to the It took 110 days for COVID- are being detected. P3 official said Friday. The latest hospital. After landing at runway 10, 19 cases in the country to reports indicate that there were the flight continued running to end of reach one lakh and 59 days district, under which nearly 100 people in the locality, the runway and fell down in the valley way. Malappuram SP Abdul Kareem to information received here, the pas- Vijayan said police and fire force per- more to cross the 10-lakh Bhubaneswar falls, reported most of whom had returned to and broke into two portions, the state- said there could be more casualties. sengers sitting in the front row have been sonnel have been directed to take all mark. Thereafter it took the highest number of new the area following the pandemic. ment said. At least 170 passengers About 40 ambulances have reached seriously injured. measures for rescue and relief opera- just 21 days more to go past cases at 298. The landslide occurred after have been rescued. the accident spot and are taking the pas- Rescue operations are progressing. tions. Further details were not im- 20 lakh. This was the ninth According to the health heavy rains over the last few An airline spokesperson said the sengers to various hospitals in It had been raining heavily at the time mediately known. Air India Express has day in a row that the tally in- ministry data, 62,538 cases days in the area mostly inhabited aircraft apparently overshot the run- Kozhikode and Malappuram. According of the accident. Chief Minister Pinarayi only Boeing 737 planes in its fleet. creased by more than 50,000. were added in the country by tea estate workers. P9 Odisha registered its high- in a day taking the total est single-day spike in coronavirus caseload to COVID-19 cases Friday as 20,27,074. The toll climbed to India to host T20 Hockey skipper tests Covid +ve 1,833 more people tested pos- 41,585 with 886 people suc- COP STRENGTH AT itive for the infection, a cumbing to the infection in World Cup in 2021 AGENCIES virus while travelling health official said. The 24 hours, the data showed. New Delhi: The International from their hometowns to state's COVID-19 death toll At the same time, the Cricket Council (ICC) has PSes TO BE RAISED Bangalore, August 7: Indian national SAI, Bangalore. soared to 247 as 12 more pa- number of patients who re- decided that India will host the men’s hockey team skipper Manpreet All four tested nega- tients succumbed to the in- cuperated from the disease 2021 edition of the T20 World Singh, along with three of his teammates, tive in the rapid test. fection, he said. surged to 13,78,105 on Friday Cup while the postponed 2020 POST NEWS NETWORK the release said. has tested positive for coronavirus after However, since Manpreet The new infections re- taking the recovery rate to edition will now be played in Director General of Police Abhay, reporting to the national camp in Sports and Surender began to ported from 29 of 30 dis- 67.98 per cent. There are Australia in 2022. India is also Bhubaneswar, August 7: Chief through his official twitter han- Authority of India’s National Centre of display virus symptoms tricts have pushed the state's 6,07,384 active coronavirus set to host the 50-over World Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday dle, thanked the Chief Minister Excellence here. This was revealed since later, they along with other 10 athletes coronavirus caseload to cases in the country Cup in India in 2023. The ICC gave his go-ahead to a plan for ra- for sanctioning 905 new posts at as a proactive step, SAI made it mandatory who had travelled together were given 42,550. As many as 1,118 new presently which comprise had announced the tionalisation of 905 posts in Odisha 220 police stations across the state. for all athletes, who reported back to the the Quantitative RT-PCR test Thursday, and cases were reported from 29.96 per cent of the total postponement of the 2020 Police and creation of six police sta- Meanwhile, Commissioner of camp to take a rapid COVID-19 test upon the four have been found to be positive. quarantine centres, while caseload. Case fatality rate edition of the World T20 July 20 tions in various districts, a release Police Sudhanshu Sarangi, in a arrival. Since all the athletes who tested due to the coronavirus Though the test results have still not been 715 people tested positive has further dropped to 2.07 pandemic, but did not mention from CMO said. press briefing, expressed his grat- positive had travelled together, there is a handed over to SAI, the state government for the infection during con- per cent, the Union health the venue for the 2021 edition The state government’s decision itude to the CM for formally giving high likelihood that they contracted the has informed the test results to the SAI. tact tracing, he said. Khurda ministry said. More P4 and the 2022 edition. They had to increase the staff strength at his approval for establishment of only said that the 2023 50-over police stations will enable PSes to a police station at Bharatpur and World Cup will be played in deliver efficient citizen-centric increase the cops’ strength at 16 n ROAD SAFETY TO BE October-November in India. P12 services and control crime effi- police stations and one outpost in INCLUDED IN CLASS-X Rlys to end Raj era ciently. the Commissionerate Police. Road safety classes in SYLLABUS FROM NEXT A significant de- The new police station YEAR Khalasi system; cline in Maoist at Bharatpur, carved out MARKET WATCH n ROAD SAFETY DAY TO menace due to of Khandagiri police sta- BE OBSERVED ONCE IN security force’s tion, will have six sub in- no fresh hiring INDEX VARIATION schools from this year A WEEK IN SCHOOLS response and spectors, three assistant developmental sub-inspectors, 21 constables along POST NEWS NETWORK Day in schools once in a week. This ment also planned to set up trauma AGENCIES SENSEX 38040.57 15.12 activities in the infested areas has with an inspector in-charge. day will feature painting, quiz and care centres (TCCs) in each of 30 dis- enabled the state police to rede- Locals in Khandagiri area have Bhubaneswar, August 7: With debate competitions on road safety tricts. So far eight have been made New Delhi, August 7: The BOURSES NIFTY 11214.00 13.80 ploy manpower in police stations been demanding upgradation of an aim to curb fatalities on roads among students. functional. Railways is set to end a colonial- DOLLAR 75.13 `0.02 in other areas. the outpost at Bharatpur into a by creating awareness among school “We have included road safety in Fatalities on roads have not era practise of appointing khala- The CM had recently directed the full-fledged police station. students, the state government has the school curriculum. Students will stopped even during lockdowns. sis or 'bungalow peons' who worked EURO 88.36 `0.57

CURRENCY DGP to make more personnel avail- Similarly, the cops’ strength in included road safety in the text- learn it in schools from Class-V to At least 360 people were killed only at the residences of senior offi- GOLD `55,150 `695 able at police stations by way of Balipatna PS, Chandaka, Nayapali, books of students between Class-V Class IX. However, it may change as in April and May. As police per- cials, following an order from the rationalisation. Chandrasekharpur, Airfield, and Class IX. new education policy-2020 has come sonnel are busy in Covid manage- Railway Board barring any new ap- SILVER `74,150 `1902 The CM also approved the cre- Balianta, Mancheswar, Lingaraj, Students will learn basic road into effect. Following the National ment duty, it was decided to pointment to the post. BULLION ation of six new police stations in Jatni, police stations has been in- safety rules and regulations like Council of Educational Research strengthen enforcement activities In an order issued August 6, various districts by bifurcating ex- creased. The staff strength at wearing helmets, seatbelts while and Training (NCERT), we will revise by RTO officials, sources said. the Railway Board has said the isting police stations. And the ex- Banamalipur outpost under driving, driving on left side, among our entire school curriculum,” said To check technical problems on issue regarding telephone atten- WEATHER isting PSes that are to be bifur- Balipatna police station has been others. The government has al- director of State Council of roads, the transport department dant-cum-dak khalasis (TADKs) is BHUB CTK cated are Khandagiri PS, Angul increased too. ready included road safety as a Educational Research and Training has conducted audit of all roads. The under review. town PS, Jharsuguda town PS, The state government has given topic in the curriculum of teacher's (SCERT) Gangadhar Sahoo. concerned agency has also recom- "The issue regarding the ap- MAX 34.2° 34.6° Bhanjanagar PS, Bhadrak (rural) green signal for the increase of training programmes being im- Similarly, community education mended necessary measures to fix pointment of TADK is under re- PS, Bhadrak and Tihidi PSes. staff strength at Jagatpur, parted at existing teachers’ train- programmes will be conducted in it. Out of 2,946 km length of na- view in Railway Board. It has, TEMP MIN 26.2° 24.5° Forecast The rationalisation will make Chauliaganj, Choudwar, ing institutes. From next academic roadside villages with an aim to tional highways under the PWD, therefore, been decided that any Humidity 98% 95% a difference in strengthening 220 Badambadi, Baranga and Sadar year, the topic will come up in Class- train 3,500 participants at regular audit recommendations have been appointment of fresh face sub- Generally Rainfall 25mm 9.4mm cloudy sky police stations and six outposts police stations under the Cuttack X syllabus. The government has intervals. To provide critical care implemented for 475 km. Each year, stitutes as TADK should not ei- in 21 police districts in the state, UPD in Commissionerate. also decided to observe Road Safety to accident victims, the govern- 500 km road will be modified. ther be processed or made with im- mediate effect. "Further, all cases approved for such appointments since 1st July 2020 may be re- ` viewed and position advised to Covid vax to be priced at around 225 per dose: Serum Board. This may be complied with strictly in all railway establish- ments," the order said. Upon join- SERUM INSTITUTE TO The collaboration will provide Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum rhoea, pneumonia and measles. ing railways as temporary staff, upfront capital to SII to help them Institute of India. This collaboration further under- TADKs become Group D staff fol- PRODUCE 100M DOSES increase manufacturing capacity "The rampant spread of the virus scores India's proven-track record lowing a screening process after OF COVID VACCINE now so that, once a vaccine, or vac- has rendered the entire world in in developing safe and quality vac- a period of around three years. cines, gains regulatory approval an unimaginable halt of uncer- cines. In earlier days, officers posted FOR INDIA & LMICS and WHO prequalification, doses can tainty. And to ensure maximum Renu Swarup, Secretary, in remote areas or working in the be produced at scale for distribution immunization coverage and con- Department of Biotechnology said, field during odd hours would be AGENCIES to India and LMIC as part of the Gavi tain the pandemic, it is important "India has a proven track record of provided a TADK to ensure secu- COVAX AMC mechanism as early to make sure that the most remote manufacturing safe and cost-ef- rity for his family as well as do odd New Delhi, August 7: Serum as the first half of 2021. and poorest countries of the world fective vaccines not only for India, official work like take phone calls Institute of India (SII), the world’s The funding will support at-risk have access to affordable cure and but for the world. Over the last or ferry files. These TADK staff largest vaccine manufacturer by manufacturing by SII for candidate preventive measures. Through this decade, Government of India has would usually become ticket ex- volume, has entered into a new vaccines from AstraZeneca and association, we seek to ramp up encouraged innovation, and sup- aminers, porters, mechanics for air- y landmark partnership with Gavi, Novavax, which will be available for our constant efforts to save the lives ported the Indian vaccine industry conditioned coaches and cooks in

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k y m c FORTUNE FORECAST Janhvi shares Shivaleeka on being an ‘Promote Indian her many outsider in filmdom ARIES moods of digital New Delhi: Budding actress me as an actor," she added. Before You're finally impressed organic fabric, by the yogis. A degree promotion Shivaleeka Oberoi admits it is not her debut as an actor, Shivaleeka course in Art of Living? easy for an outsider to carve a worked as an assistant director Ganesha approves. You may even fulfill a path in Bollywood, and says that on Kick and Housefull 3. desire to begin lessons in music or Mumbai: With city-to-city pro- one needs to have immense self- She made her acting debut in dance, or something that has interested motions unlikely owing to the belief to survive the journey. 2019 with romantic thriller Yeh you since long. A good, good day, and it preserve planet’ smells of sweet success. ongoing pandemic, celebrities “Honestly, it is not easy,” Saali Aashiqui opposite Amrish are choosing digital ways Shivaleeka told IANS, when asked Puri’s grandson Vardhan Puri, to campaign for films. how tough it is for an outsider to and will next Mumbai: Actress Kangana Ranaut TAURUS Actress Janhvi Kapoor find a way and sustain in be seen in urged people to promote Indian or- has shared her various Bollywood, and then added: “But Khuda ganic fabric industries on the oc- You may feel let down as moods while digitally pro- if you believe in yourself and if Haafiz. casion of National Handloom your folks may not moting her upcoming film, you are actually talented, and IANS Day Friday. extend the support you expected from them, says Gunjan Saxena: The you reach the right places... I “Most of us have more than we Ganesha You should try to remain prac- Kargil Girl. have a belief that you have to be can consume. Fashion indus- tical and not get swayed by emotions. It Janhvi took to at the right place at the right try has become one of the most is highly likely that family feuds may Instagram and posted time. Destiny plays a very im- damaging industries for our erupt today. a collage of her flaunt- portant role.” environment, new challenges ing nine different “I never thought that I call for new resolves, let’s pro- funny expressions. would be an actor. My mom mote our own Indian organic GEMINI “Many mooods of is from a different line, fabric industries and pre- Your long-term goals digital promotions,” my dad does something serve the planet,” she said via seem to be shaping up she wrote alongside else and my sister does a tweet posted by Team well. You may also expect the picture. something else. I’m the Kangana Ranut. some good news, which will change the Janhvi, daughter of only one in the acting The actress added: course of your life. Play a waiting game in late actress Sridevi, has been field. My grandfather “When we choose matters of auctions and sealed tenders. given the scope to play the title (Mahavir Oberoi) had handloom we choose And memorise these words: Prevention is better than cure. role in the biopic Gunjan produced a film once, but to elevate our poor Saxena: The Kargil Girl. he passed away when my weavers out of The film is inspired by the father was young, and poverty, we choose CANCER life of Indian Air Force com- since then we had no vocal for local, we Ganesha advises you to bat pilot Gunjan Saxena, touch with the industry. choose our Mother watch your back today. who entered the war zone I actually found my way, Earth, we choose However, he wants to during the 1999 Kargil War. in terms of being on a love for every single make it clear that you Directed by Sharan Sharma, film set, by becoming an being on this may be at the receiving end of others' the cast also features Pankaj assistant director. I gained planet.” actions. Anyway, your cautious and watchful approach will save you from Tripathi, Angad Bedi, Viineet maximum experience Kangana will be needless discomfiture. Kumar, Manav Vij and Ayesha and knowledge by being going behind the Raza. IANS an AD. It really helped camera as a direc- tor for Aparajita LEO Ayodhya. The film will capture the Do not be surprised if entire six-century you find yourself today A digital campaign in support of Indian textiles journey of the in a situation that somehow feels like a Ram Mandir. landmark moment in your life. Whether New Delhi: Slow fashion coupled gar, weaver, artisan but also YOU... She said: “In it is a personal matter or something with the resounding ‘Made in India’ 6TH NATIONAL HANDLOOM DAY who have tirelessly supported the my film, there related to work, that you must wait to sentiment continues to garner the weaving and handloom communi- are several real find out, you will need all your grit and diplomacy to sail through. support of the fashion conscious in ties.” Muslim charac- the country, be it organisations, de- The FDCI also stated in order to ters who have signers or the government. Migrant support the handloom makers, it fought in VIRGO labour especially those aligned with will be opening the third tranche favour of the the textile and fashion industry are of Covid-19 Support Ram temple. You will be cool as a amongst the worst affected; their Fund (CSF) for the So it’s a story cucumber today. Nothing that happens plight has not gone unnoticed. Buyers weavers, to pro- of devotion, will unsettle that com- are stepping up to encourage and bol- vide them fi- faith and posure, says Ganesha. Your loved ones ster weavers and craftsman across nancial as- above all, will stand tall and strong behind you, the country by focusing their pur- sistance by unity in the and inspire you to overcome obstacles. chases on traditional weaves and buying un- country. Your work will reflect dedication, says Ganesha. Go ahead and ask for work textiles instead of fast fashion brands. sold Ram Rajya that is intellectually taxing. “The Fashion Design Council of stocks is beyond India (FDCI) and many other or- from a religion ganisations, under the aegis of the them. and that's LIBRA Ministry of Textiles will be cele- The what Sit back and think hard brating the 6th National Handloom looms, never steering away from media handle and weavers — think about what is it Day with a digital campaign... This the aesthetics of what is rooted in the FDCI shared will be that you really want campaign not just focuses on the our country,” FDCI President Sunil the announcement to identified Aparajita when it comes to your handloom heritage of our country Sethi said in a statement. propel the initiative for- by the DC Ayodhya will be about. It’s a business enterprises, because there but also salutes and highlights the The Ministry of Textiles has re- ward. Handlooms, under very tough screenplay as it are many ways to go about things at work, and they all shall lead your quiet warriors, who have tirelessly leased the official hashtag, Sethi added, “With this initiative, the Ministry of Textiles. travels across 600 years.” IANS somewhere different. worked with Indian processes to #Vocal4handmade, on its social we are not only celebrating the kari- IANS

SCORPIO While not the Trot, you SUDOKU shall, however, trot on the post To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, lines of radicalism today, PEANUTS predicts Ganesha. Learn CROSSWORD column and box must contain the numbers to think as you would, and always have, 0 to 9 and the letters A to E. but act as others would have you to, advises Ganesha. Be the maverick that you are only with those who are closest and dearest, cautions Ganesha.

SAGITTARIUS You may have been experiencing hair loss in the past due to back- breaking stress, but things will begin to clean up today. As complex issues begin to fall in place, you are likely to receive some good news about a promotion or increment. CALVIN AND HOBBES CAPRICORN Overcome with feelings, you may take decisions that may stand in the way of success. Don't let your sentiments ruin your future SOLUTIONS prospects because the damage done will be beyond repair, warns Ganesha. Today, there are also chances that your down-to-earth nature and amiable approach will win the hearts of many.

AQUARIUS You need to think dispas- sionately and with clarity, says Ganesha. As always, sentiments may come in BREVITY the way of your success today. Be careful, CROSSWORD especially while taking decisions that will impact your future.

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POST NEWS NETWORK was launched July 15, 2017. The BEST PRACTICES two main interventions under New Delhi, August 7: In order to API–10 include use of Long Lasting • The NITI Aayog has promote innovative ideas in back- Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) coupled selected the practice of ward districts across the country, with supply side interventions, bike ambulance, auto the NITI Aayog has compiled a se- complemented by bottom-up in- ambulance and delivery ries of best practices implemented centives and nudges such as ‘bell van to promote by several aspirational districts, ringing’ as reminders to use nets and institutional deliveries including six from Odisha. night patrolling by in Kandhamal According to NITI Aayog, shar- ASHA/AWW/Volunteers. This ini- ing of best practices and their sub- tiative to create awareness about • Dhenkanal admin has sequent replication by other dis- malaria has brought down the enabled a mechanism for tricts form the very edifice of Annual Parasite Incidence (API) mandatory ultrasound cooperative federalism model that to 2 in the affected area. sonography for all aspirational district program seeks To promote quality education in pregnant women under to promote. Instead of expecting Gajapati aspirational district, the Kalpana programme every district to reinvent the wheel, state government has launched dissemination of such innovative ‘Teach Gajapati’ campaign under the ideas allows them to learn from TO PROMOTE QUALITY EDUCATION IN GAJAPATI ASPIRATIONAL ‘Mo School’ Abhiyaan. It is an ini- each other and provides a head DISTRICT, THE STATE GOVERNMENT HAS LAUNCHED ‘TEACH GAJAPATI’ tiative where the alumni of re- start in finding solutions to common CAMPAIGN UNDER THE ‘MO SCHOOL’ ABHIYAAN spective schools, interested public problems. and community at large, partici- The NITI Aayog has selected the pate in the overall development of practice of bike ambulance, auto am- were also established to facilitate in- their lifestyle, food habits and shar- schools. Girls buy a clay idol of Goddess Khudurukuni from a stall at Unit-I in Bhubaneswar, Friday. Odia girls bulance and delivery van to pro- stitutional deliveries. ing of experiences. In order to provide potable water usually worship the Goddess for the wellbeing of their brothers OP PHOTO mote institutional deliveries in In Dhenkanal aspirational dis- In order to reduce the infant and to households in hilly and tribal Kandhamal district of Odisha. trict, pregnant women were prone maternal death, ‘Ama Sankalpa regions of Kalahandi district, water Being a tribal area, traditional heal- to skip radiology tests due to inac- Rath Yatras’ were organised to from springs is collected and dis- ing systems are given more im- cessibility. To facilitate these women, spread message about precaution- tributed for drinking and irriga- portance over institutional systems the administration enabled mech- ary measures for maternal and tion purposes through gravity flow Covid care at pvt hospitals soon leading to several deaths.To bring anism for mandatory ultrasound child health in Rayagada aspira- system taking advantage of the un- the community on board, the dis- sonography (USG) for all pregnant tion district of Odisha. dulating terrain. Perennial stream trict doubled its efforts for increasing women by scheduling mass USG In Koraput, the incidents of water is harnessed in an elevated PRIVATE HOSPITALS HAVING 30 BEDS CAN OPEN COVID CARE UNIT the demand and supply side inter- test dates across the sub-district Malaria-related deaths were very zone and utilising gravity power, ventions. Five ‘Bike Ambulances’ hospitals under the Kalpana high due to hilly terrain, forest water is brought to the lower-level POST NEWS NETWORK All asymptomatic or mild to pay on their own or covered and 11 ‘Janani Auto vehicles’ were Programme. Bringing all pregnant cover, inadequate health facility through PVC pipe along with con- under their own insurance shall deployed in remote pockets. Seven women together at these hospitals coverage and low education levels. tours, intermittent outlets and con- Bhubaneswar, August 7: With cases will be sent to be treated in the hospital. No re- Maternity Waiting Homes (MWHs) resulted in discussions regarding To combat this, Mission API–10 trolling devices. persistent rise in novel coronavirus institutional quarantine/ imbursement or payment of any cases, the state government Friday kind towards treatment of such allowed private hospitals having home isolation or any patient will be made by the gov- 30 or more number of beds to open paid Covid Care Centre ernment,” the guidelines said. SERVICES OF FIVE Covid-19 units. The private hospitals have to en- Covid-19 a headache for City police In view of Covid-19 pandemic, a run by the pvt hospital sure that infection never spreads to DEPTS GO ONLINE large number of cases of different the other non-Covid patients. The POST NEWS NETWORK INVISIBLE ENEMY reluctant to go for Covid-19 testing severities from mild to very mild or Now, all asymptomatic or mild staff managing the Covid patients POST NEWS NETWORK even though they have fever and moderate to severe symptomatic cases will be sent to institutional will work for 14 days and then go for Bhubaneswar, August 7: The Covid- Around 30 officials of the some other symptoms similar to the are being detected. At present, the quarantine/ home isolation or any quarantine for another 14 days. Bhubaneswar, August 7: 19 pandemic has become a major Commissionerate Police were tested Covid-19 infections, sources claimed. patients are being treated at dif- paid Covid Care Centre run by the All the tests must be done at the Following the direction of Chief headache for the Commissionerate positive for Covid-19 in recent past Moreover, an official of the GRP ferent healthcare facilities run by private hospital. approved rate notified by the gov- Minister, all government depart- Police in Bhubaneswar as many its police station here was also tested government. Interested private hospitals have ernment. Hospital asked to charge The officials of Nayapalli, Capital, ments are working towards mak- officials at various police stations were GRP and Chandrsekharpur police sta- positive for Covid-19 recently. At However, in view of the present to designate minimum of 10 per reasonable fees from patient and re- ing identified public services avail- tested positive for the deadly virus. tions are most vulnerable to Covid-19 least eight police personnel have re- scenario, the state will need more cent of all beds to be reserved for frain from collecting exorbitant able online. The government has This apart, the rising incidents infections as several slums are coming covered from the Covid-19 infec- number of dedicated hospitals to the Covid patients. However, they fees. Otherwise, strict action will be set a target to make the services of loot and snatching in the Capital under their jurisdictions tions while others are undergoing treat Covid patients. Therefore, the have to register themselves before taken against the hospital, warned online by October 2, 2020. City have further added to the woes treatment. government has asked private hos- starting it. Such facility will have the government. The hospitals can- To this effect, a few services of of the Commissionerate Police, These officials usually deal with It is learnt that most of the po- pitals having more than 30 beds ICU beds with ventilators for crit- not detain patients or the dead body Finance, Odia Language & Culture, sources said. slum dwellers who very often rush to lice officials are reluctant to wear registered under Odisha Clinical ically ill Covid patients. for nonpayment of fees. Sports & Youth Services and According to sources, around 30 the police stations to lodge complaints PPE kits supplied to them by their Establishment (Control & When the suspected cases come The hospitals also asked to allow Science & Technology have been officials of the Commissionerate over petty and trivial issues respective stations. Besides, some Regulation) Act, 1990 to open ded- out to be positive they will be shifted one willing attendant of the pa- made online. Chief Secretary Asit Police were tested positive for Covid- IICs are deploying officials above icated Covid unit. to the Covid beds provided the pa- tient to remain in the earmarked Tripathy has recently reviewed 19 in recent past. The officials of sues. At least nine personnel of 55 years of age to enforce lockdown Health and Family Welfare de- tient wants to take the services of place in the hospital premise while the progress made so far on online Nayapalli, Capital, Government Capital police station were tested and other Covid-19 restrictions in partment has issued detailed guide- hospital on payment of fees. ensuring prevention of cross in- delivery of public services. Railway Police (GRP) and positive for novel coronavirus re- violation of the direction of Director lines in this regard. “Only those patients who want fection. Services of Sports and Youth Chandrsekharpur police stations are cently while many other officials in- General of Police (DGP) Abhay. services department like pension most vulnerable to Covid-19 infec- cluding the inspectors in-charge Bhubaneswar Deputy to indigent sportspersons, facil- tions as several slums are coming (IICs) are now in home quarantine. Commissioner of Police (DCP) ity booking, issuance of ID cards under their jurisdictions. Similarly, nine personnel of Umashankar Dash said, “Steps are SPCB penalises for sportspersons, issue of weight These officials usually deal with Nayapalli police station including being taken for the normal func- and age certificate for sports slum dwellers who very often rush three officers were tested positive for tioning of police stations in city. polluting firms persons have already been put to the police stations to lodge com- Covid-19. However, a few other per- The police officials have been asked online. plaints over petty and trivial is- sonnel of the police station are quite to wear PPE kits while on duty.” POST NEWS NETWORK Similarly, the booking of man- daps under the department of Bhubaneswar, August 7: The Odisha Odia Language and Literature & State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) Culture has been made online. RAIN-SOAKED CITY has imposed penalty on eight erring and The department is now developing polluting industrial units in Paradip as online data base of artists, singers, per the order of the National Green writers and poets, sources said. Tribunal (NGT). Services like processing of pen- sion application, creation of per- manent retirement account num- ber (PRAN), bulk disbursement platform for benefit transfer, pay- ment of taxes & dues, e-GPF, on- line submission of year end sur- render under the department of Finance have been made online. The SPCB, after NGT intervention, Science and Technology de- had issued notices to the erring units partment has developed online and had sought responses from them. model for ORSAC map services. When the industries failed to respond This is a G2C service which in- to the SPCB the board levied fines on cludes online delivery of admin- eight of them ranging from lakhs to istrative and thematic maps pre- crore. pared through satellite images. SPCB Regional Official Dilip Kumar The department has also devel- Dash said that they were penalised for oped GPS and total station based polluting the environment with par- survey techniques as a G2G serv- ticulate matter going beyond rec- ice. The Handloom, Textiles & ommended and permissible limits. Handicrafts department is in an Some of the units were also gov- advanced stage of rolling out on- ernment units. Some of the industrial line issuance of training units have also challenged the deci- certificates. People travel on the Sachibalaya Marg in Bhubaneswar amid heavy rain, Friday OP PHOTO sion with the concerned authorities. Amid pandemic, City residents left ‘powerless’

POST NEWS NETWORK last four days. We have contacted artisans and traders of Ekamra DOUBLE WHAMMY the authorities of Nayapalli elec- Haat in the city here. The traders al- Bhubaneswar, August 7: While • The people of Ganpati tricity sub-station but to no avail. leged that they have been facing dis- the city continues its battle against Nagar slum have been Even, the BMC helpline no. 1929 did ruption in power and water supply the Covid-19 pandemic, disruption facing severe power crisis not help the locals to get their prob- since July 31. “We have been forced in power supply at containment for last four days lems solved. Officials claimed that to depend on lamps and candles at zones and other prominent areas they cannot look into the power cri- night,” they said. here have added to the woes of • Disruption in power sis due to the containment zone Ekamra Haat Artisans’ the locals. supply has caused norms,” said human rights activist Association secretary Chintamani The locals claimed that the au- problems for the artisans Biswapriya Kanungo. Biswal said that artisans from var- and traders of Ekamra Haat thorities concerned have failed to en- Sources, meanwhile, claimed that ious states have been stranded at sure uninterrupted power supply • The traders alleged that the Tata Power Central Odisha the locality due to the Covid-19 re- despite repeated pleas in this they have been facing Distribution Limited (TPCODL) in strictions. “Disruption in power

regard. disruption in power and coordination with the Bhubaneswar and water supply has added to their

k y m c Ganpati Nagar slum area at IRC water supply since July 31 Municipal Corporation (BMC) has sufferings,” he added. Village in the city here was declared started work to restore power sup- Sources, meanwhile, claimed that a containment zone July 21 in the ply in the Ganpati Nagar slum area. renovation work at Ekamra Haat wake of detection of several Covid- was facing frequent power cuts since ple of Ganpati Nagar slum have Similarly, disruption in power has been causing disruption in the 19 positive cases. However, the locality last week, sources said. “The peo- been facing severe power crisis for supply has caused problems for the power supply. P4 SATURDAY | AUGUST 8 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR downtown

Biggest single-day surge in cases, deaths Konark man cremated after

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POST NEWS NETWORK/AGENCIES g 1,833 fresh cases take 15 hours for COVID-19 fear Odisha’s COVID-19 Bhubaneswar, August 7: State tally to 42,550 POST NEWS NETWORK/AGENCIES By then, rumour had spread in Friday registered its highest single- the area that he had fallen prey to day spike in novel coronavirus g 12 more Bhubaneswar, August 7: The COVID-19 and the villagers shunned cases as 1,833 more people tested pos- fatalities body of a 25-year-old man was left the family. Even the relatives showed itive for the infection, while the push death unattended at his residence at reluctance in making arrangements death toll soared to 247 as 12 more toll to 247 Mankaragoradi village in Konark for the last rites and none came patients succumbed to the disease, g State for more than 15 hours as relatives forward to help the family. an official of Health and Family records and villagers stayed away sus- Konark Notified Area Council Welfare (H&FW) department said. highest pecting him as COVID-19 infected, (NAC) executive officer M Srinivas The new infections reported from single-day officials said Friday. said that when he came to know 29 of the 30 districts have pushed the recoveries of The man had died Wednesday about the plight of the family he sent state’s coronavirus caseload to 1,810 cases and his family was forced to arrange some officials with PPE kits to the 42,550, added the official. PPE kits and other protective gear village. The NAC officials convinced g Khurda surpasses Ganjam As many as 1,118 new cases were Social Security and SSEPD Minister Ashok Chandra Panda welcomes four before the body could be taken to the the villagers to arrange for the last with detection of 298 cases reported from quarantine centres, plasma donors from Angul to Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar OP PHOTO cremation ground on the outskirts rites by taking the required safe- while 715 people tested positive for of the village. guards. the infection during contact tracing accounted for the highest at 123, Meanwhile, Bolangir and TWIN CITIES REPORT 182 CASES, None was ready to carry his body Srinivas said the doctor who was exercise, said the official. followed by Khurda (31), Sundargarh Nabarangpur district administra- 128 RECOVERIES on their shoulders as is the practice None was ready to treating the man had informed Khurda district, which includes (16), Gajapati (15) and Cuttack (11), tions have declared shutdowns in the The twin cities of Bhubaneswar for fear of contracting the disease. them that Rout was suffering from Bhubaneswar, reported 298 fresh said the official, adding that 45 districts following spike in virus and Cuttack reported 101 and 81 His body was instead carried to carry his body on the typhoid for a long time and had cases- the highest so far- followed by other COVID-19 patients have died cases in the last few days. While COVID-19 cases respectively. the local cremation ground in a shoulders, as is the prolonged fever. However, the man Ganjam (279), Rayagada (152), due to other ailments. Bolangir with a report of 588 COVID “Of the fresh cases detected in cycle cart the next day. The last died before the COVID tests could Cuttack (124) and Sundargarh (110), Meanwhile, the state registered positive cases declared a complete Bhubaneswar, 52 were quarantine rites were performed Thursday af- practice, for fear of be done and it was not confirmed the official said, adding that the re- an all-time high single-day recovery shutdown for four days, Nabarangpur cases and 49 were local contact ternoon, the officials said. contracting the disease whether he was infected with coro- maining districts registered less of 1,810 patients, Friday. district with 342 cases, declared ones. As many as 106 persons who According to sources, Vichitra navirus. than 100 fresh infections each. The recoveries include 700 from three-day shutdown in the district. had earlier tested positive for novel Rout, a tractor driver in the area, The hesitant relatives agreed to Ganjam and Sundargarh dis- Ganjam, 202 from Khurda, 147 from The state government has al- coronavirus recovered Friday,” the had been suffering from high fever the test but when he was taken help in the cremation after they tricts registered three fatalities Cuttack, 136 from Gajapati, 116 from ready declared weekend shutdowns Bhubaneswar Municipal for the past few days and was di- there August 4, work at its outpa- were given PPE kits. The villagers, each, while Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal and 106 from in Ganjam, Khurda, Cuttack and Corporation said. agnosed to be afflicted with ty- tient department had been sus- however, kept off. Kendrapara, Sambalpur, Bhadrak, Sundargarh. With this, the total Gajapati districts besides the steel The Cuttack Municipal phoid. Rout was asked by the com- pended as some health workers The body was wrapped in a plas- Dhenkanal and Gajapati reported recovered cases of Odisha stand city of Rourkela during the August Corporation, on the other hand, munity health centre where he was there had contracted coronavirus. tic sheet and taken to the cremation one death each. Mayurbhanj and at 28,697. following a rise in virus cases. said, “Out of the 81 cases detected being treated to undergo the COVID- Rout was therefore referred to a ground on a cycle cart by his cau- Dhenkanal registered their first The state, Thursday, tested a The weekend shutdowns have in the Millennium City, 69 were 19 test, his family members said. hospital in Bhubaneswar. However, tious relatives in PPEs, their faces COVID-19 deaths, the official record number of 16,055 samples for been announced to break the chain quarantine cases and 12 were local Rout was the sole breadwinner he died Wednesday before arrange- covered with masks and gloves on pointed out. COVID-19, taking the total number of COVID-19 infection and intensify contact ones. The Silver City Friday of the family. ments could be made by his family their hands. Only some close rela- Of the 247 COVID-19 deaths re- of tests conducted so far to 6,16,646, the contact tracing in these coron- saw 22 patients recovering from He was referred to the district for taking him to the Capital City, tives were present during the cre- ported in the state so far, Ganjam the official added. avirus hotspot districts. the viral infection.” headquarters hospital in Puri for they said. mation, Srinivas said. I-DAY PREP CHINGARI APP WINS Low-key Ganesh Puja INNOVATION in Silver City this year CHALLENGE AWARD POST NEWS NETWORK

POST NEWS NETWORK Bhubaneswar, August 7: The Chingari app, co-founded by Odisha Cuttack, August 7: This year the born Biswatma Nayak, has won the Silver City will observe the Ganesh ‘Aatma Nirbhar Bharat App Puja in a simple manner, said Innovation Challenge’ contest in Cuttack Mahanagar Shanti social category beating more than Committee Friday. 7,000 apps. As per the decision taken by the The jury announced the results Committee, the Puja panels in the city Friday. The contest was organ- won’t opt for big tableau to celebrate ised by MeitY along with MyGov the Ganesh Puja. The Puja com- India, Atal Innovation Mission mittees have been asked to worship and Niti Aayog. the clay idols of Lord Ganesh at The app innovation challenge their permanent pandals. They can- was launched by Prime Minister not erect temporary pandals on pub- Narendra Modi July 4, and saw par- lic places to observe Ganesh Puja. ticipation from 6,940 entrepre- Moreover, the Puja committees neurs and startups across the have been told to immerse the idols country. Chingari app beat other in nearby local bodies. The soil on the occasion of or cultural troupe in advance for this finalists in the social category in- Mahanagar Shanti Committee has Janmashtami. We will take decisions year’s Dussehra celebration. cluding Koo and YouQuote. also imposed restrictions on grand on the organisation of this year’s “The Covid-19 positive cases in the On the momentous win, processions during the immersion Durga, Kali and Kartikeswar Puja city are rising day-by-day. We have Biswatma said, “We are super of idols. In a related development, by considering the Covid-19 pan- asked clubs and Puja committees to happy and proud to become No the Shanti Committee has also is- demic situation in later stage,” said organise Ganesh Puja in a simple 1 made in India app in social sued a guideline for Durga Puja an office bearer of the Shanti way. They have been asked to follow category. We thank the govern- panels in the city to collect holy Committee. social distancing and other pre- ment and all our users for show-

OP PHOTO soil for shaping of idols. “Only five The Shanti Committee, mean- cautionary measures strictly dur- ering their love on us. This persons from each Durga Puja com- while, urged Durga Puja panels in ing the festivals,” said the Shanti recognition has given a new Exhibition Ground in Bhubaneswar being spruced up Friday for the state-level Independence Day celebrations mittee in the city can collect the holy the city not to book any orchestra Committee office bearer. boost to our team.”

CLASSIFIED Weavers, artists PPE SCAM SAI Int’l School to organise seek coronavirus AFFIDAVITAFFIDAVIT relief package Sharma’s response By virtue of an affidavit maiden digital MUN-2020 sworn before, the POST NEWS NETWORK POST NEWS NETWORK Consulate Kolkata, Nick Low, Executive Deputy High Commissioner United Bhubaneswar: Odisha Rural and Magistrate/Notary Public, sought by Sept 14 Bhubaneswar, August 7: SAI Kingdom, Kolkata, and Bijaya Urban Producers Association Karanjia, Mayurbhanj. I, International School here will or- Kumar Sahoo, Founder and Mentor (ORUPA) Friday on the occasion Smt. Saloni Patwari, w/o ganise the first ever ‘eSAI Model SAI International Education Group of National Handloom Day de- POST NEWS NETWORK Shubham Patwari, Ward United Nations 2020’ (eSAIMUN as the key note speakers. manded corona relief package for No.10, At/Po–PS- 2020), the annual Model United This year, the students will de- weavers and artists. Bhubaneswar, August 7: The Karanjia, Dist. Nations (MUN) Conference, August liberate on global issues in 20 dif- Ashok Kumar Sahoo, CEO, Odisha Lokayukta Friday ordered 13 and 14 on virtual mode. ferent committees such as United ORUPA, said, “Due to the pan- senior IAS officer Hemant Sharma, Mayurbhanj, Odisha. SAI Model United Nations Nations Environment Assembly demic, many artists and weavers former chairman of the COVID-19 After my marriage, I have (SAIMUN) Conference is a duly ac- (UNEA), World Health Organisation are facing untold difficulties. Their procurement committee, to sub- changed my surname credited registered event of United (WHO), United Nations Human work and products are not get- mit his statement by September from Agarwal to Patwari. Nations Information Centre for Rights Council (UNHRC), United ting sold. Procurement of raw ma- 14 in the alleged irregularities in Henceforth, I will be India and Bhutan (UNIC), under Nations International Children terial has also turned out to be a the purchase of masks, PPE kits, known as Saloni Patwari, the aegis of the United Nations and Emergency Fund (UNICEF), major challenge. Due to the can- COVID testing kits, and other sup- w/o Shubham Patwari for and follows the UN4MUN proce- International Labour Organization cellation of multiple exhibitions, plies by the Odisha State Medical dures. Initiated in the year 2013, (ILO) and others. they are not getting any chance to Corporation Limited (OSMCL). all purpose. the objective of SAIMUN is to seek, Bijaya Kumar Sahoo, Founder Participants from countries like sell their work.” Sharma was summoned to de- through discussion, negotiation and Mentor - SAI International Pakistan, Australia, Japan, UAE, Sri To bring attention in this re- pose before the anti-corruption Lokayukta’s notice on the issue. By virtue of affidavit and debate solutions to the vari- Education Group said, “The pan- Lanka, Indonesia, Vietnam, USA gard, 400 artists and weavers of the body for hearing of the corrup- The leaders of Congress severely before Notary Public, ous problems of the world, enabling demic is a challenge thrown to the and India along with 18 Round state sent a memorandum to the tion case scheduled to take place criticized the government officials Chatrapur, I, B.Prabhas the participating students learn to humanity to re-think and redis- Square Schools are participating in state and Central governments Friday. The Lokayukta was hear- against whom the notices were Teja, Brahmuniapali, adopt views and attitudes, other cover that is yet untouched and the mega event. demanding relief package. They ing petitions filed by Odisha Pradesh served to appear Friday. The party PO/PS – Chatrapur, than their own and break away unexplored, to make learning more The first ever eSAIMUN assures also demanded immediate sale of Congress Committee (OPCC) and alleged that the government is not Ganjam, my actual name from the confined self-interest and meaningful.” to be a more dynamic and intel- weavers products, inclusion of all a city-based NGO Odisha Bikash supplying any information related develop international cooperation The conference will be attended lectually stimulating event and will handloom artists under the Aatma Parishad alleging massive cor- to the procurement process under is B.Prabhas Teja Patro and tolerance. online by Ambassador Kelly Craft, bring about a prolific change in nirbhar bharat scheme, full pay- ruption in the procurement of the RTI act and even the officers are not misplaced in some cases The theme of SAIMUN is ‘one Permanent Representative, US the learning horizon of all the par- ment of relief money to artists PPE kits and other Covid-19 re- cooperating in the case at instead of my birth world one family’, which inspires Mission to the United Nations at ticipants. For easy monitoring and who suffered during Fani, loan lated items by the OSMCL. Lokayukta. certificate. Henceforth, I the participants to work collabo- New York, Joel Riefman, Consul better interaction, two different facility for all handloom artists The Lokayukta expressed his The Lokayukta has asked all the shall be known as ratively and come out with inno- General, US, Consulate General groups are formed, one for Classes under MSME, identity card for displeasure over the indifference respondents to file submit their B.Prabhas Teja Patro for vative solutions to the various chal- Hyderabad, Daniel Sim, Deputy IX and X and another for Classes XI all artists and construction of of senior officials who failed to responses before the next hearing

all purposes. lenges outlined in the agenda. Consul General, Australian and XII. homes for them. present their response despite the scheduled September 14.

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Virtual Inclusion Tiger repopulation project in Satkosia comes a cropper

k y m Model 2020’ crown c POST NEWS NETWORK In 2009, a tigress was shot at by poach- POST NEWS NETWORK CONSERVATION MESS ers. It died while being treated at Bantala, August 7: Satkosia sanctuary Nandankanan Zoological Park. One had Angul,August 7: Angul girl is one of 50 tiger conservation projects in Two years ago, the In 2004, the escaped from Satkosia and intruded into Pratyusha Amanta has brought the country. state government had department’s Nandankanan. pride for the district as well as But, the sanctuary is allegedly losing welcomed a tiger and a census had put The sad part is that the department is clue- Odisha after winning the ‘Miss its significance due to lack of safety and man- tigress – Mahavir and the number of less about what happened to the 16 other Virtual Inclusion Model 2020’ agement in the tiger conservation efforts. Sundari – under India’s tigers in tigers. crown. For her feat Pratyusha has The ambitious tiger repopulation project first inter-state tiger Satkosia at 18 It was learnt that tigers have survived in earned accolades from all across in the sanctuary by way of relocation has relocation project. In while the 18 states in the country while their popu- the district. not been successful. This has posed a ques- the summer of 2018, number of lation has increased in 12 states. Worryingly, the tiger Mahavir was tion mark on the future of the sanctuary. leopard was 32 their population has sharply plummeted in relocated from Panna The forest department has not yet found Sadly, these big six states, including Odisha. Tiger Reserve in cats were out any plausible reason for the vanish- Big cat population has declined in two Madhya Pradesh to the found to have ing of tigers and failure of the repopula- Satkosia. A few days vanished over tiger projects in Odisha. The situation in tion effort. The tiger repopulation, which later, tigress Sundari the years, but Satkosia is disheartening. was launched in 1980, has flopped due to lack was also sent to the department Given the lush green environment and of coordination among the stakeholders from Satkosia from MP’s has no answer ecology of Satkosia, then Union the government departments to local pop- Bandhavgarh. Mahavir as to how they Environment Minister Kamal Nath had Pratyusha Amanta ulace. died some months later disappeared proposed for tiger conservation and bios- About 63 contestants from dif- It was learnt that the forest and tourism phere projects. ferent states like Odisha, departments have not really extended Though Satkosia hosts a perfect setting for tiger conservation, lacunae in conservation efforts, management and coordination Though Satkosia hosts a perfect setting Chhattisgarh, Assam, Bihar, proper coordination in the matter of tiger among all stakeholders – community, line departments, political leaders, conservationists, researchers, experts and social for tiger conservation, lacunae in conser- Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and conservation, hamlet relocation from inside activists -- have been real culprits for its failure vation efforts, management and coordi- Karnataka had participated in the the sanctuary and improvement in liveli- nation among all stakeholders – community, contest. There were six rounds of hood of locals. Besides, there was a note of discord from MP’s Bandhavgarh. Mahavir died It was said that though shifting of the ti- line departments, political leaders, con- competition after which Pratyusha It is worthy to mention that when ti- among the officials from the top to the bot- some months later. At that time, the de- gress has been delayed due to the Covid-19 servationists, researchers, experts and so- emerged victorious. gress Sundari had killed a man, the de- tom level. partment could not properly probe into pandemic, the National Tiger Conservation cial activists -- have been real culprits for The beauty contest jointly or- partment could not even arrange a vehicle Two years ago, the state government the real cause of its death. Authority would begin the process in a its failure. ganised by ‘Global Beauty and public address system to carry out had welcomed a tiger and a tigress – Mahavir In December last year, the National Tiger month after assessing the situation. Some experts observed that there is need International’ and ‘We 4 You’ was awareness drive among the people. and Sundari – under India’s first inter- Conservation Authority had asked the In 2004, the department’s census had put for formation of an advisory committee conducted online due to the Covid At that time, a group, keeping in mind state tiger relocation project. In the sum- Odisha government to send back Sundari the number of tigers in Satkosia at 18 while for Satkosia sanctuary, annual review meet- outbreak. Pratyusha is the daugh- the elections, had reportedly opposed the mer of 2018, the tiger Mahavir was relocated from Satkosia and accused the forest and the number of leopard was 32. ings on tiger conservation efforts, forma- ter of Ajit Kumar Amanta and tiger repopulation effort. As a result, the for- from Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya wildlife department of making a mess of Sadly, these big cats were found to have tion of a district-level committee to look after Pramodini Amanta of Angul est department could not take right step in Pradesh to the Satkosia. A few days later, the monitoring and management of the vanished over the years, but the department ecotourism boost and formation of forums College Chhak area. this direction. tigress Sundari was also sent to Satkosia relocated tigress. has no answer as to how they disappeared. for Vana Surakhya Samitis. Posing as insurance agent, woman Man dies in freak mishap in Berhampur 17 inmates infected in Rourkela jail Berhampur: In a freak mishap, a man died after an iron rod perturbing from dupes doctor of `4.57L in Talcher an under-construction drain pierced through his chest near Aankuli POST NEWS NETWORK overbridge under Baidyanathpur police limits here in Ganjam district late 2-DAY SHUTDOWN IN RAJGANGPUR Thursday night. Local residents spotted the body Friday, said police. Rourkela, August 7: The rising Baidyanathpur IIC Sarada Prasanna Das, Berhampur SDPO Vishnuprasad cases of Covid-19 have become a ROURKELA: Following the de- and outside the district. Entry and Pati, and a forensic team recovered the blood-soaked body after cutting the major concern for jail authorities tection of several COVID-19 cases, exit points have been sealed. All rod and sent it for post-mortem. The deceased was identified as Purnachandra Samantray (35), son of late Raghunath Samantray of Lanjipalli. in the state. Seventeen more in- the Sundargarh district adminis- the residents in the district are mates in the Rourkela special jail tration Friday declared a two-day strictly advised to remain at home. tested positive for the virus shutdown in Rajgangpur munici- The administration has closed all Thursday. pality area. shops barring those dealing in es- The shutdown will be in force sential commodities and medicines. from August 8 to August 9. With 110 new cases detected in During the two-day shutdown, Sundargarh Friday, the district’s the administration will undertake total tally reached 1,992. Out of the containment measures like con- total positive cases, 715 are under- tract tracing, symptom checking, going treatment at hospitals while POST NEWS NETWORK temple here and was working as a ensuring isolation of suspected 1,258 have recovered from the dis- private practitioner. cases and door-to-door health screen- ease. With three patients suc- Talcher, August 7: A woman be- Taking advantage of the doctor’s ing of people. The administration cumbing to the disease Friday, the longing to Majhika village under simplicity, Deepa approached Pradhan has restricted the movement of death toll in the district increased Colliery police limits in Angul district for buying an insurance policy. He public and private vehicles within to 16. has swindled Rs 4,57,385 from a local also informed Pradhan that he can pay doctor by posing as an insurance in easy installments. After gaining the 17 among them are prisoners of Soon after the incident, over 500 agent of a private company. Talcher doctor’s confidence, Deepa managed Following the detection of the Rourkela Special Jail. prisoners of the prison went on police arrested the woman and pro- to withdraw the said amount from fresh infections, all the inmates of The city municipal corporation hunger strike and demanded tests duced her in a court Friday. The ac- the former’s bank account in 15 in- the jail have been admitted to the authorities conducted an intensive for all inmates and jail staff. cused was identified as Deepa alias stallments. Rourkela Covid Hospital. sanitisation drive inside the jail Till now, a total of 23 prisoners Supriya Swain. After the matter came to light, Out of the total 1,466 antigen premises. of the Rourkela special jail have Deepa had come in contact with re- Pradhan lodged a written complaint at tests conducted in Sundargarh dis- Earlier June 7, six undertrial contracted the virus. The first Covid- tired doctor Bijaya Kumar Pradhan the Talcher town police station. Acting trict August 6, a total of 86 people prisoners had tested positive for 19 case from a jail was reported a few days back. Pradhan had been on the FIR, police arrested Deepa and tested positive for SARS-nCoV while the novel coronavirus in the jail. from Puri May 17. staying with his brother near a local a registered a case against her. Dhenkanal localities 3 killed, 2 injured as waterlogged due Elephant shelter home for Sambalpur car runs into truck to poor drainage POST NEWS NETWORK POST NEWS NETWORK Sambalpur, August 7: The forest de- POST NEWS NETWORK partment in Sambalpur district is Dharmasala, August 7: A car planning to set up a 10-acre shelter crashed into the rear of a truck Dhenkanal, August 7: With no home for wild elephants at Jujumura at Rathia Chhak under stormwater drainage system in far away from human settlement. Dharmasala police limits in place, even light rains leave peo- According to forest officials, there Jajpur district Friday morning. ple residing in Town Planning are many elephants in the jungle The accident left three people area and left side of Karigar Sahi who are rejected by their herds owing dead on the spot. Two others under Dhenkanal municipality to old age and many baby elephants were injured in the mishap and waterlogged. who are suffering from various dif- were shifted to hospital. Their con- The residents alleged that their ficulties in the jungle after losing dition is stated to be critical. repeated pleas have fallen on deaf their mother elephants. The West Bengal-bound car ears of the civic body officers. To save these elephants the forest (WB 32-L 0752) was travelling About 500 families reside in department will open an elephant from Bhubaneswar when it lost Town Planning area and over 400 shelter home at Jujumura, said DFO control and hit the truck (WB families in left side of Karigar Sanjit Kumar. This will be the first Jujumara for the construction of state government seeking permission 23-B 3738) from behind. Sahi. Both these places are devoid of its kind shelter home in western the shelter home. for employment of a veterinary doc- All the three deceased are of drainage facility. Despite the Odisha, Kumar added. In the first phase, Rs 50 crore will tor. The baby elephants are fully males. However, their identities fact that the residents of these Kumar said various NGOs along be spent on construction of the shel- dependant on their mother’s milk are yet to be ascertained. A two areas have been demanding for with state government and central ter home. until they are two years old. Some woman travelling in the car and stormwater drainage facility in government are helping the forest de- In the shelter home, the forest de- trained workers will be deployed at the driver sustained grievous in- their respective areas, the mu- partment for the security of ele- partment will plant various types the shelter home to ensure that baby juries. Both were first taken to the nicipality is yet to take any step to phants. At the shelter home, a rescue of trees including bamboo to give the elephants are taken care of. Dharmasala hospital in the dis- address the issue. centre will be made functional in a jumbos a homely atmosphere. For The baby elephants will be re- trict before being shifted to the At times, people engage water bid to provide security to old, baby drinking water, the forest depart- leased into the wild after attaining SCB Medical College and Hospital pumps on their own to pump out and injured elephants. ment will dig a big pond as well. adulthood. The forest officials will in Cuttack. Dharmasala police water from their localities. PCCF, Wildlife, Bhubaneswar, A small veterinary hospital will take care of the safety of the ele- removed the mangled car which The low pressure-induced rain Harishankar Upadhaya, had visited also be made functional for the treat- phants in the shelter home through had got stuck under the truck that continued for two days -- two places in Sambalpur in this con- ment of sick elephants. The de- a mobile application and tracking with a JCB machine. The bodies Wednesday and Thursday -- re- text and selected the bare land at partment has written a letter to the system. have been sent for post-mortem. cently put the residents through a lot of difficulties. Stormwater car- rying all sorts of garbage from nearby areas accumulated in those two localities. Farmer stumbles upon ancient gold coin The water even entered houses of many residents. POST NEWS NETWORK As the The coin “We had to relocate some of our news COIN OF CURIOSITY weighs about furniture and other items. At a Jajpur, August 7: A farmer found spread, According to historian Nrusingha Charan 7.5 gram with time when coronavirus is taking a gold coin from his farmland at anxious Sahoo, the coin dates back to the 2nd an image of a its toll, such a situation makes Radhanagar village under people Century and the image of the royal is of King royal holding our lives more vulnerable,” al- Dharmasala block in Jajpur dis- from his Huvishka of Kushan Empire a torch leged a senior citizen from the trict. and nearby embossed on locality. Benudhar Nayak was ploughing villages are one side of it. “This place is inundated even his farmland Wednesday when he now And the other making a after a little shower confining us stumbled upon the coin. Nayak at side has a beeline to to our houses. We have to wade first kept his discovery a secret but figure of an his house animal. It through knee-deep water. We had later confided in some of the elderly to have a taken up the issue with the district villagers. also has two look at the holes administration and municipality As the news spread, anxious peo- ancient punched on it officers, but to no avail. If no im- ple from his and nearby villages gold coin

mediate step is taken, we will file are now making a beeline to his

k y m c a PIL,” said Bahadur Patsahani, house to have a look at the ancient the image of the ware were also dis- a resident. gold coin. royal is of King covered from Muncicpality engineer Rashmita The coin weighs about 7.5 gram animal. It also has two holes punched Huvishka of Kushan Empire. Radhanagar during an exca- Mishra, said, “We have decided with an image of a royal holding a on it. According to historian According to reports, earlier many vation by the Odishan Institute of to increase the height of the cul- torch embossed on one side of it. And Nrusingha Charan Sahoo, the coin coins of gold and silver and sev- Maritime and South East Asian vert at Town Planning area. the other side has a figure of an dates back to the 2nd Century and eral other items including earthen Studies (OIMSEAS). P6 SATURDAY | AUGUST 8 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR power post

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k y m outward happenings. c SRI AUROBINDO TWO SIDES OF ROBOTS

he robots are no longer or other cars. But, of course, so do coming; they are here. human drivers. The Covid-19 pandemic A society is not wrong, in prin- Sushant for T is hastening the spread ciple, to deploy robots that are of artificial intelligence (AI), but prone to occasional mistakes, just few have fully considered the short as we tolerate airplane pilots who and long run consequences. are not perfect. We must judge political games In thinking about AI, it is nat- costs and benefits. For efficiency, ural to start from the perspective people ought to have the right to of welfare economics – produc- sue robots’ owners for damages. his looks like a nightmarish end to federalism as we know it. Actor tivity and distribution. What are Inevitably, a society will feel un- Sushant Singh Rajput’s tragic death has turned into a deplorable po- the economic effects of robots that comfortable with new methods T litical one-upmanship. The unprecedented face-off between Bihar can replicate human labour? Such that introduce ‘uncertainty.’ Police and Mumbai Police on the investigation of the suicide has far-reach- concerns are not new. In the 19th From the perspective of ethics, ing consequences. Many experts are of the view that sending a team of Century, many feared that new the interface with AI involves ‘im- Bihar Police personnel to Mumbai after Rajput’s father filed an FIR de- mechanical and industrial inno- perfect’ and ‘asymmetric’ infor- manding a probe into the “crime” was out of step. In India, police is a state vations would ‘replace’ workers. mation. As Wendy Hall of the subject and crimes are investigated by the police depending on where they The same concerns are being The general public tends to assume that University of Southampton says, occurred. If states start to interfere and go after crimes committed against Edmund S. Phelps echoed today. robotisation (and automation generally) amplifying Nicholas Beale, “We their citizens in another state, we have a recipe for disaster. With the further Consider a model of a national can’t just rely on AI systems to likely addition of the CBI into this pot, the stew has grown thicker. economy in which the labour per- leads to a permanent disappearance of jobs, act ethically because their objec- Had some worthies shown some prudence, we wouldn’t have had to see MANY AI formed by robots matches that and thus to the immiseration of the working tives seem ethically neutral.” the DGPs of the two states slinging at each other on the TV news. TV news- performed by humans. The total Indeed, some new devices can rooms or Twitter are not the place to conduct a serious investigation into APPLICATIONS volume of labour – robotic and class. But such fears are exaggerated cause serious harm. Implantable the death of a popular actor. ARE NOT human – will reflect the number chips for cognitive enhancement, The case has grown much bigger with the respective state governments of human workers, H, plus the and the capital good produces the of growth in labour productivity for example, can cause irreversible getting into the ring. Bihar CM has given his nod for a CBI probe, bowing ENTIRELY SAFE. number of robots, R. Here, the ro- consumer good. The arrival of ro- and compensation per worker. tissue damage in the brain. The to pressure from the actor’s family, while Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray THE OBVIOUS bots are additive – they add to the bots still would decrease the cap- True, sustained robotisation question, then, is whether laws is refusing to give in to the demand. Both chief ministers have decided to labour force rather than multi- ital-labour ratio, as it did in the one- would leave wages on a lower path and procedures can be instituted stand by their police chiefs. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has also EXAMPLE IS plying human productivity. To sector scenario. than they otherwise would have to protect people from a reasonable opened an investigation into alleged money laundering. It is pretty much a SELF-DRIVING complete the model in the sim- Third, there is a striking parallel taken, which would create social degree of harm. Barring that, no-holds-barred affair now, teetering dangerously on the edge of turning into plest way, suppose the economy between the model’s additive robots and political problems. It may many are calling on Silicon Valley a farce. CARS, WHICH has just one sector, and that ag- and newly arrived immigrants in prove desirable, as Bill Gates once companies to establish their own None of this would have mer- gregate output is produced by cap- their impact on native workers. suggested, to levy taxes on income ‘ethics committees.’ ited so much focus and energy were BABUDOM CAN (AND HAVE) ital and total labour, human and By pushing down the capital-labour from robot labour, just as coun- All of this reminds me of the it not for the spectre of Assembly BYTES RUN INTO robotic. This output provides for ratio, immigrants, too, initially tries levy taxes on income from criticism leveled at innovations elections in Bihar, due in October. PEDESTRIANS the country’s consumption, with cause wages to drop and profits to human labour. This idea deserves throughout the history of free- The Bihari “sentiment” seems to Dilip Cherian the rest going toward investment, rise. But it should be noted that with careful consideration. But fears market capitalism. One such cri- have taken the front stage, a thinly OR OTHER CARS. thus increasing the capital stock. the rate of profit elevated, the rate of prolonged robotisation appear tique, the book Gemeinschaft und veiled euphemism for votes. The What is the initial economic of investment will rise. Owing to unrealistic. If robotic labour in- Gesellschaft by sociologist politicisation of the police is one of those vexed issues that no amount of BUT, OF COURSE, impact when these additive ro- the law of diminishing returns, that creased at a non-vanishing pace, Ferdinand Tönnies, ultimately be- reforms has been able to deal with. The recent Vikas Dubey encounter and SO DO HUMAN bots arrive? Elementary economics additional investment will drive it would run into limits of space, came influential in Germany in the the police custodial deaths in Sathankulam town near Thoothukudi in shows that an increase in total down the profit rate until it has atmosphere, and so on. 1920s and led to the ‘corporatism’ Tamil Nadu are already forgotten. The Sushant case will likely drag on DRIVERS labour relative to initial capital – fallen back to normal. Moreover, AI has brought not arising there and in Italy in the in- until it is convenient for the powers that be. But sadly, if this lack of restraint a drop in the capital-labour ratio At this point, the capital-labour just ‘additive’ robots but also ‘mul- terwar period – thus bringing an and willful flouting of procedures by the police persists, it will end badly for – causes wages to drop and prof- ratio will be back to where it was tiplicative’ robots that enhance end to the market economy in the country. its to rise. before the robots arrived, and the workers’ productivity. Some mul- those countries. There are three points to add. wage rate will be pulled back up. tiplicative robots enable people to Clearly, how we address the EXIT FROM NITI AAYOG First, the results would be mag- To be sure, the general public work faster or more effectively problems raised by AI will be The repatriation of Niti Aayog Advisor Alok Kumar to his cadre state Uttar nified if the additive robots were tends to assume that robotisation (as in AI-assisted surgery), while highly consequential. But they Pradesh has set tongues wagging. Barely less than two months ago, the created from refashioned capital (and automation generally) leads others help people complete tasks are not yet present on a wide scale, Appointments Committee of the Cabinet had given Kumar a one-year extension goods. That would yield the same to a permanent disappearance of they otherwise could not perform. and they are not the main cause of tenure at the think tank. He was relieved July 31. increase in total labour, with a jobs, and thus to the immisera- The arrival of multiplicative of the dissatisfaction and result- The government’s U-turn has left many observers bemused. Some say that commensurate reduction in the tion of the working class. But such robots need not lead to a lengthy ing polarisation that have gripped since the UP government had agreed to an extension for Kumar in May, it capital stock, but the drop in the fears are exaggerated. The two recession of aggregate employ- the West. is unlikely that it would recall the 1993-batch IAS officer. This then implies wage rate and the increase in the models described above abstract ment and wages. Yet, like addi- The writer is the that the Centre’s U-turn may have been caused by some rift among the rate of profit would be greater. from the familiar technological tive robots, they have their ‘down- 2006 Nobel laureate in higher-ups in Delhi over the babu. The buzz is that there are some differences Second, nothing would change progress that drives up produc- sides.’ Many AI applications are not Economics and Director of the between the Niti Aayog and the Health Ministry over policy matters, and pos- if we adopted the Austrian School’s tivity and wages, making it rea- entirely safe. The obvious exam- Center on Capitalism and sibly Kumar was in the middle of the spat. But that may not be the only rea- two-sector framework in which sonable to anticipate that the global ple is self-driving cars, which can Society at Columbia son, certainly not enough to warrant this U-turn. After all, Kumar was re- labour produces the capital good economy will sustain some level (and have) run into pedestrians University. @PROJECT SYNDICATE portedly handling the majority of the key assignments at the nation’s premier think tank. We may never know. However, observers believe that Kumar’s unexpected exit from Niti Aayog will cast a cloud over the empanelment of 1983 batch IAS officers for addi- tional secretary-level posts at the Centre. SPECTRUM HEALTH Share a babu experience! Follow [email protected] . Let’s multiply the effect

WISDOM CORNER Who takes what from govt in healthcare he two areas of the Union be that MNCs supply instruments in the health budget and, in case of The government must increase A diamond with a flaw is better than a common stone that is perfect. government expenditures and medicines that are promoted by a budget crunch, reduce the salaries these expenditures drastically and on healthcare are curative MoHFW. of government health workers. cut those on hi-tech tertiary treat- PROVERB T Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected and preventive. According to the Thirdly, within the MoHFW The second area of our health sys- ment. Such a measure will improve everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth. National Health Accounts Estimates Budget, there is a lopsided alloca- tem is preventive care which in- the immunity of our people, re- ARTHASASTRA for India, 2018, the government tion in favour of hi-tech treatments cludes vaccinations. A problem duce the spread of Covid and ulti- One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you spent `9,134 crore in 2015-16 on the like stents that are called ‘tertiary,’ here—in respect of Covid—is that mately reduce the burden on end up being governed by your inferiors. PLATO 31 lakh government employees; or and less on primary and secondary the virus is changing rapidly. MoHFW for providing curative about `7,000 per person if we include treatment. In a paper titled Therefore, a vaccine against Covid care. their families. The expenditure on “Healthcare Financing Reforms of yesterday may not be effective The third issue is to explore a dif- WORDSWORTH Bharat Jhunjhunwala the non-government citizens was in India” published in 2012, Govinda against Covid of tomorrow. The ferent social paradigm. A paper `38,794 crore on 131 crore persons Rao of the National Institute of performance of our preventive by Vaidya Vachaspati Tripathi pub- or a meagre `296 per person. This Finance and Public Policy has health within MoHFW is unsatis- lished on the Uttar Pradesh gov- Tantivy THE DOCTORS includes expenditures on govern- pointed out that the National Health factory. Only seven per cent children ernment website says that taking ment-financed health insurance. Policy had placed a target of 10 do not get measles’ vaccination in bath in the rivers during the Kumbh his archaic British English word for riding at full gallop has strong TREATING COVID The primary objective of MoHFW per cent expenditures on tertiary South America against 30 per cent leads to development of immunity. Tassociations with the hunting field. Those dictionaries that mention it say PATIENTS ARE has, howsoever unwittingly, come care but the actual is 28 per cent. in India. Large numbers of pilgrims spread it imitates the sound of the hooves of galloping horses, but I can’t help but to serve government employees Once again, MNCs are the benefi- The second issue in preventive miniscule amounts of various dis- feel that a better origin lies in the three notes of the huntsman’s horn when FORCED TO MAKE and, by default, not the public. ciaries. Fourthly, most of the gov- care is our people need to partake ease-creating viruses and bacte- rallying the riders, one that is echoed in a hunting song of 1787 by the Irish Secondly, in Budget for 2020-21, ernment health expenditures are of garlic, giloi, ginger and turmeric; ria in the water. These enter the bod- dramatist John O’Keefe: “With a hey, ho, chivy / Hark forward, hark forward, A CHOICE MoHFW, which promotes the allo- used up in paying salaries to gov- undertake yoga and meditation; ies of other pilgrims during the tantivy”. [chivy or chevy is another old hunting cry.] A once-common BETWEEN WHO pathic system of medicine, has ernment health workers. The share and get more exercise and sun- dip and prompt the body of the figurative usage was to ride tantivy, to go at something full speed or been allocated `63,000 crore; while was 83 per cent in Madhya Pradesh light. The MoHFW has success- healthy pilgrim to fight viruses headlong, of which a late example appears in Australia Felix by Henry WILL LIVE AND the Ministry of AYUSH, which pro- and Odisha. fully launched campaigns in favour and bacteria and develop immu- Handel Richardson (1917): “He was of a nature to ride tantivy into anything WHO WILL DIE. THE motes alternative systems like One step towards the correction of iodine-laced salt and breast-feed- nity. In his words, as told to me, that promised excitement or adventure.” A century earlier, the ubiquitous Sir Ayurveda and homoeopathy, has of these anomalies in MoHFW, as ing of infants. “one dip is sufficient for good health Walter Scott had a character say in Peveril of the Peak, published 1824: CHOICE BEFORE been allocated a meagre `2,100 crore. suggested by adviser to Niti Aayog As said above, the total expen- till the next Kumbh.” This will “There are those amongst us who ride tantivy to Rome, and have already THE GOVERNMENT No doubt the allopathic system is Rakesh Sarwal is that the Central diture of the Union government on help fight Covid-19 too. made out half the journey”. This used the word in another sense, of a doing a great service by brining Government Health Service should health of non-government citizens Doctors treating Covid patients nickname given to high churchmen and Tories in the years after the IS WHETHER THE certain cures such as placing stent be converted into a Universal Health was `38,794 crore in 2015-16. Of are forced to make a choice be- Restoration of the monarchy in 1660. in the heart. AYUSH is more oriented Service so that the expenditure on this, only `12,000 crore was made tween who will live and who will FEW WILL LIVE at providing systemic treatments. government employees and peo- on preventive health which in- die. The choice before the govern- AND MANY The AYUSH Ministry prevents the ple becomes equal. The second step cluded vaccination; information, ed- ment is whether the few will live and Taphonomist need for stents. Yet the government is to increase the allocations of ucation and communication; anti- many will die? WILL DIE? allocates more money to cure and AYUSH and reduce those of terti- smoking campaign; free distribution The writer is a former hange and decay in all around I see”, hymned Henry Francis Lyte in less to prevention. The reason for ary treatment. The third step is to of masks; and testing for diseases Professor of Economics at “CAbide With Me. Nobody is more conscious of that than a taphonomist. this lopsided allocation appears to fix a maximum ratio of salaries like Covid, diabetes and cancer. IIM Bangalore. The word was found in a dystopian SF book, Zero Point by Neal Asher, in which a future dictator used computer technology to simultaneously kill off eight billion human beings and then had to work out what to do with the bodies. Asher defined the word as a specialist who studies the Raksha – for all Tags for colleges BMC, holding tax decomposition of dead organisms. That’s pretty much correct, though there’s more to it and the timescales can vary hugely. A sub-discipline, Sir, Raksha Bandhan was observed Sir, Bestowal of tags like ‘Institute of Eminence' and Sir, The holding tax as proposed by forensic taphonomy, takes a relatively short-term view, looking into ways in even during this time of pandemic. ‘Center of Excellence’ by the Union HRD Ministry on the Bhubaneswar Municipal which human remains decay through natural processes as a way to guide etters This is a festival in which sister ties some education groups had raised eyebrows. Now, it turns Corporation (BMC) for the current fi- police investigations — you may have heard of macabre studies in which rakhi on the wrist of her brother(s) and out that one such institution is under CBI scanner for nancial has raised eyebrows. The new corpses are left out in the open so their decomposition can be studied. the brother(s) promises to protect her wrongdoings, even as this institution has got approval tax is arbitrary, anti-democratic, anti- TOL THE EDITOR for the rest of her life. Question is, from the Medical Council of India (MCI) for its medical poor and unjust. A few years ago, BMC Readers of Orissa POST why can’t a sister promise to protect college. The promoter of this institution belongs to the collected user fees from the public in are most welcome to contribute letters her brother(s), too, rather? Women ruling party and is an MP. Higher education institutions an illegal manner. Now, it is collect- (200 words), articles and are considered weak in physique and are now claiming such tags simply on the strengths of ing property tax on the benchmark of LOL columns (between 750-1250 words). Contributors are such festivals are celebrated in a male- having taller buildings -- minus a taller knowledge base. total square feet of the building area. requested to send their dominated society. Through this festival, Such tags that raise their ‘marketability’ come as blows The new calculation of holding tax is WHAT ARE THE contact numbers and full the poisonous mentality of the male to the higher education sector. Such tags are obtained sub-judice. It is improper to collect

nearby usher, “Who are all those men postal address/email ID. They may also mainstream society has been forcibly by institutions by producing wrong and highly magni- house tax at such an exorbitant price.

k y m PICTURES? send in their valuable comments, opinion c in the pictures?” and suggestions, preferably by email, infused into the minds of women since fied status papers to the government. Some of our own Moreover, only online payment is ac- young lad was visiting a church The usher replied, “Why, those are our to: [email protected] their childhood. It is not our inten- established varsities have also claimed themselves to be cepted, adding to the woes of city- Afor the first time, checking all the boys who died in the service.” tion to oppose this festival. Rather, let centers of excellence even as they have large numbers dwellers. The authorities are urged to announcements and posters along the Dumbfounded, the youngster asked, us vow to protect each other for the rest of unfilled faculty vacancies. Those who issue such reconsider the decision. walls. When he came to a group of “Was that the morning service or the B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, of our lives. certificates of excellence are crooks of a kind. Prabhudutt Dash, pictures of men in uniform, he asked a evening service?” Bhubaneswar-751010 Loknath Mohapatra, BERHAMPUR Janaki Ballav Dash, MAYURBHANJ BHUBANESWAR UTTAR MAHARASHTRA PRADESH P7

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k y m SSR death: Rhea appears before ED ‘As a yogi, I can’t attend mosque event’ c AGENCIES riots and naxalism in the country and also Muslim and when I asked them for opposing Hindus and added that about it, they said that they have the AGENCIES ban Mumbai. Lucknow, August 7: After the the temple movement had unmasked right to practise their religion but The Bihar police July 25 based on ‘bhoomi pujan’ for the Ram temple “pseudo secularism”. Holding whatever religion they might follow, Mumbai, August 7: Actor Rhea a complaint filed by Rajput's father Wednesday, UP chief minister Yogi Congress responsible for the pro- they cannot change their ances- Chakraborty, accused of abetting sui- K K Singh lodged an FIR against Adityanath, when asked if he would longed dispute over the Ram temple, tors," he said. cide of filmstar Sushant Singh Rhea Chakraborty, her parents - attend a similar function for the Yogi said the “divisiveness” it had The CM revealed Prime Minister Rajput, appeared before the Indrajit and Sandhya Chakraborty, construction of the mosque in created suited the party. Modi never visited Ayodhya in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here her brother Showik Chakraborty Ayodhya, turned the question on its Friday in connection with the money and two others - Samuel Miranda head, wondering whether he would The CM praised Iqbal laundering case lodged by it. and Shruti Modi. even be invited for it in the first The ED had summoned Rhea They were booked on charges of place. Ansari, one of the Chakraborty for questioning criminal conspiracy, cheating, abet- He later clarified that as a CM, main litigants from Friday (August 7), but she had re- ment to suicide and wrongful con- he did not distinguish between re- quested the agency to postpone finement. ligions, castes and communities the Muslim side, for recording of her statement pend- The ED July 31 lodged a case of but as a yogi, as a Hindu, he would having accepted the ing hearing of her plea filed in money laundering after Singh al- not go for such an event since he had the Supreme Court seeking trans- leged financial irregularities in the right to express himself in fol- SC’s decision on the fer of the case lodged by the Bihar Rajput's bank accounts. lowing his religion. Ayodhya dispute police to Mumbai. The CM praised Iqbal Ansari, one However, the ED rejected her re- of the main litigants from the Muslim “During elections they run to past six years as the court case was quest. "In view of the fact that the side, for having accepted the SC’s temples but on other occasions, on. “He had also given strict in- ED has informed the media that Bihar IPS officer released from ‘quarantine’ decision on the Ayodhya dispute. they curse Hindus. This was not a structions that nobody from the the request to postpone her atten- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Friday said it has allowed Bihar IPS officer Vinay Tiwari, “People should take inspiration from matter of a temple but of the jan- party should speak on the matter dance is rejected, Rhea has ap- quarantined here after arrival to oversee probe in actor Sushant Singh Rajput death case, to return to his home him. He fought the case with all his mabhoomi where only Lord Ram and if someone did, then an ex- peared before the ED office," her ad- state. Tiwari, Superintendent of Police of Central Patna, has been exempted from quarantine protocols and might but also accepted the court’s will stay. planation was sought from them,” vocate Satish Maneshinde said. allowed to return to his home state, an official said. Thursday, Bihar Police ADG wrote a letter to the Mumbai decision. It is a reflection on our The issue was of Lord Ram’s he said. The advocate, in a statement, municipal commissioner, seeking the IPS officer's exemption from quarantine protocols and facilitate his return democratic system that as a Muslim, birth place and we wanted that When asked whether the gov- added that Rhea Chakraborty (28), to Patna to resume his duty. Tiwari’s presence is no longer required in Mumbai and his arrival period (in Patna) is he felt safe in Ayodhya while fight- place. Congress never wanted it ernment would consider changing Rajput's girlfriend, is a law-abid- within seven days, the letter said. Accordingly, the BMC informed the Bihar police that they are exempting the ing his case. Would a Hindu feel safe there and saw advantage in dis- the name of Babar Road in Delhi, ing citizen and would cooperate IPS officer from quarantine norms. The IPS officer, who was under 'home quarantine' at SRPF guest house in in Pakistan or Afghanistan if he pute,” he said. Yogi said one may he said: "We have already changed with the probe. suburban Goregaon for two weeks, is expected to return to Bihar later in the day. Tiwari had reached Mumbai on was fighting for a temple?” change one’s way of worshipping the name of Faizabad and Rajput (34) was found hanging Sunday to oversee investigation into the FIR filed against actress Rhea Chakraborty in the Sushant death case. He said that “pseudo secularism” but cannot change the ancestor. Allahabad. Things will be done at June 14 at his residence in subur- had become the basis for terrorism, "Majority of the performers are the right time. 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AGENCIES At the start of the five-minute clip, BEFORE BIKRU AMBUSH the SP can be heard saying that a Lucknow, August 7: Nearly a large deployment of police would month after Kanpur’s notorious be required in the village and Mishra gangster Vikas Dubey was put down says that the deployment should in an encounter, an audio clip of a not be a problem. conversation between slain circle "The SO is saying that he would officer Devendra Mishra and go for the raid only after I reach Kanpur SP (Rural) Brijesh there. So, I am going," Mishra says. Srivastava has gone viral on the SP Rural tells Mishra that "You social media. They were part of should not worry. I will take care of the team that was ambushed and these people very soon and am butchered by Dubey's men a week preparing a list of all that he is before his death. doing. The SSP might have asked The audio clip could spell trou- him to make the arrest. Use your ble for the then Station Officer (SO) mind and take the force of two- of Chaubeypur police station Vinay three police stations as we have a Tiwari and former Kanpur SSP great chance of catching him (Vikas Anant Deo Tiwari. Questions have Dubey)." been raised over the nexus between The circle officer who lost his police officers and Dubey's gang apparently took place just before the the spot. life in the encounter, then says, "I ever since the July 2 massacre in police raided Dubey's premises on Mishra is also heard making al- will tell you about him. When he Bikru village. the night of July 2 that led to the legations against "former SSP (Vinay Tiwari) touches his (Vikas Vinay Tiwari has been arrested death of eight policemen, including Tiwari" (in an apparent reference Dubey) feet, what else we can expect. for his complicity with the slain slain circle officer, Devendra Mishra, to Anant Deo Tiwari) -- saying that Once I told him that if he will keep gangster while Anant Deo Tiwari himself, can be heard telling he took Rs 5 lakh from the SO after his relations with him (Dubey) then has been shifted to another district Srivastava that the SO (Vinay a gambling racket was busted by it might lead to 2-4 murders, but after the Bikru massacre. Tiwari) is saying the raid will start Mishra and dropped all inquiries he said that only a criminal can Municipal workers remove debris from WEH, following a landslide due to heavy rainfall, in Mumbai, Friday PTI PHOTO In the phone conversation, that only after the CO (Mishra) reaches against the SO. tell about other criminals."

AGENCIES shifted some 1,750 families from 23 villages to safer places. 1,074 farmers end Panchaganga Kolhapur, August 7: The So far 4,413 people from 1,750 Panchaganga river in Kolhapur families in 23 villages in district of Maharashtra is still Gadhinglas, Panhala, Karveer, flowing above the danger mark, Gaganbawda, Ajara tehsils and lives in 6 months still flowing but the rise in water level is Kolhapur city have been shifted, slow and steady due to dis- district collector Daulat Desai COLLAPSE OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN RESULTED IN charge of water from a dam, had said. The National Disaster officials from the local admin- Response Force (NDRF) has al- A PRICE CRASH IN WHOLESALE MARKETS istration said Friday. ready deployed four teams in dangerously According to the officials, Kolhapur district to deal with AGENCIES destroyed large tracts of crop. the water level of the but steady, said a duty officer at dam, which is filled to capacity any situation. “The low-profile marriage sea- THE REASON SO FAR 4,413 PEOPLE Panchganga at the Rajaram the district disaster manage- due to rains in its catchment In Sagali, the district ad- Marathwada, August 7: son in this pandemic year may BEHIND THE STEADY FROM 1,750 FAMILIES weir (barrage) as on Friday ment cell. He said the inten- areas, said the officer. Four ministration said it has dis- Maharashtra has recorded 1,074 have reduced spending pressure AND SLOW RISE IN IN 23 VILLAGES IN morning (at 7) was at 44.7 feet, sity of rains in the district has gates of the dam, built on the tributed safety kits in 20 flood- farmer suicides in the six-month on farmers. In summer months, THE WATER LEVEL GADHINGLAS, which is above the danger mark. reduced, but intermittent show- Bhogawati river in Kolhapur prone villages. Last year, period between January and June marriages are a key reason for rise OF THE PANHALA, KARVEER, The water level reached the ers are continuing. district, has been opened so far unprecedented rains had this year. In other words, 6 farm- in indebtedness,” said Kishore PANCHGANGA IS GAGANBAWDA, danger mark (at 43 feet) The reason behind the steady to release excess water, he said. wreaked havoc in western ers on average ended their lives Tiwari of Vidarbha Janandolan DISCHARGE OF AJARA TEHSILS AND Thursday around 4 pm. Since and slow rise in the water level As the water level was rising Maharashtra, especially in every day. Samiti. “This year, many chose to WATER FROM THE KOLHAPUR CITY then, the rise of water level at of the Panchganga is discharge in the Panchaganga Thursday, Kolhapur and Sangli districts, The highest number of cases postpone marriages or hold very RADHANAGARI DAM HAVE BEEN SHIFTED the Rajaram weir has been slow of water from the Radhanagari the district administration had claiming over 60 lives. was in June during the lockdown small functions.” However, he added when 214 cases were reported. The that the real challenge this year lockdown was particularly hard will be after the kharif harvest. on farmers sowing perishable crops “Many farmers did not get crop like fruits and vegetables. Initially, loans and borrowed for the kharif transport restrictions had made crop. They have pinned hopes on its Maha ties up with Google to start virtual classes it difficult for farmers to take their success,” said Tiwari. goods to major wholesale markets, “The agrarian crisis cannot be re- and many ended up discarding solved until there is control on AGENCIES their produce. prices of agricultural inputs and FUTURISTIC PROJECT Maharashtra is the Of 1,074 farmer suicides till June farmers get a better price for their Mumbai, August 7: Maharashtra first state in the this year, most cases were in June produce. The availability of crop government tied up with Google THE TOOLS ALLOW THE PROJECT WILL COVER OVER 1.09 LAKH country that is during the lockdown. Collapse of the loans is vital.” Farmer leader Vijay to provide online education to stu- INTERACTIVE GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE, AIDED, AND launching such a supply chain resulted in a price Jawandhia from Vidarbha feels that dents in the state. Students and project. Coronavirus SESSIONS, WHICH UNAIDED SCHOOLS, AND BENEFIT OVER crash in wholesale markets. the fear of the pandemic kept the teachers will get access to Google 22.03 MILLION STUDENTS has forced us to adopt However, government procurement pressure of indebtedness at bay. Classroom and G Suite for Education WILL ALLOW the changes that were for crops like cotton was the high- Ajit Navale from the Kisan Sabha that will provide solutions to sup- TEACHERS TO supposed to come in est in the last decade. said so far this year, farmers had port remote learning. EXPLAIN LESSONS, the future Despite the lockdown, the farmer been spared a major pest attack. The tools allow interactive ses- AND STUDENTS UDDHAV THACKERAY I CM, figures are lower than last year “Also, fruit and vegetable farmers sions, which will allow teachers to CAN ALSO ASK MAHARASHTRA when 1,336 cases were reported generally come from the irrigated explain lessons, and students can THEIR DOUBTS during the same period. In 2019, belt. They suffered the most in the also ask their doubts while sitting Research and Training (MSCERT). Marathwada had reported a rain pandemic, but also tend to be bet- at home. Homework can be up- WHILE SITTING AT “We are beginning with the train- deficit and then there were floods ter off than dry-land farmers,” loaded, and teachers can check HOME ing of the teachers. As many as in Western Maharashtra which said Navale. them online, said state officials. 40,000 teachers will be the master The project was launched by trainers for the remaining 2 lakh chief minister (CM) Uddhav teachers. Once, training is com- Thackeray, and will cover over 1.09 pleted, students will be asked to lakh government, private, aided, register their mobile numbers, and and unaided schools, and benefit will get notifications with details of over 22.03 million students. each session,” Patil added. The move is significant, consid- School education minister Varsha ering the shutdown of schools due year while at home. However, ini- Thackeray said while launching Teachers can make their audio or Gaikwad said, “We have got re-

to the Covid-19 outbreak. The new tiating online classes posed a prob- the project online. video presentations; students can sponses from 1.34 lakh teachers

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of the day uote SC refuses to hear NEP is the foundation of new India: PM The question AGENCIES that it has any kind of bias, or is lean- is, why the 1st ing towards one side. LG of UT New Delhi, August 7: Prime JAMMU AND "We are also trying to ensure KASHMIR has Minister Narendra Modi on Friday that the talent of India stays in tendered his PIL for probe against said the new National Education India and works for the develop- resignation? Policy (NEP) focusses on 'how to ment of generations to come," said Voluntary or instructed? Whether think', while the education system the prime minister. The NEP allows he has been failed to hoodwink the till now in the country emphasised top ranking institutes of the world people that everything is going on 'what to think'. Referring to the to set-up campuses in India. Earlier, hunky-dory? Cong over China pact policy as foundation of "new India," the HRD Ministry had introduced the prime minister asked all stake- ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY | several initiatives under the Study LEADER OF THE CONGRESS IN THE LOK SABHA holders to focus on implementa- in India program. "India is split on AGENCIES tion of reforms laid down in the new the topic of autonomy. One school policy. of thought says that the govern- New Delhi, August 7: The Supreme "NEP has given rise to a healthy Modi govt is ment should have the say in edu- committed for Court Friday refused to entertain debate and the more we discuss cation institutes, while the other be- the holistic a PIL seeking NIA probe into the and debate the more it will benefit lieves every institute should have development of our alleged 2008 agreement between the education department. It is pal- ucation system over the years. As sion of education," he said. freedom. The way to quality-edu- weavers’ the Indian National Congress and pable that questions will arise on a result, instead of promoting val- "Till now, we have focussed on cation goes from between both these community. PM the Communist Party of China. how this huge plan will be imple- ues ??of curiosity and imagina- what to think but NEP 2020 focuses schools of thought. The institutes Modi's mantra of A bench headed by Chief Justice mented. We all will together do this tion, herd mentality got encour- on how to think. At a time when which will work more on quality ed- 'Vocal for Local' will surely boost SA Bobde asked senior lawyer implementation. Each one of you aged. "In recent years, there have not there is a flood of information and ucation will be given more free- the morale of handloom sector Mahesh Jethmalani, appearing for is directly involved in implemen- been major changes in education content, it is important that we dom as a reward. This will increase

AMIT SHAH | UNION HOME MINISTER PIL petitioners Shashank Shekhar tation of the NEP. In terms of po- and thus the values of curiosity know which information is neces- the quality and encourage higher Jha and journalist Savio Rodrigues, litical will, I am totally committed and imagination were not given sary and which is not. We need in- education institutes to grow," he to withdraw the plea and approach and with you," he said. The prime the thrust. Instead, we moved to- quiry-based, discovery-based, and said. The NEP approved by the I spoke to the the high court. minister made these remarks while wards a herd community. The map- analysis-based modes of teaching. Union Cabinet replaces the 34-year- doctors and "Every relief which you are seek- statement, we may prosecute you". delivering the inaugural address ping of interest, ability, and de- This will increase the interest to old National Policy on Education parents of the ing can be granted by the high The court said, "Within our lim- at the ‘Conclave on Transformational mand was needed. We need to learn and participate in class," he framed in 1986 and is aimed at 12-year-old girl, who court. Secondly, high court is a ited experience, we have unheard Reforms in Higher Education under develop critical thinking and in- said. Modi said it is a matter of paving the way for transforma- was sexually proper court. Thirdly, we will have of it that a political party is mak- National Education Policy' via video novative thinking abilities in our happiness that after the introduc- tional reforms in school and higher assaulted, on phone. the advantage of high court order ing an agreement with other coun- link. He also said that there were no youths. It will be possible if we tion of the National Education education systems to make India a I had visited her in also," said the bench which also try." Jethmalani argued that the major changes in the country's ed- have purpose, philosophy, and pas- Policy, no region or section has said global knowledge superpower. the hospital yesterday. She is still comprised Justices A S Bopanna alleged offences, if any disclosed, fighting for her life. Doctors are and V Ramasubramanian. will be under the NIA Act and the trying their best. Please pray for The top court, in the hearing Unlawful Activities Prevention Act her. In the meanwhile, police has conducted through video confer- and it will be better if the Supreme FINAL TOUCH MANOJ SINHA arrested one person encing, allowed the petitioners to Court examine this as it relates to ARVIND KEJRIWAL | DELHI CHIEF MINISTER "withdraw the petition with lib- national security. SWORN IN erty to approach the high court." Amid India-China face-off on At the outset, Jethmalani al- Line of Actual Control (LAC), a AS J&K LG SHORT TAKES leged that it was an "agreement PIL was filed in the top court seek- between a political party of this ing NIA probe into the 2008 agree- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA country with the only political ment between Indian National UPSC gets a party in that country (China)" and Congress and the Communist Party Srinagar, August 7: The Jammu the issue pertained to national se- of China. and Kashmir administration will new chairman curity. “Despite of having a hostile re- soon initiate “direct dialogue” New Delhi: Educationist "We find that there is something lation with China, Respondent No.1 with the people to end the situa- Pradeep Kumar Joshi was which appears to be, what might be (Congress) had signed an agree- tion of uncertainty and the men- on Friday appointed the called, unheard of and absurd in ment when it was running a coali- ace of terrorism, the union terri- chairman of the Union law. You are saying that China has tion government and hidden the tory's new lieutenant governor Public Service Commission entered into an agreement with a facts and details of the agreement Manoj Sinha said Friday soon (UPSC), which conducts political party and not the gov- from the country,” the PIL alleged. after being sworn in. the civil services ernment. How can a political party "The petitioners firmly believe The 61-year-old, who was ad- examination to select the enter into an agreement with that the Nation's security cannot ministered the oath of office by country's bureaucrats and China," the bench observed. and shouldn't be compromised by Jammu and Kashmir High Court diplomats, officials said. On being stressed by the lawyer any one,” the plea had said. The Chief Justice Gita Mittal at a sim- Joshi is currently a that this was the case, the bench said agreement was signed be- ple function in the Raj Bhavan, member in the said, "we will allow you to with- tween Congress and Communist also said he wants to accelerate de- Commission. He was draw this and file a fresh petition. Party of China in Beijing for ex- velopment in the union territory, administered the oath of carved out of the erstwhile state office and secrecy by We will examine what you say in changing high-level information Arvind Saxena, the the petition and if we find any false and co-operation. An artist from Rajasthan gives colour to Krishna idols ahead of Janmashtami festival, in Bangalore, Friday PTI PHOTO of Jammu and Kashmir last year. outgoing chairman of the "August 5 is a very important day UPSC, according to an in the history of Jammu and official statement. Joshi Kashmir. After years of isolation, joined the Commission as Curbs eased for OCI card holders CASHEW INDIA APP FOR Jammu and Kashmir joined the na- its member May 12, 2015. tional mainstream. I have been told that many works which could FARMERS LAUNCHED not be completed in years have Thak Thak gang from US, UK, Germany and France been completed in the past one The “Cashew India” app is available in 11 languages year," Sinha told reporters after tak- members held PRESS TRUST OF INDIA such a scheme in future, it has been ing oath. decided that OCI card holders hold- and can be downloaded from Google Play Store New Delhi: Delhi police New Delhi, August 7: Overseas ing passports of such countries are arrested two members of Citizen of India (OCI) card holders permitted to enter India, the notifi- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA DCR, who conceptualised and de- 'Thak Thak' gang and from the US, UK, German and cation said. Indian missions of these signed this app, said in a release. seized jewellery worth one crore from their France, with whom India has signed countries will grant appropriate Mangalore, August 7: The He said a farmer or user of the possession. The arrested 'air bubble' arrangements, will be visa, provided papers of the appli- Directorate of Cashew Research app can upload and store images members of the gang have allowed to visit the country, the cants are in order and there is no ad- (DCR) in Karnataka has launched related to cashew and videos in My been identified as Sandeep Home Ministry announced Friday. verse input about them. a mobile app that would provide Cashew sub-section under the and Santosh. An incident of Other foreigners from these coun- Any Indian national holding any information related to the crop's cultivation section. It was also robbery was reported at tries have also been allowed to avail India so far has type of valid visa of such coun- cultivation, market data and re- possible to record the expendi- DBG road police station on Indian visa facility for business, tries may be permitted to travel to search for stakeholders, including ture, observations and data of August 6 after which the medical and employment purposes. bilateral air travel the country concerned provided the farmers. the cashew farm. Real-time chat- police scanned the CCTV According to a home ministry no- arrangements or ‘air there is no travel restriction for The "Cashew India" app of DCR, ting is available for users under "I want to accelerate that de- footage of the area and tification, Indian citizens have also entry of Indian nationals in that which is under the Indian coun- the chat room section. velopment," he added. On August based on the specific been allowed to travel to these coun- bubbles’ with the US, country. It would be for the airlines cil of agricultural The users can 5, 2019, Jammu and Kashmir's spe- information laid a trap near tries on any type of visa. UK, Germany and concerned to ensure that there is no research (ICAR) and give their buy- cial status under Article 370 was Central Market, Madangiri. "Ministry of Home Affairs has travel restriction for Indian na- located at Puttur in ing and selling revoked and the state bifurcated permitted to enter India OCI card France during the tionals to enter the country con- Dakshina Kannada requirements in into the union territories of holders who belong to countries pandemic-related cerned with the particular visa cat- district, is available the market info Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. Bhojpuri actress with which 'air bubble' arrange- egory before issue of tickets and in 11 languages and section. Experts Less than 150 people were invited ments have been finalised by international travel boarding pass to the Indian pas- can be downloaded can be contacted for the swearing-in ceremony. commits suicide Ministry of Civil Aviation," a home restrictions senger, the home ministry said. from Google play through the ask Social distancing norms were ob- Mumbai: Bhojpuri film ministry spokesperson said. India It has also been decided that the store, a senior offi- expert section. served with all invitees seated actress Anupama Pathak so far has bilateral air travel arrange- tions for more categories of for- existing restrictions on incoming cial said. It gives The app is de- away from each other and every- allegedly committed ments or 'air bubbles' with the US, eign nationals who want to travel passenger traffic into India through comprehensive in- veloped for one wearing masks in view of the suicide at her home in Mira UK, Germany and France during to India and Indian nationals in- the immigration check posts will not formation on states including COVID-19 pandemic. Sinha and Road area of the Mumbai the coronavirus pandemic-related tending to visit other countries in apply to such travellers. cashew grafts, nursery, cultivation, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, the chief justice briefly took off Metropolitan Region, international travel restrictions. the context of the 'air bubble' The existing restrictions on in- plant protection, post-harvest pro- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra their masks for the oath-taking. police said Friday. Pathak, Other countries may be included scheme. coming passenger traffic into India cessing, market information and Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Sinha succeeds former IAS of- 40, was found hanging at under this scheme in future, the Accordingly, in respect of countries will not be applicable on movement e-market beneficial for farmers, West Bengal and Meghalaya, ficer Girish Chandra Murmu, who her rented flat in Mhada notification said. with which 'air bubble' scheme has of cargo or goods and supplies in researchers, developmental agen- Mohana said, adding this might resigned on Wednesday night and Colony on Sunday, police The home ministry said it has fur- already been worked out, i.e. the US, any vehicle, aircraft, ship, train cies and processors at one place, be the highest number of states was appointed Comptroller and said. Hailing from Purnea ther considered the need for re- UK, Germany and France and the etc. along with their crew, sailor, S Mohana, senior scientist at covered in an app. Auditor General (CAG) on district in Bihar, she had laxation of visa and travel restric- countries that may be included in driver, helper, cleaner etc. Thursday. moved to Mumbai and worked in Bhojpuri films and TV shows.

Israeli Covid-19 Deployment of Indian Navy warships increased across the IOR INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Indian Navy deploys ships on other high-end surveillance tools," Since then, the Indian Navy has experts leave India THE INDIAN NAVY IS Mission Based Deployments at key a senior government official said. been at the forefront of strategic SAID TO HAVE New Delhi: The research New Delhi, August 7: With a con- locations in the IOR so as to build Near-coast surveillance is also signalling to the Chinese forces. INCREASED team of top Israeli defence siderable increase in the deploy- a comprehensive maritime picture DEPLOYMENT OF coordinated by the Indian Navy by Signing of the Mutual Logistics scientists and health ment of its warships in the Indian and respond to developing situa- WARSHIPS IN THE IOR coordinating the resources of nearly Support Agreement in June with experts Friday returned Ocean Region (IOR), the Indian tions. SINCE THE BORDER 20 government agencies to draw Australia gave the Indian Navy home after collecting Navy is providing strategic sup- At any time, there are warships TENSIONS WITH an electronic fence over our coast- access to the strategically located thousands of samples from port to its fellow services in the on- patrolling the Bay of Bengal, the CHINA BEGAN line, to deter any 26/11-type inci- Cocos and Keeling Islands in the Covid-19 patients in India. going activities related to the bor- Malacca Straits, the Andaman Sea, dent. southern Indian Ocean, which The research team from the der tensions with China. the southern and the central Indian SOME ESTIMATES After Chinese People Liberation will enable ships and aircraft to y Directorate for Defense The officials said that past 100 Ocean Region, the Gulf of Aden INDICATE THAT THE Army's activities in eastern Ladakh keep watch on Chinese Navy ships

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of the day uote ITALIAN MARINES CASE SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE 15 dead, over 60 missing in landslide Girl’s condition Our government Let Italy compensate AGENCIES remains critical will soon bring MONSOON RAINS POUND KERALA a sports policy to encourage sports Thiruvananthapuram, August PRESS TRUST OF INDIA and sportspersons victims’ kin: Top court 7: At least 15 people were killed and around 50 others feared New Delhi, August 7: The 12- HEMANT SOREN | trapped in debris after a land- year-old girl, who was sexually JHARKHAND CHIEF MINISTER INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE slide triggered by heavy rains assaulted and has suffered severe flattened a row of dwelling units head injuries, will need another New Delhi, August 7: The of tea estate workers at Pettimudi surgery and her condition con- As the chief of Supreme Court Friday told the in Rajamala in this high-range dis- tinues to remain critical, sources the Congress Centre to let Italy pay the victims trict in Kerala early Friday, police at AIIMS, where she is undergo- legislative compensation in the Italian marines and officials said. ing treatment, said Friday. Sources party, I would be putting across to my case, and then it could allow the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said her platelet count is low and high command that withdrawal by the prosecution. said 15 people who got trapped in she is admitted at the neuro- there should be an The top court insisted that it will the debris were rescued and a spe- Debris lie on the ground after a landslide due to heavy rainfall in the area surgery ICU of the hospital. alliance of like-minded have to hear the kin of the vic- cial officer has been appointed to The girl was sexually assaulted anti-BJP parties for the next tims on adequacy of compensa- coordinate the relief operations. ers at the picturesque area near a injured. "Pained by the loss of at her west Delhi home by 33-year- assembly polls in Goa tion and till then it would not close The incident is said to have oc- tea plantation, about 30 kms from lives due to a landslide in Rajamalai, old Krishan Tuesday, who also the case. curred in the wee hours when a the tourist town of Munnar. Big Idukki. In this hour of grief, my hit her on the face and head with DIGAMBAR KAMAT | GOA CONGRESS LEADER A bench comprising Chief huge mound of earth fell on the boulders are also scattered around thoughts are with the bereaved a sharp object. Justice SA Bobde, Justice AS A file photo of Italian sailors Salvatore "row houses" and two children and the site. Addressing a press con- families," Modi tweeted. Praying Her rectum and intestines were Bopanna and Justice V Girone and Massimiliano Latorre five women were among the de- ference in Thiruvananthapuram, for the early recovery of the in- injured severely by some kind of Even the SC is Ramasubramanian told Solicitor ceased, most of whom were plan- the Chief Minister said 15 people jured, he said NDRF and the ad- impalement for which she needed surprised at General Tushar Mehta, repre- tation workers from neighbouring immediate intervention and that the MoU ing petition filed by the two Italian died in the mishap. Teams of ministration were working on the signed by the senting the Centre, “bring the marines - Massimiliano Latorre Tamil Nadu. National Disaster Response Force ground, providing assistance to is why she was operated upon as Congress party with cheques and the kin of victims and Salvatore Girone. Efforts were underway amid personnel were on their way to the affected. soon as she reached the hospital, the Chinese Gov. here”. The bench noted that the top On July 3, the Centre had in- continuing rains to locate the Pettimudi for joining the rescue Home Minister Shah in a tweet a senior doctor at the AIIMS had Mrs Gandhi & her court cannot think of any relief for formed the top court that it has missing people in the first major operations and the government said an NDRF team has reached said Thursday. The brutality in- son, who led the signing, must the Italian marines till their pros- accepted the international tribu- rain-related mishap since the has also sought an Indian Air Iddukki to assist in the rescue volved in the crime has led to an explain. Does this explain donations ecution is withdrawn in the Kerala nal award in the killing of two onset of South West monsoon last Force helicopter to assist in the and relief operations. Rahul outrage with Delhi Chief Minister to RGF and opening Indian market court. Mehta replied the Centre fishermen by the Italian marines. month that brought back memo- mission, he said. Gandhi, who represents Wayanad Arvind Kejriwal describing the in- for the Chinese in return, which is willing to file a petition for with- The Centre asked the apex court to ries of devastation caused by Condoling the death of workers in Lok Sabha, in a message said cident as 'barbaric'. Delhi Police affected Indian businesses? drawing prosecution of the two close the matter pending before it floods and landslides in the pre- in the tragedy, the Chief Minister "This is a terrible tragedy. I urge arrested Krishan Thursday. He

J P NADDA | BJP PRESIDENT marines. The Chief Justice replied for eight years. vious two years in the state. announced initial solatium of Rs 5 all our Congress party workers told the police that he had entered “but the family of victims will The tribunal ruled for the trial Prime Minister Narendra Modi, lakh each for the kinof the dead. and leaders to lend a helping the girl's house Tuesday with the have a problem. They will have to of the marines in Italy. It said India Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Treatment expenses for the injured hand at this time and do whatever intention of burgling. be heard”. Mehta contended be- is entitled to payment of compen- Khan, Union Home Minister Amit will be borne by the government, they can to mitigate the suffering However, police said they are SHORT TAKES fore the top court that the Centre sation in connection with loss of Shah and Congress leader Rahul he said. In view of the Pettimudi in- of our brothers and sisters who verifying Krishan's version. A is in favour of withdrawing the life, physical harm, material dam- Gandhi expressed anguish at the loss cident, the district collectors have are in need of help." case has already been registered prosecution of the Italian marines age to property and moral harm suf- of lives in the landslide. Three in- been directed to ensure safety and The death toll in rain-related in- under section 307 (attempt to mur- Pakistan violates in India, as Italy is ready to pros- fered by the captain and other crew jured have been admitted to a pri- security of the workers staying in cidents since June 1 this year has der) and Protection of Children ecute them. The bench noted that members of the Indian fishing vate Medical College Hospital in dwelling units in the tea estates. risen to 51. One person died in a from Sexual Offences (POCSO) ceasefire without hearing the kin of the de- boat 'St Antony'. Kolenchery in Ernakulam district The Prime Minister's Office said in house collapse in Palakkad on Act at Paschim Vihar West po- Srinagar: Six civilians were ceased it cannot close the case. On February 15, 2012, two Indian and one in Tata General Hospital a tweet that an ex- gratia of Rs 2 lakh Friday, officials said. lice station. Krishan was involved injured as Pakistani troops The top court asked Mehta to file fishermen aboard the fishing ves- at Munnar. Cooking utensils buried each from the Prime Minister's Meanwhile, the India in a similar violent incident in violated the ceasefire along an application seeking implead- sel St Antony were allegedly killed in mud, asbestos and tin sheets National Relief Fund (PMNRF) Meteorological Department has the past. He had attacked a woman the Line of Control (LoC) in ment of the families of the vic- by the two Italian marines aboard strewn around were all there to be would be given to the next of kin of sounded a red alert for Idukki on in 2006 in Sultanpuri while com- Naugam and Tangdhar tims within a week. The top court the Italian tanker 'Enrica Lexie' seen at the area, which was the those killed in the landslide. Rs Friday, indicating extremely heavy mitting a burglary, in which the sectors of Jammu and adjourned the hearing on the pend- off the coast of Kerala. habitation of around 80 odd work- 50,000 each would be given to those rains of over 20 cms. woman had died. Kashmir Friday by resorting to unprovoked firing towards Indian positions, an army SC dismisses official said. “Pakistan CHILLING OUT initiated an unprovoked Immunity boosting rotis and ceasefire violation (CFV) Rehana’s bail plea along the LoC in Naugam and Tangdhar sectors in hot brews to fight COVID-19 PNN/AGENCIES Kupwara (district of north Kashmir) by firing mortars centralized monitoring system and other weapons,” the New Delhi, August 7: The for ECG, respiration, SpO2 and official said. He said six Supreme Court Friday junked a body temperature. It can meas- civilians were injured due to plea filed by Kerala activist Rehana ure the vitals continuously and Pakistani shelling in Fathima to challenge a High Court send information through Tangdhar sector while no order that rejected her petition telemetry. This device helps in casualties had been reported against a case registered under contactless monitoring of Covid from Naugam sector so far. the POCSO Act and IT Act over her patients and has been validated controversial video. by Narayana Hrudayalaya. A three-judge bench of the apex Malli's Cordytea is an im- Electric Vehicle court comprising Justices Arun munity boosting tea prepared Mishra, BR Gavai and Krishna with mushroom cordyceps, and Policy in Delhi Murari observed that the video is known to have anti-viral prop- uploaded by Fathima of her semi- erties. It helps in boosting im- New Delhi: Chief Minister nude body being painted on by INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE munity levels and has been ap- Arvind Kejriwal Friday her children was clearly obscene. proved by the FSSAI. launched 'Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy' under which “Why do you do all this? You Bangalore, August 7: CD4 Shield is a chewable tablet his government will waive might be an activist but why do Karnataka Deputy Chief containing curcumin and vita- registration fee and this? What kind of nonsense is Minister CN Ashwath Narayan min B12. Both ingredients are road tax, and provide this? It is obscenity clearly which launched eight startup-devel- known to fight inflammation incentive of up to Rs you are spreading. It will leave oped products to help in the and infection. "The product (CD4 1.5 lakh for new cars in the the society in a very bad taste. fight against coronavirus. Shield) ensures activation of national capital. Addressing What impression will the kids "These technologies and prod- innate immunity by activating an online media briefing, he get,” the bench said. The peti- ucts add to the list of earlier CD4+, CD8+ and IFN1 to virus said the policy, which aims tioner, mother to a 14-year-old boy products launched and devel- specific effect and has im- Children jump into a pond to take bath at Ranaghat in Nadia district, Friday PTI PHOTO to boost the economy, and an 8-year-old girl, had up- oped by the startups at the munomodulatory properties. It create jobs and reduce loaded a video clip titled ‘Body Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre also reduces cytokine storm in pollution level, has been Art and Politics’ on YouTube, (BBC). This shows that response to viral infection," said notified. The Chief Minister showing her two children painting Karnataka has emerged as a the official. Padma Vitals+, Govts don’t act till we direct them: SC termed it a "progressive on her semi-naked body. Rehana’s leading state in developing so- Malli’s Cordytea, CD4 Shield, policy" of the country. counsel contended before the apex lutions to fight the COVID-19 BemaRoti, Immune booster daily INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE during hearing of a plea filed by erning the media. The Ministry of court that children seen in a video pandemic, which is a result of drops, VegPhal, Water Sanitiser Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind that alleged Information and Broadcasting, in clip are ‘fully clothed’ and his the robust innovation ecosys- and Anti-Microbial HVAC mod- New Delhi, August 7: The Supreme "demonising of the Muslim mi- an affidavit filed through advocate Kerala bishop gets client has been charged with child tem present here," said Deputy ule are the eight products that Court Friday said that the gov- nority" in the wake of Tablighi Rajat Nair, informed the top court pornography and not obscenity. Chief Minister C.N. Ashwath have been launched. ernments in the country did not Jamaat congregation in Delhi in that it cannot gag the media from bail in rape case “Does female nudity (even when Narayan. These products have BeamRoti is an immunity act till the court directed them. March. The Chief Justice said that reporting on the Jamaat issue. The Kottayam: Two days after the not visible) per se constitutes ob- been developed by various start- boosting chapati (Indian bread), "We have seen from our experi- the criticism is not aimed at Solicitor Centre claimed that steps have al- Supreme Court dismissed the scenity?” he pleaded on behalf of ups at BBC, an initiative of laced with herbs recommended ence that governments do not act General Tushar Mehta. ready been taken to prevent any petition filed by former his client. The lawyer insisted Karnataka Innovation and by the Ayush ministry. until we direct them," a bench com- Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave dissemination of false and provoca- Jalandhar bishop Franco that his client Rehana is of the Technology Society (KITS), Immune booster daily drops prising Chief Justice SA Bobde submitted before the bench re- tive information, and a blanket gag Mulakkal seeking to opinion that the only way out of Department of Electronics, IT, boost immunity, possessing a and Justices AS Bopanna and V garding news reports on the Jamaat order cannot be passed against discharge him in the Kerala this mindset is to sensitise people. BT and S & T, Government of mixture of Ayush ministry rec- Ramasubramanian said. "That is event, and insisted that only the media reportage, as this could ef- nun rape case, he appeared She has moved an anticipatory Karnataka. Padma Vitals+ is a ommended herbs. why this system is here," the court government can take action and fectively harm the freedom of speech in court here Friday bail plea in a matter. remarked. The observation came not the self-regulating bodies gov- and expression and press freedom. and secured bail. The Kottayam Additional Sessions Court had issued a non-bailable warrant against him last month and cancelled Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh could heat up by 7°C by 2100 his earlier bail in the case, after he failed to appear The Arctic has been warming at twice before the court to hear the PRESS TRUST OF INDIA "The study has been carried over waters of which are shared be- the global rate for the last 30 years chargesheet in the case the entire region of Jammu and tween several countries in being read out. Srinagar, August 7: Jammu, Kashmir, including Jammu, South Asia. Kashmir and Ladakh may witness Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, The temperature increase of 6.9 °C for Similarly, the impacts on agri- a temperature increase of up to 6.9 Aksai Chin and other regions across the J&K Himalayas is way more than culture, horticulture and even the projected average rise in the global degrees Celsius by the end of the cen- the Line of Control (LoC)," noted tourism shall significantly threaten and national temperatures by the end 42-year-old man tury due to climate change, ac- Professor Shakil Ahmad Romshoo, of the century the livelihood of the dependent pop- beaten to death cording to a study which warns Dean of Research at the University ulation in the region, the environ- that the glaciers in this Himalayan of Kashmir. "The average annual Similarly, the average temperature over mentalist warned. The researchers, Howrah (WB): A 42-year-old region could shrink by 85 per cent temperature is projected to increase India is projected to rise by approxi- including Jasia Bashir and Irfan man was allegedly beaten to if the projections come true. by 4.5 degrees Celsius, 3.98 degrees mately 4.4 degrees Celsius Rashid from the Department of death in West Bengal's The study, published in the jour- Celsius, and 6.93 degrees Celsius Earth Sciences, University of Howrah district, police said nal Climatic Change July 29, pre- by the end of the twenty first cen- The Arctic has been warming at twice Kashmir, noted that the drivers of Thursday. The incident dicted the impact of future climate tury under three different scenar- the global rate for the last 30 years climate change are primarily the in-

y happened late Wednesday in change in the Jammu, Kashmir Bhupatipur village in the ios, respectively," Romshoo, lead creasing emission rates of green-

and Ladakh Himalaya, by the end author of the research, told PTI. under the worst case scenario. tor of the economy in Jammu, by the end of the century if the house gases in the atmosphere.

k y m Jagatballavpur police c station area, they said. Amid of the twenty-first century using an Romshoo added that if the cur- Similarly, the average tempera- Kashmir and Ladakh due to this projections come true," the profes- Greenhouse gas emission is directly a brawl among family ensemble of 11 models under three rent emission rates of greenhouse ture over India is projected to rise climate change driven temperature sor at the Department of Earth related to fossil fuel use, industri- members over cutting a greenhouse gas emission scenar- gases are sustained, the global av- by approximately 4.4 degrees Celsius increase. Sciences, University of Kashmir, alisation, deforestation, air pollution, papaya tree, Adhir Ray was ios. It also highlights the changes erage temperature is likely to rise under such a scenario, he said. "The glaciers, the most impor- noted. He explained that this would and other environmental unfriendly beaten on his head with a in the distribution of the prevalent by nearly 5 degrees Celsius by the Romshoo noted that there will be sig- tant resource of the region, are lead to significant depletion of the activities across the globe, they stick, police said. climate zones in the region. end of the twenty-first century nificant impacts on almost every sec- going to shrink by around 85 per cent streamflows in the Indus basin, the explained. P10 FREE COVID TEST SATURDAY | AUGUST 8 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR You cannot Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam defeat this virus says the semi-autonomous in a divided Chinese city will offer free world coronavirus testing for all its TEDROS ADHANOM 7.5 million residents GHEBREYESUS | DIRECTOR

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k y m c of the day uote SL polls: Rajapaksa LEBANON PRESIDENT EXPANDS BLAST PROBE Iran is the world's The search for those missing intensified, as rescuers sifted rubble in a race to find anyone still alive after Tuesday’s number one clan registers big win explosion that killed 154, smashed up a swathe of the city and sent shockwaves around the region sponsor of terrorism. Russia and China will PRESS TRUST OF INDIA REUTERS previously said the fire that caused become “co- the blast was ignited by warehouse sponsors” if they block a Colombo, August 7: Mahinda Beirut, August 7: Lebanon’s pres- welding work. Volunteers outside resolution to extend the UN Rajapaksa will be sworn in as Sri ident said Friday an investigation swept up debris from the streets of arms embargo on Iran Lanka's Prime Minister for the into the biggest blast in Beirut’s his- Beirut, which still bears scars from fourth time Sunday after his party tory would examine whether “ex- the 1975-1990 civil war and has often KELLY CRAFT | US AMBASSADOR TO THE UN registered a landslide victory in ternal interference” had a role, as witnessed big bombings and other the general election, securing two- residents tried to rebuild their shat- unrest since then. “Do we actually thirds majority in Parliament tered lives and homes after the have a government here?” said taxi US seeks a needed to amend the Constitution explosion. driver Nassim Abiaad, 66, whose cab sovereign, to further consolidate the powerful The search for those missing in- was crushed by falling building unified and Rajapaksa family's grip on power. tensified, as rescuers sifted rub- wreckage just as he was about to get democratic The Sri Lanka People's Party ble in a race to find anyone still Afghanistan that is into the vehicle. “There is no way at peace with itself (SLPP), led by Prime Minister alive after Tuesday’s explosion that to make money anymore,” he said. and its neighbours Mahinda Rajapaksa, won in 145 killed 154, smashed up a swathe of The government has promised a constituencies, bagging a total of 150 Mahinda Rajapaksa will be sworn the city and sent shockwaves around full investigation. A news agency MIKE POMPEO | US SECRETARY OF STATE seats with its allies, a two-thirds ma- in as the Prime Minister for the the region. said 16 people were taken into cus- jority in the 225-member Parliament, fourth time Sunday at a “The cause has not been deter- Israel, which has fought several and currency disintegrate, while tody. But for many Lebanese, the ex- according to the results announced ceremony at the historic Buddhist mined yet. There is a possibility of wars with Lebanon, has also pre- government decision-making plosion was symptomatic of the The UK will by the election commission Friday. temple of Kelaniya, a north external interference through a viously denied it had any role. floundered. years of neglect by the authorities not hesitate to It won all but four of the 22 elec- Colombo suburb rocket or bomb or other act,” Security forces fired teargas at “There is no way we can rebuild while state corruption thrived. add more toral districts on offer, polling 6.8 The Sri Lanka People's Party, led President Michel Aoun said in com- a furious crowd in Beirut late on this house. Where is the state?” Officials have said the blast, whose countries to its million votes (59.9 per cent). The 74- ments carried by local media and Thursday, as anger boiled over at Tony Abdou, an unemployed 60- seismic impact was recorded hun- travel quarantine list by Prime Minister year-old Prime Minister Mahinda confirmed by his office. the ruling elite, who have presided year-old. His family home is in dreds of miles (kilometres) away, in order to protect Mahinda Rajapaksa, won in thanked the Sri Lankan people for He said it would also consider over a nation that faced economic public health amid 145 constituencies Gemmayze, a district that lies a might have caused losses amount- the COVID-19 pandemic putting their faith in the SLPP and whether it was a result of negligence collapse even before the deadly few hundred metres from the port ing to $15 billion - a bill the coun- said that the country will not stand He created a record in polling or an accident. He previously port blast injured 5,000 people. warehouses where 2,750 tonnes of try cannot pay when it has already over 500,000 individual RISHI SUNAK | BRITISH POLITICIAN disappointed during its tenure. blamed negligence in the storage The small crowd, some hurling highly explosive ammonium ni- defaulted on its mountain of na- preference votes, the highest “Heartfelt gratitude to all Sri of highly explosive material for ever recorded by a candidate in stones, marked a return to the kind trate was stored for years, a ticking tional debt, exceeding 150% of eco- Lankans for placing their trust in the history of elections years at the port. of protests that had become a fea- time bomb near a densely popu- nomic output, and talks about a SHORT TAKES President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, The United States has previously ture of life in Beirut, as Lebanese lated area. lifeline from the International myself and the PodujanaParty and said it has not ruled out an attack. watched their savings evaporate A security source and local media Monetary Fund have stalled. voting for the ‘Saubhagye Dakkama' operation between our two coun- Polish President election manifesto in overwhelm- tries. Sri Lanka & India are friends ing numbers. We will ensure Sri & relations," Mahinda tweeted. Pak Parliament okays sworn in Lanka will not stand disappointed The Rajapaksa family has dom- Warsaw: Polish President during our tenure,” he said. inated Sri Lankan politics for two FEAST TIME FATF-related Bill Andrzej Duda was sworn in Mahinda will be sworn in as the decades. Mahinda was previously for his second five-year term new Prime Minister for the fourth president, from 2005 to 2015. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA in office after he was re- time Sunday at a ceremony at the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had elected in a run-off on July historic Buddhist temple of won the November presidential Islamabad, August 7: Amidst 12. Duda was administered Kelaniya, a north Colombo sub- election on the SLPP ticket. vociferous protests from Pakistan's his oath of office by the urb, according to an official In the parliamentary election, religious parties, the Parliament National Assembly, the statement. he was seeking 150 seats mandatory has approved a third Bill related country's joint sitting of both He created a record in polling to execute constitutional changes, to the tough conditions set by the houses of parliament, reports over 500,000 individual preference including to repeal the 19th global money laundering and ter- Xinhua news agency. votes, the highest ever recorded Amendment to the Constitution rorist financing watchdog FATF. by a candidate in the history of which had curbed the presidential The legislation is part of the elections. Prime Minister Narendra powers while strengthening the efforts by Pakistan to move from Man arrested Modi was among the first world role of Parliament. Activists, al- the Paris-based Financial Action leaders to congratulate Mahinda on ready alarmed by the diminishing Task Force (FATF) grey list to the Beijing: Chinese police have the outcome of the elections and space for dissent and criticism in white list. The FATF put Pakistan arrested a man for posting said the two sides will work to- the island nation, fear such a move on the grey list in June 2018 and "rumours" on social media gether to further advance all areas asked Islamabad to implement a alleging that poor-quality could lead to authoritarianism. military vehicles have caused of bilateral cooperation and to take Meanwhile, the biggest casualty plan of action by the end of 2019 the "death" of PLA soldiers their special ties to ever from the election outcome was the but the deadline was extended during the India-China border newer heights. United National Party (UNP) of later due to COVID-19 pandemic. clash, the official media here "Thank you PM @narendramodi former Prime Minister Ranil The Mutual Legal Assistance reported. Recently, a netizen for your congratulatory phone call. Wickremesinghe. (Criminal Matter) Bill, 2020 -- surnamed Zhou was arrested With the strong support of the peo- The UNP managed to win only which calls for exchange of in- by police for "spreading ple of #SriLanka, I look forward to one seat and that too came thanks formation and criminals with rumours online stating that working with you closely to fur- to the cumulative votes polled countries -- was passed late the poor quality of military ther enhance the long-standing co- nationally. An Asiatic lion reacts during feeding time at London Zoo REUTERS Thursday evening in a joint sitting vehicles supplied by the of Parliament after a hectic two- Dongfeng Off-road Vehicle day consultation with the two Co., Ltd. has caused the death major Opposition parties -- of Chinese soldiers during the HAPPY RETIREMENT Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz China-India border clash," a US lifts Covid travel advisory (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples report in Chinamil.com, which Party (PPP). is attached to the Chinese No more ‘mouse catching’ PRESS TRUST OF INDIA change reflects the reality that The Bill was passed after the Ministry of Defence, said. health and safety conditions are government agreed to include Washington, August 7: The US has improving in some countries while for UK’s Foreign Office cat over two dozen Opposition-pro- lifted the highest level of its global potentially deteriorating in others, posed amendments with a ma- Three boys held health travel advisory for Americans he said. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA jority vote amidst noisy protest by due to the coronavirus pandemic By returning to the country-spe- the religious and nationalist par- Miami: Three teenage boys were arrested after they fled and restored the previous country- cific travel advisory system, the London, August 7: The resident ties, the Dawn News reported. police and ended up in US specific system without changing US is able to give Americans de- cat at the UK Foreign and President Donald Trump's the status of over 50 countries, in- tailed and actionable information Commonwealth Office (FCO) Florida resort with a loaded cluding that of India and China. to make informed travel decisions, in London, dubbed “Lord Fourth Canadian AK-47 assault rifle found inside The US state department issued he said. Palmerston the Chief Mouser” a backpack they were carrying, the Level 4: Do Not Travel advi- “The COVID-19 pandemic poses in reference to its mouse-catch- gets death sentence media reports said. The three sory -- the highest level of travel ad- significant risks for travellers and ing duties, is to retire from diplo- 15-year-old boys jumped a wall visory -- on March 19, urging our destination-specific advisories matic service, the FCO said ASSOCIATED PRESS at the Mar-a-Lago on Friday, American citizens not to travel India may experience border clo- take into account the latest data on Friday. was a social media phenome- but probably didn't know that's overseas due to the coronavirus sures, airport closures, travel pro- and public health and safety analy- Lord Palmerston, famed for non, with 105,000 Twitter fol- Beijing, August 7: China has where they were, Xinhua news pandemic. India remains on the hibitions, stay at home orders, busi- sis on COVID-related risks,” Risch regular territorial tiffs with lowers,” said Sir Simon sentenced a fourth Canadian cit- agency quoted Palm Beach Level 4 of the travel advisory along ness closures and other emergency said. Among other countries which neighbouring Downing Street McDonald, the Permanent izen to death on drug charges in Police spokesman Michael with more than 50 countries, in- conditions within India due to the have been put on the Level 4 of mouse-catcher Larry, will see Under-Secretary and Head of less than two years following a Ogrodnick as saying. cluding China. This means that COVID-19 pandemic, it said. travel advisory include Afghanistan, out his retirement in the English the Diplomatic Service at the sharp downturn in ties over the ar- the US urges its citizens not to Assistant Secretary of State for Bangladesh, Bhutan, Syria, Saudi countryside, where he has been FCO, announcing Palmerston's rest of an executive of Chinese travel to India due to the increas- Consular Affairs Carl Risch told Arabia, Russia, Mexico, Egypt, and spending lockdown already at retirement. tech giant Huawei. Boat mishap ing coronavirus cases. reporters during a conference call Brazil. the home of a member of “After four happy years, Ye Jianhui was sentenced Friday The state department, in its lat- that the State Department, in close Although the guidance from the Foreign Office staff. @Diplomog (Palmerston's by the Foshan Municipal Dakar (Senegal): At least 27 est travel advisory on India issued coordination with the CDC, has state department has been lifted, Both cats have their own so- Twitter handle) will retire: he's Intermediate Court in the south- people died when a boat on Thursday, said: “Do not travel to lifted the Global Level 4 Health American travellers continue to cial media profiles and are very enjoyed lockdown life in the ern province of Guangdong. carrying migrants capsized India due to COVID-19. Exercise Advisory and has returned to the face travel restrictions in countries popular with news photogra- countryside so much, he's ac- Ye had been found guilty of off the West African coast increased caution in India due to phers on Downing Street du- manufacturing and transporting between Mauritania and previous system of country-spe- worldwide due to the rising cases cepted an invitation to stay. Western Sahara, United crime and terrorism”. cific levels of travel advice, with lev- of the deadly disease in the United ties. “In April 2016, a cat called Everyone at the Foreign Office drugs, the court said in a brief Nations agencies said Friday. The Centres for Disease Control els from 1 to 4 depending on coun- States. According to Johns Hopkins Palmerston arrived from will miss him (our mice less statement. More than 40 were initially and Prevention (CDC) has issued a try-specific conditions. Coronavirus Resource Center, the Battersea (dogs and cat shelter so). We wish him a long & happy Another suspect in the case was feared dead on Thursday, Level 3 (avoid non-essential travel) The CDC has similarly removed contagion has infected over 19 mil- in London). I thought I was em- retirement,” said McDonald in also given the death penalty and according to initial reports by Travel Health Notice for India due its Level 3 Global COVID-19 lion people and killed more than ploying a mouser. What I got a Twitter statement. four others sentenced to between the U.N. refugee agency. to COVID-19, it said. Travellers to Pandemic Notice. This important 713,000 across the world. seven years and life in prison. Death sentences are automati- cally referred to China's highest court for review. Ties between Canada and China Trump signs executive orders banning TikTok, WeChat have nosedived over Canada's late 2018 arrest of Meng Wanzhou, a PRESS TRUST OF INDIA welcomed by both the Trump ad- country. Trump noted that these of federal employees and contrac- mitted under applicable law, any company executive and the daugh- ministration and US lawmakers. risks have led other countries, in- tors, build dossiers of personal in- transaction by any person, or with ter of Huawei's founder, at Washington, August 7: President "The United States must take ag- cluding Australia and India, to formation for blackmail, and con- respect to any property, subject to the Vancouver's airport in at the re- Donald Trump, citing India's re- gressive action against the owners begin restricting or banning the duct corporate espionage, he alleged. jurisdiction of the United States, quest of the US, which wants her cent ban on Chinese social media of TikTok to protect our national se- use of TikTok and WeChat. TikTok TikTok also reportedly censors with ByteDance Ltd., Beijing, China, extradited to face fraud charges apps, has signed executive orders curity," Trump said in his executive which has up to 80 million active content that the Chinese Communist or its subsidiaries, in which any over the company's dealings that would prevent TikTok and order. In his next executive order he monthly users in America - has ex- Party deems politically sensitive, such company has any interest, as with Iran. WeChat from operating in the US as said the country must take "ag- ploded in popularity in recent years, such as content concerning protests identified by the Secretary of Her arrest enraged Beijing, they threatened America's national gressive action" against WeChat to mostly with people under 20. in Hong Kong and China's treat- Commerce (Secretary)," Trump said. which calls it a political move security and economy. The ban protect America's national secu- TikTok, a video-sharing mobile ment of Uyghurs and other Muslim He delegated power to the commerce aimed at constraining China's rise

comes into effect in 45 days, Trump rity. In a communique to the application owned by the Chinese minorities. TikTok may also be secretary to take such actions, in- as a global technology power.

k y m c said in two separate executive or- Congress, Trump said the spread in company ByteDance Ltd, auto- used for disinformation campaigns cluding adopting appropriate rules Ye's sentencing comes a day ders signed on Thursday. the United States of mobile appli- matically captures vast swaths of in- that benefit the Chinese Communist and regulations, and to employ all after fellow Canadian Xu Weihong India was the first country to ban cations developed and owned by formation from its users, Trump Party, the president said. powers granted to the President by was given the death penalty by TikTok and WeChat, citing national companies in China continues to said. This data collection threat- Americans' personal and propri- "To deal with this threat, the order International Emergency Economic the Guangzhou Municipal security concerns. India has banned threaten the national security, for- ens to allow the ruling Chinese etary information - potentially al- prohibits, beginning 45 days after the Powers Act as may be necessary to Intermediate Court, also in as many as 106 Chinese apps, a move eign policy, and economy of the Communist Party access to lowing China to track the locations date of this order, to the extent per- implement the order. Guandong province. The focus is on P11 restructuring UK CONFIDENT OF BREXIT TRADE DEAL SATURDAY | AUGUST 8 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR (window for corporates). Finance ministry UK’s Michael Gove, overseeing Brexit talks is is actively engaged with RBI confident a FTA would be clinched with the on this. In principle, the idea EU as there had been a distinct change of that there may be a tone from the bloc in recent weeks allowing restructuring required, progress to be made. The UK left the EU

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k y m membership remain in place c NIRMALA SITHARAMAN | FINANCE MINISTER of the day uote Efficient farming ‘Smartphone market set to recover in H2’ must for food The decision to hold the AGENCIES However, this will be depend- policy rate is a security: Naidu ent on brand marketing and chan- ‘Apple dominates prudent one in the prevailing New Delhi, August 7: After a steep nel initiatives, especially by eTailers market again’ circumstances as decline of over 50% in Q2, the India during the festive sales. NEW DELHI: Riding on the success of its the trajectory of smartphone market is set for a grad- "Brand initiatives around multi iPhone 11 and iPhone XR devices, Apple economic growth, inflation and ual recovery in the second half as or hybrid channel strategies will also once again dominated the India premi- external demand continues to the country enters the festive sea- play a key role as offline partners um smartphone market with 48.8% mar- remain uncertain son, the IDC India said Friday. and brands will be looking for pock- The online channel registered a ets of growth in these crucial next ket share in the lockdown-hit June quar- RAJNISH KUMAR | SBI CHAIRMAN ter, the IDC India said Friday. Shipments high market share of 44.8% in few months," explained Singh. in the premium ($500 and above) seg- June quarter but declined 39.9% (Y- Overall, the June quarter saw a ment declined by (-35.4%) in Q2 (Y-o-Y) REITs are good o-Y) in unit terms due to lockdown sharp year-over-year decline of (- but Apple maintained its lead, followed news for restrictions on the delivery of elec- 50.6 per cent) in the second quarter by Samsung and OnePlus. The iPhone 11 investors who have tronics as well as severely limited to 18.2 million units, as the country and iPhone XR together accounted for INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE a small appetite and stock for most of the quarter. remained under lockdown through 28% shipments in this segment in Q2, yet want to invest in "The surge in demand is ex- Navkendar Singh, Research half of the year, as the country the first half of the quarter. said the report. Chennai, August 7: Vice-President the otherwise highly pected to continue throughout the Director, Client Devices & IPDS, approaches the festive quarter, Many offline channel partners M Venkaiah Naidu Friday said cost-intensive first half of 3Q20 (third quarter) IDC India. with the majority of the consumers adopted new ways of marketing by references, etc., for doorstep demos there is an urgent need to make commercial real estate (CRE) as well, requiring a steady supply IDC expects the market to show looking to buy low-end and mid- reaching out to consumers through and deliveries, as well as accept- agriculture more efficient and market. With REITs, they can of devices in the market," said signs of recovery in the second range devices. social media platforms, WhatsApp, ing contactless payments. profitable to ensure food and nu- literally take a small bite of the trition security. large Indian CRE pie In a virtual address inaugu- ANUJ PURI | CHAIRMAN, ANAROCK rating a conference `Science for Resilient Food, Nutrition and ‘Electropreneur Park to Livelihood: Contemporary As the number Challenges' Naidu said, "If we are of BharatBenz RBI forms panel to deal to ensure food and nutrition se- owners rapidly curity to millions, there is an im- increases, we feel it nurture ESDM startups’ minent need to make agriculture is the right time to more efficient, resilient, profitable tap the massive POST NEWS NETWORK and productive. Pre-harvest and potential presented post-harvest losses have to be min- by the used CV segment. We look with stressed assets forward to delivering BharatBenz’s Bhubaneswar, August 7: imised." superior quality, service and TCO to PRESS TRUST OF INDIA n The expert committee will be Electropreneur Park Bhubaneswar The conference was organised an even larger customer base headed by KV Kamath and will is poised to emerge as one of the by the city-based MS Swaminathan Mumbai, August 7: The Reserve suggest financial parameters for finest destinations for Electronics Research Foundation (MSSRF). SATYAKAM ARYA | MD AND CEO, DICV Bank of India (RBI) Friday set up resolution of Covid-related System Design and Manufacturing According to Naidu, the market an expert committee under vet- stressed assets (ESDM) startups for their nurtur- infrastructure and the national eran banker KV Kamath to sug- n ing and growth, said Omkar Rai, the ambitious plans by MeitY for road and transportation network gest financial parameters for res- This committee will also undertake Director General of Software taking up manufacturing of mobile must be improved so that farmers the process validation for the olution of coronavirus-related Technology Parks of India (STPI). phones, electronic components and are able to get their produce from SHORT TAKES resolution plans to be implemented stressed assets. The committee will under this framework During a Webinar Series servers in the country on a large the farm gates to markets at rea- submit its recommendations to the Elecrovibes, held Friday, Rai said scale in coming years. He also re- sonable cost. CDSL gets RBI, which will notify them along n The other members of the Odisha government is providing a vealed that global leaders in these "We must step up investments with modifications, if any, in 30 committee will be Diwakar Gupta, conducive test bed for implement- areas have shown interest in re- in improved storage, processing UIDAI nod days. TN Manoharan, and Ashvin Parekh ing new ideas and projects of STPI sponse to the invitation by MeitY. and preservation to retain the nu- New Delhi: Leading depository As part of the Statement on and expanding the success of Gaur assured full support of MeitY tritional value of food products, CDSL has received clearance Developmental and Regulatory tor-specific benchmark ranges for president of ADB); TN Manoharan Odisha to other parts of the coun- to the initiatives by the govern- rather than investing in highly from UIDAI to carry out e-KYC Policies released along with the such parameters. (effective August 14, 2020, after the try. ment of Odisha and STPI in the state processed foods. Food, agricul- authentication using Aadhaar. Monetary Policy Statement on The expert committee will also completion of his term as chairman The Webinar Series Elecrovibes, to transform Bhubaneswar as an ture and trade policies have to be The clearance has been Thursday, the RBI has announced undertake the process validation for of Canara Bank); and Ashvin on Electronics Ecosystem & re- ESDM Hub. constantly reviewed and updated obtained to act as a local a 'Resolution Framework for COVID- the resolution plans to be imple- Parekh will be strategy advisor; lated area which is aimed to prop- EP Bhubaneswar is mandated to to suit the times," Naidu said. Authentication User Agency 19-related Stress', as a special win- mented under this framework, with- and the Indian Banks' Association agate the mission of EP as well as promote innovation in ESDM and Pointing out the negative health or e-KYC User Agency, CDSL dow under the Prudential out going into the commercial as- CEO will function as member sec- creating a buzz among the startups, creation of Intellectual Property and impact owing to poor diet quality, said in a statement. Once Framework on Resolution of pects, in respect of all accounts retary of the panel. innovators, students & enthusi- provide an enabling platform to Naidu said there is need to reori- market intermediaries Stressed Assets issued June 7, 2019. with an aggregate exposure of `1,500 In a major relief to corporate and asts and keeping them abreast on the incubatees. It is all set to kick- ent agriculture priorities towards register as KUA, they can The resolution framework en- crore and above at the time of in- retail borrowers, the RBI Thursday the technological innovation tak- start its operation with on board- more nutrition-sensitive food. open accounts using Aadhaar- visages constitution of an expert vocation. permitted banks to go for one-time ing places particularly in ESDM do- ing of 14 startups/innovators work- He said diets of poor quality are based e-KYC (electronic Know committee by the RBI to make rec- The other members of the com- restructuring of loans that are fac- main. ing in innovative projects in ESDM a principal contributor to the Your Customer). CDSL said it ommendations on the required fi- mittee will be Diwakar Gupta (ef- ing stress due to the COVID-19 cri- Saurabh Gaur, Joint Secretary, domain that have been selected for multiple burdens of malnutri- will facilitate intermediaries nancial parameters to be factored fective September 1, 2020, after the sis with a view to mitigating risks Ministry of Electronics & IT Season 1 Incubation & pre-incu- tion: stunting, micronutrient de- to offer seamless online in into the resolution plans, with sec- completion of his term as vice- to financial stability. (MeitY), Govt. of India, spoke about bation programme. ficiencies, overweight and obesity. account opening using Aadhaar-based e-KYC. Seminar on post pandemic BIZ BUZZ Dabur expands British Airways staff to lose jobs Forex reserves hit all-time high product portfolio scenario organised by ICC LONDON: Thousands of MUMBAI: The country’s for- New Delhi: Homegrown British Airways staff will eign exchange reserves hit an FMCG firm Dabur has riety of intricate issues pertain- be sent letters telling all-time high of $534.568 bil- announced the expansion of ing how the organisations, the lead- them they have lost their lion after surging by massive its baby care portfolio with ership and the HR leaders should jobs Friday, as the airline $11.938 billion in the week the launch of eight new take actions not only just to over- pushes ahead with a plan ended July 31, the RBI data Ayurveda-based products come the catastrophic effect of the to cut employee numbers showed. While announcing looking into the growing COVID-19 pandemic but also de- by 29% in the face of the monetary policy Thursday, demand of baby care liberated on the strategy and pre- bitter opposition from the RBI Governor Shaktikanta products. Dabur has paredness to face similar catas- unions. British Airways, Das said the reserves at launched the new baby care $534.6 billion are equivalent to trophes in future. owned by IAG, said in products on e-commerce April it would need to axe up to 12,000 of its 42,000 staff to survive the 13.4 months of imports. So far platform Amazon, where Sarangi emphasised that the au- in FY2020-21 (up to July 31), the reserves have risen by $56.8 billion, he thentic human character should COVID-19 pandemic and remain competitive. But the plan has met these would be exclusively fierce resistance from cabin crew union Unite which said Friday it had said. In the week ended July 24, reserves had increased by $4.993 POST NEWS NETWORK be nurtured and re-cultivated among available, the company said. would also keep fighting against pay cuts for existing staff. BA said billion to $522.630 billion. The reserves had crossed the half-a-trillion Marketing Head-Healthcare the masses. Re-skilling, devotion and that 6,000 employees had decided to take voluntary redundancy, while mark for the first time in the week ended June 5. In the week ended July OTC AS Parihar said, "With Bhubaneswar, August 7: Indian discipline, are a must to survive and thousands of others would receive a letter in the coming days to tell 31, it rose due to gains in foreign currency assets, a major component the growing demand of baby Chamber of Commerce (ICC) compete in this world. them their fate. of the overall reserves. care products, we have Odisha organised the e-conference Meanwhile, Sridhar Patra said, decided to expand the Baby on The Human Resource (HR) – “Through experience it has de- Care portfolio with a range of Post Pandemic Scenario through veloped its preparedness and plan- products enriched with Virtual Platform. ning and today we have ensured that Gold, silver prices touch record levels Ayurvedic herbs.” The Chief Guest of the pro- there is no casualty even if we face gramme was Pratap Chandra cyclones every year. Therefore, NEW DELHI: Gold price surged for the 16th straight session Friday and touched an all- Sarangi, Minister of State, for learning out of the situation is im- time high of `57,008 per 10 grams in the national capital, according to HDFC Securities. MSME and Fisheries & Animal portant to combat the calamities ef- Silver too continued its upward movement, with the price touching a record-high of Exim Bank ` ` Husbandry (FAHD), Government fectively.” 77,840 per kilogram. Silver price jumped by 576 compared to the closing level of extends LOC `77,264 per kg Thursday. In the previous trade, gold had closed at `57,002 per 10 grams. of India, Bijay Kumar Patnaik, The panelists said that work- ` ` Former Chief Secretary, force strategies in the recovery On Friday, the price increased by 6 to 57,008 per 10 grams. Prices New Delhi: Export-Import Bank of both the metals recorded all-time high prices, HDFC Securities said. "Spot gold Government of Odisha and Sridhar phase will be best orchestrated of India (Exim Bank) has prices for 24 carat in Delhi continued to scale new highs by gaining `6. Gold prices extended a $250-million (about Patra, Chairman-cum-Managing through five critical actions: re- are trading higher for the 16th consecutive day in India," HDFC Securities Senior `1,870 crore) line of credit (LOC) Director, NALCO. flect, recommit, re-engage, rethink, Analyst (Commodities) Tapan Patel said. to Mozambique for improving The deliberation focused on va- and reboot. power supply quality in the country. The agreement to this effect was signed August 3 through exchange between Saroj Khuntia, GM, Exim Bank, and Adriano Isaias Ubisse, national Global AI market to see 12.3% growth in 2020: IDC directorate of treasury, Ministry of Economy and Finance, WHILE THIS YEAR’S GROWTH IS SOMEWHAT SLOWER THAN PREVIOUS YEAR’S DUE TO THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF COVID-19, INVESTMENT IN AI WILL RECOVER QUICKLY Mozambique. With the signing of this LOC agreement, Exim Bank INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE AI applications In terms of vendor share, Adobe of the category's revenue with AI till date has extended 14 LOCs to had the top spot for AI-centric CRM Business Services delivering the Mozambique, taking their total continue to be at the value to $772.44 million. San Francisco, August 7: forefront of digital applications while Microsoft was rest. The top five companies in Worldwide revenues for the Artificial transformation (DX) No.1 in AI non-centric CRM terms of market share -- IBM, Intelligence (AI) market, including initiatives, driving both Applications. Accenture, Deloitte, Infosys, and software, hardware, and services, innovation and improvement Meanwhile, in ERM AI applica- Cognizant -- captured roughly one Murugappa Group are expected to total $156.5 billion to business operations tions, Ceridian and Intuit take the third of the worldwide AI services in 2020, a growth of 12.3% over the top spots in AI-centric and AI non- market in 2019. to invest `700 cr RITU JYOTI | PROGRAMME VP, ARTIFICIAL previous year, according to a new centric types, respectively, IDC said. INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH, IDC IDC expects AI hardware (server New Delhi: Murugappa Group forecast by International Data As for the rest of the AI appli- and storage combined) revenues firm Tube Investments of India Corporation (IDC). billion in 2024 with a five-year com- der. ment (CRM) AI applications and cations market, IBM is in first po- to reach $13.4 billion in 2020, rep- Ltd (TIIL) has agreed to invest While this year’s growth is some- pound annual growth rate (CAGR) "AI applications continue to be at enterprise relationship manage- sition under AI-centric type while resenting 10.3% year-over-year ` 700 crore in CG Power and what slower than previous year’s due of 17.1%. the forefront of digital transfor- ment (ERM) AI Applications are Microsoft occupies the top spot growth. In terms of vendor share,

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k y m 51% stake, the scam-hit c 19, investment in AI will recover nology group delivering roughly both innovation and improvement and 17% share of the AI applications The second largest AI category are Dell, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, company said Friday. Tube Investments of India Ltd will be quickly, said the IDC ‘Worldwide 80% of all AI revenue. to business operations," Ritu Jyoti, market. Other key segments in- is services, which IDC forecasts and Inspur, IDC said. issued 64.25 crore shares at Semiannual Artificial Intelligence Most of the software revenue programme Vice President, Artificial clude AI for content workflow and will reach $18.4 billion in 2020, an In the AI Storage market, Dell `8.56 apiece aggregating to Tracker'. comes from AI applications -- $120.4 Intelligence Research at IDC, said management applications, pro- increase of 13% year over year. Technologies, NetApp and Hewlett `550 crore, CG Power said in a Worldwide AI market revenue billion in 2020 -- with AI Software in a statement. duction applications, and collabo- Within the AI services market, AI Packard Enterprise hold the top regulatory filing. revenues are likely to surpass $300 Platforms delivering the remain- Customer relationship manage- rative applications. IT services accounts for nearly 80% three positions, it added. P12 SATURDAY | AUGUST 8 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR sports

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k k y y m m c MAJOR TASK IN HAND in quarterfinals c ASSOCIATED PRESS “It would have been better to have large areas of northeast Spain are tense pressure since Barcelona lost the all our players available, but that is not seeing a recent spike in cases of the Spanish league to Real Madrid last TEAM NEWS ASSOCIATED PRESS ing. Roma and Sevilla played at Barcelona, August 7: Barcelona the case,” Setien said. “We are going virus that causes COVID-19, but health month, when Messi called his team Barcelona will be the stadium of third-tier German coach Quique Setien says that he is to have to rely on many players from officials have assured UEFA that the ‘weak’ and said that unless the team without the services of Duisburg, August 7: Sevilla de- club Duisburg, whose fans have ready to count on youngsters Ansu Fati our youth team. We have to adapt and game is safe to play. despite the con- turned things around it would lose to central defender Samuel feated Roma 2-0 in the round of 16 been raising money from T-shirt and Riqui Puig to eliminate Napoli and we will do our best not to miss the play- cerns of Napoli. Napoli. Umtiti due to a knee to stay in the hunt for a record sales to help the club with the fi- advance to the Champions League ers who can’t be with us.” Setien said that he is con- “In no moment have I injury, while midfielders sixth Europa League title, as nancial impact of the coronavirus. final eight in Portugal. The match at Camp Nou will be fident that keeping his job thought that tomorrow’s Sergio Busquets and Wolverhampton, Bayer Leverkusen Sevilla will next face Wolves Barcelona will be without mid- played without spectators due to local does not hinge on quali- game could be my last,” Arturo Vidal are both and Basel also qualified for the Tuesday after the English team fielders Sergio Busquets, Arturo Vidal health regulations. Barcelona and fying for the ‘bubble’ Setien said. “We are focused suspended for the home quarterfinals. squeezed past Olympiakos 1-0 on the and Arthur for Saturday’s second leg Champions League tour- on advancing and playing side. Arthur, on the Full-back Sergio Reguilon gave night and 2-1 on aggregate for its of their round of 16 tie. The match will nament to be played in the rest of the competi- other hand, will also not Sevilla the lead with a surging run first European quarterfinal in 48 be played five months after the Spanish Lisbon later this month. tion in Portugal with the feature for the Catalans through the Roma defense and a years. side earned a 1-1 draw at Napoli be- Setien has been under in- same sense of excitement shot past keeper Pau Raul Jimenez fore the pandemic brought most sports that we feel now.” As for Napoli, Kostas Lopez in the 22nd scored the only goal to a halt. Manolas is absent due minute. Youssef En- from the penalty spot “Both Rique and Ansu are ready to to a rib injury, but the Nesyri added the sec- in the ninth minute play,” Setien said Friday. “They have Italians are hopeful that ond just before half- after Olympiakos Lorenzo Insigne will be performed and played pretty well and time, tapping in a goalkeeper Bobby able to shake off a thigh could perfectly well start (against problem in time for the low cross from Lucas Allain gave away a Napoli). And if they do start, I am contest. Nikola Ocampos. spot-kick with a sure they will be guaranteed to play Maksimovic is also It was a single clumsy challenge DRIES MERTENS well.” struggling with a knee game at a neutral after he failed to con- The 20-year-old Puig has a good injury venue in Germany trol the ball. chance to earn his debut in Europe’s because no first leg Both teams had top-tier club competition with both was played in March plenty of chances to Busquets and Vidal suspended for before the season score in an action- the critical match. Arthur has had KEY NOTES was suspended amid packed second half a falling out with the club after se- Barca are unbeaten in the coronavirus pan- but a combination curing his transfer to Juventus their last 35 Champions League matches demic. No fans are allowed at any of poor finishing and solid goal- for next season and refusing to re- on home soil, while they have not lost in Europa League games. keeping kept the score down. turn to team practice. any of their last 15 home fixtures against Roma defender Gianluca Mancini Bayer Leverkusen earned a quar- Setien values Puig’s pass- Italian opposition, picking up 12 victories was sent off in added time after terfinal against Inter Milan, beat- ing and ball-control skills, in the process video review for making contact ing Rangers 1-0 Thursday thanks which remind some HEAD with Luuk De Jong’s head in a chal- to a powerful shot from Moussa Barcelona fans of Xavi TO Barca’s last success in this competition lenge for the ball. Diaby for a 4-1 aggregate win. came back in 2015, and they were Hernandez and Andres It was Roma’s first game since its Basel already had a 3-0 lead from HEAD incredibly eliminated by Liverpool in Iniesta, and rewarded USD 700 million takeover by the the first leg and made the quar- The two sides the semifinals of last season’s him with a bigger role tournament despite running out 3-0 Texas-based Friedkin Group was terfinals after Fabian Frei scored during the final stretch have only met confirmed Thursday morning. the only goal of the game in a 1-0 once previously in winners in the first leg of their last of the Spanish league. The venue was a world away win over Eintracht Frankfurt. UEFA competitions four tie with the Merseyside giants Fati, 17, made a huge splash this sea- from that high-powered dealmak- Basel next plays Shakhtar Donetsk. – in the first leg of Napoli have actually never been son by becoming the youngest player this last 16 tie in to score in the Spanish league and past this stage of the Champions Naples. Antoine League, losing to Chelsea and the Champions League, among other Griezmann precocious scoring milestones. Real Madrid in their last two last sealed a draw 16 ties With Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez with an away set to start in attack, Fati could get goal after Dries The Italian side have only won picked over fellow forward Antoine Mertens opened seven of their last 21 matches Griezmann, who was cleared to play the scoring for in this competition and have by team doctors Friday after having Napoli lost their last four two-legged recovered from a right thigh injury last ties against Spanish month. opposition Clement Lenglet was also cleared TONIGHT’S LIONEL MESSI Defeats on their last by team doctors and will likely play MATCHES three visits to Spain, with Gerard Pique in the center of the coupled with an overall defense with Samuel Umtiti still in- BARCELONA away record of two jured. wins and five defeats With only 13 first-team players vs NAPOLI to La Liga available, Setien has called up BAYERN MUNICH opposition, means seven members of that the Italian Barcelona’s youth vs CHELSEA outfit are the squad, including Time: 12:30 am underdogs American Konrad heading into de la Fuente. 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KEEPING FORM INTACT: Sergio Reguilon (C) is surrounded by his teammates after scoring Sevilla’s first goal; (inset) Raul Jimenez reacts after converting a penalty for Wolves, Thursday

ICC MEN’S T20 WORLD CUP Bottas fastest FIVE-TEST SERIES OF WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP MOVES TO EARLY 2021 in 1st practice India to host 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIA-ENGLAND SERIES POSTPONED Silverstone, August 7: Valtteri play three ODIs and as many T20s schedule as we move towards the re- Bottas set the fastest time in the and the matches could now be held sumption of cricket. The India- edition, Aus in 2022 first practice session for the 70th after the Test series between the England series is one of the most Anniversary Grand Prix at two in India early next year. anticipated contests in world cricket. Silverstone Friday, just ahead of his The series was to be a prepara- The two teams compete hard on Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton. tory one ahead of the T20 World the field and provide some rivet- Bottas posted a lap of one minute Cup, which was originally scheduled ing moments.” 26.166 seconds, beating Hamilton’s from October 18 to November 5 in The five-Test series to be hosted best time by 0.138 seconds. Max Australia, but has now been post- by India could be trimmed to four Verstappen was third-fastest for poned due to the pandemic. to accommodate the white-ball Red Bull in 1:26.893. Nico The T20 World Cup’s postpone- games next year. Hulkenberg placed fourth for ment made way for the IPL, which “International cricket between Racing Point. has been scheduled from September India and England is a highlight of Ferrari was again off Mercedes’ 19 to November 10 in the UAE. the cricketing calendar and we look pace, with Charles Leclerc fifth- “BCCI and ECB are in consulta- forward to working with BCCI to fastest and Sebastian Vettel sev- tion with a view to confirming the firm-up the schedules for these ea- enth. Mercedes has won every 2021 schedules for an all-formats gerly anticipated tours as soon as race so far this year. England men’s tour to India to run possible,” said ECB CEO Tom INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE The race marks the 70th year from late January to late March Harrison. WINDOWS FOR ICC since the Formula One champi- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA early 2021 with both the boards cit- and for India’s Test tour to England India have not played any inter- New Delhi, August 7: The MEN’S EVENTS onship began. The first race of ing the COVID-19 pandemic, which due in the summer of 2021,” the national cricket since March when International Cricket Council (ICC) the 1950 season was held at New Delhi, August 7: India’s wrecked the international calen- BCCI said in a statement. the team engaged in a home T20 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 will be has decided that India will host Silverstone. It’s the second race in white-ball series against England, dar and created space for the IPL dur- BCCI secretary Jay Shah added: series against South Africa, which played in India in October-November the 2021 edition of the T20 World scheduled at home in September- ing this window. with the final set for November 14 Britain after the calendar was re- “The BCCI and ECB are working also had to be postponed midway due Cup while the postponed 2020 edi- shaped by the pandemic. October, was Friday postponed to Both teams were scheduled to closely to finalise the day-wise to the pandemic. tion will now be played in Australia T20 World Cup 2022 will take place in in 2022. India is also set to host the Australia in October-November with 50-over World Cup in India in 2023. the final to be played November 13 The ICC had announced July 20 50-Over World Cup 2023 will be the postponement of the 2020 edi- played in India October-November Yasir spins web around England as Pak in control tion World T20 due to the coron- with the final set for November 26 avirus pandemic, but did not men- tion the venue for the 2021 edition over World Cup has been delayed INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Stokes dropped an easy chance in couldn’t last long as he was dis- and the 2022 edition. They had only by a few months is to keep enough the slip to give Abid a second chance missed by Shadab Khan for 16. said that the 2023 50-over World breathing space for the broad- Manchester, August 7: Yasir Shah off the bowling of Anderson in the Broad continued to hit bound- Cup will be played in October- casters,” the board member had (4/66) helped Pakistan take a cru- seventh over. aries on the other end as this time November in India. explained. cial 107-run first innings lead as Earlier, Jos Buttler (38) and Chris he hit a six and four off Yasir. But Speaking to this agency, an ICC When contacted, a BCCI official England were bowled out for 219 Woakes (19) resumed the hosts’ in- he soon ran out of partners as board member had said that the rea- had said that it will be a decision in their first essay of the first Test nings after lunch and the wicket- James Anderson was dismissed son why the ICC release hadn’t that will be taken by both the Indian here at the Old Trafford, Friday. keeper batsman fell straightaway to LBW by Shadab for seven. mentioned the venue of the 2021 and board and Cricket Australia (CA) In reply, England fast bowler Yasir without adding a single run England folded in their first in- 2022 T20 World Cup was because a in unison. Stuart Broad struck early in to his score. Dominic Bess was the nings for 219. Yasir was the pick of decision was yet to be taken on “The BCCI and CA share a very Pakistan’s second innings after the next to depart as he became Yasir’s Pakistan bowlers and he ended whether India would be requested strong bond and any decision in this visitors took a huge first innings lead third wicket of the innings for one. with a four-wicket haul. Mohammad y to hand the rights of hosting the regard would be taken keeping in the second session of Day 3. Few overs later, Yasir struck again Abbas and Shadab scalped two each

next year’s showpiece event to each others’ trust and after dis- Azhar Ali and his troops are firmly and this time it was Woakes. for the visitors.

k k y y m m c c Australia. cussions between the two boards. in the driver’s seat as they lead by Broad (29 n o) then slammed “See, the whole idea is to reach With the exit of the former chair- 127 runs at tea with nine wickets in three consecutive boundaries in BRIEF SCORES (AT TEA): a decision which is agreeable to man, the era of cloak and dagger the bag. one Shaheen Afridi over, adding Pakistan 326 & 20/1 (Abid 15 batting; all. The only reason why the ven- in the ICC is all but over,” the offi- There was a chance for England crucial runs to the England total. His Stuart Broad 1/2); England 219 (Olly ues haven’t been given and the 50- cial had told this agency. to pick their second wicket but Ben partner Jofra Archer, however, Yasir Shah punches in the air in celebration after dismissing Jos Buttler (inset) Pope 62; Yasir 4/66). Match to continue.

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