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VOLUME 10, ISSUE 167 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 | 2020 12 PAGES | `4.00 IRREGULAR by MANJUL Sputnik-V shots coming to India RUSSIA TO SELL 100 MILLION DOSES OF THE VACCINE TO DR REDDY’S LAB

AGENCIES Sputnik V ously it was not aiming at making a vaccine could profit, just covering costs. Moscow, Sept 16: Russia's sovereign CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM The agreement comes as India's coro- provide a credible wealth fund has agreed to supply 100 navirus cases surged past 5 million million doses of its coronavirus vaccine, option in our fight n Deliveries to India Wednesday, piling pressure on hospi- Sputnik-V, to Indian drug company Dr against COVID-19 in could begin in late 2020 tals grappling with unreliable supplies Reddy's Laboratories, the fund said India subject to the completion of oxygen that they need to treat tens of trials and the vaccine’s All MLAs, staffers to We are out of business, boss! Wednesday, as Moscow speeds up plans G V PRASAD of thousands of critical patients. registration by regulatory The court says we can’t vilify CO-CHAIRMAN, DR REDDY’S to distribute its shot abroad. authorities in India India is only the second country in a community!! The deal comes after the Russian the world to cross the grim milestone undergo RT-PCR test n The deal comes after Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) reached n Russia was the first and said this week it is considering the Russian Direct agreements with Indian manufactur- country to license a novel granting an emergency authorisation Investment Fund reached ers to produce 300 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine for a vaccine, particularly for the eld- POST NEWS NETWORK agreements with Indian vaccine in India, which is a major con- before large-scale Phase erly and people in high-risk workplaces. SHORT TAKES manufacturers to sumer of Russian oil and arms. III trials were complete, The RDIF has already reached Bhubaneswar, Sept 16: produce 300 mn doses of Dr Reddy's, one of India's top phar- stirring concern among vaccine supply deals with All the MLAs along with the vaccine in India Tata to construct maceutical companies, will carry out scientists and doctors Kazakhstan, Brazil and Mexico. It their personal staff in- Phase III clinical trials of the vac- has also signed a memorandum cluding PSO and driver will new Parl building cine in India, pending regulatory ap- Russia was the first country to li- co-chairman of Dr Reddy's, was cited with the Saudi Chemical company. undergo RT-PCR test to en- proval, RDIF said in a statement. cense a novel coronavirus vaccine be- in the RDIF statement as saying. Russia has billed Sputnik-V as the sure a safe Monsoon Session New Delhi: Tata Projects Limited Deliveries to India could begin in late fore large-scale Phase III trials were com- "Sputnik V vaccine could provide first vaccine against the coronavirus of the Assembly beginning Government Chief Whip on Wednesday won the bid to 2020, it said, adding this was subject plete, stirring concern among scientists a credible option in our fight against to be registered in the world. Phase September 29. and deputy chief whip from construct a new Parliament building at a cost of `861.90 to the completion of trials and the and doctors about the safety and effi- COVID-19 in India," he said. There III trials, involving at least 40,000 Health and Family 7:30am to 9:30am from crore, officials said. The L&T Ltd vaccine's registration by regulatory cacy of the shot. The Phase I and II re- was no detail about the price of the people, were launched in Russia Welfare Additional Chief September 26 to 28. had submitted a bid of `865 authorities in India. sults had shown promise, G V Prasad, vaccine but RDIF has said previ- Aug. 26 but have yet to be completed. Secretary (ACS) PK The Health & Family crore, they said. "The Tata Mohapatra has asked Welfare department will Projects Limited has won the Bhubaneswar Municipal provide face shields, masks, contract to build a new Corporation (BMC) and hand gloves and sanitisers Parliament building," an official Babri case verdict Capital Hospital authori- to the officials of Legislative, said. The new Parliament IN FOR A TREAT ties to extend nec- Question and building will be constructed essary logistic If any member Reporting close to the existing one under Sept 30; Advani, support in this re- feels branches, along the Central Vista redevelopment gard. uncomfortable with other staffers, project, and it is expected to be Joshi summoned All legislators during the session, who are required completed in 21 months. AGENCIES along with their he/she may go to go inside the staffers will un- for antigen test Assembly Hall. Lucknow, Sept 16: A special dergo RT-PCR on the Assembly The safety items Nitin Gadkari tests court here will deliver judg- test from 7:30am premises will be provided ment September 30 in the Babri to 9:30am on a daily basis be- COVID-19 positive Masjid demolition case, ruling September 27 and 28 on the fore commencement of each whether BJP veterans like L K Assembly premises. Again sitting during the session. New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Advani and Murli Manohar October 4, they will undergo Odisha State Medical Gadkari Wednesday said he has Joshi were involved in razing RT-PCR test at the same Corporation Ltd (OSMCL) tested positive for the coronavirus and has isolated the mosque in 1992. venue for prevention and will provide face-shields, himself. Taking to Twitter, Judge S K Yadav Wednesday di- containment of novel coro- masks, hand gloves and san- Gadkari said, "Yesterday, I was rected all 32 accused to remain navirus during the entire itizers for use of the MLAs feeling weak and consulted my present in the court on the day of session. during the ensuing session. doctor. During the course of my the judgment. If any member feels un- BMC has been directed check up, I have been tested The accused include former comfortable during the ses- to provide infrastructure COVID-19 positive. I am at deputy prime minister L K sion, he/she may go for anti- like putting up tents and all present doing well with the Advani, former Union ministers gen test by the doctors on the other related arrangements blessings and good wishes of M M Joshi and Uma Bharti, for- Assembly precincts, at least three days before all. I have isolated myself." He mer Uttar Pradesh chief minis- Mohapatra said. the commencement of the also urged those who have ter Kalyan Singh, Vinay Katiyar He also instructed the session. come in contact with him to and Sadhvi Rithambara. BMC to carry out RT-PCR The Health department undergo tests. Meanwhile, The CBI court was working tests for all officers and staff will provide doctors and Delhi's COVID-19 tally rose to against the month-end deadline of the Assembly Secretariat, medical staff with testing more than 2.30 lakh after 4,473 set by the Supreme Court for the Chief Minister, ministers, materials on the Assembly fresh cases were reported. verdict. The final arguments by Two polar bears dive for ice cream cakes in a water basin at a zoo in Hanover, Germany, Wednesday PTI PHOTO Leader of Opposition, premises before tests. the defence and the prosecution were heard by September 1, and then the judge began writing the MARKET WATCH Yoshihide Suga INDEX VARIATION Govt slammed over closure of CCCs SENSEX 39302.85 258.50 named Japan’s POST NEWS NETWORK number of COVID positive cases referral of Covid patients to the are skyrocketing, the government on twin city. Chief Secretary Asit BOURSES NIFTY 11604.50 82.70 Bhubaneswar, Sept 16: the other hand is taking the decision Tripathy said that the state gov- Prime Minister DOLLAR 74.05 `0.09 Opposition parties of the state to close down COVID Care Centres ernment has not banned movement Wednesday attacked the state gov- and Hospitals across the state.” of patients to Cuttack and EURO 87.39 `0.28

CURRENCY ernment over their alleged move The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Bhubaneswar. “Government has GOLD `51,965 `196 to close down several COVID Care also attacked the government over created advanced Covid hospital Centres in light of the alarming the recent closure orders and took other areas for better treatment.” He facilities in the twin city for people SILVER `68,965 `2 verdict. Some of the final sub- rise in the number of cases. a dig at the government over de- also added, “The government de- of the entire state. Government is BULLION missions by the accused were Congress legislator Taraprasad nial of treatment of outside pa- nies them their right for treatment only regulating to ensure that the made through video conferencing. Bahinipati tried to corner the gov- tients in the twin cities. on the basis of their residence. We patients travel safe and with proper Issuing the order Wednesday, ernment on the issue. He said, “Does Leader of Opposition in Odisha all saw how a COVID patient died on medical advice arrangements and WEATHER the judge said the verdict will be the government have any idea on how Assembly and BJP leader Pradipta the floor of the hospital.” oxygen support etc,” he said. AGENCIES pronounced on September 30 and many people are dying due to COVID Naik said, “It is highly illogical to ask As carelessness about these mat- BHUB CTK asked all accused to be present in 19? Everyday hundreds of people people from other parts of the state ‘NO BAN ON REFERRAL OF ters in past has affected the pa- Tokyo, Sept 16: Yoshihide Suga MAX 32.7° 33.4° court. are dying of COVID but the gov- to not visit the twin cities for treat- PATIENTS TO TWIN CITIES’ tients seriously. Referral of the pa- was formally elected Wednesday The Central Bureau of ernment is not accepting the real ment. A lot of people across the Clearing misunderstandings on tients with proper medical support as Japan's new prime minister in TEMP MIN 26.9° 25.0° Forecast Investigation, which investigated numbers. They are attributing this state are struggling to get treatment its order for transportation of Covid will be helpful in further manage- a parliamentary vote. Humidity 94% 83% the case, has produced 351 wit- to other diseases like heart failure from the doctors and many health patients to Bhubaneswar and ment of the disease at referral Suga is replacing Shinzo Abe, Generally Rainfall 3.5mm 2mm cloudy sky nesses and about 600 documents and kidney failure among others.” institutions are shunning them off Cuttack, state government points and will save their life, who resigned earlier in the day as evidence before the court. He also added, “At a time when the due to which they are bound to visit Wednesday said it has not banned Tripathy clarified. because of ill health. Suga had been chosen as leader of the rul- ing party on Monday, virtually as- suring his succession. Suga, who was chief Cabinet Most Indian Americans back Biden but Trump gains ground secretary and long seen as Abe's right-hand man, is to launch his AGENCIES history last month by selecting Trump, in case of a swing of the un- Carolina, among others and they in own Cabinet later Wednesday. Senator Kamala Harris, 55, as his decided Indian-Americans, would conjunction with other Asian- Suga has stressed his back- Washington, Sept 16: US President running mate. probably reach the 30 per cent mark. 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FORTUNE FORECAST I am proud of Sonakshi not worried about being an outsider: Anangsha Biswas ARIES when work will restart Mumbai: Actress Anangsha Biswas says she You will make material Mumbai: Actress Sonakshi Sinha says and you are the only one open. It’s has realised that the rules in the Hindi film industry progress today, says Ganesha. Naturally, you she is not fretting about getting back to really weird,” she added. are unfair and proudly calls herself an outsider. want to share this abundance with your work, or how the industry will change “Right now, everybody is in the same Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s untimely death family. Ganesha suggests you give them in the Covid era. boat. It will start when it has to start and June 14 has sparked a heated debate about ‘insiders more quality time. You may also want to The actress shared that she loves the we will move on with and outsiders’ and nepotism in Hindi film in- take time out to pray and meditate and lockdown life for now. this and get over dustry. “I am a theatre actor, I’m trained in acting thank the almighty for favours received. “I am just going to admit that I am it,” she added. from Sydney. In my initial years I thought I would The first look loving lockdown life. In the last 10 ANS learn and prove my talent, and get ahead in my years, I haven’t gotten a break for of the movie career. Soon I realised that the rules of this industry TAURUS so long, where I have been able were unfair,” Anangsha said. to spend time with myself. She added: “No matter how Good luck will trail you I’m really loving it,” Sonakshi much I worked hard, it boiled like your shadow today, said. ‘Ishaan is amazing as a down to who I knew in the predicts Ganesha. You are likely to get good news from out of “I am not worried about industry, and unfortu- the country in the afternoon. You may when work will start, and nately I knew no one.” take a chance and express your hidden how it will be. I know it’s Anangsha says she feelings to someone special. going to be difficult going dancer in Khaali Peeli’ wants the industry to be back to the set. I did one fair. photoshoot and it was so Mumbai: Choreographer Rajit Dev song that he hears. So it was very easy “I’m an out- GEMINI strange being around says it was easy to work with actor for me to jam with him and choreo- sider and I’m people who are cov- Ishaan Khatter, who enjoys freestyle graph. We connected well. I remember proud to be You will begin a long-last- ered up head to toe dance. Ishaan and I used to vibe on Afro one, I never ing romantic relationship today. Also, you will stay Rajit has choreographed the new music. Those used to be our warm- wanted ecstatic and highly motivated throughout song Tehas nehas for Ishaan in the up songs before I started teaching him things to the day. In the afternoon, you will success- upcoming film Khaali Peeli. the steps.” be easy fully avoid any confrontation with those On working with Ishaan, Rajit said: The song also has actress Ananya but, yes, I who irk you to no end. That, says Ganesha, “He’s amazing as a dancer. He is a Panday dancing to the peppy number. did wish for is the right way to cultivate patience. trained dancer and in love with hip-hop. Rajit calls Tehas nehas a very ‘cool it to be fair,” He likes to do freestyle dance on any groovy track’. IANS said the actress. IANS CANCER It is highly likely that today, a sudden turn of events will change the course of your life, fore- EASY STEPS TO REDECORATE tells Ganesha. At workplace, a lot of work and running around is on the cards. YOUR HOME DURING MONSOON LEO The long hours you've USE SMART CEILING heavy furniture as well, so that spent alone are nearing your interiors feel spacious and their end, says LAMPS, AS WELL AS neat. And oh yes! Don't forget to Ganesha, as the stars open those windows. align to help you find that special FLOOR LAMPS TO someone; chances are that today shall be the beginning of an enduring BRIGHTEN UP THE FRAGRANCE TIME romantic relationship for you. SPACE AS MUCH AS If the damp smell, when it rains for days on end is getting to you, then POSSIBLE TO PREVENT don’t fret. Monsoons are for feeling THE INTERIORS FROM romantic, renewed and happy. Use VIRGO scented candles, or incense in fra- There is an important grances like Patchouli, neem, mint, turning point about to LOOKING DULL, reveal itself in rela- STATES THE EXPERT. citrus and jasmine to bring in a tionships and how fresh and invigorating fragrance for they will proceed. Ganesha sees you cared for despite the best cleaning. the best time to realise it. Use a your interiors. busying yourself in arranging a get- New Delhi: Monsoons are a time In this case use colour therapy to wooden trellis to grow money plants, together with friends and family. In for freshness and renewal as we take those monsoon blues away. hibiscus or other hanging vines. LIGHT IT UP the evening, the opposite sex will make a whale of a difference between enjoy the lush greenery, as well Use pops of brighter colours like or- Invest in some ergonomically de- Brighten up your space as much optimism and despair. respite from the heat and humidity. ange, yellow, red or electric blue signed furniture or use the simple as possible. Natural light is still However, it’s also a time to brighten to one focus wall or corner of your jute and cane stools. Add a bunch king, so make sure that there are and spruce up your homes. Here are home. You can also use a couple of of planters in bright colours and light sheers for your windows, a few monsoon makeover tips for brightly coloured cushions to liven shapes to this space and watch your which allow as much of that in. LIBRA your home, shared by Suraj Mittal, up your space. balcony or terrace bloom. Use smart ceiling lamps, as well Wear your best suit and Founder of Future Concepts. as floor lamps with LED lights to put on your favourite tie, PROPER USE OF OUTDOORS GO BARE brighten up your space as much because today you shall COLOUR THERAPY Lockdown has for sure made us Monsoons while lovely are a time as possible. A quick hack is bright be in the limelight at The dark, gloomy skies, constant appreciate the small nooks and cor- for dirty tracks and mud shoes. jute or eco-freindly ceiling lamps or work. Watch your hard work and innate talents get their share of rewards. Also, rain can make our interiors look dull ners of any outdoor spaces you Wrap up those durries, rugs, and car- simple fairy lights hung over a win- expect the best possible assistance and grey. Even the lightest and may have. If you have a tiny balcony pets for the winter time and allow dow pane, or a cabinet to instantly from your colleagues. brightest furniture can look un- but a big dream, then monsoon is your floors go bare. Place aside perk up your space.

SCORPIO Like an oracle, you can SUDOKU feel how things might turn out today. Trust only what PEANUTS post To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, you say, and hear yourself CROSSWORD column and box must contain the numbers to avoid any sort of confrontations. 0 to 9 and the letters A to E. Ganesha expects your antennas to be on high alert especially with your dearest at your side today.

SAGITTARIUS Ganesha suggests you get down to looking your dashing best. Preen that plumage and make heads turn. Your social standing, on the other hand, will add that extra jazz. Talking fast and smooth might just help you effect a robust consummation. CALVIN AND HOBBES CAPRICORN When work starts to give nightmares, even medi- tation cannot restore the peace of mind. You are likely to have a similar kind of harrowing experience at work today, says Ganesha. SOLUTIONS But the day won't be completely dulling. It's an auspicious day if you have plans to buy a house or a car.

AQUARIUS The stars foretell some good news from foreign shores. Also, you will be focused entirely on work. If you are striving to discover innovative BREVITY ways to achieve speed, accuracy and CROSSWORD efficiency, you may succeed today.

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Bhubaneswar, Sept 16: The proj- BIG PUSH TO CRITICAL INFRA spike touches new high ects sanctioned under Odisha HIEF SECRETARY DIRECTS TO Mineral Bearing Areas Development PNN/AGENCY ,478 new cases were detected in COMPLETE THE REMAINING Corporation (OMBADC) have been C 2quarantine centres, while 1,792 fast-tracked and showed an im- PROJECTS WITHIN SCHEDULED Bhubaneswar, Sept 16: Odisha people tested positive for the TIME FRAME pressive 95 per cent completion registered its highest single-day infection during contact tracing under Phase-I, thanks to continu- ROJECTS WORTH `1,080CR spike in COVID-19 cases Wednesday ous efforts made by Chief Secretary as 4,270 more tested positive for hree fresh fatalities each were PHAS BEEN SANCTIONED reported from Puri and Sambalpur Asit Tripathy. ` the infection, a health official said. T UNDER PHASE-I AND 12,118 CR districts, two in Khurda and one each The OMBADC is sanctioning IN PHASE-II The new cases pushed the state's critical infrastructure projects coronavirus tally to 1, 62, 920, he said. in Kalahandi, Mayurbhanj and Sundergarh districts under Phase-I (Ad hoc CAMPA) AJOR PROJECTS INCLUDE Eleven more patients succumbed to and Phase-II (compensation money) MCONSTRUCTION OF 29,829 the infection during the last 24 for development of mineral-bearing HOUSING UNITS, 215 SMALL PIPE hours, taking Odisha's COVID-19 districts. Tripathy, Wednesday, once WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS AND death toll to 656, the official said. Transport minister, Amat test positive again reviewed the progress made THREE MEGA PIPE WATER SUPPLY The state had reported its pre- BHUBANESWAR: The number of ruling party leaders afflicted with COVID- in utilisation of OMBADC fund. PROJECTS AMONG OTHERS vious highest single-day spike of 19 infection spiked Wednesday, with Commerce and Transport Minister Chief Executive Officer (CEO) 4,198 coronavirus cases September Padmanabha Behera and Boudh MLA Pradip Kumar Amat testing positive NNOVATIVE SKILL DEVELOPMENT of the corporation, Uma Nanduri, 14, he said. for the deadly virus. Behera is the eighth Minister to have tested positive ` CENTRES TO COME UP IN said projects worth 1,080.92 crore I As many as 2,478 new cases were for the virus. Earlier, seven other ministers Samir Ranjan Dash, Ranendra OMBADC AREAS in priority sectors like housing, detected in quarantine centres, Pratap Swain, Tukuni Sahu, Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi, Susanta Singh, Arun drinking water, skill development while 1,792 people tested positive for Kumar Sahu and Padmini Dian had tested positive. Moreover, and forestry have been sanctioned Similarly, projects worth `12,118 Chief Secretary Tripathy di- Empowerment to build up a mega the infection during contact trac- Nabarangpur MP Ramesh Majhi and Bhadrak MP Manjulata Mandal have under Phase-I. crore were sanctioned under Phase- rected the implementing depart- nursery for all verities of horti- ing, the official said. also tested positive in the near past. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Major projects include con- II (compensation money). These ments to complete the projects cultural plants. Khurda district registered the had also contracted the virus. struction of 29,829 housing units, projects ranged over the sectors within scheduled time without fail. Further, the Chief Secretary highest number of new cases at 215 small pipe water supply projects like drinking water supply, qual- He laid emphasis on expeditious asked the Skill Development and 876, followed by Cuttack (374) and ported altogether 362 new positive On the other hand, a record num- and three mega pipe water supply ity improvement in education, skill implementation of livelihood, drink- Technical Education Secretary Puri (287), he said. cases, said data from the ber of 4,121 patients in the state projects, bulk plantation on 882 development, up-gradation of in- ing water and health sector projects. Sanjay Singh, who was present in Three fresh fatalities each were Bhubaneswar Municipal have recovered from the novel coro- hectares, avenue plantation along frastructure in healthcare institu- The corporation was asked to the meeting, to set up innovative skill reported from Puri and Sambalpur Corporation (BMC). navirus infections Wednesday, said 842 km and distribution of 9,80,000 tions, livelihood promotion, cre- strengthen the district-level OM- development centres in OMBADC districts, two in Khurda and one As per the data, Bhubaneswar re- the Health and Family Welfare de- seedlings for urban plantation, she ation of water bodies, etc. These BADC cells and make them more vi- areas. Singh said that 13 popular and each in Kalahandi, Mayurbhanj ported 76 cases from quarantine partment. With this, the total num- said. projects are being implemented brant. employable trades were identified and Sundergarh districts, the offi- while 286 were local contact cases. ber of recovered cases in Odisha Over 28,500 (95 per cent) dwelling through 12 departments. Considering the potential for for the area. cial said. Fifty-three COVID-19 pa- With this, the Capital city has re- reached 1, 29, 859. units, 199 (93 per cent) drinking Nanduri said, “So far, `2,085 crore horticulture in OMBADC districts It was decided to develop skill tients have died in the state due to ported a total of 17,295 positive As per the data, as many as 752 water projects and over 95 per has been released against Phase-II like Keonjhar, Jajpur, Mayurbhanj, centres as per manpower demands other ailments so far, he said. cases. Among them, 12,694 people people have recovered from COVID- cent of the activities under projects. The balance amount will Sundargarh, Koraput, Jharsuguda, of the industries coming up in The state has so far tested over have recovered from the Covid-19 19 infections in Khurda district farm/social forestry have been be released as and when the im- Rayagada, Angul and Dhenkanal, Odisha. The department was asked 25.67 lakh samples for COVID-19, in- infections while the active cases while the number was 440 in completed by end of August in plementing department will place Tripathy directed the department to work out SOP for OMBADC dis- cluding 51,320 Tuesday, he added. were 4,524. So far, the virus has Cuttack, 275 in Puri, 272 in Jajpur this financial year. the demand.” of Agriculture and Farmers’ tricts in this regard. The Capital city Wednesday re- claimed 64 lives in Bhubaneswar. and 268 from Nuapada. GIVE STATES THEIR DUES, CM seeks COVID norm enforcement POST NEWS NETWORK 1,023 violators fined in Capital ACHARYA TELLS CENTRE Bhubaneswar, Sept 16: Expressing displeasure over a reported poor BHUBANESWAR: The As many as 989 violators were POST NEWS NETWORK enforcement of COVID regulations Commissionerate Police has pe- fined by the cops last Saturday. Mahtab bats for revision of in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, Chief nalised 1,023 persons for violating Around 3,000 persons have been pe- New Delhi, Sept 16: Biju Janata Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday COVID-19 guidelines like social dis- nalised since September 13 till now. Dal (BJD) MP Prasanna Acharya directed the Director General of tancing in the Capital city during Notably, the Special Relief Wednesday urged the Centre to royalty on major minerals Police (DGP) Abhay to personally the last 24 hours. Commissioner (SRC) PK Jena has release funds to the states as the fi- monitor the enforcement activities In a tweet, Bhubaneswar Deputy ordered strict enforcement of Covid- nancial condition of the latter is NEW DELHI: Cuttack MP provision permitting revision of in the twin city. Commissioner of Police (DCP) 19 guidelines. Several bureaucrats not sound. Bhartruhari Mahtab Wednesday royalty every three years,” Mahtab Holding a meeting with senior of- Wednesday said, “In last 48 hours, conducted surprise visits and urged the Centre to enhance the said. ficers on COVID management, Collectors were asked to 1,682 persons have been fined for vi- checked various areas through The Rajya Sabha MP royalty on chromite, iron ore and Mahtab apprised the House that Naveen said, “While I get good feed- expand livelihood olating social distance and not drones too. The police have been urged the Centre to issue bauxite. Odisha is producing about half of the back about enforcement activities wearing mask by UPD asked to impose heavy fines against Mahtab expressed unhappiness country’s iron ore, besides substan- throughout the state, the feedback programmes to protect Bhubaneswar Police. We again ap- the violators to stop the spread of fresh guidelines for over non-revision of royalty on tial quantities of bauxite, chromite, regarding Bhubaneswar-Cuttack rural people from the peal all to be responsible and obey coronavirus in City. workers returning to these minerals and said that de- limestone and manganese. However, Commissionerate Police area is not Covid-19 guidelines.” However, the Commissionerate spite the provision permitting re- he said that the state is being de- encouraging. I have been harping economic downturn Bhubaneswar police has earlier Police did not reveal the exact their workplaces vision of royalty in every three prived of its reasonable expectation on this. DG must directly look into fined 1,682 persons between Sunday amount of the fines collected from years, the Centre didn’t revise it of revenue from such mining. this and do the needful as being Officials concerned were asked and Tuesday. the violators. Participating in a discus- since September 2014. “The premiums offered by bid- done throughout the state.” to extend necessary support for sion on COVID-19 in Rajya “The royalty on ders in case of mining leases granted He directed the District Collectors MSME and other industrial activ- Sabha, the BJD these minerals through auction are indicative of the through videoconferencing to ex- ities to reach pre-COVID levels. Mission Shakti members, MSME As India's first quarterly eco- Parliamentary party was last revised jurisdiction for raising the royalty pand the livelihood programmes The Chief Minister also directed and weavers. nomic growth was 23 per cent neg- leader said that as five years rates in order to improve the rev- to protect rural people from the to follow up implementation of in- “Basically Collectors must en- ative, the CM stressed the need to per the current back, enue shares of state governments. economic downturn due to the pan- tervention announced for the fish- sure scaled-up activities in livelihood protect people of Odisha from its ill growth trend, September The state is being deprived of le- demic. “MGNREGS and all liveli- eries, animal husbandry, horticul- sectors coupled with increased fund effects. India will be- 1, 2014, even gitimate shares of revenues from hood activities must be scaled up like ture, soil conservation, Forestry flow. This is the only way by which He lauded the work of all corona come No 1 in though such mining due to non-revision of never before and closely monitored. and agriculture sector in the COVID we can protect Rural Odisha par- worriers including doctors and terms of coron- there is a royalty,” Mahtab added. With the economy slowing down, it livelihood package. ticularly poor people from the im- health workers as more than 1.25 avirus infections. is important to pump in funds to In addition, he advised to ensure pact of economic slowdown,” lakh have recovered from the dis- He also said that rural households,” he instructed. sufficient credit flow to the farmers, Naveen said. ease. the country’s GDP ODISHA IN to states. quested the government to take growth rate is the The BJD MP steps to control police brutality in worst. also suggested the name of social distancing vio- Demanding re- that the Centre lations. Acharya said that in many Wagon jumps track near Sikharpur lease of pending funds, Acharya should consider declaring COVID parts of the country people faced said, “The financial position of the warriors as martyrs. He suggested police brutality during lockdown. State Governments is not sound. that the Centre should also con- “It is not a Taliban state. It is a PRESS TRUST OF INDIA on its way from Bhadrak to and Railway Protection Force The Centre is not coming forward sider giving `50 lakh compensa- democracy. We have seen on the Khurda Road when one wagon (RPF) officials have rushed to to provide whatever is due with the tion for COVID warrior’s death. small screen how the police were Bhubaneswar, Sept 16: A slipped from the track near the spot to assess the situation. Centre. This is crucial time.” Amid the speculation of another beating people. Though police is a wagon of a goods train jumped the level crossing at Sikharpur There was no disruption in He said that even GST dues of phase of virus surge, the BJD MP state subject, I think, the Central off the track near a level cross- in Cuttack this afternoon, an train movement as only one many states are pending with the urged the Centre to issue fresh Government should come out with ing in Cuttack city Wednesday, East Coast Railway (ECoR) of- track is affected in the inci- Centre. The Union government guidelines for the workers return- a broader guideline about this,” an official said. ficial said. dent, the official said, adding should release the pending amount ing to their workplaces. He also re- said Acharya. The empty goods train was A technical team of ECoR that further details are awaited. Cong flays changes in varsities Act Elderly man duped Jumbo rehab centre in Chandaka soon POST NEWS NETWORK POST NEWS NETWORK lier legislation and bring a new PRESS TRUST OF INDIA the minister said. system which can allow the gov- Bhubaneswar, Sept 16: A conman The Forest department will make Bhubaneswar, Sept 16: Odisha ernment more teeth. has withdrawn over `40,000 from Bhubaneswar, Sept 16: Odisha arrangements for adequate food, Congress Wednesday said that they “We will definitely take up the the account of an elderly by ex- will soon have an elephant reha- water and lodging facilities for the are opposed to the changes in the matter in the Assembly and ques- changing the ATM card at bilitation centre for conservation elephants, said a senior Forest and legislation relating to functioning tion the government on the issue. Mahaveer Nagar in Samantarapur and protection of the jumbos, a Environment department official, of universities in the state and We cannot allow this. We are strongly area. Sources said Gadadhara senior official said. adding that a laboratory facility would oppose it in the Assembly. opposing this move of amendment Prusty, 65, had gone to the ATM The rehabilitation centre will will also be set up in the rehabili- Congress MLA Taraprasad of the earlier legislation. This can kiosk to withdraw `5,000. When he help injured elephants and those adding that arrangements have tation centre. Bahinipati Wednesday said, “The heavily impact the autonomy of encountered some problems, a 35- who got separated from the herd, been made to complete the centre The rehabilitation centre is part decision taken by the government terfere in the university adminis- the universities in the state.” year-old youth present there of- the official said. within three months. of the Centre’s Project Elephant, said on amending the Odisha tration. We demand that the bill Earlier the State Cabinet had fered some help and replaced State Forest and Environment The rehabilitation centre will additional chief secretary, Forest and Universities Act is not at all in should be withdrawn and what- passed the proposal of doing away Prusty’s ATM card with another. Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha be built in 10 hectare of land at an Environment Mona Sharma. favour of students and academics ever process was happening ear- with multiple legislations of uni- Later, the accused left the spot on has laid the foundation stone for the estimated expenditure of Rs 6 crore. The rehabilitation centre is likely at large. Educational institutions like lier should continue. The IAS offi- versities and decided to use a sin- the pretext of some urgent work. Elephant Rehabilitation Centre at The project has already been cleared to help in reducing man-elephant universities are sacred places and cers in the state government have gle legislation to government and Prusty returned empty-handed Kumarkhunti in Chandaka- by the Centre, the minister said. conflict in the state, said Chief should be free from interference.” now eyed universities where they administer the universities in the as the password mismatched. He Dampada sanctuary close to the “Elephants and their calves res- Wildlife Warden H S Upadhyaya. He He also said that the government are exerting their power and in- state. It also talked about other as- later received two messages of with- Capital city Monday. cued from different places of the said around 70 jumbos die due to dif- wanted to control universities and terfere through such a bill.” pects of administration like re- drawal of `40,000 and around `10,000 The project will become a mile- state will be kept in the rehabili- ferent reasons in the state every termed it as a ‘political move’. He said that such reasons are cruitment, service period of Vice of online transaction. His son lodged stone in conservation and protec- tation centre and will be treated year while nearly 100 people lost

“This is a political move to in- behind the amendments to the ear- Chancellors and others. a complaint with Lingaraj police. tion of elephants, the minister said, by experts and veterinary doctors,” their lives in jumbo attack.

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Hopes brighten for NABARD LAUNCHES ‘WADI’ IN MAOIST HEARTLAND

k y m c POST NEWS NETWORK each family will have a minimum 72,000 depositors BOOSTING LIVELIHOOD FOR TRIBALS income of Rs 1 lakh per year,” the Malkangiri, Sept 16: In a bid to pro- ‘Wadi’ means a small orchard of DDM asserted. vide sustainable income to members one or two-acre having multiple Beuria said, since tribals are not HC orders Baripada Urban Cooperative Bank of tribal communities and curb crops. The programme has been able to generate any income in the management to disburse money within 8 weeks their migration to neighbouring launched in Manyamkunda first few years they are being given states, the National Bank for panchayat under Kalimela block support for cultivating inter-crops Agriculture and Rural Development in Malkangiri like vegetables. (NABARD) launched ‘Wadi’ pro- “Manyamkunda was a Maoist- gramme, Tuesday. Under this programme, nearly dominated area. There was no de- ‘Wadi’ means a small orchard of 500 tribal families of Kusumput, velopment in that patch. NABARD one or two-acre having multiple Potteru, Dokunda, Rajgiri and with the help of Netaji Development crops. The programme has been Manyamkunda villages under Society has taken up plantation ac- launched in Manyamkunda pan- Manyamkunda panchayat have tivities and also cultivation of moong chayat under Kalimela block in planted mango and cashew (green gram) as inter-crop.” Malkangiri district – which was saplings on high land On being contacted, Kalimela once a Maoist heartland. belonging to them block chairman Mala Madi said, Under this programme, nearly 500 “I believe, through these activities tribal families of Kusumput, Potteru, Dharmendra Beuria DDM of NABARD said: Since tribals are not able to generate any income in the first few years they are there will be socio-economic de- Dokunda, Rajgiri and being given support for cultivating inter-crops like vegetables. Manyamkunda was a Maoist-dominated area. There was no velopment of people”. Manyamkunda villages under development in that patch. NABARD with the help of Netaji Development Society has taken up plantation activities and also “Officials of NABARD and Netaji Manyamkunda panchayat have cultivation of moong (green gram) as inter-crop Development Society approached us planted mango and cashew saplings to plant fruit trees in our land so that on high land belonging to them. Dharmendra Beuria DDM of “Our target is to ensure that 500 each family. Forty cashew saplings we can eke out a living. After we “Following demand from several NABARD. The project duration of tribal families benefit from this. and 37 mango saplings will be agreed, NABARD planted saplings POST NEWS NETWORK the HC had directed return of quarters, NABARD started Wadi the programme is six years and Each family has been taken as a planted.” “Since cashew and mango in the district. We are now growing money to depositors June 25, 2020. programme in Manyamkunda pan- this is the first year of the pro- unit. Fruit trees will be planted in will give good returns 4-5 years moong and millets as inter-crop,” Baripada, Sept 16: Over 72,000 de- Then, the RBI filed a writ peti- chayat from this year,” said gramme, Beuria added. one acre of highland belonging to after planting, we estimate that said a local beneficiary. positors of Baripada Urban tion at the HC against its order. Cooperative Bank (BUCB) have long However, the HC ordered return been waiting to get back their money, of deposits. Ch’garh jumbo calves trapped They throng the BUCB every Meanwhile, a liquidator has been BATTERED BY FLOODS day ever since the High Court issued appointed for the bank manage- an interim court order directing the ment. But a case has been filed at in Keonjhar canal rescued management to disburse the money the court over appointment of a liq- of the depositors within eight uidator. POST NEWS NETWORK weeks. Manoj Sendha, a cloth store owner It may be noted here that RBI had of Baripada town, said, “The amount Keonjhar, Sept 16: Two 11- cancelled the cooperative bank’s of profits I was making from this month-old baby elephants, who license as its financial condition was business was deposited in the bank. migrated from Chhattisgarh not sound in October 2014. Since But all the deposits are stuck in the forest, fell into the Kanpur then thousands of depositors were bank at this time of crisis.” dam’s canal under Champua in trouble as their money got stuck Explaining her miseries, range in Keonjhar district. in the bank. Swagatika Nayak, a service holder Forest officials rescued the Stakeholders of Baripada Urban of Baripada, said,” I have a fixed calves after a two-hour opera- Cooperative Bank (BUCB) have deposit with monthly savings. The tion Wednesday. long been demanding their de- money has got stuck over years. I According to forest officials, morning. They informed forest posited money back, but their efforts am tired of running from pillar to the incident occurred near officials about the incident. On have proved futile. post. Following the HC order, I have Champua range Tuesday night being informed, a team, aided The recent HC order has rekin- submitted all necessary docu- while an elephant herd com- by an earth remover, came to dled hopes for return of their long- ments.” prising 22 elephants was cross- the rescue of the baby ele- stuck deposits. The depositors alleged that ing the Jamudalak canal of phants. The operation took According to some depositors, though RBI fixed guidelines for re- Kanpur dam. The two elephants more than two hours but the they had appealed to the RBI April fund of depositors’ money, no steps were suspected to have been team was successful in rescu- 24, 2018, to allow the bank to re- have been taken by the bank in the trapped while crossing ing the baby elephants. turn their money, but their appeal interest of the beneficiaries. the canal. Forest officials said when was rejected. Many depositors frustrated with When the other elephants the herd of elephants was un- Under pressure, the bank man- the apathetic attitude of the bank au- of the herd climbed up from the successful to rescue the calves, agement had moved the High Court thorities had drawn the attention of OP PHOTO canal to the other side, the two they left them at the place and against the RBI directive for closure the cooperation minister and Chief calves, owing to their tiny went away. of operations. In its interim order, Minister to their plight earlier. Flood-hit people have taken shelter under makeshift shanties on an embankment near a breach at Rampa under Bari block stature, were unable to do so as Notably, these jumbos from the canal is more than 4 ft deep Chhattisgarh had entered The locals identified the two Odisha and were returning to Sero survey begins in Gajapati 4 killed, 10 hurt in elephant calves Wednesday their original habitat.

POST NEWS NETWORK samples each will be collected from 20 localities in the town. Paralakhemundi, Sept 16: The Meanwhile, the district ad- separate mishaps district administration began a ministration thanked the locals serological survey from for extending support to the sur- POST NEWS NETWORK space around the toll gate, but parked Wednesday to determine the vey. Collector Anupam Saha lorries often pose risk to other driv- prevalence of coronavirus in- Wednesday visited all swab col- Deogarh/Baripada, Sept 16: In ers on the NH, pointed out a police fection among people in lection centres to take stock. two separate raod mishaps, four peo- official. Paralakhemundi town of Gajapati Besides, samples of around 500 ple died and 10 were wounded in Reports from Baripada said, a district. frontline warriors engaged in the Deogarh and Mayurbhanj districts. school student including a par- A 15-member team from ICMR- accompanying health officials COVID-19 battle will be collected Reports from Deogarh said, two ent died after a speeding truck Regional Medical Research Center and municipality staff during for the survey, said the Chief youngsters were killed after a mo- hit an auto-rickshaw in which (RMRC), Bhubaneswar has been the survey. In the first phase, 50 District Medical Officer. torbike they were travelling in they were travelling at Bangiriposi rammed into a parked truck on NH- Ghat road on national highway 53 near Karadapala village under (NH-49) in Mayurbhanj district Covid +ve man dies unattended; wife helpless Tileibani police limits in the dis- Wednesday. trict, Tuesday night. The tragedy took place in the af- video collapsing at the main door man had multiple comorbidities The deceased were identified as ternoon when four school students of fever and flu ward of the DHH such as high blood pressure and Shravan Nanda and his friend Rikan along with their parents were on here. The man was identified as diabetes. Pradhan. Reports said, both were their way to Suliapada from Dopatta Sushant Prusti (50) of Nadhara vil- He was undergoing treatment working in a mobile network com- village by an auto-rickshaw for col- lage. His wife can be heard crying at Angul and had come to pany. Sources said, Nanda and lecting rice allocated under the mid- and praying for help in the heart- Dhenkanal DHH for antigen test Pradhan were returning home day meal (MDM) scheme. wrenching video. But the DHH Monday. Tuesday night after completing their “The auto toppled after it was hit medical staff allegedly remained “His BP level was very high. night duty in a mobile network com- by the truck while on the hilly road. mute spectators. His antigen test reported positive pany. The deceased had suffered grievous As the video reveals, the woman for Covid-19. He collapsed while However, due the darkness, Nanda injuries as they were thrown out of the made repeated attempts to revive sitting at the main door follow- failed to detect the road and lost auto. her husband, but failed. She was ing a massive heart attack,” Dr control over the vehicle, which The ve- DHENKANAL: The video of a sobbing helplessly seeking help of Mishra said. crashed into the stationed truck hicle was woman trying to resuscitate her medical personnel. “Our specialists checked his from rear. The duo succumbed to mostly COVID-19 infected husband at The plight of the woman health condition and the man was their injuries on the spot, police damaged Dhenkanal district headquarters recorded on camera by locals was no more. We informed the mu- said. Police started a probe into the in the ac- hospital (DHH) has been making shared on social media. nicipality because this was a matter and sent the bodies for post- cident,” rounds on social media for past Many pointed out to medical Covid-19 case,” she added. mortem. Police seized both the truck SP two days. negligence. Chief District Medical Collector Bhumesh Chandra and the motorbike. Smit P A man, who earlier tested pos- Officer Dr Sujatarani Mishra re- Behera served a show-cause notice A case wasc registered in Tileibani Parmar itive for COVID-19, is seen in the futed the allegations, saying the on the CDMO over this issue. police station. Police said that there in- are truck bays, highway hotels and formed. Chhatar Yatra to be celebrated sans devotees

POST NEWS NETWORK administration bans animal sacrifice during Chhatar Yatra of Goddess Bhawanipatna, Sept 16: Even as Manikeswari every year. However, Covid-19 cases are spiraling in various devotees sacrifice hundreds of inno- parts of Kalahandi district, the district cent animals to fulfill their wishes administration has decided to impose despite the ban. restrictions on celebration of the fa- As part of the celebration, a cere- mous Chhatar Yatra this year to pre- monial Chhatar of Goddess vent congregations and gatherings Manikeswari is taken out to a loca- that can further spread the infections. tion on the outskirts of Bhawanipatna Chhatar Yatra will be celebrated from the temple in the morning fol- October 24. Meanwhile, the adminis- lowing performance of secret rituals. tration had decided to seal all entry The return journey of the Chhatar to points of the Bhwanipatana town the temple is known as Chhatar Yatra. from October 22 to October 24. All During immersion ceremony, only routes connecting to Jenakhal Chhak five to seven people will be present. and Manikeswar temple and Stebu The preparatory meeting was Chhak will also be sealed. FILE PHOTO presided over by Collector D Gavali

Curfew will be imposed in the town Parag Harshad in the presence of

k y m c for two days – October 23 and 24. Only Manikeswari will be conducted with- in rituals. Moreover, the animal sac- ADM Saratchandra Srichandan, cultural troupes of drums and out devotees this year due to Covid-19 rifice was banned at the Manikeswari Kalahandi Maharaj Ananta Pratap Ghumura will be allowed during the pandemic. temple on the occasion of Chhatar Deo, assistant collector Shubhadipta celebration. According to the decision, no devo- Jatra, which will be celebrated October Mohanty, BDO Prita Kumari, SDPO It was decided at a meeting tee will be allowed to enter the temple 24 this year. and several members of the Chhatar Wednesday that the festival of Goddess nor will they be allowed to take part It is to be mentioned that the district Yatra Committee. P6 THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 17 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR power post

FOCUS JAPAN Widen your consciousness to the dimension of the earth and

you will have a place for

k y m everything. c THE MOTHER ABENOMICS AFTER ABE

oshihide Suga has been sectors such as mobile telecom- selected as the new prime munications and agriculture. He minister of Japan. He also announced his intention to When eating is Ywill replace Shinzo Abe, establish a new agency tasked with who announced his resignation overhauling the government’s dig- last month for health reasons after ital infrastructure. Other clues almost eight years in office. come from Suga’s tenure as cabinet an act of cruelty Japanese and international ob- secretary, when he prodded Japan’s servers are now asking whether the bureaucrats to change policies hith- cannot make up my mind: is the meat eater, who eats dead animals killed Abe government’s economic-pol- erto regarded as untouchable. Easing in slaughterhouses, worse than the meat eater who kills the animal him- icy course (dubbed ‘Abenomics’) restrictions on visa issuance paved Iself while eating it? will change significantly under the way for a vast increase in the There is a certain type of person who goes to a restaurant, chooses a live Suga; and if so, how. number of foreign tourists visit- fish, octopus shrimp or snake in a transparent aquarium tank, has it taken The answer will have impor- ing Japan in recent years. out of the glass and killed and cooked in front of him. His only reason for tant geopolitical implications. Nonetheless, much uncertainty this to himself is that the meat should be ‘fresh’. In fact some people truly Japan, after all, is still struggling lies ahead, and Suga will face two enjoy suffering. That, for them, is as important as the taste. to overcome the negative shock immediate hurdles. First, he must What can I say about people who enjoy eating such food? The Chinese Ying from Covid-19, and its economic visibly establish his own leadership Yang fish is fried but kept alive. You can see videos of diners prodding at the health is becoming ever more piv- style. Whereas many of Suga’s face and eyes with their chopsticks while the fish struggles to breathe with otal in view of the deepening con- Although Abe's policies helped end Japan's predecessors as prime minister – its mouth and gills. It is prepared extremely quickly, with care not to dam- frontation between the United deflationary stagnation, the overall record including Abe and Taro Aso – age the internal organs, so that the fish can remain alive for thirty minutes. Akira Kawamoto States and China. Many outside hailed from well-known political Fish are the most sensitive of all to pain. Imagine yourself being fried and Japan might assume that Suga of Abenomics is not very impressive (even aristocratic) families, Suga then eaten bit by bit. will change little, and he presented comes from a solid middle-class In Japan, Sashimi, which means pierced body, is a common dish consist- IF JAPAN IS himself to the ruling Liberal and 2019, annual GDP growth av- progress on corporate governance. background. Although Suga proved ing of fresh raw fish or meat sliced into thin pieces and eaten with soy Democratic Party (LDP) as the eraged just 1 per cent, and exceeded But the aggregate impact of himself an extremely capable man- sauce. One kind of Sashimi is Ikizukuri (prepared alive) made with live sea TO SUSTAIN ‘continuity’ candidate to replace 2 per cent in only two of the eight Abenomics was simply too small. ager as Abe’s cabinet secretary, beings. Fish and octopus are common ingredients that move on the plate as ITS GLOBAL Abe. That was, perhaps, the best years of Abe’s premiership. Given his consistently high ap- his new role will require him not you eat them. Sashimi could also include live frogs. The frog is stripped of card that he could have played, Moreover, BOJ data show that proval ratings and savvy economic only to administer, but also to lead. its skin while alive and stabbed delicately with a fork and eaten. One restau- POSITION, SUGA having served as cabinet secre- growth under Abenomics resulted advisers, why did Abe fail to pur- Rather than pulling strings be- rant in Shinjuku serves the frog’s fresh, still beating heart, as starters. MUST MAKE A tary, the second most powerful po- mostly from increases in capital and sue bolder structural reforms? One hind the scenes with elite bu- Lobsters are not always boiled alive and dead by the time they reach your sition in Japan, for the entirety of labour inputs, rather than from answer is he did not have to, because reaucrats, Suga must inspire the plate. Restaurants in New York serve lobsters while they’re still alive. They CLEAR BREAK Abe’s eight-year tenure. productivity gains. Contrary to the of lack of effective opposition par- country. His first test will be to are upturned and diners pick out ‘belly sashimi’ from the lobster which FROM HIS On this view, Suga will remain conventional view that the Japanese ties offering alternatives. lead the government’s response flails in pain for all the time you take to slash and take out his stomach meat. safe by sticking closely to economy faces strong headwinds Another answer is that Abe had to the pandemic, because the Abe In South Korea, Sannakji is a dish that involves hacking the tentacles off PREDECESSOR Abenomics. The massive quanti- owing to its aging population and a big, non-economic policy prior- administration’s confusing sig- a baby octopus and serving them still wriggling. Sannakji connoisseurs tative easing undertaken since 2013 shrinking workforce, the number ity – revising Japan’s pacifist 1947 nals as to whether more restrictions enjoy the sensation of the still-active suction cups on the octopus’ arms as AND PATRON, by Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor of people in employment continued constitution – and always intended are preferable to more economic ac- they stick to the mouth. AND PURSUE A Haruhiko Kuroda – an Abe ap- to grow throughout the Abe years, to spend his political capital on tivity – or, indeed, the reverse – The Chinese cannot be bested for their addic- pointee – will continue. Similarly, because more women joined the that issue. But he ultimately failed have often bewildered the Japanese tion to cruelty. Live shrimp are put into a liquor BROAD RANGE Suga will avoid vigorous and hasty labour force. But with Japan’s fe- to achieve that goal, too, because public. Suga’s second hurdle will called Baijiu and diners bite their heads off while OF STRUCTURAL fiscal tightening, even though the male labour-force participation there was never a moment when be to consolidate power within drinking it. This can give you lung fluke disease, Abe government’s pandemic-re- rate now higher than that of the US, constitutional reform could com- his party. He was elected LDP but what is more important than proving your REFORMS sponse measures have further in- this trend may not continue for mand anywhere near majority leader with the support of the manhood by killing a shrimp. In China there is creased Japan’s net public debt, much longer. support among the electorate. party’s major factions, but does a dish called ‘three squeaks’ in which live baby which, at around 150 per cent of the Stalled productivity growth Promoting wide-ranging struc- not belong to any of them. Once mice are dunked in sauce and eaten alive. The rea- GDP, was already the highest among strongly indicates that the Abe ad- tural reforms of the type that his he has appointed his cabinet, the son why it is called ‘three squeaks’ is due to the developed countries. ministration’s structural reforms predecessor largely avoided will re- LDP’s internal rivalries and fis- sounds the mice make when grabbed with chop- Maneka Gandhi But if Japan is to sustain its (often called the ‘third arrow’ of quire Suga to face down powerful sures will likely re-emerge. sticks, dunked in the sauce and bitten through. global position, Suga must make a Abenomics) fell far short of what lobbies and vested interests – many Suga’s best strategy might well Raw live baby monkey brain is an expensive Man vs Wild is clear break from his predecessor and Japan required. True, Japan’s res- of them in his own ruling Liberal be to go to the voters soon. Winning dish eaten by rich people in China and Hong patron, and pursue a broad range cue of the 12-country Trans-Pacific Democratic Party – and mobilise a general election, rather than Kong. The chef puts a live monkey beneath a another show of structural reforms. Indeed, pro- Partnership trade pact following the public opinion skillfully. But some just an internal party contest, table with its head poking up through a hole. in which Bear ductivity-enhancing labour-mar- withdrawal of the US by President of Suga’s remarks during his re- would give him the popular man- The chef slices the top of the head off and the cus- Grylls shows his ket and regulatory reforms are al- Trump, and its recent free-trade cent LDP leadership campaign date he needs to chart a bolder tomers eat its brains while it screams. The ani- most certainly the only way to agreement with the EU, are sub- offer hope that he may be a more economic-policy course. mal has its legs tied and its body held down, manhood by eating increase Japan’s economic growth. stantial and praiseworthy achieve- daring and courageous prime min- The writer is a former while the chef cuts its body and serves the meat live insects Although Abe’s policies helped end ments, particularly given the in- ister than many expect. For ex- deputy director general in immediately to customers. Japan’s deflationary stagnation, crease in protectionist sentiment ample, Suga explicitly welcomed Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Live baby duck embryos, just a day from being the overall record of Abenomics is that Trump has fostered. The Abe the idea of allowing new com- Trade, and Industry. hatched, are a famous Chinese specialty which is now common in the not very impressive. Between 2013 administration also made strong petitors to enter heavily regulated @PROJECT SYNDICATE Philippines as well. In the latter country it is called Balut. The Filipinos eat the egg boiled. The Chinese eat it raw to get the full taste of the egg white, the little yolk left, and the live squirming chick. No wonder the Chinese make such dangerous enemies. They love violence and gore. Consuming the beating heart and blood of live snakes is common in SPECTRUM SOCIETY Vietnam. In China people eat live baby snakes. Sea urchins are the porcupines of the sea; globular animals with long spines to defend themselves. They live on the seabed. But their spines cannot pro- tect them from human greed. They are caught and served live. Their testi- cles are a delicacy across the world, especially Europe. The live animal is cut Trial by media, a misnomer on the plate with scissors and its salty gonads are taken out and eaten raw. The most common animal to be eaten alive is the oyster which is served he Pros and Cons of Media divisions. Media trial entered jour- rious cases of international crimes, limitations on public access are alive. Its spine is broken, and its insides are slurped up raw. This was origi- Trial’ was the topic for the nalism in India in a big way with corruption, and abuse of power. necessary. nally a French dish but is now eaten all over. ‘Tfirst Ram Jethmalani the Bijal Joshi rape case (2005), fol- The most-stunning piece of in- ICCPR also confirms freedom A famous chain of restaurants in Copenhagen serves salads crawling Memorial Lecture organised in lowed by the Priyadarshini Mattoo vestigative journalism so far is the of expression as a fundamental with live ants supposedly to add a zesty taste. These move slowly because they Delhi the other day, in which case (2006), the Jessica Lal case Watergate revelations by Woodward feature of democratic society and have been kept in the fridge previously. Wichetty grubs are chewed live in renowned lawyers participated. At (2010) and more recently, the and Bernstein (1974) that led to the includes under it freedom of press. parts of Australia. They are said to taste like nutty fried eggs. a time when media activism is Aarushi murder case. resignation of the American European Convention on Human Television game shows that I have repeatedly complained about to the Ministry Dr S Saraswathi going strong, it has become nec- Investigative journalism is al- President, Richard Nixon. Rights also admits freedom of press over the years are Fear Factor and Primal Survivor where contestants eat essary to define its place in the lowed in India. Readers and view- Popular kings in olden days as paramount. 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In England, www.peopleforanimalsindia.org WATERGATE reporters, and performers do not sibility and professional integrity. the truth behind complicated the court held that it is important call their product as media trial. Journals and television chan- crimes. to understand that any other au- REVELATIONS BY Trial by Media is indeed a mis- nels are no longer passive recipi- UN’s basic principles on the thority cannot usurp the function WISDOM CORNER WOODWARD AND nomer for findings of investiga- ents and communicators of in- Independence of the Judiciary of the court in a civilized society. tive journalism that has grown as coming newsroom reports. They are states in Article 6 that the judici- On the other hand, it is a debat- BERNSTEIN (1974) a special branch of journalism not post offices. Today, they are ac- ary is required “to ensure that ju- able point whether media expo- There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The practised by bold journalists who tive explorers of truth hidden be- dicial proceedings are conducted sure before court trial can prejudice GEORGE BERNARD SHAW THAT LED TO THE other is to gain it. research on real-life stories. Their neath the visible surface. In this fairly and that the right of the par- a case. Courts and judges go by RESIGNATION OF We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when task requires absolute commit- transformation, journalists have be- ties is respected.” This principle is written documents and evidence ment to truth and unbiased cov- come ‘creators’ of news revealing we created them. ALBERT EINSTEIN PRESIDENT NIXON also in the International Covenant and, if so, cannot be influenced by erage. The more complicated the the inside of events and incidents on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) media or public reaction. 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he tontine is a system of annuities in which the benefits pass to the Tsurviving subscribers until only one is left. It’s named after Lorenzo Tonti, a Neapolitan banker who started such a scheme in France in 1653, though it Drugs & film industry Digital or deadly has been said that they were known in Italy earlier. Each subscriber paid a sum into the fund, and in return received dividends from the capital Sir, The recent storm in the film industry on use of drugs was wait- Sir, When I went to take the challan and pay my taxes this week, invested; as each person died his share was divided among all the others ing to happen. But why speak of only the film industry? It’s a known it was found that I have to pay a late fee of `500 for each month, until only one was left, reaping all the benefits. etters fact that drugs are smuggled around and the law enforcement agen- for the delay in payment. This, even after the Union govern- cies are not bothered. They are looking the other way. Like the ment has given relaxation for payment till November due to Narcotics Control Bureau of India, every country has an anti-narco the pandemic. Regarding late fee, nobody had any knowledge. TOL THE EDITOR agency. In the United States, it is the Drug Enforcement Administration. Collecting huge taxes and making people pay late-fee during LOL Readers of Orissa POST These agencies never get near the big fish because the law-breakers this pandemic is painful indeed. Are the slogans like Atmanirbhar and tries to fix it are most welcome to contribute letters have huge money to shell out to silence the investigating agencies, Bharat meant for the government or the public? Banks are doing Flying without himself on the (200 words), articles and or enjoy political patronage. Furthermore, the enforcement agencies their own looting spree by using the term moratorium. Prices columns (between 750-1250 way down. The wind is words). Contributors are are corrupt to the core. Earlier, it was the underworld mafia; now the are spiraling more than four times for essential items. The gov- a parachute ripping past his face, he’s requested to send their world is facing the menace of narco-terrorism. In the film industry, ernment has completely failed to control Covid. In the pres- dropping like a rock, and at 5000 feet, contact numbers and full actors and actresses are getting into such influences due to the ex- ent situation, everything is out of control except the digital

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k y m send in their valuable comments, opinion c Aa parachute on his back. As he’s him. In desperation, the man with the and suggestions, preferably by email, stances to overcome the tension in their creative pursuits. There is the maximum from the public by way of taxes. The money thus falling, he realises his chute is broken. chute looks up and yells, “Hey do you to: [email protected] the existence of a carefree culture in the film world. Strict vigil is going into the exchequer is looted right and left by those He doesn’t know anything about know anything about parachutes?!” the only way to curb such tendencies, but the question is who is se- wielding power at all levels. Also, those who do not pay taxes parachutes, but as the earth rapidly The guy flying up looks down and rious about it. Only small fries are put behind the bars to prove that will find their GST is blocked. This is how India will emerge approaches, he realises his options yells, “No, do you know anything B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, the law has teeth. as Digital India! are limited; he takes off the parachute about gas stoves?!” Bhubaneswar-751010 Sunil Pradhan, Khariar, NUAPADA Manmad Kumar Pitta, CUTTACK JAMMU & KASHMIR ANDHRA PRADESH P7

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k y m c INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Unable to monetise the huge favourable outcome, enabling the amount of delegitimised cash, temple to deposit the money with Tirupati temple Tirupati, Sept 16: The world famous Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams the RBI or any other bank,” the of- Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh (TTD) Chairman, YV Subba Reddy, ficial said. is awash with `50 crore demone- has requested Union Finance Reddy has asked the Finance ` tised cash offerings, which it con- Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to Minister for favourable instruc- awash with 50 cr tinued to receive from the devo- enable the temple to deposit the tions in this direction. tees, but could not utilise. old money with the Reserve Bank The TTD chairman said that the “Though the Central government of India (RBI) or any other com- temple could not stop the devotees had demonetised `1,000 and `500 mercial one to monetise that amount. from offering old notes as it is linked demonetised cash notes November 8, 2016, devotees con- “Once monetised, TTD will use with their faith and religious tinued to offer demonetised notes,” it to fund several spiritual and wel- sentiments. said a TTD official. fare activities,” the official said. TTD is a conglomeration of 12 offerings As a result, the temple in the Regarding the old notes, TTD temples and their sub-shrines. It southern state received 1.8 lakh had already written to the Union employs 14,000 people. Spread over notes of `1,000, amounting to `18 Finance Ministry and the RBI in 2017 16.2 acres, the main Tirumala tem- Though the Central government had demonetised crore, and 6.34 lakh notes of `500, but did not receive a favourable re- ple is dedicated to Lord Sri ` ` amounting to `31.7 crore. All the Though replete with old cash, of it as scrapped notes have stopped sponse. “As this issue is linked to the Venkateswara, also known as 1,000 and 500 notes November 8, 2016, offered demonetised notes amounted Tirupati, one of the richest tem- being a legal tender for four years faith and sentiments of the devotees, Srinivasa, Balaji and devotees continued to offer demonetised notes to a total of around `50 crore. ples in the world, could not make use already. Reddy requested Sitharaman for a Venkatachalapati. ‘Bleeding Heart’ was to replace Hurriyat in Valley Andhra asks NSO PRESS TRUST OF INDIA with Naveed and Rather when their to explain literacy NIA CRACKDOWN car was intercepted by Jammu and After tighten- Srinagar, Sept 16: nIrfan Shafi Mir, who has Kashmir police near Qazigund on ing of terror funds by the National emerged as a ‘double the national highway connecting the Investigation Agency (NIA), Pakistan agent’, made frequent Valley with the rest of the survey methodology had approved a proposal by Irfan visits to Pakistan during country. Shafi Mir, who was arrested along which he came in contact A search of the vehicle led to the with Deputy SP Davender Singh, to with ISI officials as well as recovery of an AK-47 rifle, three In the 2011 Census, Andhra’s literacy rate stood at set up a new outfit called ‘Bleeding top terror leadership that pistols and a cache of ammunition Heart’ as it had realised in 2018 had complained that and explosives. The NIA took over 67 per cent while the NSO survey claimed the that Hurriyat Conference, the sep- separatist groups in the the case January 17 this year. aratist conglomerate created by Kashmir valley had become After thorough investigation into literacy rate was 64 per cent, pointing at a decline ISI, won’t be able to deliver any defunct after the NIA the case, the NIA arrested many more. cracked its whip on their people including influential busi- During a visit to Pakistan in 2018, anti-national activities in nessman Zahoor Ahemd Watali Mir held an extensive discussion 2017 following registering and prominent politician Sheikh with ISI officials as well as terror- of a terror funding case Abdul Rashid alias 'Rashid ist top brass to set up an NGO by the ISI and terror groups were rattled by the case of May 2017 registered by the NIA against members of Engineer'. name 'Bleeding Heart' which would Jamaat-ud-Dawa, Dukhtaran-e-Millat, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Hizbul Mujahideen and other separatist groups and Two chargesheets were filed in replace the role of Hurriyat leaders in the state for allegedly raising, receiving and collecting funds to fuel separatist and terrorist the case which also included Altaf Conference, says the NIA activities, conspiracy to cause disruption in the Valley, and waging war against India Ahmad Shah alias Altaf Fantoosh, chargesheet filed in a designated the son-in-law of firebrand sepa- court of Jammu. (Prevention) Act and various sec- terror group Hizbul Mujahideen led by Inspector General Anil Shukla ratist Syed Ali Shah Geelani; Mir was arrested along with tions of the Indian Penal Code chief Syed Salauddin, his deputy and his team has listed 3,017 oral and spokesman of moderate Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir Deputy against Mir, Singh, Naveed, his Amir Khan, the so-called opera- documentary evidences along with Conference led by Mirwaiz Umer Superintendent of Police Devender brother Syed Irfan Ahmad, Rather tional chief Khursheed Alam and the chargesheet. Farooq, Shahid-ul-Islam; spokesman Singh and Hizbul Mujahideen ter- and businessman Tanveer Ahmad the terror group’s financial head The chargesheet also gives in- of the Geelani-led faction of rorist Syed Naveed Mushtaq alias Wani, former president of the Line Nazar Mehmood where the broad stances of his connection with of- Hurriyat Ayaz Akbar; and sepa- Naveed Babu and accomplice Rafi of Control Traders Association. concept of ‘Bleeding Heart’ was ficials of Pakistan High Commission ratists Nayeem Khan, Bashir Bhat Ahmad Rather. According to the NIA, the ac- discussed. in India with whom he was in con- alias Peer Saifullah and Raja The details of the 3,064-page cused were part of a deep-rooted con- Later during his stay in Pakistan, stant touch and also received mon- Mehrajuddin Kalwal. INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE of India in 2011,” said the source. chargesheet, accessed by PTI, show spiracy hatched by Pakistan-based Mir had a meeting with ISI officers etary assistance. The NIA has also recorded con- In the 2011 Census, Andhra’s lit- that Mir alias ‘Advocate’ made this terrorist organisation Hizbul like Umar Cheema, Ahshan Visa applications from Kashmir fessional statements on the flow of Amaravati, Sept 16: Andhra eracy rate stood at 67 per cent while proposal of the NGO and had started Mujahideen and Pakistani State Chaudhary and Sohail Abbas who recommended by Mir were also money, especially from Pakistan, Pradesh Commissioner of School the NSO survey claimed the liter- working for it after receiving a go agencies “to commit violent acts also tasked him to work on a new given top most priority at the from four people accused in a case Education, V Chinaveerabhadrudu, acy rate was 64 per cent, pointing ahead from his mentors across the and to wage war against the Union 'Hawala (non-banking) channel' for Pakistan High Commission, the related to the funding of "terror has written to the National at a decline. border. of India.” transfer of money for sustaining ter- chargesheet said. activities" in Kashmir. The case led Statistical Office (NSO) to under- “Since we are almost 10 years The NIA filed the chargesheet During his extensive questioning, rorist activities in the Kashmir val- Mir was sitting in the car driven to a decrease in stone pelting inci- stand more about the intricacies of from the last Census, in any way, under the Unlawful Activities the NIA said Mir had met banned ley. The investigation into the case by Singh January 11 this year along dents in the Valley. an NSO survey after the state was the literacy rate should only be in- rated worst in literacy in a certain creasing and not decreasing,” the category. source pointed out. “Prima facie, there are grounds According to the source, the NSO ‘Kashmiris fear domicile certificates to reexamine the report. I would like rating is only based on a sample sur- Andhra govt seeks to get into the sample methodology vey, unlike the census which touches and questionnaire to understand the every family in the state. report better,” Chinaveerabhadrudu “This is only a sample study -- its CBI investigation into exercise can change demographics’ told IANS while pointing out that main objective is not to find out it was important to understand the literacy rate, but about the con- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE how the NSO had carried out the sumption patterns. So, the data or survey. observations of the NSO study Amaravati land deals Srinagar, Sept 16: Congress leader For 2017-18, the NSO rated the about literacy are tangential or a and former Union minister southern state lower than Bihar, byproduct of the research. The Saifuddin Soz has said the issuance Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Odisha, main objective is not to study lit- of a large number of domicile cer- Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh eracy. So you need not give it more tificates in J&K has led to appre- in literacy rate for individuals importance than what is required,” hensions of demographic changes above seven years of age. the source added. among Kashmiris. The NSO allegedly surveyed Irrespective of the NSO adjudi- In a statement Wednesday he 5,000 persons in some districts and cating Andhra Pradesh as the low- said it is alarming that the Union even less in some others to arrive est literate state, several towns and Territory administration has is- at this conclusion. a few cities in the state are major sued over 17 lakh Domicile “I had asked the people con- educational hubs, drawing thou- Certificates, of these, 12.44 lakh cerned (NSO surveyors) to come and sands of students for studies. certificates have been issued in discuss the survey with me. They Vijayawada, Guntur, Nellore, Jammu, while 4.16 lakh certificates The most worrying aspect of this hot-haste exercise asked me to contact the NSO head, Bhimavaram, Kakinada, have been issued in Kashmir. is that these certificates have been issued to those which I have done, and am waiting Vishakapatnam, Rajamundry, “The most worrying aspect of persons also who do not possess Permanent Resident to hear from the organisation,” he Kurnool and others are known for this hot-haste exercise is that these said. Certificates and this is what makes this whole famous schools, intermediate jun- certificates have been issued to The Commissioner said that ior colleges and several engineer- exercise reckless SAIFUDDIN SOZ | CONGRESS LEADER INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE ing out of such malpractice.' People those persons also who do not pos- prima facie, there appears to be ing colleges. in the know of cabinet decisions sess Permanent Resident Certificates some issues with the survey and the Some of the private schools such Amaravati, Sept 16: Andhra including cabinet ministers, legis- and this is what makes this whole report needed a reexamination. as Sri Chaitanya and Narayana Pradesh's ruling party YSRCP has lators, party associates, and their be- exercise reckless,” he said. He said allay the apprehensions of the peo- sections of its population. While the According to sources, the Andhra have expanded their branches all urged the Centre to order a CBI namis reaped undue benefits by Kashmiris apprehend that this ex- ple of Kashmir,” he said. “If J&K UT government authorities insist the Pradesh government does not agree over the country, originating from investigation into the alleged land buying land ahead of the actual an- ercise is a clear attempt to change government is of the view that it has enactments are legally sanctioned with the worst literacy billing the the state. scam in the Amaravati capital re- nouncement, it said. the demographic profile of Kashmir, no concern and duty for the feelings and follow the pattern set by the ab- NSO gave to the state. Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, gion and irregularities in the According to YSRCP leaders, which the people of Kashmir will of Kashmir’s masses, then, it must take rogation of Articles 370 and 35A “No, we don't agree with that both the Telugu states, send a size- Andhra Pradesh State FiberNet the beneficiaries included resist, exercising their constitu- that position, categorically,” he said. ending the special status of the report. We want to know what para- able number of students every year Limited (APSFL) during the pre- Chandrababu Naidu, his son and tional and democratic rights. “The The new domicile law is one of erstwhile state, people here in and metres the NSO has followed,” to the Indian Institutes of vious TDP regime. then cabinet minister Nara Lokesh, least that J&K UT government can the many new laws the govern- also in Jammu ask why not a sin- said a source. Technology (IITs), premier tech- The YSRCP, which had already his close associate and NRI, Vemuri do is to issue a White Paper on the ment has in unseemly haste in- gle such or similar law has been in- “The state would like to contest nical schools in India. made a request in this regard a cou- Ravi Kumar Prasad, then minister intention of issuing the enormous troduced or altered many existing troduced in Ladakh carved out of it because (NSO) literacy rating is AP is also known for a high num- ple of months ago, decided to once Paritala Sunita, Public Accounts number of Permanent Resident ones in J-K in the past one year, J-K as a separate Union Territory different from the Census literacy ber of students who migrate to the again raise the issue during the on- Committee chairman and MLA Certificates and how best it can the enterprise to the dismay of vast (UT) in August last year. rate also done by the government US for higher studies. going Parliament session. The YSRCP Payyavula Keshav, former MLAs G alleged that the then TDP government V S Anjaneyulu and Dhulipalla resorted to insider trading, benefit- Narendra, Kambampati Rammohan ing Chandrababu Naidu, his fam- Rao and several other TDP leaders. ily members and those close to them. The benami transactions that Covid-19 situation alarming, Central team to visit Jammu The party reiterated that the in- took place in the land deals al- formation about choosing Amaravati legedly involved Ministers and PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Sh Manoj Sinha regarding this,” patients have recovered, accord- as the location for building the new TDP leaders. The boundaries of he tweeted. Singh is a Lok Sabha ing to the officials. state capital was leaked by those the capital area were redrawn to suit New Delhi, Sept 16: In view of member from Jammu and Meanwhile, two cab drivers have in power and they through their their favoured few to keep their the rising coronavirus cases in Kashmir's Udhampur constituency. been arrested from Tourist aides purchased land in and around landholding at an advantageous Jammu, a team from the Union A total of 1,329 fresh cases of Reception Center in Srinagar for Amaravati at throwaway prices. place. The YSRCP also alleged that Health Ministry is being imme- COVID-19 were recorded in the allegedly providing fake COVID-19 The investigations conducted assigned and government land was diately sent there to assist the ad- past 24 hours in Jammu and negative reports to people wanting so far including by the Cabinet grabbed and surrendered for land ministration, Union Minister Kashmir -- 741 in the Jammu re- to travel outside the Kashmir val- Sub-Committee revealed that before pooling to get the benefits an- Jitendra Singh said Wednesday. gion and 588 in the Kashmir val- ley amid the pandemic, police said the announcement of Amaravati as nounced by the government. Singh, the minister of state for ley, officials had said Tuesday. Wednesday. The matter was re- the state capital, 4,069.94 acres of Unwilling farmers were intimi- personnel, said he has spoken to Of the fresh cases, Jammu dis- ported to police by a man who had land was purchased in Krishna dated to acquire their land. The Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor trict reported the highest at 254, approached the TRC for a trip out- and Guntur districts by those in- land pooling scheme rules also do Manoj Sinha in this regard. followed by 148 in Srinagar district, side the valley with his family. volved in insider trading. not comply with the Land “Have taken up with the Union they had said. Nineteen coron- The man asked the drivers about

The YSRCP Parliamentary Party Acquisition Act. The YSRCP also Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), avirus-related fatalities were re- the travel norms and told them

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of the day uote AFTER 45-YEAR LULL, LJP mulls fielding candidates against JD-U The Ministry of Electronics INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE state. The party leaders also passed and Information a resolution condemning the state- Technology (MeitY) New Delhi, Sept 16: In what could ment of JD-U MP Lalan Singh's on 3 FIRING INCIDENTS lead to a major crack in the National the Prime Minister. has blocked 224 mobile applications, Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar They also welcomed the state- including TikTok, Helo and WeChat ahead of the crucial state Assembly ment of JD-U General Secretary KC under the provisions of section 69A polls scheduled later this year, Lok Tyagi that LJP did not have an al- of the Information Technology Act, Janshakti Party (LJP) leaders have liance with his party. The LJP 2000 in the interest of sovereignty demanded to field candidates on source further said that Chirag and integrity of India, defence of the seats contested by the ruling Paswan had held a meeting with India and security of State Janata Dal-United (JD-U). BJP President JP Nadda on

SANJAY DHOTRE | MINISTER OF STATE FOR The LJP also asked the BJP to con- Tuesday night, where both the ELECTRONICS AND IT test on more seats than the ruling leaders discussed the projects in- JD-U in the state. According to a augurated by Narendra Modi in highly-placed LJP source, the de- the poll-bound state. As many as mands were raised during the meet- The party source close to the 1,198 people ing of all the MPs and former MPs LJP chief said that during the were detained of the party at the residence of LJP has openly criticised Nitish Kumar The party source said that dur- meeting, Chirag Paswan had asked by police under the supremo Chirag Paswan here. over the handling of the migrant ing the meeting, the party leaders Nadda to contest more seats than stringent National A party source present in the workers' crisis, the Covid-19 pan- also hailed the projects launched by the JD-U. The source also claimed Security Act (NSA) AGENCIES meeting said that all the MPs and demic and the floods in the state, be- Prime Minister Narendra Modi in that the meeting of the two lead- across the country former MPs of the LJP demanded sides writing to the Bihar Chief in 2017 and 2018, of whom 563 are ‘Fully geared to fight Bihar in the last one week. The ers ahead of the announcement still under custody New Delhi, Sept 16: Indian and that the BJP should contest more Minister on several occasions. LJP leaders also slammed the Bihar of the poll dates was a Chinese border troops had an ex- full-fledged war’ seats than the JD-U in Bihar. However, Nitish Kumar has not re- government over the rise of 'offi- positive sign. G KISHAN REDDY | UNION MINISTER change of gunfire last week just "Former MP Kali Pandey demanded sponded to any of his letters. cialism' in the state, the party The LJP, which fought the 2015 OF STATE FOR HOME days before a meeting of their for- JAMMU: Asserting that it is fully that the LJP should announce can- During the September 7 meet- source said. Assembly elections with the BJP prepared to fight a full-fledged war eign ministers, Indian officials said didates on seats which are being con- ing of the LJP parliamentary board, During the meeting, Chirag as an ally partner, had contested 55 even in winters in eastern Ladakh, Wednesday, in a further breach of a tested by the JD-U in the upcoming the party decided to draw up the can- Paswan and all the other party seats and managed to win just two. The biggest the Indian Army Wednesday said if decades-old restraint at the frontier. China created conditions for war, Bihar Assembly elections," the didates' list for 143 out of 243 seats members opposed the works being The Election Commission had difficulty in The two sides have had a long- source said. in the state. Its leaders reportedly done by Nitish Kumar in Bihar and said earlier this month that the contract they will face a better trained, standing agreement for troops not The LJP and the JD-U have been demanded that the party must not accused him of not fulfilling his elections for the 243- member Bihar farming will arise better prepared, fully rested and to use firearms at the poorly defined trading barbs at each other over for small farmers as psychologically hardened Indian contest the elections under Nitish poll promise of providing three Assembly will be completed by they will become Line of Actual Control or the in- troops. In a statement, it said last few months. Chirag Paswan Kumar's leadership. decimal land to the poor in the November 29. servants of formal border and for 45 years no compared to physically and companies. Alternatively, the shot has been fired. psychologically battle-hardened government should consider the But since late last month, there Indian troops, Chinese troops 11 DEAD AS option of mass farming by small have been three incidents of warn- mostly are from urban areas and farmers at the village level ing shots fired in the western not used to hardships or Bachchans’ security tightened Himalayas where troops are locked prolonged deployment under field BOAT CAPSIZES SACHIN PILOT | FORMER RAJASTHAN DEPUTY CM in a faceoff over competing terri- conditions. The Army' Northern PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The official said the torial claims, often in close prox- Command headquarters made PRESS TRUST OF INDIA imity, officials aware of the these assertions reacting to Mumbai, Sept 16: Security has security has been SHORT TAKES situation said. China's official media Global been increased outside bungalows stepped up as a Kota (Raj), Sept 16: At least 11 peo- “In all these cases shots were Times reports that India's of Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya ple, including women and chil- fired in the air and not at each operational logistics is not Bachchan in Mumbai, a day after precautionary dren, were killed after a boat car- geared up adequately and it will other thankfully,” said one of she told Parliament that the film in- rying over 30 devotees to a temple Bommai Covid+ve not be able to fight through measure to avoid any the officials. winters effectively. dustry was being defamed by some in Rajasthan's Bundi district cap- Bangalore: Karnataka Home One of them occurred on the and asked the government to pro- untoward incident in sized in the Chambal river here Minister Basavaraj Bommai north bank of the bitterly con- tect and support it, a police Wednesday morning, officials said. tested positive for Covid-19 view of Jaya tested Pangong Tso lake in the run- Jaishankar and Wang agreed to official said. Three people are still missing and is in home isolation as he Bachchan’s speech is asymptomatic, an official up to a meeting between Indian dial down tensions and since then "Amitabh Bachchan already has while 20 devotees were rescued, said Wednesday. "Bommai Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam the situation has calmed, the Indian X category security cover. After they added. Belonging to the tested positive for the virus. Jaishankar and Chinese counter- officials said. But there is no pulling the speech (in Parliament by Jaya Jaya Bachchan's speech. hands that fed them. Though Jaya Khatoli–Itawa area of Kota, they As it is asymptomatic, he is part Wang Yi in Moscow last back of troops yet. Former Indian Bachchan), we stepped up periph- Batting for Bollywood that has Bachchan did not take any names, were going to the Kamleshwar under home quarantine in the Thursday. The shooting which nei- military commander lieutenant eral security and increased pa- been under a cloud since the death her speech came a day after BJP's temple in Indergarh of Bundi to city," one of his staff said ther side has made public was the general D. S. Hooda said distrust was trolling outside their bungalows of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in Lok Sabha MP and Bhojpuri actor offer prayers. here. In a tweet in Kannada most intense, a second official said. so large now it would be difficult in Juhu," the official said. June on the floor of the Rajya Sabha, Ravi Kishan said there was a prob- The accident took place around earlier, Bommai said the The two sides are jockeying for ad- to get back to the agreement under The Bachchans have 'Jalsa', Jaya Bachchan Tuesday argued lem of drug addiction in the film in- 8.45 am near Gotra village under infection was confirmed in vantageous positions on the un- which troops carried few firearms 'Janak' and 'Pratiksha' bungalows for government support to the en- dustry. She had also said she com- the Khatoli police station, about 110 the Covid test conducted demarcated mountain border in at the contested border during their in Juhu. They live in 'Jalsa' and tertainment industry and slammed pletely disagrees with those who kilometres from Kota district head- yesterday (Tuesday) for a the Ladakh sector which adjoins patrols. “We should no longer be 'Pratiksha'. The official said the se- those tarnishing its image. term the entertainment industry a quarters. working boy in his house. "In Tibet. Last Monday, troops had talking about peace and tranquil- curity has been stepped up as a In her speech, she had used a "gutter", a term used by actor The depth of the river where the this backdrop, I have also fired in the air on the southern ity along the LAC, but conflict precautionary measure to avoid Hindi proverb to say those defam- Kangana Ranaut to describe boat overturned is around 40-45 feet, been tested and I have been bank of the lake, the two sides said. prevention,” he said. any untoward incident in view of ing the industry were biting the Bollywood in a tweet last month. an official said, adding a rescue op- infected. I am isolated at eration was launched by the SDRF home though no symptoms and the NDRF. “At least 11 people and am healthy," said have been killed in the mishap in Bommai in Kannada. DELHI RIOTS Khatoli while the search for three Mitra helps COVID patients others is under way,” District Collector Ujjaval Rathore said, Cop killed speak to their loved ones adding that 20 people were res- COPS FILE CHARGESHEET cued. According to local residents, Hyderabad: A police officer was killed as the AK 47 he was REUTERS 35-50 people were on board with 14 carrying went off accidentally PRESS TRUST OF INDIA to 15 motorbikes when the accident during anti-Maoist operations New Delhi, Sept 16: A hospital took place, he added. The district in Telangana Wednesday. The New Delhi, Sept 16: Delhi police in India has deployed a customer- collector said prima facie, a weak incident occurred in Wednesday filed a chargesheet be- service robot to patrol its wards, structure of the boat caused the Chennapuram forest area in fore a city court under the stringent connecting coronavirus patients mishap. Cherla mandal of Bhadradri law UAPA and various sections of to friends and relatives. Area DSP Shubhkaran said the Kothagudem district when a the IPC against 15 persons for larger Mitra, meaning “friend” in bodies were handed over to fam- police party was engaged in conspiracy in northeast Delhi riots Hindi, is best known for inter- ilies after autopsy and they have search operations to in February. acting with Prime Minister capital New Delhi. Mitra is lodged a case against the boat's apprehend Maoists, police According to the sources, those Narendra Modi at an event in mainly used by patients who are Sailor and owner. Describing the said. Aditya Sai Kumar (25), a named in the chargesheet are Taahir 2017. Its piercing eyes are not able to communicate using incident as “sorrowful and un- Reserved Sub-Inspector of Hussain, Mohd Parvez Ahmed, equipped with facial recogni- their phones. “We mainly dis- fortunate”, Rajasthan Chief Police (RSI), died on the spot Mohd Illyas, Saifi Khalid, Ishrat (before the magistrate). tors were guiding their foot sol- tion technology to help it recall cuss my health,” said Makhanlal Minister Ashok Gehlot on his in the incident. His body was Jahan, Miran Haider, Safoora The final report has been filed diers about violence in the area. people it has previously inter- Qazi, a retired government bu- Twitter handle expressed con- shifted to Bhadrachalam Area Zargar, Asif Iqbal Tanha, Shahdab under stringent Unlawful Activities The key conspirators were directly acted with. A tablet attached to reaucrat and coronavirus pa- dolences to the aggrieved families. Hospital for autopsy. Ahmed, Natasha Narwal, (Prevention) Act (UAPA), various in touch with their foot soldiers,” Mitra’s chest allows patients to tient who has used the robot to The Chief Minister announced a According to district Superintendent of Police Sunil Devangana Kalita, Tasleem Ahmed, sections of Indian Penal Codes and police said. see loved ones, as well as medical communicate with relatives. “I compensation of Rs 1 lakh to the Dutt the incident occurred Saleem Malik, Mohd Saleem Khan Arms Act. The police said it has “WhatsApp groups were used by staff unable to access the wards. came here Friday and now I have kin of each deceased. when the officer along with and Athar Khan. given chronology of conspiracy conspirators for 'violence in “It takes a lot of time to recover, started feeling better. I am feel- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, others was engaged in Special cell of Delhi Police told and relevant events in its Seelampur-Jafarabad area. There and during this time, when pa- ing very happy now.” The robot, who is an MP from the Kota- combing operations. Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh chargesheet which is likely to be were 25 protest sites in 25 cities. 25 tients need their families the developed by Bengaluru-based Bundi constituency of Rajasthan, Rawat that it has relied upon CD- taken up for consideration in the WhatsApp groups were especially most, they are unable to visit,” start-up Invento Robotics, cost too expressed grief over the in- R and Whatsapp chats. In the coming days. created for each city. The impression said Dr Arun Lakhanpal, a doc- the hospital 1 million rupees cident. Local Congress MLA chargesheet running into 10,000 “The evidence includes was given that they were anti-CAA tor at the Yatharth Super ($13,600), according to Yatharth Ramnarayan Meena expressed Statues desecrated pages, the police has listed 747 wit- WhatsApp chats of February 24, protest group but through these Speciality Hospital in Noida Tyagi, director of the company sorrow over the tragedy and de- Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar nesses and of them 51 have recorded the time when riots were happen- sites conspirators were being Extension, a satellite city of the that runs the hospital. manded that the relief amount Pradesh): Desecrated their statements under CRPC 164 ing. At that point, key conspira- guided,” it said. be increased. statutes of Lord Buddha and Dr B.R. Ambedkar were found in a park in Lakhimpur Kheri district after which tension prevailed in the area. Vulture-toxic drug still being sold in India: Researchers According to Indrani Devi, the caretaker of the park where the statues were installed, INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE birds -- pushing these birds to the University of Cambridge. final year, 2017, diclofenac was still the hooligans who damaged brink of extinction. John Mallord, the lead author of being offered by 10 to 46 per cent of the statues also thrashed her New Delhi, Sept 16: More than a Governments were quick to react, the study, said: "As the sale of di- pharmacists. when she tried to stop them. decade after being banned, a vulture- with India, Pakistan, Nepal and clofenac for veterinary use is ille- Chris Bowden, Programme toxic drug is still being prescribed Bangladesh banning the drug from gal, if we were open about the rea- Manager of Saving Asia's Vultures in pharmacies across India, ac- veterinary practice. Yet cattle car- sons for the survey, and that we from Extinction (SAVE), said: "The Bangladeshis held cording to an undercover investi- casses in India continue to be found were vulture conservationists, phar- importance of these results is em- Kolkata: Thirteen Bangladeshi gation led by a group of environ- containing potentially lethal con- macists would be unlikely to offer phasised by the most recent pub- nationals, including five mental organisations and centrations of diclofenac along with us diclofenac." "We had to pretend lished nationwide population sur- women and three children, universities. contaminated, dead vultures. to be livestock owners so we could veys of vultures in India and Nepal." were apprehended from West In 2003, the widespread veteri- Worryingly, populations of these get an unbiased picture of its avail- "In Nepal, there is evidence that Bengal's North 24 Parganas nary use of a non-steroidal anti- critically endangered birds were ability." In India, trends in sales of vulture populations have begun to district, while trying to cross inflammatory drug diclofenac in not showing significant signs of re- different non-steroidal anti-in- recover, but in India they either over to the neighbouring cattle was discovered to be deci- covery. The new study, published flammatory drugs varied between continue to decline or, at best, are y country illegally, a BSF mating the most iconic birds in recently in the journal Bird the different regions surveyed. stable but at low levels and not

spokesperson said South Asia -- Asian vultures -- after Conservation International, set out In the first year, diclofenac was yet showing signs of a recovery."

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NITYANAND RAI | VIRUS, DEMAND FOR OXYGEN HAS MORE THAN TRIPLED, DOCTORS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SAID candidate while doubts about patient safety are yet unclear UNION MINISTER OF STATE FOR HOME REUTERS Maharashtra has decided to reduce INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE supply to neighbouring states to It is very Mumbai, Sept 16: India’s coron- meet its growing demand, a state New Delhi, Sept 16: The Serum unlikely that avirus infections surged past 5 mil- government official said. Vehicles Institute of India has received ap- schools can be lion Wednesday, piling pressure on carrying oxygen will get right of way proval from the Drugs Controller allowed to function hospitals grappling with unreli- and can use sirens to ensure they General of India (DCGI) to re- partially. It is not able supplies of oxygen that they reach hospitals faster. sume the clinical trial of the possible to run need to treat tens of thousands of Ravindra Khade Patil, a doctor Oxford Covid-19 vaccine candi- schools, at least, for this month. critical patients. who manages two private hospi- date, officials from the drug man- Safety of the students is a big issue In the big states of Maharashtra, tals on the outskirts of Mumbai, ufacturing company confirmed DINESH SHARMA | UP DEPUTY CM Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, that spoke of the stress he faces trying Wednesday. Institute of India also paused its are also some of the worst-affected to ensure he can supply his patients India is the manufacturing part- trials after the DCGI issued a by the virus, demand for oxygen with oxygen. Two days ago, the ner of the vaccine candidate show-cause notice to them ask- Five people has more than tripled, doctors and supplier of oxygen to his hospitals named Covishield, developed ing for an explanation as to why who were government officials said, prompt- did not turn up at his usual time. jointly by the University of the institute decided to go ahead injured in the ing urgent calls for help. Patil made frantic calls to the Oxford's Jenner Institute's and with the clinical trial of Covid-19 Kozhikode air crash “Desperate patients have been supplier and then to nearby hospitals AstraZeneca. The Pune-based firm vaccine candidate while doubts last month are still calling me through the night but I and lawmakers, knowing that if is looking after the trials at 17 about patient safety are yet unclear. receiving medical attention at hospitals don’t know when I will get stock,” the oxygen didn’t arrive on time, it trial sites across India. The next day, the DCGI had fur- Rishikhesh Patil, an oxygen supplier million infections in just 12 days. It “The problem happens when at would be too late for some of his The permission to resume ther directed Serum Institute of HARDEEP SINGH PURI | in the western city of Nashik, said. is only the second country in the a facility level, if there is no in- most critical patients. Finally, past comes three days after AstraZeneca India to suspend any new re- CIVIL AVIATION MINISTER The health ministry reported 90,123 world to have more than 5 million ventory management. Every state midnight, thanks to pressure from announced that it has resumed cruitment in the phase two and new infections Wednesday, taking cases, after the United States. should ensure this,” Bhushan said. a government official, the oxygen trials in the UK. On September three clinical trial of the Oxford the total caseload to 5.02 million. “At least 6% of India’s nearly 1 In the capital of India’s most pop- tanks arrived. “If they had arrived 9, the trials were halted after one COVID-19 vaccine candidate till fur- SHORT TAKES The death toll from COVID-19 is million active cases need oxygen sup- ulous state of Uttar Pradesh, the total even a couple of hours late, we of the participants in the UK re- ther orders in the backdrop of now at 82,066, the ministry said, port,” health ministry official Rajesh requirement of oxygen cylinders could have lost five or six patients. ported a suspected severe adverse pharma giant AstraZeneca paus- with 1,290 fatalities recorded in the Bhushan said. “Supplies were ad- stood at 5,000 cylinders compared Every day, we are worried if we reaction when administered a ing the clinical trials in other ‘Hawala’ racket previous 24 hours. India has the equate but state governments should with 1,000 cylinders in normal will be able to meet our require- booster dose of the vaccine can- countries because of "an unex- world’s fastest growing novel coro- monitor usage and flag shortages,” times, a government official said. ments, if the oxygen will arrive or didate. plained illness" in a participant in busted in Hyd navirus epidemic and added its last he said. The worst-affected state of not,” Patil said. On September 10, the Serum the study. Hyderabad: Hyderabad police Tuesday busted an alleged 'hawala' racket with the COVID FALLOUT Lightning kills 7 in arrest of four persons and WAR AGAINST VIRUS seized `3.75 crore cash from them. Police Commissioner Madhya Pradesh Anjani Kumar said two cars Bengalis settled abroad were also seized from the INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE accused. Acting on a tip off, the Commissioner's Task learn puja rituals online Damoh/Bhopal, Sept 16: Seven Force (West) made the persons died due to lightning at dif- arrests. The arrested were 'yagna', 'ghot puja' (worshipping ferent places in Madhya Pradesh’s identified as Eshwar Dileep an urn symbolising the Goddess) Damoh district. Chief Minister Solanki (29), Harish Ram Bhai Patel (35), Ajith Singh (34) and other rituals of Durga Puja,” Shivraj Singh Chouhan and former and Rathod Kanak Singh he said. CM Kamal Nath have expressed Natuba (42), all from Gujarat "The COVID-19 outbreak has re- grief over the deaths. and residing in Banjara Hills stricted our movement but Durga According to information re- in Hyderabad. Puja cannot wait. After being re- ceived from the administration, quested by friends in India and three members of a family were PRESS TRUST OF INDIA abroad, we decided to conduct dig- killed in the last 24 hours due to ital workshops where all puja rit- lightning at Lamti village in Damoh Soldier dies Kolkata, Sept 16: Bengalis set- uals will be taught," Kushari said. district near Tezgarh police station Jammu: An army soldier tled in various countries are tak- The workshops will be held at a area. The three were working at injured in Pakistan ceasefire ing online lessons to perform Durga time convenient for all participants a farm. Two other persons died at violation on the Line of Puja rituals themselves as the across different time zones, he said. Daba village and one each in Control (LoC) in Jammu and COVID-19 outbreak has forced The organisation has been con- Sataria and Kunwarpur due to Kashmir's Rajouri district priests from West Bengal to cancel ducting workshops for people will- lightning. succumbed in the hospital their international travel plans. ing to work as priests apart from Expressing grief over the deaths, Wednesday. The soldier was Several priests from the state their regular jobs. It had last month Chouhan said, "Seven people have injured Tuesday. Defence used to make annual journeys to conducted a similar online session died due to lightning in Damoh dis- spokesman, Colonel Devender countries from the United States to for 175 people in front of the semi- trict. I pray to God to give peace to Anand said, “Naik Aneesh Japan to perform Durga Puja rit- finished Durga idol at Shobhabazar the departed souls and strength to Thomas, who was injured in uals for Bengalis settled there. Rajbari in north Kolkata. the families to bear the loss." Pakistan ceasefire violation However, the coronavirus outbreak "More people can attend online Former Chief Minister Kamal along the LoC in Sunderbani sector, succumbed in the has changed the situation. sessions than in physical workshops Nath said, “I pray to God to grant hospital today.” On being requested by several in the present scenario. This might peace to the departed souls and also Bengalis settled abroad, an or- be the norm even in post-COVID A vendor sells colourful face masks during unlock 4.0 in Lucknow, Wednesday PTI PHOTO fortitude to their families to bear ganisation, Sarva Bharatiya times," Kushari said. Kolkata-based the loss.” Prachya Vidya Academy, has de- priest Srikanto Chakraborty said Couple booked cided to conduct online training he is looking for offers from puja Thane: An offence has been sessions for Brahmins on September committees across the state after registered against a couple 27 and October 4, its founder Jayanta his regular London-based client in- Kushari said Wednesday. formed him they are not organis- Centre to SC: Will welcome speedy trial from Kalyan town of Maharashtra's Thane district “They will be trained to perform ing Durga Puja this year. for allegedly cheating a INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE submitted by the amicus suggest- as to the setting up of Special farmer of over `19 lakh, ing expeditious disposal of crimi- Courts for MPs/MLAs. police said Wednesday. A New Delhi, Sept 16: The Centre nal trials pending against legisla- The report said: "In the states of case under relevant Sections NCB team member Covid +ve Wednesday told the Supreme Court tors across the country. Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, of the IPC was registered that it would welcome any order for After revealing that 4,442 cases are Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and against Aslam Shaikh (40) PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Investigation Team (SIT). But, be- the speedy trial of sitting and for- pending against sitting and former West Bengal, there is one Special and his wife at Mahatma fore the probe team could start mer MPs/MLAs facing criminal MPs and MLAs in different courts, Court for all cases against Phule police station Monday, Mumbai, Sept 16: A member of recording her statement, the NCB and corruption charges. amicus curiae have informed the MPs/MLAs. In the State of senior inspector N K Bankar the NCB team probing drugs angle received report of one of its SIT Solicitor General, representing Supreme Court that there is no uni- Telangana apart from the Special said. in actor Sushant Singh Rajput's members testing positive for coro- the Centre, submitted before a bench formity in setting up of Special Court for MPs/MLAs cases are also death case tested positive for navirus, the official said. headed by Justice N. V. Ramana Courts for MPs/MLAs across the pending before the Special Court, coronavirus Wednesday fol- SSR The SIT member's antigen that the apex court can fix time country. CBI. In all other states, these cases Probe ordered lowing which questioning of test came out positive, he frame for the completion of trials The High Courts may be di- are pending in respective jurisdic- the actor’s former manager CASE said, adding that other mem- in pending cases against Legislators, rected to prepare a blueprint for tional courts". Indore: An unclaimed body Shruti Modi was postponed, an bers of the probe team will also be sitting and former. expeditious disposal of the cases The report was filed on an order was found lying in a highly decomposed state in the official said. tested and all protocols will be Senior advocate Vijay Hansaria, not later than one year for con- passed by the top court on a PIL by mortuary of a government Modi reached the Narcotics followed. "Accordingly, we sent who is a court appointed amicus cu- clusion of trial, suggested the BJP leader and advocate Ashwini hospital in Indore due to Control Bureau (NCB) office in back Shruti Modi who had joined riae, has suggested that trials in amicus. In the supplementary Upadhyay, who urged the court to alleged negligence of staffers, south Mumbai around 10 am for the investigation in the morning," these matters should be completed submission, Hansaria had said give directions for speedy trial of prompting authorities to questioning by the Special he said. within one year. The apex court the analysis of the pending cases criminal cases against sitting and order a probe into the matter. will pass an order on the report show that there is no uniformity former lawmakers. The matter came to light after a picture of the body, which looked liked a skeleton, surfaced on social media. Islamic State most active in 12 states, says Govt CRPF ASI ends life INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Many instances of individuals Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, notified as terrorist organisations from different states joining the Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Rajasthan, and included in the First Schedule Sukma: An assistant sub- New Delhi, Sept 16: With Islamic group have come to the notice of the Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya to the Unlawful Activities inspector (ASI) of the Central State and its various manifesta- central and state security agencies. Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir. (Prevention) Act, 1967 by the central Reserve Police Force tions spreading base in 12 Indian The information on IS was pro- The NIA -- India's anti-terror government," the minister said. allegedly committed suicide states in recent years, the Sunni ji- vided by Minister of State of Home agency -- has registered 17 cases re- Asked whether the government has by shooting himself in Naxal- hadists' group is now "most active" G Kishan Reddy in the Rajya Sabha lated to the presence of IS in any information on how these group hit Sukma district of in these states across the country. in a written reply to Bharatiya Telangana, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, members are funded and whether Chhattisgarh Wednesday, a Apart from southern states like Janata Party MP Vinay P Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. It has they are getting any foreign funding senior police official said. ASI Telangana, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Sahasrabuddhe's Unstarred arrested 122 accused, Reddy replied. for terror activities, the minister

y K Shivanand (49), belonging to 2nd battalion of the Central Karnataka and Tamil Nadu -- where Question. The Minister said: "The "Islamic State, or Islamic State replied in the positive.

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A climate India slams OIC, Turkey, Pak of fear and permanent danger prevails in Hong Kong today KARL-HEINZ PAQUE | over Kashmir in Geneva GERMAN POLITICIAN The Indian diplomat said that it is not surprising that other rele- The executive vant multilateral institutions have arm of the been raising serious concerns on European Pakistan's failure to stop terror fi- Union (EU) is nancing and lack of effective actions proposing to cut against all terror entities in emissions by 55 per Pakistan. cent from 1990 The nefarious designs of Pakistan levels by 2030, in response continue in Pakistan occupied parts to the climate emergency of the Union Territories of Jammu URSULA VON DER LEYEN | EUROPEAN and Kashmir and Ladakh, he said. COMMISSION PRESIDENT Badhe argued that in its zeal to reassert its theocratic ideol- Indian representative Pawan Thousands of Sikh, Hindu and ogy, Pakistan has ensured that There are Badhe said it has become habitual Christian minority women and girls ethnic and religious minorities A man carries his son on his shoulders as refugees and migrants from the destroyed Moria are sheltered near a new credible for Pakistan to make false and have been subjected to abductions, have no future because of sys- temporary camp, on the island of Lesbos, Greece REUTERS reports that fabricated narratives for its forced marriages and conversions in tematic persecution, blasphemy the coastal self-serving malicious purposes Pakistan, he pointed out laws, forced conversions, targeted development killings, sectarian violence and project at Dara faith-based discrimination. Sakor could be used INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE nal affairs of India. The OIC has al- The plight of the people under its Hurricane Sally hits US Gulf coast to host PRC military assets, and if lowed itself to be misused by subjugation is well represented by so would go against Cambodia’s Geneva/New Delhi, Sept 16: India Pakistan to subvert its own agenda. the state of affairs in Balochistan, ASSOCIATED PRESS Constitution and could threaten Tuesday slammed Turkey and the It's for the members of the OIC to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh. Indo-Pacific stability, possibly Organisation of Islamic Cooperation decide if it is in their interest to allow In a scathing attack, the Indian Pensacola (US), Sept 16: impacting Cambodia's sovereignty (OIC) at the UN Human Rights Pakistan to do so." diplomat used sarcasm to describe Hurricane Sally made landfall and the security of our allies Council in Geneva, while shaming He also advised Turkey to re- what Pakistan excels in. Wednesday near Gulf Shores, MIKE POMPEO | US SECRETARY OF STATE Pakistan for funding cross-border frain from commenting on the in- "Pakistan does well when it comes Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, terrorism and ethnic cleansing of ternal affairs of India. to intimidation and attacks against pushing a surge of ocean its minorities. Using strong words against journalists, human rights defend- water onto the coast and dumping In response to the statements Islamabad, Badhe said it has be- ers and political dissidents, in par- torrential rain that SHORT TAKES made by Pakistan, Turkey and the come a habit for Pakistan to malign ticular by its state machinery. It is forecasters said would cause OIC at the Council, Indian India with false and fabricated nar- not without a reason that Pakistan dangerous flooding from the representative Pawan Badhe, First ratives for its self-serving mali- has been highlighted by interna- Florida Panhandle to Quake shakes Secretary at the Permanent Mission cious purposes. tional organisations as a country Mississippi and well inland in the People play in a flooded parking lot PTI PHOTO of India in Geneva, rejected their "Neither India nor others de- where journalists are slain and days ahead. Kathmandu comments on India's internal serve this unsolicited lecture on their killers go scot free. Moving at an agonisingly slow hit land. Some 150,000 homes and ically possible. The county in- Kathmandu: A strong matters, specifically Jammu and human rights from a country that "Pakistan has been abusing var- 3 mph, Sally finally came ashore businesses had lost electricity by cludes Pensacola, one of the largest earthquake of 6 magnitude Kashmir, which was reorganised last has consistently persecuted its eth- ious HRC mechanisms and plat- at 4:45 a.m. local time with top early Wednesday, according to the cities on the Gulf Coast. Sally shook Nepal's capital year and bifurcated into two Union nic and religious minorities, is an forms for raising issues, which are winds of 105 mph (165 kmh), the poweroutage.us site. A curfew was was a rare storm that could make Kathmandu and surrounding Territories. epicentre of terrorism, has the extraneous to the mandate of the National Hurricane Center said. called in the coastal Alabama city history, said Ed Rappaport, deputy areas Wednesday, forcing In an unprecedented takedown distinction of providing pensions HRC and which ref the interna- Sally's northern eyewall had raked of Gulf Shores due to life-threat- director of the hurricane center. people to rush out of their of the OIC, Turkey and Pakistan, to individuals on UN Sanctions list tional community from serious the Gulf Coast with hurricane- ening conditions. In the Energy companies also shut more houses. According to the Badhe said, "The Union Territory and has a Prime Minister who human rights violations committed force winds and rain from Panhandle's Escambia County, than a quarter of US Gulf of National Seismological of Jammu and Kashmir is an in- proudly admits training tens of by it against its own people, in- Pensacola Beach, Florida, west- Chief Sheriff's Deputy Chip Mexico offshore oil and gas pro- Center, the 6 magnitude tegral part of India. The OIC has no thousands of terrorists to fight in cluding in Indian territories oc- ward to Dauphin Island, Alabama, Simmons vowed to keep deputies duction, and some refiners halted quake occurred in the country's locus standi to comment on inter- Jammu and Kashmir," he said. cupied by it," Badhe concluded. for hours before its center finally out with residents as long as phys- or slowed operations. Sindhupalchowk district near Tibet border at 5.19 am. MASS MURDERER 115 Indonesian ByteDance to place TikTok’s US pushes arms sales surge to BREIVIK TO APPLY docs die of nCoV global headquarters in US FOR PAROLE Jakarta: The Mitigation Team of the Indonesian Medical PRESS TRUST OF INDIA In order to allay US concerns Taiwan, needling China: Sources Association (IDI) has about "national security," TikTok's recorded that as many as 115 Beijing, Sept 16: China’s data from America will be stored REUTERS war and disputes about the spread military is well-trained and well- doctors had died during the ByteDance has decided to place in the US and Oracle will serve of the novel coronavirus. equipped with mostly US-made Covid-19 pandemic across the headquarters of its popular as the data service provider, the Washington, Sept 16: The United At the same time Taiwan's desire hardware, but China has a huge nu- the archipelagic country with video platform app TikTok in report said.Other potential US States plans to sell as many as to buy weapons increased after merical superiority and is adding the biggest number in East the US in order to escape investors such as the world's seven major weapons systems, President Tsai Ing-wen was re- advanced equipment of its own. Java province. Of the total President Donald Trump's ban, largest retailer Walmart, which including mines, cruise mis- elected here in January and has The weapons packages from number, 60 were general official media here reported had launched a joint bid with siles and drones to Taiwan, four made strengthening Taiwan's de- Lockheed Martin Co, Boeing and practitioners, 53 were Wednesday. Microsoft, would own a minority people familiar with the dis- fenses a top priority. General Atomics are moving their REUTERS specialists and two resident As per the plan presented to the cussions said, as the Trump ad- Taiwan is China’s most sensitive way through the export process, doctors who were still attending an education for US officials by ByteDance, TikTok ministration ramps up pressure territorial issue. Beijing says it three people familiar with the sta- Oslo, Sept 16: Norwegian mass specialists, according to data will remain the majority share- on China. is a Chinese province, and has tus of the deals on Capitol Hill murderer Anders Behring Breivik from the IDI's Mitigation Team holder of the new US headquar- Pursuing seven sales at once is denounced the Trump adminis- said, and a notification to Congress will seek to apply for parole, his as quoted by Antara news tered company, and tech firm a rare departure from years of tration’s support for the island. is expected within weeks. lawyer told daily VG Wednesday. agency here Wednesday. Oracle will be a minority share- precedent in which US military Washington has been eager to One industry source The far-right extremist killed holder, state-run CGTN TV re- sales to the island were spaced create a military counterbalance said President Donald Trump was eight people with a bomb in Oslo ported. People familiar with the out and carefully calibrated to to Chinese forces, building on an slated to be briefed on the packages and shot dead 69 others on an is- negotiation process emphasised minimise tensions with Beijing. effort known within the Pentagon this week by Secretary of State land nearby, many of them 350 ghost police that specific details of the plan stake, the report said. On August But the Trump administration as “Fortress Taiwan”, as Beijing’s Mike Pompeo. teenagers attending a Labour identified in Zabul may change. Independent third 6, Trump issued an executive has become more aggressive with military makes increasingly ag- Some of the deals had been re- Party youth camp in July 2011, in parties will serve as directors of order stating that TikTok's US China in 2020 and the sales would gressive moves in the region. quested by Taiwan more than a what is Norway’s worst peacetime Kabul: Zabul police chief the new company, and ByteDance business must be sold before land as relations between Beijing The Taipei Economic and year ago, but are only now being atrocity. He is serving Norway’s Hekmatullah Kochai will continue to control TikTok September 20, and threatened to and Washington are at their low- Cultural Representative Office in moved through the approval maximum sentence of 21 years, Wednesday said that at and its core algorithms. block the video app in the US. est point in decades over accusa- the United States did not respond process. A State Department which can be extended indefi- least 350 "ghost police" tions of spying, a lingering trade to a request for comment. Taiwan’s spokesman declined comment. nitely. While Breivik is eligible to have been identified in the province, referring to police seek parole after serving the first who are listed as being ten years of his term, a date he will employed and who are paid reach in July 2021, it is up to the but not serving in person. courts to determine whether a re- According to Kochai, during ‘Social distancing globally won’t help combat Covid’ lease is appropriate. “I have at his his four-month tenure, he demand sent a request for parole,” has added 400 new Breivik’s lawyer, Oeystein Storrvik, policemen to Zabul police, GIVING A CLARION CALL FOR STRENGTHENING MULTILATERALISM TO COMBAT THE PANDEMIC, BOZKIR SAID, “ NO STATE told VG. “This is a right that all pris- some of whom are residents oners (who can be detained in- of otheir provinces, tolo CAN COMBAT THIS PANDEMIC ALONE. SOCIAL DISTANCING WILL NOT HELP AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. definitely) have and that he wants news reported. UNILATERALISM WILL ONLY STRENGTHEN THE PANDEMIC” to use,” he said. Storrvik was not immediately available for com- ment. Reactions to the news were Thailand extends PRESS TRUST OF INDIA tancing will not help at the inter- abolishing this institution or less- immediate and negative. national level. Unilateralism will ening its strength.” emergency period United Nations, Sept 16: Social dis- only strengthen the pandemic. “It UN Secretary-General Antonio Bangkok: Thai Prime Minister tancing at the global level will not will move us further away from Guterres, addressing the opening of Prayut Chan-o-cha help as no country could combat our shared goal. At this time of cri- the 75th session of the General Smoke from US fires Wednesday said that the COVID-19 alone, President of the UN sis, it is our responsibility to Assembly, said in the landmark emergency decree will be General Assembly's 75th session strengthen people's faith in multi- year of the world organisation, “it reaches Europe extended for another three Volkan Bozkir has said, asserting lateral cooperation and interna- is clear that the world has high ex- months in three southern that multilateralism is the “panacea” tional institutions, with the UN at pectations of us, as the main plat- Berlin: Satellite images show provinces of the country. to all the problems in the world. their center.” Later, addressing the form for multilateralism and co- that smoke from wildfires in the They are Narathiwat, Yala Bozkir, addressing the UN am- UN correspondents at a press brief- operation on a rules-based western United States has and Pattani Provinces. The bassadors and delegates, said that ing, Bozkir said that multilateral- international system.” reached as far as Europe, extension announcement since the beginning of the crisis ism is the “panacea” to all the prob- For the first time in the scientists said Wednesday. Data was signed by Prayut . earlier this year, critics of mul- lems of the world. 75-year history of the United collected by the European Union's tilateralism have become more Responding to a question on Nations, state heads and govern- Copernicus Atmosphere vocal and the pandemic has been Volkan Bozkir holds aloft the chamber’s gavel, which was handed over to him whether he thinks the UN can sur- ment, ministers and diplomats from Monitoring Service found smoke Israel strikes Gaza used to justify unilateral steps by Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, the president of the previous session vive a second term of US President 193-UN member states will not be from the fires had traveled 8,000 and weaken the rules-based in- Donald Trump, who has been very gathering in New York for the high- kilometers (almost 5,000 miles) Jerusalem: The Israeli ternational system. Tuesday. Wearing masks, UN diplo- been questioned. These criticisms critical of its agencies and with- level UNGA week due to the coro- through the atmosphere to Britain military struck Hamas "In the past six months, our plans mats and envoys sat socially dis- are not baseless but their conclusions drawn from the UN entities and navirus pandemic. and other parts of northern Europe. The European Centre for militant sites in the Gaza for the 75th year of the United tanced in the iconic General are misguided,” the veteran Turkish agreements like the World Health World leaders will send pre- Medium-Range Weather Forecasts,

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k y m response to rocket fire which operates some of the c have other urgent priorities. Our nual session begins in a largely vir- General Assembly. accord, he said if the UN shows to vance to the UN for the largely vir- Copernicus satellite monitoring toward Israel the previous masks remind us of the very seri- tual format this year due to the Giving a clarion call for strength- the world that it is doing its job in tual General Debate as well as other night that coincided with the systems, said the fires in ous threat we face. They remind COVID-19 pandemic. ening multilateralism to combat a strong manner and “the wind is virtual summits planned during signing of normalisation California, Oregon and Washington us we are in this together,” Bozkir “International organisations the pandemic, Bozkir said, “Make blowing from all the world behind agreements between the session, including the high- state have emitted an estimated Israel and two Arab said as the 75th session of the have been reproached and the need no mistake: No state can combat to the UN, then I don't think any level meetings to commemorate 30.3 million metric tonnes (33.4 countries at the White House. General Assembly commenced on for international cooperation has this pandemic alone. Social dis- country or any person can think of the 75th anniversary of the UN. million tons) of carbon. The ban of CamScanner has 194 PHISHING INCIDENTS P11 left a huge void for about 100 THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 17 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR DURING JAN-AUG 2020 million users in India. We are of course targeting that number. It will be very A total of 194 phishing incidents difficult to achieve that number in one and two financial fraud incidents year but on a conservative side, we affecting ATMs, cards, point-of-sale look to achieve at least 15-20 per cent (PoS) systems and Unified Payment business of that market soon Interface (UPI) were reported

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k y m GAURAV SHRISHRIMAL | CO-FOUNDER, ORDENADO LABS c of the day uote LS clears Banking Regulation (Amend) Bill ICICI Bank deploys The Central government AGENCIES reconstruction and amalgamation, has taken a IN DETAILS she said. mobile ATM van number of steps for the welfare of New Delhi, Sept 16: The govern- • The Centre has Giving the example of the re- labourers during the ment has brought amendments to brought in cent Yes Bank reconstitution pandemic, including the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 in amendments in scheme, she said it is to protect the disbursement of `5,000 crore relief order to protect the interests of the Section 3, Section 45 interest of the public depositors to over 2 crore building and depositors, Union Finance Minister and Section 56 without making the bank undergo construction workers Nirmala Sitharaman said in a moratorium period. She also gave Parliament Wednesday. • By amending Section an example of BMC bank in which SANTOSH GANGWAR | LABOUR MINISTER The Finance Minister said the 3 and 56, the govt is the depositors could not get a res- government is trying to bring making provisions olution till now. amendments in order to protect applicable to The minister clarified that the Bill banking companies With our the interest of depositors who in the will not be applicable to the Primary applicable to co-op unique pay last two years have been put to Agricultural Credit Society and will after banks hardships. also not be applicable to the cooper- The ATM van will be stationed placement online The ATM van will be The depositors in some unfor- ative society whose primary busi- at easily accessible locations in platform we are SECTION 45 IS BEING AMENDED BECAUSE IT WILL ENABLE THE RBI stationed at easily accessible democratising tunate situations in the banks or co- TO MAKE A THEME OF RECONSTRUCTION AND ness is providing long term finance various districts of the state in the software operative societies, which are also AMALGAMATION, GOVT SAYS for agricultural development. "This locations in various districts coming weeks, in consultation with development training and allowing operating as banks, are put to hard- will be applicable only on those who of the state in the coming the local authorities. These dis- people to cross financial and ship, the Minister said while mov- She informed the Lower House Therefore, the Minister said, the bank, banker and banking business tricts include Khurda, Cuttack, location barriers to achieve their ing the Banking Regulation that the financial condition of 277 government had to bring an ordi- in cooperative society." weeks, in consultation with Puri, Ganjam, Jajpur and dream of becoming a great (Amendment) Bill, 2020 to amend the urban cooperative banks was very nance in the interest of the depos- Mentioning that her government the local authorities Kendrapara. software developer Banking Regulation Act, 1949 in delicate and they were reporting itors and now that ordinance has to is not doing anything new, the The mobile ATM offers all the the Lok Sabha. losses, while 105 such banks were be replaced. Minister said Section 3 and 56 have services that are available at reg- SIDDHARTH MAHESHWARI | CO-FOUNDER, POST NEWS NETWORK NEWTON SCHOOL She said the government had in- unable to fulfil their minimum reg- She said her Ministry has brought also been amended earlier in 1965, ular ATMs. Also, key services which troduced the Bill so that the de- ulatory capital requirement. in amendments in Section 3, Section 1984, 1987, 1989 and 2012. can be availed by the residents are positors’ interests will be taken She said a total of 47 urban co- 45 and Section 56. By amending On the first day of the session, Bhubaneswar, Sept 16: ICICI fund transfer to registered payee, Since our care of. But, the Minister said, un- operative societies had a negative Section 3 and 56, the government is Sitharaman had withdrawn the Bank Wednesday announced that change of PIN, recharge pre-paid economy is fortunately, during the Budget ses- net worth and 328 urban coopera- making provisions applicable to Bill saying "it is being withdrawn it has deployed a mobile ATM van mobile and book fixed deposits. not burdened sion the government could not have tive banks were having more than banking companies applicable to co- to add a few new things giving the in several districts of Odisha. The The customers can also avail the fa- with either of these this Bill passed and had to bring in 15 per cent gross NPA (Non operative banks also so that coop- Reserve Bank of India a chance to van will enable residents, espe- cility of cardless cash withdrawal unlike Venezuela or an ordinance. Sitharaman said the Performing Assets). erative banks are equally subject to be able to restructure distressed cially senior citizens to access key from this mobile ATM. the US, we need to ordinance was brought in only be- Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, better governance and sound bank- cooperative banks, which are in se- banking services at their doorstep Recently, the bank deployed mo- understand that our cause the financial health of many Sitharaman said the gross NPA ing regulations through the Reserve rious need". The Bill was not passed in a safe and convenient manner, bile ATMs in Delhi NCR, Noida, economy is held together by not of these cooperatives, which were ratio of urban cooperative banks in- Bank of India (RBI). Section 45 is by Parliament during the Budget at a time when they are advised Mumbai, Chennai, Varanasi, only giants like Tata, Reliance, also performing as banks, was be- creased from 7.27 in March 2019 to being amended because it will en- Session and subsequently an ordi- to stay home in the wake of the Ranipet (near Vellore), Ahmedabad, Wipro, Adani or Mahindra coming very bad. over 10 per cent in March 2020. able the RBI to make a theme of nance was issued. coronavirus outbreak. Coimbatore, Tiruppur and Erode. DR SHEETAL NAIR | CORPORATE HEAD, DSS GROUP OF COMPANIES Pending GST, MEIS UNION BANK, BoI dues hurt exporters SHORT TAKES Fraud-hit PMC approached OBSERVE HINDI AGENCIES Airlines seek $1.5bn New Delhi, Sept 16: Engineering many for merger: Reuters export body EEPC India interest-free credit Wednesday said that pending GST New Delhi: Indian airlines DAY IN CAPITAL THOUSANDS OF PMC refunds along with MEIS dues are have sought interest-free hurting exporters. credit of at least $1.5 billion POST NEWS NETWORK in Hindi, there would be no hurdle DEPOSITORS HAVE According to EEPC India, be- from the government to in Hindi implementation. sides fighting a battle for survival enable them to cope with the Bhubaneswar, Sept 16: The Field Ramakant Pradhan, Field BEEN UNABLE TO in the Covid-19 hit global market, loss of revenue from the General Manager’s Office, General Manager, Bhubaneswar ACCESS THEIR exporters are facing a tedious and coronavirus pandemic, the Bhubaneswar and Regional Office, Zone said that Hindi and regional tiring process of getting GST re- country’s aviation minister Cuttack of Union Bank of India, a languages were indispensable when DEPOSITS FOR A YEAR funds and the MEIS entitlements said Wednesday. Airlines premier public sector bank, jointly we go to the masses for financial in- AS THE RBI HAS due for the period much before a want the government’s help observed Hindi Day September 14, clusion, retail business and CASA. `2 crore limit was fixed under the to persuade aircraft lessors 2020 at their Staff Training Centre, He further said that the language CAPPED government's flagship scheme. to ease leasing terms, Bhubaneswar. During the func- of the masses in India was either ''We are receiving grievances as well as a deferment of WITHDRAWALS tion, the Standard Operating Hindi or regional languages. from our members that the ship- taxes and abolition of excise Procedure (SOP) of Covid-19 was ` ping bills are not receiving vali- duty on aviation fuel, Pradhan added that banking busi- AT 1,00,000 Hardeep Singh Puri said. adopted maintaining social dis- ness would further develop if dation in time for processing of tancing norms. bankers worked up to the expec- AGENCIES GST refunds. The July bills, sub- The function was inaugurated by tations of their customers. mitted within due dates have not the chief guest Subash Pani, Also, Bank of India, New Delhi, Sept 16: Fraud-hit been validated so far," EEPC India Local goods to Secretary of Bhartiya Rajbhasha Bhubaneswar Zone celebrated PMC Bank has approached other Chairman Mahesh Desai said. counter illicit trade Parishad. Addressing the staff Hindi Month event from August banks over a possible merger even other details. tional during the novel coronavirus Accordingly, he pointed out that members, Pani said that non-Hindi 15 to September 14, 2020. All the staff as its efforts to recover funds from The bulk of PMC’s loan book pandemic, the filing said. while the government has im- New Delhi: The menace of personalities had played a big role members took an oath to work on a big borrower have been disrupted was found to be disbursed to one Bhoria and the RBI did not im- posed a `2 crore reward limit per illicit trade will be dealt with in propagation of Hindi in India. Hindi. Priyabrata Pattnaik, Zonal by the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian real estate company, HDIL, mediately respond to a request for IEC under the Merchandise in a systematic manner with Pani also emphasised that the Manager, Bhubaneswar Zone said bank’s administrator said in a court and an RBI-appointed administra- comment. HDIL, which has denied Exports from India (MEIS) scheme concerted efforts by central main reason for Hindi not being that Hindi is official language and filing seen by Reuters. tor, Jai Bhagwan Bhoria, has been any wrongdoing, also did not re- from September 1, 2020, exporters and state enforcement used adequately in government of- it is their responsibility to work Authorities started investi- trying to recover the dues spond. have not received the entitlements agencies along with the fices was the mental block of staff in it. “With small efforts we can use gating Punjab and in a bid to rescue the Set up in 1984, PMC is a regional even for April-August. paramilitary forces, said members. Once they were men- Hindi language in our daily activ- Maharashtra Co-operative lender. Authorities co-operative lender with 137 "Greater clarity is required and Debajyoti Dutta, Secretary, tally ready to do their official work ities,” said Pattnaik on this event. Bank (PMC) for fraud last have been investi- branches across six states in India, dues as per the old norms should Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Assam. year and the Reserve Bank gating officials of and its sudden downfall in late be paid for the period when there "The criminals who are of India (RBI) took control both PMC and HDIL. September 2019, has left thousands was no limit on the rewards," indulging in smuggling and of it after detecting fi- HDIL and its as- of its depositors struggling. Desai was quoted as saying in a counterfeiting activities are nancial irregularities. sociates owe 69.81 bil- In his filing, Bhoria said a push statement. promoting crime and Thousands of PMC deposi- lion rupees ($949 mil- to sell an HDIL yacht had also been economic instability and the tors have been unable to ac- lion) to PMC, but at 11.6 hit as it was anchored in Sri Lanka consumers are bearing the cess their deposits for a year as the billion rupees ($157.56 million), and interested bidders had not been brunt of it," he added. RBI has capped withdrawals at the realisable value of its securities able to inspect it due to COVID-19 Indo-China trade 1,00,000 rupees. was “grossly insufficient”, Bhoria travel curbs. PMC has “tried to engage with said in the filing of the case brought Separately, two of HDIL’s air- deficit sees a dip 5G may revive the major banks of the country to forward by two aggrieved PMC de- craft could not be auctioned swiftly request for a merger”, the bank’s ad- positors. as the Mumbai International AGENCIES smartphone AP ministrator said in a Sept. 10 filing Other legal processes to sell cer- Airport - where they have been at the Delhi High Court, without tain securities have also been hit as parked - was closed to visitors, the New Delhi, Sept 16: The trade New Delhi: The smartphone Hindi Day observance of Bank of India, Bhubaneswar Zone identifying the banks or giving courts have not been fully opera- filing said. deficit between India and China in application processor (AP) market that declined 26 per April-June this fiscal year fell to cent in the second quarter USD 5.48 billion as compared to this year is set to be on a USD 13.1 billion in the same period growth trajectory from 2021 last year, Parliament was informed onwards as 5G adoption Wednesday. reaches emerging markets, Covid-stung economy to see ‘gradual’ recovery In a written reply, Commerce according to a new report. A and Industry Minister Piyush mobile application processor AGENCIES ations (OMOs) and other measures Goyal said the bilateral trade be- is a system on a chip (SoC) NO V-SHAPE to restore orderly functioning of tween the countries too dipped to designed to support New Delhi, Sept 16: The recov- the G-sec market, bond yields have USD 16.55 billion during the first In August 2020, the yield on Following the RBI's announcement applications running in a ery of the Indian economy reeling three months of 2020-21 as against 10-year G-sec benchmark of special open market operations softened and traded in a narrow mobile operating system from the impact of the Covid-19 surged by 35 basis points (OMOs) and other measures to range in September. USD 21.42 billion in the same pe- environment. pandemic will be gradual, RBI amidst concerns over restore orderly functioning of the "Although bank credit growth riod last year. “Government has Governor Shaktikanta Das said inflation and further G-sec market, bond yields have remains muted, scheduled com- consistently taken steps to bal- Wednesday. increase in supply of softened and traded in a narrow mercial banks' investments in com- ance our trade with China by in- Flipkart’s overseas Addressing the FICCI National government papers range in September mercial paper, bonds, debentures and creasing our exports to China and Executive Committee Meeting, the shares of corporate bodies in this reducing our dependence on im- listing by 2021 Central bank chief said that the year so far (up to August 28) ports from China,” he said. Although bank credit growth remains muted, Bangalore: Walmart country is still reeling under the increased by `5,615 crore as against In a separate reply, the minister Inc-controlled Indian impact of Covid-19 and will grad- scheduled commercial banks’ investments in a decline of `32,245 crore during said at present, about 550 tariff e-commerce firm Flipkart is ually come back on normal growth commercial paper, bonds, debentures and shares the same period of last year," he lines (or products) are under the preparing for an initial path. of corporate bodies in this year so far increased by said. restricted/prohibited category for public offering overseas as He, however, said that things `5,615 crore as against a decline of `32,245 crore "Moreover, the benign financing imports under the Foreign Trade early as 2021, which could have considerably improved in the during the same period of last year conditions and the substantial nar- Policy. Imports of these products value the firm up to $50 second quarter after adverse im- SHAKTIKANTA DAS | GOVERNOR, RBI rowing of spreads have spurred a are restricted from all countries, billion, sources familiar with pact the pandemic had on economic record issuance of corporate bonds including China. the company's plans told activity in the first quarter. of close to `3.2 lakh crore during 2020- Replying to a separate ques- Reuters. Bangalore-based “Nevertheless, high frequency fully entrenched and moreover, in significantly across segments in of resources at the lowest borrow- 21 up to August." tion, he said merchandise exports Flipkart, which vies with indicators of agricultural activity, some sectors, upticks in June and response to the frontloaded cuts in ing costs in a decade," he elabo- Besides, he pointed out that the from special economic zones (SEZs) players such as the purchasing managing index July appear to be levelling off. By the policy repo rate and large sys- rated. immediate policy response to Covid dipped to `81,481 crore during

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k y m c India and India's Reliance estimates for unemployment point likely to be gradual as efforts sion of liquidity by the RBI. G-sec benchmark surged by 35 basis bilisation of the economy and sup- `1,30,129 crore in the same period Industries, will be aiming for to some stabilisation of economic towards reopening of the econ- "Despite substantial increase in points amidst concerns over infla- port a quick recovery. of 2019-20. “However, services ex- a valuation in the $45-$50 activity in Q2, while contractions billion range, according to omy are confronted with rising the borrowing programme of the tion and further increase in supply Citing World Bank assessment, ports have shown a growth of 9 per one source with knowledge in several sectors are also easing," infections." government, persistently large sur- of government papers. Das said that recovery globally cent during April to August 2020 of the matter. he said. According to Das, financial mar- plus liquidity conditions have en- Following the RBI's announce- would take a longer route as it is not in comparison to corresponding "The recovery is, however, not yet ket conditions in India have eased sured non-disruptive mobilisation ment of special open market oper- fully entrenched. period of previous year,” he added. P12 THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 17 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR sports

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Dubai, Sept 16: South African star AB de Villiers believes the PRESS TRUST OF INDIA layed his return. He is now looking biggest challenge for all teams in the forward to the IPL. upcoming IPL will be adjusting to Abu Dhabi, Sept 16: Back from a “IPL is something that I have en- the prevailing hot and humid con- lengthy injury layoff, Mumbai joyed a lot and I would like to make ditions in the UAE. Most games Indians’ star all-rounder Hardik a comeback very strong and I’m just will be played in the night but the Pandya said the setback motivated looking forward to it,” said Pandya. conditions would still be chal- him to work harder and he is now He also conceded that injuries lenging. in good shape both physically and would be a part of his cricketing “I am not really used to these INJURY LAY-OFF mentally for the IPL starting journey and motivate him to do bet- kind of conditions to be honest. It’s September 19. ter. “In my life I have realised one very hot, it reminds me of a Test MOTIVATED Pandya’s form will be crucial for thing that injuries would be with me. match we played in July in Chennai ALL-ROUNDER TO defending champions Mumbai No one wants to get injured, but I ac- once where Viru (Virender Sehwag) Indians, who will take on Chennai cept the fact that what I do, injuries scored 300. It was one the hottest WORK HARDER Super Kings in the lung-opener of the would be a part of it. weather conditions I have experience AS THE MUMBAI cash-rich T20 league September 19. “Injuries have always kept me in my life,” he said in an interview “The way I’m hitting the ball right going, always kept me motivated. posted on RCB’s twitter handle. INDIANS STAR now, the shape I’m in, the mental Actually taught me how much I “The humidity is similar to that, ADMITS TO BE IN space I’m in, it is just a matter of time have to put in the hard yards and the even at 10 at night. When I arrived that I go and spend some time on the hard work has always increased, here I checked the weather condi- BEST SHAPE AND ground and I think things will come never decreased,” said the Baroda tions of a few months and it seems out pretty well,” Pandya said in a all-rounder. to be getting better. It is definitely MENTAL STATE video posted by Mumbai Indians’ Pandya also threw light on how going to play a part and you have AHEAD OF IPL official Twitter handle. he maintained his fitness during to make sure you have the energy “No matter how far I go from the the lockdown. “Luckily, me and (my for the backend of the innings or game, no matter how long I stay out, brother) Krunal (Pandya) had the last 5 overs of your bowling spell.” when I come back, it has to be privilege to have a gym in our house. De Villiers said he would also I think obviously all players coming from a long break, he worth it. I have prepared very So because of that portion, we were miss playing in front of packed are used to playing in replied: “Not at all. In the 3TC I have well and I think, great things able to work on our fitness,” he said. crowds in India with the event to be front of crowds on big faced some off the best bowling in the are coming ahead,” the 26-year- “And I always feel that if you go played behind closed doors in UAE stage, there is certainly an last 3 to 5 years, the bowlers were land- old flamboyant all-rounder one step ahead in your fitness, there due to the COVID-19 pandemic. amount of adrenaline that ing yorkers, they showed some great added. are much more magical moments in “I think obviously all are used to pumps into you when it gets skills with pace, variations. Last year in November, your life (that) are waiting,” the playing in front of crowds in big really loud, especially in “They are very hungry, the desire Pandya had undergone a right-hander emphasised. stage, there is certainly an amount Chinnaswany when the RCB is there, the motivation. It’s not back surgery in London. He Looking back at the DY Patil T20 of adrenaline that pumped into just copy and paste, now the guys crowd gets going, it’s difficult came back in the DY Patil T20 Cup, which was his comeback tour- you when it gets really loud, espe- are really coming out with redis- tournament held in early nament, Pandya, who has 1,068 runs cially in Chinnaswany when the to stop the RCB team. So, covered energy, so I think we are March. from 66 IPL games, said it gave him RCB crowd gets going, it’s difficult we’ll miss that there is no going to see some fireworks.” He was even selected for confidence to implement his plans. to stop the RCB team. So, we’ll miss doubt about it De Villiers said young Australian No matter how far I go from the game, the ODI series against South “Luckily, I got one tournament that there is no doubt about it. AB DE VILLIERS wicketkeeper batsman Joshua no matter how long I stay out, when I Africa, but the before, which was DY Patil, which “But I won’t say I am not used to Philippe is an exciting cricketer COVID-19 pan- I played for Reliance. And as a player, it, I have played a lot of cricket in batsman of world cricket, said not and he would love share his knowl- come back, it has to be worth it. I demic, which it gave me immense confidence to im- empty stadiums. I grew up like just him, every player is just happy edge with the Australian opener have prepared very well and I think, forced the plement the hard work which I have that. It’s only in my international to be back on the field after inter- in RCB dressing room. great things are coming ahead rubber to be done over a period of time and it just career that I have played in front of national cricket came to a halt in Virat Kohli-led RCB will open HARDIK PANDYA abandoned, de- felt good,” he signed off. crowd,” he said. mid-March because of the pandemic. their IPL campaign against The 36-year-old dashing cricketer, Asked whether there will be a Sunrisers Hyderabad in Dubai regarded as one of the destructive drop in the game’s standard with September 21.

Djoko behaves better in 1st match since US Open default Former Newcastle star Taylor joins OFC Rome: Novak Djokovic behaved better Wednesday in his first match since being defaulted from the POST NEWS NETWORK U-16, U-17, U-20 and U-21 teams. US Open. The top-ranked Serb was mostly Before joining the Bhubaneswar-based courteous with the chair umpire during a 6-3, 6-2 Bhubaneswar, Sept 16: Former Newcastle ISL team, Taylor was the captain of New win over local wild-card entry Salvatore Caruso in defender Steven Taylor has joined Odisha Zealand’s Wellington Phoenix FC which his opening match at the Italian Open. When the FC Wednesday on a one-year deal with an competes in the Australian A-League. His umpire came down to inspect a ball mark on the option to extend for a second year. towering presence in the defence helped the Watching red clay early in the first set and made an Making his senior club debut with high- Wellington side to the third position finish overrule in Caruso’s favor, Djokovic just replied, profile English club Newcastle United in 2003- in the last season. ‘Yup’, and rubbed out the mark with his red 04 football season, the 34-year-old centre-back “I am extremely delighted to join OFC and Dhoni back sneaker. When Caruso impressed him — the played for more than a decade in the Premier I’m hopeful that my experience and lead- Italian hit 13 winners to Djokovic’s 12 — Djokovic League, becoming a Toon darling in the ership qualities will be helpful for the team. said, ‘Bravo’. Djokovic’s only testy moment came process before making a move to American I am very happy to be working under (coach) during the third game of the second set, which would be a went to deuce seven times before Djokovic finally professional club Portland Timbers in 2016. Stuart (Baxter) once again and can’t wait broke Caruso’s serve. As the game wore on, The London-born footballer had also to meet all the young Indian lads. I hope I Djokovic appeared bothered by crowd noise, even represented England B and other English can help the lads push on and in turn egg delight: Viru though the Campo Centrale is empty of fans this clubs Wycombe Wanderers FC, Ipswich the team on towards the play-off spots. I am year because of the pandemic. Town FC and Peterborough United FC and looking forward to create something special played age-group tournaments for England’s at Odisha, make no mistake about it.” Italian teenager Musetti stuns Wawrinka in Rome Bernal opts out of Tour de France Rome: Local teenager Lorenzo Musetti stunned Stan Wawrinka 6-0, 7-6(7-2) in the first round of the ASSOCIATED PRESS best interests at heart,” Ineos manager Italian Open for a memorable first win on tour. Dave Brailsford said. “Egan is a true cham- Out-hitting Wawrinka’s famed backhand with a Grenoble (France), Sept 16: Defending Tour pion who loves to race, but he is also a one-handed version of his own, the 18-year-old de France champion Egan Bernal has pulled qualifier moved the three-time Grand Slam young rider, with many Tours ahead of champion from corner to corner and displayed an out of the race ahead of a mammoth stage him.” PRESS TRUST OF INDIA on Flipkart Video, said. all-court game that belied his years. Musetti in the Alps, his Ineos Grenadiers team said Bernal’s withdrawal marked the end of Dhoni, who surprised everyone became the first player born in 2002 to win on the Wednesday. Ineos' dominance at cycling’s biggest event. Mumbai, Sept 16: Virender with his decision to call it quits ATP tour – after fellow Italian Jannik Sinner Bernal had been struggling since last The successful period started in 2012 with Sehwag expects this year’s IPL to from international cricket in mid- achieved the feat last year for players born in 2001. weekend’s stage in the Jura mountains, Bradley Wiggins’ victory, when the team was be ‘extra special’ and a major rea- August, will be back in action when Wawrinka, who chose not to travel to the US Open, where he dropped more than seven minutes called Team Sky. son for that is MS Dhoni getting he leads the CSK in the IPL. appeared rusty and committed a series of errors on the main contenders and slipped out of The squad won seven of the last eight edi- back on the pitch after announcing CSK will take on defending cham- early on. Musetti, who came through qualifying, contention. Hampered by back pain, the tions with four different riders, but its best- his international retirement fol- pions Mumbai Indians in the lung- was the runner-up in the 2018 US Open junior final 23-year-old rider lost more time during placed rider this year is Richard Carapaz, lowing a year-long sabbatical from opener of the league in Abu Dhabi then won the Australian Open junior title in 2019. Tuesday’s first Alpine stage. who stood 14th ahead of Wednesday’s Stage the game. The IPL will get under- September 19. Bernal was in 16th place overall, 19 min- 17. way from September 19 in the UAE, Sehwag said cricket is an integral utes and four seconds behind race leader Arguably the toughest, the trek features moved out of India due to the part of an Indian’s life and the fans Germany to take on Belgium Primoz Roglic. “This is obviously not how the Col de La Madeleine and the Col de La COVID-19 pandemic. have waited long for the sport to re- I wanted my Tour de France to end, but I Loze, the Tour’s highest point this year at “I think this tournament will turn. “I’ve spent a lot of my time on FIH Pro League’s return agree that it is the right decision for me in 2,304 meters. The traffic-free pass between be extra special for everyone – the during the lockdown watching old Lausanne: Following a long COVID-19 hiatus, the the circumstances,” Bernal said. “I have the the ski resorts of Meribel and Courchevel players as well as the audi- matches, analyzing them, includ- second season of the FIH Hockey Pro League will greatest respect for this race and I’m already champion of the post-World War II era. was opened to cyclists this year after a for- ence...watching Dhoni back on the ing my own innings. Cricket forms return next week in Dusseldorf where Germany looking forward to coming back in the His team said Bernal will try to recover as est track was paved by local authorities. The pitch is sure to be a delight. There’s an important part of our DNA as will entertain the national women’s and men’s years ahead." quickly as possible and redefine his goals last six kilometers of the climb are par- so much in store, need I say more?” Indians and we’ve waited with teams of Belgium September 22 and 23. The Last year, Bernal became the first for the rest of the season. ticularly difficult, with very steep sections Sehwag, who will be co-hosting a bated breath for it to return,” he fixtures – which take place at Dusseldorfer Colombian to win the Tour, and the youngest “We have taken this decision with Egan’s and sharp turns. show ‘Power Play with Champions’ said. Hockey Club 1905, located less than 90 kilometres from the Belgian border – will see the teams face each other twice over the two days. The International Hockey Federation had in April Harikrishna in joint extended the second season of the Pro League Bairstow ton, Woakes flourish prop England through to June 2021 because of the global health crisis. Season 2 of the league was initially set to AGENCIES wicket before leg-spinner Adam Zampa run from January to June 2020. Around one third lead after 3 rounds (3/51) struck twice. He first broke the of the planned matches were completed between Manchester, Sept 16: Jonny dangerous-looking stand removing January and early March, before the crisis brought the competition to a standstill. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Bairstow’s (112, 126b, 12x4, 2x6) won- Morgan, before getting rid of Jos derful century and a late flourish Buttler to reduce the hosts to 96/4. Chennai, Sept 16: Indian Grandmaster P Harikrishna from Chris Woakes (53 n o, 39b, 6x4) It proved to be the Aussies’ last claimed a share of the top position with Armenian GM helped England post 302/7 in their laugh in the innings as Bairstow and East Bengal place bid to Levon Aronian after posting two wins and a draw in three 50 overs in the third and final ODI Billings joined hands to add 114 runs participate in ISL 2020-21 rounds of rapid competition in the St Louis Rapid and Blitz against Australia here, Wednesday. for the fifth wicket. It was Zampa, yet online chess tournament. The series is locked at 1-1. again, who broke the stand dismissing New Delhi: Kolkata football giant East Bengal have The India No.2 started with a win over US Grandmaster Bairstow played a superb innings Billings. Pat Cummins (1/53) then submitted the Invitation to Bid (ITD) documents to Leinier Dominiguez, before settling for a draw with Iranian on a track where most of the English came to attack and he accounted for Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL) to prodigy Alireza Firouzja in games played late Tuesday. In batsmen struggled to get going. the dismissal of Bairstow. participate in the upcoming edition of the Indian the third round, Harikrishna pulled off a victory over ex- Bairstow was ably supported by With the scoreboard reading Super League (ISL). East Bengal had recently perienced Russian Alexander Grischuk in 41 moves. Sam Billings (57, 58b, 4x4, 2x6), who 220/6, Woakes had the opportunity announced that they had sold a majority stake to World champion Magnus Carlsen, the favourite to win had scored his maiden ODI cen- to take England to a competitive city-based Shree Cement Ltd and would appeal to the title, was fifth with three points. After a win over tury in the first ODI. total. He was ably supported by the ISL organisers in a bid to make a dramatic late Hikaru Nakamura in his opener, the Norwegian went Earlier, England won the toss Tom Curran (19) as the duo put to- entry into the country’s top-tier club competition. down to Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in the second round. and opted to bat first, which was gether 46 runs. Then, Woakes

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fifth spot. way. Mitchell Starc (3/74) struck runs as he and Adil Rashid (11 n o)

k k y y m m c club have placed the bid to participate in this c year’s ISL,” the club announced on Twitter late Harikrishna, coming from a good showing in FIDE Online twice in the first two balls of the in- guided the hosts past 300. Tuesday. The red-and-gold brigade’s new Olympiad, outwitted the American in 51 moves with black nings pegging back Jason Roy and BRIEF SCORES: England 302/7 investors were slated to pick up the bid proposal pieces, to begin his campaign in the elite 10-player event. Joe Root. Jonny Bairstow celebrates (Jonny Bairstow 112, Sam Billings for a spot in the ISL in the name of ‘Shree Cement The Indian ace will face Nepomniachtchi in the fourth However, England skipper Eoin after reaching three-figure 57, Chris Woakes 53 n o; Adam Foundation’, a new company it has registered with round, followed by games against Aronian and Carlsen late Morgan (23) and Bairstow made mark PHOTO: ESPNCRICINFO Zampa 3/51, Mitchell Starc 3/74) the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Wednesday. amends adding 67 runs for the third vs Australia. Match to continue.

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