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This meeting was a Responding to a question major interaction of the US on Opposition unity, Mamata ndia and the US on with the Tibetans in exile since said, “The country will lead the IWednesday reaffirmed that the Dalai Lama met the then Opposition, we are the follow- they are committed to strength- President Barack Obama in ! 56(-6*." ers. ening democratic institutions Washington in 2016. Opposition unity will hap- with visiting US Secretary of Blinken met briefly with s part of her exercise to pen naturally, automatically.” State Antony Blinken saying Ngodup Dongchung, who Abring together the Mamata said the elections are shared values — freedom and serves as a representative of Opposition parties to take on far away but planning for it has equality — are key to the rela- P+ , ' "-" Central Tibetan the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha to be done in advance. tionship between the two ' $ # $! Administration (CTA), also polls, West Bengal Chief She added she will meet all nations. known as the Tibetan govern- Minister Mamata Banerjee met Opposition members after the Stressing this point here than the one between the US Thompson’s comments, ment in exile. Congress president Sonia Parliament session is over and after talks between the US and India. sources had said India is proud A US State Department Gandhi at her residence on the coronavirus situation nor- Secretary of State and External At the same time, he said of its achievements in uphold- spokesperson said, “Secretary Wednesday. Separately, 14 malises, indicating that anoth- Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, as the world’s leading democ- ing democratic values and Blinken had an opportunity to Opposition parties held a meet- er visit soon was on her agen- both the leaders also said they racies, “We take seriously our human rights and it is open to meet briefly this morning in ing in Parliament to corner the da. were focused on finding a responsibilities” towards free- engaging with those who New Delhi with a representa- Government on a range of The TMC supremo has peaceful solution to the ongo- dom, equality and opportuni- recognise diversity. tive of His Holiness the Dalai issues, clearly indicating that been reaching out to various ing Afghanistan conflict. ty to all of “our people.” He also Jaishankar said the talks Lama.” the “unity” move was not just Opposition leaders in a bid to The two Ministers held said both the democracies are took place at an important This meeting may irk a solo venture. after a 35-minute talk with controversy, Banerjee said, bring together the non-BJP wide-ranging parleys covering “work in progress.” juncture when key global and China as some days back US During Mamata’s “chai pe Sonia and Rahul. “Why is the Government not forces ahead of the 2024 Lok the situation in Afghanistan, His observations came regional challenges needed to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin charcha” with Sonia, former “Soniaji had invited me replying on the Pegasus issue? Sabha polls. Indo-Pacific engagements, days after US Acting Assistant be effectively addressed. “Our had said China was working Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for a cup of tea. We discussed If there is no discussion in the Meanwhile, the Covid-19 response mechanism Secretary for South and Central bilateral partnership enhanced against the shared principles too was present. the political situation in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha Opposition paralysed the and ways to strengthen region- Asian Affairs Dean Thompson to a level that it enables us to and interests of the US and its Describing the meeting as country. We also discussed the (on Pegasus), where will this Parliament on Wednesday for al security. Blinken also met said last week Blinken will deal collaboratively with larg- partners across the Indo- “positive”, Mamata said she issue of Opposition unity,” she discussion be held? Discussions the seventh day in a row and Prime Minister Narendra Modi raise issues of human rights er issues,” he said. Pacific. discussed the political situation said. are held in Parliament, not at closed ranks to plan a broad and National Security Adviser and democracy during his visit The issue of the coron- Meanwhile, the CTA and in the country as well as “To defeat the BJP, all of us tea stalls.” based strategy to corner the (NSA) Ajit Doval. to New Delhi. avirus pandemic was natural- Tibetan advocacy groups have Opposition unity with the have to come together and After Sonia, the TMC Modi Government on a range Addressing a joint media Reacting to this, India had ly a particular priority, received a boost in interna- Gandhis. work together,” Mamata said on leader also called on her Delhi of issues, including snooping, conference after extensive dis- said it is prepared to engage Jaishankar said adding the two tional support in recent months “It was a very good meet- Opposition unity. counterpart Arvind Kejriwal. unemployment, rising prices cussions, Blinken underlined with the US on issues relating leaders discussed travel chal- amid rising criticism of China’s ing,” the Trinamool Congress Taking on the Government Mamata was accompanied by and welfare of the farmers and there are few relationships in to human rights and democ- lenges resulting from human rights record, particu- (TMC) supremo told reporters over the Pegasus snooping her nephew and party MP the poor. the world that are more vital racy. Moreover, following Covid. larly from the United States. O P P O ! " # In a letter, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has '( The LDF Government’s ! asked all the additional chief move to withdraw the case was "#$ $ secretary/principal secre- !"!# " objected by trial court and the %& ' tary/secretary (Health) of all " # High Court. Dismissing the " States to conduct such a survey. Kerala Government plea, the The Union Health )! Supreme Court bench com- ! Ministry has referred to the prising Justices DY ( #) findings of the fourth round of " ! Chandrachud and MR Shah * ! 56(-6*." the National Sero-Prevalence said destruction of public prop- + Survey done by the ICMR and ! 56(-6*." erty within the House by mem- , ) t least two-thirds of the Seroprevalence in Assam is has asked the States to conduct bers to lodge their protest # Apopulation surveyed in 11 50.3 per cent and Maharashtra the seroprevalence studies. n a landmark judgment, the against presentation of budget ! "! ! " !#! States were found to have 58 per cent. It was 75.3 per cent The findings of such stud- ISupreme Court on cannot be regarded as “essen- % $ & " developed coronavirus anti- in Gujarat, 74.6 per cent in ies can be utilised by the Wednesday upheld prosecution tial for exercising their legisla- & & bodies, according to the find- Chhattisgarh, 73.1 per cent in respective States/UTs to guide of six Left party MLAs for cre- tive functions”. '')* ) 7889 the rescue teams comprising ings of a serosurvey by the Uttarakhand, 71 per cent in objective, transparent and evi- ating ruckus in the State “The actions of the mem- ' SDRF personnel along with Indian Council of Medical Uttar Pradesh, 70.2 per cent in dence-based public health Assembly in 2015. bers have trodden past the t least 16 people died and local policemen trekked for Research (ICMR) done Andhra Pradesh, 69.8 per cent response to coronavirus, The apex court said com- line of Constitutional means, - O Ascores are missing in three over 3 to 4 hours to reach the between June 14 and July 6. in Karnataka, 69.2 per cent in Bhushan said. mitting acts of destruction of and is thus not covered by the ! cases of cloudburst on affected area. Seropositivity signifies the pres- Tamil Nadu, and 68.1 per cent It has been noted that the public property cannot be privileges guaranteed under ( #) Wednesday in Jammu & Before the help arrived, ence of antibodies in the blood in Odisha. ICMR has conducted the equated with either freedom of the Constitution,” the SC ) # Kashmir, Ladakh, and the villagers who survived the serum. As the Covid-19 third wave recent national serosurvey in speech in the legislature or with said. Himachal Pradesh. fury of the cloudburst struggled Madhya Pradesh has the fear looms large, the Central 70 districts of India. forms of protest legitimately “Privileges and immunities +! In Kishtwar district of their way to rescue the injured highest seropositivity at 79 per Government has asked all The national serosurvey available to the members of the are not gateways to claim ! & J&K, seven people died and 17 with bare hands. cent, followed by Rajasthan States and UTs to conduct by the ICMR was designed to Opposition. exemptions from the general '')*) - . others were critically injured, Two columns of the Indian with 76.2 per cent, Bihar (75.9 seroprevalence surveys in con- capture the extent of the spread During the Congress-led law of the land, particularly as ( while 20 others could not be Army were deployed to assist per cent). sultation with the ICMR to of the Covid-19 infection at the UDF regime, the CPI(M)-led in this case, the criminal law ) " traced till late on Wednesday the civil administration in car- However, Kerala, generate district-level data, national level. Therefore, the Opposition had prevented the which governs the action of L after a cloudburst left behind a rying out rescue operations. Maharashtra and Assam, which which is essential in formulat- national serosurvey results do Budget presentation in 2015 by every citizen,” the SC said in its M trail of death and destruction A separate incident of are even now registering ing localised public health not reflect the heterogeneity of creating mayhem inside the 74-page judgment, no member 2 3 24 in a remote Hanzor village of cloudburst was reported from increased cases have reported response measures. States hav- seroprevalence between dis- Assembly. The criminal case of an elected legislature can Dacchan area. the holy cave shrine area of comparatively lower seroposi- ing lower seropositivity may tricts and even between states, was registered against six MLAs claim either a privilege or an After receiving the flash Amarnath Cave late on tivity. Kerala is at the bottom have higher Covid vulnerable the ministry said in an official (one person currently a immunity to stand above the " ) 3")4 message early on Wednesday, Wednesday afternoon. with 44.4 per cent. population. release. Minister now). sanctions of criminal law. + # $ %& ! )2:;2 ! Dharamjeet Singh (JCC-J) also +"C9+ appreciated the move to diffuse t was the sort of day when the situation, saying it could Ialmost everything unfolded blazing row within the have been sorted out on day as it was expected to for India ACongress in Chhattisgarh one. in the Olympics. $*0 ended on Wednesday after Earlier when the House So, badminton ace PV Congress MLA Brihasput met, BJP members continued Sindhu and seasoned archer Singh apologised for alleging to raise the allegations against Deepika Kumari marched into , - ./) that Health Minister TS Singh Singh Deo, who on Tuesday the last-16 of their respective Deo was to blame for an attack said he will not return to the events, debutant boxer Pooja 7 <= &%% on his convoy. House until his name was Rani (75kg) won her easy %> %? Making a statement in the cleared by the government. opening bout without a fuss to Assembly afternoon, Brihaspat truth in the allegations against added: “The opposition mem- Amid noisy scenes, the enter the last-eight stage and 9 < Singh said: “After my convoy Singh Deo and these are base- bers have been alert... The Speaker adjourned the House the women’s hockey team +2 ? >%% was attacked at Ambikapur on less.” Assembly has set new stan- for five minutes. When the stared at early elimination after > > July 24, in an emotional out- Chief Minister Bhupesh dards for a smooth running of House met again at noon, the failing to upstage defending burst, I raised allegations before Baghel praised his party MLA the House.” political drama ended. champions Great . ! $ & P ! /! P ,@ &>& > the media against T. S. Singh for offering an apology. "The Minister Singh Deo, who One of the three youths Britain. ! " 0101!2 " : =%& Deo. I am sorry.” House is for discussing public had on Tuesday walked out of arrested for the attack on the It was, in a nutshell, anoth- , <%& A Home Minister issues and my thanks to all the the House in disgust over the convoy is related to the er mixed day for the country competitions. Britain, thoroughly punished Tamradhwaj Sahu promptly members for putting an end to row, chipped in: "If my words Minister. This made the which is waiting for its second Things started on a disap- for not grabbing its chances in B <%<$ added: “The government has this impediment.” hurt anyone, I apologize for it." Brihaspat Singh suspect that medal after the spectacular sil- pointing note with Rani the crucial match, which has 5 %>< already given a statement on Parliamentary Affairs Leader of Opposition the Minister had orchestrated ver by weightlifter Mirabai Rampal’s women’s hockey team now severely dented the side’s " A A the incident. There is no iota of Minister Ravindra Choubey Dharamlal Kaushik and the attack. Chanu on the opening day of taking a 1-4 hammering from quarterfinal prospects. ! " $9 ) !"!!% !$& ! + ,+ # ! " #$!%"& $( )! +
! tice and not let them face any the school had no actual need 56(-6*." difficulties,” Sisodia said. to increase the fees. “The DoE decided to “In the same regard, the he Directorate of issue a show-cause notice for directorate refused to accept TEducation (DoE) of the taking over the management of the proposed fee structure of Delhi Government has decid- Apeejay School, Sheikh Sarai the school for the academic ed to issue a show-cause notice after the school repeatedly session 2018-2019 and 2019- to Apeejay School for “failing” failed to comply with multiple 2020. The directorate then to comply with an order to orders of the Delhi issued notices to the school, ! 56(-6*." being organised in all of the roll-back its “unjustified” fee Government asking it to roll- asking them why the recogni- Delhi Government schools hike. back its unjustified fee hike,” it tion of the school should not elhi’s Deputy Chief from July 19 till July 31. Sisodia Delhi Chief Minister said. be cancelled or why the DMinister Manish Sisodia visited many schools and inter- Arvind Kejriwal approved the The DoE had conducted Government should not take on Wednesday sought sugges- acted with parents and teach- proposal of the DoE to take an inspection of the financial over the management of the tions from students, parents ers during the PTMs and found over the management of the statement of the school for fis- school,” it added. and teachers regarding the them curious regarding the school, the office of the Deputy cal years 2012-2013 to 2018- The directorate issued sev- reopening of schools and other reopening of schools as well as Chief Minister Manish Sisodia 2019. After a detailed inspec- eral notices to the school, ask- educational institutions in the fearful about the safety of the said in a statement. “The deci- tion of the records the depart- ing them to stop charging the national Capital. children. sion was sent to the ment found that the total increased fee and submit a 3 " 4 ' '" "$ )! ( Sisodia said that the deci- The Deputy Chief Minister Lieutenant-Governor Anil funds for the year 2018-2019 reply, which the school did not 4 sion regarding reopening of said, “The Government had Baijal,” it said. amounted to Rs 49,72,45,586 do. The school had educational institutions in closed schools and colleges “The Kejriwal of which the expenditure was approached the High Court ! 56(-6*." Delhi would be made after tak- keeping in mind the safety Government will not let any estimated to be Rs (HC) against the directorate’s ing suggestions from all stake- and security of children. But as kind of injustice prevail, we are 18,87,02,422 implying that order however; the HC akesh Asthana, the 1984 holders into account. of now the pandemic is under with the parents. They should there was a net surplus of Rs endorsed the DoE’s order ask- Rbatch IPS officer of Gujarat “Should Delhi open it's control in Delhi as approxi- be assured that we will stand 30,85,43,164 upon which the ing the school to roll back the cadre, took charge as the schools and colleges now? If mately 70,000-75,000 coron- with them against such injus- department concluded that increased fees, it added. Commissioner of Police (CP) you are a parent, student, avirus tests are being conduct- Delhi on Wednesday. He was teacher or principal in Delhi's ed daily in Delhi with only a and children as to when and and interacted with the teach- reached over 14.36 lakh, while accorded the ceremonial guard school or college, please send handful of positive cases. how to open educational insti- ers about their children's edu- the death toll mounted to of honour by the police force me your suggestions on Therefore, before making any tutions.” cation and well-being. 25,049. Three fatalities have upon his arrival at the Delhi [email protected],” decision to open educational It may be noted that in the Delhi recorded 67 new also been recorded in the last Police Headquarters in the Sisodia tweeted. institutions, the Government special PTMs running in all the coronavirus cases on Tuesday. 24 hours, according to the lat- national Capital. At present, special Parent- wants to take suggestions from Government schools, over five With this, the tally of Covid-19 est bulletin issued by the Delhi While talking to reporters, Teachers Meetings (PTMs) are parents, teachers, principals, lakh parents visited the schools cases in the national Capital has Health Department. Asthana said, "I believe in the basic concepts of policing, that is, maintenance of law and order, prevention of crime that $- $ !- " is the basic thing which police is supposed to do". “If these things are done properly, peace prevails in soci- ". $$&!/ ety. There are certain spe- cialised problems, for which there are separate SOPs. We ! 56(-6*." Delhi Govt hospital can be skin will work accordingly,” he 3 " 4 ' '" referred to empanelled private trauma. added. " ( "$ )! ( elhi Government has hospital under this cashless Mucormycosis is more The newly-appointed CP 4 Dextended its cashless scheme for the treatment,” he common among people ! 56( acres of land was taken over also praised the city police for surgery scheme of Delhi tweeted. whose immunity has lowered -6*." from Delhi Development its past performances and said July 31. He will have a tenure senior police officials in which Arogya Kosh for the treatment Mucormycosis or black due to Covid, diabetes, kidney Authority (DDA) in 2016. The that he hopes to work in tan- of one year. he outlined basic policing – of Mucormycosis, Delhi fungus is a complication disease, liver or cardiac dis- elhi BJP president Adesh Pond has been rejuvenated by dem with everyone to ensure Earlier, on June 30, Balaji prevention and detection of Health Minister Satyendar caused by fungal infection. orders, age-related issues, or DGupta inaugurated the installation of STP (50 KLD) in the betterment of society. Shrivastava, the IPS 1988 batch crime and maintenance of law Jain said on Wednesday. People catch mucormycosis by those on medication for auto- first ‘rain water harvesting the adjoining park located “Delhi Police has a brilliant was appointed as the Acting & order- and attention to spe- “Delhi Govt has extended coming in contact with the immune diseases like rheuma- park’ at Dwarka with an aim to near Queen Valley Public past. Lot of good work has been Delhi Police Commissioner. cial tasks as the priority areas its cashless surgery scheme of fungal spores in the environ- toid arthritis. If such patients collect and store water and School. done by the force in the past. This is one of the very few for all to work upon. Delhi Arogya Kosh for the ment. It can also develop on are administered steroids, channelise it back into the A senior BJP official said Lot of complicated cases have instances when an IPS officer The CP also stressed on treatment of Mucormycosis. the skin after the fungus their immunity reduces fur- shallow aquifer systems to that the campaign will have been solved. Lot of complicat- outside of the AGMUT cadre community policing initiatives Residents of Delhi undergoing enters the skin through a cut, ther, allowing the fungus to replenish groundwater tables. special focus on utilising open ed situations have been han- has been appointed as the like Yuva, senior citizen ser- treatment of Mucormycosis in scrape, burn, or other type of thrive. The park spread over 2.46 spaces especially parks for har- dled by the Delhi Police. I Delhi Police chief. vices etc. “Detection of crime vesting rainwater for ground believe in team work and I Asthana had also served as and strong preventive mea- water recharge. hope with this team work, we Director General, Narcotics sures not only reduce the crime Besides this, garden hut will be able to put our best foot Control Bureau and held the burden but also ensure a feel- and walking track have also forward for the betterment of positions of Special Director, ing of safety and security in the been constructed and large society and prevalence of Central Bureau of city, particularly among women numbers of trees have been peace,” said Asthana. Investigation, and Director and vulnerable groups, for planted at the park premises, According to a Ministry of General, Bureau of Civil which police should keep mak- he said. Home Affairs (MHA) order Aviation Security. Earlier in ing more and more efforts,” Member of Parliament issued on July 27, Asthana, cur- Gujarat, he has served as said the CP during the meeting. from South Delhi Lok Sabha rently serving as Director Commissioner of Police in Ramesh Bidhuri, Mayor General of the Border Security Surat and Vadodara cities. The CP also emphasized Mukesh Suryan and Delhi BJP Force (BSF), will join as the Asthana did his graduation on team work and responsibil- president Adesh Kumar Gupta Delhi Police Commissioner and post graduation from St. ity to achieve the goal of mak- also inaugurated SDMC's first with immediate effect. His John’s College in Agra. ing Delhi Police one of the best Centralised Kitchen in appointment came just days After taking charge, metropolitan police in the Dwarka. before his superannuation on Asthana held a meeting with world. :"%
! 56(-6*." identified as Akhil (35), received a police control room and Kuldeep were declared Pardeep (32), Kuldeep (30) (PCR) call around 10.07 PM brought dead while Sahil, was n a tragic incident, three while the injured has been about an accident on Jhatikra later shifted to another hospi- Imen were killed while anoth- identified as Sahil (32) and all Mor near Chhawla following tal where he is undergoing er was injured after the car they were known to each other. which an Emergency Response treatment and is stated to be were travelling in was hit Police said that all of them were Vehicle (ERV) was dispatched stable,” said the DCP. allegedly by a cluster bus in travelling in the same car when for the spot.“When the police “During initial investiga- Delhi’s Dwarka area. The inci- their vehicle met with an acci- team reached the spot, both the tion, it was revealed that the dent occurred on Tuesday dent on Tuesday night on car and a cluster bus was found accident occurred accident due night. Police said that a man- Jhatikra Mor near Chhawla. in an accidental condition but to negligence of bus driver, who hunt has been initiated to nab According to Santosh no eye witnesses were found at absconded after the incident the bus driver who fled after Kumar Meena, the Deputy the spot. All the four injured and efforts are being taken to the incident. Commissioner of Police men were shifted to a nearby nab him,” said the The deceased has been (DCP), Dwarka district, Police hospital where Akhil, Pardeep DCP. chhattisgarh 03 RAIPUR | THURSDAY | JULY 29, 2021 Medical college acquisition Suspended IPS officer booked for extortion for students' betterment: CM STAFF REPORTER n DURG Sections 388, 506 and 34 follow- ing a complaint from a business- olice have lodged an extor- man, said Durg Superintendent Ption case against suspended of Police Prashant Agrawal. Additional Director General of The complainant told the Police (ADGP) Gurjinder Pal police that the officer extorted Singh in Chhattisgarh’s Durg Rs 20 lakhs from him through district, police said on his associate Ranjeet Saini in Wednesday. 2016 on the threat of fabricating The Indian Police Service a bogus case. officer was earlier booked for Earlier, Singh, a 1994 batch sedition and corruption case and IPS officer, was booked for cor- his plea for interim relief were ruption on charges of amassing rejected by the High Court. lodged at the Supela police sta- properties disproportionate to The extortion case was tion in Durg district under IPC his known sources of income. Carelessness will lead to third wave, warns expert Quiz contest on
STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR Global Tiger Day r Nitin M. Nagarkar, STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR Council of India (MCI) gives permission for DDirector and CEO of the “Children are our future and private medical college in any state only when All India Institute of Medical tudents of the Chandulal Chandrakar the state government will the government pledges to protect the interests Sciences (AIIMS) here, on SMemorial Medical College at Durg and of the students. Wednesday warned that failure their parents on Wednesday hailed the make every possible effort He referred to a Supreme Court decision in to adhere to the Covid appropriate conduct Chhattisgarh government move to acquire the the case of Uttarakhand which said the state can lead to a third wave of Covid-19. He said college, saying the "historic decision" will ben- for their betterment,” the government is morally responsible for securing in a statement: “After almost two months of STAFF REPORTER n (DFO) Kumar Nishant efit the students. the future of medical students. upsurge, now the numbers of Covid cases are BILASPUR said tourists can also take “Children are our future and the state gov- Chief Minister said. Officials say the Chhattisgarh government on a decline. People need to strictly follow part in the programme, ernment will make every possible effort for has decided to take over the Chandulal Covid appropriate behaviour, failing which quiz contest will be an official communica- their betterment,” the Chief Minister said when Chhattisgarh re-allocated the students to other Chandrakar Memorial Medical College in the the third wave is a real possibility." Dr Aorganized on July 29 tion said. the students and parents paid him a courtesy recognized medical colleges in the state. larger interest of the students and to rapidly Nagarkar said the second wave was very at the Kanan Pendari The participants visit, an official communication said. Dr Rakesh Gupta, State Convener of the expand medical education in the state. severe and affected Chhattisgarh badly.“From Zoological Garden in answering questions will A total of 180 students of the 2017 batch IMA Medical Student Network, told the Chief Usually, it takes about Rs 500 crores and a urban areas, it spread to smaller towns and Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur get a prize from the are studying in the fourth year at the Minister that around 300 students of the pre- lot of time to develop an infrastructure such as rural areas where there were not strict restric- district to mark Global Forest Board. Chandulal Chandrakar Memorial Medical 2017 batch are completing their internship and a medical college. tions during the lockdown. Besides, the Tiger Day, it was A total of 625 ani- College. they will appear for PG NEET. But with this acquisition at Durg, students movement of migrants from cities to villages announced on mals, reptiles and birds As the studies were getting affected, the He said the future of these 480 students has will secure the benefit of another government contributed to the surge in rural areas,” he Wednesday. Bilaspur are houses in the Kanan Medical Education Department in been secured. Dr. Gupta said the Medical medical college at less than half the cost. said. Divisional Forest Officer Pendari Zoo. Oppn raises alarm over bill to acquire med college Ganesha idols Brijmohan Agrawal (BJP) should not be alleged that the bill is flawed. Once tabled and over 4 feet passed, it will set a wrong precedent in the legislature proceedings.
STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR Health Minister T.S. Singh Deo to them in the bill. Parliamentary table the bill, Brijmohan Agrawal Affairs Minister Ravindra Choubey he BJP on Wednesday opposed (BJP) alleged that the bill is flawed. said the opposition members can Tthe tabling of the Chhattisgarh Once tabled and passed, it will set a bring in amendments, which can be Chandulal Chandrakar Memorial wrong precedent in the legislature incorporated after a discussion. The Medical College Durg (Acquisition) proceedings. He said the fundamen- BJP members raised objections ask- Bill, 2021 on the third day of the tal rights of the employees working ing if the existing employees will be Monsoon session of the Assembly. in the college have not been protect- retained. Amid the din, Singh Deo n Just after the Speaker allowed ed as there are no provisions for tabled the bill. STAFF REPORTER RAIPUR 'pandal' should not be of more than 15 feet and there should he Raipur district admin- be no seating arrangements 11 Naxalites surrender Tistration on Wednesday for visitors. issued 26 guidelines for the The organizers have to upcoming Ganeshotsava, put up four CCTV cameras restricting the height of and no Covid infected patient Ganesha idols to four feet and should be given entry. capping the number of devo- More than 20 people can- tees in any 'pandal' to 20. not assemble at any site and a The 10-day festival begins register must be kept to enter on September 10.The order the names and details of visi- said an open space of more tors.Hand sanitizers, thermal than 5,000 square feet would screening and oxy-meters be required to establish a should be provided at the ven- Ganesha idol.The size of the ues, the order said. STAFF REPORTER n DANTEWADA Of the 11, Rambati Barse (24) was a Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangathan HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR leven Naxalites, one of them carrying President while the others were associat- Short Tender Notice Ea cash reward of Rs 1 lakh on her ed with the outlawed CPI-ML's frontal head, surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s wings. Barse carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh No. 7230/CPC/2021 Bilaspur, date 27 july, 2021. Dantewada district on Wednesday, police on her head. The High Court of Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur invites said. The Maoists were given an immediate on-line bids (Technical and Financial) through the The cadres, who were with the assistance of Rs 10,000 each and will get Government eMarketplace (GeM) from eligible bidders for the Malangir Area Committee, gave them- facilities as per the government’s surren- Supply, Testing, Installation and Maintenance of following selves up at the Kirandul police station, der and rehabilitation policy, the officer articles at multi location Courts of Chhattisgarh State added. citing their disappointment with the Adapting innovation, farmers of Bagicha and Sanna regions in Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh are Maoist ideology, Dantewada Since the launch of a police initiative SI.No. Name of the Articles Quantity Superintendent of Police Abhishek in June, 397 Naxalites have surrendered growing pear. The fruit trees have been planted in around 750 hectares and the annual production 1. Document Visualizer 41 Pallava said. in the district. is about 700 tonnes. Pioneer Photo 2. Desktop Computers(i3) 41 3. Scanners 41 4. Webcam+Mike+Speaker 41 5. Display System with its accessories for Video Conferencing System 305 CM announces Rs 200 Cr 6. Desktop Computers (i5-154, i3-462) 616 7. UPS for Computers 616 8. UPS for LAN Switches 77 9. Duplex Laser Printers 77 scheme for landless farmers 10. MFD Network Printers 77 11. USB PTZ Web Cam+Mike +Speaker 363 STAFF REPORTER n Baghel, replying to a discus- been made to upgrade the country. 12. Flat-Bed Scanner 09 RAIPUR sion on the supplementary Primary Health Centres and On taking loans, he said the 13. High Speed Scanners 22 budget, announced the new Community Health Centres Central government has not Interested Parties may view and download the datailed Tender hhattisgarh Chief scheme covering various keeping in view the feared paid the GST share to the (terms and conditions and Technical Specification) of articles CMinister Bhupesh Baghel MGNREGA and contract third wave of Covid-19. state. Now a cess has been on the www.gem.gov.in on Wednesday announced a workers. Each targeted bene- Similar provision has been imposed and the state will Time Schedule for above mentioned Tender Notice new scheme, Rajiv Gandhi ficiary will receive Rs 6,000. made for ‘Nal Jal Yojana’ to not get a share. I)- Documents Download start Bhoomiheen Krishi Mazdoor He said a budgetary provi- supply drinking water to each Even after incurring losses, Date -02/08/2021 Yojana, with a provision of Rs sion has been made for house in the state. the state has not turned its II)- Last Date for Uploading 200 crores in the budget. acquisition of the Chandulal Replying to points raised by back to the farmers. The ear- Tender Document - 16/09/2021 The Rs 2,485 crores first sup- Chandrakar Memorial BJP members, he said the lier government had also III)- Last Date for Submission of plementary budget for fiscal Medical College at Durg, for ‘Nyay scheme’ of the state taken loans for farmers. Physical documents -20/09/2021 (till 04:30 PM) which a bill has been tabled government is to advance the He invited MLAs to visit 2021-22 was passed by voice Deepak Kumar Tiwari in the House. concept of justice which he Gauthans and point out flaws vote on the third day of the Registrar General Monsoon session of the The Chief Minister said Rs said is being not only under- if any so that these can be High Court of Chhattisgarh Assembly. 957.45 crores provision has stood in the state but by the removed. G- 62400/3 Ryp/Dtd 28.07.21 Bilaspur (C.G.) ! "
this country deserve their He instructed the Rajya 4" !6 attention for protection and Sabha Secretariat to publish support. However, the oppo- the name of MPs and the sition members did not issue they wanted to raise in !( (" return to their seats and the the Zero hour. House witnessed continuous When the House uproar. resumed at noon, Deputy Early in the day, as Chairman Harivansh man- ! 56(-6*." been passed by Lok Sabha. Members rushed to assist Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu aged to take up all questions The Upper House, which her. Union Women and Child called for the Zero Hour, listed for the Question Hour ajya Sabha proceedings has seen continuous protests Development Minister Smriti where MPs raise issues of amid the din. Rwere also disrupted for by the Opposition since the Irani, who was reading out public importance, MPs As soon as the House the seventh consecutive day Monsoon session started on the Statement of her Bill in belonging to Congress, TMC resumed after lunch, Kalita, on Wednesday as Opposition July 19 to press for discus- Bengali at that point of time, and other opposition parties who was in the Chair, called parties kept up their protests sions on Peagasus and farm too rushed to assist the faint- started raising slogans on Irani to move The Juvenile over the Pegasus snooping laws, was adjourned thrice ed member following which Pegasus snooping, farm laws, Justice (Care and Protection row, farm laws and price rise. before the Chair finally the House was adjourned for fuel prices and other issues. of Children) Amendment Amid the din, the Upper adjourned it for the day. half an hour. Chhetri was They also brought plac- Bill, 2021 for the considera- House approved the Juvenile Before the final adjournment then rushed to a hospital. ards and raised slogans like tion of the House. Justice (Care and Protection was made by Kalita, TMC While moving the bill Khela Hobe. As some of them The minister moved the ! 56(-6*." Singh Aujla, Manickam day besides some torn papers of Children) Amendment member Shanta Chettri faint- for consideration in the tried to move into the Well of bill and it was passed amid Tagore, Deepak Baij, AM Ariff, and placards at the Chair. A Bill, 2021 with BJP’s ed while protesting alongwith House, Irani said that despite the House, Naidu ordered the din. Thereafter, Kalita s many as 10 Lok Sabha Dean Kuriakose and piece of the torn placard land- Bhubaneswar Kalita in the other Opposition members in the disruption, the House that no placards will be dis- adjourned the House for the AMPs could be suspended Jothimani. ed in the press gallery just Chair. The Bill has already the Well of the House. will agree that the children of played. day. from the House for tearing and Last week, Rajya Sabha above the Speaker’s podium. throwing papers on the chairman M Venkaiah Naidu They intensified their Speaker and in the House had suspended TMC MP protests at 12 noon, when Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi. parliamentary affairs Arjun Amidst the bedlam, the From the word go, the On Tuesday, there were 10 during Question Hour, which, Santanu Sen for the remaining Speaker Om Birla left and The Chair then adjourned the Ram Meghwal said: “There Lok Sabha passed two bills — Opposition members moved adjournments in the Lower incidentally, could be held for part of Monsoon Session for Rajendra Agrawal took the proceedings till 12:30 pm. will be some action, for sure The Appropriation Bill, 2021 into the Well as they sought to House before proceedings the first time on Wednesday snatching papers from chair. When the House reassem- (against the unruly MPs),” and ‘The Insolvency and raise various issues. were adjourned for the day in since the commencement of Information Technology The members repeatedly bled at 12:30 pm, the din con- Union Minister Anurag Bankruptcy Code Some members were the evening. the Parliament’s Monsoon Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw threw papers at the Chair and tinued and Agrawal Thakur told reporters outside (Amendment) Bill, 2021’ . shouting slogans and display- Opposition members have Session on July 19. and tearing them in the House. later towards the Treasury adjourned Lok Sabha pro- the parliament building that The noisy protests from ing placards. made it clear that they would The Government will pro- When papers were being benches. However, Agrawal ceedings till 2 pm. As the there is a way to protest, but the opposition benches con- From the Pegasus spyware not allow business to be run in pose Lok Sabha Speaker Om laid, Congress members continued with the proceed- protests continued, the House today, the opposition has dam- tinued parallel to the controversy to the three farm the Lok Sabha and each day Birla to take action against the Gurjeet Aujala, TN Prathapan, ings. was again adjourned till 2:30 aged the dignity and decorum Question Hour and answers laws, the members wanted to they troop into the well of the Opposition MPs including TN Hibi Eden and some others One of the papers landed pm. of the temple of our democ- were given by the ministers raise various issues during the house the moment the day’s Prathapan, Hibi Eden, Gurjeet threw business papers of the near the seat of Parliamentary While Minister of State for racy. amidst the din. Question Hour. proceedings begin. / " 0 1 2 ! 56(-6*." J+' or the first time in nearly $ 7 Ffour months and amid the fear of a third Covid wave, ! 56(-6*." Member-States of the SCO on India on Wednesday recorded " "" successful completion of 20 43,654 new coronavirus cases lagging terrorism as the years of its existence. He said — 47 per cent higher than a Fmost serious threat to though India joined the day ago when fresh cases international peace and secu- organisation in 2017, histor- dipped below 30,000 with just ! rity, Defence Minister Rajnath ical and civilisational rela- one State Kerala with 22,128 Singh on Wednesday reaf- tions and geographical con- infections contributing over firmed India’s resolve to fight nects make India inseparable half of the total national case- ! 56(-6*." “While the decline in the this scourge in all its forms from the SCO. load. number of cases is a matter of and manifestations. Stressing on the impor- Likewise, the test positivi- he Union Home Ministry satisfaction, it may be noted Making this assertion tance of the regional group ty rate nationally stood at 2.51 Ton Wednesday said there that the absolute case numbers while addressing the defence and reaching out, he pointed per cent while in Kerala it was is no room for complacency in are still significantly ministers’ conclave of the out that it is in the same spir- 12.35 per cent. The Southern the approach to deal with the high,” he said. Therefore, Shanghai Cooperation it India helps people of State, which is facing criticism Covid-19 pandemic as the the home secretary said, there Organisation(SCO)in Afghanistan, which is facing for the Eid relaxations, has also absolute number of positive is no room for complacency Dushanbe, Tajikistan, he also violence and devastation over become the first in the last 50 cases is still significantly high. and the process of relaxing said “any act of terror and sup- decades. So far, India has days to report over 20,000 Extending the existing restrictions should be carefully port to such acts, including completed 500 projects in fresh Covid cases in a single pandemic guidelines till calibrated, as has been reiter- cross border terrorism, com- Afghanistan and continuing day. The country reported 640 August 31, Union Home ated in his earlier communi- mitted by whomsoever, wher- with some more with total deaths in the last 24 hours, said Secretary Ajay Bhalla also said cations. Bhalla said the repro- ! 56(-6*." jets in the east is important. of ‘Falcons of Chamb and ever and for whatever motives, development aid of US dollar the Union Health Ministry. there should be continuous duction number of the virus, IAF Chief RKS Bhadauria Akhnoor,’ he urged the per- is a crime against humanity.” 3 billion. An official from the focus commonly known as the ‘R’ he IAF on Wednesday for- presided over the induction sonnel to combine their zeal He emphasised that India Speaking about geo- Ministry said that the surge in on the five-fold strategy of factor, is hovering just below Tmally inducted Rafale air- ceremony. The event included and commitment with the accords high priority to the strategic location of India Kerala is worrying even as ‘test, track, treat, vaccinate 1 but is high in some of the craft into No. 101 Squadron at a fly-past heralding the arrival unmatched potential of the consolidation of trust in the that makes it both a Eurasian other states have seen a con- and adhere to COVID-appro- states. the Hasimara air base in West of Rafale aircraft to Hasimara newly inducted platform. security domain within the land power and also a stake- siderable drop in infections. priate behaviour’ for effective “The officers concerned Bengal. The IAF has so far followed by a traditional water He said he had no doubt SCO as well as strengthening holder in the Indo-Pacific, “Up to 50 per cent of new cases management of COVID-19. should be made personally inducted 25 Rafale jets with 18 cannon salute. that the Squadron would dom- ties with SCO partners bilat- Rajnath said the country’s are coming from Kerala and He also said there is a need to responsible for any laxity in to 20 of them at the Ambala air Addressing the personnel inate whenever and wherever erally on the basis of equali- aspirations are therefore Maharashtra. The fatalities are ensure adherence to Covid- strict enforcement of COVID base in north India. during the induction ceremo- required and ensure that the ty, mutual respect and under- focused towards prosperity low because their health infra- appropriate behaviour (CAB) appropriate behaviour. I would The Hasimara airbase pri- ny, Bhadauria said the induc- adversary would always be standing. and development of the entire structure is good,” he said. in all crowded places in view also advise that Orders issued marily caters to the eastern tion of Rafale had been care- intimidated by their sheer pres- He congratulated region. Also, a “cause for concern” is of the upcoming festivals. by the respective State gov- front facing China and the fully planned at Hasimara ence. that 22 districts across seven In his communication to ernments and UT adminis- Line of Actual Control(LAC). keeping in mind the impor- One squadron has 18 to 20 states including Kerala and all states and union territories, trations, district authorities With the ongoing tension and tance of strengthening IAF’s jets. India will receive all the equipped with Rafale aircraft. aircraft in the past. The glori- Maharashtra are witnessing an Bhalla said that with the in this regard, should be wide- stand-offs at the LAC in capability in the Eastern Sector. 36 Rafales from France by next The Squadron was formed on ous history of this Squadron uptrend in daily Covid-19 decline in the number of ly disseminated to the public Eastern Ladakh and its spill Recalling the glorious his- year. 01 May 1949 at Palam and has includes active participation cases, which might be an indi- active cases, states and UTs are and to the field functionaries, over affect in other border tory of 101 Squadron which The 101 Squadron is the operated Harvard, Spitfire, in 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pak cation that the second wave of reopening economic and other for their proper implementa- states, the induction the Rafale bestowed upon them the title second IAF Squadron to be Vampire, Su-7 and MiG-21M wars. coronavirus is not over yet in activities in a gradual manner. tion,” he said. the country. While Maharashtra !" # $%$ & recorded 6,258 fresh Covid according to the Ministry. pipeline. Of this, the total cases, Karnataka reported Total deaths recorded in India consumption including 9 :!$! ' % ) *+ $ 1,501 cases and Tamil Nadu are 4,22,022. wastages is 44,29,95,780 doses recorded 1,767 infections. On the vaccination front, while more than 2.18 Cr ! 7"*86+ ,) - &. ) So far, 3,06,63,147 people more than 46.23 crore (2,18,10,422) balance and ! ! from across the country have (46,23,27,530) vaccine doses unutilized COVID Vaccine n the first of its kind efforts to devel- % /. recovered. Recovery Rate cur- have been provided to doses are still available with Iop green cover in the Indian deserts .P .& rently is at 97.39 per cent States/UTs so far, through all the States/UTs and private Insolvency and raise various issues dur- of Rajasthan, Khadi and Village . .&. . with 41,678 patients recovered sources and a further hospitals to be administered, ! 56(-6*." Bankruptcy Code ing the Question Hour. Industries Commission (KVIC) has & . during the last 24 hours, 1,20,70,820 doses are in the said the Ministry. (Amendment) Bill, Speaker Om Birla planted 1,000 bamboo saplings at Tanot ) or the first time since 2021’ . continued with the village in Jaisalmer in collaboration with Fthe commencement The noisy protests Question Hour despite the Border Security Force (BSF). of Parliament’s from the opposition the protests and more KVIC Chairman VK Saxena Monsoon Session on benches continued par- than 10 questions relat- launched the plantation program on tiative has been launched as part of 8 July 19, the Lok Sabha allel to the Question ed to various ministries Tuesday in the presence of Surendra KVIC’s “Khadi Bamboo Festival” to cel- on Wednesday con- Hour and answers were as well as supplemen- Panwar, Special DG (Western ebrate 75 years of independence “Azadi ducted the Question given by the ministers taries were taken up. Command), BSF. Bamboo plantation, as ka Amrit Mahotsav,” the KVIC chair- Hour without any amidst the din. This is the first time part of KVIC’s Project BOLD (Bamboo man said. # " adjournments despite From the word go, in the current Monsoon Oasis on Lands in Drought), aims at He said the bamboo plantation in vociferous and continu- the Opposition mem- session that the serving the combined national goals of the deserts of Jaisalmer will serve mul- ous protests from the bers moved into the Question Hour went on reducing desertification and providing tiple objectives, i.e. preventing deserti- Opposition MPs who Well as they sought to without any adjourn- livelihood and multi-disciplinary rural fication, environment protection and ! 56(-6*." end in March 2022, while the Commissioner Sushil tried to block proceed- raise various issues. ments. industry support to the local population. creating a sustainable model of devel- term of the Uttar Pradesh leg- Chandra stressed the signifi- ings with banners and Some members were Since the com- The bamboo saplings have been opment by supporting rural and bam- head of the Assembly islative assembly is sched- cance of the purity of the elec- placards. shouting slogans and mencement of the ses- planted over 2.50 lakh sq feet of Gram boo-based industries. “In the next three Apolls, the Election uled to end in May. toral roll and asked the CEOs Amidst bedlam later displaying placards. sion on July 19, the pro- Panchayat land near the famous Tanot years, these bamboos will be ready for Commission on Wednesday “The preliminary meeting for expeditious redressal of all during the day, Lok From the Pegasus ceedings have been Mata Temple which is located close to harvest. held a review meeting with held was focussed on various pending applications with Sabha passed two bills spyware controversy to repeatedly adjourned Longewala Post on the Indo-Pak Border. While this will generate recurring chief electoral officers of the thematic issues including regard to voter registration. —The Appropriation the three farm laws, the due to Opposition Situated nearly 120 Kms from the income for the local villagers; KVIC will five States to take stock of Assured Minimum Facilities He also emphasized the need Bill, 2021 and ‘The members wanted to protests. Jaisalmer city, Tanot is one of most vis- also develop this green patch into a preparations. The Chief (AMF) at the polling sta- for rationalization of polling ited tourist spots in Rajasthan. KVIC tourist spot considering the large foot- Electoral Officers from Uttar tions, ease of registration stations keeping in view the plans to develop the bamboo-based fall of tourists visiting Longewala post Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, arrangements for voter facil- COVID 19 pandemic and 0(6;<" pleted under the ‘Smart from January 2016 to green patch in Tanot as a tourist attrac- and the Tanot Mata Temple,” Saxena Punjab and Uttarakhand gave itation, electoral roll, timely reiterated the need to have Cities Mission’ till June June 2018. tion. BSF will be responsible for main- said. He lauded the support of BSF in a detailed presentation on resolution of grievances, basic facilities and infra- " ! this year. “As on June 30, 2021, taining the plants. implementing the project in a very short various aspects of the conduct arrangements of structure in all polling sta- In a written reply to these cities had tendered Project BOLD was launched on July time. of election including the EVMs/VVPATs, postal ballot tions. the Rajya Sabha, out 5,956 projects worth 4 from a tribal village Nichla Mandwa In the next 3 years, 1000 bamboo health of electoral roll, avail- facility for senior citizens Chandra mentioned that Minister of State for Rs 1,79,413 crore. Out of in Udaipur district in Rajasthan with a plants will multiply and produce at least ability of budget, manpower (80+) and PwDs, COVID all logistical challenges in the ,! Housing and Urban these, work orders have plantation of 5,000 saplings of special 4,000 bamboo logs weighing about 100 resources, SVEEP, planning, Mitigation plan, training of implementation of postal bal- Affairs, Kaushal Kishore, been issued in 5,314 pro- bamboo species over 25 bigha of arid MT of bamboo. At the current market polling station arrangements polling staff and extensive lot facilities to senior citizens said, “The Smart Cities jects worth Rs 1,48,029 land. rate of Rs 5000 per ton, this bamboo and IT applications. voter outreach amongst oth- (80+) and persons with dis- New Delhi:The Union Mission is being imple- crore, of which 2,734 “The project is aligned with Prime produce will generate an income of The terms of the legisla- ers,” the EC said in a state- abilities need to be identified Government said on mented in 100 cities projects worth Rs 46,769 Minister Narendra Modi’s call for reduc- nearly Rs 5 lakh after three years and tive assemblies of Goa, ment. & resolved for its smooth & Wednesday that 2,734 selected through four crore have been com- ing land degradation and preventing later on every year, thus supporting the Manipur, Punjab and Reviewing the polls transparent implementation projects have been com- rounds of competition pleted.” IANS desertification in the country. The ini- local economy. Uttarakhand are coming to an preparations, Chief Election during the elections. ! " 2 0 2 0 # $ ! " ! *9 :52( tunist. ! " ! ! " ! *9 :52( Gurjars, Tyagis, Brahmins and UP on September 5. It has also In the second phase, the Muslims, besides the Dalits. announced to hold demon- uoyed by the response to BSP will hold such conventions ith the farmers’ leaders RLD president and former MP strations across UP and Bthe ‘Prabuddh Varg’ (intel- in 24 districts between July 31 ! *9 :52( mally enter electoral politics to Wannouncing to intensify Jayant Chaudhary led Uttarakhand, including lectual class) conventions in and August 14. The phase will better serve the community’s their agitation in poll-bound ‘bhaichara’ rallies to build a Lucknow. Ayodhya, Prayagraj, Ambedkar start with a meeting a Mathura, fter Bharatiya Kisan Union interest they represent. Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party rainbow coalition of castes and Samajwadi Party, the senior nagar etc, and banking heavi- followed by Agra on August 1, Apresident Rakesh Tikait Chaduni had said that when and its ally Rashtriya Lok Dal communities to revive the ally of the RLD, has also ly on the social engineering for- in Kasganj, Firozabad, Etah on exhorted farmers’ unions to political parties had failed to have finalised their plans to political fortunes of his party. resumed tour of the state in the mula in the coming UP August 2, Aligarh, Hathras on intensify their agitation in Uttar protect farmers’ interests it campaign in the State, partic- Jayant Chaudhary’s grand- run-up to UP assembly polls in Assembly polls, Bahujan Samaj August 3, Shahjahanpur, Pradesh and Uttarakhand, two was the right time for farmers ularly in western UP. father, Chaudhary Charan 2022. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav’s Party chief Mayawati decided Bareilly on August 4, neighbouring States that go to unions to fight elections to RLD, once a dominant Singh after deserting the tour was scheduled to resume to have the maximum outreach BSP, including Satish Chandra Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur on polls early next year, a section ensure pro-farmer people were player in the west UP politics, Congress in 1967 had created after panchayat elections in amongst the Brahmin com- Mishra, will be involved in this. August 5, Budaun, Moradabad of the farmers opine that agi- elected. He also said that has started working to regain a social coalition of farmers of April but was deferred due to munity and fast track the BSP general secretary Satish on August 7, Bijnor, tating unions should now enter another senior leader, the political space lost to the different castes and religions. the second wave of the process so that other rival par- Chandra Mishra said that Muzaffarnagar on August 8, electoral politics and contest Yogendra Yadav, had written ruling Bharatiya Janata Party The rise of the political forces COVID-19 pandemic. ties do not outrun and outwit before inaugurating the Sambhal, Amroha on August 9, elections. On the other hand, an article in The Print head- and the Mayawati-led Bahujan following the implementation Sources in the SP said its endeavour. Brahmin convention at Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad there is another section which lined ‘Farmers’ movement can’t Samaj Party. The RLD has of the Mandal Commission that between December 2020 Apprehending that parties Vrindavan, the party leaders on August 10, Saharanpur, maintains that the farmers’ stir and shouldn’t be apolitical. already organised ‘bahichara’ report in 1990, emergence of and April this year, Akhilesh like Bharatiya Janata Party, and workers would pay obei- Shamli on August 11, should remain apolitical. That’s not a democracy’. rallies in Muzaffarnagar in a BSP and of BJP following the Yadav had campaigned in as Samajwadi Party and even sance in the Banke Bihari tem- Bulandshahr on August 13 “A section of farmers “In that write-up he bid to restore the social coali- temple movement in 1990, many as 40 districts. The Congress, might and will try to ple. and finally Noida on August believe that this is the right claimed that the farmers’ agi- tion of Jat-Muslim and other destroyed that rainbow coali- party said while Yadav would play the Brahmin card, The BSP had started the 14. time for the farmers’ unions to tation against three farm laws OBC communities. This coali- tion. complete the tour of the Mayawati on Wednesday first phase of its Brahmin out- On Tuesday, Mayawati said enter electoral politics. The is not apolitical. This shows that tion was shattered by the The first of the series of remaining districts this time announced that now the BSP reach from the city of Lord that the success of the issue was discussed in a closed there is consternation among worst-ever communal riots in bhaichara sammelans was around, he may also revisit would hold several such meet- Ram - Ayodhya. While ‘Parabuddha Varg’ (intellectu- door meeting which was the members of farmers unions Muzaffarnagar in September launched in Khatauli Vidhan some districts, including his ings in different places on the addressing the Brahmin con- al class) conventions organized attended by senior leaders of about projecting the agitation 2013 during the Samajwadi Sabha constituency in Lok Sabha constituency same day. Interestingly, to avert ference in Prayagraj, Satish by the BSP was indicative of the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) as a political movement. What Party regime headed by Muzaffarnagar district, the Azamgarh, Varanasi, any action from the Election Mishra had lashed out at the faith people had in her party in Lucknow,” veteran farmers’ prevents us from contesting Akhilesh Yadav. RLD had con- home district of Bharatiya Gorakhpur, and districts in Commission of India, the BSP BJP as well as Samajwadi Party and claimed that this had made leader Mandeep Singh told elections in Uttar Pradesh,” tested the 2017 UP Assembly Kisan Union (BKU) leader Bundelkhand region. These also changed the name of its for not developing Vrindavan her political opponents this reporter. the farmers’ leader sought to polls and the 2019 Lok Sabha Rakesh Tikait, spearheading tours involve meeting the meeting from Brahmin and had accused the regimes of uneasy. The issue of farmers’ join- know. elections in alliance with the the farmers’ agitation at party cadre for discussions on Sammelan to Prabuddha Varg being apathetic towards the “The enthusiastic partic- ing politics has crossed many There is a belief that if SP. Ghazipur on Delhi-UP border. poll preparation, road shows, Sammelan. people of Vrindavan and ipation in the Prabuddha Varg minds at various occasions. It farmers contest elections the The RLD is eyeing to woo The Samyukt Kisan public meetings, kisan pan- As per a BSP communique Mathura. He also did not conventions, which has come started with senior BKU leader union can win more than 30 back its once loyal Jat voters, Morcha, an umbrella under chayats, press conferences, released on Wednesday, the spare Jitin Prasada, consid- into discussion as Brahmin Gurnam Singh Chaduni, who seats in western UP and this who are little over 10 per cent which the ongoing farmers’ and short bicycle rides with party will start the campaign of ered the Brahman face in Sammelans, is proof that peo- is one of the major faces in the would catapult them in king of the electorate in districts stir is underway, has party workers. He had also the second phase of Prabuddha Congress before he joined the ple have conscious faith in the ongoing farmers’ agitation, makers’ position. But another under the Meerut division, announced to hold a kisan been on temple runs, going to Varg Sammelan from the city BJP recently, and said that BSP. Heartfelt thanks to all,” had opined that the time was section feels that farmers along with other castes and mahapanchayat in the same Hindu, Muslim, and Buddhist of Kanha -- Vrindavan -- from Prasada had deceived the she said in a tweet in ripe for farm unions to give up should stay away from con- communities, including Muzaffarnagar district of west places of worship. July 31. Many tall leaders of the Brahmins and was an oppor- Hindi. their apolitical stand and for- testing elections. 04 1 2 3 0 : 0 22 2 5 ! 56(-6*." ! 56(-6*." he Delhi High Court on - -! :2*:) CPI(M) politburo member TWednesday expressed dis- ringing curtains to the Biman Bose said that the Left pleasure over Twitter Inc Bintense drama and sus- he Bengal BJP has said was ready to back even the appointing a “contingent work- pense that preceded the pass- Tthat Chief Minister Trinamool Congress to drive er” as Chief Compliance ing of baton in Karnataka, Mamata Banerjee’s efforts to the BJP out at the national level. Officer (CCO) and said the Basavaraj Bommai on unite the Opposition parties “I cannot say anything microblogging platform was Wednesday took oath as the including the Congress under about the Left because they are non-compliant with the new new State Chief Minister and one banner will end up as a a different group … but it Information Technology (IT) began his inning at the helm “big flop show” like it hap- depends upon them to decide as Rules. Justice Rekha Palli like his father S R Bommai pened in 2019. to who is their bigger enemy … noted that while the rules man- from ‘Janata Party’ did in 1988 Referring to the Bengal rul- they will have to decide whether dated appointment of a key following the resignation of the Parliamentary Affairs and will try and expand the Cabinet ing outfit’s "attitude" towards they are with the BJP or against managerial person or a senior than Chief Minister Legislature in Yediyurappa's soon. Rahul Gandhi, State BJP it,” the Chief Minister said employee as CCO, Twitter dis- heartedly. “File a better affi- was on account of “structure of Ramakrishna Hegde. council of ministers which was "I had met central spokesperson Sami Bhattacharya prompting the CPI(M) leader- closed in its affidavit that it had davit. This is not acceptable. I'm employment” and the fact that The 61-year-old Lingayat dissolved on Monday. In 19013 observers Dharmendra said that “the Trinamool will ship to react rather strongly say- appointed a “contingent work- giving you a long rope but don't Twitter Inc did not have a liai- leader was administered the when Yediurappa left the BJP Pradhan, Kishan Reddy and never accept his leadership … ing it is the Trinamool Congress er” through a third party con- expect the court to do it on and son office in India, Poovayya oath of office and secrecy by Bommai had stayed back in the General Secretary Singh, they and there are many regional par- supremo who has brought the tractor. on. Disclose the name of the said as he added that the plat- Governor Thaawarchand BJP which he had joined in said let's not discuss it today, ties which will also not accept the saffron outfit to Bengal. “He (CCO) is categorical third party contractor and form would no longer appoint Gehlot at the Raj Bhavan at 2008. once they go back to Delhi let's leadership of the Trinamool Former CPI(M) MP and (in his affidavit) that he is not explain contingent,” the court “interim” officers to the posts. Bengaluru. It's the second instance of see," he said in response to a Congress … so this grand effort party central committee mem- an employee. This itself is in the said as it granted a week's time It was reiterated that the It is the `Bommai judge- a father-son duo becoming question by reporters on will end up in a big flop show” ber Sujan Chakrabarty said, teeth of the rule. There has to to Twitter to file the new affi- process for establishing a liai- ment`, described such after his Chief Minister of Karnataka, expanding the cabinet. like it happened in 2019. “We will not take any lesson be some seriousness about the davit. son office on ongoing. father, that had considerably after H D Deve Gowda and H Asked whether he will wait “Mamata Banerjee is trying about what the Left should do rule. Some sanctity has to be The court further directed Additional Solicitor restricted the centre's propen- D Kumaraswamy. Bommai is a for 'Ashada' month (consid- to make an all-India ‘jot’ (front) because it is Mamata Banerjee given,” the court remarked. Twitter to not only disclose all the General Chetan Sharma, sity to dismiss state govern- three time MLA from Shiggaon ered inauspicious) to get over for against the BJP but a carriage can who has brought BJP to Bengal The court added that it had details pertaining to the appoint- appearing for the Central gov- ments under article 356. constituency in Haveri district undertaking the expansion, he never run when all its horses pull … her policies in Bengal has reservations with respect to the ment of the CCO as well as the ernment, argued that Twitter The Karnataka BJP legis- and has been MLC twice. said, "nothing like that, we will at different directions … the first only given the BJP a fillip… usage of the term “contingent Resident Grievance Officer was acting in “abject non-com- lature party on Tuesday Yediyurappa, and Union do it at the earliest, won't take difference will be between Rahall despite the mock fights the worker” by Twitter especially (RGO) but also clarify as to why pliance of the rules” as the evening elected him as its new ministers Dharmendra too much time because I need Gandhi and the TMC because world knows about their clan- when it was not known who a Nodal Contact Person had not CCO has to be an employee of leader to succeed B S Pradhan and G Kishan Reddy a complete team to do the work neither of them would accept destine friendship … She can- the third party contractor was. been appointed yet and by when the social media intermediary Yediyurappa with the latter who were appointed as central as there is COVID and each other’s leadership … this is not erase the history of her 10- “What is this contingent the position will be filled. and not a contingent worker. proposing his name in the observers by BJP's parliamen- floods." the reason why we say that this year alliance with the BJP.” worker? I don't know what it Senior advocate Sajan “It has been months. You can't meeting and paving way for the tary board for the legislature When questioned whether attempt of Mamata Banerjee is He said that “it is the Left would mean. I have a problem Poovayya, representing Twitter, have it so easy. We hold our smooth transfer of the power in party meet, party's national he will continue with the same a non-starter.” Front that will finally drive out with the word. Contingent then stated that while the CCO was hands because we are before a state which is most important generalsecretary in-charge of Ministers, Bommai said all Meanwhile Banerjee on the BJP from the State,” adding third party contractor! What is a contingent worker, appoint- your lordship,” ASG Sharma for the BJP and the RSS for Karnataka Arun Singh, state these are part of the cabinet for- Wednesday said that it was “the entire India knows about this? I am not happy with the ed via third party contractor, he said, adding that Twitter earns their southern political president Nalin Kumar Kateel mation exercise and "every- upon the Left to decide the Left Front’s struggle against affidavit,” the judge told Twitter. has undertaken to perform all seven million dollar per year advance. and a host of others attended thing will be decided together", whether the BJP was their communal forces … we have The court said Twitter's affidavit functions and responsibilities revenue from India. The mat- Bommai, an engineer by the swearing-in. adding that he will discuss biggest enemy or not. Her fought against the BJP and was unacceptable and asked it under the IT Rules. Usage of ter would be heard next on education , was Minister for Bommai, who alone took and decide about his Delhi statement came days after will continue to do so”. to comply with the rules whole- the term contingent worker August 6. Home Affairs, Law, oath on Wednesday, said he visit. 7 2 2 7 5 6 $ !" 5 2 * ! # " 2 8 9 . )! C57" stationary bus from behind, !! :2 ."J !! :2 ."J ! *9 :52( causing grievous injuries to he parents of teenagers need the passengers inside the bus .655" The AIADMK government, Tto introspect as to why their hough he has to stand trial with five other MLAs here was no respite for Kerala from n a tragic accident on the and also to those sleeping before the 2021 assembly elec- wards hang out on the state's Tfor the 2015 ruckus in the Legislative Assembly, TCovid-19 on Wednesday as the ILucknow-Ayodhya highway, under the bus and by its he Madras High Court on tions, had passed a legislation beaches after nightfall, Chief Kerala’s Minister for Education K Sivankutty Department of Health diagnosed 22,056 19 labourers heading home to side. TWednesday came out providing 10.5 per cent reser- Minister Pramod Sawant told the said that there was no need for him to new patients while 131 succumbed to the Bihar were killed and 24 oth- After the accident, the strongly against the Tamil vation for the Vanniyar com- state Assembly on Wednesday. resign. virus during the last 24 hours. More than ers were critically injured trawler driver managed to flee Nadu Government issuing a munity in admissions as well as Sawant was responding to Speaking to TV channel news reporters after the 1.96 lakh samples were subjected to test, when the bus they were trav- the scene but due to the colli- Government Order on the 10.5 employment under the Most accusations levelled by the pronouncement of the Supreme Court verdict on the average Test Positivity Rate remained elling in was hit from behind sion both vehicles were man- per cent reservation for Backward Caste (MBC) quota. Opposition MLAs, who had Wednesday which dismissed the Kerala Government’s high at 11,2 per cent, said the release issued by a heavy duty cargo truck in gled and caused a massive traf- Vanniyar communities under A series of Public Interest alleged a breakdown in the law plea to withdraw the case filed against the six party by the Health Depattment. Ram Sanehi Ghat area of fic snarl on the busy the Most Backward Caste quota Litigations (PIL) were filed by and order situation in Goa MLAs for the vandalism in the Assembly, Sivankutty Wednesday’s report came amidst Barabanki late on Tuesday highway. and said that it would have no several affected communities after two minor girls were said that such verdicts were common for those news that the Union Health Secretary has night. On being informed, police other option but to stay it as the who are in the MBC category, allegedly raped at the popular involved in public life. “This is not a corruption case written to the Kerala Government express- The double-decker bus car- personnel from Ram Sanehi Government Order was issued in the Madras High court chal- Colva beach in South Goa on and hence there is no need for me to resign as ing his anguish and concern over the rying nearly 120 labourers Ghat and neighbouring police in urgency. lenging the validity of 10.5 per the night of July 24. Minister,” said Sivankutty. unabated Covid-19 figures in the State. working in Palwal in Haryana stations converged on the acci- The first bench of the cent reservation for Vanniyars. "Ten children went for a A Vijayaraghavan, CPI(M)’s Kerala secretary said Though the State Health Minister Veena and some places of Punjab dent site and started rescue Madras High court comprising These communities that fall party on the beach. Out of the the party would discuss the details of the verdict with George alleged that the Union Government and was headed to Bihar on operations. While several vic- of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee under MBC contended in their 10, six returned home. The its partners in the LDF before making any public was not releasing the quantity of vaccines Tuesday evening, when an axle tims died on the spot, a large and Justice Senthilkumar appeals before the Madras High remaining four, including two announcement. “Let us go through the court verdict which Kerala had asked for, the Health of the front wheel broke down number of passengers had to be Ramamoorthy while hearing a court that if such a reservation boys and two girls, stayed on the before coming to a conclusion,” said Department statistics say that the State had on Kalyani bridge near extricated from the mangled petition against the G.O., said to Vanniyars are implemented, beach the whole night. When a Vijayaraghavan. received 23 lakh doses of vaccine between Barabanki-Ayodhya border bus and taken to Ram Sanehi that the court will hear a batch then that community would 14-year old girl spends the night Leader of Opposition V D Satheeshan said that July 15 and 26. around 7 pm. Ghat community health centre of petitions that had come up enjoy reservation to higher edu- on the beach, the parents too it was not proper for Sivankutty to continue as min- Malappuram topped the table of dis- Later on, the driver and Barabanki district before the bench challenging cation institutes and government have to introspect, they too ister despite the verdict by the Supreme Court. “He tricts having highest number of Covid parked the vehicle near a hospital. the validity of the Order. services while other 25 castes should be taking care," the Chief should quit immediately in the backdrop of the apex cases (3,931) followed by Thrissur (3,005), roadside dhaba and went out Superintendent of Police of The bench said, "We will under the MBC and 68 castes Minister said in his reply to a court verdict,” said Satheeshan. Kozhikode (2,400) Ernakulam (2,397) looking for a mechanic and Barabanki, Yamuna Prasad, con- hear the batch of petitions under Deprived Communities calling attention motion moved P C George, seven term MLA and leader of and Palakkad (1,649). spares. With night approach- firmed 18 deaths in the tragedy challenging the validity of the (DC) would have to share the during the ongoing Monsoon Janapaksham, came down heavily on Sivankutty and The release further said that the 1,96, ing, some of the passengers while another died while being reservation in 10 days. But if remaining reservation. Session of the state Assembly. the five CPI(M) MLAs for the vandalism inside the 902 samples tested on Wednesday was the went out of the stranded bus treated in a hospital. the government wants to The court has directed the "It is also our responsibili- House. “Having seen their antecedents from close highest ever samples to be tested in the and slept under it or by its The deceased were resi- implement the quota even state government to immedi- ty. Just because children are not quarters on that day, I am of the opinion that State on a single day. As on Wednesday, the side. Around midnight, a dents of Sitamarhi, Supaul, before the court decides its ately get instructions from the listening (to their parents), we Sivankutty should resign immediately. What he did State had 1.49 lakh Covid-19 patients speeding trawler coming from Shivhar, Saharsa districts of validity, then we have to stay authorities regarding the cannot leave all the responsi- on that fateful day was a blot on Kerala’s democra- under treatment. Lucknow rammed into the Bihar. any such move." Government Order. bility to the police," Sawant said. tic history,” said George. ! "
# E D) -C # E E % & ()*+ % )-. . " ! R ! 3 2 : 3', 2 2 " 52&= ",@ 8 1 1 &1 ,@ $ &&1 ,+ he recent Cabinet reshuf- 1 " fle strengthens the Ministry of Education by *+8 ,+8 @+ " bringing the Ministry of 1 T Skill Development and / / S $ Entrepreneurship within its ambit. *"0 4 < ". 1 $ It was an artificial separation in the current times when the progress ,@"" A and development of any nation is '3B) directly dependent on skilled man- A "= ,* power and the spirit of innova- $ tions. The change of nomenclature from the Ministry of Human % :S ?C 3 Resources Development to B ,*",-/ ( Ministry of Education has now % : acquired a truly comprehensive $ ( S mandate. Both these changes har- monise beautifully with the recom- B $ % : mendations in the National Education Policy (NEP-2020). ,*"" This policy has the potential to usher in the much-needed-though- -",, considerably-delayed emphasis on # flexibility and multidisciplinarity & @+1+++# that would enable learners to chalk nurture contribute to personal- parents and learners. It is com- tion, the holistic approach — &. 1 & % & out their trajectory depending on ity development and individual mon experience that children through dialogue and intensive personal assessment of interests, characteristics; the height may get more interested and involved interaction — that alone offers liking and comfort. The curricu- 1 be because of the genes, but in participatory activities. Well- a long-term solution. lum developers and textbook writ- expertise in aviation dexterous- perceived and judiciously artic- There would be no breaks *+++ ( & '(& " )&& ers have a real challenge in front of ly acquired could be the out- ulated amalgamation of acade- in “lifelong learning”. It was 1 them. Einstein once wrote that if come of precise identification mic learning with skills and never before so critical and he had his say, the school curricu- " (& " &< 1!! and empathetic nurturance of entrepreneurship would offer far compulsory. As Einstein said, “it lum would consist only of science the interest shown in school. greater opportunities for nurtur- takes a touch of genius and a lot % !( " and mathematics. The spirit behind Finally, it is the overall transi- ing curiosity, creativity, ideas and of courage” to make awesome- (& " P Q " & 1 the preference for music and math- tion from an innocent person innovation. It could indeed looking complex things simple P " ematics clearly indicates the insep- to a personality — achieved offer the opportunity of work- and simpler. In the recent past, arability of knowledge. ).6@295-+; Q & through formal education that ing together, and that leads to Steve Jobs, whose mantra was Henceforth, a child in class 10 integrates skills and spirit of 825, "65 6! “learning to live together”. “focus on simplicity”, articulat- 1 " or 12 or in higher education could enterprise — that contributes to 2 "* "65 6! Major breakthroughs in ed: “Simple can be harder than S " 52&= " opt for physics, music and psychol- national knowledge kitty. economic and social sectors or complex. You have to work ogy in consonance with the poli- A thoughtful, visionary and +)!.985")"6 an attitudinal transformation hard to get your thinking clean # cy stipulation: “No hard separation 1 1 " futuristic curriculum harmon- would be achieved if the edu- to make it simple. But it is worth between arts and sciences, between ising academic education with 5-C2+)89) cation system is pragmatic, it because once you get there, D " curricular and extracurricular skill development and entrepre- ,6)2@*")6+)6- dynamic and fully responsive you can move mountains.” This activities, between vocational and neurship could generate much )2659+6N95"); to the current changes. is most relevant for the teachers " academic streams….” In the 21st higher levels of learner interest Consequently, education sys- of every stage, the gadgets are !" century, the boundary among sci- and participation, help in mov- 5-"5)6,+");2B tems that have in-built mech- not making your job easy, you ences, social sciences, arts, human- ing ahead in creating an enjoy- anisms to usher in changes in have find out how these could ities and sports must get obliterat- able stress-free learning environ- **:52(*6-,6O# content and pedagogy without be used to make life easier and ed to ensure “unity and integrity of ment. It would be worthwhile to ).66+6 delay shall sustain their rele- enjoyable for learners. Teacher all knowledge”. These are the times refresh the factors that imped- vance. In this race, there are no education institutes must realise of universal acceptance of the ed the launch of vocationalisa- ).6)"862B quarterfinals or semifinals; the new challenge before them: “cognitive capital” being the prime tion of secondary education 95"G6+* everybody is in the final round. Make teaching learning simpler. vehicle for growth, progress and recommended by the Kothari We are already witnessing the Sir Richard Branson said in the development of every nation, Commission (1964-66), and 6C)5 62B consequences of the advances context of managing human which could be enhanced manifold included in NEP-1968. At that ).6N 2,5")"G6 in ICT in terms of societal and resources: “Train people well if the education systems offer a joy- stage, no parent was willing to cultural transformation. Any enough so they can leave. Treat ful learning environment. let their ward opt for vocation- C")*O@6"5,).6 delay in “learning to live them well enough so they don’t Further, the prime prerequisite al stream as social milieu con- C+"86G6." *6 together” could result in dan- have to.” Yes, educate your is to ensure that the inherent sidered acquisition of vocation- gerous repercussions. The teachers well, and treat them as interest and choice of the learner al skills as “second-rate educa- B2+,+2().! world got glimpses of it when the Most Important Persons. It is identified and encouraged with- tion” and everyone wanted a C+2,+65- France had to suffer in terms would work. out any external influences. Government white collar job. of social cohesion and religious (The author works in Education systems — particular- The job market scenario has -6G6*2C865) amity. Laws, rules and regula- education and social cohesion. ly every teacher — must remain changed drastically, and this tions shall have only limited The views expressed are conscious that both nature and change is being accepted by the impacts. It is the right educa- personal.) ,,3 , ,, 4", 3 SOUNDBITE ) 2 4 " # !"=>1>) +"( +$ !! " Sir — There can be no second opinion !! "" # that BS Yediyurappa has vacated his seat as the Chief Minister of Karnataka with ,' 8 5 8! agony in his heart, particularly when it ' #- ) #) " is an open secret that the Delhi and O ! 2 Nagpur high commands forced him to ! # 2 tender his resignation. This unceremo- - C nious ouster of Yediyurappa has not been 6!=*'@ 2 5 ; < = taken kindly by the Lingayats, the com- L#) K7C5 munity to which he belongs. Even the 8 - #2 !O S religious heads of the Lingayats, who went " vocal in recommending Yediyurappa’s # continuity as the Chief Minister, remain !#C ) ! ! S " snubbed and angered. Though the BJP 8 5 8O O L M ! 5 ! # $ %&'() + ! has tried to get two mangoes at one L ! - , @ @ ! *+,- .( stroke; packing off Yediyurappa and # (( / *+,-"*+,0 assuaging the anger of the Lingayats by - , " 7 (1 elevating Basavaraj Bommai, another @ B ! - O C " 3 7"4! Lingayat, as the new Chief Minister, there ' C 8 '="'/".@//' " is every possibility of the Lingayats #C ! 2 * ! K @ ,' ! O 1 / & telling Bommai: “Not that we love you " # C G ! #) (1 " less, but we love Yediyurappa more.” @" # #S 1 Earlier, Yediyurappa lamented in his " ) C 8 " farewell speech that the Centre did not 3")4 , # 1 " give him a free hand to effectively dis- #) 3/<" *//'"?''| # 2 # 1 3 ( 1 charge his duties and did not allow him # to take independent decisions. In this Parliament. The Congress gave adjourn- a choice. While we know that getting old . context, only time will tell whether ment motion notices for discussing the is unavoidable, how we perceive this '/'"#=/." Basavaraj Bommai would act as a real “Pegasus Project” report in the Lok natural process depends greatly upon K5 %&'() (4 Chief Minister, taking decisions on his Sabha. Raising the issue of the Assam- our social and cultural influences. # 5 own or would remain a mere bommai Mizoram police clash, Congress MP from Aging gracefully is about more than just " " *+*+ (doll) dancing to the tune of his Delhi- Assam Gaurav Gogoi sought a probe and looks. It is about accepting the Nagpur masters! %2 discussion in the House. The Congress inevitability of getting older, taking care Tharcius S Fernando |Chennai is sending a seven-member panel to the of your mind and body and being your #" violence-affected areas. best self at any age. ! # It just shows that all is not well with After all, life begins at 60 when you #" / 1 # 1 Sir — Parliament was again forced to the Union Government which is not able have to take care of your own health and # $ 6 (4 adjourn as the Opposition parties raised to handle the functioning of Parliament your spouse’s at this crucial juncture in and has turned into a mute spectator, low- life. That means the seniors have under- issues pertaining to the alleged Pegasus #3#@'#='" snooping, the Assam-Mizoram border ering its image and credibility in the eyes stood the concepts and techniques of K @ - ,78 violence and the three farm laws which of people across the country. It is high active aging and about healthy living, P% $ the Government is determined not to time that the Centre must discuss or which is possible only through positive " :& repeal. With Parliament non-functional debate with the Opposition parties in thinking. Such seniors are role models for the last one week, the frustrated BJP both the Houses on various issues and for the younger generation. This is the 1 1Q< => went into a huddle to rework its politi- defuse the acrimonious situation. real success of life as seniors don’t (? ,78 " cal strategy for the ongoing monsoon ses- Bhagwan Thadani |Mumbai become a burden on the family or the ! " sion, which is likely to be washed out. society. 3 ! MR Jayanthy |Mumbai ! Many Opposition parties have urged 4# President Ram Nath Kovind to direct the Sir — Age is just a number when your & # 1 %&'() 1 Modi Government to discuss the Pegasus plans are well devised. 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senior delegation of the Afghan #'())& 473 government and Taliban represen- S E tatives has met in Doha for high- E SF " stakes negotiations as violence A Aescalates on the ground in Afghanistan.The R S two sides have been meeting on and off for & # % months in the Qatari capital but the talks # " have lost momentum as a string of battle- 1 " field gains by the armed group has coincid- 1 6 ed with foreign forces finalising their with- 1 drawal from Afghanistan. The government delegation is com- " prised of several high-ranking officials, &C=32345%3= 5BC?&3 / including former chief executive Abdullah SR 1 Abdullah. Its reported aim is to support the gov- " 1 ernment’s negotiating team in terms of 1 speeding up the stalled talks. Negotiators S $ # from the Taliban’s political office in Doha joined them. The lengthy sessions contin- ued in Doha on July 17 and 18. Earlier, Fraidoon Kwazoon, the Afghan government delegation spokesman, told the media: “The solution to the conflict in Afghanistan lies in negotiations, and peace can be reached through dialogue.” For his part, The battle at the southern bor- defeat.Russia's foreign minister said announcement, as the Taliban makes Taliban spokesman Mohammad Naeem ).6,+29C der follows weeks of intensifying on July 16 that the US mission in swift territorial gains in near- said the group has “repeatedly confirmed its .@665 fighting across Afghanistan, with the Afghanistan had "failed". unprecedented levels of fighting readiness for dialogue and negotiations”, 68@2*-656- Taliban pressing multiple offensives Fifteen diplomatic missions and nationwide. adding that the problems can “only be solved and overrunning dozens of districts the NATO representative in Kabul The group has been emboldened by dialogue”. B2+6",5B2+ 6 at a staggering rate.The group has in have joined hands to urge the Taliban as foreign forces near a complete Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid, report- 56+ recent weeks captured border cross- to halt military offensives across withdrawal after 20 years of fighting, ing from the location of the negotiations in 28C*6)6 ings with Iran, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan, just hours after a peace cutting a huge swathe across the Doha, said the latest round of talks was (").-+(* Tajikistan while also tightening their meeting in Doha failed to agree on country, capturing hundreds of dis- another effort to try and bring the two sides B)6+%A;6+ grip in the north. a ceasefire. tricts, seizing key border crossings, together. “Both sides are saying that dialogue Al Jazeera’s Charlotte Bellis, A senior delegation of Afghan and encircling provincial capitals. is the only way forward and they believe that 2BB",.)"5,! reporting from Kabul, said the leaders met the Taliban's political July 19th’s statement by the 15 a solution for a peaceful Afghanistan can 9))"5,.9,6 armed group now controls more leadership in the Qatari capital but missions also condemned rights 1E H only come from the table - but actions on ().6 +2 than 50 percent of the country and a Taliban statement issued late on July violations, such as efforts to shut the ground speak a very different language,” ).6 295)+;! that their grasp is getting “ever clos- 18 made no mention of a halt to schools and media outfits reported # 6 1 he said. C)9+"5, er" to the capital. Afghanistan's rising violence. by media in areas recently captured “There seems to be no headway, no real As fighting raged over large "This Eid al-Adha, the Taliban by the Taliban, which has previous- #1 1 - .95-+6-2B tangible progress. The Afghan side insists swathes of Afghanistan, a war of should lay down their weapons for ly denied such assertions. that there needs to be a ceasefire before there -")+" )! words was also heating up between good and show the world their Moscow would welcome India’s R S( C could be any real dialogue, and the Taliban 6"N"5,:6; Kabul and Islamabad after the commitment to the peace process,” active participation in a settlement 5 insist that they want their version of Sharia, @2+-6+ Afghan Vice President accused the the 15 missions and the NATO rep- format for Afghanistan later on # 1 #" 3 1 " they want a government that is comprehen- +2"5,5- Pakistani military of providing “close resentative said, referring to the July after the conflict is resolved, Russian sive and includes all sides of Afghanistan,” air support to Taliban in certain 20 holiday in Afghanistan. Special Presidential Envoy for 65 "+ *"5, / he said. areas”. Pakistan strongly denied the The joint statement was support- Afghanistan and Director of the 1 S! Bin Javaid said special representatives C+2G"5 "* claim with a foreign ministry state- ed by Australia, Canada, the Czech Foreign Ministry’s Second Asian 'S A: ) from Europe, the United States, and the C")* ment saying the country “took nec- Republic, Denmark, the European Department Zamir Kabulov said United Nations were also present at the talks essary measures within its territory Union delegation, Finland, France, during an online discussion of the # " “to try and see if they can push to achieve to safeguard our own troops and Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, the international Valdai discussion some sort of peace in Afghanistan” after population”. Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Britain, club.The diplomat noted that India months of major disagreements. “There isn’t Afghanistan’s southern border the United States, and NATO's couldnot participate in the format of & S much hope that there is going to be a con- has long been a flashpoint in relations senior civilian representative."The the expanded group of three because # crete solution coming out of this meeting, with its eastern neighbour. Foreign Taliban's offensive is in direct con- it does not have any influence on the S C 1 1 # but at least it is something to go forward troops have been in Afghanistan for tradiction to their claim to support Taliban. “The format of the 1 with,” he said. nearly 20 years following the US-led a negotiated settlement," said the joint ‘Extended Troika’ with the participa- The Taliban has capitalised on the last invasion launched in the aftermath statement. tion of Russia, the US, China and 6 $ stages of the withdrawal of US and other for- of the September 11, 2001, attacks. “It has resulted in a loss of inno- Pakistan is convened exclusively to 11 eign troops from Afghanistan to launch a They have appeared largely out of the cent Afghan lives, including through facilitate the launch of the intra- $ 1 " series of lightning offensives across the coun- picture in recent months, but fears continued targeted killings, dis- Afghan talks leading to national % try. are growing that Afghan forces will placement of the civilian population, accord. 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he role of information new frontiers of technology, Australia were at the receiving systems during a full-blown guard high. collection, sharing, and usage of in warfare has changed including cyber and outer end of sophisticated cyber- military conflict. The ability to A holistic counter-strategy data amongst nations need to Ta lot since the sabotage space. Access to sensitive and attacks. A third of all cyber- defend against cyber-attacks is needs a combination of be instituted. Interoperability of enemy communication secret information and technol- attacks in India allegedly orig- now almost as important as America’s naming and sham- standards for global data value lines in the two world wars. ogy will be a key determinant inate from China. With the protecting physical borders. ing, India’s policy of banning chains that put together a col- The German communica- of any new-age combat. advent of technology, this entire But cyber-attacks are also apps where data security is at lection of data and access to tions infrastructure was crip- 46"!4" Even in localised conflict exercise is done remotely, in lit- about stealing industrial secrets, risk, and Australia’s invest- data platforms must be creat- pled by British and Allied # $% & with China, cyber warfare tle time, and is hard to detect. or ‘cyber theft’. This is exactly ments in bolstering digital ed. Codified data governance forces by what we now call will play a vital role, both in They are a useful tool in any what has worried the US since infrastructure. US Secretary of standards to build trust and hacking, a broad term that determining the outcome and country’s arsenal since they in its indictment of the four State Antony Blinken’s hard hit- manage issues like data owner- encompasses both access to in setting the larger narrative. can be deployed relatively eas- Chinese nationals when ting statement regarding MSS ship, usage, security, and priva- the enemy country’s top To create deterrence against A holistic global cyber ily, can cause disproportionate attempts were made to steal should set the tone for a larger cy are the need of the hour. secrets through covert means China’s hegemonistic tenden- strategy to circumvent China’s damage, and allow nations to trade secrets from the aviation, and collective approach to tack- The Data Standards Task and sabotaging its critical cies, it is vital to build supe- proclivity to use data as a claim plausible deniability. defence, and bio-pharma sec- le the threat. Blinken said MSS Force under the UN will create communications grid. Since rior cyber capabilities. Much weapon of global dominance Cyber warfare has three tors that are central to Chinese “has fostered an ecosystem of a single framework with clear then, technological break- before its tanks roll out on the must be formulated. The clear aspects, and China has technology strategies for its criminal contract hackers who regulations, norms, and rules. throughs have enabled coun- Ladakh border with India or urgency regarding this can be been beefing up its capabilities Make in China 2025 and Make carry out both state-sponsored India can play an active role in tries to launch sophisticated frigates and aircraft carriers gauged from the fact that the in all these spheres. One, gath- in China 2035. activities and cyber crime for these efforts by leveraging its attacks on one another to come out in the Taiwan Strait, United States accused China's er sensitive information about The world must guard its their own financial gain”. traditional strengths in technol- cause a complete breakdown China will unleash cyber war- all-powerful Ministry of State a rival country to compromise industrial secrets more than Global data governance, ogy and providing insights of vital assets across civil and (The writer is a senior journalist, fare. The future of the present Security (MSS)of a sophisticat- its national security. Two, crip- ever before. Industries that rely which requires close coopera- from its own experiences of columnist and author of the military domains. book 'Blinkers Off, How Will order will be determined by ed cyber-assault on Microsoft's ple the adversary’s national heavily on technology in sectors tion amongst countries, unfor- handling cyber-attacks. Future warfare will not just The World Counter China’. The whether China is defeated in Exchange email systems this assets like power grids and tele- like aerospace, semiconduc- tunately, has not kept pace I-warfare has no regard depend on military superiori- views expressed are personal.) its attempts to weaponize year. com networks. Three, paralyse tors, quantum, telecommunica- with technological develop- for national boundaries; the ty but the ability to conquer information. In 2020, both India and the enemy’s military command tions, etc., need to keep their ments. Norms regarding the response to it must not either. ! " . 8
% 2 R 3 ! 2 3 Tehran: Iran’s supreme leader on eight-year government as naive for its " Q ! R Wednesday called the US “stubborn” in approach in reaching the 2015 agree- ! @6"7"5,E)"57"5 % stalled nuclear talks in Vienna for dis- ment as its officials sat before him. 3 8 6 ? 3 cussing Tehran’s missiles and regional “Others should use your experi- 6 2 @ A 0 @ Taliban delegation led by !! influence. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali ences. This experience is a distrust of the AMullah Abdul Ghani Khamenei’s remarks come as his hard- West,” Khamenei said in remarks broad- ! -9@" *'#2/"=))'3.#=/'#2 penalties,” the source said, adding Baradar on Wednesday made a " line protege, President-elect Ebrahim cast by state television. “In this gov- ;#2//"'))#;3"'=/)." that those who are found to have surprise visit to China and Raisi, is posed to be sworn in next week ernment, it was shown up that trust in audi Arabia has announced a #3"'=/)/./*'"'3H)2/=.#/"'2 violated the instructions would be held talks with Chinese Foreign $ % as the head of the country’s civilian gov- the West does not work.” Sthree-year travel ban and hefty *'"'/*'9#3'<=*2#./'/ banned from travelling abroad for Minister Wang Yi, during ernment and as talks on reviving the He added: “Westerners do not help penalties on citizens who visit coun- ''#=.#/".))'3#3/*'"'2 three years. which the Taliban leader would infiltrate through its deal remain stalled in Vienna. us, they hit wherever they can.” tries on the kingdom’s Covid-19 red 2";'#=2'2.@<//'32/"#2 The Ministry called on citizens termed Beijing as a “trustwor- Afghan borders. While Raisi has said he wants to The US State Department did not list, including India. against travelling directly or indi- thy friend” and assured that the The Chinese Foreign return to the accord, which saw Iran immediately respond to a request for “Travelling to the banned coun- rectly to the red-list countries where group will not permit “anyone Ministry spokesman Zhao limit its enrichment of uranium in comment. The Biden administration tries is an obvious violation of variants. The red-list countries the pandemic has not yet been con- to use” Afghanistan’s territory. Lijian has confirmed at a media exchange for the lifting of economic days earlier criticised Iran for saying Covid-19 related travel restrictions include the UAE, Libya, Syria, trolled and there is a surge in cases This is the first meeting briefing that the delegation led sanctions, Khamenei seemingly called America had delayed a possible pris- and the Kingdom’s updated instruc- Lebanon, Yemen, Iran, Turkey, of mutated strains of coronavirus. between China and the Taliban by Baradar met Wang at the for a more-adversarial approach in his oner-swap deal, calling it “an outrageous tions,” the Gulf News on Tuesday Armenia, Ethiopia, Somalia, Congo, It also urged citizens to exercise amid the withdrawal of US and port city Tianjin located close remarks. They also appeared to describe effort to deflect blame for the current quoted a report by the state-run Afghanistan, Venezuela, Belarus, caution and stay away from areas NATO forces from Afghanistan. to Beijing. The Ministry also outgoing President Hassan Rouhani’s impasse. AP Saudi Press Agency (SPA) as saying. India and Vietnam. where instability prevails or the The ongoing offensive by posted photos of Wang with The SPA report said an official The source, quoted by the SPA, virus is spreading, and take all pre- the Taliban capturing a signif- Baradar and his delegation. at the Saudi Ministry of Interior has said there are reports about citizens cautionary measures regardless of icant amount of territory from The Taliban delegation’s warned Saudi citizens against trav- travelling to the banned countries in their destination. government forces has sparked visit followed days after elling to countries that have been put violation of the instructions issued As on Tuesday, the kingdom’s concerns in China that the sep- Pakistan and China announced on the no-travel list recently as these by official authorities.”Those who coronavirus tally stands at 5,20,774, aratist Uygur militant group plans to launch ‘joint actions’ nations are currently witnessing a violate the travel ban will be held including 11,136 active cases, while from its volatile Xinjiang in Afghanistan to drive out ter- surge in cases of Covid-19 and its accountable and slapped with heavy the total death toll was at 8,189. province, the East Turkistan rorist forces during the talks Islamic Movement, (ETIM) between Wang and Pakistan Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi at the Chinese city of Chengdu on Q !! $ R July 25. During Wednesday’s talks, Wang expressed hope that the Taliban can draw a clear line % 6 between themselves and the ETIM, Zhao said reading out a ! "*8@- Under a deal with the Taliban, the press release issued after the US and its NATO allies agreed to with- Wang-Baradar meeting. akistan Prime Minister Imran Khan draw all troops in return for a com- A recent UN report said Phas said that the US “really messed mitment by the militants that they hundreds of ETIM fighters it up” in Afghanistan as he questioned would prevent extremist groups from have gathered in Afghanistan’s the American motive for the 2001 inva- operating in areas they control. US Badakhshan province which sion of the country in the first place and President Joe Biden has announced that borders China’s volatile then their subsequent attempts of seek- American troops will be out of the Xinjiang province. ing a political solution with the Taliban country by August 31. Wang said that ETIM is a from a position of weakness. The Taliban ruled Afghanistan by listed terrorist organisation Khan also said that the only good brute force from 1996 to 2001 when the that threatens territorial solution to Afghanistan’s situation is US invasion toppled their government. integrity. Fighting ETIM is a through a political settlement that is The US invaded Afghanistan in common cause of the interna- “inclusive” an” involves all factions, October, 2001 after the Taliban refused tional community. including the Taliban. to hand over al-Qaeda’s leader Osama He expressed hope that “I think the US has really messed bin Laden, who was behind the Taliban can draw a clear line it up in Afghanistan,” Khan said dur- September 11, 2001, terror attacks in between themselves and ETIM. ing an interview with Judy Woodruff on America. Khan criticised the US for try- That would create a favourable PBS NewsHour, an American news pro- ing to “look for a military solution in condition to eradicating ter- gramme, aired on Tuesday night, Dawn Afghanistan, when there never rorism. Baradar said “China is newspaper reported. was one”. a trustworthy friend”. 1! % $ % 2 + , Q 2 ! 3 6 7 Yerevan (Armenia): Armenia’s Defence Ministry said / / , Wednesday that three of its troops were killed and two more were wounded in clashes with Azerbaijani forces on the bor- Beijing: China on Wednesday hit out at US der between the two ex-Soviet nations, which have been Secretary of State Antony Blinken for obliquely locked in a decades-long tug-of-war over the Nagorno- accusing it as a threat to democracies, saying the Karabakh region. countries claiming to be democracies faced the Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry said two of its servicemen problems of racial discrimination and political were wounded on Wednesday. polarisation. Addressing civil society members in Both countries have accused each other of starting the his first public event on Wednesday after arriving clashes. Azerbaijan said Armenian forces opened fire at its in New Delhi, Blinken warned of rising global positions on the Kalbajar section of the border. The threats to democracy. Armenian military said its personnel were attacked by the “At a time of rising global threats to democra- Azerbaijani forces. Armenian Foreign Ministry issued a state- cy and international freedoms — we talk about a ment saying that “the Azerbaijani side has been deliberate- democratic recession — it’s vital that we two world ly initiating escalation,” and the Foreign Ministry in leading democracies continue to stand together in Azerbaijan said in turn that “the responsibility for aggravat- support of these ideals,” Blinken said, without refer- ing the situation by committing another provocation on the ring to China. Armenian-Azerbaijani border lies entirely with the military- Asked for his reaction to Blinken’s remarks as political leadership of Armenia.” he seemed to be raising concern about China with- Tensions on the border have been simmering since May, out mentioning it by name, Chinese Foreign when Armenia protested what it described as Azerbaijani Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said, “I want to troops’ incursion into its territory. Azerbaijan has insisted that stress that democracy is a common value of human- its soldiers were deployed to what it considers its territory ity. It is not a patent to any country”. in areas where the border has yet to be demarcated. The way to realise democracy is diverse with- In the wake of the clashes on Wednesday, Azerbaijan’s out a certain pattern, he said. Foreign Ministry urged Armenia “to stop military provoca- “A multi-party political structure is not the only tions and start negotiations on the delimitation of the two form of democracy and democracy cannot be used state borders.” AP to stoke confrontation,” Zhao said. PTI 9 * ,3 ,,"/9
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(Bureau of Indian Standards) offer (IPO), the regulator is band and further reforms on had done trial runs before the “The price of product is portal a six-digit HUID (hall- looking into further reforms on preferential issue- being some June 7 launch but users faced governed by demand-supply. If rom receiving damaged mark unique identification preferential issue front, Tyagi of them,” Tyagi said. technical issues in accessing the builders are locked with excess Fgold items to delay in get- number) that is affixed with said at the FICCI’s annual The nature of fund raising portal. inventories, they do offer dis- ting hallmarked jewellery from each hallmarked gold article, he Capital Market Conference. has undergone a change over “I wish it hadn’t happened counts. Discounts are also the assaying centres and impo- said. He further said that the the years and the regulator has this way. But we are correcting ! 56(-6*." The survey report was released being given sometime as feel sition of an ID system on “This HUID system is focus on review of equity fund been constantly reviewing its the course and sooner the por- on Wednesday at a webinar. good factor to customers,” he goods, jewellers are facing extremely time consuming due raising norms will continue in existing regime for different tal will be as is planned, easy to majority of prospective According to the survey added. many challenges after manda- to which Assaying and the near future. modes of fund raising for some use,” she said. Ahomebuyers want dis- findings, real estate is the pre- Dhruv Agarwala, Group tory gold hallmarking came Hallmarking Centres (AHCs) “We have few other pro- time now. The new income tax e-fil- counts, freebies and flexible ferred mode of investment for CEO of Housing.Com, into force from June 16 in a are not able to hallmark more posals in pipeline that are in the He said that Sebi has ing portal payment options from builders 43 per cent (35 per cent last Makaan.Com and phased manner, jewellers’ body than 150 to 20 pieces per day,” early discussion stage – IPO made several major changes ‘www.Incometax.Gov.In’ had to encourage them to pur- year) of respondents, followed PropTiger.Com, said the GJC said on Wednesday. Jain said. Both AHCs and reforms on the book building particularly to the framework a bumpy start from the day of chase their flats as real estate by stocks 20 per cent (15 per COVID-19 health crisis has The Government has iden- the jewellers have to upload the and fixed price framework and for rights issue and preferential its launch on June 7 as it con- continues to be the preferred cent last year), fixed deposit 19 reinforced the importance of tified 256 districts from 28 HUID. provisions relating to price issue in the last two years. tinued to face tech glitches. asset class for investment, per cent (22 per cent last year) home ownership across the states and union territories for according to a joint survey by and gold 18 per cent (28 per world. “As a result, the resi- phase-1 implementation of real estate portal Housing.Com cent last year). dential real estate market is not gold hallmarking. and realty body NAREDCO. The majority of the respon- only witnessing fresh demand Gold hallmarking, a puri- The survey was conduct- dents (71 per cent) feel that from first time homebuyers but ty certification of the precious ed by the real estate portal flexible payment plans and also from a lot of consumers metal, was voluntary in nature between January and June discounts will provide much- who are upgrading to bigger so far. among over 3,000 consumers. needed financial aid during apartments. “We are ready for manda- ; 2 B J6@" 56(-6*." Conference, organised by FICCI, Tyagi said that going arkets regulator Securities forward the focus area for the Mand Exchange Board of SEBI will be on strengthening ! 898@" after the telecom player hiked India’s (SEBI) Chairman Ajay the robustness of capital mar- its prepaid tariffs, just a week Tyagi on Wednesday said that kets. quity benchmarks nursed after upgrading its postpaid a large part of the non-banking “The household financial Elosses for the third session plans. financial intermediation is hap- savings deployed in the secu- on the trot on Wednesday, Tata Steel, IndusInd Bank, pening through the capital rities market is rising and sus- weighed by banking, energy Bajaj Finserv, ICICI Bank and markets, and going ahead, they taining it will give tremendous and auto stocks amid a lack- UltraTech Cement were among will play a bigger role in the boost to both the capital mar- lustre trend overseas. the other winners, climbing up economic growth of the coun- kets and the economy,” he Global markets stayed on to 2.60 per cent. try. added. On IPOs, fund raising the backfoot amid a continuing “Going forward, the capi- and disclosures, he said said sell-off in Chinese shares, while tal markets are going to play a that the success of IPOs from investors also remained on the + bigger role in funding the eco- new age tech companies will sidelines ahead of the US nomic growth,” he said. attract more funds and help Federal Reserve’s policy deci- Addressing the 18th create a new eco-system of sion. Annual Capital Markets entrepreneurs and investors. After plummeting over ?=#<$E 700 points in intra-day trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex clawed Mumbai:The rupee recovered back some lost ground to end by 9 paise to close at 74.38 ) / / 1 / 3 135.05 points or 0.26 per cent against the US currency on lower at 52,443.71. Wednesday, snapping its two- / 3 / / Similarly, the broader NSE day losing run ahead of theUS Nifty slipped 37.05 points or Fed policy decision.Forex 4 / 5 6 # / 0.24 per cent to close at traders said the rupee is trad- 15,709.40. ing in a narrow range this New Delhi:The 14th Finance State for Planning Rao Inderjit Kotak Bank was the top week ahead of the monthly Commission has not made any Singh said after the accep- laggard in the Sensex pack, expiry and the US Fed’s poli- distinction between general tance of the 14th Finance shedding 2.64 per cent, fol- cy decision. At the interbank category States and special cat- Commission recommenda- lowed by Dr Reddy’s, M&M, foreign exchange market, the egory States in the horizontal tions, the state’s share in divis- PowerGrid, NTPC, HDFC local unit opened at 74.44 distribution of shareable taxes ible pool of central taxes has Bank and Nestle India. against the dollar and wit- among the states, Parliament increased from 32 per cent, as On the other hand, Bharti nessed an intra-day high of was informed on Wednesday. it used to be earlier, to 42 per Airtel topped the gainers’ chart 74.31 and a low of 74.49 dur- Replying to a question in cent for the period 2015-20. with a jump of 5.08 per cent ing the session. PTI the Lok Sabha, Minister of PTI # / / 3 / / 9 2@ / / * & / **C / + 3 /6 7 * 8 B + ! 56(-6*." tioned in the Budget speech Q ! 56(-6*." naming the enterprises...We ank has made Net Profit of he Government is striving are striving to conclude the B101.81 Crore during the he Government on Tto complete privatisation of transactions,” Pandey said. quarter ended June 2021 as TWednesday cleared amend- CPSEs listed out in the Budget, Speaking at a Ficci event, againstNet Profit of 21.46 ments to the Limited Liability including Air India, BPCL, the secretary said BEML, Crore in the quarter ended June Partnership (LLP) Act, with an and BEML, in the current fis- Shipping Corp of India, 2020 registering a growth aim to decriminalise various cal ending March 2022, Neelachal Ispat Nigam, BPCL of374.42%. Operating Profit provisions under the law and DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta and Air India are the compa- of the Bank for the quarter June foster the ease of doing busi- Pandey said on Wednesday. nies where the disinvestment 2021 stood at 1286.28 Crore ness in the country. The Department of process is underway. “We are asagainst 977.08 Crore for Changes include removing Investment and Public Asset striving to complete it this fis- the quarter ended June 2020 criminal action for failure to Management (DIPAM), which cal,” he said. registering a growth of 31.65%. comply with provisions of the manages sale of government g to set up a Special Net Interest Income of the Act will help about 2.30 lakh equity in public sector enter- Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for Bank for the quarter ended such firms in the country. prises, has already received monetising land and other sur- June 2021 has increased to With the approval, the total multiple expressions of interest plus assets of CPSEs. 1460.24 Crore from 1266.78 number of penal provisions in (EoIs) for strategic sale of these “On asset monetisation of Crore for the quarter ended the Act will be reduced to 22, companies. “I would certain- non-core assets...Finance min- June 2020 registering a the number of compoundable ly say Air India we are very ister had announced Special growthof 15.27%. This is high- offences will be only seven, the keen...Despite the problems, we Purpose Vehicle to be formed est Net Interest Income in last number of non-compound- may have some delay because for doing this. “We are work- 23 quarters. Other Income of able offences will be only three, of Covid but broadly disin- ing on it and trying to convert the Bank for the quarter ended and the number of defaults will vestment is on track. Some of that announcement into action, June 2021 has increase to be only 12, among others, the key transactions which we which is actually to form a SPV 969.51 Croreas against 73.93 Finance Minister Nirmala ought to complete in this finan- to enable faster monetisation Crore for the quarter ended Sitharaman said after the cial year, for the first time the of the land and other surplus June 2020 registering a growth Cabinet meeting. finance minister has men- asset of the companies,” he said. of 25.27%. CD B9 8 3
! 56(-6*." crore, Minister of State for build a strong ecosystem for have been placed in DEL Commerce and Industry Som nurturing innovation and (denied entity list) and penal- s many as 52,391 entities Parkash said in a written reply start-ups in the country. ties were imposed on 2,922 Awere recognised as start- to the Lok Sabha. In a separate reply, he said firms after adjudication. ups by the Department for “As of July 14, 2021, 52,391 17,583 companies were struck “Whenever such misuse Promotion of Industry and entities are recognised as start- off as per the provisions of (of export schemes and con- Internal Trade (DPIIT) as on ups by DPIIT,” he said. He also Section 248 of the Companies cessions) is detected, the firms July 14, Parliament was said that as on this date, over Act, 2013. Replying to a ques- are placed in the denied entity informed on Wednesday. 5.7 lakh jobs have been report- tion on exports, Minister of list (DEL) and adjudication According to industry ed by more than 50,000 start- State for Commerce and proceedings initiated. estimates, there are 53 unicorns ups. The Startup India initiative Industry Anupriya Patel said Investigations into such misuse currently in India, with a ten- is a flagship initiative of the that during the past three are concluded within a rea- tative valuation of Rs 1.4 lakh government which aims to financial years, 22,099 firms sonable time,” she said. ! " ( O$ & & ' () $& & &) $) & * +P L./ & *) # )&& $011 1&1
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AG presents the first-ever exhibition of the Dcomplete series of 288 etchings by artist Baltazard Solvyns that he called Les Hindoûs — the second, enlarged edition — that was pub- lished by the artist in Paris between 1808 and / 3 t’s an explosion of talent when 1812. This four-volume set, now a rare find, is Itwo power-packed performers a documentation of the people and material cul- come together on screen. And it ture that Solvyns encountered over the decade. + ! ! seems like the audience is in store The Flemish artist F Balthazar Solvyns lived in for one such thrill ride with Calcutta from 1791 to 1803 and produced a ( @*)N+-2*G;5 ! Vikrant Massey and Radhika remarkable series of etchings, portraying the Apte’s first-ever outing together in people of Bengal, their life and culture. ! 98 5"+ Forensic. This exhibition is a foreigner’s view of India’s The first look of the suspense past, the eighteenth century particularly. A great crime thriller, produced by Soham body of work that focusses on Bengal and neigh- Rockstar Entertainment Pvt Ltd bouring regions, where the artist lived and and Mini films, is out now. The worked for over a decade starting in 1791. film will also be the reunion of Curated by Dr Giles Tillotson, senior vice pres- Vikrant and director Vishal Furia, ident, Exhibitions and Publications at DAG, it who have previously worked is accompanied by a book that introduces, illus- together on the much-appreciated trates and contextualises this body of work. web show Criminal Justice. Durga during visarjan and a series of boats Talking about the forthcoming of Calcutta mostly in the river Hooghly are some film, Vikrant says, “I have always of the best images among the exhibition and the believed in the story being the book. The Hooghly, a distributary of the front-runner for a film and when Ganges flowing south to the Bay of Bengal, was director Vishal Furia narrated the a river of truly global significance for centuries, script to me, I was intrigued as an attracting merchants, missionaries, mercenar- actor and as a member of the audi- ies, statesmen, labourers and others from ence.” Europe, Asia and beyond. Radhika shares, “There is a The best among all the images is a retinue particular way to navigate thriller of boats of Calcutta. The craftsmanship of the films and with Forensic, it hits all make a dream film for the view- 18th century is both rich and of great beauty. The book published by DAG, replete with the right notes. I am looking for- ers.” It is the ambience of nostalgia that takes us back images of all kinds of men in the streets and ward to starting this project and “I am excited to see this film in time. The prints of many of these are boats bazaars of Calcutta, speaks of primitive simplic- working with a talented costar like come to life. When you have tal- on the Hooghly — cargo, canoes as well as dingy ity. This book is a double-dip in nostalgia and Vikrant and our director Vishal ent like Vikrant and Radhika boats — are a treat for tired eyes. It is clear that brings into memory the history of active slave who has such a clear and interest- along with director Vishal, you there was a distinct production of riverine craft markets in Calcutta in the mid 18th century. ing vision for this film.” better give the audience a memo- in building these boats for communication and Slaves, brought by Portuguese and Burmese Vishal says, “With the content rable experience. We are all set to freight on the river. It is said that 18th-centu- traders and pirates, were actively bought and landscape going through a drastic roll this edge-of-the-seat suspense ry boats were crafted from dictates found in sold throughout Calcutta, mostly on the river- shift, I feel this is a film that is sure thriller,” shares Deepak Mukut of Sanskrit models. The profiles of these boats are fronts as well as in some places in the outskirts to entertain the audience as well as Soham Rockstar Entertainment enchanting — the deeply rising prow and the of the city. Budge Budge, just south of Calcutta, keep them on the edge of their Pvt Ltd. broad planks terminating in the vertical hull — for example, was where the Portuguese slave seats. I am so humbled by the fact “The hinge of any film is the the character is one of precious antiquity. ships often moored, after which their “ship- that two powerful actors like script which is what lured actors These images seek to restore the waterway ments” were brought to Calcutta by road, or on Vikrant and Radhika are on board. like Vikrant and Radhika in. We to the heart of global history. It brings back the small riverboats. Rich in narratives, detailed in They are the kind of performers have a solid story and we are history of those who struggled to control the expression and cultural customs, this exhibition who elevate the material they invested in Vishal’s vision for the river — the Portuguese, the Mughals, the Dutch, is bound to educate, inform and engage for its have been given. And I am so film. I am glad that we have the the French and finally the British, who built their dramatic consequences that ensued. labour; the role of technologies in revolution- historical reach and range. grateful to my producers for the opportunity to tell a story of this imperial capital, Calcutta, on its banks. We con- Travelling up and down the river, Solvyns ising social relations; and the human impact on (The exhibition opens on July 31 and is on support they have shown to me. I nature, which is pacy and thrilling sider how the Hooghly was integrated into glob- explores themes of enduring concern, among the natural world. The boats of Calcutta offer view till August 20 at the Bikaner House.) am truly working with a dream in equal parts,” adds Mansi Bagla, al networks of encounter and exchange, and the them the dynamics of migration and human lessons of deep humility and fervour. 7 team and together we aspire to of Mini films. ,3/4 *;3 ' % 9) :&% )&; 6 )9 8& 9 *! ) 8( N"I ' N@ " 5 B # !" 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he last year brought me the joy Additionally, there is a need to of motherhood. And as they hone entrepreneurship capacities to Tsay, a significant part of that build a brand image that aligns joy is the opportunity to relive one’s ‘handmade in India’ with 7 own childhood. As my little one Atmanirbhar Bharat and Make in grew from weeks to months, I India. The Toycathon 2021 initiat- found myself filling the house with ed by Prime Minister Narendra scores of toys for him, many that Modi, is a great initiative in this were appropriate for his age and direction, conceived to challenge learning but also some that I found India’s innovative minds to concep- interesting and thought I would have tualise novel toys and games based relished through my childhood. To on Bharatiya civilization, history, align my purchases with my resolve culture, mythology and ethos. A col- of responsible buying and exposing laborative effort by the Ministry of n pursuance of the decision of my little one to minimal plastic evolve to match the changing mar- The 12th Five Year Plan had Education’s Innovation Cell, All Ithe Cabinet on July 14, 2021, the products and mostly home-grown kets, lack of professional projected that this sector India Council for Technical Department of Pension & items, I would carefully read through guidance and exposure, would become the Education, Ministry of Women and Pensioners Welfare has issued the specifications of the toys. I subsequent low rev- largest non-farm sec- Child Development, Ministry of orders for increasing the dearness noticed that almost every other toy % enue, little interest tor in rural India, Commerce and Industry, Ministry relief to pensioners and family was manufactured in China. Musical from the following swelling its workforce of MSME, Ministry of Textiles and pensioners of the central govern- tables, cars and carts, puzzles and generations have only by 10 per cent, dou- Ministry of Information and ment (including pensioners/ fam- stuffed animals, from popular $# )7: ) # % / added to the many bling the output Broadcasting, the initiative will sup- ily pensioners of the armed forces, brands like Fisher Price, Mattel, Lego woes of the craft and exporting 18 port winning teams to commer- all India services and railways) are manufactured in China. Even 3 / / / 3 persons of these per cent more cialise the exceptional toy concepts with effect from July 1, 2021 to 28 interactive books, published by toys. The dismal during 2012-17. with support from industry and per cent of the basic pension/fam- houses like Ladybird, Penguin, 3 realities of this The Economic investors. Currently, India’s toy mar- ily pension (including additional MilesKelly, Igloo and based out of sector are a result Census 2012 is a ket stands at around 1.5 Billion USD, pension/family pension), repre- the UK or the USA or anywhere else educate the child on his or her envi- est resource of artisanal skill and wis- of undermining its milestone in the dominated primarily by imported senting an increase of 11 per cent in the world are all printed in ronment and aid physiological, dom. However, there is no clear, potential and huge process of collecting toys and based on concepts that do over the existing rate of 17 per China. With much struggle, I could mental and emotional develop- aggregated data on the size and con- competitive advantage. robust datasets for India’s crafts, but not represent Indian heritage, civil- cent. find only a few brands selling toys ment. Traditional Indian toys were tribution of the handicraft and The Indian traditional crafts offer as a database is limited. It accounts isation and value systems. The newly Given the unprecedented sit- that checked all the boxes, were eco- simple, took inspiration from nature handloom sector in India, nor the rural opportunities for non-farm, for only those establishments that formed Ministry of Cooperation also uation which arose due to the friendly, manufactured in the coun- and supported the development of size of handmade exports or people labour-intensive, employment- take products directly to the market. has some hope for nearly 250 mil- COVID-19 pandemic, three addi- try, sturdy and of good quality, and the mind by offering necessary engaged in handmade business. intensive, value-added activity and To begin with, building a detailed lion of our traditional artisans organ- tional instalments of dearness most of all engaging and age-appro- stimulation. The rattles and dug- Available data has been restricted hold multifold advantages for each and accurate database of craftsper- ised into nearly 600,000 co-opera- relief to pensioners, which were priate for a toddler. This experience dugis, the wooden toys of Varanasi, primarily to surveys on handicrafts aspect of society and its develop- sons and artisans including those tives, including those who hand due from January 1, 2020, January threw me into a sudden nostalgia for the head-shaking Thanjavur dolls, and handlooms conducted by the ment. These crafts offer livelihoods, engaged in handcrafting toys is make toys. The ministry proposes to 1, 2021, and July 1, 2021. toys from my early years of life and the Channapatna rocking horse Ministry of Textiles and the esti- generate revenues in domestic and pivotal. On these lines, the Ministry deepen and strengthen co-operatives Now, the government has I realized that many wonderful toys and spinning tops, wood-chiselled mates vary, depending on the global markets, utilize eco-friendly of Statistics has recommended as a true people-based movement issued orders to increase the from our own culture were either Kondapalli and Natungram dolls, authority. Many crafts and artisans and sustainable processes, preserve undertaking further surveys to eval- that reaches the grassroots. dearness relief to lost in time or had no takers any Rajasthani kathputlis, or the minia- are outside the scope of this ministry, tradition, promote cultural her- uate and verify the data from the Furthermore, each small step of con- pensioners/family pensioners longer. ture Bhatukali utensils have been a and often toymakers fall outside this itage, and empower women and Economic Census 2012 and to scious and responsible buying by with effect from July 1, 2021, to India’s glorious cultural heritage part of our treasured possessions ambit. A robust database on the size marginalised communities as most analyse some puzzling data sets and individuals will be catalytic in reviv- 28 per cent of the basic boasts of being the originator of and memories at some time. Made and contribution of the lifeline of the artisans are still at the margins of for the development of satellite ing our traditional toys and empow- pension/family pension. The many globally popular games and of natural and recyclable material, most vulnerable sections of the society. With social, political, envi- accounts for assessing the contribu- ering the toymakers. increase subsumes the three toys. In fact, archaeological findings these toys were in sync with our sen- Indian economy has been missing ronmental, cultural, historical, eco- tion of this important sector. Satellite (The author is a development additional instalments arising on highlight the presence and impor- sibilities and sanskar. These toys told and this challenge of data has been nomic, aesthetic and even spiritual accounts will help map opportuni- communication specialist who the dates mentioned above. The tance of toys in India from the Indus a story and were a cultural asset, pro- one of the many factors negatively elements, the Indian handmade ties and challenges for building on leads communication for the health rate of dearness relief for the peri- Valley Civilization, over 6000 years moting both learning and livelihood. impacting the handmade toy sector industry and its issues require multi- the existing base of these sectors, and governance initiatives at the od from January 1, 2020, to June 30, back. Needless to say, toys are an India is probably the world’s too. Neglect of several past govern- sectoral consolidated attention and taking to scale an unparalleled United Nations Development 2021, shall remain at 17 per cent important part of childhood, as they largest crafts capital and the great- ments, inadequate resources to effort. Indian advantage. Programme in India.) of basic pension/family pension. + 3 ; C8 8
In a tie-up with Voltas, the scheme + '! offers nearly 40 per cent discount on MRP of 1.0 and 1.5 Ton Split AC Scheme is open for all segments of consumers and any number of ACs can be purchased 2,500 shall be adjusted for old AC under buyback scheme Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (Tata Power-DDL), a lead- SALIENT FEATURES OF THE AC: accounts for almost 50 per cent of ing utility supplying electricity to a . energy consumption in Delhi and populace of 7 million in North power consumption of ACs is a major Delhi, has tied up with Voltas for an ) component of the same. The usage exclusive scheme on energy-effi- of the 5-star rated ACs can help cient ‘5-star all weather (hot and cold) ' reduce electricity consumption r Virendra Kumar, Union Northeast India. inverter air conditioner’ for its con- sharply. DMinister of Social Justice and Narayanaswamy added that the sumers. Discounted Price of ‘5-star all- Empowerment, e-inaugurated the Northeast region of India is historical- Tata Power-DDL has been a ? weather inverter AC’ for Tata Power- fifth Northeast India Traditional ly known for its fine artisans and has frontrunner in introducing energy- ny aims to promote the usage of ener- or exchange their old ACs for one ton ( 3 5000 samples of covid-19 the full benefits of all these national Northeast, encouraging the textile emony was also attended by senior dignitaries from PFC will also ensure that the Ajar station gets relieved by work done by THSTI and and indigenous antibody kit mission programs such as the Samagra and craft industry to take an inclusion- and REC Power Development and Consultancy 450 Amps of electricity. THSTI’s high-end facilities development. Shiksha Abhiyan, National Bamboo ary approach. The NEIFW focussed which include an immunology When asked about THSTI’s Mission, Skill Development. on skills and entrepreneurship build- core lab, biosafety level-3 facil- role in contributing to the coun- He also added these kinds of ing, artisan training workshop, the ity (BSL-3), small animal facil- try’s futuristic science, he said events will certainly encourage entre- exhibition of divyang artisans, a tra- ! $ ity (SAF), ferret facility, that THSTI works on finding preneurial avenues for divyangjan, ditional dress show and the tradition- biorepository and an office of innovative solutions to dis- while generating employment oppor- al cultural festival. This will not just he 2017 batch alumni of SRM This was undertaken through the connectivity at NCR’s Biotech eases/disorders based on the tunities for them. All the institutions create awareness about the skills and TInstitute of Science and Director (Alumni Affairs) Dr A Science Cluster. These facilities existing knowledge. Speaking on of the department, including eight abilities of divyangjan but also help Technology (SRMIST), led by Rathinam. were inaugurated by Dr Jitendra the progress THSTI has made in national institutes, Rehabilitation promote their employment avenues. Neelesh Kumar Kuttala and Pavan Speaking at the event, Neelesh Singh, the Minister of State the last twelve years, Prof Garg Council of India, National Trust, Members of the divyangjan commu- have donated 100 vaporisers to said, “Several of my school teachers (IC), Minister of Science and said THSTI has made a mark National Handicapped Finance, nity, along with their families and rep- SRMIST maintenance workers and were affected due to this pandem- Technology MoS (IC) Earth globally. He said THSTI’s NABL Development Corporation and resentatives of other NGOs, DPOs, hospital staff. This was done by the ic. During the first wave, I reached Science, MoS PMO, Personnel, accredited Bioassay Lab has Artificial Limb Manufacturing parent organisations, special schools, duo’s initiative - Bhishma and out to them and helped them get Public Grievances and Pensions, been recognised as a part of the Corporation of India are also conduct- special vocational centres and coop- Abhimanyu under the theme (Interim) Dr S Ponnusamy, Deputy back on their feet. Now I want to do Atomic Energy and Space, on Coalition for Epidemic ing various awareness programmes eratives from all eight North-Eastern ‘Humanity starts with charity’ in a Registrar and Director (SRM something for my institution and July 15, during the 12th founda- Preparedness Innovations during this event. With an inclusive States are participating in this historic bid to help the underprivileged Institute of Hotel Management) Dr hence I came up with this idea.” tion day celebrations of THSTI. (CEPI) network lab, one of its approach towards divyangjan, this event that will pave the way forward fight COVID-19. Antony Ashok Kumar, Deputy Dr Muthamizhchelvan said, During the briefing, Prof kind in India. He also spoke event seeks to enrich the Make in India for re-engineering the concept of Present during the handover Registrar, Wordsworth “We are proud that our alumni Garg gave an insight into these briefly about other facilities at movement by mainstreaming divyang- skilling, employment and entrepre- ceremony were SRMIST’s Vice Manivannan, and Associate remember and think about their facilities which will help in pro- THSTI which have been con- jan along with promoting the indige- neurship of divyangjan across the Chancellor (Interim) Dr C Director (Campus life) & Nodal alma mater even after leaving the viding infrastructural support to tributing towards the research nous culture and art-forms of country. 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esterday, Vellore Institute of software engineering integrated pro- with good infrastructure also pos- YTechnology’s (Andhra Pradesh) grammes through seven different sesses 72 student operated clubs founder-chancellor, Dr G Viswanathan schools. Those are School of and chapters. VIT-AP has signed met with YS Jaganmohan Reddy, Computer Science and Engineering 14 MOUs with industry partners Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (SCOPE), School of Electronics to enrich student skills with cer- and handed over 50,00,000 towards Engineering (SENSE), School of tification in addition to MOUs the Chief Minister’s RELIEF FUND Mechanical Engineering (SMEC), with 18 Partner universities from to support the efforts of the Andhra School of Advanced Sciences (SAS), the USA, UK, Australia and Pradesh government’s fight against VIT-AP School of Business (VSB), Europe creating opportunities for COVID-19. Initially, VIT-AP had VIT-AP School of Law (VSL), VIT- faculty exchange and semester donated `25 lakh on March 30, AP School of Social Sciences and abroad programmes (SAP). 2020to the state government. Humanities (VISH). Sankar Viswanathan, vice Dr SV Kota Reddy, the vice- with specialisations in Digital Sc in Physics, Chemistry, Data Dr Sekar Viswanathan, vice president of VIT University and chancellor, shared that VIT-AP is Marketing, Fintech, Business Science, BA-MA Public Service, president of VIT, said that the VIT- Dr CLV Sivakumar, registrar of offering undergraduate programmes Analytics Post Graduate programmes BSc-MSc Data science Dual Degree AP campus has 4728 students from VIT-AP were also present on the 2 98. 2 24 8/ &29& 8 42 4 9 / in B. Tech CSE, ECE, Mech, BBA in, M Tech CSE, M. Tech(VLSI) M and BA LLB and BBA LLB, M Tech 27 states and six countries and along occasion. 2 4 ! " #
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H 8 24& powerfully, her wild swings 6-4 in men’s individual first 4 " mostly missing the target area. round match; loses to Itay Next up for Rani is Shanny (Israel) in shoot-off in 40 minutes for his second defeat Sindhu said. In men’s singles Tokyo: Two-time Asian Olympic Bronze-medallist, second round. in Group D. match, Praneeth was inconsis- champion Indian boxer Pooja two-time Asian champion, Pravin Jadhav beats Galsan The world No 15 Indian tent and erratic and didn’t have Rani (75kg) out-punched and former world Gold- Bazarzhapov (Russian Olympic had earlier lost his opening answers to his opponent’s pre- Algeria’s Ichrak Chaib in her medallist Li Qian of China. Committee) 6-0 in men’s indi- round to Israel’s Misha cise returns. opening bout to enter the The two will square off on vidual first round; loses to Zilberman. “I was not confident quarterfinals of her maiden July 31. Brady Ellison (USA) 0-6 in sec- World No 29 Caljow, with enough. I was trying everything Olympic Games on The 31-year-old has an ond round. %A >+ this win, topped the group to but there was no confidence in Wednesday. impressive record against the Deepika Kumari beats Karma qualify for the knockout stage. my strokes. I came on the court The 30-year-old Indian Indian, having beaten her in (Bhutan) 6-0 in women’s indi- 2 Only the group toppers advance to win but unfortunately it was clinched it 5-0, thoroughly the semifinals of the 2014 vidual first round match; beats to the knockout stage. not a good performance for me. dominating a rival 10 years Asian Games as well as last Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez For Sindhu, it was her sixth I started well in the second and her junior. year’s Asian Olympic quali- (USA) 6-4 in second round. win over Cheung in as many then lost the points,” Praneeth The Haryana-boxer was fiers in Jordan. Hockey: India lose 1-4 to @ meetings. said. in command with her right On Thursday, six-time Great Britain in women’s Pool “I found my rhythm from world champion M C Mary A match. the second game on and I fin- Kom (51kg) will fight her Sailing: KC Ganapathy and L ished it off. It was a fast game pre-quarterfinal bout against Varun Thakkar finish 18th, and I made a couple of unforced Colombia’s Ingrit Valencia, a 17th and 19th in three races to errors. I changed my tactics and . $ boxer she has defeated both languish at 18th overall in got things under control. This times the two have faced off. men’s Skiff 49er. type of test is important before Tokyo: Japan’s badminton In the men’s competition, Rowing: Arjun Lal Jat and a big match,” the 26-year-old world No 1 Kento Momota debutant Satish Kumar, the Arvind Singh finish sixth in Indian said after the match. was knocked out in the group first super heavyweight men's lightweight double sculls World No 7 Sindhu will stages at the Tokyo Olympics (+91kg) to make the Olympic semifinal 2; fail to qualify for $ now meet Denmark’s world on Wednesday, a day after cut from India, will open his medal round. number 12 Mia Blichfeldt, who Japanese tennis superstar campaign in the pre-quarter- topped Group I. Naomi Osaka also went on final stage against Jamaica’s IN ACTION TODAY Sindhu has a 4-1 head-to- women’s singles in tennis. Ricardo Brown. Hockey: India vs Argentina &"'() head record against Blichfeldt, Unseeded South Korean Satish is a former Asian (Men’s) whose only win against the Heo Kwang-hee, 25-year-old Games Bronze-medallist and Boxing: MC Mary Kom vs IL Indian was at the Yonex world No 38, beat Momota 21- a Commonwealth Games Valencia (Colombia). . ! "! @ # " $ & / ! Thailand Open earlier this year. 15, 21-19, ending the favourite’s Silver-medallist. Badminton: P V Sindhu vs “It’s not going to be an easy bid for the Gold medal after So far, Manish Kaushik Mia Blichfeldt (Denmark). Tokyo: Reigning world champi- men’s competition of the Tokyo match to top Group J. game. I need to recover well and just two matches in the group (63kg), Vikas Krishan (69kg) Archery: Atanu Das vs Deng on P V Sindhu stormed into the Games on Wednesday. However, 13th seed come back stronger. I’ve played phase. & " and Ashish Chaudhary (75kg) Yu-Cheng (Chinese Taipei). pre-quarterfinals of women’s Sindhu, who had claimed a Praneeth failed to bring his ‘A’ her a couple of times, every “I’m thankful for all the ! & @& $ have bowed out with opening- Shooting: Rahi Sarnobat and singles badminton event but B Silver medal in Rio, beat world game to the table once again, point is going to be important. support that I have received,” “I’m sorry I could not ful- round losses from among the Manu Bhaker in Women’s 25m Sai Praneeth’s maiden Olympic No 34 Hong Kong’s NY Cheung going down 14-21, 14-21 to She’s an aggressive player so I Momota is quoted as saying fil all the expectations that peo- nine-strong squad that qual- Pistol Qualification. campaign ended in agony in the 21-9, 21-16 in a 35-minute Mark Caljouw of Netherlands in need to be aggressive as well,” after the match by the BWF. ple had of me.” ified for the Games. ' ' B 2 < 1 $ " $ Tokyo: Battling gusty winds one point (25-26). 24). In the winner-takes-all Tokyo: The Indian women’s “The individual perfor- under floodlights, Deepika But she bounced back fifth set, Deepika had two 9s hockey team wasted chances mances just weren’t good = ! 2 Kumari was not at her best but strongly, firing in three 10s in to start with before finishing galore to lose 1-4 against defend- enough.” the world number one archer a row to usurp a 4-2 lead. She, with a poor 8. ing champions Great Britain on Rani Rampal’s side will next ! )2:;2 kept the Indian medal hopes however, failed to wrap up the Needing a 10 in her last Wednesday, its third consecutive play Ireland on Friday. alive by sailing into the pre- match in the fourth set, mis- arrow to force a shoot-off, preliminary stage defeat which The Indians needed at least resurgent Indian men’s quarter finals of the women’s firing a 6 in her second arrow. Jennifer signed off with a reduces the side’s chances of a point from this game to be safe Ahockey team would look individual section at the Tokyo The 18-year-old nine in what was a promising qualifying for the Olympic quar- but they now will have to win to seal a quarterfinal berth but Olympics on Wednesday. American made it 4-4, win- campaign for the American terfinals. their remaining two matches defending champions On a day her teammates ning the set by one-point (25- teenager. The Indians were guilty of against Ireland and South Africa Argentina won’t be an easy Tarundeep Rai and Pravin “Maybe I was nervous wasting opportunities in their to harbour any hopes of quali- challenge to overcome when Jadhav exited in round and was not able to adjust to first two games and the trend fying for the knockout stage. the two sides clash in their two, Deepika survived the tricky wind conditions,” continued on Wednesday as Despite the setback, penultimate pool match of the some anxious moments Deepika said after the hard- Great Britain punished them Marijne Insisted that they still Olympics on Thursday. before getting past US fought win. through strikes from Hannah have a chance of progressing to With two wins out of teenager Jennifer “I tried very hard and Martin (2nd and 19th minute), " # " the knockout round and asked three games, world No 4 India Mucino-Fernandez 6-4 to that was the reason I could not Lily Owsley (41st minute) and his players to introspect. are sitting pretty at the second sail into round three. get consistent scores.” Grace Balsdon (57th minute). Marijne described the defeat as We always try to play for a six “We still have chances. spot in Pool A, which is being Deepika’s husband Deepika will have two This was Great Britain’s sec- his side’s ‘worst match’ of the (out of 10) for each individual, There are still six points to get headed by the unbeaten Atanu Das is the only other day’s break before gearing up ond consecutive win in Pool A. ongoing Olympics and lam- and I don’t think each individ- and that can be enough for the Australians which boast of a Indian left in the fray. The for her big day on Saturday For India, Sharmila Devi basted the players for failing to ual today played for a six. Bad quarters. That’s what we’re all perfect record till now from India No 1, who slipped to when the women’s individ- scored the lone goal in the raise their game in the crucial decisions, bad choices and I’m about, that’s our goal and that’s three games. 35th place in the ranking, ual medals will be decided. 23rd minute. match. pretty disappointed by this,” the what I said to the girls,” the Argentina, currently begins his campaign against Her round-three oppo- Indian coach Sjoerd “This was our worst match. Dutchman said after the match. coach said. ranked seventh in the world, Deng Yu-Cheng of Chinese nents will be decided on are placed at the fourth spot Taipei in his opening round Thursday and her bracket with one win, a draw and a of 64 match on Thursday. includes world number 8 loss respectively. Deepika, who qualified as Ksenia Perova (Russian team Going by head-to-head ninth seed in the ranking Silver medalist in Rio 2016) % = / > records in recent times, India round, had a facile 6-0 win and Maja Jager of Denmark definitely has an edge over over world number 193 (the 2013 World champion) Tokyo: Indian rowers Arjun Lal Jat and bower, Arvind is the team’s stroker. The two Argentina. Karma of Bhutan in a low- who are headed for a poten- Arvind Singh failed to qualify for the men’s had finished fifth in their heats on Saturday. In the FIH Pro League scoring opening round tial round-two clash. lightweight double sculls final at the Tokyo double header earlier this match. Earlier in the day, 37- Olympics after finishing sixth and last in the SAILORS LANGUISH AT BOTTOM year, India beat Argentina 3- Returning year-old second semifinal here on Wednesday. Enoshima: The Indian pair of K Ganapathy 2 in the shoot-out after the to action in Rai lost to Arjun and Arvind clocked 6:24.41 to and Varun Thakkar languished at 18th after first game ended 2-2. They less than an Itay Shanny finish last in the six-team semifinal 2 at the four races in the men’s skiff 49er sailing also registered a comfortable hour under of Israel in a tight shoot-off Sea Forest Waterway. event at the Tokyo Olympics here on 3-0 win in the next game in lights at the finish for a heartbreaking sec- The top three pairs in each of the two Wednesday. Buenos Aires. Yumenoshima Park, ond round exit in his last semifinals qualify for the final. The Indian duo finished 18th, 17th and In the practice matches, Deepika felt the pres- Olympics. Rai’s Army col- Arjun and Arvind have, however, pro- 19th in the three races on Wednesday. They which were part of Olympic sure early on as she start- league Pravin Jadhav also suf- duced the best-ever Olympic performance finished 18th in the first race on Tuesday preparation for both teams, ed off hitting the red-cir- fered a round-two loss as the by Indian rowers by reaching the semifinals. in 19-team race at Enoshima Yacht Harbour. the Indians registered a 4-3 cle, managing a poor 7 duo failed to negotiate gusty They will finish at least at the 12th spot. P. ! '' ? & " Eight more races and a medal round win, 4-4 draw, 0-1 loss and 4- to lose the first set by wind conditions here. While Arjun assumes the role of the ! @ , 7 % + , , ,""/ BD 2 C / Q / 3 3 Colombo: A depleted Covid- 19-hit India struggled for Tokyo: Its morale hit after a momentum against the Sri series of poor results and rev- Lankan spinners on a sluggish elation of factionalism among track, managing 132 for five in coaches, India’s shooting con- the second T20I, here on tingent would be looking Wednesday. towards the seasoned Rahi Debutant Devdutt Sarnobat for a reboot while Padikkal, though, in his brief hoping that Manu Bhaker innings gave a glimpse of a rediscovers her form in the bright future. women’s 25m pistol event of the The degree of difficulty Olympics on Thursday. could be gauged by the fact that Bhaker will get one last only seven boundaries and a six chance to leave her mark at the was hit in 20 overs with as many Games on Thursday after she as 42 dot balls consumed by the The other much-anticipat- sweep. endured a major weapon mal- visiting team batsmen. ed debut of Ruturaj Gaikwad But the man who impressed function leading to a heart- However looking at the (21 off 18 balls) also ended in the most was Padikkal, who slog breaking exit from the women’s pitch, India won’t be unhappy a whimper when a Sri Lankan swept Dhanajaya de Silva for a 10 air pistol event. with their score. captain Dasun Shanaka’s short six, ran well between the wick- Thursday could well turn Skipper Shikhar Dhawan ball climbed on him and he got ets during his 32-run stand out to be a new beginning for (40 off 42 balls) aware of a thin- himself in a tangle while play- with skipper Dhawan and brief Bhaker and Indian shooting, on experience batting line-up ing a pull-shot that went one with Sanju Samson. provided she and Sarnobat can had a cautious approach on a straight-up after for Minod But the player, who once >= "( ( ''"(# ( ! ! handle the pressure. track where ball simply refused Bhanuka. again blew away an opportuni- !# " =0=+ Sarnobat, fresh from an to come onto the bat and Knowing that only five ty was Sanju Samson (7 off 13 ( @! #=;=& 9"' - ISSF World Cup stage Gold in improvisation was the order of batsmen are playing on the day, balls). He was hoodwinked by @>B113 = Osijek, Croatia, leading up to the day. Dhawan had to cut down on a leg break from Akila <= @ " @# " =B= 2 the Games and Bhaker will With heavy rain slowing the risky shots even though a cover Dananjaya (2/29) and was " ( (#!/! ' (><( ' have to go through two days of outfield, run-making became an drive, an on-drive and a slog- bowled. " " # # # #, " qualification on Thursday and ordeal but young Padikkal (29 pull behind square were there Samson has now blown 4!# "=C= @- ( ( # 9 ! Friday, before the top eight are off 23 balls) was elegant as usual among his five fours before off- away nine chances in T20Is and ! "" @ separated after the second rapid before a moment’s indiscretion spinner Dananjaya de Silva is unlikely to get too many more fire round. did him in. (2/13) got him to play the slog- after Thursday’s final game.