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He Aof 31,445 new cases of the last 24 hours. Health work- (3865), Kozhikode (3680) and also said the country is ready Covid-19 were detected in ers accounted for 123 cases on Malappuram (3502) logged to deal with the possibility of Kerala while 215 persons suc- Wednesday and this has caused more than 3,000 new cases. terrorist activity after the latest cumbed to the pandemic on developments there. Wednesday. The test positivity His observations came a & '( day ahead of the all-party meeting called by the Centre to brief various political lead- anticipating this thing hap- ers about the situation in pening maybe a couple of )#* ++* , Afghanistan. External Affairs months down the line,” Minister S Jaishankar will brief he added. $ % & the leaders. The CDS made these - Rawat asserted that any remarks while addressing an possible terrorist activity flow- interactive session, with - However, what came as a ing out of Taliban-controlled Commander of the US Indo- . ! " " /0' relief was that despite the reg- Afghanistan and finding its Pacific Command Admiral " istered decline, the overall vac- way into India will be firmly John Aquilino, organised by the # cine effectiveness was estimat- dealt with. He also suggested Observer Research Foundation. R ! ed to be 80 per cent in pre- that the Quad nations should Aquilino referred to chal- venting infection during the boost cooperation in the glob- lenges that India has been fac- of the visa process by intro- " study period. al war on terrorism. ing, specifically with regard to duction of the e-Emergency X- he vaccine effectiveness The study was conducted He also said India was “sovereignty on the Line of Misc visa, it has been decided " Tamong the frontline work- between December 14, 2020, anticipating a Taliban takeover Actual Control” as well as the that all Afghan nationals ers declined from 91 per cent and August 14, 2021. It includ- of Afghanistan but the time- “foundational security con- henceforth must travel to India P " to 66 per cent after the Delta ed data from 4,217 participants, lines of the latest develop- cerns” in the South China Sea only on e-visa,” the Home variant of Covid-19 became including healthcare personnel, ments have surprised it, noting region, in a clear reference to Ministry said. " prevalent in the country, said a first responders, and other that the outfit has not changed China’s aggressive behaviour. The directive also said visas study by the US Centres for frontline workers in eight US over the past 20 years. On the latest developments issued to all Afghanistan " Disease Control and locations across six States. “From India’s perspective, in Afghanistan, Rawat said n an effort to prevent the nationals, who are currently Prevention. They were tested weekly we were anticipating a Taliban India is committed to ensuring Ientry of persons with doubt- passports that could help ter- not in India stand invalidated. for Covid infection using the takeover of Afghanistan. a terrorist-free environment ful credentials, India will only rorists enter India, the Afghanistan nationals who RT-PCR method. We were concerned in the region. allow e-visas to Afghan nation- Government on Wednesday want to apply for an Indian visa At least 83 per cent of the about how the terrorist activi- “As far as Afghanistan is als wanting to come here. This decided with immediate effect can apply via the Indian participants were vaccinated ties from Afghanistan could concerned, we will make sure development came amid to declare all the earlier visas Government’s official website: with Pfizer-BioNTech, overflow into India,” that any activity likely to flow reports that some Urdu-speak- invalid. Those willing to trav- indianvisaonline.gov.in. Moderna-mRNA, and Johnson Rawat said. out of Afghanistan and then ing people attacked the Kabul el to India were asked to apply On the missing passports & Johnson’s Janssen vaccines. “And to that extent, our find its way into India will be office of an agency and took for e-visa only, officials said, from the office of an agency About two-thirds of contingency planning had been dealt with in the manner in away Afghan passports with adding it is mandatory. handling visas on behalf of those vaccinated had received ongoing and we are prepared which we have been stamped Indian visas. “Owing to the prevailing India, reports said these could the Pfizer Inc-BioNTech SE for it. Yes, the timelines cer- dealing with terrorism in our Fearing the misuse of the security situation in be used by Pakistan-based ter- shot, 2 per cent received tainly surprised us. We were country,” he said. Indian visas to prepare fake Afghanistan and streamlining rorists to enter India. Johnson & Johnson’s, and the rest received the Moderna Inc vaccine. The CDC said the findings P !" of the study should be looked at with caution as the vaccine # # ! " effectiveness might be declin- # $ % &' ing over time. Kabul: Taliban spokesman London: Britain on Wednesday Zabihullah Mujahid said Taliban have smooth and effec- sovereignty, independence and warned the Taliban against Afghan citizens will not be tive communication and con- territorial integrity of attempts to coercively seal off allowed to leave the country hina has established its sultation,” Chinese Foreign Afghanistan, follow the prin- Afghanistan from the rest of the any more by the ongoing US Cfirst diplomatic contact Ministry spokesman Wang ciple of non-interference in world and urged the militant evacuation process, while also with the Taliban in Kabul after Wenbin told a media briefing Afghanistan’s internal affairs group to keep its borders open. * warning that Washington the militant group took control here when asked about the and adhere to the friendly pol- Foreign Secretary Dominic should withdraw all troops of Afghanistan and the two talks between the deputy head icy for all the Afghan people,” Raab said attempts by the vaccinate all schoolteachers the States to try to vaccinate all and contractors before August sides now have “smooth and of the Taliban’s political office Wang said, adding that China Taliban to shut down the coun- across India on priority before schoolteachers on priority 31 deadline and no extension effective communication”, a Abdul Salam Hanafi and respects the Afghan people’s try could trigger a “refugee cri- Teacher’s Day on September 5. before Teacher’s Day,” said would be possible. Mujahid’s Chinese official said on Chinese Ambassador to independent choice of their sis” once Western forces with- The Government said it Union Health Minister remarks came as US President Wednesday. Afghanistan Wang Yu in Kabul. own future. drew from Kabul airport on will provide 2 crore addition- Mansukh Mandaviya. Joe Biden told G7 leaders that The Taliban seized power “Kabul is naturally an “China also stands ready to August 31, as migrants make al vaccine doses to States to Education Minister he aims to stick with his August in Afghanistan on August 15, important platform and chan- continue to develop good- their way to neighbouring coun- s schools are gradually vaccinate teachers. Dharmendra Pradhan too has 31 deadline to withdraw troops two weeks before the US was nel for the two sides to discuss neighbourliness, friendship and tries. He noted that Afghan bor- Areopening amid fear of “In addition to the plan to said that vaccinating teachers from Afghanistan as long as the set to complete its troop with- various important matters,” cooperation with Afghanistan der was “rugged and wide- Covid-19 third wave and lack provide vaccines to every State will reduce the disruption of Taliban does not disrupt ongo- drawal after a costly two- Wang said, without disclosing and play a constructive role in ranging” and that efforts to of vaccines available for school- this month, more than 2 crore the sector that has ing evacuation operations or decade war. the details. Afghanistan’s peace and isolate the country from the rest children under the age of 18, vaccine doses are being made been hit severely since March airport access. IANS “China and the Afghan “We always respect the reconstruction.” of the world would fail. PTI the Government is planning to available. We have requested all last year. 1 %)2 2 $%"&'()*+ ( 3( 3, ,) (-% # #01 the proposals and requisitions booked for open infra, which is of investors for required inter- ready to be allocated for 51 elec- harkhand is all set to launch ventions. tronic manufacturing units. down to 67 in Ranchi as at least Jits very own industrial and With the launch of JIIPP The Government aims to nine patients recovered here investment promotion policy to 2021, the State Government is attract an investment of up to harkhand on Wednesday vac- while three people were found revive business opportunities in looking towards promoting 1,00,000 crore through JIIPP Jcinated more than 1.4 lakh res- infected by coronavirus, the the State and transform the business opportunities in the 2021. To attract a large number idents against Covid-19, while NHM stated in its bulletin. East image of Jharkhand from a field of Textile and Apparels, of investors the Government the active caseload of the disease Singhbhum, on the other hand, State of mines and minerals to Automobile, Auto-Components has proposed many attractive dropped below the 150-mark in reported three cases against a State full of opportunities and Electric Vehicles, Food and incentive provisions. The pro- the State as Covid recoveries out- four recoveries and the active across multiple sectors. The Meat Processing, Pharma, posed Jharkhand Industrial ( # numbered fresh cases of the viral caseload there dropped to 10. Government-led by Chief Electronic System Design and and Investment Promotion infection by a significant margin While at least 20 of 24 dis- Minister Hemant Soren has Manufacturing, Tourism, policy promises investors up to connectivity. Also, India’s 2nd for the fourth day in a row, data tricts in Jharkhand did not been working tirelessly to Health, IT & ITeS, Renewable 100 per cent relief from SGST multi-model water port has compiled by the health depart- report fresh cases of Covid-19 attract investment in Jharkhand Energy, Breweries and for up to 9 Years whereas 75 per been made in the state of ment highlighted. on the day, none of the remain- and to create a vast range of Distilleries, Startup and cent for large scale industries Jharkhand on the river Ganges, As per provisional figures ing four districts reported a business opportunities in the Incubation centres, Education which is again for up to 12 which opens up industries estab- released by the National Health spike of more than three cases. state. The CM envisions estab- and Technical Institutes and Years. The policy incentivises lished in Jharkhand to the glob- Mission (NHM), Jharkhand Dhanbad and Ramgarh report- lishing the State as one of the other MSMEs. investors up to 25 crore as a al market. It creates an excellent administered the first dose of ed one Covid case each on the first and foremost investment To establish the State as a comprehensive investment pro- opportunity for the investors to vaccine to at least 1,09,267 day. The State did not report destinations in the country. hub of electronic manufactur- ject subsidy with an addition- connect to the markets of Indo- residents, while as many as fresh casualties caused by the The CM will launch ing & system design, a dedi- al 5 per cent incentive provision Nepal-Bangladesh and North- 32,414 beneficiaries received deadly virus and the Covid toll Jharkhand Industrial and cated Adityapur Electronic for SC/ST/Women/Specially East through waterways. their second jab. As many as in Jharkhand remained 5132. Investment Promotion Policy Manufacturing Cluster has abled investors. Apart from The Government strives 1,05,901 beneficiaries vacci- ! " % Jharkhand on Wednesday 2021 at the Investor’s meet to been established near these, the policy has provisions for industrial development in nated on the day fell in the age & tested swab samples of 62,379 be organised on August 27 and Jamshedpur under the aegis of for Early Bird Subsidy, Anchor the State. To achieve desired bracket of 18 years to 44 years. residents and 0.01 per cent of 28 in New Delhi. The investor’s Adityapur Electronic Subsidy, Interest Subsidy, results the Government is plan- Data available on the Co- Co-Win dashboard reflected. day, highlighted Co-Win data. them were found infected by meet will also include business Manufacturing Cluster Limited, Power Subsidy and many more. ning to attract new invest- Win platform reflected that Over 100 session sites opened As per a separate bulletin SARS-CoV-2 virus. As per to Government meetings with a special purpose company for Jharkhand is one of the ments but also wants to revive close to 1,400 vaccination cen- their doors in East Singhbhum shared by the NHM, the state Government data, the state interested investors. During the smooth functioning of largest producers of Tasar silk in ill/sick industrial units. The tres remained operational and nearly 25,000 residents reported at least 21 Covid has so far reported over 3.47 B2G, the Chief Minister will EMC. Aditypur EMC is a India, 2nd Largest producer of government has marked indus- across Jharkhand on were inoculated there, while recoveries against eight fresh lakh cases of Covid-19 and hold one on one meetings with greenfield project spread across Horticulture crops, ranked 5 th trial units which can be revived Wednesday. About 60 session over 8,000 residents were cases and the active caseload in 98.48 per cent of the patients all such stakeholders/ repre- 82 acres of land. The campus in Ease of Doing Business. 33 and turned into production sites were operational in Ranchi administered vaccines in Jharkhand dropped to 140. have recovered, while 1.47 sentatives from different busi- has 92 flatted factory units National Highways pass through units, such industrial units will on the day and 8,000-odd res- Dhanbad, where 49 session The count of active cases of per cent of the patients could ness houses from across the ready with plug & play facility. Jharkhand, the state has excel- be restarted under the benefi- idents were vaccinated here, the sites were operational on the Covid-19 also dropped further not survive. country, where he will listen to An area of 49 acres has been lent Rail, Road, Air and Port cial provisions of JIIPP 2021. ! "
Jamshedpur: Administration distancing while venturing out and police officials have sealed to carry out their essential about eight shops and show- works in the wake of the rooms at Bistupur on charges COVID-19 pandemic. of not implementing the stan- The team hit the streets at dard operating procedures Sakchi and Bistupur markets to issued by the Government to carry out surprise inspections prevent the spreading of to check whether people were Covid-19 virus infection. wearing masks and also hand- NK Lal, Additional District ed over masks to those who Magistrate, Law and Order, were not, even while explain- during a mask checking drive ing the importance of person- in Bistupur market and shops al safety to them. ordered sealing of showrooms The team went to Sakchi of Aurelia, Killer and market and various shops along Kalamkari boutiques for 24 that stretch checking whether hours, while Ashok and Co personal distance was being (grocery stores), Modern maintained and people wore Tailors and Ana’s Collection face masks. was ordered closure for 48 “The safety is in our own hours and Asoka Sarees hands. Violation of Covid (Kamani Center) for 72 hours. norms will hasten the third According to sources, dur- wave. There are concerns of ing checks it was found that overcrowding in the markets several shops failed to provide with some people not wearing handwashing facilities to the masks. However, the number of customers visiting their estab- people in the markets is fewer lishments and also did not than last year,” said an official. insist the visitors wear face The East Singhbhum masks while doing the busi- health department has intensi- ness. At some establishments fied the rapid antigen test drive. the staff has also failed to wear The official explained that the face masks. rapid antigen tests detect the The district administra- presence of viral proteins (anti- tion has imposed restrictions in gens) expressed by the Covid- different areas in view of pos- 19 virus in a sample taken from sibile third wave of Covid-19. the respiratory tract of a person. A team from district police, " The result of the test is made Jamshedpur Notified Area available within 15 minutes, " he Committee ( JNAC) led a drive said, adding that the objective to sensitise people to wear face is to trace, track and treat masks and ensure personal Covid positive patients. PNS 451 ( 5 85 round 150 street lights Ahave disappeared from Jamshedpur: The East the pole in Bhawnathpur pan- Singhbhum district created a chayat under the same block of record of sorts by administer- the district. Villagers ing 22, 730 Covid-19 vaccines. Ramashankar Mehta, District Health Department Surendra Ram, Joginder officials confirmed that 22,730 Mehta, Sonu Kumar Mehta, vaccinations were the highest Putun Raut said that out of on a single day. Tuesday's fig- the street lights installed on ure surpassed the previous various poles in the panchay- highest figure of 22,491 record- at, about 150 street lights have ed on August 23. been opened by the contractor Data revealed that on June for repairing but after passing 25, East Singhbhum had wit- of six months he could not nessed 22,337 Covid jabs. The back installed the street light. maximum number of Covid There is talk of misappropri- vaccination was administered ation of government funds at various centres of Parsudih among the general public. and Sundernagar.Apart from Villagers Ramashankar online slot booking, vaccina- Mehta, Surendra Ram, tion was also provided at var- Joginder Mehta, Sonu Kumar ious centres on walk-in mode Mehta, Putun Raut etc. told for those above 44 years of age. that 200 street lights were In-charge of the vaccina- installed in Bhawnathpur tion cell and Dhalbhum SDO Panchayat at a cost of Rs.4 Sandeep Kumar Meena lakhs. The quality of all these expressed happiness over the street lights was so poor that jab drive in the district. the light got damaged within a " The response has been month of installation. After the overwhelming. Thanks to protest of the villagers, the health department officials and contractor got the street light others associated with the vac- opened six months ago which cination drive. There is no has not yet been installed. dearth of vaccines in the dis- trict. We want maximum peo- ple to get the benefit of the vac- cination drive, " said an admin- istrative official. A senior doctor said that awareness generated by the second wave of the pandemic, along with the exemplary work done by the health depart- ment in negating the rumors being spread about the vac- cines. The health official explained that those who had already taken the first dose of vaccine and they need to trav- el abroad for their studies or work before the fixed date of second dose, will benefit from this drive. PNS
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Private School and Children 7 .2 minister from RJD quota in Welfare Association (Paswa). (( Soren cabinet. Health Minister harkhand Pradesh Congress He said that he participated in Banna Gupta will answer ques- JCommittee (JPCC) on the conference on the request 5 tions from the energy depart- Wednesday attacked Bharatiya of the State unit president of ment. Janata Party (BJP) and said that Paswa, Alok Kumar Dubey. The monsoon session of the party only talks about “He himself has studied in Jharkhand Assembly is going to nationalism but is working to private school and is doing witness stormy scenes this time spread the poison of commu- good work towards main- s the BJP led Opposition is as opposition is going to cor- nalism among masses of the taining the quality of private Aready to fire a volley of ner the government on sever- country. school education. Those who questions to Chief Minister al issues including state recruit- After returning from his came from all over the Hemant Soren and his Cabinet ment policy under which Delhi visit, while talking to Country and also from Ministers, in Monsoon Session Hindi, English and Sanskrit media persons at Birsa Munda Jharkhand got a chance to commencing next month, the were removed from list of sub- Airport of the State Capital, meet people in the National State Government has assigned jects, poor law and order situ- JPCC Chief cum Finance convention of Paswa and the job to tackle Opposition . ation in State especially rising Minister, Rameshwar Oraon express their feelings,” he attack to seven Ministers. atrocities of tribal women said that the BJP has nothing to added. The seven Ministers who The five day monsoon session Jarmundi MLA and min- among others. do except spreading poison of The JPCC Chief further have been assigned the job to of Jharkhand Government will ister from Congress quota, Meanwhile, sources said communalism in the entire .& & 3( " 4 said during the convention he defend Government stand are commence on September 3 Badal will take up questions that the government is going to Country. On reaching Ranchi, * +"56 -( got a chance to understand Parliamentary Affairs Minister, and will run till September 9. from mines, mineral depart- table the Medical Protection other leaders including JPCC " % 0( & that the private school oper- Alamgir Alam, Transport While minister, Alam will ment, road and building con- Bill in the monsoon session. Spokesperson Lal Kishorenath ators have faced many prob- Minister Champai Soren, Social defend government stand on struction department among The medical protection bill Shahdeo and Rajesh Gupta Center has done the work of why now people are very lems during the Corona tran- Welfare Minister Jobs Manjhi, queries put up from home, others. will safeguard the interests of welcomed him at the airport. teasing ST-SC and OBC, no angry with BJP and they will sition period, they will discuss Agriculture Minister Badal, prison, disaster management Similarly, Mithilesh Thakur doctors and medical profes- Responding to a question step has been taken for their teach a lesson to the party in with the Chief Minister and Drinking Water and Sanitation and others. will answer opposition queries sionals in the State as attacks on about BJP State President interest and social develop- upcoming elections,” he the Education Minister about Minister Mithilesh Thakur, Champai Soren will answer from water resources, higher doctors and medical profes- Deepak Prakash and ment. Efforts are being made added. providing some relief to these Labour Resources Minister queries from forest, environ- education and technical edu- sionals have gone up in the Legislature Party leader to cheat the OBC class in view While responding to a private schools located in the Satyanand Bhokta and Health ment, and climate change. Joba cation, industries and IPRD. State in the past few months. Babulal Marandi’s Delhi visit, of the Uttar Pradesh elec- question about his Delhi visit, State. Along with this, the Minister Banna Gupta. Manjhi the lone woman min- Questions from the urban If the Jharkhand Assembly the JPCC Chief said that noth- tions, but the truth is that Oraon said that he had gone Government will also take a The Department of ister in Soren cabinet from development and housing passes a medical protection ing is going to happen if they when they got a chance, they to participate in the inaugu- decision soon in this regard to Cabinet Secretariat and queries put up from revenue, department put up by opposi- bill, Jharkhand will become the go to Delhi or elsewhere. did nothing for any society, ration ceremony of the open primary schools, he Vigilance on Wednesday issued registration and land reforms, tion will be answered by 19th state to introduce the Act “The BJP Government at the only cheated the people. That's National Convention of added. notification regarding the same. IT and e-governance. Satyanand Bhokta the only in the country. 8' &3 Ranchi: Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee working pres- ident Rajesh Thakur has been appointed as the new president of Jharkhand Congress Unit. The Indian National Congress president has appointed Thakur as JPCC president with immediate effect on Wednesday. The Congress president has also appointed four working presidents of the State Congress – MP, Geeta Kora; MLA, Bandhu Tirkey; Jaleshwar Mahto and Shahzaba Anwar. In a press release issued by the All India Congress Committee, it has been stated that the party appreciates the con- tributions of outgoing PCC president Dr Rameshwar Oraon. It has been also stated that the party appreciates the contributions ") ( * & * of outgoing working presidents Kamlesh Mahto, Irfan Ansari, -.&/ 0& 1 ( 1. $ )& 2 + " % " *& Manas Sinha and Sanjay Paswan. & ( / . + / " % " *& #$% & '"& ( $ ) R
Shailesh Priyadarshi, Smart City GM Rakesh Kumar ( he State Government has Nandkolyar, Chief Finance Ttaken steps to brand the Officer, Jyoti Pushp, Public skills of women belonging to Relations Officer, Amit Kumar, women self-help groups Saloni Singh Pahwa and others 8' A highly-placed official in (SHGs) of urban areas to make were present. the health department admit- them self-reliant. Very soon, Meanwhile, a delegation ( ted that recruiting doctors in a gujiya and pedukia under the of councillors of Ranchi short notice was not possible brand ‘Son Chiraya’ will be Municipal Corporation (RMC) under the current circum- available in various markets of visited the Smart City Complex stances, and seeking the help of the State Capital. It was for- to know closely about the medical students was a reliable mally duly launched on development works being done way of combating any kind of Wednesday in the Office of the in Ranchi Smart City under fter achieving the target of 32 doctors for treatment of 400 health crisis due to the pan- Directorate of Urban construction and expressed Asetting up at least 1000 patients. We have asked the demic. Administration under the satisfaction over the develop- ICU beds for children to tack- medical colleges to seek ser- Dr. Karn said that the state Department of Urban ment works of this Smart City le a possible third wave of vices of students in case of a cri- has set up surplus ICU beds for Development and Housing. being developed with new Covid-19, the State is now sis,” said Karn, who also hap- children, so it is unlikely to face In the presence of Director technology. focusing on ways to increase pens to be the head of the an infrastructural crisis if a DMA, Vijaya Jadhav, a large During their visit pro- the manpower in the medical Integrated Disease Surveillance third wave hits Jharkhand. number of members of women gramme, the councillors saw facilities across the 24 districts Programme (IDSP) in “Surplus ICU beds for chil- self-help groups started pro- the Command Control and in a bid to ensure that no Jharkhand. dren have been set up in the duction of Pedukia from pure Communication Center and patient goes unattended due to It is feared that around 7 state. We also have ensured ghee and khoya, keeping the from there the entire city was crisis of doctors or other lakh of the 1.43 crore popula- availability of medicines used purity intact with worship. monitored, traffic operations, healthcare workers, officials tion in the age bracket of 0 to for treatment of Covid patients Jadhav herself was also seen police surveillance, ATCS, vari- said on Wednesday. 18 years may get affected by in all the districts,” said Dr. making Gujiyas to boost the able sign board, public address State Epidemiologist, Dr. Covid-19 in the third wave in Karn. morale of women. system, city app, SOS, emer- Praveen Karn said that letters Jharkhand. While 2.86 lakh of As per records with the On this occasion, the DMA ) 05. ) gency call box, red light vio- have been shot to all the med- the patients are likely to be health department, the state has Director said that under 7* ( & lence Detector, number plate ical colleges in Jharkhand seek- symptomatic, about 8610 of so far set up 1180 oxygen-sup- Deendayal Antyodaya-Urban recognition and others. Many ing services of nursing students, them may show severe symp- ported beds for paediatrics Livelihood Mission, we want first phase, stalls will be set up The brand name of this prod- or messaging 24 hours on councillors said that in the undergraduate medical stu- toms and need intensive care, patients and a total of 445 High these women to be financially at important places of the State uct will be Son Chiraya which whatsapp number past we had seen such a system dents and junior resident doc- an expert committee for tack- Dependency Unit (HDU) beds promoted and become self- Capital, Project Bhawan, Nepal is issued by the Union Ministry 7766817777,” she added. during our tour program in tors in treatment of patients ling the third wave of Covid-19 for adults and children. Over reliant. “Now the products House, Atal Vendor Market, of Housing and Urban Affairs. During this programme, other cities of the Country, but during a possible third wave of in Jharkhand has predicted on 1200 ICU beds for children manufactured by them will Big Bazaar, Nucleus Mall, For home delivery or bulk along with Jadhav, Assistant now this system is in our city the pandemic. the basis of trends across the have been readied across the reach the market and in the Kutchery Chowk and others. supply one can order by calling Directors Yogendra Prasad and it is a matter of pride for us. “We would require at least world and in India. state, a source from IDSP said. ! " !
, ) ! O) 9 9%' ! $-./ P ) P ( 3 : ' 6 he Supreme Court on he Union Home Ministry TWednesday asked the Delhi Thas directed the CRPF to High Court to decide within take immediate action for two weeks the plea pending incorporating the provision of before it challenging the Security Force Court “as avail- appointment of Rakesh able in Acts and Rules of other Asthana as the Delhi Police CAPFS” for expediting disci- Commissioner. plinary action against Group ‘A’ The Special Bench com- officers. The move comes as prising Chief Justice N V the CRPF takes “undue long Ramana and justices D Y time” in finalisation of disci- Chandrachud and Surya Kant plinary cases against cadre permitted Prashant Bhushan officers. headed NGO, ‘Centre for In communication titled period of time. defence forces which provide Public Interest Litigation’ “Disciplinary action against “Undue long time in final- for an in-house court for tak- (CPIL), to move the Delhi Group A officers of CRPF” on isation of disciplinary cases of ing timely disciplinary action. High Court to intervene in the argued through noted lawyer Monday sent to the Inspector CRPF has been viewed seri- While officials welcomed pending plea against Asthana’s of CBI Director”. " Harish Salve challenged the General (Personnel) of CRPF ously by the competent author- the move to set up the SFC, a appointment. Supreme Court “There are two issues. One he Supreme Court on decision of the Mamata and Legal Officer of the ity. The competent authority section of other officials said it also directed to list the matter is about my participation... I TWednesday said that it Banerjee Government to Ministry, the Centre under- has, therefore, been directed is a ploy against the cadre offi- to another Bench after two had expressed views about the will likely pass a comprehen- probe Pegasus by way of a scored that the officers are gov- that CRPF may include the cials liable to be exploited by weeks as the petition narrated selection of this gentleman in " sive order next week on the judicial commission. Judges erned by the provisions of provision of Security Force the IPS officers deputed to the Chief Justice’s observation the CBI Director selection. % % batch of petitions related to said that they will hear the plea Central Civil Service Court as available in the Acts CRPF. against Asthana during CBI Second thing...As somebody Pegasus Snoopgate. The next week along with other (Classification, Control and and Rules of other CAPFs Retired senior officials of Director’s selection. has filed a petition in the High % " Bench, headed by Chief Justice petitions related to the matter Appeal) Rules, 1965. (Central Armed Police Forces) the CRPF said the provision of The 1984-batch IPS officer Court, rightly or wrongly. We of India NV Ramana, said this seeking probe into the scandal. “It has been observed that for initiating disciplinary the SFC must apply uniform- Asthana was shifted to the understand that time is of the while hearing a plea chal- Salve, appearing for the the disciplinary cases being ini- action against delinquent offi- ly to the Group ‘A’ or cadre offi- Union cadre from Gujarat essence of the matter. So, we lenging the decision of the trust, said that the commission tiated against Group ‘A’ officers cers, so that such cases are cers, IPS officers and other cadre and appointed will fix a time limit of two one before the high court. West Bengal Government to of inquiry should not proceed of CRPF take a very long time finalised within minimum ranks to strengthen the culture Commissioner on July 27 -- weeks for the high court to Solicitor General Tushar set up of a two-member with the probe till the Supreme to reach the finalisation and a time,” the Ministry said in its of discipline in the Force by four days before his superan- decide the case and we will Mehta, appearing for the Commission of Inquiry head- Court hears the plea next large number of such cases letter. The Ministry directed its swiftly taking action against nuation on July 31 -- for a have the benefit of the high Centre, opposed the PIL saying ed by retired Supreme Court week. Abhishek Singhvi, pertain to unauthorised legal officer to coordinate with erring officials. tenure of one year. court judgment also,” CJI the matter pertained to the judge, Justice Madan Lokur to appearing for the West Bengal absence/desertion from duty,” the CRPF for incorporating the A section of serving offi- The petition, moved by Ramana said. appointment of police chief of probe into allegations sur- Government, initially opposed reads the communication. provision of SFC for expedi- cials said there is an actual advocate Prashant Bhushan, Bhushan alleged foul play a state and the high court con- rounding use of Pegasus by the same. In forces like Border tious disciplinary action requirement of setting tri- urged the court to set aside the saying sometimes “ambush cerned should deal with it. He Government of India. The Courtsaid that it will Security Force (BSF), Sashastra against the officers. bunals on the lines of the Centre’s order to appoint petitions” by simply resorting said the high court may be “We are saying that next be passing a comprehensive Seema Bal (SSB) and Indo- The Central Reserve Police Armed Forces Tribunals for Asthana after extending his ser- to “cut-paste” are filed in col- granted some more time week we will pass a compre- order next week and if the Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Force (CRPF) is an armed adjudication of disputes arising vice period. The CJI Ramana lusion with the government. instead of two weeks as so far hensive order,” the Bench Lokur commission proceeds there is a provision for Security force of the Union under the out of administrative deci- expressed his inability to hear The bench gave Bhushan the no notice has been issued to the remarked. The plea filed by a in the meanwhile, then the Force Court where disciplinary Home Ministry and the Acts sions of the Force impacting the PIL saying, “I had expressed liberty to intervene in the Centre which will have to file Global Village Foundation Supreme Court will be forced action is concluded in a short and Rules are akin to the the personnel. my views during the selection pending petition or file a fresh its response. Public Charitable Trust, to pass orders today. 9!: #; & ' % 2 ' 1) '
he Enforcement Directorate T(ED) on Wednesday said it has carried out search opera- tions at 8 premises of human hair merchants/exporters in Hyderabad and in West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh under Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). The FEMA probe is an outcome of the Chinese online betting racket. at the time of import and also Technology Private Limited During the money laun- earn 8 per cent export incen- and Dokypay Technology dering investigation by ED tives at the time of export, by Private Limited) in the compa- term loan accounts for pur- against Chinese Online Betting claiming smuggled Indian hair ny’s Paytm accounts. chase of commercial property Applications, it was noticed as Chinese hair. Many Indian It was also noticed that few he CBI has filed a of World Trade Park (WTP), that hawala payments to the exporters are also suspected to Myanmar citizens are perma- Tchargesheet before a desig- overdraft limits and Foreign tune of Rs 16 crore were paid to be under-valuing the exported nently stationed in Hyderabad Consumer Affairs Minister announces the FRP, the mini- nated court at Jaipur against 18 Letter of Credits. human hair merchants. human hair in terms of and are purchasing human hair Piyush Goyal said the FRP has mum price that mills have to accused including a Chartered It was further alleged that Consequently, FEMA investi- value/quality to evade import locally for exporting it to head of assembly polls in been increased to 290 per pay to cane growers, every year Accountant, businessman, Udaipur-based Chartered gation was initiated against the duties in the recipient country, Myanmar by using the IEC Asugarcane producing states quintal for a basic recovery before start of the sugarcane other private persons and offi- Accountant Bharat Bomb hair merchants based in it said. code of Indian persons/entities Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, the rate of 10 per cent. He said a crushing season. However, cials of Syndicate Bank besides along-with his employees and Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. During the search opera- at under-valued prices. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday premium of 2.90/quintal will many state governments, three private firms in a bank others hatched a conspiracy During the FEMA investi- tion, the ED has seized 12 difference amount is settled increased the minimum price be provided for each 0.1 per cent including Uttar Pradesh and fraud case of 209 crore. with the branch officials of MI gation by ED, it was found that mobile phones, three laptops, either locally or through hawala sugar mills pay to sugarcane increase in recovery over and Tamil Nadu, have been The CBI had registered a Road and Malviya Nagar many domestic merchants were one computer, handwritten channels, it further said. growers by 5 per quintal to above 10 per cent. There will be announcing their sugarcane case on March 23, 2017 on a branches in Jaipur and anoth- aggregating and selling the raw dairies, ‘kacha’ account books The ED is analyzing the 290 a quintal for the next mar- a reduction in FRP by rates (state advised price or complaint from Syndicate er one at Udaipur and got var- hair to foreign merchants based and loose sheets containing purchase and sale/export prices keting year 2021-22 starting 2.90/quintal for every 0.1 per SAP) over and above the FRP. Bank, Regional office, Jaipur ious credit facilities sanc- in Hyderabad, Guwahati and incriminating information. and quality. Prima facie it is sus- from October amid protests by cent decrease in recovery. The government had fixed sug- against six private persons tioned. Kolkata. The hair was then Total unaccounted cash of pected that human hair export- sugarcane grower farmers. The To protect the interest of arcane FRP at 285 per quintal including the Chartered The accused thereby smuggled out of India by road Rs 2.90 crore was also seized ed to Myanmar, Bangladesh, decision will benefit around 5 farmers, Goyal said the gov- for the current 2020-21 mar- Accountant, a builder, two cheated the bank to the tune via points at Moreh (Manipur), from the possession of the hair Vietnam and Austria among crore sugarcane farmers and ernment has decided that there keting year. AGMs of Syndicate Bank, two of 209.93 crore on the basis Zokhawthar (Mizoram), Aizawl merchants. These other such countries are under- their dependents, as well as would be no deduction where The cost of production of Chief Managers and other of forged and fabricated doc- (Mizoram) to Mandalay exporters/merchants could not invoiced. about 5 lakh workers employed recovery is below 9.5 per cent. sugarcane for the sugar season unknown public servants/pri- uments, bills, quotations and (Myanmar). Ultimately, it finds explain the source of the seized Evidence has further in sugar mills and related ancil- “Such farmers will get 275.50 2021-22 is 155 per quintal. The vate persons. certificates. It was also alleged its way to China, where these cash found at their premises. revealed that some entities have lary activities. The govern- per quintal for sugarcane in FRP of 290 per quintal at a It was alleged in the com- that several of the borrowers are labeled as domestic Chinese Further, it was also found been receiving payments ment has ruled out any imme- ensuing sugar season 2021-22 in recovery rate of 10 per cent is plaint that 118 loan accounts were found to be ordinary hair and processed, the agency that two Hyderabad-based mer- against sale of human hair in diate increase in the selling place of 270.75 per quintal in higher by 87 per cent over pro- were sanctioned and disbursed employees in firms owned by said in a statement. chants had received Rs 3.38 the bank account of their price of sugar. the current sugar season 2020- duction cost, he said, adding by three branches of Syndicate the accused CA and others Through such transactions, crore for domestic sale to employees and subsequently Briefing the media after 21,” the minister said. that sugar cane farming is more Bank. These loan accounts who were not eligible for such the Chinese traders were able to Northeast merchants through cash is withdrawn and handed the Cabinet meeting, Food and The central government remunerative than other crops. were housing loan accounts, high value loans. avoid import duty of 28 percent illegal Chinese App (Linkyun over to their owners. ) %% "% <'( *%
and Iran were among the coun- Tajikistan and several countries tries that have seen significant in central and eastern Europe 92, he number of adults living improvements in treatment and (i.e. Hungary, Poland, Twith hypertension world- control rates over the past three Lithuania, Romania, Belarus, wide has doubled over the past decades, the researchers said. and Croatia). rainfall. three decades, with over 30 per This, according to the High blood pressure, one of “The current spell of break cent of Indians suffering from researchers, shows that the the leading risk factors for he India Meteorological condition will be short lived and high blood pressure, according expansion of universal health stroke, heart disease, and kid- TDepartment (IMD) said on is going to be over soon. to a mega study published in coverage and strengthening ney disease, is linked to more Wednesday break monsoon Monsoon activity will revive The Lancet journal Wednesday. primary care have been instru- than 8.5 million deaths world- conditions are prevailing result- shortly with a decent spread of What was more disturbing mental in improving hyper- wide each year, the study said. ing in poor rainfall over most rain over the eastern, central was that nearly half of the peo- tension care and reducing the Past studies have shown parts of central, western and and northern parts of the coun- ple studied — 41 per cent severity of the condition. that lowering blood pressure north India. These regions are try,” the IMD said. The IMD women and 51 per cent men — Canada and Peru had the can reduce the number of likely to see subdued rainfall in said the entire monsoon trough in 2019 were unaware of their lowest proportion of people strokes by 35-40 per cent, the next four days while the lies close to the foothills of the condition, it said adding as with hypertension in 2019 at heart attacks by 20-25 per eastern part of the country is Himalayas. It is likely to remain many as 53 per cent of the around 1 in 4. Taiwan, South cent, and heart failure by likely to see an increase in rain- there till August 26. “Subdued women and 62 per cent of the Korea, Japan, and some coun- around 50 per cent. fall activity. rainfall activity is likely to con- men with the condition were tries in western Europe — “Despite medical and Month of August has seen tinue over the northwest, cen- not treated. including Switzerland, Spain, pharmacological advances a long ‘break’ in the 1st fort- tral India and west coast during The number of people suf- and the UK — were found to over decades, global progress night, depriving rainfall over the the next four days,” the IMD fering from hypertension has have the lowest hypertension in hypertension management core monsoon area mostly cov- said. Heavy rainfall was con- increased to 626 million women rates among women, while has been slow, and the vast ering central parts of the coun- fined to some parts of East Uttar and 652 million men in 2019, Eritrea, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, majority of people with try. Pan India rainfall deficien- Pradesh, Bihar, Sub Himalayan from an estimated 331 million and the Solomon Islands had hypertension remain untreat- cy was on the rise throughout West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya women and 317 million men in the lowest rates among men ed, with large disadvantages and has reached an alarming and Arunachal Pradesh. Isolated 1990, said the researchers after (less than 25 per cent). in low- and middle-income figure of 10%. Of the 694 dis- locations in Tamil Nadu also analyzing blood pressure mea- At the other extreme, more countries,” Majid Ezzati, a tricts, 250 received deficient experienced moderate to heavy surements over three decades than half of the women studied professor at Imperial College rainfall. The number of districts showers. from more than 100 million in Paraguay and Tuvalu in 2019 London and the senior author that received normal rainfall is Strong southerly or south- people in 184 countries. were found to have hyperten- of the study, said in a state- 288. The excess rainfall received westerly winds from the Bay of Costa Rica, Kazakhstan, sion. Among men, this was the ment accompanying the by 120, 26 witnessed large excess Bengal to northeast India are South Africa, Brazil, Turkey, case in Argentina, Paraguay, study. rainfall and 16 large deficient very likely to continue. + ! "
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6 6 ties would be protest agaisnt NMP.” $1 used to sup- Finance Minister Nirmala engal Chief Minister Mamata press the Sitharaman on Monday 3 Uttar Pradesh. He prayed to the almighty BBanerjee on Wednesday opposition announced Rs 6 lakh crore NMP to give peace to the departed soul and his attacked Prime Minister Narendra in the coun- aimed at unlocking value in infra- n unsavoury controversy erupted in family the strength to bear this immense Modi for “hatching a design” to try. “But they structure assets ranging from AAligarh Muslim University with the loss. Mansoor also expressed his con- sell out national assets in the should power to road to railways to min- university students slamming Vice dolences and sympathy to Kalyan Singh’s name of National Monetisation remember ing to telecommunication. Chancellor Prof Tariq Mansoor for son and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Pipeline. This, even as her other that the entire country will stand The Chief Minister also Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress consider the fact that people of mourning the death of former Chief Rajveer Singh. party colleagues warned that all together against such anti-people attacked the BJP for “instigating leadership would once again move seven Assembly seats should not Minister of UP, Kalyan Singh, and issu- Next day, the news appeared in all such moves to alienate national decision,” she said adding the BJP divisive” politics in Bengal by the Election Commission of India remain unprecedented … which is ing a condolence message. local newspapers, after which hate property would be met with strong should be ashamed of taking such making demands for partitioning demanding early by-elections in why by-elections should be held Hate posters were put up on the uni- posters were spotted at some places on nationwide protests. decisions. the State. seven Assembly seats of the State. early.” versity campus by the students con- the campus. "The condolence of the vice “We condemn this shocking “This so-called leasing out of “The BJP should remember Senior TMC MP Sukhendu By-elections are to be held in demning the vice-chancellor for an “act” chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University and unfortunate decision (to put the national assets is another that some stray demands made by Shekhar Roy on Wednesday said Bhawanipore in Kolkata, that they termed “shame and hurtful to on the demise of ex-chief minister of UP national assets on lease),” Banerjee name of sale … because these some of their ministers and MPs that “our delegation will once Khardaha in North 24 Parganas, the community”. The university admin- Kalyan Singh is not only a matter of said wondering “who gave them assets will never return to the seeking partition of the State will again approach the ECI for con- Jangipur and Rezinagar in istration hurriedly removed the posters shame but also hurts religious sentiments the power to take sell national Government once their manage- not lead to the break-up of Bengal ducting early elections as the time Murshidabad. and maintained that it was being ascer- of our community since it is against the properties. In the name of NMP ment goes into the hands of the … Bengal will never be divided on is suitable for it to be conducted… Chief Minister Mamata tained who put them up. ethos, culture and tradition of AMU. they are selling out prime assets of privateers … this is different from the wishes of the BJP ministers Elections can be held before the Banerjee who was defeated by On August 22, the vice-chancellor of Kalyan Singh is not only the main cul- the country … these properties what the Trinamool Congress and MPs … those days are gone Durga Pujas,” he said adding “the Suvendu Adhikari in Nadigram AMU issued a press note mourning the prit in the demolition of Babri Masjid but neither belong to Modi nor BJP” calls Public Private Partnership… when divisive politics would time is also good because currently Assembly seats in the April-May death of Kalyan Singh through the PRO also an offender of disdain with regard so that they could be sold at the this is sheer fraud with the people arouse mass sentiments and some corona is under control with one Assembly elections needs get elect- of the university. In the note, Prof Tariq to the Supreme Court order. Praying for “whims and fancies” of the Central of the country whose hard-earned parties fed on it … till the percent infectibility rate … we are ed to the House within six months Mansoor condoled the passing away of a criminal is an unforgiving crime," the Government. money has gone into the building Trinamool Congress is in power hearing of a third wave coming … which ends in the first week of the former chief minister of UP and for- poster displayed on the varsity walls read. “This is an unfortunate inci- up of these assets,” TMC MP no such demand will be met … so it would be prudent to hold the November. Banerjee is likely to mer governor of Rajasthan and said that AMU Student’s Union president dent” she said adding the proceeds Sukhendu Roy earlier said adding The BJP should know that Bengal elections before that.” contest from her home turf Kalyan Singh played an important role Faizul Hassan feigned ignorance about from the sale of national proper- “the TMC will start a countrywide is not for division.” Roy said that the “ECI should Bhawanipore. in public life and the development of who was behind the posters. =,' 4 *() )(&() !0) .(( ! (2( ) ( 3R $$9 . Sonbhadra, Rae Bareli, Mahoba, 3 Budaun and Fatehpur. Aligarh: A woman tried to set herself A woman resident of a village in Lucknow: Aiming to improve the liv- “There cannot be a better example ablaze by spraying kerosene outside the Hathras area was married 12 years ago he Rashtriya Lok Dal has ing standards of poor families, Chief of women empowerment than the SSP office on Wednesday afternoon. The with a youth resident of the village of Tdemanded a judicial probe Minister Yogi Adityanath started the Ujjwala scheme through which the security personnel posted at the gate Gabhana police station area. The husband into the alleged Prayagraj distribution of free cooking gas con- Government has succeeded in ensur- stopped the woman on sight, after which used to run a puncture shop outside the Mahakumbh Mela-2019 scam. nections under the Ujjwala 2.0 ing a safe and healthy environment for she was produced before the SSP. The village. According to the woman, a In a statement, RLD (Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana) on women and children in poor house- woman alleges that the Gabhana police month ago some people from the neigh- national spokesperson Wednesday. holds. Women are the ones who are is not taking any action in the case of borhood entered the house, thrashed and Anupam Mishra alleged that Enabling households to cook using responsible for feeding their families. molestation and assault. Here the SP molested her. When the woman com- the corruption in crores of smoke-free fuels, the Uttar Pradesh There were eight crore families in Traffic heard the problem and instruct- plained about this to the Gabhana police rupees spent on organising the government has set a target to provide the country who did not have LPG ed the Gabhana police to investigate. station in-charge, no action was taken. 2019 Prayagraj Kumbh Mela 20 lakh free cooking gas connections connections. Women were forced to was the tip of an iceberg of to the poor families under Ujjwala 2.0. cook on wood and coal, which was haz- scams during the tenure of Yogi would recommend an impar- with the CAG, then a bigger The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala ardous for their eyes, lungs, and over- Adityanath’s Government. tial judicial inquiry into this scam would have come to the Yojana under which women of below all health. To help women get rid of 3)() *$ /0* ') He wondered if Chief mega-scam. fore. poverty line (BPL) families are being this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Minister Yogi Adityanath Mishra said that although “Therefore, the RLD provided with clean cooking fuel was pursued the goal of 'Healthy Life, () 0 )(>?+ would speak on the corruption the State Government had left demands that keeping in view launched by Prime Minister Narendra Better Life' through Ujjwala scheme. in the Kumbh Mela while no stone unturned to hide this the seriousness of the scam in Modi in Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) on May This golden scheme has taken care ) +($'( releasing the book 'Prayagraj scam, the report of the Prayagraj Kumbh, the Uttar 1, 2016. of the health of our mothers and sisters "$ &(0( * Kumbh' in which the historical, Comptroller and Auditor Pradesh government should Distributing free LPG connec- by freeing them from smoke on the one cultural, economic, environ- General of India (CAG) tabled constitute a committee under tions through a virtual programme hand and on the other, it has given relief 3 '() () mental and administrative during the monsoon session of the chairmanship of a retired from his official residence in Lucknow, from the trouble of arranging fuel, the aspects of Prayagraj Kumbh UP legislature had exposed it. judge of the High Court to con- Yogi Adityanath also interacted with struggle of finding dry wood during espite registering a steady dip in the num- 3 2019 had been included. He said if the Government duct a fair investigation and the beneficiaries from as many as 10 monsoon and rains and hours in the Dber of fresh coronavirus infections, Uttar The RLD leader further had honestly shared all the cor- submit its report within a districts, including Banda, Chitrakoot, kitchen,” the chief minister told the ben- Pradesh has been testing more than two lakh he Uttar Pradesh Sugarcane asked if the chief minister rect facts related to Kumbh month,” he said. Hardoi, Amethi, Farrukhabad, eficiaries during his interaction. PNS samples regularly which is nearly 10 times more Tdepartment has constructed than the prescribed testing protocol for the State roads of over 792 km using plas- by global health body World Health tic waste. This has served the Organisation. dual purpose of facilitating farm- 0'( )6! *(0' (" ; The testing protocol by the WHO for Uttar ers as well as protecting the envi- Pradesh is 32,000 tests per day, whereas the ronment. Covid testing in the State has hovered between Taking a pro-environmen- 1.50 lakh and 2 lakh of late. tal measure, the Sugarcane (6 C(0 &( A top UP Government official said, “Uttar department is mulling the use of Pradesh has come a long way from getting the plastic waste for the construction first Covid test conducted from the lab at the of roads linking cane fields to the /( O) ()) 0' )D ( ()& took the shape of massive com- the Government asking for the National Institute of Virology, Pune in 2020 to nearest mill or mandis for faster munal pogrom in the Eranadu removal of the names of near- crossing the milestone of seven crore tests as on movement of the cash crop, (0$ ( &4) $0*+> erala, reeling under the and Valluvanadu regions of ly 350 persons who have been date. As many as 7.10 crore samples have been thereby making the way easier Konslaught of Covid-19 has Malabar and saw the slaughter listed as Freedom Fighters. tested so far that testifies the enlarged testing for the farmers under the Rural 6 D3D the intervening night of February 7 been struck by another pan- of Hindus who refused to con- “The name of Variamkunnathu capacity of the state. Following the guidelines Road Connectivity scheme. and 8, 2021. Following her death, the demic in the form of the bitter vert to another religion. Ahmed Haji, had not figured in issued by the World Health Organisation, UP One such example has come fter he got relief from the Mahad Opposition BJP had made an issue o memories of Mappila Eminent Congress leaders like the list of freedom fighters adopted the master strategy of ‘Trace, Test and forth in Belrayan of Lakhimpur Acourt and the Bombay High Court ver Pooja’s death, by rooting for the Rebellion, the biggest com- K P Kesava Menon and K submitted by the Kerala Treat’ for Covid-19 patients to reach the last mile district where the journey of the over his controversial remarks against arrest of then Shiv Sena Minister munal pogrom witnessed in Madhavan Nair who ques- Government and this was within the State.” cane farmers on the one-kilo- Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Sanjay Rathod, who was reportedly in this part of the country. tioned the course of the agita- added later,” Prof Issac told The On the scale of testing samples per positive metre long dilapidated road Thackeray, Union Micro, Small and love with the deceased woman. The communal riots which tion earned the wrath of the Pioneer. case, 6.4 tests per positive case were conducted from Rakehati Banjargarh to Medium Enterprises Minister Narayan At Wednesday’s news conference, erupted on August 21, 1921, rioters and both of them had to Annie Besant who toured in Maharashtra, 11.5 in Karnataka, 8 in Kerala, Jholupurwa was tough earlier. Rane on Wednesday upped the ante Rane – without taking any names – claimed the lives of more than make a quick retreat. Both the region in the aftermath of 14 in Delhi, 12.8 in Tamil Nadu and 11.4 tests The Sugarcane Development against the ruling Shiv Sena by reviv- demanded to know as to who were 2,000 persons who refused to Menon and Nair had in their the riots wrote: “It would be per positive case in Andhra Pradesh, whereas department has constructed a ing the controversial “suicides” by late responsible for the deaths of Disha change their religion. The year memoirs described the agita- well if Mr Gandhi could be Uttar Pradesh has been able to test 41.6 samples four-metre wide and one-kilo- actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s ex-man- Salian and Pooja Chavan. “How did 2021 marks the centenary of tion as a communal pogrom. taken into Malabar to see with per positive case and is leading by example. metre long road with plastic ager Disha Salian and Tik-Tok star Disha Salian die? Who was present at this rebellion and has brought C Gopalan Nair, deputy his own eyes the ghastly hor- “Out of over 1.87 lakh samples tested in the waste under the Rural Road Pooja Chavan. the crime scene? Why have the police back memories of 1921 result- collector, Malabar Province rors which have been created last 24 hours, UP reported 22 fresh Covid-19 Connectivity scheme. Now, the Addressing a news conference not established the cause of her death?. ing in the polarisation of com- had authored a book Mappila by the preaching of himself and cases, with a positivity rate down to 0.01 per cent, farmers are easily commuting on hours after the Bombay High Court What about the death of Pooja munities. Riots 1921 in which he has his ‘loved brothers’ testifying success of numerous proactive mea- these roads with tractors loaded ruled that “no coercive action” would Chavan? I am not going to sit quietly, The Mappila Rebellion chronicled the details. The rul- Muhammed and Shaukat Ali..” sures adopted by the State Government in lim- with sugarcane. be taken against him till September 17, till the Ministers responsible for the commenced under the garb of ing CPI(M) claims that the The atmosphere in Kerala iting the virus transmission in the densely pop- Such environment-friendly Rane — who had earlier been grant- two deaths are arrested. If need be I Khilafat Movement patronised Mappila Riot of 1921 was part got vitiated with the Minister ulated state. roads are saving both time and ed bail by a Mahad court on Tuesday will move the court. Let me see who by leaders of Muslim League to of the freedom struggle. But for Tourism Mohammed Riyaz Uttar Pradesh has been registering a steep fuel for the farmers travelling night in the “tight slap slur” case — will protect these Ministers?” Rane express their solidarity with the they are evasive when asked announcing the construction of decline in the number of active Covid-19cases from their fields to the mill and said that the two court’s rulings in his asked. Khalifa of Turkey who had lost why people who refused to a memorial for as the figure has dropped from a high of 3.10 the market. The department favour showed that “there is rule of law Dubbing the suicides by Disha and his pre-eminence position as convert were butchered. Nair, Variankunnathu Ahmed in lakh in April to 345 now, a remarkable reduc- has used 329 kg of plastic waste in the country”. Sushant as inter-linked, Maharashtra’s the guardian of the Muslim writes with documentary evi- Malappuram. “Both the LDF tion by 99 per cent. in the construction of this road, Rane said that he would resume former Chief Minister and BJP leader community at the end of the dences that the riot was a bla- and the UDF Governments More than 73,000 surveillance committees which has saved 329 kg of bitu- his “Jan Ashirwad Yatra” from August Narayan Rane had on August 4, 2020 First World War. Though the tant communal riot. have refused to instal a statue have been moving across 97,941 villages in all men. This is just one example; 25 from Sindhudurg district. “After two created a sensation by claiming that Khalifa had no relevance in “The Mappila Riot was of Thunchathu Ezhuthachan, 75 districts checking for Covid-19 cases. In fact, the Sugarcane department has days’ rest, I will resume Jan Ashirwad both Sushant was “murdered” while his India, as pointed out by Sir C accepted as part of the freedom the father of the Malayalam 70 per cent of tests since the second wave of constructed 792 km of roads in Yatra from Sindhudurg on August 27. ex-manager Disha Salian was “raped” Sankaran Nair, who has been movement only on December language, in his hometown of Covid-19in the State have solely been conduct- four years. I do not think there will be impedi- and “murdered”. the only Keralaite to adore the 5, 1981 by the then Tirur citing religious senti- ed in the rural regions,” the official said. With the aim to reduce ments to my yatra in future”. Addressing a news conference presidency of the Congress, Government led by Indira ments. Then why is this special In addition to spreading awareness on plastic waste and make the envi- Rane thanked the BJP national here on Tuesday last, Rane indirectly Mahatma Gandhi chose to Gandhi as part of a political honour for a mass murderer?” importance of early detection and early treat- ronment plastic-free, the depart- president J P Nadda, former chief min- had targeted Maharashtra Minister and support the Movement in his accord between the Congress asks Ali Akbar, move maker. ment, the surveillance committees have also been ment has set a target of con- ister Devendra Fadnavis, state BJP Thackeray scion Aaditya Thackeray, by anxiety to enlist the support of and the Muslim League,” said The Government of Kerala, visiting houses in rural areas to educate the rural structing 76 km long roads with president Chandrakant Patil and other demanding to know: “Who all were the Muslims in the freedom Prof C I Issac, eminent histo- could have stayed away from populace and have been repeatedly appealing to the help of single-use plastic in party leaders for supporting him after there in the parties that were held on struggle. rian, who studied the riots in this controversy, say many aca- them to not hide the symptoms and rather get the current financial year 2021- he was arrested by the June 8 and June 13? Find them out”. He But the Khilafat agitation detail and submitted a report to demicians. themselves tested. 22. Ratnagiri police on Tuesday in the had suggested that a “tight slap slur” case registered against Maharashtra Minister too was in these him. parties. & $ ()& Making it clear that he was not the “The State Government is trying one to take things lying down, Rane to shield the culprits behind the said that he would revive the issues deaths of Disha and Sushant. We as $ () *$ relating to the mystery surrounding the opposition are efficient and we will let deaths of Disha Salian and Pooja that happen. Parties are held in Dino * (($ Chavan. Morea every day. Many ministers Disha (28), it may be recalled, had attend these parties. There was a / F//DG reportedly committed suicide by jump- party on that day as well. The same ing from the 14th floor of Galaxy minister had gone to Sushant’s home 63-year-old man was arrested for alleged- Regent building at Malad in north before the actor’s suicide. The police Aly molesting a minor girl in Cachar dis- Mumbai on the intervening night of should investigate that minister con- trict of Assam, police said on Wednesday. June 8, 2020. Her death had taken cerned,” Rane had alleged. The accused had been engaged as the 9- place five days before Sushant (34) Rane had alleged that on June 8, year-old girl's music teacher, they said. committed suicide at his rented duplex Disha Salian was raped and then The incident that took place at Rongpur flat in Bandra in north-west Mumbai murdered, while on June 14, Sushant area of Silchar town came to light when her on June 14. Singh Rajput was murdered. “That mother lodged an FIR. 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Caste and religion are bound to play an important role in the coming assembly / 5 elections in Uttar Pradesh. Probably, this was the reason as why Samajwadi Party leaders stayed away from 4 D6 paying tributes to Kalyan Singh as there was / a fear that this might antagonize Muslims 2 to look towards their own leaders for Party (SBSP) and the Nishad Party both days, Kalyan Singh and BJP and harm SP in assembly elections. It is no # / an answer to the new challenge. in 2019. The SBSP, however, broke remained in the limelight. Secondly, secret that Kalyan Singh had blow-hot- Singh a prominent OBC face was off ties after the 2019 Lok Sabha Keshav Prasad Maurya, the PWD blow-cold relations with BJP. Twice he left best suited. He was the personified elections despite Rajbhar being minister, proposed that the road the party and once he even joined hands D3D325 synthesis of Kamandal and Mandal,” made a Cabinet minister in the Yogi leading to Ram Temple in Ayodhya # <,)* % % with Mulayam Singh Yadav. In 2003, said Pranshu Mishra, a political Government and his son and other will be called Kalyan Singh Road. when Mulayam Singh Yadav became Chief commentator. supporters given chairmanships of He also announced roads in Aligarh, A ! / - ( /5/ Minister, Kalyan Singh’s son Rajveer Singh D34634 In the present-day scenario, state-run corporations. The break- Bulandshahr, and other parts of the became Health Minister in his Government Kalyan Singh’s caste and Hindutva up with Rajbhar has hit the BJP and state would be named after Kalyan and continued to hold the post till 2007. 2D / image can come to the rescue of BJP therefore it is trying desperately to Singh, whose Lodh community In this scenario, Akhilesh and Mulayam / once again when the backwards are woo Nishad and other non-domi- has a sizeable presence in over two 4 # skipping Kalyan’s funeral raised many // 6 much in demand politically. It is nant OBCs. dozen assembly seats in central and 1 eyebrows. Though Akhilesh has condoled /Q believed that in the Yogi regime, The Nirbal Indian Shoshit western UP. % ( the death through a tweet calling Kalyan 2D /# backwards are feeling alienated. Hamara Aam Dal (NISHAD) Singh rose to power riding the Singh a great administrator. This led to the murmur of even pro- Party’s President Sanjay Nishad has Ram Temple movement of which he ( BJP state president Swatantra Dev jecting Keshav Prasad Maurya, asked for 70 seats and ministerial was one of the main crusaders. But B K+ K), Singh took a dig at Akhilesh Yadav when Q/ Deputy Chief Minister in the pre- posts in the coming assembly elec- it is ironic that he wanted to attend # he tweeted: “…. Whether love for Muslim 3 sent political dispensation, as next tions. In the meeting of the party’s the foundation laying ceremony of # # votes prevented Akhilesh from paying D Chief Minister. In the recent expan- national president JP Nadda, Home the Ram temple held on August 5, # homage to the biggest backward caste 623 sion carried out in the Modi cabi- Minister Amit Shah, state organiza- 2020, but could not do so due to his leader.” net, four out of seven ministers from tion general secretary Sunil Bansal health problem. 32/5 ( Kalyan Singh, a Lodh, played an UP are from backward castes. along with the state Chief Minister The year 2020 was a landmark instrumental role in balancing Mandal and D //2D In UP politics Yadavs are the Yogi Adityanath in Delhi last week year for Kalyan Singh. After Babri # " Kamandal issues. This was in the 80s when 32D dominant backward caste. As it made it clear that if BJP wants their Mosque was demolished on 1 BJP’s aggressive Hindutva was challenged forms the bulwark of Samajwadi support it will have to ensure a December 6, 1992, he resigned 4 6 ( A <,). by the rising tide of backward caste poli- // Party’s support base, the other respectable share in power. The BJP taking moral responsibility. Cases L A 4 5 /5/5 ( tics. The onerous task before the BJP was political parties are locked in an has agreed to give a vacant seat of were filed against him by the CBI, / " how to propel Hindutva amid rising caste intense race to woo non-dominant the nominated quota of the which was probing the demolition 5 6 politics. The brilliant answer was Kalyan or non-Yadav, other backward castes Legislative Council to Sanjay Nishad case. A total of 49 cases were filed Singh - the backward caste leader from the (OBCs), who constitute about 40 but is so far non-committal about in 1992 and in the second case FIR Lodh community. His era became the start- percent of the population. The rul- seat-sharing for the assembly elec- number 198 his name along with, 6 ing point of BJP’s caste calculations and ing BJP got a good share of OBC tions.At present Nishad Party does LK Advani, Murali Manohar Joshi, ( ( broadening of the Hindutva base across the votes in the 2014 Lok Sabha elec- not have a member in either House and Uma Bharati were named for ( caste fault lines. tions, 2017 UP Assembly election, of legislature. Sanjay Nishad’s son promoting religious enmity and # Singh’s emergence gave BJP the lever- and 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Praveen Nishad is MP from Sant instigating riots. On September / age to call itself a ‘sarv-hara’ because, with Castes like Sahus, Kashyaps, Kabir Nagar. 13,2020, after 28 years, the Special $ A one brilliant stroke, the saffron politics, till Sainis, Kushwahas, Mauryas, So, with the death of Kalyan CBI Court in Lucknow acquitted all then largely seen to be aligned with the Singh, BJP ensured that the right the 32 accused in the Babri Masjid Shakyas, Pals, Dhangars, Gaderiyas, Hindu upper castes, was redefined. “For the (The writer is Political Kumhars, Nishads, and Mallas are signal should go among the back- demolition case including Kalyan # # Sangh and the BJP, which have not mus- Editor, The Pioneer, much in demand. The BJP in 2017 wards. That is why on August 22 Singh. Lucknow Edition. tered much around the caste dynamics, the The views expressed had also expanded its reach among Prime Minister paid tributes while After the acquittal Kalyan Singh # ( necessity to counter the rising tide of are personal.) 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implistically, by virtue The pro-RCR argument is often they are coerced to ourselves. But far more the current jurisprudential lored to rule a woman's life of the decree of that it is a legal remedy avail- cohabit with abusive and important than this jurispru- discourse. since eternity, lingers as that SRestitution of Conjugal able to both aggrieved spous- toxic husbands. This raises dential thematic is the free- Gender-responsive and one brushed aside aspect in Rights (RCR), a civil court es and is in fact gender-neu- enough need to abolish it dom to exercise this right in gender-neutral are two parts all dialogue concerning has the power to compel a tral. Today, as we stand at the completely. the face of forced co-habita- of the spectrum of change. I women. While we actively recalcitrant partner to cohab- cusp of a new decade, it is The selective use of tion in a patrilocal setup. It is have often made the argu- encourage discourse on gen- it with their spouse, without " #$$ .2526 imperative we emphasise that ‘discretion’ by the State (in important we view marriage ment for why patriarchy is der mainstreaming, culture their consent. But this provi- anything within the spec- drafting) and the courts by placing it in the ecosystem not to be mistaken as an should be brought to the sion of the Hindu Marriage trum of gender justice must (in decreeing) an RCR, is in of socio-cultural patriarchy island notion floating into forefront of our conversa- Act is more than just moral- necessarily be gender-respon- direct contrast to the voice that operates all around us, oblivion; it is in fact the old- tion as a means to channel the ly displeasing. It is a contra- sive. Time and again our right to bodily integrity, self- and choice framework. The often nearly indistinguish- est surviving institution in the advancement of gender diction in terms of the strides courts have decreed that RCR determination and sexual reason I say the State is adopt- able and invisible. What, if world, and any rattling of this equality. And with reference India has made in its pursuit is an obsolete provision of our autonomy. And yet a decree ing a “pick and choose” pol- any, is the role of the State in institution is bound to create to this instance, we must of gender justice. personal laws that are viola- of RCR infringes on all the icy concerning the institution a marriage between two con- friction. The bottom line is - understand that culture and Looking at the wording of tive of citizens’ fundamental aforementioned rights. If our of marriage is with reference senting adults? The Indian if you are not gender-respon- personal laws are in abject the provision, I realise that the rights. ideal of privacy is the bench- to section 375 of the Indian constitution, as per Article 38, sive, you are definitely gender contrast to a progressive dis- one thread that links this The Justice K. S. mark of individual autonomy Penal Code that offers a blan- recognizes the Government oppressive. But we must real- course on gender-responsive colonial-era law with the pre- Puttaswamy v. Union of India that recognises the ability of ket of impunity to husbands as a welfare State to the best ize that there is no question- laws. Let me conclude by sent is that gender remains a judgment delineates the right an individual to control vital perpetuating marital rape. of any jurisprudential extent. ing patriarchy till the time we quoting Indian economist post-facto thought for our to engage in sexual inter- aspects of her life, vesting We must reacquaint our- With the State constitutional- challenge the very institution Devaki Jain, “this is a conver- legislators and the State. Until course as an intrinsic part of such a power in the hands of selves with an imperative for ly empowered to limit itself as of marriage, one that is based sation we must have with cau- we mainstream gender into (The writer is a senior the right to privacy. As a the State is meaningless. It the State to not defend patri- a democratic country with a on a patrilocal system. tion, as culture may clash the design of things, we can- journalist. The views result, we are equipped to then follows that privacy is a archy. Our right to life dwells socialist vision, the legislative Culture, cleverly cited in resis- with the universality in not sufficiently rectify the expressed are personal.) deduce that privacy is inex- privilege forbidden for on the right to live with dig- shift we are asking for tance to the empowerment of women’s human rights, a bat- current gender inequity. plicably intertwined with the women considering how nity and liberty to choose for requires a paradigm shift in women and conveniently tai- tle that is hard-won”. ! " '
!" # = ' 6 < - ' 1 / The Taliban -- which seized “I'm determined to ensure # power in Afghanistan on that we complete our mis- resident Joe Biden has said August 15, two weeks before the sion...I'm also mindful of the Pthe US is on "a pace" to US was set to complete its increasing risks that I've been of the Afghan crisis earlier complete its evacuation mis- troop withdrawal after a cost- briefed on and the need to fac- PTI Washington and allied forces from this month. sion in Afghanistan by August ly two-decade war -- has tor those risks in. They're real Afghanistan should not be ritain on Wednesday He stressed that he had 31 and doesn't plan to have warned that the US must end its and significant challenges that nfluential lawmakers from misinterpreted by the global Bwarned the Taliban against been constantly in virtual con- troops in the country past that evacuation mission on August we also have to take into con- Ithe G-7 countries have urged community as any weakening attempts to coercively seal off tact with the COBRA [Cabinet date, but the completion of the 31. sideration. The longer we stay, that India should be invited to of resolve from G7 govern- Afghanistan from the rest of Office Briefing Rooms] meet- deadline depends on coopera- Taliban spokesman starting with the acute and attend the bloc's meetings that ments in taking all necessary the world and urged the mili- ing and officials to ensure the tion from the Taliban. Zabihullah Mujahid in a news growing risk of an attack by a seeks to develop a common measures to combat cross- tant group to keep its borders airlift of British nationals and The US has currently conference in Kabul on terrorist group known as ISIS- and united front for global border terrorism, to support open. they're not going to be able to do supporters from the country. approximately 5,800 troops at Tuesday said the US must stick K, an ISIS affiliate in security and regional stability regional cooperation or Foreign Secretary Dominic that by coercively blocking the He said that the UK has evac- the Hamid Karzai International to its self-imposed deadline. Afghanistan, which is the in the aftermath of the Taliban advance democratic values,” Raab said attempts by the border," he told Times Radio. uated more than 9,000 people Airport in Kabul. “After that we won't let Afghans sworn enemy of the Taliban as taking control over Menendez and his counter- Taliban to shut down the coun- "You'll just see a larger from Afghanistan since August “We are currently on a be taken out” on evacuation well,” he said. Afghanistan. parts from G-7 countries try could trigger a "refugee cri- flow of refugees going out and 15, including 2,000 people in pace to finish (the evacuation flights, he said. “Every day we're on the US Senator Bob said in the joint sis" once Western forces with- they'll have to be processed. the last 24 hours. mission) by August 31. The Any decision by the US to ground is another day we know Menendez, who is also the statement. drew from Kabul airport on They're not going to be able to "I think it's going right the sooner we can finish, the bet- stay longer could led to a war ISIS-K is seeking to target the Chairman of the powerful “With the spillover of ter- August 31, as migrants make avoid the refugee crisis by just way up to the end of the cal- ter. Each day of operations between them and the US airport and attack both US and Senate Foreign Relations rorism possible, we would like their way to neighbouring a few roadblocks, they're not endar month," Raab said, in brings added risk to our troops who are executing the allied forces and innocent civil- Committee, and his counter- to see India invited to attend this countries. going to be able to hermetical- reference to efforts to airlift a troops,” Biden told reporters at airlift at Kabul airport, the ians," Biden said. parts from Italy, France, G-7 meeting. As other terror He noted that the Afghan ly seal the Afghan border, further 4,000 people ahead of the White House on Tuesday. Taliban has said. The Islamic State group's Germany, Japan, the UK and groups are beginning to muster border was "rugged and wide- which is rugged and wide- the Taliban's August 31 exit “But the completion by Biden said he has asked Afghanistan affiliate, ISIS-K, is the European Parliament in a in the Horn of Africa and ranging" and that efforts to iso- ranging," he said. deadline. This also includes a August 31 depends on the Pentagon and the State known for staging suicide joint statement also said reawaken movements elsewhere, late the country from the rest During a series of inter- Royal Marine veteran Paul Taliban continuing to cooper- Department for contingency attacks on civilians. African Union should be we believe the African Union of the world would fail. views on Wednesday, Raab "Pen" Farthing, who has been ate and allow access to the air- plans to adjust the August 31 Biden said though the invited to attend individual should be invited to attend indi- "If the Taliban leadership, as also sought to dismiss media seeking evacuation with all the port for those who were trans- timetable of leaving Taliban are cooperating "so G-7 meetings when appro- vidual G-7 meetings when they were saying overnight, reports of him "lounging on the animals from his rescue shel- porting out and no disruptions Afghnaistan, "should that that we can get our people out. priate. appropriate,” the lawmakers want to avoid the brain drain, beach" on holiday at the height ter in the region. to our operations,” he said. become necessary". But it's a tenuous situation". “The withdrawal of US said. , ( 3 B& @ 4 . 9 <% # ( 8 -C ! # ( United Nations: UN Secretary he said. Kabul: Afghanistans seizure by the Taliban has General Antonio Guterres has "I know most of you, espe- raised grave fears of a return to past patterns of hina will introduce President Xi Jinping's 9 said he shares the concern, anx- cially the humanitarian actors, WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Iran, “especially the leapfrogging human rights violations, and stoked desperation Cpolitical ideology in its national curricu- iety and pain of the United want to stay and deliver to Minister Naftali Bennett’s meet- in the past two to three years in among many Afghans, said Michelle Bachelet, UN lum for schools and colleges, in the latest effort Islamabad: The Pakistan Nations personnel in respond to the dramatic needs ing with President Joe Biden the Iranian nuclear program.” High Commissioner for Human Rights. to consolidate the ruling Communist Party's Supreme Court has asked three Afghanistan, asserting that the of the Afghan people, he said, comes in the midst of height- He said other issues would also She added that in recent weeks, her office has grip on power for the future. senior officials to appear before world organisation is doing adding that the safety of all ened tensions with its regional be discussed, including the received harrowing and credible reports of the “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with it on Thursday to hear the everything in its power to ensure United Nations personnel in arch-enemy, Iran, and as Israel Israeli military’s qualitative edge, impact on civilians of violations of international Chinese Characteristics for a New Era” will be Governments version on the their safety and well-being. Afghanistan is our top priority." grapples with a gradual resur- the coronavirus pandemic and humanitarian law, as well as violations and abus- incorporated into China's textbooks for stu- rising incidents of harassment Guterres, in a video mes- "And we are doing every- gence of hostilities on its south- economic matters. es of human rights, by the parties to the conflict. dents at all levels, the country's Ministry of of journalists. sage to UN personnel in war- thing in our power, namely ern border with the Gaza Bennett has spoken out "In particular, we have also received credible Education announced on Tuesday. The three officials are: the torn Afghanistan on Tuesday, through the permanent Strip. against the possibility of a new reports of serious violations of international The guideline, issued by the National Interior Secretary, the Federal said that they have our full sup- engagement with all relevant Bennett, in his first state visit nuclear accord between Iran and humanitarian law, and human rights abuses, tak- Textbook Committee, said textbooks reflect Investigation Agency's port and solidarity. actors, and will continue to do overseas since taking office, was world powers, and says that any ing place in many areas under effective Taliban the will of the Communist Party of China Director General and the "I want to personally thank so to ensure your safety and scheduled to meet Wednesday agreement must also put the control. They include, among others, summary (CPC) and the nation and directly impact the Islamabad police inspector you for everything you are well-being, and to find external with senior administration offi- brakes on Iran’s regional aggres- executions of civilians and hors de combat direction and quality of talent cultivation, general, Dawn news reported. doing to support the Afghan solutions where they are need- cials, including Secretary of sion. Recent months have seen members of the Afghan national security forces; state-run China Daily reported on The court issued the direc- people in this time of crisis. I ed," Guterres said. State Antony Blinken and a string of attacks on Israeli-con- restrictions on the rights of women, including Wednesday. tives in response to a four-page speak for the entire United "The UN chief told the UN Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, nected shipping, believed to their right to move around freely and girls' right The ideology will be integrated into the petition complaining that jour- Nations family when I say, we personnel that he shares their and on Thursday with Biden. have been carried out by Iran. to attend schools; recruitment of child soldiers; curriculum covering basic, vocational and var- nalists in Pakistan were facing are all deeply grateful to you for concern, anxiety and pain and In a statement released by Earlier this week, Bennett and repression of peaceful protest and expression ious subjects of higher education, Han Zhen, increasing acts of intimidation your service, in particular the is distressed by the reports the Prime Minister’s Office told his Cabinet that he would of dissent," Bachelet said. a member of the National Textbook Committee at the hands of security agencies. Afghan national colleagues. that some of them have expe- before his departure, Bennett tell the American president She said that many people no fear reprisals said. The court regretted that the You represent the best of the rienced harassment and intim- said the top priority in his con- “that now is the time to halt the by the Taliban against those working with the As per the new curriculum, the primary FIA appeared to have over- values of the United Nations," idation." versation with Biden would be Iranians, to stop this thing” and Government or the international community; schools will focus on cultivating the love for stepped its mandate and under- not re-enter “a nuclear deal that people who have worked to advance human rights the country, the CPC and socialism. mined the nation's confidence has already expired and is not and justice; or those whose lifestyles and opin- In middle schools, the focus will be on a in the judiciary. relevant, even to those who ions are simply perceived to be opposed to the combination of perceptual experience and A two-judge SC bench, con- thought it was once Taliban ideology. knowledge study, to help students form basic sisting of Justice Qazi Faez Isa relevant.” AP IANS political judgments and opinions. and Justice Jamal Khan In colleges, there will be Mandokhel, also issued notices more emphasis on the estab- to the secretaries of information lishment of theoretical thinking, and broadcasting; religious state-run Global Times report- affairs and human rights min- ed. istries; as well as to the Council Billed as the most powerful of Pakistan Newspaper Editors leader after the CPC's founder (CPNE); All Pakistan Mao Zedong, Xi is widely Newspapers Society (APNS); expected to continue in power the Pakistan Broadcasters for an unprecedented third Association (PBA); Pakistan term beginning late next Federal Union of Journalists year. 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Sensex constituents ending in at 74.24 against the US cur- apid changes in technology, Scrappage Policy exemplifies years of Independence, the for children in India in part- It will also further strengthen Banking and finance the red, while the remaining rency due to a stronger dollar Rlifestyle and economy war- this vision.” “next 25 years are very impor- nership with Indian comic Google’s global trust and safe- stocks succumbed to profit- eight mustered gains. in the overseas markets. rant the auto industry to He cited that ‘21st century’ tant for the country”. book publisher Amar Chitra ty operations of over 20,000 booking after the sharp “Market opened positively Dollar demand from oil change “old approaches and old India remains firmly commit- “We have to work togeth- Katha to interweave critical people, who are dedicated to upmove in the past few ses- but main indices closed on a marketing companies and practices”, said Prime Minister ted to move forward with the er for next generation infra- internet safety lessons across identifying, fighting and pre- sions, while IT and FMCG flattish note due to muted per- importers also weighed on the Narendra Modi. goal of clean and modem structure, world class manu- eight Indian languages. venting online harm. counters bucked the trend. formance by large caps. The rupee, analysts said. In a letter addressed to mobility.”Holistic steps are facturing and new age tech- The tech giant has also “Our north star is to make After touching its all-time broad market was more posi- At the interbank foreign SIAM President and Maruti being taken for the value chain nology. India is committed to launched an enhanced Google the internet helpful for a billion high of 56,198.13 in early trade, tive, as midcaps bounced after exchange market, the domestic Suzuki Managing Director & associated with auto manufac- providing its citizens with glob- Safety Centre in eight Indic lan- Indians...Every single day, more the 30-share BSE Sensex ended the correction mode during the currency opened marginally CEO Kenichi Ayukawa on the turing so that the industry al standards in terms of quali- guages as part of its efforts to people are placing their trust in 14.77 points or 0.03 per cent month, which lifted the morale down at 74.20 and later occasion of the 61st SIAM becomes more productive and ty and safety.”Furthermore, PM step up safety of users on the the internet and adopting new lower at 55,944.21. of investors. dropped to a low of 74.30 in the Annual Convention, PM Modi sustainable.” Modi lauded the role of the internet. services and all of us in the The broader NSE Nifty, “The global market trad- day trade. said that these rapid changes PM Modi further said that automobile industry in India’s Google has significantly technology industry, have a however, ended 10.05 points or ed positive on COVID vaccine On Tuesday, the rupee had warrant old approaches and old all stakeholders have an impor- economy and progress. increased its resources dedi- responsibility to honour their 0.06 per cent higher at its new approval and in anticipation of settled at 74.19 against the US practices to change. tant role in Government’s “From contributing signif- cated to India’s Trust Safety trust,” Google India Country closing record of 16,634.65. It a dovish comment by the Fed dollar.Meanwhile, the dollar “It is also crucial to protect steadfast efforts to transform icantly towards manufacturing teams, including product Manager and Vice-President touched an all-time high of chair in the upcoming meeting index, which gauges the green- our environment, resources India into a global manufac- to furthering exports, from policy analysts, security spe- Sanjay Gupta said at the 16,712.45 during the day. (Jackson Hole),” said Vinod back’s strength against a basket and raw materials. For this rea- turing hub. creating numerous employ- cialists, and user trust experts ‘Google for India’ virtual event. TCS was the top gainer on Nair, Head of Research at of six currencies, was trading son, India is not only empha- “Presence of manufactur- ment opportunities to adding that support over 10 vernacu- He added that Google the Sensex chart, rising 1.31 per Geojit Financial Services. 0.04 per cent higher at 92.93. sising on exploring new possi- ing units of global automobile to the ease of living for people, lar Indian languages, enabling treats user data with utmost cent, followed by Infosys, Domestic equities traded Brent crude futures, the bilities, but also encouraging a manufacturers in India is the sector has been a partner in its central teams to benefit responsibility and gives users Reliance Industries, Nestle range-bound ahead of F&O global oil benchmark, fell 0.15 circular economy.” reflective of a thriving ecosys- India’s growth story,” the letter from the local nuance and complete control over their India, ITC and HUL. expiry, said Binod Modi, Head per cent to USD 70.94 per bar- tem.” quoted PM Modi as saying. inputs. data. 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Tbank employees will receive Parliament to enable Indian rities outside the territory of has intensified its campaign said she has requested banks to to say if there is a lack of “I think it is too early to up to 30 per cent of the last companies to directly list cer- India. against malnutrition in the work with all state governments demand for credit and conclude whether there is a drawn salary of the employee tain prescribed classes of secu- “We are in discussions surrounding areas of its min- to push the ‘one district, one announced a district-wise out- lack of demand… I don’t think under the National Pension rities abroad, Revenue with the players who are ask- ing operations. product’ agenda. reach to be undertaken by it is time yet to conclude that Scheme (NPS). Secretary Tarun Bajaj said on ing for this. Maybe in the A memorandum of under- Banks have also been banks to help credit growth there is no credit pick-up. Even Contribution made by Wednesday. Budget session we will see standing (MoU) has been requested to have interaction from October. without awaiting indications, PSBs for employee pensions Direct listing of securities what we can do,” Bajaj said. signed between Northern with export promotion agen- A push to credit growth we have taken steps to ramp up under the National Pension overseas by Indian entities is The two-part Budget ses- Coalfields Ltd (NCL) and the cies, chambers of commerce public sector banks, there from such outreach efforts will credit,” Sitharaman told Scheme has been hiked to 14 allowed but there are certain sion of Parliament usually com- district administration of and industry to understand and should be some kind of a sim- also help the momentum set by reporters here. per cent from the earlier 10 per issues which need to be sorted mences in the last week of Singrauli, to initiate and run address the requirement of ple approach so that exporters the stimulus packages, which She noted that over Rs cent. 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> 8D E >F F rom being a supplementary conduit Fof information and firmly moni- ( ( tored entertainment, digital devices have now become virtual classrooms for < '''R millions of children all over the world. How has this transition, during the pan- demic, impacted early childcare and education is a question that cannot be answered immediately. Only time will reveal the ramifications of this change, hen women of great brate the struggles and victories of as per experts, though some pros and courage, optimism and ordinary yet courageous women cons are evident even now. Wwisdom join together, who rewrote their destiny and that The pandemic has reminded us of society will change profoundly. of others. the importance of freedom of move- When women of a sensitive nature Bali, an iconic business leader ment, interaction with loved ones, col- and compassion rise to the occa- with extensive experience in lead- leagues and friends. It is during this dif- sion, human society is bound to ing companies both in India and ficult time that technology has come to plug learning gaps, at a time like this, change on a fundamental level.” overseas, lent her voice to some essential human elements that girls in school and improved the tent support from like-minded our rescue. Especially for educators, it is important that parents structure The words — spoken by Daisaku extremely pertinent thoughts, need to be cultivated to move away learning outcomes for more than supporters like BSG, we hope to technology is proving to be a boon. screen time, engage kids in activities Ikeda, president, Soka Gakkai “Women comprise almost half of from the myopic view of indiffer- 1.3 million children in India. gain more traction on the achieve- In these unprecedented times, like reading, and actual games and International (SGI) at a webinar the global population. Why do we ence.” Previously, Husain had worked ment of the fourth Sustainable online learning programmes are help- expose them to nature wherever pos- entitled Beautiful Stories of Women distinguish on the basis of gender Originally from Brazil, Vilela extensively with rural and urban Development Goal, which would ing preschoolers to develop new skills, sible because excessive screen time can Creating a New Age Towards 2030 for job opportunities? Why do we has been working with the Earth underserved communities in South ensure inclusive and equitable cultivate a sense of being part of a com- harm mental and physical health. — highlighted the significance of need to fight for women’s rights? I Charter Initiative since early 1996. America, Africa and Asia. She was quality education to promote life- munity and also participate in some Excessive exposure to the internet is not the role of half the population of think fighting is the wrong term Prior to her work with the Earth conferred with the 2017 NITI long learning opportunities for form of socialising with educators and healthy either. We cannot ignore that the planet in ushering in an era of here. In these times is respecting Charter, she worked for the United Aayog’s Women Transforming all, by 2030,” noted Husain. peer groups. To compensate for the a digital divide is an unfortunate real- peace. Organised by Bharat Soka each others’ rights too much to ask Nations Conference on India Award, the 2016 NDTV- Rounding up the panel, Shome absence of brick-and-mortar ity. Automated learning modules Gakkai (BSG), the Indian affiliate for? There can be no better time for Environment and Development L’Oréal Paris Women of Worth batted for exploring one’s interests playschools, fun interactive games and depend on expensive devices which of the SGI, the webinar drew a dialogue to foster empathy, com- (UNCED) for two years in prepa- Award, and has received the British and being yourself, as loudly as activities are used to reinforce concepts, may not be affordable for all. Internet attention to the value and wisdom passion, and understanding so ration of the 1992 UN Earth Asian Trust’s Special Recognition possible, “As someone who was apart from videos to broaden minds accessibility in rural and remote areas that women can bring to our soci- that we may live in a world that is Summit and a year at the United Award from HRH Prince Charles always on the move, because my and perspectives. is another major issue. Education is a ety as future leaders. And what bet- fair and equitable for all.” Nations Conference on Trade and for outstanding contribution in father was an army man, I had to These methods are not without right and not a privilege. The potential ter occasion to recall the insight lent She brought a global and prag- Development (UNCTAD). While education. adapt to eight different schools challenges; the primary one is to some- of online education should be tapped by the panellists, since today is matic approach to the panel, with there is always room for change, “Over the decades, BSG has throughout my growing years. All how compensate for social interaction to bridge the digital divide and bene- Women’s Equality Day. respect to strategy, marketing, Vilela rued how ‘women have to striven to create an environment of that moving around taught me that and collaborative learning. At home, fit underserved children. The illustrious panelists, rep- innovation in operations having still ask for empowerment. Why are peace through cultural, educa- I don’t need to be in the spotlight, children are easily distracted and can Irrespective of the medium, what is resenting a broad spectrum of soci- worked across several continents. we not able to make it a reality?’ tional and community-lead initia- I can be on the margins and still be resistant to staying put in one place important is that a child’s development ety, were Vinita Bali, former CEO She was among 27 global leaders And that question surely left a tives and I am glad to play my part share my story with all my might.” during a regimented study time. Or should not be hindered. The magical and MD of Britannia Industries, appointed by the UN to help mark on those who were listening. as an advocate for girls’ education Shome is an actor who was they may act up if the parental pressure ingredients of discipline, structure, Mirian Vilela, the executive direc- improve maternal and child health, Education is a game-changer, and gender equality. I wouldn’t nominated for Best Supporting is getting to them. That is why it is balance, social interactions, physical tor of Earth Charter International, by scaling up nutrition initiatives. with respect to women empower- wish my childhood on my enemy; Actress at the 63rd Filmfare important to make the learning process activity, and joy should be intrinsic to Safeena Husain, the founder and Picking up from where Bali ment, believes Husain whose NGO, that is how bad women had it back Awards for her role in A Death In as stress-free and as enjoyable as pos- education, be it the chalk and talk executive director of Educate Girls had concluded, Vilela expressed, Educate Girls (EG), is focussed on then. However, where I am today The Gunj. In 2021, she won the sible. method or e-learning. and Tillotama Shome, a Filmfare “The innate feminine intelligence mobilising communities for girls’ is due to the education that I could Filmfare Award for Best Actress It needs to be mentioned that tech- (The author is the founder and award-winning actor. offers everything the world desper- education. Under her leadership, access. Girls’ education is the (Critics), for portraying a com- nology was meant to augment children’s CEO of TreeHouse, a borderless model While all eyes were on the pan- ately needs today. Sensitivity, empa- since EG’s inception in 2007, the biggest investment that a nation mendable role in Sir, at the 66th understanding of the real world and not of preschool education that can be ellists, the webinar sought to cele- thy, sense of care and flexibility are NGO has enrolled over 7,50,000 can make today and with consis- Filmfare Awards. replace it. While technology helps to accessed from anywhere in the world.)
DAY 1: #$ %" # and the lustre of unique handmade MANISH MALHOTRA embellishments, Afterglow pushed the Can you imagine the Couture Week boundaries of the craft with a quest to win without Malhotra? His collection celebrat- the heart of a bride who appreciates sym- ed brides in their original spirit and bolic and cultural identities, and values emotions that emanate from within. The " authenticity BRIDAL Edit of Nooraniyat is the latest Speaking about their association with collection of Malhotra’s bridal couture. A FDCI’s India Couture Week 2021, Pankaj combination of & Nidhi said, “We are very excited to fine craftsman- ' %>' %? launch our collection, Afterglow, here at the ship and exquisite India Couture Week. We have worked very intricate ele- @A ( 0'0 hard to create each piece & look forward ments, no sur- to seeing everyone’s response .The collec- prise there, the launch of his exquisite Ambrosia Couture whether the wedding is a lavish one or an ages, sizes, shapes and colours. tion incorporated our signature tech- collection is an 2022 Collection. intimate elopement.” Inspired by the Universe, the expanse enchanting med- This inspirational collection bore the The collection comprises beautiful of the cosmos, the million stars, the axis ley of bridal glory hallmark of a heady engagement with the pastels in mint, ice-blue, blush, and yellow, and the movement of all planets; sprinkling sprawled across finesse and excel- with tone-on-tone embroidery in delicate and spiralling in infinite loops of time, strikingly hued lent craft of a glass beads, crystals, and threadwork for meteoric showers and racing comets compositions designer who con- a daytime function in ultra-feminine, inspire abstract galactic embroideries and where each tinues to make soft, flowy silhouettes. Suneet stays true to silhouettes. The garments exude a sense ensemble nar- waves with each his passion for creating new embroidery of expanse and grandeur of the cosmos. rates an emotional story of its own. new offering. techniques and mixes old traditional arts All done to strive for perfect harmony and “My bridal edit is an amalgamation of Ambrosia, in with a modern eye for shapes and silhou- love. The collection is shamelessly glitter- moods and emotions of the brides and Greek mythology, ettes. Sheer sleeves, off-shoulder necklines, ing and glamorously star-like. over the years of creating their dream out- is the ‘nectar of and deep, scalloped backs made for a sen- fits and interacting with them, I inadver- the Gods.’ The sual yet modest young bride. The groom DAY 3: tently got drawn into those intriguing Couture 2022 col- wore easy, pastel-coloured sherwanis with PANKAJ & NIDHI memories and decided to capture it all — lection sought its thread embroidery and modern hemlines. With renewed hope and energy, from their enthusiasm and joy to the heart- inspiration from Pankaj and Nidhi showcased a brand-new felt and compassionate, there’s a myriad of purity, colour and GAURAV GUPTA Couture Collection for 2021 — Afterglow. emotions and sentiments that are so ethereal significance. “Love makes us travel all universes, Afterglow symbolises a new dawn with heart-warming yet unsettling moments Its colour palette was dominated by love makes the cosmos go around, love is a longing for a before she turns the page onto her new ivory and shades of gold while the surface bright future chapter. There’s some surreal magic adorn- ornamentation revelled in sequin, crystal and with stellar ing every bit of their feelings, transmitting splashes, beadwork and threadwork, ruf- craftsmanship, AMIT AGGARWAL you into a world only known to a bride. fles and pleating, laser cutting and quilt- to create pieces In the words of the designer himself, his Whether you are of the new age, or not, ing. that are time- collection, Metanoia, is a story of his own the feelings remain the same, the happy The fabrics, for the first time, leaned less and radiat- resurgence. “An ode to the three elements tears nonetheless flow, and through it all, towards the organic. Cotton silk chanderis, ing an efferves- that form the centre of our existence and our collection that she adorns transcends silk taffeta, silk organza, silk tissue and cent beauty. help nurture us, give us the freedom to her dreams into reality,” says Malhotra. georgettes ruled this collection. The collec- niques in newer silhouettes and colours.” mould ourselves to be authentically us and Steering clear from trends, the collec- tion had excep- carry us forward, earth, water and air tion takes pride in legacies of sacred reds, SUNEET VARMA tional tech- DOLLY J inspired the genesis of Metanoia,” says plush peaches, scintillating golds while the Suneet led us down a path that niques such as The designer revealed that the collec- Aggarwal. heart of it beats on its contemporary yet reminded us of the exciting journey of origami folding, tion, Ah-lam, was inspired by people who Featuring 35 unique styles and silhou- glamorous silhouettes conforming with young lovers — secret love notes, stolen handcrafted have the strength to defy a set pattern and ettes in colours ranging from moss, sage, for- modern pursuits. glances, and the importance of celebration appliqués and carve their own journey. “We now have est green, roseate, azalea, lisianthus, taffy, The range was expansive with his sig- in life. Depicting real-life scenarios and latticework in a more inclusive world where both mulberry, fuchsia to eggplant and indigo, nature trails, sheer veils and layering weaving his couture collection 2021, new age materi- uniqueness and diversity are celebrated. this elaborate collection lent emotion to gar- drapes, as they are most favoured, and per- Suneet says, “I understand the importance als with irides- Our work has been an effort to celebrate ments using intricate materials like glass fect forms of extended silhouettes in of finery and couture at an Indian wed- cent sheen. individuality in a world which is beauti- fibre, raffia palm and optic fibre to spin bridal outfits, long enough to be sweep- ding, and I also understand the needs of all,” says Gupta. Adopting a path fully transient,” she shared. architectural structures into fluid ensembles. ing behind, while the brides walk down the the modern young bride and groom — While living in the middle of a pan- toward sustain- The collection is an ombre of French Innovating with technique, Metanoia, aisle in unparalleled elegance. The embroi- demic the only emotion that drives us is ability, many of blues merging into amethyst mauves, showcased hand painting through marbling dery boasts of the age-old zardosi, badla, love. Gaurav Gupta Couture 2021/22 the embroidery bathing in drops of gold and silver crys- pattern over discarded PVC and handwo- and, of course, signature sequins on mod- comprised a film presentation titled materials were tals. While the burnt coral ombres turn ven polymer The process of hand painting ern silhouettes. Universal Love, that picked up from where fashioned in- the green ash into a playful marigold gold, was applied in gradient over tulle and silks. the previous couture show concluded. house, out of organza peonies and crystal corsage lend The collection highlighted the use of the DAY 2: With this couture presentation, Gupta excess generat- it an old world charm. brands signature metallic polymers which SIDDHARTHA TYTLER shared that, he has strived to bring percep- ed in the Liquid silver fabric had been special- has been used for intricate pleating, 3D hand Delhi-based designer Siddartha Tytler, tion to the dialogue surrounding sexual- process of cre- ly woven for this collection with simple embroidered thread work and metallic trained at the Fashion Institute of ities, gender fluidity, boundaries and ation. silhouettes and crystal encrusted belts. 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It is tion systems, narrow base/pole struc- a global community of power system ture towers. ighlighting’Atamnirbhar Bharat’ campaign of the professionals who voluntarily collabo- Anand is also involved in stan- Hgovernment, India Trade Promotion Organisation rate to share their knowledge and dardisation activities at the national (ITPO) has extended its support to startups in terms experience for the greater good of the and international levels. He is co-con- of providing 50 per cent rental discount to startups in electric energy industry. The present vener of the working group of IEC the 21st edition of India’s International Security Expo network of CIGRE comprises 60 Technical Committee 122 for the for- (7-9 October, 2021) in Hall 5 (GF), IECC Complex at national committees across more than mulation of new IEC Specification on Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. These startups should be 90 countries, with over 15,000 members Design of UHV Transmission System notified by the Department for Promotion of Industry and 1,250 member organisations who and Chairman of Technical and Internal Trade (DPIIT), the Ministry of Commerce contribute technically to 16 study com- Committee ETD 37 of Bureau of and Industry, Government of India. mittees, with over 250 working groups. Indian Standards (BIS), responsible Facilitating transfer of technology, joint ventures, Technical Council award is one of for updating of various existing and system integration, IISE 2021 is being organised, CIGRE’s prestigious awards granted to National Standards/Codes and formu- as per preventive measures to contain the spread of a few members as a reward for their lation of new standards for transmis- the pandemic with the support of the Ministry of active participation in the activities of sion line design & construction, con- Home Affairs, Government of India, while the co- the technical work of the study com- ductors, associated fittings and acces- organisers are CISF and BPR&D. Significantly, this is mittees. CIGRE study committee C-3. Anand has assumed various design developments, environmental sories. the only security expo in the South-Asian region which Anish Anand, executive director of For his active participation and con- responsibilities and positions in POW- impact/line interference studies, uprat- Over the years, Anand has con- enjoys the support of all SPF, NDMA, CRPF, BSF, ITBP, POWERGRID, is a prominent trans- tributions over the years in CIGRE activ- ERGRID over the years. He carried out ing/upgrading studies, transmission tributed to more than 40 technical SSB, Delhi Police, SPG, DFS, etc. mission line expert who has more than ities, Anand has been awarded the the transmission line project engineer- line ROW conservation measures, papers as main/co-author for presen- The Expo will cover almost all aspects of securi- 35 years of professional experience and Technical Council award during the ing, of more than 100 transmission failure investigations, O&M improve- tation in national and international ty and safety as these are vital components to protect has been associated with CIGRE activ- inaugural ceremony broadcast of projects of voltage levels from 66 kV ments, vendor development, ‘Make In conferences/seminars organised by and promote the core values of democracy, secular- ities for many years. He is presently the CIGRE’s Centennial Session held to 1,200kV in various types of terrains India’ initiatives and various interna- different agencies (viz CIGRE-France, ism, freedom and unity as enshrined in our constitu- chairman of CIGRE’s national com- through virtual mode on August 20. including high altitude snow-bound tional consultancy assignments. CIGRE-India, CBIP, GRIDTECH, tion. The event also showcases the new initiatives of mittee B-2 on overhead lines and a Anand is the third professional from mountainous terrains and also looked He had been associated with CEA, CII, ELECRAMA, IEEMA, the industry to promote manufacturing of security member of CIGRE study committee India who has been considered for this after construction and O&M of 765 kV design optimisation and engineering Afro-Asian Forum, Power-India, equipment and gadgets under the ‘Make In India’ cam- B2 and its SAG, CAG & TAG coveted award by CIGRE since they were and 400 kV transmission lines and of India’s first 765 kV line, high Map-India et al). For his excellent paign. Featuring a wide range of the latest products, (Strategic, Customer and Technical introduced in 1993. Previously, the substations in the Western region. capacity 500 kV HVDC line, 400 kV contributions, he was also conferred services and innovations of homeland security, cross- Advisory Groups). Previously, he had CIGRE’s Technical Council awards were Besides project engineering & execu- high SIL line, 765 kV double circuit with CIGRE-India’s Special spectrum technology based security capabilities, the been the chairman of CIGRE’s nation- bestowed on the Indian power system tion, he was involved in research and lines, 800 kV UHVDC lines and 1,200 Recognition Award-2019 during event highlights fresh avenues for development of cyber al committee C3 on system environ- expert Mata Prasad (NTPC) in 1998 and development, in-house software devel- kV line as well as introduction of new CIGRE’s International Colloquium security and skilled task force. mental performance and member S Palki Bapuji (ABB) in year 2005. opment, in-house tower & foundation technologies in the country viz OPGW, in India in November 2019. The concurrent seminars, delegation visits from within the country and overseas and on-the-spot demonstrations on concerns around women safety, ‘Selfie-Points’ and dog shows will be among the added "(# 3 P) attractions. IISE 2021 focuses on a new range of gadgets and systems in the field of surveillance, explosive detection and disposal, fire fighting, access control, radio com- RM Medical College Hospital ical medicine rehabilitation. iprocate it in some other way.” telemedicine centres. Although munications, training equipment and home and auto- Sand Research Centre (SRM Dealing with patient vertigo and SRM MCH&RC is a tertiary this is the largest hospital locat- motive security sectors. Over 100 leading companies MCH&RC), Kattankulathur, complex headaches. The third care teaching hospital attached to ed on the national highway NH are displaying a wide range of products on homeland today launched its new layout for centre of excellence is the clini- SRM Institute of Science and 45 in the outskirts of Chennai, it security, fire safety, traffic management, industrial safe- its website. This was done on the cal trial research unit. SRM hos- Technology (SRMIST). The hos- is located well inside the institute’s ty, Disaster Management and Information Security. occasion of its Founder’s Day. pital was selected by ICMR for pital has been existing since premises. These include: access control systems, perimeter pro- The event held at the hospital the conduct of Covaxin clinical 2005. In 2011, post-graduate Dr Sathyanarayanan contin- tection devices, CCTV surveillance equipments and sys- premises was presided over by trial. It is the only hospital in courses in all specialties in ued, “During the second wave of tem, explosive detection & disposal equipment, disas- SRM Group of Institution’s Tamil Nadu to have achieved this medicare were started. At pre- COVID-19, patients in the hos- ter management & NBCW protection equipment, founder-chancellor Dr T R distinction. All three phases of sent, the hospital has a bed pital were fully sketched and equipment for bank and hospital security, equipment Paarivendhar, MP. Apart from the trial were conducted here strength of 1,590 in various spe- shortage of oxygen made matters for Forensic Science laboratories, fire alarm and fire launching the website, three and the new centre has been cialties. It is located in the uni- worse. At that time, a large con- fighting equipment, equipment for counter terrorism, centres of excellence were inau- constructed and that was inau- versity campus and meets all the signment of 162 oxygen concen- insurgency, anti-naxalism and security enforcement gurated by SRMIST’s pro-chan- gurated on August 24, 2021. regulations of the National trators was donated by Tzu Chi agencies, crowd control gadgets/anti-riot drill equip- cellor (in Academics) Dr P Present for the occasion Accreditation Board for hospitals University and the charity foun- ment, rescue and relief equipment, vehicle and person- Sathyanarayanan. were members of the Buddhists and healthcare providers. It com- dation from Taiwan. The next lot nel GPS System, electronic gates/flap barriers, bomb The three centres of excel- Tzu Chi Foundation, Tzu Chi hospital has made a big change tors to take up more research so prises 351 doctors including of five ventilators are being deliv- suits/ bomb blanket, night vision devices, indoor/out- lence are: division of cleft lift University, SRMIST’s vice-chan- under the leadership of its Pro that they can treat patients bet- specialties, and 574 nurses in the ered shortly (total cost 1.75 door shooting ranges, drone technologies, syber secu- palate and crania facial anom- cellor Dr C Muthamizhchelvan, chancellor (Academics) Dr P ter. “Our motto should be paramedical administrative staff. crore). This great deed of com- rity, health security, software & solutions, baggage alies in the department of Plastic pro-VC (Medical & Health Sathyanarayanan. Under me it ‘Corporate level of healthcare for There are 45 departments in passion and donation that we screening system, integrated critical infrastructure pro- & Reconstructive Surgery. This Sciences) Lt Col Dr A Ravi was only a medical college, now poor patients’. All patients will be broad and super specialties. On received is being recorded pub- tection and jammer/cell phone monitoring system, etc. is partnered with ‘SMILE Kumar, registrar Dr S it has grown to become a state- treated with due respect and be average, 1,500– 1,600 patients lically by SRMIST Chancellor As per previous practice, ITPO will extend invi- TRAIN’, a US-based charity Ponnusamy, dean (Medical) Dr of-the-art hospital.” guided with whatever doubts attend in the OP. who offered his thanks to Tzu tations to all the stakeholders of the industry. These organisation for the treatment of A Sundaram and medical super- “This is an important mile- they have.” This hospital was at the Chi University for their generos- include the home ministers, secretaries and senior rep- cleft lift palate defects in children intendent Dr K Thangaraj. stone in the history of SRM Praising the good relation- forefront of the fight against ity. The global donations by Tzu resentatives from the state governments and law free of cost; the department of Speaking on the occasion, Medical College Hospital and ship between Tzu Chi COVID-19 pandemic and 3,111 Chi University was webcast to the enforcement agencies to visit the fair. Apart from a large E&T has started a new division Dr T R Paarivendhar said, “This Research Centre. SRM has University and SRM he men- patients were treated from April audience during the programme.” number of security professionals, the fair will be vis- of neurotology and vestibular institution should excel among always been known for impart- tioned, “This is only the begin- 2020 till date. About 13,165 OP The event ended with the ited by the senior representatives from paramilitary laboratory. This is jointly oper- all others in India. Our aim ing education and all that is relat- ning of a good relationship patients were screened during celebration of the birthday of Dr forces, state police forces, security agencies, embassies, ated by ENT, neurology, audiol- should be to provide maximum ed to it,” expressed Dr between SRM and Taiwan this period. The hospital has spe- Paarivendhar and the symbolic MNCs, banks, PSUs and Residents Welfare ogy, vestibular therapy, and phys- free service for patients. This Sathyanarayanan. He urged doc- University. We would like to rec- cialties to conduct through cake cutting ceremony. Association. ** $0#1 Q %' ( ' DA successfully con- Scheme 2021 yesterday. who had submitted the applicants successfully Dducted a draw of 689 flats were included in registration money, were got their preference, as ( &(( waitlisted applicants for the draw and a total of also considered for the filled in the application the DDA Housing 130 waitlisted applicants, draw. Out of which, 79 form. he Directorate of Tourism, Jammu, in Tourism, Jammu, while addressing media Tcollaboration with Food and Craft commented, “as the industry strives to he ambassador of Argentina to Institute, Nagrota, organised a workshop for emerge from the pandemic, stronger and TIndia, Hugo Xavier Gobi, called on Argentine ambassador meets Rajasthan CM tourism stakeholders to raise the standards more resilient than ever, these workshops the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, of the hospitality industry in preparation for are facilitators for real and genuine trans- Ashok Gehlot, at his residence on , ( ' the forthcoming tourist season and reacti- formation which is the need of the hour.” August 24, 2021. ( vation of the tourism sector over the next The workshop was attended by 30 partic- During the meeting, the Chief few months. ipants from various hotels of Jammu. It was Minister discussed the possibilities of ration in mining and battery manu- The workshop was inaugurated designed around the key themes ‘Behavioral cooperation between Rajasthan and facturing for electric vehicles. by Jyoti Bhatti, principal of FCI, Nagrota. etiquettes, innovation and future’. It also had Argentina. He told the Gobi that the In the meeting, the officials were While speaking at the opening of the work- a special session on COVID-19 sensitisa- State Government has taken several informed about the investment pos- shop he said that “the participants are local tion. The resource persons included policy decisions in the last two and a sibilities available in the state in the staff of hotels and the workshop will ben- Rajinder Singh, faculty of FCI, Sh Gagan half years for the convenience of the areas of tourism, agro-processing, efit the attendees as they will acquire new Deep, faculty of FCI, etc. investors. To increase investment in agricultural marketing, contract farm- knowledge and skills”. Despite of unprecedented challenges, the state, many important policies and ing, animal husbandry etc. Apart Speaking on the occasion Natasha the tourism sector has to focus on multi- programmes like Rajasthan from this, information was provided Kalsotra, Joint Director of Tourism, Jammu, ple fronts, be it digitisation, sanitation, Investment Promotion Scheme (RIPS- regarding the increase in production expressed, “the workshop is important as health, customer service and more. These 2019), MSME Act-2019, Rajasthan of fruits like olives, dates, guava in the it will shape and optimise the Hospitality workshops not only provide adaptability but Industrial Development Policy-2019, state. chain in the tourism sector. The workshop also hold the key to increase profitability Solar and Wind Policy, One Stop Shop possibilities of investment in sectors Also present on the occasion will train the participants in a range of skills and success for this industry as it strives to system have been implemented. These like agriculture, industry, tourism were Mariano Behran, Agriculture to enhance their flexibility, adaptability and offer guests highly personalised travel policy reforms have created a very and mining. He said Argentine com- Attache from the Embassy of readiness to serve across a multitude of experiences that fulfill their ever-changing positive environment for entrepre- panies are keen to invest in areas such Argentina, and Denis Preguica Bojic, functions enabling them to react positive- needs and expectations. neurship and investment in Rajasthan. as medical and health, information Head of the Department of ly.” At the conclusion, certificates were dis- The ambassador discussed the technology, lithium and silver explo- Commerce. Amar Jyoti Raina, Deputy Director of tributed to the participants.
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Thus, it is neces- Sometimes, feed additives ities and biocycles by preventing bohydrates, iodine, vitamin D, sary to maintain safety, quality (probiotics, antioxidants and harmful practices. and calcium. and quantity of aqua food to immune-stimulants) are added Organic practices also aug- India is a potential habitat meet the increasing food during feed preparations to ment soil fertility, better quality for successful aquaculture with demand. enhance efficiency, quality of of yield and eco-friendly prod- its rich natural resources. Based Antibiotics such as ter- feed and fish health. Feed addi- ucts. The use of organic products on the geographical availability ramycin, furazolidone, aure- tives provide better alternatives in aquaculture ensures that we of water resources and habitats omycin, along with pigments, are to antibiotics. Probiotics are live produce healthy, disease-free here, aquaculture farming is commonly added to the conven- health and growth of fish species microorganisms supplemented fish. Organic products also help broadly divided as inland or tional artificial feed. Nonetheless, and are grouped into micronu- in feed that are capable of in benefiting the ecosystem, soil ower Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) (Strategy, BD & Consultancy) signed on freshwater fishing, and marine or one of the major concerns of the trients (mineral and vitamins) enhancing the immune system fertility and biological activities Psigned a Memorandum of behalf of NHPC Ltd on August 24, 2021. The coastal aquaculture. In India, the addition of these artificial chem- and macronutrients (protein, and improving the intestinal to improve the quality of yield Understanding (MoU) with NHPC Ltd to MoU was signed in the presence of P K inland sector is a major contrib- icals to the fish farms is the lipid and carbohydrate). Proteins microbial balance in fish. On the and provide better quality food. lend funds for the development of hydro Singh, director (commercial) & additional utor to aquaculture. development of antibiotic resis- are helpful in fish diets, required other hand, probiotics are used Undoubtedly, the future of projects by NHPC. PFC will also provide charge (projects), PFC, R R Jha, (ED-in- As one of the rapidly grow- tance against bacterial pathogens in adequate amounts for holis- to trigger activity or growth of aquaculture lies in the innova- financial assistance for the acquisition of charge projects), Manoj Sharma, ED (L&D), ing food sectors, aquaculture or within the fish species and the tic growth of the fish. Lipids certain beneficial bacterial tive, organic and sustainable stressed projects. Praveen Verma, SGM (L&D) and Nitin fish farming majorly contributes possibility of transmittance of essentially serve as fatty acid species in the gut that enhances fish farming, nutrient-rich and NHPC, a schedule-A miniratna catego- Kumar, GM (Central Sector Unit), PFC. to meet the daily nutritional and this resistance to humans after sources and play vital roles as host health. clean feed for the fishes, clean ry-I CPSE, is engaged in the development The signing of the MoU will further bol- food demands and maintains a consuming them. Therapeutic transporters of soluble fats. The adverse impact of con- and oxygen-rich ponds, fair of hydropower in India and has also diver- ster the long-standing association between healthy livelihood. However, the agents like formalin, malachite Vitamins are required in mini- ventional fish farming methods profits to the aquaculturists and sified into solar & wind power. NHPC also PFC and NHPC and will herald a transfor- current practices in fish farming green, dipterex and copper sul- mal amounts for the normal on human health, aquatic pollu- healthy fish food to the con- provides consultancy services to hydropow- mational opportunity between the two involve the use of chemicals, hor- phate are being used as a treat- growth and maintenance of cells tion, destruction of fish habitats sumers. er and renewable energy projects. organisations. The association will also mones, antibiotics and artificial ment for diseases. and organs. Minerals are often and environment has led to the (The author has a PhD in Subir Saha, executive director of projects serve to facilitate knowledge and technol- feed which leads to environmen- Various nutritional con- referred to as ultra-trace ele- strengthening the demand for Biotechnology, and is the senior like SR, ER &NER, CSP&C, signed the MoU ogy transfer, contributing to sustainable tal degradation, pollution, and stituents are considered crucial ments and are required for prop- organic aquaculture/fish farming manager of Biofit Aquaculture’s on behalf of PFC while V K Maini, ED development initiatives in the country. cause a negative impact on for optimum reproduction, er metabolism in fishes. products and methodologies. R&D wing.) ! " :
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But off the park, on SENZ radio. experience of travelling back there and get a taste of as many T20 Internationals games can be played. es are scheduled for another ) $ 2 ( <7>F;%>G6,7< he is so nice and welcoming,” “He just loves to win as across India due to the lock- what it’s really like.” PTI and a historic Day-Night Test “...An announcement state. ( &7 0 &$) # Afridi stars as Pak level series ( '5 C / New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals season. The uncapped left- 74 on Wednesday roped in South arm quick has featured in 38 haheen Shah Afridi com- Africa’s left-arm wrist spinner T20 matches and has taken 44 C 4 2018 and 2019, losing Spleted a ten-wicket match Tabraiz Shamsi for the remain- wickets with a bowling average both. haul to bowl Pakistan to a der of IPL scheduled to be held of 20.06. As a batsman, Garton erena Williams has pulled “New York is one of series-levelling 109-run victo- in the UAE from September 19. has a batting aver- Sout of next week’s US the most exciting cities in ry over the West Indies in the Shamsi, the world No 1 age of 20.77 in Open because of a hamstring the world and one of my final session of the second and ranked T20I bowler in ICC T20s, with a injury, the 23-time Grand favorite places to play - I’ll final Test at Sabina Park on rankings, will be joining the strike rate of Slam winner announced on miss seeing the fans but will Tuesday. Royals squad as their second 124.66. PTI her Instagram page on be cheering everyone on Frustrated by the loss of replacement player. Wednesday. from afar. Thank you an entire day’s play and anoth- The 31-year-old from “After careful considera- for your continued er session to rain and a sod- Johannesburg has picked up 45 tion and following the advice support and love. den outfield over the weekend, wickets in 39 T20Is since mak- of my doctors and medical I'll see you Shaheen kept Pakistan’s hopes ing his international debut for team, I have decided to with- soon,” she alive with a devastating first South Africa against England draw from the US Open to wrote on innings effort of six for 51 on in 2017 allow my body to heal com- social media. day four — his best Test Former skipper Jason & In the IPL, Shamsi has pletely from a torn ham- innings performance — and Holder eventually topscored played 4 matches in which he string,” wrote the 39-year- returned on the final day to with 47 but it was his demise + 2 picked up 3 wickets for Royals old American. "02 32 3 strike critical blows. to Nauman Ali, the left-arm Challengers Bangalore in the Williams, who has not Then, when it seemed the spinner’s third wicket, which Kingston: Pakistan head 2016 season. played since a tearful first #% 4 weather would ruin their des- eased a rising sense of panic coach Misbah-ul-Haq has Meanwhile, Australian round exit at Wimbledon perate push for victory, he in the Pakistan camp. Then tested positive for Covid-19 pacer Andrew Tye, who had when she hobbled off court New York: Indian tennis play- Donskoy in two hours and 35 came back for a final spell Afridi, new ball in hand and and will stay here in quaran- left for home amid the Covid- during the first set against ers’ struggle at the Grand Slam minutes in his opening round. with the second new ball to with eight wickets down, tine for the next 10 days even 19 pandemic during the first Aliaksandra Sasnovich, is a events continued as both Sumit It was Ramkumar’s 21st take the last two wickets and trapped Kemar Roach leg- as the rest of the squad flies phase of the IPL, said he won’t six-time winner in New York. Nagal and Ramkumar attempt to qualify for the sin- give his team a tremendous before. out to Lahore after complet- be available for the remainder She won her first Major at Ramanathan lost their respec- gles main draw of a Grand triumph with one hour to Afridi then induced a ing a Test and T20 series. of the season. the 1999 US Open as a tive first round singles match- Slam since 2014. spare. mistimed drive from Joshua Misbah was the only teenager, the first step on her es to make an exit from the US Prajnesh Guneswaran is Starting the day at 49 for da Silva for Faheem Ashraf to Pakistan squad member who RCB SIGNS GARTON path to a domination of the Open qualifiers. the only Indian left in the men’s one and facing the unlikely take the catch at mid-on and failed two pre-departure Royal Challengers women’s game. Nagal lost 5-7, 6-4, 3-6 to singles qualifiers. The left- target of 329, the West Indies dismiss the West Indies for PCR tests. PTI Bangalore roped in English Williams, whose ranking Argentina’s Juan Pablo Ficovich hander is up against Canadian were again let down by their 219 and seal yet another fast bowler George Garton has now slipped to 22, last in two hours and 22 minutes Brayden Schnur. top-order batting, sliding to come-from-behind effort for Babar Azam, lost the first as a replacement for missed the US Open in 2017 on Tuesday night. Ankita Raina has also exit- 113 for six in mid-afternoon Pakistan in the Caribbean. Test but rebounded to take the Australian pacer Kane because of the birth of her Ramkumar frittered away ed after losing her first round despite a battling 39 from As in 2005 and 2011, second and share the honours Richardson for the daughter. a one-set advantage to lose 6- in women’s singles qualifiers to captain Kraigg Brathwaite. Pakistan, this time led by with the hosts. remainder of IPL 2021 She reached the final in 4,6-7(1), 4-6 to Russia’s Evgeny American Jamie Loeb. PTI F < &6 P (O P 6( ( ( = ,,/! , (% R C / since he was a young boy. Kolkata: West Bengal chief The offer has been ! # D3 New Delhi: Olympic Silver honour. minister Mamata Banerjee on aris Saint-Germain have knocked back by PSG, who say medallist Ravi Dahiya says he “I don’t want to be on the Wednesday brokered peace Prejected a 160 million-euro it is “not enough” for someone London: Harry Kane on win at Wolves last weekend. tar Indian table tennis play- has decided to give the upcom- mat unprepared. What’s the between the warring East Bengal ($188m) offer from Real who arrived from Monaco in Wednesday announced that he “It was incredible to see the Ser Sathiyan Gnanasekaran ing wrestling World point in competing without and their investors Shree Madrid for Kylian Mbappe but 2017 in a 180 million-euro deal. will remain at Tottenham this reception from the Spurs fans on Wednesday notched up a Championship a miss since he enough practice. So I have to Cement Limited and announced the French club’s sporting Real, though, are laying the season, ending speculation over on Sunday and to read some of dominating 4-0 win over did not get time to prepare for miss the World Championship that the red-and-gold outfit director Leonardo on ground to bring in Mbappe his future with Man City. the messages of support I’ve had Yevhen Pryshchepa of the selection trials that WFI is because I don’t want to go to would play in the upcoming Wednesday admitted that they now, even though he will be able Kane had made clear his in the last few weeks,” he post- Ukraine in the summit clash organising next week to the trials without enough prac- Indian Super League, ending will not be able to keep the to sign as a free agent next sum- desire to leave his boyhood club ed on Twitter. to claim the men’s singles pick the Indian team tice,” the soft-spoken Dahiya months of uncertainty. World Cup winner “if he mer if he does not extend in the quest to end his wait for “I will be staying at title at the ITTF Czech for the prestigious said. “Khela hobe. I’m very happy wants to leave”. his contract in Paris. “If a the first trophy of his career. Tottenham this summer and International Open. tournament. Dahiya will be the sec- today,” Banerjee announced at “Our position has player wants to leave, he However, the 28-year-old will be 100% focused on help- The top seeded Indian, The Wrestling ond big star missing from the state secretariat Nabanna. always been the same, to will leave. The club, the was warmly welcomed back by ing the team achieve success.” ranked 39 in the world, beat Federation of India the Indian line-up as Tokyo “All is well that ends well. They keep Kylian and extend his project is bigger than the Spurs supporters as he Kane is Tottenham’s second Yevhen 11-0,11-6, 11-6, 14-12 (WFI) will conduct Olympics Bronze had some uncertainties till now contract,” Leonardo told any one person,” said made his first appearance of the top goalscorer in history with in the final. trials on Tuesday for medallist Bajrang whether they would be able to media as he discussed the Leonardo, as he season as a substitute in a 1-0 221. AFP Earlier, Sathiyan had the Worlds, set to be Punia has also play in ISL but now East Bengal’s future of Mbappe, slammed the advanced to the final after his held in Oslo, been forced out problem is solved. Shree Cement whose current Spanish before the summer transfer him,” insisted Leonardo. Swedish opponent Truls Norway from due to a liga- has accepted my request with contract expires giants for window in Europe closes on However, he admitted it Moregardh retired hurt mid- October 2-10. ment tear in East Bengal and have accepted at the end of being “disre- August 31 and with PSG des- “seems clear” that Mbappe way through the semifinal. Dahiya and his right all my proposals.” this season. spectful” in perate to keep hold of a player wants to go and said the play- The top seeded Indian other Tokyo Games knee. “I will Banerjee once again played It emerged their they still consider their crown er had “always promised that he had won the first two games medal winners have try to compete a key role, about a year after she on Tuesday approach of jewel despite the presence of would not go for free”. without breaking a sweat 11- been hopping from in one or two had roped in the Rajasthan- that Real had the 22-year- Neymar and, now, of Lionel Those comments suggest 4, 11-8 and was leading the one state to anoth- tournaments before based investors to acquire a 76 made a bid for old. Messi in the French capital. Mbappe is therefore likely to third 8-2 when Moregardh er for the numer- the season ends after I per cent stake that had paved the Mbappe, a The offer “We have done everything leave this month, at least as opted against continuing the ous felicitation begin serious training century-old club’s last minute player they comes with just for Kylian, even this transfer long as Real come back with an competition, citing an injury functions being from next month,” he entry to ISL last season. PTI have courted ever six days to go window has been built around improved offer. in the semifinal clash. organised in their said. PTI