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VOL: 10 Issue: 184 JAMMU AND KASHMIR, SUNDAY , JULY 25 2021 DAILY PAGES 12 Rs. 2/- IINN BBRRIIeeFF We are committed to protect our forest resources and the interest Army jawan killed in mine explosion of communities dependent on forests for livelihood : LG in Poonch GANDERBAL, JULY 24 : ed the collective efforts put in concerned officials to ensure The administration is work - International Air Cargo, we the farmers from every corner like greenhouse gases; ozone Jammu, Jul 24 (UNI): Lieutenant Governor, Manoj by the VC, SKUAST-K and his that action should be taken ing to ensure their rights. We have given a greater impetus to of the UT regarding focus layer depletion, global warm - One Army jawan was killed Sinha today inaugurated the team for producing human against those who have occu - are reaching out to the commu - strengthening the market con - attention to the value addition ing and I believe that they can and another suffered injuries new Boys Hostel of the resources in Agriculture and pied the large forest lands nities and stakeholders nectivity for the farmer’s pro - in agriculture. play an important role in envi - in a mine explosion along Faculty of Forestry worth Rs allied disciplines, developing rather than targeting only the dependent on forests by open - duce, observed the Lt We are creating new oppor - ronment conservation and pro - the Line of Control in 5.30 crore and laid stones of technologies for solving poor. ing up more opportunities for Governor. tunities for rural employment. tecting the endangered species, Mendhar area of Poonch Mini-Watershed Project cost - farmer’s problems in agricul - The interest of the poor their livelihood generation, The Central Government With the target of 2 FPOs in added the Lt Governor. district of Jammu and ing Rs 10 crore, Trainees ture & allied sciences, besides people who have been living in added the Lt Governor. under the leadership of Prime each district, the Government The Lt Governor impressed Kashmir. Hostel at Rs 3.80 cr and taking the Lab innovations to the forests for generations The Lt Governor also Minister Narendra Modi is giv - is working to create such facil - upon the Youth, Scientists, and Defence sources said that Academic Block costing Rs 8 the Field in a bid to substan - ing a focused attention towards ities and ecosystem so that faculty members to work with one jawan was killed, while cr at SKUAST-Kashmir cam - tially increase the farmer’s the development and progress youth could also take up farm - the spirit of Jan Bhageedari in another suffered injuries in pus, Benhama in Ganderbal income. of agriculture and allied sec - ing as a career option, the Lt environment protection and an explosion that took place district. Our large population is tors in the UT. Governor maintained. dealing with challenges of cli - during an operation in for - On the occasion, the Lt dependent on agriculture and The Lt Governor also made The Lt Governor made a mate. warding areas along the Governor felicitated the pro - agro-forestry. The goal of rapid some suggestions to explore special mention of the women Earlier, the Lt Governor Line of Control in the KG gressive farmers and handed development of villages, forest more possibilities of growth folks of J&K who are engaged inspected the stalls of veg - sector of Poonch on over cheques of Rs 5000 each dwellers, and farming commu - and diversification in the agro- in agriculture and allied sectors etable varieties installed by the Saturday. to 10 awardees of ‘Champion nities can only be achieved by forestry industry. and called for opening up of SKUAST-K and also planted a The body of jawan has Farmer Award’. He also protecting our forest resources He called for prioritizing more avenues for the women, tree sapling on the occasion. been shifted to sub-district released 07 publications of and integrating forest products the reproductivity of medicinal in collaboration with JKRLM, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, hospital Mendhar for post - Agriculture & Forestry. into the new investment policy, and aromatic plants, besides for marketing of forest produce Chief Secretary; Prof JP mortem, he added. Speaking on the occasion, the Lt Governor maintained. conducting a regular survey in with medicinal properties. Sharma, VC SKUAST- One-way traffic the Lt Governor observed that J&K is blessed with must be safeguarded, he added. underlined host of innovative this regard and preparing a Underlining the important Kashmir, S. Pandurang K. resumes on Srinagar- the progressive and future-ori - immense forest wealth which Speaking on the govern - measures taken by the UT working plan for the next one role of the young generation in Pole, Divisional ented approach of the govern - needs to be protected. Our ment’s endeavours to safe - Government for branding, year. He also suggested the protecting and preserving the Commissioner, Kashmir; Sh Leh highway ment has brought about visible Scientists, senior officials, guarding the rights and inter - marketing, and transportation forestry faculty to explore all green gold, the Lt Governor Vijay Kumar, IGP Kashmir; Srinagar, Jul 24 (UNI): changes in agro-forestry situa - youth, and other stakeholders ests of the communities of local Agro-forestry prod - the possibilities of integrating observed that the increase in Sh. Ajaz Ahmad Bhat, One-way traffic was on tion in J&K, leading to the must engage themselves in dependent on forests, the Lt ucts. the forest products like Kot number of youth, especially Director-General Horticulture; Saturday resumed on the improved productivity, prof - rejuvenation of agro-forest Governor stated that the UT From GI Tagging of local root plant with other growth the girls, indulging in forestry Prof. TH Masoodi, Dean, Srinagar-Leh National itability & employability in the resources, said the Lt Government is committed to produce to the potential industries. is an encouraging sign. Faculty of Forestry and scores Highway after closing for a said sector. Governor. fully implement the Forest Operationalization of Night He further shared the sug - Our young generation is of farmers were present on the day in view of weekly main - The Lt Governor appreciat - The Lt Governor asked the Rights Act at the earliest. flights and commencing of gestions and inputs received by aware of environmental issues occasion. tenance, traffic officials said. Charri Mubarak taken to Pahalgam for Traffic was suspended on Fake gun license case: CBI searches BSF lodges protest with Pak Rangers over drone the highway, the only road Bhoomi Punjan, Dhawarjahon ceremonies connecting Union Territory Srinagar, Jul 24 (UNI) : and Dhawajarohan were per - around 40 locations in J&K activities at Sector Commander Level meet (UT) of Ladakh with The Chhari Mubarak, holy sil - formed on the auspicious occa - Jammu, Jul 24 (UNI) : Organisation Jammu (VOJ) scrutiny of documents, the Jammu, Jul 24 (UNI) : In Pakistan authorities in Kashmir, on Friday to allow ver mace of Lord Shiva was on sion of Ashad-Purnima (Vyas- The teams of Central Bureau on the allegations of bulk role of certain gun dealers the wake of increased drone Jammu Area. weekly maintenance, partic - Saturday taken to Pahalgam for Purnima). of Investigation on Saturday issuance of arms licenses in was found who in connivance Bhoomi Pujan and The Chhari Mubarak will activities, the Border Security The BSF delegation was ularly at Zojila pass, where conducted simultaneous the erstwhile State of J&K with the public servants i.e. Force on Saturday lodged led by Surjit Singh, DIG, road has suffered damage Dhawajarohan ceremonies on return to Deshnami Akhara , the auspicious occasion of Srinagar, in the afternoon. The searches at around 40 loca - during the period 2012 to the then DM and ADM of protest with its counterparts Border Security Force and due to heavy snowfall dur - tions in the fake gun license 2016. concerned District had C M Ashad-Purnima (Vyas- holy Mace will be taken to Pakistan Rangers during Pakistan Rangers delegation C M ing the winter. case. It was alleged that more allegedly issued such illegal Sector Commander Level was led by Brig Murad However, ?Vijay Divas? Purnima). Shankarachaiya temple and Y B With this the age old tradi - Sharkadevi temple before start - CBI spokesman said that than Rs 2.78 lakh arms arms licenses to the ineligible meeting held at Suchetgarh Hussain, Sector Commander y B rally was allowed to ply the raids were carried at licences were issued to the persons. along international border Pakistan Rangers, Sialkot from Sonamarg in central tions associated with the annu - ing final journey towards the al pilgrimage to holy Amarnath cave shrine, where final pujan Jammu, Srinagar, Udhampur, here. Sector . Kashmir district of Rajouri, Anantnag, BSF spokesman said that It was the first Sector Ganderbal to Minamarg cave shrine in south Kashmir will be held on Rakshabandan. Himalayas commenced on Mahant Giri said they Baramulla and Delhi at the on the request of Pakistan Commander Level meeting across the Zojila pass official and residential prem - Rangers, a Sector between two border guarding between 1200 hrs to 1400 Saturday. prayed for peace and prosperi - However, the Shri ty in Jammu and Kashmir ises of the then public ser - Commander Level meeting Forces, after declaration of hrs despite weekly mainte - vants including IAS, KAS nance day on Friday, he Amarnath Shrine Board besides end to COVID-19. was held between Border Cease Fire agreement by (SASB) has cancelled the He had described the deci - officers, around 20 Gun Security Force and Pakistan DGMOs. said. The administration in annual pilgrimage in the wake sion of the SASB to cancel the houses and dealers in an on- UT Ladakh and J&K have Rangers on International He said that it was decided of COVID-19 pandemic. No pilgrims in view of COVID 19 going investigation of a case Border in Suchetgarh area. to re-energize instant commu - agreed to suspend traffic on yatra was conducted last year as an appropriate step. related to Arms licence every Friday to allow The spokesman said that nication between field due to same reasons while in However, he expressed hope racket. during meeting, Commanders Commanders, whenever Beacon to undertake neces - 2019 the pilgrims were asked that by next year normal pil - sary maintenance. He said that the CBI had of both the border guarding required, to resolve the oper - to leave and remaining yatra grimage will be held. registered two cases on the Forces, discussed various ational matters. Two militants killed by cancelled for security reasons He had further said that request of J&K Government issues with main emphasis by "Meeting was held in a security forces in when centre abrogated Article although the decision was not and further notification from BSF delegation on Pak Drone cordial, positive and con - 370 and 35 A on August 5. pleasant for the pilgrims, but the Union Government, and activities, Terrorists activities structive atmosphere and Bandipora encounter ? Bam Bam Bolay? and Har keeping in view the pandemic Srinagar, Jul 24 (UNI): taken over the investigation by Pakistan from across the both side agreed for expedi - Har Mahadev? rented in the air and safety of the lives of lakhs of two FIRs i.e No.18 of non-entitled persons. It was also alleged that the border, digging of tunnels by tious implementation of the Two unidentified militants when Mahant Deependra Giri, of pilgrims who were coming were killed by security 2018 dated 17.05.2018 earli - The CBI also collected persons who got these licens - Pakistan and other issues decisions taken in the earlier carrying the Chhari Mubarak from different parts of the er registered at Police Station documents pertaining to the es were not residents of the forces in an encounter in the left from Dashnami Akhara country besides service related to Border manage - DG level talks and committed north Kashmir district of near here at around 0530 hrs providers, volunteers and gov - Vigilance Organisation issuance of armed licences places from where the said ment. to each other to maintain Bandipora on Saturday, this morning alongwith a group ernment officials who were to Kashmir (VOK) and FIR No. allegedly spread over 22 dis - arms licenses were issued. A very strong protest was peace and harmony at police said. of sadhus for Pahalgam, where be deployed for the yatra duty 11 of 2018 dated 17.05.2018 tricts of J&K. Investigation is continu - lodged by BSF delegates International Border," he Troops of Rashtriya Bhoomi Pujan, Navgrah Pujan it is an appropriate decision. of Police Station Vigilance During investigation and ing, the CBI said. regarding Drone activities by said. Rifles (RR), Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police To engage youths, Kathua Police trains FCS&CA Deptt to rollout Nomination Policy under PDS and CRPF launched a joint SRINAGAR, JULY 24 : designated only for single/dual However, the nominees will not at Bemina, Srinagar. Cordon and Search them to qualify tests in belt forces The Administrative Council member ration cards where the be allowed to draw ration on Once operational, the hospi - Operation (CASO) in Jammu, Jul 24 (UNI) : In Police, Kathua here told UNI. The top cop added that a (AC) which met here today beneficiary is a senior citizens behalf of other beneficiaries tal will strengthen the pediatric Shokbaba forest Sumblar in a noble gesture, Kathua He said the officers from two hour training session under the chairmanship of the (above 65 years) / minor (below through the portability feature care facilities in Kashmir divi - Bandipora early this morn - Police have initiated a step Kathua Police are selflessly begins at 0700 hours and as of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj 15 years) / bedridden / differ - under ‘One Nation One Ration sion, ease the burden of patient ing following some informa - towards educating youth and now, nearly 600 Sinha, approved the rollout of ently abled. Card’ scheme. load on the existing tertiary tion about the presence of imparting training to them on youth in four tehsil Nominee Policy for Aadhar The scheme allows a benefi - Over the past few months, level hospital, and ensure quali - militants. tips to qualify written and headquarters, are enabled Public Distribution ciary to submit a nomination the Department has undertaken ty maternity, neonatal and pedi - When the security forces physical tests in various belt undergoing the train - System (AePDS) by Food, form either to the Tehsil Supply a series of reform measures to atric care to the patients. were moving into the forest forces as well as police. ing. Civil Supplies & Consumer officer (TSO) or dealer or to the ensure food security to the resi - The project will be upgrad - area, militants hiding there Under "Youth "This will remain Affairs Department. Assistant Director (AD) to add dents of Jammu and Kashmir ing vital pediatric facilities on opened indiscriminate firing Engagement Programme '', a continuous feature The decision aims to ensure the nominated person to the by timely and efficient distribu - modern grounds and will be with automatic weapons, a Kathua Police have started so that the boys stay assured regular supply of food beneficiary’s family as a nomi - tion of food grains at highly completed at an estimated cost police spokesman said. the training program in in touch with their grains to all beneficiaries as per nee with zero entitlement. To subsidized and affordable of Rs. 114.81 crore. The new Security forces also retal - Hiranagar, Kathua, Billawar regular practice and the entitlement under National avail ration, the nominee will prices through a network of hospital will be equipped with iated ensuing an encounter Food Security Act in a smooth have to visit the respective deal - 6738 outlets. all modern equipment for man - in which two militants were and Basholi areas of the dis - training these youth in their education and be able to and hassle-free manner. er and complete the KYC regis - 500-bedded pediatric hos - aging the high risk pediatric killed. trict. respective areas. chase their dreams," he said, The new policy will enable tration and biometric authenti - pital to come up at Bemina cases to further reduce the "We are giving training to "The initiative is taken adding that some girls are beneficiaries in old age, bed- cation. The Administrative Council infant mortality rate. See All Truth Prevail youth about how to appear in under "Youth Engagement also being trained. ridden or those living with dis - In case of unavailability of a (AC) which met here today It will also serve as the physical tests as well as writ - Programme '' so that our "We will be training youth abilities to nominate a responsi - nominee, respective Tehsil under the chairmanship of the Centre of Excellence in Videos News at ten examinations in belt youth, instead of engaging in in groups so that they can ble person after due verification Supply Officer will be designat - Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Pediatric in Kashmir Division www.truthprevail.com forces, police or armed other unwanted activities, can appear in various competitive to collect the quota of the subsi - ed as a nominee to beneficiaries Sinha, gave administrative and will assist the Union territo - forces," Ramesh Kotwal, be channelised in the right levels to join security forces," dized ration on their behalf. requiring special assistance for approval to the construction of ry in mitigating a possible third Senior Superintendent of direction," Mr Kotwal said. said the SSP. Moreover, the nominee will be delivering the requisite ration. a 500-bedded pediatric hospital wave of COVID-19 pandemic. FOR Computer Services COVID-19 : JK reports 88 new positive cases, 314798 recovered so far Laptop Services SRINAGAR, JULY 24 : According to the daily reported today) with 331 with 67 Active Positive, 16032 ing 05 cases reported today) (including 03 cases recovered tive cases in J&K, 22796 have BSNL Broadband The Government on Saturday Media Bulletin on novel Active Positive, 69958 recov - recovered (including 05 cases with 147 active positive cases, today)and 119 deaths; been reported as travelers Pan Card informed that 88 new positive Corona virus (Covid-19), out ered (including 39 cases recov - recovered today), 205 deaths; 51416 recoveries (including Kishtwar has 4617 positive while 297695 as others. Passport cases of novel Corona virus of 320491 positive cases, 1319 ered today), 832 deaths; Bandipora has 9459 positive 07 cases recovered today), cases (including 04 cases The Bulletin said that the Contact :- (COVID-19), 33 from Jammu are Active Positive, 314798 Baramulla has 23518 positive cases (including 02 cases 1139 deaths; Udhampur has reported today) with 49 Active breakup represents districts Rohit: division and 55 from Kashmir have recovered and 4374 have cases with 63 Active Positive, reported today), with 57 11269 positive cases (includ - Positive, 4525 recoveries from which the patients have division, have been reported died; 2138 in Jammu division 23173 recovered (including 23 Active Positive, 9302 recover - ing 01 cases reported today), (including 03 cases recovered been traced or are ordinarily Mob. 9419626826 today, thus taking the total and 2236 in Kashmir division. cases recovered today), 282 ies (including 08 cases recov - 23 active positive cases, 11111 today) and 43 deaths; Poonch residing. number of positive cases in The Bulletin further said deaths; Budgam reported ered today), 100 deaths; recoveries (including 06 cases has 6243 positive cases The bulletin added that Jammu and Kashmir to that out of 11312556 test 22835 positive cases (includ - Ganderbal has 9847 positive recovered today) and 135 (including 01 cases reported there are 2423 COVID dedi - 320491. Moreover, 178 more results available, 10992065 ing 05 cases reported today) cases (including 07 cases deaths; Rajouri has 10883 pos - today) with 55 active positive, cated beds, 2019 Isolation Jai Baba Kali Veer Ji COVID-19 patients have samples have been tested as with 68 active positive cases, reported today) with 62 Active itive cases (including 04 cases 6094 recoveries (including 02 beds with 1985 vacant beds recovered and discharged from negative till today. 22562 recovered (including 08 Positive, 9707 recoveries reported today) 55 active posi - cases recovered today) and 94 and 404 ICU beds where 390 various hospitals including 69 Till date 2740426 persons cases recovered today), 205 (including 05 cases recovered tive, 10603 recoveries (includ - deaths; Ramban has 5950 pos - beds are vacant in Jammu divi - MANOJ KUMAR & CO. from Jammu Division and 109 have been enlisted for observa - deaths; Pulwama has 15135 today) and 78 deaths; Kulgam ing 09 cases recovered today) itive cases (including 04 cases sion while there are 3353 from Kashmir Division. tion which included 8133 per - positive cases (including 02 has 11223 positive cases and 225 deaths; Doda has 7183 reported today) with 28 active COVID dedicated beds, 3074 Fruit & Vegetable Besides this, 99.30 percent sons in home quarantine cases recovered today) with 71 (including 04 cases recovered positive cases (including 11 positive cases, 5856 recoveries Isolation beds where 3019 of population above the age of including facilities operated by Active Positive, 14870 recov - today) with 12 Active Positive, cases reported today) with 86 (including 11 cases recovered beds are vacant and 279 ICU Commission Agents 45 years has been vaccinated government, 1319 in isolation ered (including 07 cases recov - 11094 recoveries (including 07 Active positive, 6973 recov - today)and 66 deaths while beds where 234 are vacant across the Jammu and and 354581 in home surveil - ered today)and 194 deaths; cases recovered today) and ered (including 27 cases recov - Reasi has 6214 positive cases beds in Kashmir division. Specialist In : Potato, Onion Kashmir. lance. Besides, 2372019 per - Kupwara has 14032 positive 117 deaths while as Shopian ered today) and 124 deaths; (including 03 cases recovered There are a total of 5776 The Bulletin also informs sons have completed their sur - cases (including 04 cases has 5579 positive cases Kathua has 9257 positive cases today)with 45 active positive COVID dedicated beds, 5093 Shop No. 69, Sabji that No confirmed case of veillance period. reported today), 50 Active (including 01 cases reported with 05 active positive cases, cases, 6126recoveries (includ - Isolation beds with 5004 beds Mucormycosis has been Providing district-wise Positive, 13817recoveries, 165 today )with 10 active positive 9102 recoveredand 150 ing 01 cases recovered vacant and 683 ICU beds with Mandi Narwal, Jammu. reported today, thus the total breakup, the Bulletin said that deaths; Anantnag district has cases, 5511recoveriesand 58 deaths; Samba has 7120posi - today)and 43 deaths. 624 vacant beds in the Union number of confirmed cases Srinagar has 71121 positive 16304 positive cases (includ - deaths. Similarly, Jammu has tive caseswith 35 active posi - According to the bulletin, Territory of Jammu and Ph. 2475446, 94191-93836 remains 35 in the UT of J&K. cases (including 27 cases ing 03 cases reported today) 52702 positive cases (includ - tive cases, 6966 recoveries among the total 320491 posi - Kashmir.

C M C M Y B Y B TRUTH PREVAIL SPECIAL 2 JAMMU SUNDAY JULY 25, 2021 Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav: DC Shopian reviews rolling out of Mission Youth Rohit Kansal inaugurates 1x10 MVA 33/11 KV SHOPIAN, JULY 24 : full social, economic and important social/ economic/ vate all field men and machin - The Deputy Commissioner human potential, to foster the political matters by interact - ery for getting more people (DC) Shopian, Sachin Kumar social integration of youth ing with communities and by above 18 years of age group station at Nusoo, Bandipora Vaishya today reviewed the within communities and using innovative means, to vaccinated and also speed up BANDIPORA, JULY 24 33/11 kV stations in district Bandipora in general total station cost including roll out of Mission Youth in enhance youth employability, provide assistance to depart - the process to complete the : Principal Secretary, Power Bandipora district under cen - and town and adjoining areas 33kV incoming and 11kV the district during a meeting contribution to effective ments in data gathering and to requisite target in a time Development Department, trally sponsored scheme in particular, an additional outgoing is Rs. 3.94 crore. convened at Mini Secretariat, delivery of basic services to assist local administration to bound manner. Rohit Kansal, on Saturday IPDS. Speaking on the occa - 33/11 kV station was required The grid station will benefit Arhama here. Speaking on He directed for ensuring inaugurated 1x10 MVA 33/11 3062 consumers including the occasion, the DC said that vaccination of 2500 to 3000 KV station at Nusoo in 2572 domestic and 490 com - OUT of J&K is bestowed people on a daily basis so that Bandipora as a part of activi - mercial. with a predominantly young no one is left out on this ties being carried out under Kansal said the commis - population which is a valu - behalf. He also stressed for Azadi Ka Amrut Mahatsov. sioning of Nussu station has able human resource which increasing the issuance of He was accompanied by fulfilled long pending demand must be put to constructive Sehat Card process and quick Deputy Commissioner of the people and will help in engagement. Mission Youth is service delivery of domicile Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmad, a big way to streamline trans - the apex body of the govern - certificates to facilitate the MD, KPDCL Basharat mission and distribution of ment for youth engagement people of the Shopian district. Qayoom, MD JKPDC, Raja power in the district. and outreach in J&K, he Threadbare discussion was Yaqoob, Chief Engineer He said that the govern - added. also held in the meeting for Projects, CGM (PFC) SS Rao, ment is aiming to achieve He said that the core agen - providing better road connec - Consultant PFC, Mazhar ul larger goal of self-sufficiency da of Mission Youth is to pos - tivity, internet facility, Haque, Manager PR PFC, in power sector. He stressed itively engage youth for their portable drinking water facili - Gaurav Anand, SE Projects on putting concerted efforts overall well being within the the people of J&K in the times identify vulnerable areas for ty and uninterrupted power North, SE O&M North and towards achieving medium society by making them of distrust, natural calamities, creating better targeted supply to the far off and other senior officers. term target of providing reli - stakeholders in the develop - pandemics, to set up micro responses, to work for com - downtrodden people of the Pertinently, 33/11 kV able power supply to con - ment of the Union Territory. youth clubs for youth engage - munity mobilization and tar - district. Station at Nusoo, Bandipora sion, Rohit Kansal said owing to ensure reliable and uninter - sumers with less power cur - The DC further said that ment at Panchayat level. geted response under various Additional Deputy is one among the two new to growing power demand of rupted power supply. The tailment. the programme is conceived He added that the role of government schemes, initia - Commissioner, Shopian, with an objective to facilitate Volunteer Groups shall be to tives, developmental activities Mushtaq Ahmed Simnani, the engagement of youth in create awareness among gen - and other government func - SDM Zainapora, ACD, CPO, Social Forestry deptt continues monsoon plantation drives sustainable socio-economic eral masses, to combat misin - tions etc. Tehsildars, YSSO, BDOs and development of J&K; to help formation and sensitization of On the occasion, Sachin other concerned were present Dir SFD interacts with PRIs in Rajouri young people to realize their communities regarding exhorted the officers to acti - in the meeting. JAMMU, JULY 24 : VPPCs to generate revenue Division, Kathua where plants at different locations by Director, Department of through plantations in their 10997 plants were planted at involving BDC members Make coordinated efforts for empowerment of Social Forestry, Roshan Jaggi areas. He assured the VPPCs different locations in presence namely Dina Nath, Sh. today held an interaction ses - that the Department will sup - of VPPCs Chairman Balwan Singh, Hans Raj youth : DDC Anantnag sion with the Chairman and ply saplings as per their (Sarpanchs) namely Devinder Chairman (VPPC), Pritam members of Village requirement.All the Chairman Kumar, Smt. Madhu Rani, Sh. Singh Chairman (VPPC), Stresses for prompt redressal of grievances Panchayat Plantation (VPPCs) and other partici - Shamsher Chand, Shiv Dev Sukhdev Singh Chairman Committees (VPPCs) of dif - received through LGs portal, Information Deptt ferent Panchayats of Rajouri ANANTNAG, JULY 24 : tourist villages having poten - other departments for prompt preparing the remaining esti - District. The District Development tial for agriculture, handloom, settlement of their land, ROW mates under District Capex Besides, VPPC chairman Commissioner (DDC) handicraft etc tourism and the and other issues. and monitoring the execution and members DDC counsellor Anantnag, Dr. Piyush Singla subsequent training and hand Dr. Singla issued instruc - of those works on ground -Kalakote, Anita Thakur, today directed the concerned besides enhancing the speed DDC Counsellor Rajouri Sai officers to make coordinated of work in Languishing Rashid and DDC counsellor efforts for engagement and Projects. Sunderbani, Rajinder Sharma empowerment of youth Terming the grievance res - also interacted with the through various key initia - olution as one of the top most PCCF/Director of Social tives of the government. priorities of Lieutenant Forestry Department through The DDC said this while Governor, Dr. Singla enjoined virtual mode. taking a comprehensive upon the officers to promptly The interactions aimed to review of the progress made reply all grievances received update the PRIs on increasing by the district in Mission through LGs Portal or report - role of the department in Youth, Forest Rights Act, ed in media and routed greening of J&K with the Tribal Survey, District Capex, through Information active involvement of people Back to Village, Languishing Department. The replies, through PRIs. The and other priority sectors and responses and action taken PCCF/Director spoke in detail programmes besides action reports should be factual and on the ways and means of taken report on the public holding of the local youth in tions for 100 percent provi - depicting real position on active involvement of people grievances. tourism sector. sion of water connections to ground, he added. and other stakeholders in all Calling these sectors as top Directions were passed to AWCs and schools in near During the proceedings, activities of Social Forestry pants committed for increas - Singh, Smt. Sonia Jagotra, (VPPC), Smt. Saleema priorities of administration, the concerned to compile and future. The concerned were threadbare discussions were Department. Major activities ing green cover in their areas Professor Ram Murti Sharma. Chairperson (VPPC), Mulkh the DDC impressed upon the forward the claims received directed to resolve the issues held to work out practicable of the Department such as and assured to work with the Various plantation drives Raj (VPPC) member, Geeta officers to expedite the work under Forest Rights Act being faced in this regard. ways and modalities for raising and managing of Department in tandem with were also attended by Devi Chairperson (VPPC) so that desirable results are besides expediting the pace of Taking stock of B2V achieving palpable progress Village Woodlots, Farm full vigour. The Divisional DDCs/BDCs namely Naryan and other members of PRIs. achieved in a time bound migratory/nomadic survey for works, the DDC exhorted for on these vital sectors and ini - Forestry, Strip Plantations and Forest Officer, Social Forestry Dutt BDC Chairman, Raghu The DFO SF Division, manner. overall benefit of the tribal completing the tendering and tiatives. Institutional Plantations were Division, Rajouri ( Rakesh Nandan Singh, Vice Udhampur has also carried On the occasion, Dr. population in the district. allotment process so that they The meeting was attended deliberated in detail & partici - Saraf) conducted the proceed - Chairman DDC Kathua and out plantation drive with Singla laid special emphasis While reviewing the status are completed within stipulat - by ADDC, ADCs, SEs of pants were sensitized to ings of the meeting. other members of PRIs. Commandant CRPF Jatinder on youth oriented initiatives of toilets on Yatra routes, the ed time frame. Since there are PWD, PDD and Hydraulic enhanced role of people and Besides this, monsoon The Social Forestry Kumar Gupta and CRPF like livelihood generation DDC directed for working in many works identified in each alongwith Exens, SDMs, devolution of powers to plantation drives continued Division, Udhampur carried jawans at yog ashram Katra scheme Mumkin, formation mission mode for installing Panchayat, their completion is ACD, ACP, ACR, DFOs, VPPCs. He emphasized upon with PRIs in Social Forestry out plantations of 10230 along with locals. of youth clubs etc which are the public utilities at impor - pivotal for overall develop - Tehsildars, BDOs, DPO, Exen being taken under Mission tant locations. He also called ment and welfare of rural REW alongwith AEEs, Youth Programme. He for proper coordination areas, he remarked. DYSSO and other concerned GCe holds awareness workshop on NAAC stressed for development of among RDD, Revenue and Stress was also laid for officers. Assessment, Accreditation ADDC Gbl reviews Muharram arrangements JAMMU JULY 24 : perform better in various Research, Innovation, forma - Person of the Workshop) and GANDERBAL, JULY 24 place for smooth celebration adequate ration, health facili - special arrangements shall be Internal Quality Assessment measuring criterions of tion of dynamic Internal felt obliged. She motivated : The Additional District of upcoming Muharram. ty, installation of lights at vital made in view of the present Cell (IQAC) of Government NAAC Assessment and Quality Assessment Cell in and directed Committee Development Commissioner On the occasion, a detailed locations, Sanitation, fire circumstances emerged due to College of Education (GCE), Accreditation. He guided the Colleges, Students Councils, members to gear up for (ADDC) Ganderbal, Muzafar discussion was held upon the wood especially during the COVID-19 outbreak. Jammu organized a one day college for the careful prepa - Alumni and Parents Meeting NAAC Assessment and Ahmad Peer today chaired a arrangements to be put in auspicious days and other Speaking on the occasion, workshop on the topic, ration of Institutional Coordinating Committee Accreditation. meeting to review the place like uninterrupted drink - related facilities. The ADDC the ADDC stressed upon the ‘NAAC ASSESSMENT Earlier, the Principal inau - arrangements to be put in ing water and power supply, urged upon the concerned that concerned officers to make AND ACCREDITATION’, gurated the OFFICIAL YOU- adequate arrangements with here today. TUBE CHANNEL of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav regard to uninterrupted power The workshop was chaired College and expressed grati - and water supply more espe - by Principal, Prof. (Dr.) tude to Prof. Deep Bangotra, GCW Udhampur organises Poster cially in Shia dominated areas Kulwinder Kour. Prof. Dr. HOD Department of so that the devotees may not Sham Lal Gupta, Former Computer Science for starting Making cum Quiz Competition face any inconvenience. Director Colleges & NAAC College YouTube Channel UDHAMPUR JULY 24 : Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav will competitions. The Municipal authorities Member having conducted 50 which will provide another To mark the celebration of 75 be a Jan Mahotsav to cele - Later, the department of were directed to ensure sanita - to different colleges all over platform to students for easi - years of Independence under brate the contribution of every Music also distributed e- tion of all the vital locations India for NAAC Assessment ness and Quality learning. the aegis og “Azadi Ka Amrit section of the society in free - Certificates among the win - viz Imam Baras, shrines and and Accreditations, was the The workshop was attend - Mahotsav” & Guru Purnima, dom struggle and nation ners and participants. masjids. He also directed the resource person. ed by faculty members, IQAC an online poster making cum building in the post independ - The work of contestants health authorities to make In his lecture, the resource Committee members of quiz competition on the theme ence era. She also appreciated was judged by renowned adequate arrangements and person presented a detailed Information for Quality (PMCC) among other com - Government College of Vishva Guru Bharat was the Music Department for artist JKUT, M. Akram Khan sensitize the general public and elaborative power point Assessment (IIQA), Self mittees of the colleges. Education, Jammu and other organized by the Department holding the contest in the and Sr. Artist DIPR, Jammu about the Covid SOPs. presentation on different Study Report (SSR), Data A special session of eminent personalities. The of Music, Government institution to mark the nation - Suresh Kumar. The proceed - The ADDC appealed to aspects of NAAC assessment Verification and Validation Question & Answers were Workshop was moderated by College for Women, wide celebrations. She said ing of the programme was follow all the related SOPs and accreditation process. (DVV) and Students also arranged which was Assistant Prof English Shalini Udhampur through google that such types of contests conducted by Assistant Prof. and guidelines in letter and Prof. Dr. Sham Lal Gupta Satisfaction Survey (SSS), highly valuable as huge par - Rana and Assistant Prof meet here today. would definitely provide a Yash Kumar.Among others, spirit so that the risk of covered the entire seven crite - besides threw the light on ticipation was shown by the Education, Shapia Shameem. Principal, Government platform to budding students HOD Music, Dr. Seema COVID-19 infection is miti - rions and explained the Quantitative and Qualitative Faculty members of the Govt. College IQAC Committee College for Women, to channelize their talent in Sharma, Assistant Professor gated. Among others, the importance of utilizing them Metrics. He also deliberated College of Education, Jammu. members were the force Udhampur, Prof. Minu the right direction. Prof. Minu Shallu Jasrotia, Assistant meeting was attended by SSP for the progress of Education upon the seven criteria The Principal of the behind the successful organi - Mahajan was the Chief Guest Mahajan urged the depart - Prof. Dr. Sanjay Kumar, Ganderbal, ADC, SDM, System and Quality Teaching through sample based exam - College, Dr. Kulwinder Kour zation of this one day work - on the occasion. ment to organize more such Assistant Prof. Yash Kumar, Kangan district and sectoral and Learning. He highlighted ples and emphasized on appreciated the efforts and shop on ‘NAAC ASSESS - Prof. Minu Mahajan threw programmes in the future. other senior faculty members, officers, heads of various line the process and methodology upgrading the academic stan - contribution of Prof. Dr. MENT AND ACCREDITA - light on the aim behind cele - As many as 90 Students staff members and a large departments, representatives to be adopted by the college to dards like Teaching-Learning, Sham Lal Gupta (Resource TION’. brating the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit from different departments of number of the students also of various Shia associations Mahotsav’. She said that the college participated in the attended the programme. DC Srinagar reviews progress on implementation besides other functionaries. Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations’ of PMJAY-SeHAT Scheme District Admin Ramban organises seminar Golden Card registration MeLAs to be held at all Medical Zones in Srinagar from Monday SRINAGAR JULY 24 : have been issued so far to ties on mission mode by rop - He called for coordinat - on benefits of NGDRS, ULPIN The Deputy Commissioner beneficiaries. ing in other concerned depart - ed efforts in expanding the RAMBAN, JULY 24 : A ticipants and the officers. delivery and transparency in citizen services of land (DC) Srinagar, Mohammed The DC stressed upon the ments for creating mass ambit of SEHAT scheme so seminar on benefits of the Speaking on the occasion, the registration process by records through a single win - Aijaz Asad today chaired a that all eligible persons of National Generic Document the DC highlighted the bene - online uploading of docu - dow, besides sharing of land meeting of Ayushman Bharat Srinagar district are benefit - Registration System - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya ted. (NGDRS) and Unique Land Yojana-SEHAT Scheme (AB- Highlighting about the Parcel Identification Number PMJAY-SEHAT) to review scheme, the DC said that AB (ULPIN) was organized by the progress of registration of PM-JAY SEHAT Scheme is the district administration beneficiaries and generation one of the most ambitious Ramban under the nation - of Golden Cards in Srinagar schemes launched by Prime wide “Azadi Ka Amrut district Minister on 26th December Mahotsav” celebration, here On the occasion, a thread - 2020 aimed at to provide free today. The Deputy bare deliberations were held of cost Universal Health Commissioner (DC), on present status and achieve - Insurance Coverage up to Rs. Mussarat Islam presided over ments made with regard to 5 lakh per family on a floater the seminar. implementation of AB- basis in convergence with Registrar, Harbans Lal PMJAY-SEHAT in Srinagar Central Government’s Sharma, Sub Registrar, district. Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Dherinder Sharma and local The meeting also dis - Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana lawyers prominently partici - cussed in detail the modalities (AB-PMJAY). pated in the seminar. for speeding up the registra - Among others, the meet - On the occasion, the tion for SEHAT scheme and ing was attended by awareness on the main fea - fits of NGDRS in reducing ments, appointment with reg - records data across depart - directions were passed on to officers for prompt issuance awareness in the district for Additional Deputy tures of NGDRS and ULPIN land disputes, checking fraud - istrars’ office, e-stamping and ments, financial institutions all the concerned to increase of SEHAT cards under the speeding up registration Commissioner, Srinagar, under the Digital India Land ulent transactions, SMS and one-time visit to registration and all stakeholders. registration of beneficiaries scheme to all registered bene - process. Khurshid Ahmad Shah, Chief Record Modernisation email enabled alerts related to office. Sub Registrar presented a under the scheme in their ficiaries and undertaking reg - The DC further directed Medical Officer Srinagar, Programme (DILRMP) was transactions on property and Registrar Ramban, in his detailed presentation on the respective areas. istration process of all left the officers to organize District Programme given through Power Point external system integrations. address, described ULPIN as functioning of Software of The DC was informed that outs on BIS Portal. Golden Card Registration Officer(ICDS), District Presentation. He said the digital system will a landmark intervention NGDRS. He shared all inputs 336263 individuals have been The DC also directed the MELAs in all Medical Zones Health Officer and all An interactive session was improve ranking in Ease of which shall ensure uniqueness and skills required for use of registered with Ayushman concerned authorities to start in the district to ensure that Tehsildars, besides District also held during which the Doing Business. in all transactions and keep Information Technology in Bharat in Srinagar district and Information Education and cent percent population is Manager CSC, Nodal officer lawyers responded to the He said the intent was to the land records always up-to- digital registration of proper - about 3 lakh Golden Cards Communication (IEC) activi - covered under the scheme. Ayushman Bharat. queries and doubts of the par - ensure hassle-free service date and expedite delivery of ties. TRUTH PREVAIL NEWS 3 JAMMU SUNDAY JULY 25, 2021 Advisor Baseer Khan visits Dastgeer Sahib, Yasha Mudgal chairs Board meeting of Naqshbandi Sahib Shrines, Hariparbat fort Jammu Central Co-op Bank Ltd Inspects development, restoration works undertaken by Tourism Department Sanctions Rs 100 cr loan for JKIDFC SRINAGAR, JULY 24 : asked the Tourism on modern lines. He also crore in two phases. The first SRINAGAR, JULY 24 : loans of agriculture, horticul - the government of Jammu and loan of Rs. 100 crore, the CD Advisor to Lieutenant Department to explore possi - directed the Director phase is expected to be com - Secretary, Cooperatives ture and cooperative sectors. Kashmir. ratio of the bank will improve Governor, Baseer Ahmed bility of beautification of the Floriculture to come up with a pleted within the next 15 days Department, Yasha Mudgal, On the occasion, board The board unanimously substantially and NPA ratio Khan, today visited Dastagir shrine from the tourism point plan for beautification and and the second phase is run - today chaired board meeting members gave their valuable decided that bank should will come down. This will Sahib, Naqshband Sahib of view. restoration of park at the ning on schedule and is of Jammu Central shrines and Hariparbat fort in While reviewing the shrine. expected to be completed by Cooperatives Bank Limited the down-town of Srinagar progress of work at Later, Advisor visited the the end of October, 2021 here at Civil Secretariat. city and inspected the pace of Naqshband sahib shrine, Hari Parbat Fort and reviewed which includes light and Deputy Commissioner, various development and Advisor directed for augmen - progress on development and sound show besides restora - Jammu, Anshul Garg; restoration works undertaken tation of facilities. He directed restoration of the fort and the tion of walls of the fort among Managing Director, Jammu by the Tourism department the officers to install high temple located in the fort. He other things. He directed the Central Cooperative Bank, there. officers to come up with plans Nishi Kant Sharma; Director, While reviewing pace of for further improvement of Accounts and Treasuries works, Advisor directed the surroundings, installation of Jammu, Neeraj Gupta Bakshi; officers to work in close coor - high mast lights, conservation Director, Agriculture Jammu, dination so that bottlenecks, if works, landscape, view point Dr K K Sharma; Advocate, any, are removed and works gazebos and development Seema Khajuria Shekhar and are completed on fast track. pathways. Former President, J&K Bank He said that the facilities at Advisor further directed Limited, S K Bhat attended the shrines at Dastageer the Director Tourism to the meeting as members of suggestions regarding further sanction and release the said also lead to an increase in the Sahab, Naqsband Sahib and explore the possibility of con - the Board via video confer - improvement in working of term loan in favour of JKID - interest income of the bank the temple in the Hariparbat structing Ropeway from encing. the bank. They also agreed FC subject to compliances of with good returns. The bank fort should be enhanced for Badamwai to the Fort which Nishi Kant apprised the with the Chairman for sanc - observations raised by the will be immensely benefitted convenience of the devotees. could be a huge tourist attrac - meeting about present status tioning of Rs 100 crore loan to Directors during the delibera - with this regular income During his visit to the Peer tion. of physical and financial JKIDFC Limited considering tions. Secretary directed the which will result in its operat - Dastageer Sahib shrine, Advisor also directed the achievements of the bank. He it a good business opportunity MD to follow guidelines of ing income going up and loss - Advisor reviewed the officers to create additional highlighted various issues backed by irrevocable and RBI, and NABARD. "With es getting reduced", she main - progress of work on different view points at the fort and pertaining to disbursement of unconditional guarantee by sanctioning of the said term tained. components and directed the mast lights around the shrine directed the officers to work directed the Tourism depart - authorities to expedite the and come up with the plan to diligently to restore the origi - ment to make new plans for pace of progress on Wazu improve and beautify the sur - nal glory of over two cen - further beautification of the Mohammad Ashraf Bhat takes over charge of Director CAHO Doda takes stock Khana. roundings. He also enquired turies old Hari Parbat Fort. He fort. He directed them to send Advisor said that the park - about the facilities being pro - gave on spot directions to a detailed proposal for beauti - YS&S; Assesses department’s working of departmental activities ing space at the shrine is of vided to the devotees like complete the two phases of fication of the fort. Advisor SRINAGAR, JULY 24 : ensured besides extending efforts to obtain results on utmost importance and direct - power, water, ablution facili - work within the set timelines. further directed them to send a Mohammad Ashraf Bhat time bound delivery of sports ground. in Gandoh ed the officers to take imme - ties among other things. He Advisor was informed that proposal for restoration and today took over the charge of services to people of the UT. “Our immediate focus DODA, JULY 24 : Chief diate steps for creating park - passed on the spot instruc - the total cost of restoration of renovation of the Temple at Director Youth Services and would be to resume sports Animal Husbandry ing facilities there. He also tions to improve the facilities Hari Parbat Fort is Rs 2.37 the Fort also. Sports Department. activities and games through - Officer(CAHO) Doda Dr, Bhat, immediately after out the UT amid the global Sanjay Kumar Sen visited Wagoora-Zainakote enforcement teams recover Rs 24,000 joining his new assignment, pandemic by following Covid Gundoh Block of District Transmission Line to convened an introductory Appropriate behaviour (CAB) Doda and took stock of the fine from violators in Ramban cum review meeting of the strictly”, maintained the Departmental activities and be upgraded department. He interacted Director. implementation of various with all the concerned officers He also enquired about flagship schemes including SRINAGAR, JULY 24 : 2387 vaccinated, 1486 samples collected and enquired about the func - implementation of e-office by RAMBAN, JULY 24 : taking the total amount fined across Ramban district on Integrated Dairy The Administrative Council tioning of different wings of the Directorate and instructed Development (IDDS), (AC) which met here today Continuing the drive to imple - since April 1, 2021 to Rs. 34, Saturday. As per daily bulletin the department besides for taking all necessary steps ment Covid protocol across 39, 750. The Enforcement issued by the Chief Medical Integrated Poultry under the chairmanship of the assessing the need for further for operationalization of this Development Program Lieutenant Governor, Manoj the district Ramban, the officers urged the people to Officer, Ramban, Dr. streamlining of this vibrant online system. He asked the Enforcement teams today wear face masks and maintain Mohammad Fareed Bhat, the (IPDP), Nationwide Artificial Sinha, approved the proposal unit of the government. grievances section to con - Insemination Programme of Power Development fined scores of violators for physical distance besides tak - Health Department has col - He asked for prompt dis - stantly monitor all the public roaming without wearing face ing Covid vaccination doses lected 1486 samples including (NAIP), National Animal Department to upgrade the posal of all official issues and He also emphasized optimum grievances and proactively Disease Control Programme transformation capacity of masks and not maintaining at their nearest CVC. District 330 RT-PCR and 1156 RAT concerns so that effective utilization of manpower and redress the same in a time physical distance. Immunization Officer, samples besides administer - (NADCP) etc. Wagoora-Zainakote trans - working of the department is infrastructure with synergized bound manner. During the visit, the mission line by re-conductor - The enforcement teams, Ramban, Dr, Suresh informed ing Covid vaccine to 2387 during the inspection in their that as many as 2387 persons persons at dedicated CAHO held detailed interac - ing its 220 KV DC line. tion with the PRIs of the Through the project, the respective jurisdictions, were administered first and Vaccination Centres in the recovered a fine of Rs 24,700 second Covid vaccine doses district. DDM NABARD reviews status of Gundoh Block and explained Power Development to them about the ongoing Department will replace the NAFCC Project Bhalwal departmental schemes under existing 0.4 ACSR by High Power shutdown Atma Nirbhar Bharat meant Temperature Low Sag JAMMU, JULY 24 : at Bhalwal. On completion, farmers to adopt useful inno - for doubling the farmers’ Conductor (HTLS) of circuit- JAMMU, JULY 24: Chief to Industrial Complex Gadiradore, Dinachak, DDM NABARD Jammu this laboratory will facilitate vations for mitigation of income. II of 220 KV (reconductoring Engineer, (Distribution) Gangyal and domestic area of Smailpur Ghai and adjoining Priya Ranjan today reviewed the soil testing process in adverse effects of Climate Special emphasis was laid JPDCL, Jammu has informed Gangyal, areas fed from Grid areas shall remain affected on the status of the flagship proj - block Bhalwal, block Change on crop production. on the importance of Pashu of DC 220 KV Line) at an that the power supply to Station Akhnoor & Kalakote, July 25 from 08 am to 02 pm. ect of Government of India, Mathwar and sub division DDM NABARD Jammu estimated cost of Rs. 24.29 Mela at Hiranagar Kathua Gandhi Nagar, Nanak Nagar, Pargwal, Channi Tanna, Similarly, the power supply National Adaptation Fund for Akhnoor and almost 10-15 Priya Ranjan, while address - and participation of farmers crore. Trikuta Nagar, Residency Rajpura, Bhalwal Bharat, to Patoli, Shiv Nagar, Subash Climate Change (NAFCC) at thousands Farming Families ing the beneficiaries assured The project will enable in this Mega event. Road, Dhounthly Bazar, Dhalwal Miulu, Nagar, Govt. Quarter Sarwal Bhalwal here today. will be directly benefitted that with the active support of PRIs were also encour - the Power Development Karan Nagar, Kachi Chawani, Hamipurkona, BSF, Dumu, Shanti Nagar, Paloura, Shakti Joint Director Agriculture from this Soil Testing NABARD & guidance of the Department to meet the addi - aged to propagate the mes - Channi Himmat, Transport Thathi , MES Malpur Nagar, AG Office, Jagat (Extension) Jammu, Dr. Laboratory. Department of Agriculture the sage of participation in the tional load demand, lower the Nagar, Sainik Colony, Dhummi, Sobka, Sua No. 1 Resort, Janipur, Ambedkar Rajan Sharma and Sub T&D losses and ensure reli - Pashu Mela being organized Bathindi, Residency Road, and adjoining areas shall Nagar, Lakshmipuram, Divisional Agriculture Officer by the Department of Animal able power supply to Ragunath Bazar, remain affected on July 25 Sarwal, 132/33KV Grid Marh Dr. Ashwani Kumar Srinagar, Baramulla and and Sheep Husbandry on KhadikanTalab, Kanak Mandi, from 07 am to 10 am. Station Jhajjarkotli, Janipur, Jojra and other staff attended 28th and 29th July at Ganderbal districts. PHE, BaweWaliGali, Part of Likewise, the power supply New Secretariat, Subash the meeting. Additionally, the upgrad - Hiranagar Kathua. Gujjar Nagar, Upper Gummat, to District Doda and Kishtwar Nagar, Muthi, Roopnagar, AEO Bhalwal, Dr. Pamphlets on Dairy and ed Wagoora-Zainakote line Part of Jewel, Vinayak Bazar shall remain affected on July Sheetli PHE, Upper Barnai, Vandana Kotwal welcomed Poultry schemes were distrib - will also provide power back and its adjoining areas shall 25 from 10 am to 01 pm. Lower Muthi, Paloura, JK the team on behalf of the uted among the participants up in case of an outage of 220 remain affected on July 25 Meanwhile, the power sup - Colony, Chandan Vihar, Muthi zonal staff and briefed the on spot, KV Amaragarh Zainakote from 5.30 am to 8.30 am. ply to Marh, Halqa, Marh Metador Stand, PHE Roop team about the project. The Meanwhile, the visiting objective of the project will The meeting was chaired DC transmission line. Similarly, the power supply Bagh, Kullian Gangori, Nagar, MES Rajouri Lines, team visited different vil - team also inspected the com - be achieved in a time bound by the Block Development Patoli, BSF Paloura and lages of the block Bhalwal munity Borewell at Village manner. Council Chairman Gundoh, Poonch admin starts audit of Govt residential Quarters adjoining areas shall remain covered under NAFCC Marjali, which is catering to Later, Joint Director Mohammad Abbas Rather, affected on July 26 from 06 Project. The visiting team irrigation requirements of Agriculture (Extension) who appreciated the role of DC calls for immediate eviction of illegal occupants am to 09 am. inspected different works exe - almost 50-60 families. Jammu Rajan Sharma inter - the department and also put Likewise, the power supply cuted under the project like The team also interacted acted with the field staff and forth some of the burning POONCH, JULY 24 : besides various issues. Tehsildar Surankote to sub - to Partap Morh, Chathi, Vermicompost units, with the concerned PRIs who advised them to address the Deputy Commissioner During the meeting, the mit Physical Verification issues for consideration. Galwada, Gajansoo, Ratanpur, Borewells, Dairy units etc, applauded the role of the farmers issues with mission CAHO Doda was accom - Poonch, Inder Jeet today DC directed the Xen PWD, Report of all the government Saharan, Lohri Chak, The team also inspected Department of Agriculture & mode. Other officers present chaired a meeting to review Tehsildar Haveli and Police residential quarters in their panied by senior Veterinary Suhagani and adjoining areas the under construction Soil Farmers Welfare in dissemi - on the occasion included Dr. Surgeons Dr. Shakir Butt, Dr. the status of government res - Authorities to vacate the respective domain within two shall remain affected on July Testing laboratory being set nation of latest farming tech - Anshu Banotra, Dr. Vijay idential quarters/accommo - quarters where occupants are days. The meeting was Tariq Hussain and Dr. 26 from 08 am to 02 pm. up under the NAFCC Project nologies & motivating the Koul & Dr. Saravjeet Singh. Ravinder Singh. dation in the district. staying illegally and also attended by Additional Meanwhile, the power sup - The meeting held thread - directed to complete the Deputy Commissioner, ply to Bhalwal, Kot, bare discussion regarding the process immediately and Poonch, Dr. Basharat Karwanda, Ghaink, Barn, Forest Division Nowshera holds series of plantation drives status of government residen - submit the report. Hussain, SDM Mendhar, Dr. Kanganmorh, Thather, tial quarters and issued direc - The Deputy Sahil Jandial, Tehsildar Bantalab, Keran, Radio under “One Beat Guard, One Village” programme tions to vacate quarters from Commissioner directed the Haveli, Anjum Bashir Station, CRPF, Rajinder RAJOURI, JULY 24 : grass, fruit and bamboo were Pt. Ganesh Kumar, Sukhchain people participated in planta - the possession of illegal ADC to collect the HRA Khattak, Tehsil Surankote, Nagar, Roop Nagar, Durga Sunderbani Forest Range in also distributed among the Singh, Ashok Kumar and tion drives of different occupants, conduct Physical details from all DDO's within Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Nagar, Chinor, Jwala, Roop continuation to its plantation participants. Sujan Singh suggested that species of plants on common verification of all the quar - two days. G.A Malik, Xen, PWD, Nagar Enclave and adjoining drives under “One Beat Plantation drive was held the forest department should land and private land. Besides ters, HRA deduction details The directions were besides other concerned offi - areas shall remain affected on Guard, One Village” pro - in collaboration with staff of start similar plantation drives plantation, seed balls and against all the quarters issued to SDM Mendhar and cers were also present. July 26 from 08 am to 02 pm. gramme conducted plantation the Government Higher along with distribution of plants of various species of drive in Devak village. Secondary School Devak, in plants to locals in other forest fruit, timber, medicinal and Sarpanch Devak, Bodh which Lecture Rattan Lal, fringe villages of this hilly fodder were also distributed Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav Raj Sharma, Panch Romesh Lecture Sanjit Kumar, Master region also for maintaining among the local inhabitants. Sharma, members of Madan Lal, other staff and green cover of the area. Block Third plantation drive was Awareness cum Interaction program on Biodiversity management School Children participat - Forest officer Devak Rajinder held in village Brevi in which committee and a number of ed. The People overwhelm - Dev, along with other field Naib Sarpanch, Om Parkash NGDRS and ULPIN held at Srinagar locals actively participated in ingly welcomed this innova - staff of Devak block organ - Sharma, Panch, Kasturi Lal SRINAGAR, JULY 24 : property registrati developed by the department get an appointment date on the planting of different tive step of the forest depart - ized the whole process of along with other PRI members, To commemorate the 75 years on(NGDRS) of land resources of which they will have to species of plants in the prem - ment. They said, it is the first plantation drive. members of BMC and a large of India's Independence, At the outset, the DC said Government of India. appear at the Registrar's ises of Government Higher time the forest department Similar plantation drive number of local people partici - “Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav", that NGDRS is an IT service We are entering in a new office, only for the final sign - Secondary School Devak. came to provide the planting was also held in Dharamsal pated. The drives were con - the District Administration ing of documents and regis - “One Beat Guard One material at their door steps. block which was conducted ducted in the close supervision Srinagar in collaboration with tration. Village” program was con - They will care for the plants by Krishan Lal, Beat Guard at of Sh. B Mohan Dass (IFS) Department of Registrations The NGDRS system ducted by Dinesh Kumar, as well as forests of adjoining village Renthal of Kotekabu Conservator of Forests West Srinagar held an Awareness would help property buyers Beat Guard Devak of areas. This step will create a Panchayat. Sarpanch Om circle Rajouri Suresh Manda cum Interaction programme know the circle rate for land Sunderbani Forest Range. bond between villagers and Parkash along with other PRI Divisional Forest Officer on benefits of “National across JK besides understand - Medicinal, fodder and timber the forest department. members, members of BMC Nowshera and Rakesh Verma Generic Document ing the type of land, and any plants, besides seed balls of Meanwhile, social workers and a large number of local Range Officer Sunderbani. Registration System” person can access the website (NGDRS) and Unique Land where stamp and duty rates Parcel Identification are notified. Azaadi ka Amrut Mahotsav Number(ULPIN) at meeting Besides, awareness hall of DC office here on regarding the Unique Land Cultural Wing DIPRJ organises Webinar Saturday. Parcel Identification Number The programme was (ULPIN) scheme, which has on Covid Appropriate Behaviour presided over by Deputy been launched in 10 States JAMMU, JULY 24 : Judges and Susheel Kumar as Principal of School, Renu Balbir Singh and Mohinder Commissioner Srinagar, and will be rolled out across Cultural Wing, Department of coordinator. Sharma, presented the wel - Panchairvi. They were sup - Mohammad Aijaz Asad, the country by March 2022, Information and Public In all 12 students spoke on come address and proceed - ported by Darama Instructor while Inspector General was also given to the partici - Relations (DIPR), Jammu, in the topic. Pratibha Singh was ings were conducted by Vijay Anand. Registration, Arshid Ayoub and delivery of some of the era of technology and it is the pants as “the Aadhaar for collaboration with Bhartiya Chief Guest, Mamchand and Special Secretary initiatives of Digital India, the endeavor of the department to land", it is a number that Vidya Mandir High School, Mittal appreciated the efforts Revenue Department, system will reduce human keep pace with the present would uniquely identify every Udhampur, (Nainsu) today made by the Cultural Wing of K.K.Sidha were present on intervention and will enable it day technological innovations surveyed parcel of land and organised a webinar on Covid DIPR Jammu and hoped that the occasion. to maintain a uniform land to take its work towards huge prevent land fraud, especially appropriate behavior as the the Information Department Additional Deputy record registration system. success, he added. He said in the hinterlands of rural part of Azaadi ka Amrut would continue to organise Commissioner, Srinagar/ The DC impressed upon that once the system is imple - areas. Mahotsav India @75 celebra - more such programs to spread Registrar, Syed Hanief the officers that proccess of mented, the property buyers The ADC expressed hope tions. awareness about CAB. Balkhi, Assistant property Registration is a very will not have to visit the regis - that the workshop would be of Secretary, BVM, Guest of Honour, Parul Commisioner, Nazool, sensitive matter and they must tration office again and again great help for the participants Udhampur, Mamchand Mittal Khajuria, Cultural Officer Sandeep Singh Bali, SDM verify the records minutely to get their property regis - to further develop their skills was the chief guest and also highlighted the objec - East, Owais Mushtaq, SDM and carefully to ensure tered. in the field. Cultural Officer of DIPR tives of the awareness pro - West, Akshay Labroo, Sub Registration is done in favour The Resource person also During the programme, a Parul Khajuria, was guest of gramme and appealed to the Registrar Srinagar East, Javed legal owner gave a detailed explanation on detailed PowerPoint presenta - honour in the programme, participants to follow all Masoodi, besides Deed writer, Inspector General, the entire process, right from tion was given on the benefits while Renu Sharma, Principal declared as 1st, Radhika Suresh Sharma, Senior covid safety protocols. Petition writers, Revenue offi - Registration also addressed applying for registration to of NGDRS. of the School was special Sharma 2nd and Deepakshi & Cultural Assistant. Songs & Earlier, the program began cials and other stakeholders the gathering and gave an paying stamp duty and court Later, the DC Srinagar and guest. Divyanshi shared 3rd posi - Jingles on the importance of with Saraswati Vandana pre - also participated in the pro - overview on NGDRS. He said fee online to the stakeholders. IG Registration handed over Pratap, Daleep, Amit, tion, while Sunaina & Vidant covid appropriate behavior sented by Prtibha, Mennakshi, gramme and were apprised it is a system for land record The participants were Registration Documents/ Poonam and Seema partici - received consolation prizes in were presented by artists of Deepakshi Sunaina and about the benefits of online maintenance and registration, informed that the people will Certificates to the Clients. pated in the programme as the competition. Cultural wing, viz Banti Shah, Divyanshi. TRUTH PREVAIL EDITORIAL/ARTICLE 4 JAMMU SUNDAY JULY 25, 2021 RISING FORex ReSeRVeS: A BOON OR BANe? Pegasus-gate flies -ASHWANI insurance for the country heavy price for this and salaries and this right into Govt's face EDITORIAL MAHAJAN so that there is never a inflow of foreign amount has been -Gyaneshwar Dayal Commissioner Ashok Our policymakers, situation of a sovereign exchange as these increasing year after Pegasus, the mythical Lavasa was a prominent pink (economic) news - default. They also com - investors take back the year. white-winged warhorse, player in the general THReAT NOT OVeR YeT papers, and pro-foreign pare India's foreign huge profits to their On the other hand, has finally descended in election. He was on a investment economists exchange reserves with countries of origin even when it comes to portfo - In the recent months drones have India. Not now exactly, panel hearing complaints are all obsessed by that of China's. as the value of their lio investments, they are but a couple of years against Prime Minister become a major threat by carrying out India's rising foreign Significantly, China's assets keeps increasing. even more dangerously back, in fact well before Narendra Modi for vio - multifarious anti-national activities exchange reserves. In foreign exchange Significantly, while more profitable. It has to the 2019 elections. lating the code of con - including terror strike at Air Force this regard, the govern - reserves are six to seven foreign institutional be understood that there Pegasus was the white duct. ment seems to be patting times more than India's investors have invested a is no stability in portfo - Station, Satwari. Although government horse on whose back the Lavasa dissented on a its back saying that the reserves. We have to total of $281 billion in lio investment. It is not BJP ensured its historic panel's ruling on the has taken many steps but the threat is investment climate in the understand that China's India till date, the total possible to estimate how comeback. Like the complaints against Modi still looming large as drones have been country has improved. foreign exchange valuation of their assets much foreign exchange mythical Pegasus, it and Shah. His wife Novel sighted at various vital installations on The newspapers appear reserves increased most - has reached $607 billion the portfolio investors destroyed the Opposition Lavasa was served an to consider surging for - ly thanks to a balance of as of March 31, 2021. will bring in and when regular basis. In the same context, and ensured a comfort - income tax notice two eign exchange reserves payments (BOP) surplus Apart from this, they they will withdraw. able historic win for the months later. The intern, Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday as a barometer of the of China with most of have also earned divi - Their volatility affects warriors who owned it. In who had filed an affidavit shot down a drone carrying Improvised economy's well-being their trading partners. To dends of $64.28 billion. the exchange rate, caus - fact, they had bought it against former Chief Explosive Device along international due to rising foreign some extent, they also They can sell their $607 ing huge losses. Not only with the exchequer's Justice of India Ranjan investments. grew due to foreign billion worth of shares this, these investors border in Kanhachak area here in the money! Gogoi for having made It is worth noting that direct investment. and bonds and go back at cause huge volatility in For the uninitiated, sexual advances, was city outskirts. This incident is testimo - although our foreign Whereas in India's case, any moment and all our the stock markets as Pegasus in our times is a also the Pegasus target. ny to the fact that rogue nation Pakistan exchange reserves have the increases in India's foreign exchange well. Today, when spyware programme that Her phone number, along has not mended its ways and is continu - been increasing continu - foreign exchange reserves can run out in a India's foreign exchange can hack any phone and with 10 other family ously for the last three reserves are mainly due jiffy. That is why portfo - reserves are booming, it ously indulging in acts against the inter - take covert control of the members, was in the tar - decades, the growth has to foreign direct invest - lio investment is also is time to consider what targeted device. get list accessed by the est of India despite the new ceasefire become faster than ever ment (FDI) and foreign called 'hot money'. price the country is pay - Developed by the NSO Pegasus Project. pact which came into effect in the last in the last 18 months. portfolio/ institutional However, foreign ing for this growing for - Group of Israel, it can This was the time week of February 2021. The govern - Significantly, the foreign investment (FPI). investment, foreign loans eign exchange reserves. have covert access to its when many crucial and exchange reserves have Generally, our balance of taken by private compa - For, foreign investors are ment has installed various anti-drone camera, microphone, sensitive decisions were reached $ 611 billion by payments remains in nies, and remittances by repatriating huge profits contact list, stored data, passed by Justice Gogoi, mechanisms along the significant mili - July 3, 2021, increasing huge deficit. Indians to the home from India while the and so on. It is available including Ram temple tary and civil installations but this time from $ 431 billion on So, more than the country are all important country's returns from for any Government to and Rafale. He gave a Pakistan seems to have changed its January 3, 2020 (most quantity of foreign for increasing foreign these foreign exchange tackle national security clean chit to the Modi strategy and is relying on this technolo - significantly during the exchange reserves, we exchange reserves. But reserves are very negli - and terrorism. The manu - Government in the period of the global pan - have to pay attention to not all these sources have gible. Avenues will have factures claim that they Rafale deal. He passed gy, which is reportedly being provided demic). Compared with what are the sources of a similar effect on the to be found for gainful do not sell software to the Ayodhya judgment to that nation by Turkey and China, 1991, when India faced a increase in foreign reserves. Remittances by use of foreign exchange individuals, businesses or just as it would please the without any break as the drones from situation of acute short - exchange reserves. It Indians normally do not reserves beyond a limit. organisations. They sell it Union Government. He age of foreign exchange, also has to be kept in have any repayment obli - History is witness that only to the Governments also did not take a stand across the border are ruling the roost as such that our reserves mind the far-reaching gations and generally, all whenever there have they have been sighted inside Indian ter - so that it is not misused. on the habeas corpus were not enough to pay consequences of foreign these amounts remain in been attempts to tax "Project Pegasus" is petition by Sitaram ritory on several occasions. Today, also for imports of even exchange received from India forever. However, these foreign investors, the hard work of French Yechuri to produce some rounds were fired by alert troops seven days, today the sit - these sources. foreign investors, they have parried the organisation Forbidden Mohammad Yousuf after spotting the flying object. It has uation is such that our Economists agree that whether they are foreign efforts by 'blackmailing' Stories and Amnesty Tarigami. This was after foreign exchange the best option as a direct investors or port - the government and the been averred by the police that the IED international. They have an indefinite lockdown reserves are enough to source of foreign folio investors, repatriate country. Since there is investigated the sale, was imposed in Kashmir was to be dropped for its further trans - pay for 18 months of exchange is the balance huge amounts of money. always the fear that these misuse and targets of following the Modi portation as it found one drone and a imports. of payments surplus. If These investors take foreign institutional Pegasus. They have fath - Government's decision to packet lying at village Gurah Pattan in The growing foreign our exports of goods and away huge amounts of investors may leave with omed the phone numbers scrap Article 370. A exchange reserves do services are more than foreign exchange in the their 'hot money' any - Kanachak sector at a distance of about of the people under Bench headed by Justice give a sense of satisfac - our imports, the foreign form of dividend royalty, time, it is absolutely nec - Pegasus watch. They Gogoi did not bother to 10 to 12 feet from Jammu- Akhnoor tion and relief. It is also exchange thus earned is technical fees, interest, essary to restrict any have shared their work consider that the deten - national highway. This development true that if foreign the best option. This has salary, etc. In addition to eventuality of that kind, with several media tions were illegal. with regard to drone being extensively exchange reserves are actually happened in that, the share of imports by regulating them. In organisations. The Pegasus also cut into the not sufficient, there is a China. But if this foreign in the products produced this regard, a provision used by the enemy is precarious and Guardian, Washington armour of Rahul Gandhi, danger of default in currency is obtained by by these foreign compa - of a 'lock-in period' can Post, The Wire back the Opposition leader and needs immediate remedy as far as fail - repayment of interest borrowing, then it is the nies is also very high due be imposed on them. If home and many others the main challenger to safe anti-drone mechanisms are con - and principal of foreign worst option. to which a huge quantity they still want to take are the collaborators in Modi in 2019. Prashant cerned. India cannot leave the issue loans. We realized this Even if the foreign of foreign exchange out - their money back, then a the project. What has Kishor, once a strategist worst-case scenario in exchange is obtained flow happens. provision can also be unattended as the frequency of these fly - emerged is nothing short for the BJP, was also 1991 when we were through investment in Significantly, between made to levy tax on of mayhem. among the targets. ing enemies is increasing day by day. As forced to mortgage our the stock markets, then April 1, 2000 and March them. This tax was sug - They have unearthed Finally, poetic justice the drones are being guided from across gold with the Bank of also it has many side 31st, 2021, the total for - gested by an economist what many Governments was done to IT Minister the borders or through GPS technology England as a guarantee effects. The first side eign direct investment named James Tobin; across the world were up Ashwini Vaishnaw. He against imminent effect is that it causes has been $763.6 billion. hence it is also called therefore there is dire need to activate to, and how they were defended the default. Citing the same volatility not only in the In the last ten years 'Tobin Tax'. Today, as using it against people Government in the jammers along the border belt and also history, some economists stock markets but also in (2010-11 to 2019-20), our forex reserves are in who the Government House, saying such increase vigil against those who often consider the rising for - the exchange rate. Its these foreign investors a comfortable position, it thought was a potential snooping was impossi - go nearby the fence along IB and LoC as eign exchange reserves result can be ominous have withdrawn $390 is high time to use these threat. India was one of ble. His phone itself was to be auspicious. They for the country. Another billion, in the form of measures to discipline this is the place from where arms and those countries which under surveillance! The argue that foreign side effect is that the dividends, royalties, these foreign institution - bought and used it; not software was used to spy narcotics can be smuggled. exchange reserves act as country has to pay a technical fees, interest, al investors. against terrorists but on the accused in the against its civil society. Bhima Koregaon case, Politicians, journalists, too. This was already lawyers, activists and hinted at by the western IT TAKeS CHUTZPAH even its own Ministers media that the Bhima Say Manjot Singh, and much as he would like to tional as Chutzpah? "I have your being into it. I would tion is corrected. He realis - chain reaction of sorts were the targets. Koregaon accused were most of us would be at sea. divulge spoilers and other been working in this indus - say shooting for Chutzpah es that the world bears a which may lead to some As unconfirmed being framed. Names of But say Lali, and the audi - details about Chutzpah, he try for over 12 years now was like climbing a moun - stark contrast to how he serious consequences. I reports suggest, it was Hany Babu ence would perk up imme - can't. While the profession - and I believe this was the tain. With time, I got used pictured it and it is a com - believe that is partly why used against the intern of Musaliyarveettil diately as they recall the al in him would not share most challenging project to it. From the second day, I ing of age experience for people subconsciously the Chief Justice, election Tharayil, his wife Jenny popular character that something he should not that has come my way. On got a hang of the technical - him to understand that no choose to not reveal their commissioner, Rowena, Vernon Manjot played in Fukrey but, the other part was that, the first day of the shoot, I ities. I was pretty nostalgic one, barring a few excep - real selves on social media. Opposition leader and Gonsalves, Anand and Fukrey Returns. He he was yet to watch the could not really understand on the last day of the shoot. tions, will support you in However, once again, the returned with Chutzpah, the show. Naturally, what he the process that was under - I had grown attached to the this world. He wants to advantages cannot be even the Government Teltumbde, Sudha web series, which was was able to talk about cen - way; you could very well house (set) that was created bare his heart to someone ignored. We all have seen Ministers. They are no Bharadwaj, Gautam released on SonyLIV yes - tred around his experience. say that I was clueless. I for me. I had made it my he likes but he lacks chutz - how the internet proved to terrorists or threat to Navlakha, retired profes - terday. "For a major portion of the had a tough time dealing own. I recall lying on the pah and hence he has some be a lifesaver for scores of national security. The sor Shoma Sen and His entry in Bollywood shooting, which wrapped with the fact that I did not bed at the set after we were trouble communicating his people against the back - software that is in princi - lawyer Arun Ferreira is in itself a filmy story. up in January this year, I get to interact with my co- done shooting my bits. feelings. He goes on to drop of the pandemic, earli - ple for combating terror - have been revealed by Before starring in films was by myself on the set actors for a major chunk of While another set alongside meet an online camgirl, er this year." ism and strengthening the Project Pegasus. Among such as Udaan and Student created for my character. It the production. For scenes mine was lit up, the lights Wild Butterfly, portrayed He went on to highlight internal security of the the accused was 84-year- Of The Year, Singh made took me some time to get in the series, where I am were switched off on mine by Elnaaz Norouzi, who that the series is something country was in fact old tribal rights activist his debut as the boy who my head around the way we shown interacting with and I remember feeling provides some abstract worth your while. He strengthening the Father Stan Swamy, who grows up be the super-chor shot for Chutzpah. You someone via my computer, numb thinking that since guidance, of sorts. You laughed as he said, "I know Government in power. It died on July 5 awaiting Lucky, in Oye Lucky! might be aware that the their lines were read to me we are done with the shoot, have to witness how he everyone keeps raving on Lucky Oye! Born in Delhi series follows five stories, and I cannot explain how this will be the last time I goes on to gain some chutz - about how good their was helping it fix people bail on medical grounds. to a Sikh family, he went to which are interconnected difficult it is to respond to get to lie down on this bed pah which changes his show/film is but have you who stand against it, and The Pegasus flies audition for Dibakar by the internet. Most of my someone else's dialogue and this set will probably life," he expressed. seen the trailer? While it unleash a reign of terror straight into the face of Banerjee's film without bit involves me being by when they are not around. be dismantled tomorrow. I We ask Manjot for his might seem somewhat in the name of fighting the Government, though having ever acted before, myself, in front of my com - The reactions that come had grown extremely take on the internet, amusing, I would say terrorism. As Home it has denied any involve - even in school plays. After puter, in the set created for naturally, by responding to attached to the home that whether it is a curse or a Chutzpah is an incredible Minister Amit Shah ment in spying. If it was the audition, while the cast - the show. From an out - someone else's dialogue, or was created for me and I boon, and he said, "I think social drama and the trailer rightly said people not involved, then it must ing director rejected him sider's perspective, I was before and after your own don't remember ever being just about everything has serves as a wonderful teas - should understand the prove so with a third- for the role of little Lucky, really intrigued by the trail - dialogue had to be con - this close to a set, before," its pros and cons. In moder - er to what's in store for chronology. Indeed, they party investigation as Dibakar insisted, later say - er. While I am aware of the sciously expressed. It was Manjot ruminated. ation, everything is good. viewers. Well, while I should and put things that demanded by Kapil ing, 'Even though the cast - finer details concerning the extremely challenging to When we ask him for Frankly, I feel that the haven't seen the series, I happened in the last four- Sibal. ing director wasn't con - story revolving around create those reactions by more information about his advantages outweigh the can vouch for it since it is vinced, I just put my foot Rishi, my character in the way of imagination, and character, Rishi, he disadvantages. But those directed by Simarpreet five years in perspective. The onus is on the down.' It turned out to be an series, I cannot wait to you would get tired of unabashedly obliges us. disadvantages are potent Singh sir and written by To connect the dots, Government to prove that incredible call, as Singh watch the whole thing as counting the retakes we "He is very naïve. Humble and can ruin someone's life. Mrighdeep Singh Lamba, let's have a few names it is clean. It would not went on to receive rave soon as it is released," did," he chuckled. and down to earth, he is Talking in particular about who also wrote Fukrey. that appear in the long only restore people's faith reviews for his perform - shared Singh. "All in all, production under the misconception social media, we all know Additionally, the work list of targets in India. A in democracy, it would ance in the film. His account tickled our was a painstaking process. that just because he is a what trolling is and it has done by the DOPs, Amit lot happened during and also boost the country's The actor, who was in curiosity and we asked him But that is a part and parcel nice person, everyone else also been represented in the Babbar and Gianni after the general elections image which this Mumbai, initiated the tele - how strenuous was the of life. If you want some - is as good and helpful as he show. Now, while at face Giannelli lent a Black in 2019. To begin with, Government claims to phonic conversation with experience of shooting for thing worth cherishing, you is. As the story progresses, value it might be disregard - Mirror-esque feel to the the then Chief Election take so seriously. the fair warning that as something as unconven - have to pour every ounce of little by little, that percep - ed but it may result in a trailer. TRUTH PREVAIL NEWS 5 JAMMU, SUNDAY JULY 25, 2021 Lalded women welfare society stages "What Apni Party's State Coordinators for Displaced Kashmir Guru-Shishya Parampara should be is Guarantee" TP CORRESPONDENT JAMMU, JULY 24: Lalded women welfare soci - Migrants call on Relief Commissioner Migrants ety regd. Saturday series maintained at all costs: Kavinder Stages the play namely TP CORRESPONDENT "What is Guarantee" on JAMMU, JULY 24: Apni tural values is the key to today at Jammu as a part of Party State Coordinators of save the young genera - Saturday series in presence Displaced Kashmiri Pandits tion from disaster. He impressive gathering includ - of Jammu and Kashmir said that teachers are the ing eminent citizens of the Divisions, Vinod Pandita and role models of the stu - area.. Nukkad Play - Once Sanjay Dhar today called on dents and they should Upon a time there were two Relief and rehabilitation maintain the sanctity of true friends living in one commissioner of migrants of this responsibility while house. One day they went to Jammu and Kashmir in his on the other hand stu - a shop to buy some material. office Chamber at Jammu on dents also need to under - When they came back home, the directions of Vijay stand their teachers per - they both get to know that Bakaya State General spective of the world the material which they Secretary to highlight the and must acknowledge bought was actually expired. genuine problems being their mentor’s experi - Next day they again went to faced by Kashmiri migrants ence and taste of life. that shopkeeper and told him at Jammu and Kashmir The senior BJP leader said that the material which he Divisions for their early ame - another virtue of Indian gave them was actually lioration. society is the communal expired. But he refuses this In a press statement issued harmony and brother - statement. Now, there started here today both the coordina - hood which should be a quarrel between the friends tors Vinod Pandita and retained by the people at and the shopkeeper. The Sanjay Dhar were deputed to ing water in all camps of spot directions were also all times. shopkeeper asked them to meet the Relief Jammu and Kashmir, passed in this direction dur - He said that the bonhomie prove that the material which Commissioner Jammu by Construction of boundary ing the meet. TP CORRESPONDENT pled life and remain between varied cultures they are returning is taken Vijay Bakaya, State General wall in Natnosoo camp They also submitted a e-training programme on JAMMU, JULY 24: There away from worldly which co-exist in India from his shop. The boys Secretary, Apni Party, with Baramulla, proper drainage detailed memorandum of is no doubt that teachers things which were full hold the key to progress have no answer of his ques - the problems of Kashmiri system in all migrant camps, problems to the Relief extension approaches held are the source of eternal of distraction and illu - as unrest among com - tion and the they thought if migrants being faced by adequate accommodation Commissioner and expressed light and inspiration in sion. He however said munities is the biggest they had taken the bill then these displaced migrant peo - for those PM package satisfaction on his positive Indian culture and the that unfortunately youth hurdle in the journey of they don't have to face this ple both at Jammu and employees working Valley attitude. by KVK Doda rise of renowned names today is running after development. problem the shopkeeper was Srinagar. who live on rent basis outside TP CORRESPONDENT like Swami easy money and is dis - He said that the need of time able to prove that the materi - During their detailed meet - and have accommodation 2nd Special COVID-19 vaccination JAMMU, JULY 24: One Vivekananda have taken tracted by the glare of is that people of all hues al which the boys are return - ing with the Relief problem, Construction of camp was organized at GDC day e-training programme on this sacred bond modern society. and shades should come ing has not taken from his Commissioner both coordi - pending PM package quar - extension teaching methods between Guru and “In such times, it is impor - together and remain vig - shop and asked them to step nators raised the problems of ters in valley on war footing, Nowshera for technology transfer for Shishya to another level tant that both teachers ilant against those enti - out of his shop. migrants viz, covering setting up of First Aid centers TP CORRESPONDENT the extension functionaries making it imperative to and students take a real - ties which wanted to Massage :- We must Kashmiri migrants living at in all transit camps of JAMMU, JULY 24: In of Agriculture Production maintain this rich cul - ity check to understand vitiate the atmosphere always take the bill of every District Udhampur with Kashmir, Enhancement of order to prevent the third and Farmers' Welfare ture of the subcontinent the need of the hour and by sowing the seeds of items that we buy. Ayushman Bharat Scheme monthly cash assistance of wave and put an end to the Department Doda was today at all costs. work towards the golden communal divide or The performance was forthwith, repair and renova - Kashmiri migrants from Rs. COVID-19 pandemic, conducted by Krishi Vigyan This was stated by senior rule-Guru Brahma, Guru encouraging people to played by Eklove dharma, tion of internally dilapidated 13000 to Rs. 25000/ per GDC Nowshera organized Kendra Doda through BJP leader and former Vishnu, Guru Devo follow the path of vio - Varun Sharma, karan Ranjha migrant quarters of Jammu , month, regular supply of 2nd special COVID-19 Google meet. The pro - deputy chief minister Maheswaraha, Guru lence. and Naveen Pal. regular supply of pure drink - ration in transit camps of vaccination camp for the gramme was conducted Kavinder Gupta while Saakshaat Kashmir etc. leftover eligible students under the guidance of Dr J.P. addressing a programme Parambrahma, Tasmai Both the coordinators were in its campus for two days Sharma, Vice Chancellor, in connection with Guru Sri Gurave Namaha, GO FIRST salutes the spirit of Jammu - given a patient hearing by the i.e. on 23/07/21 and SKUAST Jammu and was Purnima in Kathua on which means ‘Guru is Relief Commissioner and 24/07/21 in which 116 stu - organized by the team of sci - Saturday. Brahma, Guru is Vishnu, assured them that the prob - dents were vaccinated. entists of KVK Doda headed Giving example of sages Guru is Lord lems listed during the meet - The vaccination drive by Dr S.K. Gupta Director that existed in the coun - Maheshwara. Guru is creates history with the 1st night flight ing are already under his con - was carried out under the Extension SKUAST Jammu. try, the former Deputy verily the supreme reali - sideration and will be taken supervision of BMO sub- 38 Agriculture Extension Chief Minister said that ty, sublime prostrations TP CORRESPONDENT COO; Wing Commander, operations here. This initia - up seriously with the con - district Hospital, functionaries from different it was our magnificent to him’.’ JAMMU, JULY 24: GO Manav Anand, SATCO; Mr. tive will assist the farming cerned departments for their Nowshera and Dr. Chander zones of District Doda culture that pupils used The former Deputy Chief FIRST(formerly known as Vijay Mishra, CSO - CISF community and also early addressal. Some on Parkash. attended the programme to learn a lot from their Minister said that the GoAir), today operated the Jammu Airport; Mr. Sajad strengthen the tourism sector, through virtual mode. Gurus to lead a princi - preservation of rich cul - first-ever night flight from Ahmed, Deputy SP, Anti which plays a major role in Jammu to Delhi, thus becom - hijacking; Mr. Atul Goel, the economic growth of the NC never cared to strengthen democracy ing the first airline in the his - DIG Police and Mr. Chandan region. We will continue to tory of Indian aviation to Kohli, SSP Police. provide better connectivity Present generation should take forward achieve this feat. Passengers This heralds the beginning and play a role in the eco - during its rule: Varinderjeet in the GO FIRST flight G8 of a new era for the union ter - nomic development of J&K. TP CORRESPONDENT 196 - that took off at 20:00 ritory that has long advocat - GO FIRST is also strength - JAMMU, JULY 24: hours - enjoyed the Airbus ed the introduction of night ening the network across the Jammu & Kashmir BJP, teacher-student tradition: Balbir A320neo. Going forward, flights for better connectivity Union Territories of Jammu Vice-President S. desired goal in life. GO FIRST will operate with the rest of the country. & Kashmir by enhancing the Varinderjeet Singh, while Balbir Ram Rattan, who scheduled flights from Thus GO FIRST has extend - number of flights to-and- reacting to the statement of called on Son of the Soil, Raj Jammu to Delhi and ed its commitment to the from Jammu to Delhi and NC patron Dr. Farooq Kumar Dogra, an Srinagar. union territory of Jammu & Srinagar. I take this opportu - Abdullah, wherein he is mak - Internationally known medi - The inaugural night flight Kashmir by inaugurating the nity to express our gratitude ing hue and cry in the name tation, spiritual music Guru was flagged off by Hon'ble first-ever night flight from to the Ministry of Civil of democracy, asked him to and motivational speaker, to Lieutenant Governor of Jammu following Srinagar. Aviation, Directorate explain as to what steps were honour him on Guru Purnima Jammu & Kashmir Mr. GO FIRST will operate four General of Civil Aviation, taken during the Chief Day and seek guidance to Manoj Sinha from Jammu flights a week from Jammu Srinagar Airport Authorities, Ministerships of senior and excel in odds and evens in Civil Enclavewith a full on Monday, Tuesday, CISF, and the entire team at junior Abdullahs to strength - life, said that all such people complement of passengers Thursday, and Saturday to GO FIRST that supported en democracy at the grass - National Conference. are, infact, doing a great for Indira Gandhi Delhi and three flights from this endeavor." GO FIRST roots level in the erstwhile It is the BJP, in reality, Photo by Vivek service to the humanity and International Airport, New Jammu on Wednesday, has been committed to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. which has always stood for their contribution towards Delhi in the august present of Friday, and Sunday to development of the region S. Varinderjeet Singh said strengtheing democracy and TP CORRESPONDENT day of Guru Purnima on the society as a Guru/Teacher Mr. Ranjan Thakur, Principal Srinagar respectively. The and this initiative will give a that the NC leaders are in the same is clear from the JAMMU, JULY 24: The Saturday. He said that Guru should be recognized and Secretary, Industry and Schedule of these flights has major fillip to the economic habit of making noise for the fact that election to the ancient tradition dedicated to Purnima is a day which highlighted so that people Commerce, Jammu & been planned to offer passen - activity in the region. Earlier matters which were never in Panchayati Raj Institutions spiritual and academic reminds us about the impor - may get benefitted from Kashmir; Mr. Mukesh Singh, gers additional options and this year, the carrier signed the scheme of things of the were held when BJP came to Guru/Teacher, who enlighten tance of the Guru/Teacher in them. Additional Director General convenient connections from an MoU with the J&K gov - governments headed by power at the Centre. people without any expecta - one's life and inspire us to Balbir said that the basic of Police; Mr. Sanjeev Garg, Delhi and Srinagar. ernment for the transport of them. He said that the people S. Varinderjeet singh said tion from the pupils, young come forward to honour such concept of Guru Purnima Airport Director; Air Commenting on the mile - perishable horticulture and are wise enough now and that although Jammu and or old, is more relevant in the persons who have played need to discussed among the Commodore A S Pathania stone, Mr. Kaushik Khona, agriculture products to inter - cannot be misled by the dual Kashmir, after its reorganiza - present day modern and fast decisive role while inducing young generation, which has AOC; Mr Raghav Langer, Chief Executive Officer, GO national markets at competi - policies of the parties like tion, has been run by life of the Indian society. moral and social values in the become more attracted Divisional Commissioner; FIRST, said, "It gives me tive rates. This is a boon to NC. Lieutenant Governor, which Jammu & Kashmir BJP society besides training us to towards internet based means Mr. AnshulGarg, Deputy immense pleasure to dedicate farmers in the region and is The BJP leader asked Dr. works directly under the Spokesperson, Balbir Ram face the challenges, over - of study and entertainment. Commissioner; Mr Gurjeet the first night flight from aiding them to generate an Farooq Abdullah to explain Union government, which is Rattan, said this while greet - come obstacles and become He expressed hope that the Singh, CASO - CISF Jammu to Delhi as a salute to optimum return for their pro - why 73rd and 74th democratically elected gov - ing people on the auspicious successful by achieving present day pupils would Jammu Airport; Mr. Mahesh the spirit of Jammu. Jammu duce. GO FIRST will contin - Amendments were not imple - ernment with Narendra Modi take forward the teacher-stu - Singh, Deputy Commandant, & Kashmir has always been ue to offer a safe and seam - mented in J&K, which were as Prime Minister. Hence, dent (Guru-Shishya) tradi - CISF Jammu Airport; Mr. a strategic market for us and less experience on-board our aimed at strengthening one cannot say that there is tion and not hasitate in Vikas Deputy Commandant, we are committed to the aircraft as we consistently democracy by ensuring 3 tier no democracy in J&K and expressing their gratitude CISF Jammu Airport; Group development of the union strive to maintain the highest system. He said that even any political party or leader towards their teachers. Captain Sandeep Singh, territory as we grow our levels of safety and hygiene elections to the Urban Local raising fingers on the present across all touchpoints in our Bodies were never held on dispensation in J&K is play - operating flights. time during the rule of ing politics and nothing else. BJP OBC Morcha JK-UT attended Serosurvey would determine impact of National Executive Meeting TP CORRESPONDENT possible 3rd Covid wave on children: DAK JAMMU, JULY 24: Prominent citizens of TP CORRESPONDENT size per district in the dren and adults in the Jammu Braham Jyot Satti, JAMMU, JULY 24: age group 7 to 11 was same regions were President BJP OBC Morcha Doctors Association 40 and it was 80 in 12- almost similar." JK-UT attended National Kashmir (DAK) on 17 age group. "Another study conducted Executive Meeting of BJP Saturday said serosur - "The survey needs to be by PGI Chandigarh OBC Morcha which was vey of pediatric popu - extended to the age revealed that 69 per - held at Central BJP Head lation in the valley group of 0 to 6 years cent of children had Office, New Delhi. would determine the and the sample size per antibodies against Meeting was Conducted impact of possible district should be 500 Covid-19," he said. under the leadership of Dr third Covid-19 wave to 1000 to get a clearer "These children had K. Lakshman, National on children. picture of the actual remained either President BJP OBC Serosurvey of children percentage of children asymptomatic or mild - Morcha. will give us a fair esti - who have developed ly symptomatic during J.P Nadda (National mate of their vulnera - immunity against the infection." President, BJP) was Chief bility in predicted third Covid-19," he said. "The data of the two sur - Guest of occasion, while, wave," said DAK Dr Hassan said there are veys prove that chil - Arun Singh (National President and influenza speculations that chil - dren have acquired nat - General Secretary & expert Dr Nisar ul dren would be affected ural immunity against Prabhari BJP OBC Photo by Ajay Hassan. more than adults in the virus and it is high - Morcha), B.L Verma (MoS across Jammu Kashmir "Serosurvey involves test - possible third wave as ly unlikely that the Ministry of Cooperation, under 'Sewa Hi Sangathan' ing blood samples of this is the population third wave will affect Ministry of Development of Drive and he also gave individuals for anti - group in which there is children more than North Eastern Region), S.P reporting of all other social bodies that are devel - no vaccine yet. adults," said Dr Nisar. Baghel (MoS Law & tasks by BJP OBC Morcha oped after an infec - "However, various sero - "This is a big relief. Justice), Hansraj Ahir JK-UT team. tion," he said. surveys have dismissed Because the apprehen - (Former Minister), Sangam He said BJP OBC "This will give us an idea the claim that the next sions expressed by sev - Lal Gupta (National Morcha is always works for about the percentage of wave will be affecting eral health experts General Secretary BJP well being of public and in pediatric population children exclusively," about the third wave OBC Morcha), Dr Nikhil Jammu Kashmir BJP OBC Anand (National General Morcha is working in full who might have devel - he said. primarily targeting Secretary BJP OBC swing on District as well as oped natural immuni - "A pediatric serological children had left peo - Morcha) were Honourable Mandal level. ty." study conducted by ple worried," he said. Guests. Honourable guests share Dr Hassan said recently, a AIIMS, New Delhi at "But, we can't derive con - All OBC Morcha State their thoughts and views serosurvey of general five different sites clusions on the data Presidents of Different from stage. population including found that 55.7 percent from other regions. We States/UTs were present in Braham Jyot also felici - children aged 7 to 17 children had developed need to have our own meeting. tated Chief guest and hon - years has been com - antibodies," DAK data based on which Braham Jyot briefed the ourable guests by present - pleted in Kashmir, the President said. decisions can be made works of BJP OBC Morcha ing them Photo of Mata results of which are "The study found that ahead of the feared JK-UT team which they did Vaishno Devi and Prasad. awaited. The sample seroprevalence of chil - third wave," he added. 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"Agriculture Minister", Who Then Quits stores& assets of 'Unlimited' from Arvind Lifestyle Brands Ltd Ashok Kumar Gautam against The counsel submitted that NEW DELHI: The sec - MBA degree, was chosen to felt the Sansad members had V-Mart Retail Ltd. (V- tion, Mr Lalit Agarwal, sustained stakeholder value whom proceedings have been the entire proceeding is mali - ond day of "Kisan Sansad" in play the role of the "Krishi put up a legit question and I Mart), India's leading value Chairman & Managing creation & will allow us to initiated over a Facebook post. cious and initiated only with a Delhi's Jantar Mantar saw a Mantri" (Agriculture did not have answers to it, I fashion retailer has signed Director of V-Mart Retail Ltd gain strategic insights and The application was filed view to cause harassment to 37-year-old man acting as the Minister) at the Kisan Sansad adopted the strategy of ignor - definitive agreements to said, ".V-Mart is one of the presence in this very attractive seeking to quash the charge- the applicant. agriculture minister, who for a day, which he felt was a ing it and slowly diverting acquire all of existing running strongest players in northern & market." "The business had sheet dated October 31, 2020, Hearing the petition, the subsequently resigned after "big opportunity" since he the attention of the Sansad stores of 'Unlimited' from eastern India and is a leading been turned around by Arvind and entire proceedings in the court observed, "Prima facie, failing to answer questions belongs to a family of farm - towards other matters," Mr Arvind Lifestyle Brands Ltd value retail player for the Fashions and fits well with our (ALBL), a wholly-owned sub - masses in the fashion segment, the strategy of expanding our matter. the matter requires considera - related to the farmers' issues. ers. Brar told news agency. Thousands of farmers have He has been an active par - "If they spoke about sidiary of Arvind Fashions Ltd primarily operating in Tier 2, 3 regional presence as well as The petitioner's counsel tion. Issue notice to opposite been seeking a repeal of the ticipant in the farmer's farmer suicides, I spoke (AFL) for cash consideration. cities. We have always adding capabilities in select submitted that the proceedings party returnable by September three farm laws that were protest at the Singhu border about oxygen. I spoke about Unlimited operates a chain of believed in cluster philosophy categories. With this transac - have been initiated pursuant to 1, 2021. Opposite parties may enacted last year. since the very beginning and how we generated employ - 74 value fashion retail stores and as we were not present in tion, V-Mart will now operate an FIR filed on July 25 last file their counter-affidavits Ravneet Singh Brar, from is also the spokesperson of ment. I also spoke about how across South and West India southern India & as being the 356 stores across 25 states year containing allegations within four weeks." Punjab's Muktsar with an Bharatiya Kisan Union farmers' protest was being a and retails fashion apparel and focused value retailer we can with a total area of 30.8 lacs (Kadian). Friday's Kisan potential spreader of virus in accessories for men, women, strive to do better- this has sqft," added Mr. Agarwal. Sansad was headed by six Delhi," he said. and children at affordable compelled & motivated us to Speaking on this divestment, Editor, Printer, Publisher & Owner : members including its own The Krishi Mantri was prices. As part of the transac - grab this opportunity. We are Shailesh Chaturvedi, Chief Speaker Hardev Singh Arshi, shamed when the Sansad tion, V-Mart will acquire the proud to bring the 'Unlimited' Executive Officer, Arvind POOJA GUPTA deputy Speaker Jagtar Singh asked him about his stand on assets of all stores, warehouse, stores within the umbrella of Fashions, said, "We are Bajwa, and V the Minimum Support Price inventory as well as the store the V-Mart family, which was delighted to find a strong home Executive Editor : Manoj Kumar, 94191-93836 (Mob.) Venkataramaiah, Jangvir and why it was not being brand 'Unlimited'at their book part of Arvind Fashions. With in V-Mart for Unlimited. We Singh Chauhan, Mukesh implemented as a law. value, with an estimated outlay this acquisition, we will have had created a scalable format Bureau Chief : Vijay Chandel (Delhi) Chandra and Harpal Singh "When I was asked ques - of about Rs 150 Cr at closing, another 74 stores in our portfo - with significant product capa - Add:- A-43 Pocket 3-DDA Flats Bindapur Uttam Nagar New Delhi, 98101-96251 (Mob.) Bilari. tions by the Sansad mem - and certain contingent pay - lio for catering to the fashion bilities in value retail, which The Kisan Sansad will bers, I couldn't speak to them ments based on certain mile - needs of families in the south - has a large potential. However, Printed at : M/s GK Offset Printing Press, Shivalik Puram Janipur, continue till August 9 as per - eye-to-eye. Somewhere, I stones achieved in these stores ern and western markets of in line with our strategy of mitted by Delhi's Lieutenant felt they were asking legit over the next few years, post India. At V-Mart we have been focusing on our 6 high convic - Jammu. Governor Anil Baijal. questions to me, I could see the acquisition. Through this opening around 50 stores tion brands, we decided to exit Slogans were raised and feel the pain in their development, V-Mart will be every year, and look forward the business. This would help Published at F-668, Bharat Nagar, Rehari Colony, Jammu. against Ravneet Singh Brar eyes. I failed to address the debuting in South India and to maintaining this growth tra - us put capital behind growing who tried to defend himself. farmers' issue. I said Kisan helping customers meet their jectory in the times to come. our six focus brands, helping At Present : Shop No. 2/3 JDA Complex near Power Station, Rehari Colony, Jammu. He was shamed every time Ekta Zindabad and decided fashion aspirations through its Our combined strengths - V- generate significant sharehold - Tele./Fax 0191-2520911 he failed to give a satisfacto - to tender my resignation," Mr vast array of quality products Mart's expertise in creating a er value" The completion of ry response to the members Brar said. Stressing on the at affordable prices. The move scalable and profitable value the transaction is subject to E-mail: [email protected] of the Kisan Sansad. 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Low consumption was con - clearly show that people Annual Scientific Session Major cardiovascular sidered to be less than one were likely to have fewer indicates that moderate alco - events like heart attack and alcoholic drink per week. symptoms of Alzheimer’s hol consumption has been stroke were determined using Those who consumed more disease if they were taking linked to a lower risk of death diagnostic codes. than 14 drinks weekly were the drug. In one of the stud - from cardiovascular disease. PET (position emission considered to be heavy ies, researchers found a Moderate alcohol con - tomography) imaging was drinkers. increased cancer risk and alcohol for the possible bene - small benefit for people tak - sumption was defined as no used to look at brain activity Lead author Dr. dependence,” said Mezue. fits associated with moderate ing the drug. In the other more than one alcoholic bev - in regions of the brain associ - Kenechukwu Mezue, a fellow “Excess alcohol is harmful to consumption,” said Yang. study, however, no benefit erage per day for women. For ated with stress. in nuclear cardiology at the heart, as it leads to heart For those who already con - was seen. men, it equaled to two drinks When they analyzed the Massachusetts General failure (dilated cardiomyopa - sume alcohol, Yang said he The FDA has asked that per day. data, they found that people Hospital, said that the think - thy) and atrial fibrillation.” would advise them on moder - On Monday, the Food and help in Alzheimer’s dis - Biogen now start another This was compared with who reported moderate alco - ing is that moderate amounts “However, we think that ate consumption. Drug Administration ease.” trial to verify that the drug people who either did not hol use had a 20 percent lower of alcohol can help with relax - shining a light on this poten - He said people with a histo - (FDA)Trusted Source Aduhelm targets underly - actually works. If that trial drink alcohol or who drank chance of having a major car - ation and stress reduction, tial mechanism of reducing ry of substance misuse, in par - announced accelerated ing disease process fails, the FDA could revoke excessively. diovascular event, compared which, in turn, might some - cardiovascular events can ticular, should not consume approval for drugmaker “Alzheimer’s disease is a approval. This study is the first to with those with low alcohol how reduce the occurrence of open doors to new therapeu - alcohol as a way to reduce Biogen’s Aduhelm, the devastating illness that can According to the FDA, show a benefit to the heart intake. cardiovascular disease. tics that can optimize stress their stress. brand name for aducanum - have a profound impact on not all experts agreed that through stress reduction from They also had lower stress- Experts caution against reduction without the harmful In addition to the potential ab. It is the first drug to treat the lives of people diag - Aduhelm merited accelerat - moderate drinking. related brain activity. using alcohol to reduce stress effects of alcohol,” he added. for substance misuse, Yang a likely cause of Alzheimer’s nosed with the disease, as ed approval. Moderate drinking may Alcohol may help the heart While the study’s findings Dr. Eugene Yang, MS, added, alcohol is known to disease, despite controversy well as their loved ones,” Dr. “The data included in the have some health benefits by reducing stress suggest that moderate alcohol FACC, a cardiologist and clin - increase the risk for potential - around whether clinical evi - Patrizia Cavazzoni, director applicant’s submission were The researchers used data One reason it may be help - use may help heart health by ical professor at the ly dangerous arrhythmias, dence proves it works. of the FDA’s Center for highly complex and left from the Mass General ful, according to the study improving stress, Mezue University of Washington such as atrial fibrillation, and While other drugs Drug Evaluation and residual uncertainties Brigham Biobank healthcare authors, is that it can reduce urges caution in regards to School of Medicine, who was elevated blood pressure. relieved some symptoms of Research, said in a regarding clinical benefit,” survey to conduct their study. stress-related brain signals. using it for this purpose. not involved in the study, “So those with a history of the condition, Aduhelm has statementTrusted Source. said the FDA in a Altogether, there were When they did brain imag - “Our study does not intend agreed. high blood pressure or atrial been found in one clinical She emphasized that statementTrusted Source. 53,064 participants in the ing studies, they found that to encourage alcohol use, as “I think the main concern is fibrillation should not be trial to actually slow the pro - while currently available “There has been consider - study with an average age of stress-related activity was alcohol intake in excess is the risk of addiction associat - advised to consume alcohol gression of plaques associat - therapies only treat symp - able public debate on 57.2 years. higher in the brains of those associated with a lot of harm; ed with alcohol consumption. merely for the potential bene - ed with Alzheimer’s in toms of Alzheimer’s, whether Aduhelm should be Participants were divided who completely abstained and, even moderate alcohol I would not advocate for fit on reducing stress signals patients with early stages of Aduhelm is the first therapy approved. As is often the into low, moderate, and high from alcohol use, and, higher intake is associated with patients to start consuming from the brain,” he said. the disease. But the drug’s to target and affect the case when it comes to inter - approval is also controver - underlying disease process preting scientific data, the sial, as it is not clear how of Alzheimer’s. expert community has beneficial it will be at stop - “As we have learned from offered differing perspec - FDA Approves Popular Diabetes ping the clinical symptoms the fight against cancer,” she tives.” of the disease. said, “the accelerated The FDA confirmed that it Medication for Use as Weight Loss Drug Amyloid plaques associat - approval pathway can bring examined the clinical trial ed with Alzheimer’s disease therapies to patients faster findings with a “fine-tooth with obesity or overweight a benefi - weight compared to those who “In Alzheimer’s disease, while spurring more comb,” solicited input from cial new treatment option to incorpo - received a placebo. nerve cell death is due to the research and innovation.” the Peripheral and Central rate into a weight management pro - In a clinical trial conducted in peo - deposit of amyloid plaques According to the FDA, Nervous System Drugs gram,” Dr. John Sharretts, the deputy ple with type 2 diabetes, those who and neurofibrillary tangles this is the first new treatment Advisory CommitteeTrusted director of the Division of Diabetes, took Wegovy lost 6.2 percent of their in the brain, and that eventu - approved for Alzheimer’s Source, reviewed all rele - Lipid Disorders, and Obesity in the body weight compared to those who ally leads to clinical dys - since 2003. According to the vant data, and “listened to FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation received a placebo. function,” Dr. Gayatri Devi, FDA, Biogen researchers the perspectives of the and Research, said in a Those who took Wegovy lost a neurologist at Lenox Hill evaluated Aduhelm’s effica - patient community” before statementTrusted Source. weight steadily for 16 months before Hospital in New York who cy in two different studies making their decision. What to know about Wegovy plateauing. specializes in memory disor - that looked at almost 3,500 We believe in health equi - Wegovy is a synthetic version of a Gastrointestinal issues — diarrhea, ders, told Healthline. patients. All three were ty—the equal opportunity hormone in the gut, glucagon-like vomiting, constipation, abdominal According to Devi, author “double-blind, randomized, for everyone to live their peptide-1, that affects the parts of the pain, indigestion, flatulence — were of “The Spectrum of Hope: placebo-controlled, dose- healthiest life. Join us in brain that control hunger and appetite. commonly reported side effects. An Optimistic and New ranging studies” in patients transforming health out - It is injected under the skin once a These side effects typically resolved Approach to Alzheimer’s living with Alzheimer’s dis - comes through the power of week. on their own, but 5 percent of partici - Disease and Other ease. Researchers found that storytelling. A diabetes drug has received ple with a body mass index (BMI) of “It slows emptying of the stomach. pants stopped taking the medication Dementias,” a similar patients who received the Taken by injection and approval from the Food and Drug 27 kg/m2 or higher and who have at It promotes the feeling of fullness because of them. process can occur with other drug had significant dose- may cause serious side Administration (FDA) to also be used least one weight-related medical con - (satiety) by acting on the brain, par - Other participants reported forms of dementia. and time-dependent reduc - effects. According to the as a weight-loss medication in dition such as high blood pressure or ticularly at the level of the hypothala - headache, fatigue, and dizziness. “For example, in Lewy tion of amyloid beta plaque. new treatment’s label, patients with obesity. high cholesterol. The medication is mus,” said Dr. Aleem Kanji, a board- “Individuals with obesity and type body disease [a common But patients in the control Aduhelm is administered by The medication, Wegovy, is a high - also for people who have a BMI of 30 certified endocrinologist and obesity 2 diabetes are likely good candidates form of dementia], there are arm of the studies, or those injection as an intravenous er dose of the diabetes drug semaglu - kg/m2 or higher. medicine physician with Ethos for the dual benefit of improved Lewy body deposits,” she not given Aduhelm, had no infusion for about 1 hour tide produced by Novo Nordisk. In the United States, approximately Endocrinology in Houston. blood sugar control and weight loss,” said, adding, “There is data reduction of this plaque. every 4 weeks, and patients It’s the first drug for chronic weight 1 in 3 adults — over 100 million peo - In clinical trials evaluating the said Kanji. that shows that removing or Drug’s approval is contro - might experience side management that has been approved ple — have obesity. Treating obesity safety and efficacy of Wegovy for According to Kanji, data suggests preventing plaques can versial effects. by the FDA since 2014. can improve blood pressure, blood weight loss, participants without dia - Wegovy has a favorable safety profile Wegovy, administered via a once- sugar, and cholesterol levels. betes who took Wegovy lost, on aver - compared to older weight loss med - weekly injection, is indicated for peo - “Today’s approval offers adults age, 12.4 percent of their initial body ications. Why Nutritionists Say Dunkin's 'Charli' Coffee What Does Alzheimer's How Exercise Can Influence What Do to the Brain? Damage to brain structure Should Only Be an Occasional Treat and function We Eat — and How Much double-double (2 teaspoons Alzheimer’s disease (AD) of sugar and two creams) affects 5 million people in the Restrictions due to the The results? with a shot of caramel from United States, according to COVID-19 pandemic have The researchers found that Tim Horton’s but not as the Alzheimer’s Association. made it more challenging to exercise offered a greater sweet, she says. The progressive disease dis - exercise as often (or as increase in food quantities And she just might be rupts memory and thinking. It intensely) as some people did people chose. This was both making the switch from also impairs and eventually before. right after exercise and then Tim’s to Dunkin’. kills brain cells. In fact, many of us have 30 minutes later. “Since it’s not as sweet as I This impairment can lead found ourselves practicing a They also found that exer - usually make mine and tastes to symptoms that include: more sedentary lifestyle, cise resulted in more desire just as good, I’d prefer the forgetfulness gaining unwanted weight for immediate consumption Charli,” she said. difficulty with time over the past year. right after finishing their Consider it a treat language problems But as restrictions ease, a workout and 30 minutes after. Charli D’Amelio has more disease, weight gain, and If you like cold, sugary inability to recognize loved number of us have started “Most surprising to us was than 86 million followers on inflammation when con - coffee drinks, it seems the ones thinking how to approach los - that the increase in — hypo - her TikTok and 6 billion likes sumed in large amounts, and Charli might be worth a try. Plaque forms ing weight and embracing thetical — preferences for on her videos. especially when it replaces Just don’t make it a daily In AD, a protein called exercise in a healthy, meas - food amount and immediate Now the 16-year-old social healthy whole food options,” drink, nutritionists advise. beta-amyloid shows up in ured way. (BMI) of 23.7. This is an esti - then let the researchers know consumption were already media star also has a special - she said. That goes double for teens, irregular clumps or clusters in New research published in mate of body fat based on what their preferred food apparent, albeit not as strong, ty namesake drink in partner - The American Heart Kirkpatrick says. the brain. This protein comes the journal Nutrients may height and weight. quantities were by writing immediately after the exer - ship with Dunkin’. Association recommends “Teens are still growing, from a precursor protein make that task easier. Generally, a BMI over 25 down the portion size they cise bout,” study author D’Amelio’s social media that men consume no more which means they require a found in a fatty membrane The study examined the indicates a person might be would like for each type of Karsten Köhler, PhD, profes - clout is undeniable. than 37 grams, or 9 tea - set amount of healthy fats, that covers nerve cells. connection between physical “overweight.” food item. sor of exercise, nutrition, and This week, for example, spoons, of added sugar daily, protein, and complex carbs The clumps of beta-amy - activity and its effects on both They were then randomly The researchers collected health at TUM, told her revelation that she has an while women should con - each day. They also require loid fragments stick together how and what we eat. assigned either a 45-minute these preferences for both Healthline. eating disorder was widely sume only 25 grams, or 6 tea - plenty of vitamins and miner - to form plaque. These sticky The findings offer some session of exercise or a 45- immediate and later con - Köhler said that his covered. spoons, daily. als,” she said. “Given this, clusters interrupt signals interesting insight into our minute rest period at their sumption of the food after 4 research team expected the For many of her fans, the Put another way, “the 41 consuming too many sugary between synapses. Synapses relationship with fitness and first visit. They would then hours. Once they answered increase would be noticeable “Charli” is their coffee drink grams of sugar in [the Charli] drinks could in fact fill them are the spaces between nerve food, and may help provide a switch and complete the this questionnaire, partici - after the 30-minute postexer - of choice. is the equivalent of taking up and essentially replace cells where information pass - clearer road map for people opposite session at their sec - pants would complete their cise period, but anticipated no Devotees have been order - three cups of coffee and healthier calories.” es from one cell to another. looking to make lifestyle ond visit with the researchers. 45 minutes of exercise on a increase right after exercise. ing the Charli — a medium pouring 10 packets of sugar Ferraro agrees. Cause or effect? changes. During each visit, those bicycle ergometer. Right after He said this is due to Dunkin’ cold brew with in it,” Katie Ferraro, MPH, “I’d caution teens, if that is Scientists still aren’t certain What the research shows assigned to the exercise group finishing, they would com - what’s called “exercise- whole milk and three pumps RDN, CDE, a dietitian and the target market, that this is whether beta-amyloid plaque For the study, researchers were given electronic ques - plete the questionnaire a sec - induced anorexia,” or a of caramel swirl — for years. nutrition communications a ‘sometimes food’ to be causes AD, or whether the from the Technical University tionnaires before physical ond time and then again after reduction in a person’s sense Now, with the company consultant, told Healthline. enjoyed on occasion,” she irregular clusters in the brain of Munich (TUM) and the activity about how hungry or a 30-minute recess. of hunger or appetite during formerly endorsing and Young adults weigh in said. “This drink has 10 tea - result from the disease University of Nebraska sur - full they were, their preferred Those who weren’t in the and right after exercise. branding the beverage and So, the Charli is on the spoons of added sugar, so it’s process. veyed 41 healthy adults — 23 amount of food to eat, and a exercise group still completed This phenomenon is caused making it available both at sugary side. But how likely is more sugar in a drink than Researchers are also still women and 18 men — choice between types of food all three rounds of question - by anorexigenic hormones stores and as an order-ahead it to become a daily drink you should have in a day.” sorting out whether clumped between ages 19 and 29. that differed in how long it naires, but instead of 45 min - and reactions in appetite- option on the company’s among D’Amelio’s fans and For Pierre, that’s just how or unclumped versions of The participants had an would take to eat them. utes of exercise, they had stimulating hormones as a mobile app, it’s fair to ask: non-fans who are simply she sees it. beta-amyloid cause AD. average body mass index The participants would periods of rest. result of exercise. Just how healthy is this fad looking for a new coffee for - beverage? mulation? What’s in the ‘Charli’? For Nicolette Pierre, a 21- Compared to other special - year-old from Middletown, ty drinks, like Starbucks New York, the Charli hit the Go Ahead, Spice Up Your Diet. It’s Good for Your Heart Frappuccinos (59 grams of spot. sugar and more than 400 “Results came in. The Herbs and spices add more adding herbs and spices to State and Texas Tech 0.5 grams per day of mixed calories) or a pumpkin spice drink was really good,” she than just flavor to food. They meals may help reduce blood University, which examined herbs and spices latte (52 grams of sugar, 14 told Healthline. “Ever since I also provide potential benefits pressure in people at risk of the cardiometabolic effects of a medium spice version, grams of fat, and 380 calo - started drinking iced coffee for your health. heart disease. The other study adding herbs and spices to the with 3.3 grams per day of ries), the Charli is relatively almost 7 years ago, I always “Studies have shown posi - linked spice supplements to typical American diet. mixed herbs and spices healthy. get the same thing: caramel tive health benefits when lower cholesterol levels in “Our findings suggest that a high spice version, with The medium-sized drink iced coffee with cream and including herbs and spices in people with type 2 diabetes. adding dried herbs and spices 6.6 grams per day of mixed clocks in at 200 calories, sugar. This was the very first the diet, including anti- “This research will help us found in the spice aisle of the herbs and spices with 1.5 grams of fat and 41 time I tried a new coffee and inflammatory [properties],” to evaluate dosage, usage, and local supermarket to com - The researchers found that grams of sugar. I actually liked it.” Kayla Kirschner, RDN, a short-term effects,” said monly made recipes has a participants had lower 24- That sugar might be cause Pierre follows D’Amelio nutritionist at Lenox Hill Kirschner, who wasn’t beneficial effect on blood hour blood pressure levels for concern, however, says on TikTok but didn’t decide Hospital in New York City, involved in the new research. pressure, a major risk factor when they ate a high spice Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS, to try the drink until she saw told Healthline. “Chronic “Hopefully, future studies will for heart disease,” Petersen diet. However, they found no RDN, a nutritionist who it trending on Twitter. inflammation is associated provide evidence on long- said. The study included 71 differences in blood choles - leads the Wellness Institute at Meanwhile, D’Amelio’s with heart disease, diabetes, term effects.” Benefits for U.S. adults with obesity and terol or blood sugar levels. the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. direct promotion drew Niah cancer, and more,” she contin - blood pressure Kristina other risk factors of heart dis - “This is likely because we “It’s really the sugar that P., a 19-year-old attending ued. At this week’s NUTRI - Petersen, PhD, APD, is one of ease. Over the course of the added the herbs and spices to she added. Healthier eating “Our systematic review of concerns me with any spe - college in Buffalo, New TION 2021 Live Online meet - the scheduled presenters at study, participants ate a typi - a diet similar to what the aver - shouldn't be a hassle. We'll the available journal articles cialty coffee drink since typi - York, to try the drink. ing of the American Society this week’s ASN meeting. cal American diet, with 50 age person in the United send you our evidence-based on ginger, cinnamon, turmer - cally 100 percent of it is con - “I consider myself a fan,” for Nutrition (ASN), scientists She’s an assistant research percent of calories coming States consumes, which is not tips on meal planning and ic, curcumin, and curcumi - sidered added sugar,” she told Healthline. “She’s a from Penn State University professor in the from carbohydrates, 17 per - as nutritious as diets that are nutrition. Another presenta - noids suggested an associa - Kirkpatrick told Healthline. great dancer. Of course, I and Clemson University are Cardiometabolic Nutrition cent from protein, and 33 per - recommended for health and tion at this week’s ASN meet - tion with an improved lipid “In many of these drinks, don’t personally know her, scheduled to present findings Research Lab at Penn State cent from fat, including 11 heart disease prevention,” ing will explore the findings profile,” said Sepideh they exceed daily limitations. but she seems like a sweet, from two studies that found College of Health and Human percent from saturated fat. Petersen said. of a recent research review Alasvand, a PhD student in This is a concern for both funny, and genuine person benefits of herb and spice Development in University Every 4 weeks, the partici - “It remains important to eat that found a link between the department of food, nutri - adults and teens as sugar through TikTok.” consumption for cardiovascu - Park, Pennsylvania. pants rotated through a differ - a healthy diet, including lots spice supplements and lower tion, and packaging sciences impacts them both the same The Charli is pretty close lar health. Petersen is presenting find - ent version of the diet: of fruits, vegetables, whole cholesterol levels in people at Clemson University in by increasing the risk of heart to Niah’s usual iced coffee One study found that ings from a new study at Penn a low spice version, with grains, nuts, and legumes,” with type 2 diabetes. South Carolina. INTeRNATIONAL TRUTH PREVAIL 8 JAMMU, SUNDAY JULY 25, 2021 China Braces For Typhoon In-Fa China Sanctions US Citizens, "We Want To Do So, But...": Elon Musk's Entities Over Hong Kong As It Cleans Up Flood Damage BEIJING: Beijing nies that cannot trade with announced sanctions on US firms without a prior Reply On Launching Tesla In India Saturday that the province seven American citizens and license, including Chinese Tesla Inc is likely to set up would need to undertake entities Friday in response to telecom giants such as a factory in India if success - large-scale cleaning and dis - a US advisory on deteriorat - Huawei and ZTE. ful with imported vehicles, infecting to "ensure the dis - ing freedoms in Hong Kong, Beijing's move comes Chief Executive Elon Musk aster is not followed by an just days ahead of a visit ahead of a weekend trip to said on Twitter, after the epidemic." from a senior Biden adminis - China by US Deputy company wrote to Indian Photos published by state tration official. Secretary of State Wendy ministries seeking a big media and government Tensions between Beijing Sherman, intended to reduction in import duties on social media accounts and Washington have soured address deteriorating ties electric vehicles, according to Saturday showed rescue on a number of fronts, between the two countries two sources with knowledge workers continuing to shovel including human rights, and the highest-level visit an of the matter. mud and remove uprooted trade, cybersecurity and the official has made under The electric-car maker's trees across the province. origins of the Covid-19 pan - President Joe Biden. pitch to lower duties, howev - Torrential downpours demic. Others sanctioned include er, is likely to face resistance dumped a year's rain in just Last week, the United Carolyn Bartholomew, chair from Prime Minister three days this week on the States warned its business of US-China Economic and sources. average consumer and very Narendra Modi's administra - That compares with cur - little charging infrastructure hardest-hit city of community of the growing Security Review tion which has championed Zhengzhou, where at least a risks of operating in Hong Commission; Adam King of rent rates of 60% for cars in place. high import taxes for many priced below $40,000 and Just 5,000 of the 2.4 mil - dozen people died inside a Kong, following a clamp - the International Republican industries in a bid to boost subway train during down by China in the major Institute; and Sophie 100% for those above lion cars sold in India last local manufacturing. $40,000. year were electric and most BEIJING: China shut ship docks were shut down Tuesday's rush hour after financial hub. Richardson, China director "We want to do so, but down ports and railways on from Yangshan Port south of floodwaters trapped passen - US government agencies at Human Rights Watch. "The argument is that at were priced below $28,000. import duties are the highest 40% import duty, electric Daimler's Mercedes Benz Saturday as it braced for Shanghai and 150 vessels gers in their carriages. led by the State Department Richardson, a prominent in the world by far of any Typhoon In-Fa as parts of including passenger ships State media warned that told entrepreneurs that they expert and commentator on cars can become more afford - began selling its EQC luxury large country," Musk said in able but the threshold is still EV in India last year for the country struggled to and cargo vessels were evac - In-Fa could bring more tor - face particular risks from the human rights in China, sar - reply to a tweet about launch - recover from devastating uated from the area. rential downpours to parts of imposition of a draconian castically tweeted her thanks high enough to compel com - $136,000, and Audi launched ing the company's cars in panies to manufacture locally three electric SUVs this week floods earlier this week. In central China's Henan the province in the coming new security law a year ago, to the Beijing government, India. In-Fa is forecast to make province, where historic days. which it said could "adverse - saying it would give her if demand picks up," one of with sticker tags that begin at "But we are hopeful that the sources said. The sources around $133,000. landfall late Sunday in the floods this week have now China has suffered an ly affect businesses and indi - "extra motivation." there will be at least a tempo - eastern coastal province of killed at least 58 people, annual flood season for mil - viduals operating in Hong The Washington-based declined to be identified as While lower duties would rary tariff relief for electric the letter has not been made give Tesla a better chance to Zhejiang near Shanghai, authorities are gradually lennia, but the record rainfall Kong." In a statement Hong Kong Democratic vehicles," Musk added. according to the official clearing and reopening roads in Henan has prompted ques - Friday, China's foreign min - Council, which was also on public. According to Tesla's test the market, its plan to Other luxury automakers U.S. website, only one model begin sales in India does not Xinhua news agency. blocked with vehicles and tions about how China's istry said the move was the list, called the sanctions a in India have also lobbied the Chinese authorities have debris. cities could be better pre - designed to "groundlessly "badge of honor." - the Model 3 Standard Range hinge on a change in govern - government in the past to Plus - is priced below ment policy, both sources issued a level III alert -- the Millions have been affect - pared for freak weather smear Hong Kong's business "It is the best validation of lower taxes on imported cars third-highest -- for the storm, ed by the floods, with some events, which experts say are environment" and "gravely what and who we are fight - $40,000. Niti Aayog did not said. Tesla registered a local but have had little success respond to an email seeking company in India in January while more than 100 trains trapped without fresh food or happening with increased violate international law and ing for," said Samuel Chu, due to opposition from rivals travelling through the region water for days and others frequency and intensity due basic norms governing inter - the group's director, a US cit - comment. Ministries that and has ramped up local hir - with domestic operations. Tesla wrote to included the ing while also scouting for have been cancelled, accord - lifted to safety in excavator to climate change. national relations." izen for whom Hong Kong Tesla, which aims to begin ing to China Railway. buckets. Henan province is striated In response, China said it authorities have issued an transport and heavy indus - showroom space. sales in India this year, said in tries ministries, which did not Transport minister Nitin Shanghai authorities More than 495,000 people by rivers, dams and reser - would impose sanctions on arrest warrant. a letter to ministries and the closed some public parks have been evacuated, voirs, many constructed seven US individuals and "Beijing can sanction us immediately respond to a Gadkari told Reuters in country's leading think-tank request for comment. March that India would be and museums and warned according to the Henan gov - decades ago to manage the entities including Wilbur but it only reaffirms our Niti Aayog that slashing fed - residents on Saturday to ernment, with the flooding flow of floodwater and irri - Ross, the commerce secre - effectiveness, strengthens The Indian market for pre - willing to offer incentives to eral taxes on imports of fully mium EVs, indeed for elec - ensure Tesla's cost of produc - "stop large-scale outdoor causing billions of dollars in gate the agricultural region, tary under former president our resolve and lays bare assembled electric cars to gatherings" and to stay losses. Henan emergency but rapid urban sprawl has Donald Trump. their shameful repression for tric cars in general, is still tion in the country is less than 40% would be more appro - very much in its infancy with that in China, but only if it indoors. response official Li strained existing drainage While in office, Ross the world to see," he said in a priate, according to the Meanwhile, all container Changxun warned on systems. broadened the list of compa - statement. vehicles far too costly for the manufactures locally. Great Barrier Reef Avoids Afghan Lawmakers Voice Alarm On Air UN Urges China To Cooperate With WHO On UNESCO "In Danger" Listing Second Phase of Probe Into Covid-19 Origins Brisbane, Australia: demic visitors. NEW YORK: The second phase of the inves - Australia on Friday avoided Australia's environment Force As US Withdrawal Nears United Nations Friday tigation, claiming its crite - having the Great Barrier minister Sussan Ley had called on all member ria were "insulting" and Reef listed as an endan - flown to Paris earlier this WASHINGTON: Afghan included $3.3 billion in mili - lawmakers on Friday voiced tary aid for Afghanistan. states, including China, to heavily suggested the lab - gered world heritage site by month to personally lobby fully cooperate with the oratory leak possibility. UNESCO, despite exten - member states on the com - alarm that their air force was Of this, $1 billion is sive climate change-fuelled mittee, while key ambassa - depleted in the face of a intended for supporting World Health On Saturday, WHO damage to the ecosystem's dors were invited on a reef Taliban offensive, as they Afghanistan's air force and Organization (WHO) amid chief Tedros Adhanom corals. After a concerted snorkelling trip. asked the United States to other missions, and included Beijing's rejection of a fur - Ghebreyesus said that the lobbying effort by On Friday, Ley welcomed finalize assistance ahead of a three newly refurbished ther probe into the origins second study will include Canberra, members of the the decision, thanking troop withdrawal. Blackhawk helicopters that of the Covid-19. an audit of labs and World Heritage Committee "esteemed delegates for In virtual talks this week the White House said have "We implore all member research facilities in the with the US Congress, an already been delivered to -- including leading fossil recognising Australia's states, including China, to area where the first cases fuel producers Russia and commitment to protecting Afghan delegation said it Kabul. appealed for quick action on Another $1 billion is cooperate fully with the of Covid-19 were regis - Saudi Arabia -- voted to the Great Barrier Reef". World Health tered in December 2019. give Australian conserva - Environmental groups aircraft maintenance and intended for the purchase tion efforts more time. decried the decision as a munitions supplies as and delivery of key supplies, Organization, and if the The new study is part of a The group brushed aside political stitch-up. President Joe Biden prepares such as fuel, ammunition and World Health five-stage plan which the UNESCO experts' recom - "This is a victory for one to end America's longest- spare parts, while $700 mil - Organization believes it WHO put together to iden - ever war by the end of next also run out of laser-guided this critical time." lion will go towards Afghan requires further informa - tify where the origins of mendation that the reef's of the most cynical lobby - munitions, as the United Mir Haider Afzaly, chair - World Heritage status be ing efforts in recent histo - month. Biden raised the soldiers' salaries. tion, we hope that they the coronavirus. issue during a phone conver - States and NATO allies had man of the parliamentary Washington has invested downgraded because of dra - ry," said Greenpeace handled 80 to 90 percent of defense committee, said will all cooperate," UN In recent months, the matic coral decline, instead Australia Pacific CEO sation with his Afghan coun - more than $8 billion in terpart Ashraf Ghani on the armaments and did not planes were grounded due to developing Afghanistan's air deputy spokesperson lab-leak theory has gained telling Australia to report on David Ritter. "This is not an leave a supply during hasty a lack of spare parts, Covid- Farhan Haq, was quoted as traction pushing US the reef's status by 2022. achievement -- it is a day of Friday, the White House said force, which was virtually in a statement. pullouts of air assets. 19 concerns that kept away non-existent when the 2001 saying by news agency President Joe Biden to The 2,300-kilometre-long infamy for the Australian Laser-guided munitions US technicians and the aging (1,400-mile-long) ecosys - government." The US president affirmed invasion toppled the Taliban Sputnik, in a press briefing give the American intelli - his country's continued mili - are critical to pinpointing tar - of the fleet. after the September 11 Friday. gence team a 90-day dead - tem has suffered three mass A decision on the reef's gets and minimizing civilian He said the air force was coral bleaching events since status had already been tary support of Kabul, with attacks. The Pentagon con - The WHO earlier this line to find answers into spending for Afghanistan casualties, he said. conducting 70 to 80 flights a firmed Thursday the United month proposed a second the virus origin. 2016, caused by rising postponed from 2015, when "The feedback was that it day, "not just targeting the ocean temperatures due to Australia successfully prioritized in the 2022 States in recent days has phase of studies into the A WHO-led team of sci - defense budget, currently will take some more time Taliban and terrorists but again used airpower to sup - global warming. waged a similar diplomatic because they have to make playing a vital role" in sup - origins of the coronavirus entists that travelled to Areas once teeming with campaign and committed under negotiation in port Afghan forces against Congress. "The security situ - the orders and it will take plying areas cut off by land the Taliban, amid fears the in China, including audits China in early 2021 to vibrant corals have become billions of dollars to reef time to produce and ship to after insurgents gain ground. of laboratories and mar - investigate the origins of lifeless washed-out waste - protection. "This is history ation is really getting terri - insurgents will make rapid ble," said senior Afghan MP Afghanistan," he told a The United States has not gains or even take over after kets in the city of Wuhan, the virus struggled to get a lands, and two-thirds of the repeating itself," said roundtable of the State yet delivered promised Black reef is believed to have been Climate Council spokesman Haji Ajmal Rahmani, refer - US troops leave. calling for transparency clear picture of what ring to a Taliban offensive Department Correspondents' Hawk helicopters that could Biden argues the United from authorities. research China was con - damaged in some way. Will Steffen. "Australia Association. help upgrade the air force, Despite the damage, the must stop censoring sci - during the virtual talks. States can accomplish noth - Beijing meanwhile on ducting beforehand, faced Rahmani said one-third of "They are talking of Afzaly added. ing further militarily after Thursday rejected WHO's constraints during its visit, reef remains a vital tourist ence, and start taking the around one year, more or Airpower support draw for Australia, which steps we know are required the 150-strong fleet was two decades and long ago proposal. China's National and had little power to already grounded due to less, until it will reach A statement from the achieved its goal of eliminat - had feared an "in danger" to help protect the reef," he Afghanistan. This is some - White House said the 2022 Health Commission reject - conduct thorough and label could deter post-pan - added. maintenance issues. ing the threat in Afghanistan He said the Afghans had thing very much needed at defense request to Congress of Al Qaeda extremists. ed the WHO plan for a impartial research. Facebook, YouTube "Judge, Jury & Executioner" US Launched Recent Air Strikes In Afghanistan To Repel Taliban Offensive: Pentagon State Secretary Blinken To Discuss On Vaccine Misinformation: White House LONDON: UK health risk of reinfection with officials on Friday Delta compared to Afghan Issue With Indian Partners: US the spread of inaccurate infor - issued a warning of an Alpha. Further investi - mation from those accounts, increased risk of catch - gations are being under - WASHINGTON: US the official said. The fight ing the Delta variant taken," it noted. Secretary of State Antony against vaccine misinforma - even if someone has had With reference to the lat - Blinken plans to discuss ways tion has become a top priority COVID-19 before and est hospitalisation data, to achieve peace and stability for the Biden administration in Afghanistan during talks at a time when the pace of urged caution as further 3,692 people have been investigations remain hospitalised with the with Indian leadership next vaccinations has slowed con - week, a top State Department siderably despite the risk ongoing. Delta variant, of whom Public Health England 2,152 (58.3 per cent) official told reporters Friday. posed by the Delta variant, Blinken, during his India with people in many parts of (PHE), which monitors were unvaccinated and all variants of concern 843 (22.8 per cent) were visit next week, will meet the country hostile to being Prime Minister Narendra vaccinated. (VOC) in the country on fully vaccinated. Modi and External Affairs The White House has an administration official The requests to Facebook a weekly basis, found "This most recent hospi - Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar YouTube, not just Facebook, said, describing their and YouTube come after the the Delta variant cases talisation data shows and discuss a wide range of on its list of social media plat - approach to COVID misinfor - White House reached out to have risen by 33,716 once again just how cru - issues including Indo-Pacific forms officials say are mation. "They get to grade Facebook, Twitter and since last week to a total cial vaccination is in engagement and shared responsible for an alarming their own homework." Some Google in February about of 286,765 and contin - protecting us from regional security interests. Underscoring the importance cines - safe and effective vac - spread of misinformation of the main pieces of vaccine clamping down on COVID ues to account for severe illness and death, During a special briefing, of the Indo-Pacific region, cines - to the Indo-Pacific about COVID vaccines and misinformation the Biden misinformation, seeking their approximately 99 per said Dr Jenny Harries," Acting Assistant Secretary Dean Thompson said, "We're region and the world." are not doing enough to stop administration is fighting help to stop it from going cent of coronavirus Chief Executive of the Dean Thompson said, "Our working with India and other Answering a question on it, sources familiar with the include that the COVID-19 viral, another senior adminis - cases across the UK. UK Health Security bilateral discussions with our friends and partners in the whether Afghanistan would administration's thinking said. vaccines are ineffective, false tration official said then. It also revealed that 897 Agency. Indian partners will focus on region to advance this shared be on the agenda during The criticism comes just a claims that they carry "Facebook is the 800-pound cases out of 68,688 "Two doses of vaccine are expanding our security, vision of the Indo-Pacific. Blinken's visit, Thompson week after President Joe microchips and that they hurt gorilla in the room when it defense, cyber, and countert - Importantly, we'll also discuss said the US "will certainly be Biden called Facebook and women's fertility, the official comes to vaccine misinforma - infections of the Delta far more effective variant recorded in an against COVID-19 than errorism cooperation." our health collaboration to looking at talking with our other social media companies said. Social media companies tion... but Google has a lot to "On regional issues, we combat COVID-19, including Indian partners" about how "killers" for failing to slow have come under fire recently answer for and somehow 11-week period from a single dose, so please April to June were pos - make sure that you intend to discuss our efforts to the Quad vaccine partnership both countries can work the spread of misinformation from Biden, his press secre - manages to get away with it support a just and durable that was first announced dur - together to realize stable and about vaccines. He has since tary, Jen Psaki, and Surgeon always because people forget sible reinfections. come forward to get "The Delta risk assess - your second dose as peace in Afghanistan. All of ing President Biden's Quad secure Afghanistan. softened his tone. General Vivek Murthy, who they own YouTube," said Afghanistan's neighbors and summit." "We expect that all the A senior administration have all said the spread of lies Imran Ahmed, CCDH ment has been updated soon as you are invit - countries in the region have to reflect early signs of ed," she said. On the issue of the COVID- countries in the region have a official said one of the key about vaccines is making it founder and chief executive. an interest in a peaceful, 19 pandemic, the Assistant shared interest in a stable and problems is "inconsistent harder to fight the pandemic YouTube spokeswoman increased risk of rein - "As we emerge from secure, and stable Secretary said, the United secure Afghanistan going for - enforcement." YouTube - a and save lives. A recent report Elena Hernandez said that fection with Delta com - restrictions and vaccine Afghanistan, which can only States and India are also ward, and so we will certainly unit of Alphabet Inc's Google from the Center for since March 2020, the compa - pared to Alpha [variant coverage continues to be accomplished through a working urgently toward our be looking at talking with our - and Facebook get to decide Countering Digital Hate ny has removed over 900,000 previously dominant in rise, it is important to negotiated political settlement shared goal of overcoming the Indian partners about how we what qualifies as misinforma - (CCDH), which has also been videos containing COVID-19 the UK]," the PHE said. remember that while the that brings an end to 40 years pandemic. can work together to realize tion on their platforms. But highlighted by the White misinformation and terminat - "National surveillance protection provided by of conflict. India, of course, is "We're confident that that goal, to find ways to the results have left the White House, showed 12 anti-vac - ed YouTube channels of peo - analysis, adjusted for vaccination is excellent, a critical partner in the region, through our combined efforts, bring the parties together and House unhappy. "Facebook cine accounts are spreading ple identified in the CCDH different variables it is not total. It is still as and we welcome India's including through the Quad continue to pursue a negotiat - and YouTube... are the judge, nearly two-thirds of anti-vac - report. She said the compa - including age and vacci - important as ever that shared commitment to peace vaccine partnership and the ed settlement to end the long - the jury and the executioner cine misinformation online. ny's policies are based on the nation, shows a prelimi - we continue to exercise and supporting economic G7-plus vaccine commitment, standing war," Mr Thompson when it comes to what is "We would like to see more content of the video, rather development in Afghanistan." we will be able to share vac - said. going on in their platforms," done by everybody" to limit than the speaker. nary signal of increased caution," she added. TRUTH PREVAIL SPORTS 9 JAMMU SUNDAY JULY 25, 2021 Vinesh Phogat's angry outburst for physio not getting accreditation Budapest : Asian Games be her second appearance at on a stretcher after suffering a gold in 2018 Commonwealth gold medallist wrestler the Olympics. Vinesh is head - career-threatening knee injury Games and Asian Games fol - Vinesh Phogat made an angry ed to Tokyo as the No. 1- in the quarterfinals against lowed by a bronze medal in outburst through her Twitter ranked wrestler in her catego - Sun Yanan of China. the 2019 World handle late on Thursday night, expressing her disappoint - ment at her physiotherapist Poornima Ngomdir not being given accreditation by the Indian Olympic Association despite sending the request long back. "Is it a crime to ask for one Physiotherapist for four women wrestlers when there are instances of one athlete having multiple coaches/ Staff? Where is the balance? We have asked for a Physio long back and not at the last moment as reported. @IOA_Official @PMOIndia @ianuragthakur," read the 26- year-old's tweet citing a pic - ture of a report done by The Times of India on the issue. Vinesh, seen as a gold medal hopeful, will compete in the women's freestyle 53kg category. Her first match is scheduled for August 5 and she will depart for Tokyo ry. Since the surgery and Championships. Earlier this from her training base in In the 2016 Rio Olympics, rehabilitation, Vinesh has year, she won the gold medal Budapest on July 26. This will Phogat was carried off the mat been in fine form, winning the in the Asian Championships. After struggles, sacrifices & success, Indian shooters eye Olympic glory Tokyo : Entering the day action in the men's 10m tional Manu Baker and the medals at the Games, which Tokyo Olympics on the back air pistol event. hard-working Yashaswini will make up for returning of an unprecedented run that But before that, the fate of Singh Deswal representing empty-handed from the 2016 began sometime after the Apurvi Chandela and Elavenil the country in the women's Rio Games. inexplicable meltdown in the Valarivan - in the women's 10m air pistol competition. In the middle and towards Rio de Janeiro Games, Indian 10m air rifle event - will be The women's 10m pistol the end of the shooting events shooters bagging a medal or decided. A good outing for event has attracted maximum too, India have in its ranks two, or, even three to four, is a either of them means India number of entries but that strong contenders in the form tangible reality. will have won their first should not worry the two of Rahi Sarnobat, Aishwary All of the 15 shooters are medal in these Games. Indian shooters given their Pratap Singh Tomar, Anjum capable of winning medals, Both Chandela and skills and consistency over Moudgil, Tejaswini Sawant but few are seen as sure shot Elavenil will enter the compe - the years. and the seasoned Sanjeev to secure podium finishes in tition with plenty to look for - In the men's 10m air rifle Rajput, besides the two skeet the events that start on ward to, despite the occasion - event, India will have the shooters in Mairaj Ahmad Saturday. al blips here and there. teenaged Divyansh Singh Khan and Angad Vir Singh DIP/J- 4217/21, Dt : 23-07-2021 One among them is the The 21-year-old Elavenil, Panwar and the experienced Bajwa. highly-skilled Saurabh world number 1 and consid - Deepak Kumar, with the for - The likes of Sarnobat, who Chaudhary, who will have a ered one of the country's mer especially seen as a has won a Silver and Gold in few Olympic and world finest rifle shooters after some strong contender after his the ISSF World Cups in New champions standing in his fine performances since superb run of form since Delhi and Oisjek, Croatia way to glory at sport's biggest breaking into the senior team, breaking into the senior team respectively, world number showpiece. will certainly fancy her in 2019. one in 10m air rifle Divyansh Alongside Abhishek chances. If these eight participants Singh Panwar and Aishwary Verma, Chaudhary will be On the second competition fire on the first two days, Pratap Singh Tomar are all part of the first competition day, India will have the sensa - India can expect a handful of gunning for medals. SL end losing streak against India Colombo : A rejigged balls) anchored the chase, lay - delivery that reared up awk - DLS method was finally com - Indian team promised a lot ing the foundation with a 109- wardly and lobbed off pleted in 39 overs as it was Sri but delivered little as Sri run stand with Bhanuka Dhananjaya de Silva's gloves. Lanka's first ODI win at home Lanka finally managed to win against India since July 24, a ODI on home soil after nine 2012 and first victory against long years, beating the visi - them since 2017 ODI in tors by three wickets in the Dharamsala. third and final match of the Rahul Dravid and skipper series on Friday. Dhawan would be unhappy While India won the three- with a low-intensity perform - match ODI series 2-1, the ance on the day, especially the exciting rookies who were fielding effort which was poor blooded on the day still have a to say the least as three catch - long way to go before they es were dropped. can come close to challenging India's young batsmen the big boys after the Sri paid for their profligacy and Lankan spinners made full inexperience as Sri Lanka use of a rain break to bowl out left-arm spinner Praveen Shikhar Dhawan's men for Rajapaksa (65, 56 balls). Rahul Chahar (3/54 in 10 Jayawickrama and mystery 225 in 43.1 overs out of a pos - The only silver lining overs) was also impressive as spinner Akila Dananjaya sible 47. It wasn't defendable, would be a big-hearted effort he delayed the inevitable with forced them to make a mess especially for an attack that from left-arm seamer Chetan some impressive stuff while playing for exaggerated had four debutant bowlers as Sakariya (2/34 in 8 overs), towards the end. turn which wasn't there in the Avishka Fernando (76 off 98 including a back of the hand The 227-run chase as per first place. Tokyo Olympics: Sumit Nagal now eligible for singles draw, Yuki Bhambri misses out due to injury New Delhi : Indian tennis doubles draw. Nagal’s entry leg towards achieving the his flight for Tokyo. “I am player Sumit Nagal is now would also mean that India Golden Slam last weekend very proud to pack for Tokyo eligible to compete in the can now have a team in the when he added the and join our national team in men’s singles event at the mixed doubles draw as well. Wimbledon title to his the fight for the brightest Tokyo Olympics, the world governing body ITF has com - municated to the AITA, a source in the national tennis body said on Friday (July 16). Nagal was ranked 144 on June 14, when ATP rankings were to be considered for direct entries. Another specialist singles player Prajnesh Gunneswaran was ranked 148 and it remains to be seen if he also makes the cut as the deadline for accept - ing tennis entries is closing in a few hours from now. The stringent protocols under which the Games are being held and the fear of contract - ing coronavirus has forced many withdrawals that kept lowering the cut-off mark. “We have received a mail from the ITF that Sumit is now eligible. They have asked for his details. We have start - ed the process of getting him in,” an AITA official told news agency PTI. Yuki Bhambri, with his Protected Ranking of 127, also made the cut but since he recently underwent a proce - As of now only Sania Australian Open and Roland medals on the Olympic are - dure on his right knee in the Mirza and Ankita Raina are Garros triumphs in 2021. nas,” Djokovic, who won a US, he has made himself certain to compete in the No man has ever won the bronze medal at the 2008 unavailable. “I won’t be play - women’s doubles draw. Sania four slams and an Olympic Beijing Games, tweeted. ing,” Bhambri said. used her protected rank of gold in the same year, with “For me, the game for If Nagal can make it to nine to enter with Ankita. Germany’s Steffi Graf the Serbia has always been a spe - Tokyo by completing all the All top-10 players get only player to accomplish the cial joy and motivation and I required formalities, it direct entry and have the priv - feat in 1988. After winning at will do my best to make us all remains to be seen if he makes ilege to choose a partner of Wimbledon, Djokovic said he happy! Let’s go.” the doubles draw with Rohan their choice, who is ranked was ‘50-50’ about competing Some of the sport’s biggest Bopanna, who could not enter inside top-300. at the July 23-August 8 names, including Roger with Divij Sharan till now. World No. 1 Novak Games following the organis - Federer, Rafa Nadal, Serena Bopanna and Sharan’s com - Djokovic confirmed he will ers’ decision to ban fans from Williams, Stan Wawrinka and bined rank is 113 and they compete at the Tokyo attending and the restrictions Simona Halep have already were still fifth alternate Olympics as the Serb remains on the number of people he announced their decision to recently. on course to achieve the can take to the Games. skip the Games, which has ITF is giving priority to Golden Slam in tennis. But the 34-year-old said been delayed by a year due to the singles players to fill the Djokovic completed the third on Thursday he had booked the COVID-19 pandemic. TRUTH PREVAIL 10 ENTERTAINMENT JAMMU SUNDAY JULY 25, 2021 ‘Icche’ clocks a decade The year was 1999. Both vision, but on December 31, 'Icche had slipped into coma'. yet'. I again got a call from the The only ray of hope was that Didi (Nandita Roy) and I were we quit all of them and decid - In between, we made two same man, who said I was just 300 people turned up at Priya working for a channel when ed to make films or wait with other films, Hello Memsaheb wasting my time at the pre - on Saturday afternoon. On an offer came from Dada the savings that we had till an and Accident. They too got miere. My friends from the Sunday, I was again back at (Nitish Roy) to write a film opportunity knocked on our stuck in the cans and this time, media were there and they Priya Cinema at 2.30pm. I for him. Based on author was curious to see our audi - Suchitra Bhattacharya's novel ence, I wanted to know who by the same name, we wrote they were. At 2.40pm, there the screenplay and dialogues was a long queue. Dadulda of a film that we later made. It was standing at the balcony. was called Alik Sukh. By this Standing below, I asked time, I had worked with Dadulda if the queue was for Rituparno Ghosh as an actor Harry Potter. He shouted back in Dahan and Bariwali and from the balcony to say, 'It's was the creative producer of all yours, dude.' Icche got its the talk show, Ebong first housefull show. It was the Rituparno. Excited about our same at Star Theatre, Jaya first tryst with a film script, (Lake Town) and Mahua we narrated Alik Sukh to him. (Garia). Then onwards, there He was impressed and said, would be a traffic outside 'Why don't you write for your - Priya Cinema because of the selves?' That, in a nutshell, set huge turnout to catch the film. the ball rolling for us. From second week, we got For our first script, we a 4.40pm show at Priya turned to Suchitradi's short Cinema. For the next 10 story, Iccher Gaach. We kept years, that became our show the title,Icche. At that time, time. Icche ran in Priya the Bengali screen was ruled Cinema and Star Theatre for by girl-meets-boy-and-falls- 15 weeks. After the first week, in-love stories. Ours was dif - word of mouth spread like ferent. It was about an obses - wildfire. We started getting sive mother and her son with more and more shows. By the an unusual ending for the time the film entered its third times we were living in. Also, week, it was running in 50 we had set our hearts on single theatres. Sohini Sengupta and I met one man outside Samadarshi Dutta, a different Priya Cinema who had seen sort of a casting. In fact, I was the film 28 times. Taking a taking a walk around pensive drag from a cigarette Deshapriya Park, when I saw stuck in between his two fin - a slightly obese mother drag - gers, he said he had returned Raashii Khanna starts last schedule of 'Andhadhun' ging her child along, who to catch the film's final scene. probably couldn't play cricket Icche created a repeat audi - Malayalam remake 'Bhramam' so well that day. So, the moth - ence. At Jaya, there was no er was screaming at him, door. everyone was sure that we surrounded me to ask if I was banner when I visited it on accusing him for ruining all In 2008, Rituparna intro - were 'unlucky'. We would a nervous wreck as it was our one occasion. I asked the her dreams. As the drama duced me to Rakesh Singh, hear such remarks day in and first release, I didn't know usher if the film was still run - Zoya Akhtar goes down played out in front of my eyes, who was ready to produce the day out, but still remained what to say as I was not even ning. He said, there was a I ran to Didi and said, Sohini film. We were elated, but our positive. sure anyone could see the housefull show inside. I ZNMD memory lane it was for us. To get problems were not going to Then, one day in 2011, film. In a while, Dadulda remember another usher at a Would you believe it that I Na Milegi Dobara in a philo - in love with the country. And Samadarshi, we had to wait leave us so soon. Even though Rakesh Singh called up to say called back to say, the can has theatre who asked me if I felt watched Zindagi Na Milegi sophical kind of way. I did then we decided that shifting for one whole year as he was Rakesh did everything to that Icche is slated to release reached him and now, no one it's only mothers who raise Dobara 10 years ago and aim it at the youth, but I didn't it to Spain made perfect sense studying at FTII. We knew it make the film happen and on July 15. Both Didi and I could stop the film. their children, and said a haven't even once since?!" is realise that the adult popula - because we had everything wouldn't be easy making the supported newcomer directors cried and cried and kept think - I was sitting outside Priya father's role was equally the first thing Zoya Akhtar tion would take to the film in there... we could do the run - film, and we were very right. with all his might. On May ing about the release. We had Cinema all through the important. Then, a group of tells me when I catch up with the way they did. ning with the bulls, we could We met a producer in 28, 2008, we began filming lost all our money and what - screening. Then, when the mothers landed at our office her early one morning this Was a particular road trip do various adventure sports... Bengal. He said if the mother Icche. We completed the film ever little was left, we were first show ended, I went during the film's run. They week. We travelled back in the trigger point for the film and that country is a beauty, is portrayed as the villain and in 28 days and the budget was doing the pre-production of upstairs and the first person I were so agitated by the film's time 10 years ago to the shoot or was it the wholesome expe - you know. if she parts with her son at the Rs 42 lakh. As it was our first Muktodhara with it. In fact, bumped into was a well- ending that they asked why end, the film is bound to turn film, we didn't take any remu - when Rakesh called, I was at known producer. He was the son had to leave and that turkey at the box office. He neration for it. Didi and I the Presidency Correctional wearing a glum look on his mothers indeed do everything suggested that popular actors made the film for free. After Home. So, here, we were face. He said I had killed a to raise their kids. They came be cast instead of Sohini and making the film, we screened without any money trying to beautiful subject just by cast - with only one demand - the Samadarshi and to chop off it to the head of a satellite promote our first film that ing Sohini. He left. Others son had to be brought back. the scene where the mother channel; we wanted to ensure meant the world to us. were also leaving. But wait, We heard them out in silence. secretly reads the love letter that the money was returned July 15 was not really a what did I hear? Were they all The film was slowly of her son. I heard him out and to the producer at the earliest. good day for releasing a heaping praises on the film? creeping into every adda in quietly made an exit. After After seeing it, he was ready Bengali film. It was releasing Everyone who came out of the city, it was talked about, that, I met countless produc - to buy the film and even sign alongside a Harry Potter film Priya Cinema that evening discussed, debated. At this ers, who cried, got emotional the contract the very next day and also Zindagi Na Milegi gave a heart-warming review, point, when the film was in its but offered us to remake a by paying almost double the Dobara. Back then, Delhi they said they could relate to fourth week, the renowned film instead. film's production cost. Before Belly was still running and every moment in the film and director called me one more Between 2002 and 2008, the contract could be signed, I Murder 2 that released on July that it tugged at their heart - time. This time around, he we met almost 60 producers, got a call from the satellite 8 was a huge hit. The follow - strings. said why wasn't I telling the who rejected the film. I also channel's office. They ing week,Singham was about The same film-maker, who media that he was the first one made different kinds of budg - informed that they would not to release and after that there had backed out of the trailer to have predicted that the film ets - 16mm budget, 35mm be able to buy the film, as was Aparna Sen's Iti launch, was present at the pre - would be a blockbuster. I budget, digital budget - so as there were some legal issues. Mrinalini. So, it meant that miere. He called up late at chose to stay mum. to be ready for any offer that The film had many stakehold - Icche could release only for a night to say the film will be a Because the film remained came our way. None came. ers and all of them did not week and if it did not work, it blockbuster. "You have stuck in the cans for three My dearest friend, agree at once. My world came would just disappear like a played a gamble by casting years, we could not send it to Rituparna Sengupta, also the crashing down. This contin - dream unfinished. Sohini and it has worked," any festival. Neither was it presenter of the film, was ued for three years. But we took up the chal - were his exact words. considered for any award. But there for us since the incep - Those three years gave me lenge. We were all set to Icche released on July 15. it was loved by many and that tion of Icche. Even she was the same feeling as the lock - launch the trailer. A renowned On the first day, only 35 peo - was the biggest gift that the moved by our constant strug - down, as if I was trapped film-maker was supposed to ple turned up at Priya Cinema. film gave us. People still talk gle and asked once if we without any fault. At that launch the trailer, but he Most shows of Icche were at about the film and therein lies could change the story a bit in time, it was Icche and now, it's backed out the previous night. noon. By evening, the multi - our success. order to get a producer. We Belashuru, even though the Finally, master film-maker plexes decided to take the film Icche was a victory for were not up for it. problems are very different. Mrinal Sen agreed to do the down as there was hardly any independent directors, for sin - In between, there was a Back then, we would screen honours and he supported the audience. I went to visit a plex gle screens, for films without of the film that's now become rience of one that made you And your film put Spain strange turn of events; a friend the film to our friends. He/she film whole-heartedly. on the day of the release. I stars. At a time when the sin - cult in more ways than one. want to make it? on the tourism map for so of mine narrated the subject to would watch the film inside a Thankfully, the audience was shocked to find that the gle screens are dying a slow It's been 10 years since All road trips are different, many Indians! Smriti Irani, who had not yet closed room and we would sit loved the poster and the trailer banner was removed. I asked death, I fear, with them will Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. they are all special... and I I know! I know! And I am started her political career. at the door, trying hard to and we could move ahead the manager the reason behind die many such Icches, films But the film is still so fresh have done many of them, both so glad, because it's such a She liked it immensely and gauge the reactions from out - with the release. it and he said the plex had that need genuine audience that it doesn't really feel it's in India and abroad. I have beautiful country. They are said she wanted to produce it side. People would laugh and The premiere of the film decided not to run it. I was support, that connect of the been that long... done extensive driving in also like Indians on certain in Hindi; she also expressed cry and every time they did was scheduled a day before mad at him, but he said, the heart, love and affection that It's crazy to think that it's India and it's such an incredi - levels. It's a warm and hos - the desire to play the mother. so, our conviction would get the release. Rituparna had film had become 'stale'. I come without any pre-con - already been a decade! Time ble way to see the country. pitable country. Even though But we had decided that we validated. Among those who invited everyone from the called up my distributor, ceived notion. I miss the time really flies fast. And you are You can just stop anywhere, it's a different language, you would make our first film in watched the film was poet film industry. The show was Subhash Dutta, who said the when a random movie-goer right... the thing is that it still start anywhere... on a road never feel alien there. Bengali. People travel to the Sankha Ghosh. A man of few at Priya Cinema at 7.15pm. film was three years old and I would just buy a ticket on a feels like yesterday because trip, you experience a lot of Ten years on, what do peo - Maximum City when oppor - words, he said it was an Just when I was about to leave couldn't expect an audience hot summer evening to escape people have never really things that you wouldn't quite ple talk to you the most about tunities come their way, but important film that should get home, I got a call from one of for it. He said there was no the heat and keep himself stopped speaking to me about come across if you opt for the film? we boarded a train to Mumbai released in theatres. the stakeholders of the film, star in the film and it would at entertained and discover, the film. another mode of transport. There's Bagwati, there are to say no to Smriti Irani. She His words of assurance who said that Icche cannot the maximum run for a week. much to his surprise, not just Almost every line, scene, There's something very thera - the jokes.... But I think what said if ever we felt like mak - warmed our hearts at a time release. I reached the theatre On Saturday, the plex cinema, but life playing out on mood and moment is cult. peutic about being in a car, really resonated with every - ing the film in Hindi, we when people from the film and called up Dadulda (Arijit shows were gone. In single the screen and take home When you made the film, did listening to music and watch - one was the thought that if should let her know. We nod - industry had told us that the Dutta, proprietor of Priya screens, there were only mati - much more than what he had you have any idea about the ing the world go by. On a road you really want to do some - ded. In 2007, we were doing film would never see the light Cinema) to ask if the 'film can' nee shows and the Priya expected. Icche was not just a phenomenon it would trip, you tend to be quiet and thing, then do it... and that it's 14 non-fiction shows on tele - of day. They joked and said, has reached him. He said 'not Cinema timing was 2.45pm. film, it was life. become? spend a lot of time with your - okay to screw up. I think there No, no! When Reema self. was a sense of liberation that (Kagti) and I were writing the This is a rare film that suc - the idea of this film gave to Farhan Akhtar releases Tamannaah Bhatia : My idea is to not film, we had absolutely no cessfully brings together so the audience. idea! (Laughs) It's also weird many diverse threads. Did all Has this been your tough - "Toofaan" trailer because initially when we of it come together organical - est film to shoot? let image take over work I want to do were writing it, a lot of people ly? I know you and Reema The toughest was actually Actor-producer Farhan Farhan's love interest and Actress Tamannaah Bhatia has already been created in recently seen in the web- asked us whether a large part wrote the whole script in just Dil Dhadakne Do. In Zindagi Akhtar shared the trailer of Paresh Rawal as Aziz's coach. has been acting for 16 years terms of an image, and mov - series "November Story" on of the audience would actual - three months... Na Milegi Dobara, we were in his upcoming boxing drama Comments started pouring now. She has won a large fan ing forward my idea is to not Disney+ Hotstar VIP, is now ly relate to it? We were told This is the fastest script we a car and we had complete "Toofaan" on Wednesday. in on Farhan's post almost base as one of the top glam things like, 'It's very experien - have ever written! Reema and control over it. In Dil "The storm has arrived, immediately. queens of the South, and has tial, there's nothing much that I like ensembles... we enjoy Dhadakne Do, we were on a are you ready? His girlfriend Shibani also impressed as an actress happens in it', as opposed to the genre and we write a lot of ship and we had no control #ToofaanTrailer out now. Dandekar wrote: "Chills! So of substance with select roles. having a completely plot- them and hence we kind of over it! (Laughs) She feels her idea is to not let driven film. are well-versed about how to ZNMD was actually the any particular image dictate We were told that the film put a lot of threads together. most fun experience I had on the kind of work she wants to may not cut much ice because We are still learning, and both set. It was easy, we were on do. Tamannah made her act - it's very character based. We of us are still a work-in- the road, the vibe was very ing debut in 2005 at the age of just turned around and said progress, but we enjoy multi - chilled out.... Seventy per cent 15 with the Hindi film "Chand we liked it because we loved ple threads and multiple char - of the crew was Spanish and Sa Roshan Chehra". The same going on road trips ourselves. acters. some of my best friends were year, she made her Telugu It's as simple as that! (Laughs) Why did you choose working on the film. Reema, debut with "Sri" and the fol - I said road trips are cathartic Spain? Arjun Bhasin (costume lowing year she made her for me and something that I Well, it was meant to be designer and stylist), Avan Tamil debut with "Kedi". wanted to put on film because Mexico, initially. And we Contractor (hairstylist), "I have evolved as a per - I love the genre, and I person - decided on it because we just Carlos (Catalan, cinematogra - son and at every different ally liked the experience of wanted to go to Mexico! pher)... they are all such good point of time. I have continu - road trips myself. So that's (Laughs) But when we started friends of mine. I made some Releases worldwide on 16th proud." ously worked, so for me, most where it came from. developing it and the adven - amazing connections in July on @primevideoin Former world kickboxing of my life is divided into the But having said that, you ture sports angle came in, we Spain, some really close #ToofaanOnPrime," he cap - champion Drew Neal posted: films I have worked on. I never know ya... what works wanted the climax to not be friends who all worked with tioned the trailer, shared on "Might just go and hit a train - enjoy it. For me, it is as new and what doesn't work. I was something modern. We want - me again on Dil Dhadakne Instagram. ing session inspired and moti - as it was on the first day," definitely aiming the film at ed it to be primal, with the Do. From the trailer it is appar - vated." Tamannaah told IANS. the youth. I was aiming the three boys just running. I made a very close friend ent the film is about a Aziz Ali Daboo Ratnani comment - She feels the process of film at a generation where Running with the bulls came in Katrina (Kaif), we became (Farhan Akhtar), a goon from ed: "Faaaaaabbbbb! Love it" breaking an image has things like this matter... where up because a very close friend very tight buddies on set. Dongri who finds success as a "Toofaan" is directed by become challenging now. a thought like 'seize the day' of Reema's had just done it... Kalki (Koechlin) was a solid boxer, only to lose it all after Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. "In fact, it is a lot more let an image take over the gearing up for the Telugu matters. When I was growing she had gone to Pamplona (in connection I made. Abhay a mistake. The film creates Farhan and Rakeysh have challenging now because I kind of work I want to do. I remake of the Hindi thriller up, 'Carpe Diem' in Dead Spain) and run with the bulls. (Deol) and Hrithik (Roshan) I drama as Aziz tries to make a previously teamed up for the feel like there is a constant want the work to kind of pre - "Andhadhun". The Telugu Poets Society had such a Much before the film, we have known since we were all comeback against all odds. successful "Bhaag Milkha need of unlearning and you cede that," she said. version is directed by strong impression on me. And had visited Spain for a vaca - kids. There was absolute com - Mrunal Thakur playing Bhaag" in 2013. are making something that Tamannah, who was Merlapaka Gandhi. that poured itself into Zindagi tion for two weeks and fallen fort with the boys. TRUTH PREVAIL BUSINESS NEWS 11 JAMMU SUNDAY JULY 25, 2021 International community must come together to Investors opening new trading, demat account from assist Afghan people : UNGA president-elect Oct to get choice of providing nomination : Sebi New Delhi : The interna - people in whatever way they health consequences. The people lived through lock - New Delhi : Markets regu - trading members and deposi - such forms. will not be required. tional community must come so desire so that they could United Nations can, and must downs and extreme measures lator Sebi on Friday said tory participants will activate The nomination and decla - However, if the accountholder together to assist the people of have the way forward that is do more to address this," he had to be taken around the investors who are opening affixes thumb Afghanistan in realising their being charted out by their said. world," he added. new trading and demat impression (instead aspirations, president-elect of "Building on existing The UNGA president-elect account from October 1 of wet signature), the UN General Assembly initiatives and approach - also called for the participa - will have the choice of then witness' signa - Abdulla Shahid said on es, I will be looking to tion of young people in deci - providing nomination or ture will be required Friday, amid growing global address the health of our sion-making processes that opting out nomination. in the forms. concern over the deteriorating people and our affect their future, noting that Also, the regulator has The online nomi - security situation in the con - economies. And work to gender equality will a priority issued a format for nomi - nation and declara - flict-ridden country. ensure vaccine equity. for him. nation form and opting out tion form may also be Shahid, the foreign minis - We need to vaccinate the "In considering the role of of nomination through a signed using e-sign ter of the Maldives, also said world. No one is safe the United Nations in address - 'declaration form' in this facility and in that at a leading think-tank that the until everyone is safe," ing global issues, we need to regard, according to a cir - case witness will not United Nations has a "very the Maldivian foreign consider the strengths of the cular. be required. clear role" to play in minister added. United Nations. I believe that Further, all existing eli - Intermediaries Afghanistan as maintenance At the same time, he the strength of the United gible trading and demat will have to ensure of international peace and said the coronavirus Nations lies in its ability to accountholders will have that adequate systems security is a mandate of the pandemic has not shape norms, change dis - to provide choice of nomi - are in place including UN Security Council. government," Shahid added. replaced the challenges of cli - course, forge consensus," he nation by March 31, 2022, for providing e-sign The Maldivian leader The Taliban has been mak - mate change, ocean health, said. failing which the trading facility and also take arrived in India on ing rapid advances across desertification and land Shahid also said that trust and demat accounts will be new trading and demat ration form will be signed all necessary steps to maintain Wednesday on a three-day Afghanistan in the last few degradation, and loss of biodi - can be built by bringing the frozen, Sebi said. accounts from October 1, under wet signature of the confidentiality and safety of visit. India is the first country weeks seizing control of large versity. UN closer to the people. Under the new framework, 2021, only upon receipt of accountholder and witness client records. that Shahid is visiting in his parts of the country as the US "In fact, it (COVID-19) "By increasing its efficien - official capacity as president- pulled out the majority of its has limited the scope for cy, its effectiveness. By mak - elect of the UN General forces and aims to complete addressing these challenges, ing the United Nations deliv - Fixed deposit (FD) rates of IDBI Bank Assembly after he was elected the withdrawal by August 31. as limited resources have er. Deliver for people, for the to the post on June 7. In his address, Shahid said been diverted towards the planet, and for prosperity," he "Afghan people are his immediate priority as pandemic. But the impacts of said. changed! Check latest rates here resilient people. Their leader - president of the UN General climate change are worsen - "The COVID-19 pandem - New Delhi : Fixed deposit 46-90 days a 5.1% interest rate. 2021: Petrol prices hiked ship is strong, their govern - Assembly will be to focus on ing," he said. ic may have put the world in or FD rates of IDBI Bank has - FDs maturing between - IDBI Bank is offering a again to record highs, check ment is a democratic govern - helping the world recover Shahid said that address - crisis. But I believe this could been revised for a few maturi - 91 days to 6 months will pro - 5.25% interest rate on FDs rates in your city ment elected by the people," from COVID-19. ing the needs of the people in also be an opportunity. To ty periods. The new rules are vide a 3.5% interest. maturing between five years Meanwhile, IDBI Bank is he said at an interactive ses - "The impacts have been various spheres is equally build a stronger, resilient effective from July 14 and are sion at the Indian Council of immense, and yet still, this important. world. A more sustainable applicable on retail fixed World Affairs. pandemic seems to be far "Especially given that world. This could be an deposits of less than Rs 2 "I think the international from over. New variants are humanity, human rights, have opportunity to enhance multi - crores. community needs to come emerging. And we are still taken a back seat during this lateralism, strengthen cooper - With the latest revision, together and assist the Afghan unclear about the longer-term pandemic -- as more and more ation," he said. IDBI Bank’s FD rates now vary from 2.7% to 4.8% for all the fixed deposits with a Benchmarks build on gains as banks, FMCG stocks maturity period of 7 days to 20 years. Here are the latest interest spurt; post weekly losses rates offered by IDBI bank to New Delhi : The Sensex finish at 15,856.05. During the week, the ginally in the negative for the its customers: and Nifty mustered gains for ICICI Bank topped the Sensex declined 164.26 week. - IDBI Bank is offering a the second straight session Sensex gainers' chart with a points or 0.30 per cent, while "The strong show of IT 2.7% interest on an annual on Friday, propped up by jump of 3.18 per cent ahead the Nifty slipped 67.35 stocks continued whereas basis for fixed deposits matur - banking, FMCG and pharma of its results on Saturday. points or 0.42 per cent. slippages in reported asset ing in 7 to 14 days and 15 to stocks, but closed lower for ITC, SBI, HCL Tech, Axis "The markets today wit - quality and expectations of 30 days. the week as the surging Delta Bank, Bajaj Finserv, Tech nessed a bumper listing of rising NPA risks dragged - For FDs maturing in 31 variant cases sapped risk Mahindra and Sun Pharma one of the most awaited down the banking stocks. to 45 days, the bank is offer - - Investors will benefit to 10 years. offering an additional 50 bps appetite globally. were among the other win - IPOs in recent history, The expected rise in NPAs ing a 2.8% interest on an with a 4.3% interest on FDs - Lastly, investors will get interest rate to all fixed Overcoming a choppy ners, advancing up to 2.56 Zomato. The exuberance may have broader market annual basis. maturing between six months a 4.8% interest rate on FDs deposits made by senior citi - start, the 30-share BSE per cent. though was not broad based, implications as it exposes the - Investors will get 3% to one year. maturing between 10 to 20 zens. At present, IDBI Bank is Sensex ended 138.59 points On the other hand, L&T, the market breadth remained pandemic-caused vulnerabil - interest on annual basis on - FDs maturing between years. Also Read: Petrol, offering interest rates ranging or 0.26 per cent higher at HUL, Reliance Industries, negative for the day. The ity of both household as well their FDs maturing between one to three years will provide Diesel Prices Today, July 17, from 3.2% to 5.3%. 52,975.80. NTPC, Asian Paints and weekly trend too remained as corporate balance sheets," On similar lines, the HDFC Bank were the promi - marginally negative as all the said Joseph Thomas, Head of broader NSE Nifty advanced nent losers, dropping up to major market cap based Research at Emkay Wealth 32 points or 0.20 per cent to 1.80 per cent. broader indices closed mar - Management. OYO raises $660 million in debt to Ola, Uber rides become expensive in Mumbai, revive from pandemic blows New Delhi : OYO on Fitch and Moody`s rated OYO, said: "We are delighted petrol prices remain over Rs courtesy fuel price hike Friday (July 16) announced OYO`s senior secured loan B by the response to OYO`s 100 in metros New Delhi : The effect of 107.54 while diesel is selling months. As a result, (PNG) for its customers in the that it has raised a TLB (Term and B3 (stable outlook), maiden TLB capital raise that "This is a testament to the rising petrol and diesel prices at Rs 97.45 per litre in the city. Mahanagar Gas Limited also city. Loan B) funding of $660 mil - has now started to haunt the Petrol and diesel prices increased the prices of Ola and Uber’s drivers are lion from global institutional common person. feeling the pinch of rising fuel investors. In Mumbai, cab aggrega - prices, according to a report A company statement said tors Ola and Uber have by Hindustan Times. Drivers that the offer was oversub - reportedly increased the fares had previously demonstrated scribed by 1.7 times and the of their cab aggregating serv - a march requesting the firms company received commit - ice by up to 15%. Both the to increase the fares to ments of close to $1 billion app-based aggregators have increase their commissions. from leading institutional increased the fares in different Also Read: Facebook, investors. states of the country due to Instagram to invest over Rs The deal was upsized and rising fuel rates there. 7,400 crore to promote con - increased by 10 per cent to Officials of the cab aggre - tent creators $660 million as the compa - gation firms said that the driv - Drivers had demanded to ny`s fundamentals yielded ers were demanding an increase the fare based on the strong interest from investors increase in the fare of cab increase in the fares of black- despite the virus surge. service due to the rising prices yellow taxis and auto-rick - The interest margin rate of petrol and diesel in the shaws in the state. The fares was also lowered by 25 basis financial capital of India and of black and yellow taxis and points from the Initial Pricing other metro cities. auto-rickshaws were Guidance to LIBOR+825 At present, the price of one have increased in the country Compressed Natural Gas increased in Mumbai on basis points. litre of petrol in Mumbai is Rs rapidly in the past two (CNG) and Piped Natural Gas March 1, 2021. The company will utilise respectively, on the back of was oversubscribed by lead - strength and success of these funds to retire its past the company`s sound business ing global institutional OYO`s products at scale, our debts, strengthen the balance model and resilient financial investors. We are thankful for strong fundamentals and sheet and other business pur - profile with significant poten - the trust that they have placed high-value potential. OYO is New property launches in Pune fell by poses including investment in tial upside. in OYO`s mission of creating well capitalized and on the product technology, it said. This is a milestone trans - value for owners and opera - path of achieving profitability. OYO is the first Indian action as OYO is the first tors of hotels and homes Our two largest markets have 30%, prices set to rise : Report startup to be publicly rated by Indian company to raise capi - across the globe. demonstrated profitability at Moody`s and Fitch, two of the tal through the TLB route Also Read: Rs 5 crore the slightest signs of industry New Delhi : A report new projects launched over a that the price rise seen in the and as a result, the overhead leading international rating Abhishek Gupta, Group Lamborghini Huracan STO recovery from the COVID-19 released by Gera 12-month period since June past one year will gain further costs for developers have agencies. Chief Financial Officer, launched in India even as pandemic". Developments revealed that 2020, the premium segment momentum. The surge in res - increased. More significantly, almost all the new residential has seen a whopping 64% idential real estate prices will the cost of several raw materi - property launches in Pune surge from 13,199 units to be due to a decline in ade - als including the most critical have seen a downfall by 30 Paytm files draft papers for Rs 16,600 crore IPO percent due to restrictions imposed following the second New Delhi : Digital pay - general corporate purposes. Committee, as applicable, in ment, Paytm's merchant base wave of the COVID-19 pan - ments and financial services Get premium back at no consultation with the JGC- grew to 2.11 crore as on demic. The available invento - firm Paytm has filed a draft extra cost~1 with this term BRLMs and the BRLMs, in March 31, 2021 from 1.12 ry for sale plunged to a 9-year red herring prospectus for its planMax Life Insurance terms of the red herring crore in March 2019 and low. Reasons for the decline proposed Rs 16,600-crore ini - in saleable inventory is robust tial public offering (IPO) with sales but lack of new supply the Securities and Exchange to replace the sales. For every Board of India. 100 units sold only 59 units According to the docu - were added, according to the ment, the company plans to Gera Pune Residential Realty raise Rs 8,300 crore through Report that was released on fresh equity and another Rs July 7. 8,300 crore through offer-for- According to the report, sale. H1 2021 saw a fresh supply of Paytm founder, managing 26,611 units which is 26 per - director and chief executive cent higher than H1 2020. officer Vijay Shekhar Sharma However, sequentially it has and Alibaba group firms will come down by around 30 per - dilute some of their stake in cent compared to H2 of 2020, the proposed offer-for-sale. it said. 21,634 units. The premium quate inventory to meet the items such as cement and According to the docu - Compared to pre-COVID segment typically comprises growing demand. Whenever steel has risen by 25-40 per - ment, investors selling stake times, it is still half of what it an average price per square demand outstrips supply, cent,” he said. include "Antfin (Netherlands) was in December 2019 just feet of Rs 4,898 to Rs 5,876. prices tend to go up,” Rohit Sales grow by 7 percent Holding BV, Alibaba.Com before COVID-19 hit the On the other hand, the budget Gera, Managing Director, Against the first half of Singapore E-Commerce country. This clearly suggests segment (average price of less Gera Developments has said. 2020, there is a clear 7% Private Ltd, Elevation Capital a supply squeeze prevailing in than Rs 3,917 per square feet), “With new project launch - increase in off-take for new V FII Holdings Ltd, Elevation the Pune residential real estate which saw a 34% drop in the es at unprecedented lows, the homes in the corresponding Capital V Ltd, SAIF III space. In fact, comparing the new project launches in the robust demand will face sup - period of 2021. However, as Mauritius Company Ltd, Quotes prospectus and the prospec - gross merchandise value period from January 2020 to past year i.e. since June 2020. ply-side bottlenecks. This has compared to H2 of 2020, sales SAIF Partners India IV Ltd, Why retail participation in tus," the DRHP said. almost doubled to over Rs 4 June 2021 against the corre - The new supply dropped already propelled a 3.73 per - have declined by 9%. Sales SVF Panther (Cayman) Ltd stock market has been ASBA stands for lakh crore in the financial year sponding period, there is a from 23,390 units to 15,469 cent surge in property prices had bounced back to pre- and BH International increasingBusinessLine Application Supported by (FY) from Rs 2.29 lakh crore reduction of 39% in new units. Clearly, there is an evi - on an average, over the past COVID levels soon after the Holdings". The draft red herring Blocked Amount. billion in FY 2019. inventory being added to the dent shift in the customer 12 months. However, as new first wave; which was prima - The company proposes to prospectus (DRHP) does not The offer price will be The company has reported market, the report said. preference migrating to more project launches firm up, the rily driven by the two-tiered use Rs 4,300 crore for grow - disclose the share price and decided by Paytm board or a narrowing of loss to Rs Inventory levels plunged premium homes. Comparing prices, while maintaining stamp duty waiver extended ing and strengthening Paytm the percentage of stake to be the IPO committee and the 1,704 crore in FY'21, from Rs to a 9-year low in June 2021. the launch of premium seg - their upward bias, will stabi - by the state government, that ecosystem, including through diluted by any of the share - Investor selling shareholders, 2,943.3 crore in FY'20 and Rs According to the report, the ment properties since 2018, lize in the medium term,” incentivized new home buy - acquisition of consumers and holders in the company. in consultation with the joint 4,235.5 crore in FY'19. inventory available for sale there is certainly a reduction Gera added. ers. However, the momentum merchants and providing "The final price at which global coordinators and book The total income of Paytm has also reduced to 59,224 in the fresh launches thanks to He further revealed that slowed soon as the second them with greater access to equity shares will be allotted running lead managers (JGC- declined to Rs 3,186.8 crore units, a reduction of 21% the COVID-19 pandemic. there was an increase in the wave hit. technology and financial serv - to ASBA Bidders will be in BRLMs) and the BRLMs, on in FY'21, from Rs 3,540.7 from 75,421 units a year ago. “The market has been in cost for developers. “In addi - During this period, the ices. terms of the red herring the pricing date in accordance crore in FY'20. The total number of ongoing an ongoing state of consolida - tion to the supply crunch, strongest growth however is Paytm plans to earmark Rs prospectus and the prospec - with the book building Paytm has reported nega - projects has also dropped sig - tion. With the number of new there is a tremendous increase seen in the premium segment, 2,000 crore for business ini - tus. Equity shares will be process and the red herring tive cash flow of Rs 222.1 nificantly from a peak of project launches declining, in the cost structures for in which a robust 54% growth tiatives, acquisitions and allotted to anchor investors at prospectus. crore in FY'21, primarily due 3,733 projects in Jun 2017 to the unsold inventory has developers. The last 15 is seen, suggesting customers’ strategic partnerships and up the anchor investor offer BRLMs stands for Book to operating losses and on 2,730 in Jun 2021. plunged to a seven-year low. months have seen slower con - demand for more aspirational to 25 per cent of the total fund price, which will be decided Running Lead Managers. account of additional working According to the report, Going forward, we believe struction and project launches homes. raised through the IPO for by our Board or the IPO According to the docu - capital requirement. C M C M

Y B Y B TRUTH PREVAIL 12 NEWS JAMMU SUNDAY JULY 25, 2021 Corporator Anil Masoom celebrates Guru Purnima by doing People collecting rain water to Murti Sthapna in Radha Krishna Temple ward No. 10 quench thirst : Harsh Dev TP Correspondent After the murti sthapna, tees of the temple participated the opportunity of being the TP Correspondent lages of Ramnagar and Woes have not ended here, as Udhampur, he said that while JAMMU, July 24 : Today hawan was conducted which in the celebration of guru Chief Guest of the occasion. Ramnagar/Chenani, Chenani tehsils. several residents of the hinter - huge funds have been shown on the occasion of Guru was later followed by Langar. purnima with great enthusi - At the end, Corporator Sh. July, 24 : Peeved over the Addressing the people, he land have now become to be expended on water sup - Purnima, Hon'ble Corporator Anil Kumar Masoom govt for turning averse to said that Jal Shakti Deptt dependent on the monsoons. ply schemes, there is hardly ward 10, Sh. Anil Kumar appealed to the general public matters of public importance deptt has failed not only to They are compelled to collect any visible impact on the Masoom did Murti Sthapna in not to wander out of their especially the Deptt of Jal Radha Krishna Temple in houses unnecessarily as Shakti in particular, Mr. Harsh ward no. 10 in the presence of COVID-19 cases are on the Dev Singh Chairman JKNPP Hon'ble Mayor JMC and rise again and only to go out and former Minister said the Mahant Sanjay Sagar of when it's important and while resultant hardships faced by Radha Krishna Temple. wearing masks and practicing the common masses had After the murti sthapna, social distancing. Rahul remained unabated thus ridi - Hawan was done followed by Kumar, Rahul Hindu, culing the BJP's tall claims of Langar in order to celebrate Subhash Anand, darshan 'Achey Din' and 'Atma Guru Purnima in ward no. 10. Singh, Vinay Chopra, Satish Nirbhar Bharat'. He said peo - Speaking on the occasion Kumar, Tarun Gupta, nipun ple in the rural areas and the Corporator Anil Kumar Malhotra, ajeet yoji, Rajeev hinterland have been deprived Masoom said that today in Sharma, daler Singh, ram of potable water which is the order to celebrate guru purni - Prakash, Amit Arora, necessity of life. He divulged ma in ward no. 10, we did Subhash chander, Vinod Jain, that while the people are murti sthapna in Radha He further said that the asm. He thanked everyone and many other were also yearning for water supply in Krishna Temple of ward 10. locals of ward 10 and devo - present there for giving him present. the far flung areas, the admin - istration has bizarrely turned apathetic and callous towards DDC member Bani conducts Public Darbars the shrill cries of the rural fulfil their constitutional obli - rainwater in the earthen pots ground. The frauds of huge dwellers. "Right to water has gations and the directions to quench their thirst and meet magnitude committed by Jal been protected as a funda - given by the Supreme Court other requirements in a heart Shakti Deptt officers in collu - to assess, resolve people’s problems mental human right by the but its officers are also guilty wrenching situation. Is this a sion with some corrupt and TP Correspondent Smt Reeta Thakur during and problems of their respec - officials accompanying them Indian Supreme Court as part of criminal negligence and 'Atma Nirbhar Bharat' for notorious elements have BANI, JUL 24 : District her tour visited Panchayats tive areas seeking early to address their problems by of the 'Right to life' guaran - evasion/non-performance of which the Saffron Party per - come to fore which need to be Development Council (DDC) Sandhi, Bhandar and redressal. The issues regard - initiating necessary measures teed under Art 21 of the their duties as public servants. sistently cock- a- hoop?, thoroughly investigated. The member Bani, Smt Reeta Fathepur. She was accompa - ing which the people made from their respective depart - Indian constitution. Not only While the people are suffering Harsh took a jibe at the BJP. culprits should be brought to Thakur conducted a series of nied by officials of various the DDC member aware ments. the Supreme Court and High hard due to non-provision of Expressing anguish over book", said Harsh. Public Darbars in different The DDC member while Courts but the WHO and UN adequate water supply during the sorry state of affairs run - He rued that resentment Panchayats of Bani here dur - interacting with the people General Assembly have all scorching summers in majori - ning in rural belt, Mr. Harsh amongst the general masses ing her 3 days tour of the area assured them that she will emphasized repeatedly that ty of villages of Ramnagar Dev Singh further regretted and local people is growing in order to take stock of prob - continue to work for their everyone has Right to suffi - and Chenani constituency, that not only the scarcity of with every passing day which lems faced by the people. welfare 24X7 and ensure that cient, continuous, safe, there are several habitations drinking water in majority of could trigger law and order their problems are resolved at acceptable, physically acces - which have been completely villages but the supply of con - problems in the days to come. PDP announces new the earliest by the concerned sible and affordable water for deprived of water supply taminated water in other vil - "The issue therefore needs appointments departments. She said that the personal and domestic use. leaving them at the mercy of lages is often reported to have due cognizance of authorities Central Govt stands commit - And not only should the water God. "It has not only resulted caused serious health prob - before it's too late. Panthers B D Gorkha nominates as ted to make the life of com - be physically and economi - in worst nightmares for the lems like cholera, diarrhoea, shall not relent until the peo - Chairman SC/OBC Cell mon man most comfortable cally accessible but it should affected people but has dysentery and Hepatitis-A. ple are bailed out from the besides ensuring overall be clean, free from impurities caused serious health prob - Referring to the reports of prevailing water crisis. We TP Correspondent development especially in the and contaminations", Harsh lems for the community. It's a huge irregularities and will make the administration JAMMU, July 24 : Abdul far flung areas. reminded the def administra - sheer irony that people are bungling committed in the accountable and answerable Hamid Choudhary, Vice It is pertinent to mention tion while addressing the pub - forced to buy water in some execution of various water for people's grievances at all President of J&K People’s government departments included those of dilapidated here that Sarpanch Bhandar, lic meetings at various vil - villages for their daily needs. supply schemes in district costs", Harsh roared. Democratic Party today made including Power roads, electricity supply, pay - Smt Reena Devi; Sarpanch some appointments in the inter - Development Department ment to the labourers for Sandhi, Tara Chand; Sarpanch Erratic power supply est of the Party. In an order (PDD), Public Health works under Govt schemes, Sandroon, Uttam Chand and Langar started at Raghunath ji Temple issued by Amrik Singh Reen, Engineering (PHE) and the etc. BJP General Secretary Sushil adds to summer woes General Secretary PDP as TP Correspondent devotees. He also prayed to of the Duggarland. Rural Development Smt. Reeta Thakur listened Banjaliya among others were JAMMU, July 24 : Bhagwan Raghunath ji for the All the functionaries approved by Abdul Hamid Department (RDD). quite patiently to the griev - also accompanying Smt Reeta in Kulgam : NC Choudhary, B.D Gorkha was Dharmarth Trust today started success of this initiative vowed to keep this Langar an During Public Darbars ances of the people and issued Thakur during Public Darbars Langar at the historical which has been taken on the ongoing affair. Srinagar, 24 July : The nominated as Chairman people highlighted the issues on the spot directions to the conducted across Bani. Jammu and Kashmir SC/OBC Cell; Sunil Fangotra , Raghunath ji Temple in auspicious occasion of Guru It is pertinent to mention Jammu on the auspicious National Conference on General Secretary SC/OBC Saturday expressed con - Cell; Sohit Sharma, Incharge Dharmarth Trust urges DC Samba to expedite occasion of Guru Purnima. The divine service of cern over the erratic power District President Jammu supply in Kulgam, saying Urban; Tejinder Singh and Adv development of Utterbehni, Purmandal shrines Langar was inaugurated by Ajay Gandotra, President of the long outages have ren - Pardeep Singh Chib, Vice TP Correspondent nations which hosts several Commissioner Samba about dered hot and scorching Presidents Jammu Urban; the Trust amidst chanting of SAMBA, July 24 : matchless characteristics. various initiates taken by the Vedic Mantras by Rajinder summer hotter. Ashok Singh Chib, General Dharmarth Trust President "The temple complex at Dharmarth Trust with an aim While expressing con - Secretary Jammu Urban; Samir Shastri in presence of Dr Advocate Ajay Gandotra Purmandal devoted to Lord to provide better facilities and Gopal Parthasarthi Sharma, cern over the long electric - Ahmed Kasana (Sarpanch), accompanied with Secretary, Shiva is popularly known as amenities to the devotees. He ity outages in Kulgam, Zone President Nagrota; Majid Secretary of the Trust and Dr Gopal Parthasarthi Sharma Chhota Kashi and surrounded also assured the Deputy Vijay Saraf, businessman, Party Spokesperson Imran C M Shah, Incharge Youth Peer C M on Saturday met Deputy by the Shivalik Hills that pos - Commissioner that the Surinder Mahajan, President Nabi said the predicaments Y B Panchal District Rajouri and Commissioner, Samba, sess a natural exquisiteness. It Dharmarth Trust will extend suffered by the people due y B Poonch; Dalip Baru, District Raghunath Bazar Anuradha Gupta and sought is located on the banks of wholehearted support to the Businessman Association and to sweltering temperatures President Youth Jammu Rural for pacing up the develop - Devika, the underground administration in carrying out have been compounded by and Dr Inzamam Khan, Sandeep Gupta, businessman, ment works and restoration of river. development works in the all are Members of Advisory the prolonged outages Incharge District President heritage value of the Nearby the Purmandal Aforesaid shrines and other across the South Kashmir's Rajouri Youth. Committee of J&K Purnima by the Dharmarth that hundreds of devotees and Utterbehni and Purmandal Temple, there is the village of temples in the District. He Dharmarth Trust. Today's Trust. Vijay Saraf appreciated the tourists visit this temple District Kulgam. Strictly follow Covid Shrines. Utterbehni called so as the urged the Deputy Langar was sponsored by the management of situated in the heart of Temple "Unfortunately no proper The Trust's President held underground river 'Devika' Commissioner to make a Vijay Saraf. Dharmarth Trust for starting city to pay obeisance to schedule is being followed Appropriate Behaviour a threadbare discussion on takes a northward turn here, comprehensive plan to create Speaking on the occasion, the Langar. He also extended Bhagwan Raghunathji and by the local administra - to prevent third wave: various aspects of developing which is something rare for a tourist circuit comprising all Ajay Gandotra said that the full support for this initiative. other deities installed inside tion. Let alone the forlorn ASSOCHAM the aforesaid shrines on mod - rivers in the Himalayan the significant shrines situated Trust will take care of the He also appealed to the peo - the temple premises. and outlying hamlets, the ern lines to provide state-of - foothills", Gandotra said, in the District and promulgat - logistics and administration ple of Jammu and Kashmir to Vivek Bandral, President main town is facing long TP Correspondent art facilities to the devotees adding that immediate facelift ing the same to give boost to however the initiative will run pay a visit to this historical of J&K Dharmarth Trust black outs. The elderly, JAMMU, July 24 : The and the tourists visiting the of these shrines is the need of tourism and raise the socio- with the support of the temple and asked others to Employees Association was sick and expecting moth - J&K council of Associated site as the place has immense the hour as these could help in economic conditions of the Advisory Committee and connect with the rich culture also present on the occasion. ers are particularly at the Chamber of Commerce and religious and historical signif - boosting the religious tourism stakeholders especially after receiving end of the gov - Industries of India icance. He urged the Deputy in the region. the big jolt which the local ernment apathy. The (ASSOCHAM) today urged all Commissioner to take proac - He also discussed in detail economy has felt due to pan - NC pays tributes to Syed Shafi on his claims of administration the industry members to follow tive steps in making these the need of taking care of demic. on ensuring uninterrupted the Covid Appropriate shrines visitors delight other temples in the District After giving a patient hear - power supply to the con - Behaviour strictly to prevent because the same are connect - including Aarzi Temple ing to the delegation, the first death anniversary sumers in the district have third wave of coronavirus. ed with the rich cultural her - Samba, Raghunath ji Temple Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, 24 July : The made immense contribution others party's senior leader fallen flat. Recurrent out - The business and industry itage of the region and Dogras Rajpura and Raghunath ji assured to take up the matter Jammu and Kashmir National towards strengthening the Mubarak Gul, Member of ages are also disrupting of Jammu and Kashmir was of J&K, Punjab and Himachal Temple Abtal. with concerned quarters for Conference Party President, party at grass roots. While Parliament Hasnain Masoodi, water supply in many badly affected due to two Pradesh have special affinity Later, Ajay Gandotra also taking up the genuine Member of Parliament from paying humble tributes to the south zone president Dr areas of the district," he waves of Covid-19 and lock - towards these religious desti - apprised the Deputy demands as soon as possible. Srinagar Dr Farooq Abdullah late leader, the duo prayed for Bashir Veeri, district presi - said. downs in recent past. and Vice President Omar eternal repose to his soul in dents Abdul Majeed Bhat Imran further said that In the council meeting of Abdullah on Saturday paid the highest realms of the Larmi, Altaf Ahmed Wani, load shedding is creating ASSOCHAM J&K under the Sarv Shakti Sanstha seeks security glowing tributes to veteran Jannat. Meanwhile scores of constituency incharges Riyaz untold suffering to small leadership of Mr. Manik Batra, party leader Syed Shafi Shah party functionaries offered Khan, Syed Tauqeer Ahmed and medium businessmen Chairman and Dr. M A Alim cover to eliminate drug menace of Bijbehara Anantnag on his Fateha and floral tributes at were also present. On the also. He impressed upon Co- Chairman, ASSOCHAM TP Correspondent in the broad day light. He the vitals of the society with first death anniversary. the final resting place of the occasion the functionaries, the concerned authorities J&K Council held on Saturday, SAMBA, July 24 : Sarv mentioned that Neeraj Sethi, many families getting ruined While paying rich tributes late leader. Later Party's party delegates and local to ensure uninterrupted various issues related to trade Shakti Sanstha, J&K unit National President Sarv due to drug connections. to the late leader, Dr. Farooq Provincial President Nasir office bearers and workers supply of electricity to and Industry were discussed. urged government to adequate Shakti Sena also receiving life Gupta said that there is Abdullah and Omar Abdullah Aslam Wani presided over a offered Fateha for the late consumers, who he said “Trade and Industry of action to eliminate the rising threats for running anti-drugs dire need that more concerted said Shafi Sb was endowed commemorative meeting held leader and recalled his contri - have been left to fend for Jammu and Kashmir has suf - drug activities in the Jammu campaign. efforts should be made to with a humble persona and at Khanabal, where among bution to the party. themselves. fered a lot during the two and Kashmir besides provid - Gupta said Pakistan has eliminate this evil from the waves of Covid-19 in recent ing necessary security cover found new modus operandi in society as it is killing the com - past and there are some predic - to the political leaders intensi - Jammu and Kashmir by allur - ing generation. He also NPP Supremo addresses Samba District Committee tions of third wave as well. fying drive against this men - ing the unprincipled people appealed to the youth of ASSOCHAM Believes that the ace. living near borders using age Jammu and Kashmir to stray asking Govt. Of India to hold Assembly elections Addressing media persons old methods of throwing drug away from the growing drug third wave can be further down TP Correspondent District & Block Committees ever such elections will be assuring that the Panthers prevented with precautionary here today, Rajan Gupta, consignments from the other menace and to channelise President Sarv Shakti side of the border which after their energies towards nation JAMMU, July 24 : of JKNPP. The District held. Mr. Yashpaul Kundal, Party shall convey the mes - measures and following covid Prof.Bhim Singh, President President Mr. Rajeshwar General Secretary & a former sage to the people to unite so appropriate behaviour,” said Sanstha, J&K unit, said that reaching inside Indian building. his organization has launched Territory is used as an arm Rajan Gupta appealed to of J&K National Panthers Singh Sambyal with his sen - Panthers Party's Minister that reactionary and commu - Manik Batra, Chairman Party accompanied by senior ior district office bearers while addressing the senior nal forces shall be defeated in ASSOCHAM J&K Council. a campaign against this men - against the progress of the the Union Government to pro - ace and in this context country as scores of youth in vide adequate security cover leaders of the JKNPP includ - attended the meeting at leadership of the district the coming elections. Other issues related to GST ing Ms. Anita Thakur, and Vijaypur. The District assured the Panthers Mr. Shiv Charan Singh, and developmental works in Narendra Maan, President both rural and urban hamlets to the Neeraj Sethi and him so Punjab unit has been merci - are being trapped in this that this menace would be Mr. Yashpaul Kundal, President conveyed to Supremo that the party shall State Secretary of the party Industrial areas were also dis - General Secretaries and sev - Prof.Bhim Singh that Samba move to the neighbouring who is also Observer in cussed in detail with the mem - lessly killed by some disgrun - vicious cycle of drug addic - eliminated from the society, tled elements on 16 May 2021 tion. This menace is eating up which is the need of the hour. eral state leaders congratulat - District Committee is pre - districts of R.S. Pura and Samba assured full support bers during the virtual meeting. ed Samba District Panthers pared to contest Assembly Kathua to gear up Panthers and cooperation with the new Indian Army with NGO 'Goonj' distributed leadership for constituting elections at any time when - Party for electoral battle leadership in the District. ration and hygiene kit in Saujiyan Advertise vacant posts in Govt Depts : Abhay TP Correspondent veyed their sincere thanks activities in professional is a Delhi based various, Reiterates demand for age relaxation in recruitment process of Sub-Inspectors JAMMU, July 24 : Indian and gratitude for this noble manner and assisted which undertakes disaster TP Correspondent who chaired the meeting. should be fulfilled by adver - "The youth are the foun - Army in collaboration with gesture. “Indian Army has Awaam in distress times of relief, humanitarian aid and JAMMU, July 24 : Apni This meeting was attend - tising the vacant posts. dation of a nation and they NGO “Goonj” in order to Party's Youth Wing has ed by District Youth Wing, "Recruitment process should should be kept away from assist the ‘Awaam” in times demanded advertisement of narcotics. The drug addiction of distress caused due to vacant posts in different has consumed many precious COVID Pandemic, distrib - Govt. Departments in J&K. lives. We should not let our uted ration, hygiene and san - Youth Wing State General youth become drug addicts," itation kits for the under priv - Secretary, Abhay Bakaya Abhay said. ileged and BPL families of said that the Govt. should Meanwhile, Abhay also Saujiyan and adjoining areas take measures to deal with sought age relaxation for in District Poonch. the growing unemployment youth aspiring to become Taking forward the initia - in J&K by organizing semi - Sub-Inspectors in Jammu and tive of outreach programmes, nars and programmes to Kashmir Police. He Indian Army and NGO introduce them in the manu - expressed concern over the "Goonj" joined hands to facturing, and service indus - age bar and demanded that assist the under privileged try. Jammu Urban, President, be fast track," he demanded. the age for the aspiring youth BPL families including the "Educated youth are basi - Shivam Choudhary, Joginder He said that the youth who want to join J&K Police Gujjars and Bakkarwals in cally dependent upon Govt Singh, Vipul Bali, Suhail energy should be channelized as Sub Inspector should be Saujiyan and distributed jobs in J&K. The advertise - Khajuria, Jatinder Singh, towards the right direction by given age relaxation. ration, hygiene and sanitation ment of vacant posts will cre - Vishal Jyotshi, Vivek Saproo, providing them job opportu - Shivam Choudhary, on kits to 480 families. ate an opportunity for the Ragav Gupta, Chiranjeev nities. this occasion, highlighted Populace have heartily deserving candidates to get Singh, Atinder Singh and Abhay Bakaya has also various issues being faced by appreciated the assistance the job. Unemployment has other youth leaders. insisted on the youth leaders the youth and also held given by the Indian Army always taken initiative and COVID, said Sarpanch of community development affected the educated youth Abhay further said that to establish connection with threadbare discussion on and NGO Goonj and con - has been at the fore front of Saujiyan, Mr Bashir. Goonj across India. psychologically," said Abhay the vacancies in Govt. Depts the people. organizational issues.

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