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" #$ shortening of Zero Hour. their Covid-19 test done with- These include the In a clear indication of in 72 hours before the start of Durgapur-Banka section of the "In the last 15 years Bihar completion. New India and unusual times, for the first the Parliamentary Session at Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur has shown that if the right new Bihar believes in fast- time in two decades, the Lok any hospital/laboratory autho- Pipeline Augmentation Project Government is elected in a paced development." Sabha Speaker did not host an % " #$ rised by the Government or at and two LPG Bottling Plants. State, benefits of Government's Detailing the implementa- all-party meeting on the eve of Parliament House Complex. They have been commissioned schemes can reach its people," tion of several projects, Modi the Session for consultation environment policy, floods, whatever decision it takes to which are round the corner According to officials, all by Indian Oil and HPCL under said Modi detailing the Rs said the age when someone between the ruling party and border tensions with China. We counter China," he said.The may generate heat with persons were informed about the aegis of the Ministry of 21,000 crore projects imple- owned a gas connection was the Opposition for the smooth will continue to raise people's Lok Sabha Speaker hoped after Opposition raising the the test results and as it is a Petroleum and Natural Gas. mented in the State by the BJP considered a bigwig is now a running of the legislative busi- problem in Parliament," he the BAC meet that all members Government's handling of the matter related to privacy, there In what sounded like a poll led Government. thing of the past. He also high- ness. said. will be present and will engage Covid-19 in the State and the would be no official announce- campaign speech, the PM These two LPG plants will lighted that Centre's schemes The departure from the The Congress leader said in fruitful discussions. He said alleged neglect of migrant ment. Those who found posi- praised Chief Minister Nitish be able to fill gas cylinders for like Ujjwala has also empow- convention came amid a rift not only his party but the entire leaders of all political parties labourers. tive were asked to undergo Kumar saying Bihar's admin- several districts not only in ered women and made sure between the Opposition and the Opposition wants to know what have "taken a pledge to uphold A discussion on the India- treatment. istration has been exemplary in Bihar but also in Jharkhand that they do not spend hours Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on is happening on the borders and carry our constitutional China face-off is unlikely to be making sure that Government and a few districts in Uttar collecting firewood which the issues to be raised on the with China. "We want to know duties and responsibilities even allowed anytime soon during cussion on China's incursion at schemes reach the common Pradesh as well, Modi said. would later when burnt to floor of Parliament. Government's views on this. We in this hour of crisis." the limited session. In 2017 the Doklam on the LAC citing people. Kumar, Union Minister cook would also cause respira- A meeting of the Business will support the Government Politically, Bihar polls Government had refused dis- national security.Parliament "Chief Minister Nitish Dharmendra Pradhan, Bihar tory ailments. Advisory Committee (BAC) resumes after 20 soldiers were Kumar has a very important Deputy CM Sushil K Modi The PM said eastern India was called to iron out con- killed at Glawan in Ladakh after role to play in taking Bihar for- were among those who were and Bihar's infrastructure was tentious issues, including the clashes with China in June. ward on the path to progress. present in the virtual inaugu- never prioritised. He further abolition of Question Hour The Opposition is expect- We must ensure Sushasan ration ceremony. said earlier people never imag- and the curtailing of Zero Hour ed to seek clarification on (good governance) in Bihar. The Prime Minister said ined that they could get access which has been opposed by the Prime Minister Narendra The good work done in the last the Centre has worked exten- to developed infrastructure Opposition parties. Modi's first reaction on the 15 years must continue. sively in developing all energy because there were economic Leader of Congress in Lok LAC stand-off following During the rule of Nitish, two related projects in the State. and political issues to which no Sabha Adhir Ranjan Glawan incident when he large universities, one IIT, one "We do not live in the age one paid attention to despite Chowdhury who attended the ,#",-*. agreed on a joint strategy to said Leader of the party in Lok asserted in the All-Party Meet IIM, one NIFT, one National where one generation saw the the fact that the region is teem- BAC meeting said the meet did question the four ordinances. Sabha Adhir Ranjan that "no one entered Indian ter- Law Institute in Bihar have inauguration of a project and ing with natural as well as not come to "any conclusion on he Congress-led “We've proposed that the Chowdhury. ritory, no posts taken". opened," said Modi. another generation saw its human resources. the issues raised by us, there- TOpposition is all set to issues of unemployment, the Party sources said the fore, Birla will convene anoth- oppose four of the 11 status of migrant labourers Opposition will also raise the er meeting on September 15." Government Ordinances and and the economic scenario in issue of Delhi riot supplemen- % Chowdhury said, "We have try to corner the ruling dis- the country, to be discussed in tary chargesheet in which the proposed issues of unemploy- pensation on the issue of the the upcoming Session both the names of several political +,+,-+. &' ( ment, status of migrant labour- LAC tension, Covid-19 situa- the Houses. personalities including Sitaram ers, economic scenario in the tion and plight of the economy The Government has not Yechury and Yogendra Yadav $ country to be discussed in in the Monsoon Session of handled the China territorial appear in a disclosure state- Parliament. We urged the Parliament starting Monday. problem, and the relation with ment of an accused. ! Government that Opposition Congress chief whip in the neighbouring Nepal is at its Jairam Ramesh said they voices should be heard in Rajya Sabha Jairam Ramesh, on lowest ebb. We have urged the will be re opposing three ordi- " Parliament. We want to have a Sunday said like-minded non- Government that our voices nances “clearly and 100 per #$% discussion on Covid-19, NEP, NDA parties have largely should be heard in Parliament," cent”. $ ! ! % "# & ' (
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But suspecting something to Rengali in Sambalpur to her detected under the Bhubaneswar ment at the SUM Covid The Bihar cops with the fishy, he didn’t agree first. uncle’s house and stayed here as Municipal Corporation (BMC) !"## $% Hospital after being tested help of their Odisha counter- However, at the request of a boy. area on Sunday, taking the city’s positive for the virus. parts in Sambalpur arrested a Tannu and her frequent phone The Bihar police tracked total cases to 16,240 so far. 8,992 cases of Covid-19 infec- His wife Maya Das was girl, Tannu, who had remained calls, Anil came with one of his the telephone calls of Tannu’s Of the new cases, 116 were ,#",-*. tions of which 7,609 have recov- discharged from the hospital in disguise of a boy friends, Lalbahadur, to Tannu family members, including her from quarantine centres, all ered from the disease while after her test report came out here.“Tannu didn’t kill the to the particular spot as told by sister, and knew her location in being linked with earlier positive he CRPF and BSF have 1,342 patients continue with the negative for Covid-19. Born at youths of her State, Anil and her. Sambalpur. cases. Besides, 279 were local Teach reported about 9,000 illness. /A Covid-19 Karanjia in Mayurbhanj dis- Lalbahadur. But she was direct- But their opponent group, Finally, with the help of contacts. Covid-19 infections each till As many as 41 patients vaccine is likely to be trict in 1949, Ajit Das had ly involved in the case by allur- well-prepared to take revenge, Sambalpur SP Kanwar Vishal However, 604 infected per- now and lost around 66 men have succumbed to the disease. available by early next year debuted in Ollywood with ing Anil to come to her for love caught hold of both of them Singh and Thelkoli police sta- sons o recovered from the dis- due to the pandemic. The com- With a strength of 3.25 lakh per- and the Government is ‘Sindura Bindu’ in 1976. that gave opportunity to his and killed them mercilessly tion IIC Surubabu Chhatria, ease taking the total recoveries to bined Covid-19 infections of sonnel, the CRPF is the world’s considering its emergency He had also left his marks opponents to kill him,” the and threw the bodies on rail the Bihar cops arrested Tannu 11,430 in the city. Further con- the CRPF, BSF, ITBP, CISF largest paramilitary force. authorisation for high-risk in Odia films like ‘Hakim Bihar police said. line to give it a suicide colour. from Rengali. tact tracing was still continuing. and SSB have reached 29,377 Likewise, the Border settings, Union Minister Babu’, ‘Maa’ and ‘Tunda Baida’ During the time of murder, “We were well-aware of And as per the provision, Primary contacts and nearby and these Forces have suffered Security Force (BSF) has Harsh Vardhan on Sunday playing dominating charac- Tannu was a minor girl, but the background of the mur- they first produced her in a houses were being quarantined, 101 casualties till now. reported 8,826 Covid-19 infec- said, asserting he will take the ters. He was an alumnus of now she is 22. dered youths and their oppo- Sambalpur court and then took sanitised and would be under The Central Reserve Police tions out of which 1,704 are first dosage if there is any the National School of Drama One criminal group of nents. Hence, we arrested four her to Bihar on transit remand. active surveillance. Force (CRPF) has reported active 7,097 have recovered. concern over its safety. (NSD). ,#",-*. "Raghuvansh babu" would A rustic man all the way, the way RJD was being run. leave him, adding that the two Singh was one of those few Upset with the functioning is loud guffaws and ear-to- would sit down and sort it out leaders who never faced even of the party he had formed with Hear smile is a thing of the once the leader recovered. On single charge of corruption in Lalu, he was facing an ideo- ($R **+ , past. Veteran socialist leader Sunday, the RJD chief tweeted his nearly 40 years of political logical dilemma. Like a true and former Union Minister his condolences. life. He had a PhD in mathe- socialist, he sent two hand- 146, Balangir 142, Sambalpur succumbed to the virus in Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (74), "Dear Raghuvansh babu! matics and began his career as written letters, one to Lalu and 141, Baleswar 134, Nuapada Baleswar, Ganjam, Kalahandi, succumbed to post-Covid ill- What have you done? I told you a mathematics professor at a other to the Bihar CM. and Jajpur 128 each, Bhadrak Mayurbhanj and Subarnapur. ness at the All India Institute of the day before yesterday that north Bihar college. In a moving tribute to the $*!$ ,0#) 123, Nabarangpur 112, The deceased in Khordha Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on you are not going anywhere. Recognisable by his white kurta departed leader, Prime Jagatsinghpur 108, Angul 103, included a 66-year-old man, a Sunday. But you have gone so far. I am and his khadi dhoti, Singh was Minister Narendra Modi, who he State on Sunday report- Koraput 100, Rayagada 98, 62-year-old man (both of Singh was under treatment speechless. I am sad. Will miss one of the tallest Rajput lead- received the news of his death Ted 3,913 new Covid-19 Subarnapur 91, Ganjam 86, Bhubaneswar) and a 60-year- for a lung infection and was put you very much." ers of the RJD. when he was inaugurating a cases from across all 30 districts Kandhamal 86, Keonjhar 76, old man. The Cuttack fatalities on a ventilator on September 6 The same day he also wrote As a Rural Development string of petroleum sector and the State pool that went Dhenkanal 74, Malkangiri 68, were of a 45-year-old man and after his condition worsened. to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Minister between 2004 and schemes for Bihar, called him past a total of the 150,000-mark Boudh 61, Kalahandi and a 74-year-old man. He is survived by three chil- Kumar about the projects in his 2009, Singh was one of the key a grassroots leader with deep reaching 1,50,807. Of the new Nayagarh 60 each, Sundargarh The other deceased includ- dren. constituency Vaishali, and persons behind the success of understanding of poverty and cases, 2,348 were from various 35, Gajapati 16 and Deogarh ed a 60-year-old man of A trusted lieutenant of demanded that alms bowl of the UPA Government's flagship problems of the poor. quarantine centres and 1,565 15.Besides, 107 positives were Baleswar, a 55-year-old man of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) In his two-line letter to Lord Buddha should be scheme, Mahatma Gandhi "I will request Nitish were local contact cases. from the State pool. Ganjam, a 62-year-old man of chief Lalu Prasad for nearly Lalu, Singh wrote, "I have been brought to Vaisali from Kabul National Rural Employment Kumar to execute the devel- While 17 districts report- Meanwhile, the Covid Kalahandi, a 60-year-old man three-decades, Singh had standing behind you ever since Museum and national flag Guarantee Act (MNREGA). opment projects he wrote about ed over 100 cases each, death toll increased to 626 in of Mayurbhanj and a 84-year- resigned from the RJD from his the demise of Karpoori Thakur should be hoisted at Vaisaligarh The five-term Lok Sabha in the letter. Let's together — Khordha reported the day’s the State with 10 new fatalities old man of hospital bed just four days for the last 32 years. Not any- on Independence Day and member representing Vaishali the State and the Centre — ful- highest 552 followed by on the day.While Khordha dis- Subarnapur.However, another ago. His hand-written resigna- more." Republic Day to mark the had been in the news recently fil his wishes," Modi said, while Cuttack (382), Puri 212, trict registered the highest 3,363 patients recovered on tion letter to Lalu went viral on Lalu did react, writing back importance of his native district despite his illness for express- referring to Singh's letter to the Jharsuguda 162, Kendrapada three deaths, two more died in the day, taking the total recov- social media platforms. that he did not believe that as the world's first republic. ing his disenchantment with Chief Minister. 156, Mayurbhanj 147, Bargarh Cuttack district and one each eries to 1,18,642. "# $ % &' " ()*+,+,
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$*!$ ,0#) various departments to get it ments, which are requiring realisation of huge arrears. All $*!$ ,0#) testing centres. Their seats details about the parked funds more funds in Covid-19 the revenue earning depart- were arranged at 6-ft distances. t a time when the State so that the funds would be Pandemic in coming months, ments are having huge arrears bout 37,459 students of Thermal screening were con- Asees shortfall in resource brought back to State treasury will be able to meet their pending for realisation. The AOdisha appeared for the ducted on students before their realisation due to the impact for utilisation in Covid-19 expenditure needs, officials Government has advised important National Eligibility- entry to the campuses. of Covid-19, a massive over- pandemic. feel. these departments to formu- cum-Entrance Test (NEET) According to the guidelines drive has been set to bring Till date, the State Finance Department has late one time settlement 2020 held at 83 testing centres of the National Testing Agency back huge unutilised funds Government has mopped up issued guidelines prohibiting (OTS) scheme for release of in seven cities of as many dis- (NTA), students having tested parked in the bank accounts. more than Rs 2,300 crore out parking of Government such funds. tricts in the State on Sunday. positive for the Covid-19 were According to an estimate, of the parked money. Funds money outside Public Through OTS, the Students who had applied not allowed not sit for the test about Rs 7,000 crore released are now required to meet the Accounts and these instruc- Government had realised for free travel and free stay this time. by the State Government growing expenditure in social tions are needed to be strict- huge arrears pending with reached allotted hostels along However, they would under the programme expen- and other sectors. ly followed by the Drawing the Nalco, HAL and other with hostels last night. appear for a test on a later date, Government provided all neering colleges here.In view of diture head have been parked As the State Government and Disbursing Officers public sector udertaking. While tests were conduct- which will be finalised arrangements for free staying Corona-19 pandemic, this time in bank accounts. mopped up over Rs 2,300 (DDO)s, pointed out an offi- Such measures will aid in ed from 2 pm to 5 pm, students after.Students having cold, and boarding to students came 29 more testing centres had However, no official con- Crore of money parked in cial. creating fiscal space to meet entered testing centres from 12 cough and sneezing-like prob- from distance places. been set up compared to the firmation is available in this Bank Accounts, resource While serious move is on the Covid-19- related expen- am, two hours of scheduled lems sat for the test in separate As the highest number of last year. While 54 examination regard as officials are position in September looks to mop up funds parked in diture on public health, liveli- time. Students strictly adhered rooms. Each centre had a sep- 15,000 students sat for the test centres had been arranged for tightlipped over the mat- bright and if more funds will bank accounts, another addi- hood generation, social secu- to all Covid guidelines, includ- arate room for such students in Bhubaneswar, the BMC had 33,797 students last year, 83 ter.Sources said the Finance be retrieved from Bank tional resource mobilisation rity net and internal security, ing use wearing of facemasks and two PPE wearing invigila- provided accommodation to centres were set up this year for Department has approached Accounts, several depart- effort has been initiated for said officials. and social distancing, at the tors guided them.The State students in hostels of five engi- 37,459 students. & 0/"!$ " 2 # )!1 ! $ % * $ *3, $ 0! ")')* $*!$ ,0#)/ ' $*!$ ,0#) esidents of fourteen vil- ollywood actor Sonu Sood, o make people aware of Rlages in Sundargarh district %4 Bafter lending a helping hand Tfirst-aid treatment, the have been living in darkness for telling their plight to Wesco to migrant labourers in reach- Indian Red Cross Society- last three months. The villagers officials but restoration of !). ing their homes during the Odisha State Branch organised drew the attention of con- power has not yet been done. lockdown, recently announced a seminar on the occasion of cerned authorities of Wesco but Notably, these villages are or the 125th birth anniver- a scholarship for underprivi- World First Aid Day here on power restoration to these vil- near Jharkhand border and Fsary of great freedom leged students who want to Saturday. lages has not yet been done. PLFI members are active there. fighter Vinoba Bhave, an 84- pursue higher education. State Red Cross Honourary According to sources, elec- Consequently, the villagers are year-old pensioner spent And now, Sood has drawn Secretary CTM Suguna tricity connection had been in fear and are not going out- money from own pocket to Chief Minister Naveen presided over the seminar. provided to a number of vil- side after sunset. set up a statue of Bhave in Patnaik’s attention on Twitter Chief guest Rajya Sabha lages in Sundargarh district "We had written to Sarvodaya Nagar here. requesting him to help in treat- $) '!) Forest personnel then arrested member Dr Amar Patnaik dis- under the Dindayal Upadhaya Rajgangpur electric division Pravakar Mishra, who ment of a cancer-stricken the two youths riding the cussed about national devel- Gramin Jyoti scheme. Villagers for requirement of transformer works as president of the young girl from Attabira in orest personnel seized three motorcycle.Another team opment being done through of fourteen villages under against non functioning of Sarvodaya Nagar Bikash Bargarh district. Fleopard skins and arrested frisked a two-wheeler near various programmes of the Nuagaon block un the district transformers in these villages Parasad, spent his pension One Sukant Meher initial- four youths in Nabarangpur Usuripadar Chhak under Red Cross. Dr Bikash Prasad who had got electricity under but we have not yet got the money for the statue, which ly brought to Sood’s notice district on charges of smug- Nandahandi block in and Dr Lokanamth Sahu high- this scheme, have been living replacement," said SDO, Puri MLA Jayant Sarangi about the girl’s plight. Even gling on Saturday.Forest officer Nabarangpur district at around lighted about first aid treat- in darkness because the trans- Wesco, Kuanrmunda sub divi- inaugurated. though Ratnabati Pradhan has Magar Dhanaji Raose told 3:30 pm. During the search the ment. formers which had been sion, S Mohanty. Mishra said it was his been suffering from lung can- media persons a team of Forest Forest personnel recovered two Besides, Dr Prabir Kumar installed in these villages, are Significantly, crores of long dream to set up a statue cer for quite long period, the personnel intercepted two leopard skins from the motor- Das and Dr Dillip Kumar Bhoi defunct. rupees were spent for electri- of the great social reformer Government is yet to provide vehicles at different places in cycle and arrested another two talked about the first aid treat- The villlages under dark- fication in villages under the commemorating his visit to her any help. Nabarangpur on basis of a youths, said Raose. ment in cases of Covid infec- ness are Fuljhar, Teresa, Dindayal Upadhaya Gramin Sarvodaya Nagar in 1955 to Sood became a messiah for reliable information. During both the raids the two tion.Programme coordinator Mahulachapala, Sanajojata, Jyoti scheme in Sundargarh address an all-India confer- needy people, especially When one team intercepted a motorcycles were seized.The Gulsan Kumar Dash presented Karanjia, Taranda, Purunapani, district and the transformers ence, where Mishra joined the offices starting from munic- migrant labourers, during the motorcycle in a bordering accused were Surendra Naik a primary reports. Gopur, Barileputa, Nuagaon, had been supplied by Vijay Sarvodaya movement. The ipality to Collectorate and Covid-induced lockdown. area of Kalahandi and and Trinath Naik from T Youth Red Cross officer Dr Batakulagaja, Kerketa, Urmei Electrical, Hyderabad. locality is named as approached several top polit- Many are worshipping Nabarangpur districts at Rampur in Kalahandi district Ajay Kumar Tripathy proposed Chuantoli, Katha Karanjia. About 180 transformers Sarvodaya Nagar since ical leaders for a statue of Sood or naming their shops around 11.30 am on Saturday, and Gupta Prasad and Prahllad a vote of thanks. Sanjukta About 600 consumers of these which had been installed in dif- then.Mishra said that in last Bhave, but nobody listened to after him in several places of one leopard skin was recovered Khatiguda from Gariguda vil- Priyadarshini coordinated the villages are the victims. The ferent hamlets for power sup- two decades, he went to many him. the country. from the two motorists. The lage in Nabarangpur district. entire programme. villagers repeatedly have been ply are lying defunct. !" &''(" ! P P ) ) # ! $!P ) Q ! ,23(%45,6.(*0%6&+% $*!$ ,0#)/ ! ) +,8*94*0.+ ,(/(/,42, ! he Institute of Company $)." $*!$ ,0#) TSecretaries of India (ICSI), 4$ Bhubaneswar Chapter, on its day before the NEET, a girl he Indian Red Cross 39th Foundation Day, organ- Acandidate committed sui- TSociety, Odisha State $*!$ ,0#) ised a webinar on Issues with cide at Budhikhamari Sahi in Branch has decided to organ- Dematerialisation of Shares Baripada town on Saturday ise a voluntary blood donation he Sai International School and Form PAS – 6 and Recent evening. camp on the second Friday of TParents’ Association on Updates in Companies Act, According to reports, every month. Accordingly, such Sunday said the news of waiver $*!$ ,0#) 2013 Upasana Sahu (19) was prepar- a camp was organised in the of 30% fee for private schools is Chief guest Rajya Sabha ing for the test in Kota, city on Friday and 19 units of false and urged the Government ation, which is also a party, is say- ewly-appointed All India member Dr Sasmit Patra said Rajasthan and had returned blood were collected. to resolve the issue by promul- ing no discussion has been made NCongress Committee the ICSI has developed leaps Secretaries are accorded with Teachers’ Conference on the home during the Covid-19 The State Red Cross had gating an Ordinance in line and no MoU signed. Thus, the AICC in-charge for Odisha and bounds to deliver to the much recognition under the day via online mode wherein lockdown. earlier 56 blood banks and it with the Gujarat Government’s news is completely false,” said Dr A Chellakumar has tested high expectations of the stake- Companies Act, 2013 and rules Prof Mahadeo Jaiswal, Director, One of her friends com- was organising camps with move. forum president Naresh Sahu positive for Covid-19. holders. made thereunder. IIM Sambalpur, addressed the mitted suicide in Chennai on support of other organisations. “Hearing a PIL, the Orissa and secretary Neelamadhab Dr Chellakumar informed He congratulated the ICSI In his presidential address teachers on “Empowering Saturday morning, following On the Red Cross Day, it was High Court formed a commit- Mohanty in a statement. They this on his Twitter handle on Bhubaneswar Chapter and Ashish Garg, who is also elect- Educators” during the morning which she got upset and took holding a camp on its own and tee and directed the committee alleged that the Sai School man- Saturday night. He is current- those associated during the 39 ed as president of Corporate sessions of the programme. the extreme step, her family lifetime members were donat- and the State Government to dis- agement authorities, which are a ly under home isolation and his years of rendering various ser- Secretaries International Prof Samson Moharana, Head members said. Her body, which ing bloods.Now, the State Red cuss the issue and reach con- part of the committee, have condition is stable. vices to the society. He also Association (CSIA) for the year and Dean, School of was found in a hanging state, Cross has only one blood bank. sensus regarding the quantum of been exploiting parents, despite He requested all people congratulated the Bhubaneswar 2021 congratulated the ICSI Commerce, Birla Global was recovered by police for The 55 blood banks have no school fees that can be waive for a direction of the High Court. who had come in contact with Chapter for receiving 5 times Bhubaneswar Chapter. University, Prof Ranjan Kumar postmortem. Red Cross logo now. In mean- private school students in view They said the parents’ issue him in recent days to isolate National Best Chapter Award Vice-president, the ICSI Bal, former PG Council A note was found near the time, entry of lifetime members of their parents being hit by was not discussed in the com- themselves and undergo Covid of ICSI.Registrar of Nagendra D Rao, Central Chairman, Utkal University, body in which it was men- to State Red Cross was stopped. Covid-19 crisis. mittee meeting.“The State test, if necessary. Companies- cum-OL, Ministry Council Member, the ICSI CS Deepak Kumar Khaitan tioned that she was under Giving no attention to this, The court set September 14 Government should talk all par- Notably, the All India of Corporate Affairs, Cuttack, Siddhartha Murarka, and CS Siddhartha Murarka, mental stress over the possi- functionaries are now holding for the next hearing in the case. ents association on the matter. It Congress Committee (AICC) Odisha Ananta Kumar Sethi Chairman, EIRC Priyadarshi Central Council Member, the bility of not qualifying inexam. blood donation camps to take However, a parents’ association, should promulgate an Ordinance had on Friday appointed Dr said a Company Secretary is the Nayak and Chairman, ICSI addressed on “New A similar note was also credit only, alleged Red Cross which is a party to the PIL, is in line with Gujarat Government Chellakumar, an MP from conscience stimulator of a com- Bhubaneswar Chapter Prabhat Companies Act, 2013, New found near body of her State Branch Protection publicly saying that an MoU has and direct schools to waive fees Tamil Nadu, as its new in- pany and the governance Kumar Nayak spoke. The ICSI Education Policy.” About 100 deceased friend in Chennai, Committee convenor Dillip been signed to waive 30 of in view of parents’ income being charge of Odisha replacing guardian. The Company Chapter also organised a teachers attended. Upasana’s family members said. Dashsharma. school fees. But another associ- hit Covid crisis,” they urged. Jitendra Singh. P ** +O- "
institute for geriatric care to pushing under the carpet the got transformed into a wage-earning population of ! .) / address old age-related issues. other factors of duty of the rewarding enterprise, the the country is in the unor- The measure may help younger generation to the inmates having to pay the ganised sector and a part of $*!$ ,0#) The highlight of the event will throw more light on the plight seniors in caring for them, for- prescribed charges virtually as the rest covered by pension, be the Yoga competition and of the elderly, but their needs saking filial relations, throw- paying guests. The changeover millions of the country’s elder- he world is in danger. Webinar on ‘Yoga in the mod- are much more than what the ing to winds the sense of continues to be an urban hap- ly have nowhere to look to for TPeople are in panic and are ern world of adversities’. The medical institutions can offer. gratefulness, pursuit of self- pening; the rural folk is yet to their security and minimum striving hard for the sake of resource persons include old The senior citizens shall feel interest, disregard to com- enter the system that is grow- comforts in life. mere survival. The Covid war- yogis, experienced yoga teach- immensely grateful if ashrams passion towards the elderly in ing in rapid strides in cities of Only an infinitesimal frac- riors are sacrificing their lives ers, doctors and intellectuals of the kind Rishis of yore the evenings of their lives all descriptions, including tion of the last-mentioned while saving the lives of the who will have regular discus- established. The State and so on. Bhubaneswar. section in the population has people. sion on different topics related Government may play its role Traditionally, an ashram In many countries of the the wherewithal to meet the At this critical juncture, it was inaugurated by Swami to yoga. in realising that dream of the was perceived as a spiritual Western world, the social charges collected by most of is very crucial to be in physi- Jagannathnanda Saraswati of While Dr Prashant Kumar second childhood. hermitage or monastery in the security system to which the the old-age homes, their num- cal and mental balance. Yoga Divya Jeevan Sangh. The inau- Pradhan (director and presi- How about the country’s subcontinent, of which pre- citizens are required to make bers swelling each year in can be the true and ultimate gural address was delivered by dent of SYVA) wished to cre- high net worth individuals sent territory of India is but a a token lifelong monetary Odisha. solution for this. Dr BR Sharma, Dean, SRI SRI ate an awareness among the (HNWIs)? The factors trig- part. Modern avatar namely contribution seems to be Speakers opined this at an University. people about Yoga through gering the process of physi- Vruddhashrama, euphemism working reasonably well, free- (The writer, who lives at E- International Yoga Summit While all the programmes the programme, organizing cally delinking elderly mem- for old-age homes, emerging ing the beneficiaries from 237, GGP Colony, organised online by the of the summit will continue till secretary, Prafulla Kumar bers of the family are in the country decades ago as worry of depending on their Bhubaneswar, works with NSS, Sivananda Yoga Vedanta September 17, eight different Behera (Faculty SYVA), he Government of Odisha explained away in terms of selfless service in the matter of children. Given the fact that CHSE. Mob: 9437616497. The Academy (SYVA), countries of the world are hav- assured of a free and fair con- Tshould set up a dedicated compulsions of urban life, caring of the aged inmates has nearly 95 per cent of the views expressed are personal) Bhubaneswar here The event ing their online participation. duct of the programme. ! " # $ % S ' " (
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Secretary, the RDC (Southern vice, to befool the public, the )2 253 On Friday, a female ele- Division) and the Ganjam Parishad pointed out. 4:2 42 ?(8 phant calf was found dead at Collector has drawn their Since MKCG is a premier %3 224426 Tangarbahal forest in attention to the inhuman treat- referral hospital of the entire 0 5@:2 42$4$ Barabanki reserve forest under ment of MKCG Medical South Odisha, hundreds of 05$"04 Sadar range of Keonjhar Forest College and Hospital towards serious patients from 4-5 05)2 86 Division. patients. neighboring districts including Sources revealed that on Panigrahi has sent a pho- neighboring Andhra come Friday morning, some villagers tograph showing how a serious every day to meet their health /,23), 0 -2%2 4-B0--C$ 8 of Tangarbahal village who had to unknown reasons. Sources DFO Ajit Sarangi made the of Raiguda under Satkoshia patient is being administered care needs. ?25 24 gone to the nearby forest to col- further revealed that as per the issue more suspicious and con- Wild Life Division in Angul oxygen by asking the patient to Only serious patients are 2( lect mushrooms found a jumbo guidelines of wildlife conser- troversial by deputing district, tigress Sundaree had sleep on floor of the hospital admitted in the Casualty with 4 laying dead and observed a vation, in case of late detection Ghanshyam Mahanta, the died in the year 2017-18 for casualty ward. bed as these patients require 25% deep mark on the side of hind of a dead elephant, it is the duty controversial ACF, who buried which he had to remain on Such gross negligence and immediate healthcare for sur- >2 # leg of the carcass and after of the concerned DFO to the carcass without informing leave for a long period. step-motherly attitude of the vival. B>#C32 inquiry it was known that the immidiately inform to the the local block Veterinary Now it is discussed among State Government in health But the Casualty is cur- 0852 poachers had fired targetting at RCCF and the PCCF (Wild Assistant Surgeon who could the locals that due to poach- care sector has exposed the rently having little more than &42560-- the tusker of the herd but by Life) and immediately reach at have revealed the actual cause ers - officers nexus , Government, the Parishad said 20 beds which is inadequate for 8 2 mistake it hit the female ele- the site for spot inspection and of death. Ghanashyam disposed of the in a Press release.The State a premier referral hospital. % phant calf. take the help local block It is discussed that due to carcass in a supicious manner. Government only constructs Panigrahi demanded stern 2 4 2 % %44 The forest officials dis- Veterinary Assistant Surgeon alleged lapses of duty of Meanwhile, a highlevel inquiry multistoried buildings for the action against those officials 42 4 :2@ % posed of the carcass by declar- (VAS) to conduct post mortem. Ghanashyam Mahanta during is demanded into the entire MKCG one after another with- responsible for such negligence 5 %24 462%2% ing that the elephant died due But in this sensational case, his tenure as the Range Officer incident. out adequate infrastructure as well as lapses. 82% 223>#6 $ 25/" # 3P4$! * # ! # ) "$ !1 ) ) *' #* ! $)*!) ,& ?*)7$)*@ ( ) 44*(+**(.69&)0* !) he PREM, a leading volun- ! ;%)4,5*6+(%; Ttary organisation based woman and her daughter here, has been making contin- Awere murdered in their house at Malaspadar village *&/.;.42;4%2 uous efforts during the threats house by unidentified miscre- under the Bhanjanagar police posed by Covid-19 pandemic ants at Shankarpur village station of Ganjam district on *4,&,!&%9,& to save precious human lives under the Champua police sta- Saturday night. and restore livelihood of the tion in Keonjhar district on The deceased was identi- poor migrant workers coming Saturday night. fied as Jyotshna Rani Sahoo, , ")" from different States. The deceased were identi- wife of one Prashant Kumar Earlier , PREM, in collab- fied as Saraswati Munda and Sahoo of Malaspadar village. he Aul police on Saturday oration with Ajzim Premji her seven-year-old daughter. Police recovered the body Tnabbed five persons, Philanthropic Initiatives also The assailants barged into the and initiated probe into the including four Kerala-based provided kits of mask, soap, house by breaking the door murder case. According to persons of a Delhi-based place- dry food and sanitary items to Mandiapalli bus stop on the of Rayagada district and sup- when Saraswati, her daughter reports, some miscreants ment agency and a local agent, Kundil house under Palakkad Staris Group ” and were con- more than 1,600 migrant fam- National Highway. plied 3,169 kits to 70 PVTG and five-year-old son were attacked the woman with sharp who were conducting job inter- in Kerala, Selvaraj(34) of ducting the interview at Singiri- ilies from Goudagotha and Moreover, the PREM with villages of Mohana Block of sleeping. weapons while she was sitting views by violating Covid 19 Mattathumoola of based Suvam Kalyani Mandap. Asurbandha Panchayats of the support of United Nations Gajapati district. They killed the mother- on rooftop of her house. guidelines. Tiruvananthapuram, Vincent When the matter came to Surada block of Ganjam dis- Population Fund, Odisha State Besides, the PREM came daughter duo but left the son Hearing screams of the victim, The police also seized four Saji K J(51) of the notice of district Collector, trict. Office, Bhubaneswar, supplied forward also to join the Mission unharmed. sources said. Police family members rushed to the laptops, two printers and 10 Kuttikezaakethic(M) of Samarth Verma, he immedi- In addition, the PREM kits containing essential items “Anna Seva” of Reliance have sent the bodies for post- place but the culprits escaped mobile phones from the arrest- Eranakumal district besides ately directed the IIC of Aul took steps for the proper imple- such as a bucket, mug, towel, Foundation and provided 1,500 mortem and initiated an inves- from the spot by jumping off ed persons. Sk Habizul(32) of Rasulpur and the District Labour Officer mentation of the Government soaps and face-masks to 3,831 ration kits to the migrants and tigation. the roof. The arrested five agents under Aul police station in to conduct raid and take legal programme ’SUGAM’ with the households of 112 villages marginal labourers of nine Sources said the woman’s However, the motive were identified as Manoj Kendrapada, informed Aul action against the violators of support of the district admin- belonging to the particularly Panchayats of Dharakote, husband is currently in jail in behind the crime was yet to be Shanmughan police station IIC Salil Kumar Covid-19 protocols. istration, Ganjam for the vulnerable tribal groups of Patrapur, Kukudakhandi, connection with a murder ascertained. On receiving infor- Panamukkathu(48), of Pradhan. Later, Sarpanch of Singiri, returnee migrants providing eight panchayats under Seragada and Chikiti Blocks of case.In another incident, a mation, the Bhanjanagar police Panamukkathu under Trichur They represented Delhi- Manas Ranjan Das lodged FIR dry foods, cooked foods and K.Singipur, Bisamcuttak , Ganjam district during thie woman was brutally killed by reached the spot and sent the district of Kerala , Anoop K of based placement Agency "M/S against the five persons. water bottles etc at the Muniguda and Gunupur blocks pandemic period. miscreants on rooftop of her body for postmortem. -..53 / %-& E8 : Pradhan and two other DPs, in their petition. The other fake much before the initiation of the office of the Special LAO DPs according to the com- project work in Badadohel vil- ) has paid lakhs of rupees to fake plaints are Rahul Harijan, lage located outside the affect- DPs, who either physically do Jagdish Harijan, Chitrasen ed area and two of her sons, : !" not exist or do not actually Harijan, Kumar Harijan and Ghasi Sagaria and Deba Sagaria tion from their Chandragiri belong to the project affected Dasarath Harijan. Rahul has have been paid R&R assis- counterparts. During search llegations of fraud and cor- areas. been shown as one of the sons tance. nearly 10 kgs of sandalwood Aruption in payment of "Kartik Harijan, Lambu of Sudarshan Harijan, who Bhoibudha Bhoi, S/o packed in five bags was recov- Rehabilitation and Harijan and Giridhari Harijan alongwith his only offspring Kapurchan, Manuhar and )- *,! ". ered.The cops arrestee MD Resettlement (R&R) assis- are three such fake names, Chitrasen have already received Jaldhar both S/o Bhoibudha are Jamsed of Brahmapur and tance to fake Displaced Persons against whom R&R assistance their assistance long ago. residents of Chandopala village olice seized sandalwood Shravan Sharma of Uttar (DPs) are cropping up again in has been disbursed. Garna Likewise, Jagdish, of Pendrawan GP under Pbeing transported to Uttar Pradesh in connection with the the Lower Indra Irrigation Harijan, a resident of Chitrasen, Kumar and Komna Block, who have been Pradesh and ganja to Assam in incident. Project (LIIP), Khariar of Chandopala (Colony Pada) vil- Dasarath have been mentioned paid assistance as the DOs of two separate incidents in The estimated value of the Nuapada district. lage under Pendrawan GP, who as the offsprings of Rangin and Haripur village.The petition, Gajapati district on Saturday. seized sandalwood is worth Rs The Office of the special is reported as the father of these Dala Harijan, who are issueless which mentions about several In the first incident, the 1.5 lakh. Later, the cops hand- Land Acquisition Officer three DPs is issueless and has and have already been paid such manipulations and cor- Chandragiri police got inputs ed over the seized car and the (LAO) has been in the target of already received R&R assis- their assistance.The complaints ruption, has been forwarded by about sandalwood being trans- sandalwood to the officials of the aggrieved DPs this time. tance long ago. have also alleged that, R&R the Director, R&R and Ex- ported in a car to Uttar Pradesh Chandragiri Forest Range.In recovered from a secret cham- Assam. During interrogation it According to a complaint sub- The payment has been payments have been made to officio Additional Secretary to from the Cheligada area in the another incident, during ber of the truck. The estimat- was ascertained that the ganja mitted to the CM, Odisha, 5T made to one Sanju Harijan, S/o people who do not actually the Government, WR district.The car was intercept- patrolling the Mohana police ed market value of the seized was being transported from Secretary VK Pandian and the Ganesh Harijan in the name of belong to the affected areas, like Department, the Collector, ed by the Mohana police intercepted a truck which was contraband is about Rs 30 Raipanka in the district and Principal Secretary WR depart- Kartik Harijan, one of the fake Chintamani Ganda, D/o Nuapada, with a request to start between Luhagudi and on its way from Adaba. During lakh. Police arrested the truck was being trafficked to Assam ment by one Ramesh Chandra DPs," stated the complainants Munsiram who has married an inquiry into the matter. Kamalapur following informa- search, 502 kgs of ganja was driver, Gopal Chandra Ray of and Kolkota. 8 *# ! # 2 "! P" ! " # + 6( #$ % F $- '.) ! $*!$ ,0#) ven as the soaring Covid-19 6 ' Epositive cases continue to he Amway India is focusing " heighten worries of the people Ton bolstering its home and administration in the dis- 4 delivery (HD)and logistics net- trict, in forests of Athgaon and work to support the surge in year was 105th death anniver- Rana. Hardly at an age of aides and a mighty British Upparjhar villages, a herd of 14 online orders. sary and the observation for about 30 had Jatin displayed force. Jatin, a native of Koya elephants has been on the : The company has wit- the first time was made in the courage to fight against a , Kustia, now in Bangladesh, move and damaging paddy nessed a significant shift to absence of Rakta Tirtha Yatri massive British police force in his childhood killed a man crop, increasing the ordeal of he BJD has urged to can- online sales, from 33. 6 per cent of Bengal and without pub- with only his four aides. eater Royal Bengal Tiger with farmers further.https://ssl.gsta- Tcel the contract of a thermal in February 2020 to over 70 lic gathering. He made supreme sacri- a Khukri single handedly tic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/image power plant of Naveli Lignite percent today. Every year Rakta Tirtha fices for the motherland . He without fear in his village. s/cleardot.gif Corporation (NLC) and its Amway expects the trend Yatris from Bengal come to died on September 10, 1915 Having a strong sense of The elephants on Thursday ash pond proposed in Hirma. to continue and foresees the the place to pay tribute to the while undergoing treatment self respect and national night came to the villages and A memorandum was sub- proposed thermal power plants online orders to reach over 5- great leader who exhibited in hospital. pride, he jumped into the damaged crop. “We had culti- mitted to district Collector at Darlipali of neighbouring 6 lakhs per month by the end $ unparalleled heroism and After garlanding the bust national movement to free vated paddy crop with much Saroj Kumar Samal by a fact- Sundargarh district, ashpond of the year. $-,0#) supreme sacrifices in his of Jatin at Barabati Girls’ India from the British Raj. difficulty in the lockdown sit- finding team of BJD, to cancel in Tileimal panchayat of Commenting on Amway’s youth. high school ( then District He enriched his potential uation. these projects keeping in view Laikera Block in Jharsuguda home delivery strategy, Amway oronavirus played spoil- “This year no Rakta Tirha Headquarters Hospital where and passion after coming in Last year, we got very low the increased pollution caused district, construction of an ash India CEO Anshu Budhraja Csport in the path of Yatri did come from Bengal Jatin breathed his last ), the contact with Aurobindo amount of compensation. in the locality. pond at Lara in the said, “In the last few months, observation of the death owing to Covid 19 pandem- committee members visited Ghosh and his Anushilan With the present loss due A team under the leader- Chhatisgarh Kanaktora border we have witnessed a rapid shift anniversary of Bagha Jatin, a ic. The observation was made the Balasore Jail where two Samiti.He and four of his to the elephant menace, we ship of BJD Town president by NTPC, proposed ashpond of in consumer behaviour, espe- prominent freedom fighter in a ritualistic manner with- aides of Jatin were hanged).In associates had a fierce gun have been hit badly.” Sandeep Awasthy discussed Ind -Barath Energy Project at cially in retail, with people who laid his life in the early out gathering and meeting,” a similar manner, the day fight with British police near said a farmer of the issue of spillage from power Sahajbahal area and proposed increasingly migrating to twentieth century while said general secretary,Bagha was observed at Chasakhand Chashakhand about 10 km Phatamunda village. “We are plants, damage of farm land new ash pond of OPGC have online platforms for shopping. fighting against British during Jatin Development where the final battle was from Baleswar town where he keeping a tab on the movement and crops and other problems been demanded to be can- Amway too has observed a the freedom struggle.This Committee Haren Chandra fought between Jatin and his received bullet injuries. of jumbos,” said a forest official. with the Collector. Likewise, a celled by the BJD. similar trend.” "# $ % &' " ()*+,+, 0 ! "# $ , - / ( ( protocol suggested drinking unexplained chest pain, new ,#",-*. adequate amount of warm onset of confusion, focal ,# water (if not contra-indicated), weakness,” it said. ",-*. n the wake of reports of taking immunity promoting At the level of communi- Ihealth complications faced AYUSH medicine prescribed ty, the ministry said recovered ith more by Covid-19 survivors, the by a qualified practitioner of individuals should share their Wthan 47 Government on Sunday issued AYUSH and if health permits positive experiences with lakh reported fresh guidelines recommend- then regular household work to friends and relatives using 7 1 " coronavirus ing the recovered patients to be done. Immunity promoting social media, community ,#",-*. infections and a undertake physical exercise AYUSH medicine like mulethi leaders, opinion leaders, reli- ! rise in the num- and consume chavyanprakash powder, ayush kwath, gious leaders for creating he coronavirus vaccine ) " ber of critically- and turmeric milk and other Samshamani vati and awareness, dispelling myths Tmight be ready by the first ill patients need- prescribed immunity boosting Ashwagandha powder have and stigma. quarter of 2021, Union Health $ * ! ing oxygen, a medicines besides constantly also been recommended by the “Take support of com- Minister Harsh Vardhan on $ worried monitoring their health and Health Ministry in its protocol. munity based self-help groups, Sunday announced even as he Government has looking for early signs like a dip It advised people to resume civil society organizations, said that no date has been fixed questions. now asked seven in oxygen level or unexplained professional work in a graded and qualified professionals for the vaccine launch. And in Dr Harsh Vardhan also States with high chest pain. manner. Daily practice of for recovery and rehabilitation a bid to allay fears regarding the assured that the Government is Covid-19 case- In its new management Yogasana, Pranayama and process (medical, social, occu- safety aspect of the vaccines, he taking full precautions in con- loads to pull up protocol for patients who have meditation, as much as health pational, livelihood). Seek psy- offered to take the first dosage ducting the human trials of the their socks and recovered from Covid-19, the permits or as prescribed, cho-social support from peers, of vaccine himself to remove vaccine. ensure adequate Union Health Ministry on breathing exercises as pre- community health workers, any trust deficit among people. “Issues like vaccine securi- supply of oxygen in their ing which was attended by while provision of “Green Sunday called for a holistic scribed by treating physician counsellor. If required seek “The Government is also ty, cost, equity, cold-chain healthcare facilities to min- Secretary Department for Corridor” for Liquid Medical approach for follow up care and daily morning or evening mental health support ser- considering emergency autho- requirements, production time- imise fatalities. Promotion of Industry and Oxygen (LMO) Tankers with- and well-being of all recovered walk at a comfortable pace as vice,” the protocol said. risation of Covid-19 vaccina- lines, etc, are also being dis- A string of measures such Internal Trade (DPIIT) and in the cities is planned. patients and said that they tolerated were among other In the healthcare facility tion to senior citizens and peo- cussed intensely,” he said and as provision for Green corri- Secretary Pharmaceuticals The States were remind- must continue Covid appro- measures. setting, the ministry advised ple working in high-risk set- assured the vaccine would be dors for movement of oxygen besides State Health ed that hospitals and institu- priate behaviour by use of The protocol also called for the first follow-up visit (phys- tings. This shall be done after first made available to those tankers within cities, timely Secretaries and Industries tions have long term tender/ mask, hand and respiratory self-health monitoring at home ical/telephonic) should be a consensus has been reached,” who need it the most, irre- payment of dues, effective Secretaries of the identified contract agreements for sup- hygiene, physical distancing. of temperature, blood pressure, within seven days after dis- he said adding that the vaccine spective of their paying capac- coordination with steel plants States to take stock of the oxy- ply of Oxygen with oxygen The protocol provides an blood sugar (especially, if dia- charge, preferably at the hos- would be first made available to ity. and uninterrupted oxygen gen availability. manufacturers, which need to approach for managing betic), pulse oximetry etc (if pital where he/she underwent those who need it the most, His statement regarding supply within states has been The States were specifi- be honoured. patients who have recovered medically advised). treatment. irrespective of their paying adminisration of vaccine came suggested to Maharashtra, cally advised to ensure facil- Hence, States must not from Covid-19 for care at “If there is persistent dry “Subsequent capacity. in the wake of an incident in Telangana, Gujarat, ity wise/hospital wise oxygen impose restrictions on free home. cough/sore throat, do saline treatment/follow up visits may The National Expert the UK where one of the par- Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, inventory management and movement of Oxygen, they However, the procedure is gargles and take steam inhala- be with the nearest qualified Group on Vaccine ticipants in the ongoing trial of Telangana and Karnataka advance planning for timely were told. not meant to be seen as pre- tion. The addition of allopathic/AYUSH practi- Administration for Covid-19 is the University of Oxford’s vac- which are witnessing a surge replenishment so that there “Ensure proper disinfec- ventive or as a curative thera- herbs/spices for tioner/medical facility of other drawing up a detailed strategy cine candidate developed a in infections and deaths due are no stockouts, said a senior tion of Oxygen cylinders as py. “The recovery period is gargling/steam inhalation. systems of medicine. on how to immunise the severe complication right after to the virulent virus. official from the Union per protocols while sending likely to be longer for patients Cough medications, should be “Poly-therapy is to be majority of the population, he being administered its dose. Following reports of Health Ministry. They were cylinders to fillers of oxygen who suffered from more severe taken on advice of medical avoided due to potential for said during the ‘Sunday The coronavirus tally in shortage of oxygen from also asked to ensure that no and effective coordination form of the disease and those doctor or qualified practi- unknown drug-drug interac- Samvad’ programme where he India crossed the 47 lakh- some States, Union Health restriction is imposed on the with steel plants for oxygen,” with pre-existing illness,” it tioner of Ayush. Look for tion, which may lead to interacted with his social media mark with 94,732 new cases Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on movement of Medical the states have been advised, said. early warning signs like high Serious Adverse Events or followers and answered their reported in the last 24 hours. Saturday held a virtual meet- Oxygen between States/UTs said the official. At individual level, the grade fever, breathlessness, Adverse Effects,” it said. / 1 ' " O : ; P / %
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However, the Delhi Police clar- Fengsuo, the President of realise China’s human rights ** 5! of China, Thinlay Chukki, The minor blaze erupted in ified that the media reports in Humanitarian China, also violations perpetrated on Special Appointee for Human the hospital late Saturday night this regard are totally wrong compared Xi with Nazi Party’s Chinese citizens and on those Rights at the Geneva-based following a spark in the electric and none of the leaders was Hitler, and pointed out that the in Tibet, East Turkestan and !P The Tibet Bureau, said since room of the neurosurgery mentioned as accused. CPI(M) characteristics of the two lead- Inner Mongolia. The theme of 1949, the CCP has massacred ward, but it was soon doused MPs have decided to take up ers are remarkably similar. the webinar was “Emperor has on its own people. Shouldn’t 1.2 million Tibetans and with a fire extinguisher by this issue in the Parliament “I applaud India for ban- no Clothes: China under Xi the world have understood destroyed more than 6,000 alert staff members, they said. Session, starting Monday, and violence in North East Delhi in Delhi police have dragged in ning all the Chinese apps. It is Jinping.” how a regime that is brutally monasteries in Tibet. There was no casualty, they have given a suspension of February. No condemnation is Communist Party of India important to counter China at He said the global threat killing its own people will be a Aditya Raj Kaul, an inde- added. business notice. strong enough for this act of (Marxist) General Secretary every step. There is no way out. from Xi’s Communist Party of threat to the entire world later?” pendent journalist, said No fire department per- “The Polit Bureau of the crude partisanship and Sitaram Yechury, renowned Other countries should follow China will impact the people of he asked. Communist Party of China sonnel was called, a fire brigade Communist Party of India vengeance. economist Jayati Ghosh, Delhi Indian footsteps in fighting every nation around the world Drawing parallel with Nazi under Xi has a game plan, official said. (Marxist) is shocked by the “In scripting its own nar- University professor the Communist Party of China and its shadow will fall on all Party’s Hitler with CCP’s Xi, which includes domination of The incident took place on brazenness with which the rative of the organised com- Apoorvanand, Swaraj Abhiyan under Xi Jinping,” Zhou, who of us, including all Indians. Zhou said Communist China every global institution in the the ground floor of the build- Delhi Police, acting under munal violence, it is amply leader Yogendra Yadav and is currently in exile in the “The 1989 Tiananmen was using technology and debt- emerging new world order. ing, which has an ICU ward Home Minister, Amit Shah clear that BJP-RSS has gone documentary filmmaker Rahul United States, said. Square protest should have diplomacy to subjugate the He said the expansionist having several patients on the has tried to implicate promi- about to portray Delhi riots Roy, among other prominent Making this sharp remarks woken up the world to the entire world. “The totalitarian tendencies of Xi is reflective of first floor and a laboratory for nent political leadership, aca- being a “deep-rooted conspir- personalities, as persons who recently while speaking at a tragedy of allowing the Chinese regime of Communist China the hegemonistic mindset of testing samples for coronavirus, demics, cultural personalities acy” by anti-Citizenship had, encouraged the protesters webinar here organised by Law Communist Party(CCP) to has become unmatched in Communist China, which has a hospital official said. and activists in connection Amendment Act (CAA) pro- as part of a ‘plan’,” said CPI(M) and Society Alliance and continue in power, a regime human history. Now I see a triggered the current conflict “It was a minor fire. A fuse with the horrific communal testers. In the latest sequel, the in a statement. Defence.Capital, he said the that uses battle tanks and guns commonality between Xi’s with India in Ladakh. blew up due to an electric spark, but the fire was soon brought under control,” SSG Hospital’s medical superinten- '( ( <<#1 / dent Ranjan Aiyer said. O556 “We controlled the blaze using a fire extinguisher. Had the fire not been controlled, the situation could have been worse as many serious patients 7899P 1 are admitted in the ICU ward on the first floor,” another hos- ,#",-*. fered in public policies that pital official said. ,#",-*. seek to protect population Earlier, a fire broke out in Unhealthy” commodity health.” the hospital in Tuesday fol- f conservation efforts are “companies like those Linda Bauld, a professor of lowing which 35 patients were Inot improved, at least 558 engaged in alcohol, tobacco, public health at Edinburgh shifted from two affected mammal species globally will junk foods, gambling, infant University and head of SPEC- wards. No one was injured in vanish within the next decade milk formula, and fossil fuels to TRUM, said that companies that incident. ie by 2100, researchers have name a few around the world were constantly adapting their The fire had broken out said. are using the covid-19 pan- engagement with covid-19 and due to a short-circuit in a ven- Even though they did not demic for commercial gain in that the findings should be seen tilator inside the Intensive Care attribute the likely extinction ways that could fuel future as the “tip of the iceberg.” Unit (ICU) ward where critical of the wildlife to human disease epidemics in a big way, Jeff Collin, co-investigator coronavirus patients were being actions, they were clear that a report has said. and professor of global health treated, an official earlier said. “humans are almost entirely to Taking exception to this policy at Edinburgh University, be blamed” for all the mam- “corporate capture of covid said, “Alcohol and ultraprocessed mal species that have gone 19”, the researchers from the food companies in particular are ,#",-*. JEE exams, saying the situation extinct so far. NCD Alliance and a multi-uni- desperate to present themselves is not conducive for holding 3 The researchers in their versity and multi-agency con- as partners in global health and ongress leader Rahul these exams due to the pan- study published in the journal sortium of researchers known development rather than as key CGandhi wished students demic. He has also said hold- $ Science Advances said in the as SPECTRUM, based at drivers of NCD [non-commu- appearing for the medical ing the exams at such a time is past 126,000 years at least Edinburgh University, has nicable disease] epidemics. And entrance exam NEET on endangering their lives. 351 mammal species have called for a tough government they’re extensively working to Sunday, while expressing his Over 15 lakh candidates gone extinct. But these actions and warned that firms exploit opportunities arising sympathies with those who are likely to appear in NEET on ,#",-*. extinctions that have occurred were trying to weaken regula- from the pandemic to promote could not take it due to the Sunday which will be con- in the past centuries only rep- tions and shape tax policies to that framing-one that has wor- COVID-19 pandemic and ducted amid strict precautions spiring to study law, a resent the “tip of the iceberg”, their advantages. rying potential to shape policy floods. in view of the COVID1-9 pan- A77-year old woman has compared to the looming For the study, Tobias every year, and with every The study also slammed agendas across national and He also criticised Prime demic. approached the Supreme extinctions of the next Andermann from University extinct species and popula- such firms for “leveraging” the international levels.” Minister Narendra Modi, say- The National Testing Court challenging the fresh decades. of Gothenburg in Sweden and tion, we lose unique evolu- coronavirus crisis to burnish In the crowdsourced project ing he wished the PM was con- Agency (NTA), which is con- BCI rules prescribing an ‘On the basis of the IUCN his colleagues applied mathe- tionary history.’ their brands, build influence, the researchers analysed com- cerned about the JEE-NEET ducting the exam, said in order upper age limit of 30 for (International Union for matical procedures that apply According to these mod- and advance their strategic panies’ activity over 10 weeks, aspirants. to maintain social distancing, admission. Conservation of Nature)- probabilities to statistical els, “the extinctions that have interests, often to the detriment from early May to mid-July this “My best wishes to the it has increased the number of Denied admission to pur- based scenario, we predict problems to the fossil records occurred in the past centuries of wider public health and year, in 94 countries. They students appearing for NEET exam centres from originally- sue a three year LL.B course, 558 mammal species’ extinc- to estimate how mammalian only represent the tip of the sustainability goals. amassed 786 submissions, in exam and my sympathies to planned 2,546 to 3,843, while Rajkumari Tyagi, a resident of tions globally by the year extinction rates have changed iceberg, compared to the Lucy Westerman, the NCD which the most frequently cited those who couldn’t take it due the number of candidates per Sahibabad in Uttar Pradesh, 2100,’ the study authors wrote over the past 126,000 years, looming extinctions of the Alliance’s policy and campaigns countries were the UK and the to the Covid pandemic and room has been reduced from moved a plea seeking to inter- said the researchers in the inferring specific times of rate next decades.” manager, said, “There is an US (119 submissions each), fol- floods. earlier 24 to 12. vene in a case already journal Science Advances. increases. However, the study irony that companies whose lowed by Australia, India, “Wish Modi ji was as con- The crucial National pending on the issue where- Currently there are 5,700 Based on current trends, authors noted that despite the products increase the risk of Mexico, Brazil, and Jamaica cerned about JEE-NEET aspi- Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test in the Bar Council of India extant species of mammals. the researchers predicted for high level of current threat, non-communicable diseases, Westerman said, rants and students as he is (NEET), which is a pen and (BCI) rule has been chal- Out of them, 80 are known the near future a rate escala- there is still a window of putting people at higher risk of “Companies rapidly adapted about his crony capitalist paper based test unlike the lenged. from historical reports since tion of “unprecedented mag- opportunity to prevent many suffering through the pan- their marketing efforts to refer- friends,” he said on Twitter. engineering entrance exam The BCI rules prescribe the year 1500, while all others nitude.” species’ extinctions by demic, have positioned them- ence the health and social con- Gandhi and his Congress JEE, has already been deferred an upper age limit of 20 years are only known from fossil or Further the authors said, improving conservation selves as heroes and partners in cerns associated with the pan- party have been demanding twice in view of the COVID-19 for 5-year and 30 years for a zooarcheological records. ‘We are losing biodiversity efforts. the response but have inter- demic. postponement of NEET and pandemic. 3-year LL.B course. 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Parents need coun- to all India ranks list. I dis- another saffron worker was Local party men said Roy the TMC is doing the opposite undesirable works including charge sheet concluding it to be being blown out of proportion selling to handle children,” she continued the coaching centres found hanging from a tree this was “under TMC’s radar as he by hanging them from trees. spreading hatred among the an abetment to suicide and by some political parties in said. when Tamil Nadu Government time at Goghat in Hooghly dis- had been an active worker and But these cruel acts of theirs people. So I tell all and sundry cheating case. Tamil Nadu, say parents and She was also for coun- set up such centres in all dis- trict some 50 km from Kolkata. great mobiliser of supporters will not go unpunished. The that doing BJP is risky.” Sources said quoting the, aspiring medical students in the selling the children. “The chil- tricts. But the DMK, having The incident occurred close on which was he was “being TMC will be wiped out in the Killing opponents was not Charge Sheet that cases had State. dren aren’t given time to relax certain hidden agenda, was the heels of yet another BJP threatened by the TMC ever next year’s Assembly elections.” the policy of the Trinamool as been filed under sections 306/ “How come that only stu- or take time off to pursue hob- against NEET from day one worker found hanging in a sim- since they lost Hooghly to BJP Another senior State leader the party had suffered the same 420/ 120(B)/ 34 of the Indian dents from Tamil Nadu are the bies or divert their thought despite their support to the ilar fashion at Khanakul in the in the last year’s parliamentary Sayantan Basu warned the at the hands of the CPI(M) ear- Penal Coce. “Charge sheet has ones who resort to the extreme once negativity sets in,” said Congress in ushering the sys- same district a few days ago. elections.” TMC of retaliation saying “we lier and knows what it was like been submitted against accused measure?” asks Vijayasree Vijayasree. She blamed parental tem,” said Vanathi Srinivasan. Ganesh Roy a middle-aged Reacting to the incident are taking note of all the inci- being killed by the ruling party - Niloy Sinha of English Bazar, Ramesh, a lawyer cum social and peer pressure for this phe- Vanathi is of the view that BJP “Mandal” president was State BJP president Dilip Ghosh dents and these will be paid goons, he said. Malda district and Mabud Ali activist who is also a doting nomenon. “The crucial ten the approach of the DMK and found hanging from a tree said “the TMC wants to cling back in equal measures and in A number of BJP men had of Chanchal, Malda district for mother. seconds to commit suicide .. if the AIADMK was not pro-stu- near Goghat railway station, on to the power by hook or by the same coin. When we will hung to death in Purulia district abetment to suicide, conspira- DMK president M K Stalin that’s evaded they can escape dent. “They are trying to make some 2 km away from his crook… they know that they come to power there will be no last year. Even a few months ago cy and cheating,” sources had described that NEET was suicidal attempts. The parents the students to take up cudgels home, family members said are on their way out and so they TMC party office left in the a BJP MLA from Hemtabad in said. not at all an examination fol- should not allow children to be by spreading falsehoods against accusing “there is a Trinamool have become desperate, killing State.” North Dinajpur died by hang- The BJP had staged mas- lowing the reports of suicide by alone or lock up their rooms,” NEET,” she said. Vanathi and hand in the murder.” our good organisers. But this State Minister Firhad ing near his village. sive protests against the TMC three students from different said Vijayasree. Vijayasree pointed out that the The incident sparked will not the BJP workers. They Hakim however denied Meanwhile, Two months for allegedly murdering the parts of the State. “They com- Vanathi Srinivasan, senior suicides are reported only from instant tension in the area with will come back with bigger Trinamool hands in the inci- after BJP MLA from Hemtabad MLA and demanded a CBI mitted suicide even before they BJP leader has something inter- TN and not from anywhere hundreds of saffron workers force.” dent saying “the BJP workers Debendranath Ray was found investigation. appeared in the test. That esting to tell. “I had launched else. ,2% 72! $ +$ *' +$ ? 842 42 ,-,. <<# O ( 3 /!>@: 4$ ! //0 < -.')* The next day, a missing him since the missing report $, '-!)! P 1 ' < -.')* report was lodged at Gandhi was filed of the child. CCTV body of 12-year-old boy Park police station. The police footage was also investigated. efying COVID-19 fears, as many as 1,19,587 he National Education Polic-2020 Awho was kidnapped from also started a search operation Meanwhile, news of the dead Dstudents wrote their National Eligibility- -!: &# Referring to the girl's suicide, Twill have a great impact on the dis- Dori Nagar in Gandhi Park however, they did also not body was received on Saturday cum-Entrance Test (NEET) on Sunday in 298 the SP chief in a tweet asked the course of future education and police station area was found in find any clue. afternoon. All aspects are being examination centres across Karnataka. amajwadi Party chief Akhilesh BJP who was responsible for her will bring a drastic change in the edu- an empty plot near Kwarsi According to Gopal, on investigated. The examination went smoothly across the SYadav on Sunday lashed out at “murder”. cation system in coming years”, said bypass road. It seems that his Saturday afternoon, he was Darkness ate Laddu state without any incident being reported. The the BJP, saying the suicide by a “The news of suicide by a med- Professor Tariq Mansoor, Vice- face was crushed and burnt searching for the son with his Father of Atul alias Laddoo, NEET is conducted to select seats for Medical Tamil Nadu girl student on the eve ical aspirant in Madurai yesterday Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University with acid. The family suspect- wife near Etah Chungi when he Mr. Gopal said that he is curs- and Dental Science courses across the country. of NEET was the murder of the has shocked every family,” he said while inaugurating a webinar on ed their neighbour of kidnap- was informed about a child's ing that time when the power The state government had taken all precau- “Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao” slogan. while paying tributes to the girl. National Education Policy organized by ping and murder due to old body to be found in an empty of the locality went off. tionary steps like thermal screening and sanitisers The 19-year-old Madurai girl “Heartless BJP should tell the AMU Malappuram Centre, enmity. plot near the engineer colony The son came out of the for both students and staff members of all 298 and two other medical aspirants in who is responsible for this. This is Kerala. A fruit-seller by profession, on the Kwarsi bypass. house only after the power cut. centres. Tamil Nadu had committed suicide a murder. Along with this, the slo- He said that the new policy is Gopal Kumar Sharma said that On reaching there, he con- If the light had not gone, he Across the country, as many 15,97,433 stu- on Saturday, prompting the oppo- gan of 'Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao being widely discussed by educationists he lives on rent in a relative's firmed the body as his son Atul would have been watching TV dents appeared for this examination. The test was sition parties to demand the scrap- (teach daughter, save daughter) has across the country and seminar and con- house in Dori Nagar. He is hav- Kumar. The Kwarsi police were comfortably at home and conducted in cities like Bengaluru, Mysuru, ping of the National Entrance- also been murdered,” he said. ferences are being organised for the dis- ing three daughters, wife also present at the spot and sent would not have been killed. Mangaluru, Udupi, Davanagere, Belagavi, cum-Eligibility Test (NEET). Besides the girl, the other two semination of details of the new National Manju, and a 12-year-old son the body for postmortem. Gopal said that he has married Hubballi-Dharwarda and in Kalburgi districts. On Wednesday, the Supreme aspirants, aged between 19 and 21, Education Policy. Atul Kumar alias Laddu. On Because of no ransom call, a two of the three daughters. Atul As per the COVID norms, the number of Court had refused to entertain a had committed suicide in Dr Shakila T Shamsu (former OSD, Thursday night at around 8 family is suspecting their was third. Another daughter students per call was restricted to 12 instead of batch of pleas seeking deferment or Dharmapuri and Namakkal dis- NEP 2020, Department pm, the son went out of the neighbor for this crime due to younger than him is 2 years old. 24 last year, as a result the number of examina- cancellation of exam scheduled for tricts of Tamil Nadu. of Higher Education) highlighted var- house after a power cut and old enmity. Wife Manju is in deep shock by tion centres this year was at an all-time high, with Sunday, saying the authorities will They were found hanging in ious aspects of National Education never returned home. Families SSP Muniraj said that the incident. Daughters are 298 centres when compared to last year's 194 cen- take all necessary steps for con- their homes. Policy. searched him overnight. police had been searching for also in depression. tres across the state. ducting it amid COVID-19. = 2'# 24 798>8, ' @( 232 ) * ( ) %8 8 . !).B!C !$. not invoked, the accused got pot shot at Raut, Kangana referring to Uddhav Thackeray the bail easily in the case”. tweeted: “Wow!! Unfortunate as “tujhe”, Kangana had on 15-year-old boy was < -.')* pping the ante over the Athavale, who is also the that BJP is protecting someone September 9 launched an all Aallegedly hacked to death Uincidents of assault on a president of Republican Party who busted drug and mafia out war against the Maha Vikas with an axe by his cousin ttar Pradesh traders got a retired Navy officer by Shiv of India (A), said that being the racket, BJP should instead let Aghadi government. brother in Nagla Kondar village Ubig relief after a facility has Sainiks and alleged efforts by principal ruling party in Shiv Sena goons break my “Uddhav Thackeray, tujhe in Mainpuri over a trivial issue been started to hear the old tax the Udhav Thackeray Maharashtra, it was the respon- face,rape or openly lynch me, kya lagta hai? (what do you of using pump for irrigating cases at the earliest in Uttar Government to “implicate” sibility of the Shiv Sena. nahin Sanjay ji? How dare they think?)… colluded along with their fields. Pradesh. The pending cases of Kangana Ranaut in a drug “But, the Shiv Sena is con- protect a young woman who is the film mafia, demolished my The police have registered VAT for the financial year 2016- case, Union Minister of State ducting itself in a vindictive standing against the mafia!!!” home and took revenge on me? an FIR in the case and the main 17 will be now heard online. All for Social Justice and manner. Its workers attacked On his part, Raut said that My home was demolished accused has been detained for traders will have to download Empowerment Ramdas retired Navy officer and senior the Shiv Sena had stopped today, your arrogance will questioning. the “Dealer epassbook” app for Athawale on Sunday rooted for citizen Madan Sharma. The talking about the statements crumble tomorrow,” According to reports, the this. The state’s commercial tax imposition of President’s rule in Shiv Sena has even defended and issues relating to Kangana. Kangana had said in a video Robin Yadav, a student of class commissioner Amrita Soni has Maharashtra, even as actress the attack. The police have “But, we are keeping a close message on her arrival in 11, had gone to plough his field issued this instruction on 11th Kangana called on not acted sternly against the watch of the Kangana-related Mumbai. when he was attacked by his September. Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Shiv Sainiks who attacked events, who is doing what and In his write-up, Raut cousin brother Rahul Yadav Under this, for the financial Singh Koshyari and sought Sharma. The accused are on @ / @ which party is behind the expressed surprise that the (26). year 2016-17, the time frame for justice for her. bail now”. whole thing”. entire film industry kept quiet There was a dispute tax assessment or re-assessment Talking to media persons Alluding to news reports Raut’s comment should be over Kangana’s statement. “The between them over using the promises has been extended to after meeting the retired Navy that the Maharashtra govern- government, the atmosphere “A short while ago I met His seen in the context of Kangana’s film personalities should have pumping set for irrigating their 31st October due to corona. Officer Madan Sharma at ment had ordered an inquiry has vitiated. Under the cir- Excellency the Governor of statements, the support being come forward and taken a fields, which had been distrib- Earlier it was extended from 21st Kandivli residence in north into the alleged consumption of cumstances, the Centre should Maharashtra Shri Bhagat Singh extended to her by the stand against Kangana’s view uted between two families. March to 30th June 2020. Mumbai, Athawale said: “I met narcotic substances by dismiss the Maharashtra gov- Koshyari Ji. I explained my Opposition BJP and her meet- linking Mumbai to PoK. They However, the ownership of the According to this decision made Mr Sharma and made enquiries Kangana, Athawale also ernment and impose point of view to him and also ing with Maharashtra should have said it is the opin- pump set is not yet clear, said under Section 29 sub-section about his health. He has suf- charged the Mumbai police – President’s rule in the state,” requested that justice be given Governor Bhagat Singh ion of Kangana and not the police. (11) of the Uttar Pradesh Value fered an injury in the eye. I under the advice of the Athawale said. to me; it will restore the faith Koshyari earlier in the day. entire film industry. At least Interestingly, despite the Added Tax Act 2008, now hear- have advised him to undergo Maharashtra government – Meanwhile, Kangana cre- of common citizens and par- Earlier, in his weekly col- film stars like Akshay Kumar dispute, the two families were ing of VAT cases will be through treatment at Mumbai's top eye- were trying to “implicate” the ated a minor flutter in Mumbai ticularly daughters in the sys- umn “Rok tok” published in should have spoken against living together in one 'e-Hearing' i.e. online. The specialist Dr T P Lahane”. actress in a drug consumption by calling on Governor Bhagat tem”. the Shiv Sena’s official mouth- Kangana. Mumbai has given so house. Aligarh Commercial Tax Office Charging that the attack on case. Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhavan Meanwhile, the “Queen” piece “Saamana”, Raut slammed much to people. But, when it A FIR under section 302 comprises the districts of Sharma was attempt on his life, Athawale, it may be here on Sunday to seek “justice” fame actress fired a fresh salvo Kangana, without naming her comes to expressing their grat- (murder) of IPC has been reg- Aligarh, Hathras, Etah, Kasganj, Athawale said: “The police recalled, had on Thursday vis- for her in the wake of partial at the Shiv Sena spokesperson but merely describing as an itude to Mumbai, they feel the istered against three persons and Mathura, and cases of about should have registered offences ited Kangana’s Pali Hill bun- demolition of h4er bungalow at and MP Sanjay Raut over that actress, for her objectionable pain,” Raut wrote. “Thackerays including Rahul Yadav on a 18000 will come under this against the accused under sec- galow and held an hour-long Bandra’s Pali Hill area in north- reported statement that it was statements against chief min- control the state. That being the complaint filed by the new arrangement. Officers and tions 307 (attempt to murder meeting with the actress. west Mumbai. Kangana's sis- unfortunate that the BJP was ister Uddhav Thackeray whom case, there is no need for the deceased's family members at staff will be imparted training at and 326 (Voluntarily causing Athavale extended his party’s ter Rangoli had accompanied “backing” her despite her liken- he referred to in singular term Shiv Sainiks to take to streets Dannhar police station. the Commercial Tax Office at grievous hurt by dangerous support to the actress. the actress to Raj Bhavan. ing Mumbai Pak-Occupied as “Tujhe” and even threatened to create ruckus over the The deceased's father Talanagri from Monday 14th weapons or means) of IPC. “Because of the vindictive After her meeting with the Kashmir with an eye on the to expose. Marathi Asmita (self-respect) Vinod Yadav had died September. Since these IPC sections were acts of the Shiv Sena-led MVA Governor, Kanagana tweeted: Bihar Assembly polls.Taking a It may be recalled that cause,” Raut stated. earlier. ' ( :2 5' 4 @@2 2 4 2 42324223 ' "*. ') # ' 2 O ujarat recorded 1,326 more Gcoronavirus cases on Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Bengaluru: A 105-year-old ative now. Sunday, taking its tally to Ashok Gehlot on Saturday decided to woman in Koppal District has Speaking to reporters, 1,13,662, while the death toll enhance the benefits given under the successfully recovered from Kamalamma's grandson said rose to 3,213 with 15 more welfare schemes for journalists in the COVID-19, after undergoing he felt it was challenging con- patients succumbing. State, a statement said. treatment for the viral infection sidering her age, but as she had In September so far, the In a review meeting of the depart- at her home. no other health issues, she was state has added 17,227 more ment of Information and Public Kamalamma Linganagouda under normal treatment and his cases, at a daily average of Relations, the chief minister approved Hiregoudar hails from Katarki grandmother is now an inspi- 1,325. Panchmahals 30, Kutch 28, the increase in the assistance amount village in Koppal taluk. ration for those who fear Meanwhile, 1,205 patients Amreli 25, Bharuch 21, for journalists from Rs 1 lakh to Rs According to official sources, as COVID-19. were discharged on Sunday, Surendranagar 19, Banaskantha 2 lakh in case of serious illness, it said. the elderly woman had a fever, Though the elderly woman taking the total cured to 94,010, 18, Dahod 17, Morbi 15, Gir- The CM also decided to enhance she was made to undergo a test hesitated to take food, she was while there are 16,439 active Somnath 14, Sabarkantha 13, the monthly pension of veteran jour- and the result came out positive administered porridge and cases, out of which 87 critical Kheda and Patan 11 each, nalists from present Rs 5,000 to Rs last week. As the centenarian water, and medicine that was patients are on ventilator. Anand 10, Narmada nine, 10,000 and asked the officials to had no other health issues, also prescribed to her was Of the new cases, hotspot Mahisagar, Navsari, Tapi, and address other issues of journalists, considering her refusal to go to limited. Till last evening, Koppal Surat led with 281, followed by Valsad eight each, Devbhumi including land allotment among oth- hospital, she underwent treat- had reported a total of 8,802 Ahmedabad with 172, and Dwarka and Botad six each, ers, the statement said. ing, while DIPR minister Raghu Sharma He also directed to prepare a report ment under home isolation at COVID-19 cases, including 186 Rajkot on third spot with 151. Porbandar five, Aravalli three Addressing the meeting, Gehlot said suggested to improve the content and pre- about the proper use of these properties in her son's residence. deaths and 6,870 discharges. Vadodara, with 123, and and Chhota Udepur two. journalism is a powerful medium of service sentation of the magazine "Sujas". public interest, it said. Gehlot asked the offi- After undergoing treatment As of September 12 evening, Jamnagar, with 120, were also Sunday's deaths were and the welfare of journalists should be the In another review meeting of the gen- cials to go to Delhi and prepare a report at home under the supervision cumulatively 4.49 lakh positive in the three-digit case group. reported from Surat (6), responsibility of the government. eral administration department, the chief about the properties of the state in Delhi. It of grandson, Srinivas Hyati, cases have been confirmed in Meanwhile, Bhavnagar had Ahmedabad (4), Vadodara (2) DIPR Commissioner Mahendra Soni minister instructed officials to dispose of was informed in the meeting that a software who is a Doctor by profession, Karnataka, which includes 7,161 69 new cases, Gandhinagar and Rajkot, Bhavnagar and gave a presentation on the works and Nazul properties in a phased and time is being prepared for effective monitoring Kamalamma has recovered and deaths and 3.44 lakh 46, Junagadh 36, Mehsana 32, Bharuch (one each). vision of the department during the meet- bound manner, the statement said. of state assets, the statement said. her test reports have come neg- discharges. PTI "# $ % &' " ()*+,+, : - - 34522 6427 82 1" 2 %6427 827 ','-*./#',++.01 + 8 1 4 5 4 ' $ # P( % Q $ ( ,% 5%242 4 242 46"2%84 ( ( 4 45 2%42 5224 2 %2 6 0 India. 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On the despite that, it could become the largest idea of self could be reformulated on a Sometimes, the social self overpowers the contrary, industrial society is engrossed in own- unprecedented movement of this scale, digital platform to generate meaning and real existential self. In general terms, / ership of talent. The information age does not need in recent years, by subalterns. accomplish freedom of speech in soci- humans are living in a world of “double 8 a bulky investment of academicians for informa- Why is information society more ety. Thai philosopher Soraj social self.” The former springs from tion; rather it independently cultivates a new dig- liberating to subalterns? In agricultur- Hongladarom in his seminal work, The physical social space, the latter is caused ital forum. It is also not purely social-capital caste al societies, they could not acquire the Online Self, maintains “viewing the self by ICT and made compulsory due to ( " # ( driven. 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metropolitan status, and its rather prag- resources. But there are no such Balochistan’s Khan of Kalat in 1767 politics based on religion or ethnicity was lack of transport. Pashtun and Development Programme. But this matically formulated pluralistic culture, bridges between those who adminis- before being annexed by Sindh’s Talpur and succeeded in managing the city’s Punjabi migrants also began to arrive plan departed from the “social demo- it can also make the city’s many polit- ter this city. Communication gaps dynasty in 1794. By all accounts, it was resources in such a manner that major in droves. Slums began to sprout. cratic” tenor of the previous (unimple- ical and administrative stakeholders remain and in case of emergencies, still a small fishing town with less than and minor stakeholders felt included. Failure to effectively adjust the city’s mented) plans and adopted “neo-lib- pull their individual weights in oppo- these cause uncoordinated, chaotic 10,000 inhabitants, mostly Sindhi and In 1936, Sindh was restored as a infrastructure to accommodate these eral” ideas. This meant putting more site directions. This makes it almost responses and futile finger-pointing. Baloch, who called it “Kolachi.” province and Karachi was made its cap- changes led to ad hoc arrangements. In money in extravagant building impossible for them to strike any The city’s ethnic diversity works in a The British invaded and occupied ital. According to the 1941 census 1965, Karachi witnessed its first ethnic schemes and less on the city’s degrad- workable consensus. curious manner, generating an always- Karachi in the early 1840s and then report, Karachi’s population then was riot. In 1970, it once again became the ing infrastructure. For example, accord- $%//75?? =? This is reflective of the city’s seg- squabbling pluralism. annexed the rest of Sindh. They made 435,887. Over 50 per cent were Hindus, capital of Sindh. In 1972, it witnessed ing to Hasan, whereas in the past slums regated ethnic construct. Ever since the Most large cities, even in devel- Karachi and Sindh parts of the Bombay 40 per cent were Muslims, while the another round of ethnic riots. Unable became the source of clogging drains arachi is Pakistan’s largest and 1980s, various ethnic communities oped countries, face a plethora of Presidency. The British rapidly devel- rest comprised Buddhists, to check the influx of more inner- with sewage, in the last two decades, the world’s sixth-largest city. It have ghettoised themselves in their administrative and infrastructural oped Karachi’s port and infrastructure. Zoroastrians, Christians and Jews. Pakistan migrations to Karachi, and the same is being done by high income Kis the provincial capital of Sindh areas of numerical influence. During problems. But lessons and data from This led to migrations from the rest of Over 65 per cent spoke Sindhi. stall the mushrooming of slums, the ZA areas. province. Known as Pakistan’s econom- times of ethnic tussles over the city’s their historical evolution aid them to India. From a population of less than In 1947, the city imploded into Bhutto Government, in 1975, devised Construction of residential areas, ic hub, it generates up to 65 per cent resources, ethnic groups prefer to adjust and resolve these problems. But 15,000 during the time of the British another form of existence, this time as a “Karachi Master Plan” to upgrade the both high and low income, on natur- of the national revenue. It is also remain in their areas. However, since unlike most cities, Karachi did not takeover, it witnessed a manifold a capital of Pakistan. Karachi’s demo- city’s failing infrastructure. It planned al drainage routes also continues. Due Pakistan’s major port city. It is a fact that economic survival demands venturing evolve as a city, as such, but it implod- increase. By 1856, the population had graphics witnessed a dramatic shift to build new road networks and hous- to clogged drains, these natural routes only during disasters, such as the out and interacting with other groups, ed into existence. Twice. jumped to 57,000. when millions of Urdu-speaking ing; construct transport terminals, now go through residential areas and recent urban flooding, do most bridges do emerge and communities The region that became Karachi Suddenly, within a matter of a few Muslims (Mohajir) migrated to it. warehousing, mass transit and so on. roads, flooding them over and again. Karachiites realise that there is not one return to interact with each other. No has an obscure history till the 18th cen- decades, the rugged fishing town of There was a 161 per cent increase in But the plan was not implemented after Rain run-offs have used these routes political or administrative authority in matter how pragmatic the nature of this tury. According to ancient Greek texts, 15,000 people became a rapidly-emerg- Karachi’s population. The infrastruc- the 1977 coup of Zia-ul-Haq. This for thousands of years but builders fail Karachi but many. The city interaction, it often results in the cre- the Greek commander Nearchus, who ing port city. By the 1930s, the British ture left behind by the British could not resulted in the growth of the informal to take this into account by building on Government, the Sindh Government, ation of an overarching culture of inter- accompanied Alexander during his were calling Karachi the “Queen of the accommodate the massive increase, sector and mafia that emerged to them without any adequate drainage the federal Government and various action and inclusiveness, only to recede invasion of India in 326 BC, called the East” and praising its enterprising, tol- and began to crumble. serve a growing population of a failing facilities. Ancient Greek texts quote local administrative bodies. The once again during ethnic commotions. region “Krokola”, a place by the sea erant and diverse character. The city’s In 1958, the Ayub Khan city. Across the 1980s and 1990s, Nearchus as saying “a great storm was administrative structure of this mam- Common economic interests are inhabited by a tiny community of sudden urban emergence and swift Government chalked out a resettlement Karachi witnessed brutal ethnic and raging” when his army reached moth metropolis is thus complex and what drive this interaction, until one “primitive people.” However, 16th cen- increase in population did create issues plan which was to be accommodated sectarian violence. Ethnic communi- Krokola, and the storm waters were multi-layered, with some absurd over- community begins to suspect the tury Turks and Arabs called it but the British introduced an effective by an ambitious industrialisation pro- ties and mafia fought running battles emptying into the sea. Of course, at the laps. Karachi is also Pakistan’s most eth- motives of the other. The suspected “Kaurashi.” But it does not appear on model of city governance that contin- ject. New low-income housing schemes to gain access to the city’s dwindling time, there was nothing coming in the nically diverse city. Even though this motive is usually about usurping more any map until Sindh’s Kalhora dynasty ued to upgrade Karachi’s infrastructure. emerged but factories and businesses resources. In 2000, the Musharraf dic- way of these waters. diversity continues to sustain the city’s than one’s unsaid share of economic annexed it in 1759. It was “gifted” to The city governance system eschewed were slow to reach these areas and there tatorship launched a Karachi (Courtesy: Dawn) "# $ % &' " ()*+,+, !)
!% 5 % ) ! ! 5 $ .$!% 3% % %1!% Wuhan: A Chinese virologist Doha: Peace talks between the $ 1 $ who has reportedly been in Taliban and Afghan hiding for fear of her safety has Government get down to busi- Tehran: Iran on Saturday angri- Bahrainis opposed to the stepped out into the public eye ness on Sunday, with the search ly accused Bahrain of stirring agreement vented their frus- again to make the explosive for a lasting ceasefire one of instability after US President tration on social media, using claim that she has the scientific many key challenges up for dis- Donald Trump announced the hashtags “Bahrainis against evidence to prove Covid-19 cussion. Manama and Israel were open- normalisation” and “normali- was man-made in a lab in A slick opening ceremony ing ties in a landmark deal that sation is betrayal”. China. in the Qatari capital Doha on reinforces America’s push to “A black day in the history Dr. Li-Meng Yan, a scien- Saturday saw the Afghan redraw Middle East conflicts. of Bahrain,” wrote former law- tist who says she did some of Government, and allies includ- Calling it a “truly historic maker Ali Alaswad. the earliest research into ing the US, call for a ceasefire. day,” Trump said on Friday that Iran’s Lebanese ally COVID-19 last year, made But the Taliban, who have Israel and Bahrain were estab- Hezbollah said the deal was a the comments Friday during fought a guerrilla campaign lishing full diplomatic and com- “betrayal and a painful stab in an interview on British talk against both since they were mercial relations. the back of the Palestinian show “Loose Women.” forced from power in 2001, did the warring sides to “seize this government wants to maintain “They will exchange people”. When asked where the not mention a truce as they opportunity” to secure peace. the Western-backed status quo embassies and ambassadors, Turkey condemned it, say- deadly virus that has killed came to the negotiating table. Nearly two decades since of a constitutional republic begin direct flights between ing it would “further embold- more than 900,000 around The head of the peace the US-led invasion that top- that has enshrined many rights, their countries and launch en Israel to continue its illegal the globe comes from, Yan — process for the Afghan pled the Taliban, the war still including greater freedoms for cooperation initiatives across a practices... and attempts to speaking via video chat from Government suggested to AFP kills dozens of people daily and women. broad range of sectors, includ- make the occupation of a secret location — replied, “It Kathmandu: A massive land- been going on to rescue the that the Taliban could offer a the country’s economy has Four of the 21 people on ing health, business, technolo- Palestinian territories perma- comes from the lab — the lab slide triggered by torrential missing people, according to truce in exchange for the been shattered, pushing mil- the Kabul negotiating team gy, education, security and agri- nent”. in Wuhan and the lab is con- rains in central Nepal has killed the home ministry. release of more of their jailed lions into poverty. are women. culture,” he said. Bahrain, a Sunni-ruled trolled by China’s govern- at least 11 people, including The landslide occurred due fighters. The Taliban have long wor- The Taliban, who stripped Bahrain said in a joint kingdom with a large Shiite ment.” seven women, and left 20 miss- to incessant rainfall in the area “This could be one of their ried that reducing violence women of all basic freedoms statement it had agreed to for- population, relies heavily on the She insisted that wide- ing, an official said on Sunday. for the past couple of days. ideas or one of their demands,” could lessen their leverage. while in power from 1996- malise the deal with Israel at a United States, which stations its spread reports that the virus The landslide swept away Some 247 houses have been said Abdullah Abdullah, the During a speech at the 2001, had no female negotia- ceremony Tuesday in the White Fifth Fleet in the tiny but strate- originated last year from a wet some 15 houses in Bhirkharka identified as risky due to land- chairman of Afghanistan’s High opening event, Taliban co- tors. House, where the United Arab gic Gulf archipelago. market in Wuhan, China, are area of Barhabise Rural slide in the area which lies near Council for National founder Mullah Abdul Ghani In a statement, Ghani Emirates will also sign off on its The joint statement said “a smokescreen.” Municipality in Nepal-Tibet border. Reconciliation. Baradar repeated the insur- called for “a lasting and digni- own thaw with Israel Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa “The first thing is the Sindhupalchowk district, 120 The incident occurred as Negotiations will be ardu- gents’ message that Afghanistan fied peace” that preserved “the announced in mid-August. Al-Khalifa, Israeli Prime [meat] market in Wuhan … is kilometres east of Kathmandu, the government failed to act ous and messy, delegates should be run according to achievements of the past 19 Shiite Iran, which has espe- Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a smokescreen and this virus is on Saturday night. promptly despite the local res- warned during the opening Islamic law, highlighting a like- years”. cially tense ties with Bahrain and Trump had spoken hours not from nature,” Yan claimed, A security team compris- idents demanding that they be ceremony, and are starting ly sticking point. Kabul negotiator Habiba and is a sworn enemy of before announcing the new explaining that she got “her ing the Nepal Army and Nepal shifted to safer areas. even as deadly violence con- A comprehensive peace Sarabi told AFP the start of Washington, slammed its Gulf breakthrough. intelligence from the CDC in Police personnel have been This is the second landslide tinues to grip Afghanistan. deal could take years, and will talks had been “very positive”. neighbour over the deal. During the phone call, the China, from the local doctors.” dispatched to the incident site that hit Barhabise rural munic- “We will undoubtedly depend on the willingness of The US-backed negotia- “The rulers of Bahrain will king “stressed the need to reach The virologist has previ- for carrying out search and res- ipality area this monsoon. encounter many challenges in both sides to tailor their com- tions come six months later from now on be partners to the a just and comprehensive peace ously accused Beijing of lying cue operation, the official said. At least 249 people have the talks over the coming days, peting visions for Afghanistan than planned owing to dis- crimes of the Zionist regime as as a strategic option, in accor- about when it learned of the The bodies of 11 people, lost their lives and 49 others weeks and months,” US and the extent to which they agreements over a controversial a constant threat to the securi- dance with the two-state solu- killer bug and engaging in an including seven women, have have gone missing in different Secretary of State Mike can agree to share power. prisoner swap agreed in ty of the region and the world tion and relevant resolutions of extensive cover-up of her been recovered from the site incidents of landslide in Nepal Pompeo said as he called for President Ashraf Ghani’s February. AFP of Islam,” it said. international legitimacy”. AFP work. AGENCY and search operations have this monsoon season. PTI 3 P
Washington: A whistleblower’s after a congressional briefing espionage concern, there is allegation that he was pressured about Moscow’s interference also bipartisan consensus, to suppress intelligence about and that the president sought including in a Republican-led Russian election interference is the firing of another official Senate report, that Russia % the latest in a series of similar who told Congress he sup- directly interfered in 2016 with accounts involving former ported intelligence agencies’ the goal of helping Trump 6 ! Trump administration offi- assessment that Russia had defeat Democrat Hillary cials, raising concerns the interfered on Trump’s behalf Clinton. This year, intelligence %% White House risks undercut- during the 2016 election. officials say, Russia is working ting efforts to stop such intru- The department denied to denigrate Democratic nom- #0*. '& sions if it plays down the seri- Putin “is not deterred,” said Murphy’s allegation, and the inee Joe Biden. ousness of the problem. Connecticut Rep. Jim Himes, a White House issued a state- Murphy is not alone in ormer New York City There is no question the Democratic member of the ment describing instances in alleging that he felt stymied FMayor Michael Bloomberg administration has taken House Intelligence Committee. which it said the president had from raising the Russia threat is committing at least $100 mil- actions to counter Russian Himes said Putin feels it taken action against Russia. head-on. lion to help Joe Biden’s presi- interference, including sanc- “empowered, probably inocu- “This president has been Miles Taylor, as chief of dential campaign in the crucial tions and criminal charges on lated in the U.S. Because of the resolute that any foreign adver- staff to former Homeland battleground state of Florida. Thursday designed to call out president’s behaviour.” sary seeking to disrupt our elec- Security Secretary Kirstjen Bloomberg’s late stage infu- foreign influence campaigns Brian Murphy, the former tions will face tremendous con- Nielsen, participated in high- sion of cash reflects Democrats’ ( = aimed at American voters. But top intelligence official at the sequences,” White House level administration meetings concerns about the tight race P ' Trump’s resistance to embrac- Department of Homeland spokeswoman Sarah Matthews and has in recent weeks pub- in a state that is a priority ing the gravity of the threat Security, alleges in the com- said. licly conveyed his concerns for President Donald Trump. # $ could leave the administra- plaint made public Wednesday Senior Trump administra- about Trump’s leadership. A victory for Joe Biden tion without a consistent and that he was instructed to hold tion officials have been eager to Taylor said Nielsen had to in Florida, the largest of Minsk: Belarus police detained Putin. Security forces dressed those arrested were carrying powerful voice of deterrence at back on reports on Russian focus more on China in dis- create a “shadow” National the perennial battleground at least 250 protesters as tens of in riot gear used barbed wire to flags and “offensive” placards. the top of the government interference because they cussing election interference, Security Council to deal with states, would significantly thousands demonstrated in the seal off the central square in the Oktyabrskaya Square in heading into an election that “made the president look bad.” asserting that Beijing is the the issue because she felt the complicate Trump’s path to capital Minsk in advance of capital. “Some 250 people were central Minsk was fenced off US Officials say is again being That follows previous more potent danger. president’s own team had not reaching the 270 Electoral talks between strongman detained in various districts of with barbed wire with armed targeted by Russia. reports that Trump berated Though intelligence offi- convened enough meetings to College votes needed to secure Alexander Lukashenko and the capital,” the interior min- law enforcement forces seen Russian President Vladimir his then-intelligence director cials do say China is a major coordinate a response. AP a second term. Russian President Vladimir istry said in a statement, adding behind it. AGENCY 7 = 8;R 4 7, :2" 4$ 3 5! !R % $ # $ 6R : 4 Baghdad: Iraq’s top Shiite cler- 7,900 deaths. It is also the first & $ & “The final document read ic on Sunday threw his support such meeting since al-Sistani, London: Britain’s former prime override unilaterally the provi- from 1990 to 1997. His Labour at the closing ceremony was not behind the prime minister’s 90, underwent surgery for a ministers from rival parties, sions agreeing to the application successor Blair served as *, 0 ivisions deepened between consistent with the delibera- announcement to hold parlia- fractured bone in January. Tony Blair and John Major, of certain EU rules to Northern Britain’s PM from 1997 to 2007. DMali’s military coup lead- tions of the various groups, mentary elections ahead of In August, Iraqi Prime united on Sunday to call on Ireland — strikes at the very Amid growing discord over the he Greek Government wel- ers and the country’s political including the majority choice of schedule next year, saying the Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi members of Parliament to boy- heart of the withdrawal agree- issue within his own party, Tcomed a Turkish survey opposition movement on a transition led by a civilian,” timing should not serve the said parliamentary elections cott Prime Minister Boris ment,” the duo wrote in a joint Boris has sought the backing of vessel’s return to port Sunday Sunday after the ruling junta the M5-RFP statement said. interests of political groups. would be held in June, nearly Johnson’s proposed law aimed article for ‘The Sunday Times’. his MPs for the new Bill saying from a disputed area of the east- announced a plan that would The junta proposed that Grand Ayatollah Ali al- a year before they had been at overriding parts of the Brexit “If the government has con- the EU is threatening to impose ern Mediterranean that has been allow a military leader to over- the transition be led by either Sistani’s comments came in a scheduled to take place. divorce agreement. cerns about specific parts of the a customs border in the Irish at the heart of a summer stand- see an 18-month transitional a military or civilian leader, statement released by his office Early elections have been a Ahead of the Internal withdrawal treaty, there are Sea, separating Northern off between Greece and Turkey period. which leaves open the possi- after a meeting with UN envoy key demand of protesters, who Market Bill coming up for ready mechanisms within it to Ireland from the rest of the UK. over energy rights. While the two sides ini- bility that the military officers to Iraq, Jeanine Hennis- have been holding mass demon- debate in the House of resolve them amicably; in the The Bill focuses on the The Oruc Reis research ship tially were united in wanting who seized power could Plasschaert. A photo released strations since October demand- Commons on Monday, Major first instance by negotiation Northern Ireland Protocol – the returned to near the southern the departure of former remain at the helm for anoth- by al-Sistani’s office showed the ing change in the country where as a member of Johnson’s own between the UK and the EU part of the Brexit divorce Turkish port of Antalya for the President Ibrahim Boubacar er 18 months until elections are black-turbaned cleric meeting corruption is widespread. Conservative Party and Blair and, if that fails, through inde- designed to prevent a hard bor- first time in weeks after Turkey Keita, their paths have increas- organised. The 15-nation West with the UN envoy and an A new government will be from the Opposition Labour pendent arbitration. It has cho- der on the island of Ireland. If announced in July that it was ingly diverged since he was African regional bloc known as interpreter. formed by the politician who Party warned that what is being sen to ignore these options. it became law, it would give UK dispatching a vessel to work in deposed in an August 18 coup ECOWAS has warned that by Sunday’s meeting was the secures the most support from proposed by the prime minister Instead, it has thrown the with- ministers powers to modify or waters that Greece claims are its after months of street demon- Tuesday the junta must desig- first public face-to-face parliamentary blocs after the is “shocking” and has wide- drawal treaty into uncertainty “disapply” rules relating to the exclusive jurisdiction. strations by the opposition. nate a civilian leader to head a between al-Sistani and a for- elections. “Parliamentary elec- ranging ramifications on all and given the EU genuine rea- movement of goods between “This is a positive signal. We On Sunday, the opposition one-year transition period or eign official since the spread of tions scheduled for next year future trade negotiations, not son to question whether Britain Britain and Northern Ireland will see how this develops to coalition known as M5-RFP else the country could face fur- coronavirus in Iraq earlier this are very important,” the Iran- only with the European Union can be relied upon in any future that will come into force from make a proper assessment,? publicly objected to the junta’s ther sanctions. ECOWAS has year. The country is one of the born al-Sistani, who enjoys (EU) but with other nations. trade agreements with the EU,” January 2021, unless the UK Greek government spokesman plan, which was announced already stopped financial trans- hardest-hit by the virus in the wide influence in Iraq and “The overt repudiation of they wrote. Major was a and EU are able to strike a trade Stelios Petsas told TV channel Saturday after three days of fers into the country and has region, with nearly 300,000 among Shiite Muslims world- the treaty — by seeking to Conservative prime minister deal ahead of that. PTI Skai. talks on Mali’s political future. closed its borders with Mali. confirmed cases and more than wide, said. AP < % =" 1
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With regard to 30,000 in the upcoming Durga puja Darjeeling hills and Dooars 42 lakh business units under various schemes under the crore Special Liquidity Scheme ,#",-*. cent of the small businesses are and Diwali seasons with learn to live with the pandem- forest in North Bengal are in the 3-lakh crore Emergency Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan for the stressed non-banking able to obtain finance from queries from interested trav- ic, at least some of them are village areas, which have Credit Line Guarantee Scheme package.Sharing details of other financial companies he Confederation of All banks and other financial insti- ellers coming in, officials of the likely to start travelling with around 70 per cent share of (ECLGS) for the MSME sector. schemes being implemented by (NBFCs)/housing finance com- TIndia Traders (CAIT) has tutions. industry bodies said on Sunday. requisite safety measures, he tourist footfalls,” Basu told PTI. On the disbursement front, the finance ministry, the state- panies (HFCs)/micro finance said that about 25 per cent The rest of the 93 per cent In the domestic and short- said. Since these places are however, over Rs 1.18 lakh ment said banks have approved institutions (MFIs), it said 37 small shops and businesses, traders are dependent upon haul segments, people are The TAFI eastern region spread across villages and are crore doled out to 25 lakh purchase of portfolio of proposals involving an amount totalling 1.75 crore, across the informal sources to meet their showing interest, Travel Agents’ head said the tour operators are not like hotels or resorts in MSME units, till September 10, 25,055.5 crore under 45,000- of 10,590 crore have been country are in a bad situation financial requirements, it said. Federation of India (TAFI) providing people with all kind urban centres, operators of which were hit by the COVID- crore Partial Credit Guarantee approved while six applica- and on the verge of closure CAIT said that traders are eastern region head Anil of information regarding tourism clusters are being 19 pandemic and ensuing Scheme 2.0 for NBFCs, tions seeking financing of Rs amid the pandemic. under financial obligation for Punjabi said. tourists’ destinations and the informed about safe prac- lockdowns. HFCs and MFIs to do fresh 783.5 crore are under process In a statement, the traders’ payment of central and state “There is interest and safety of the places. tices. The scheme is the biggest lending to MSMEs and indi- as on Sep 11. It further said body said: “The domestic trade government taxes, repayment queries are coming in about A lot depends on how the “Each cluster comprises fiscal component of the 20- viduals scheme as on August under the 30,000 crore addi- of India is suffering amid the of monthly instalments of loans destinations and safety mea- COVID-19 situation emerges around 12 to 15 villages. At the lakh crore Aatmanirbhar 28. Lenders are currently in the tional Emergency Working worst days of the century due taken from formal and infor- sures, but these are yet to be in the next few days as people meetings in each cluster, sen- Bharat Abhiyan package process of approval/negotia- Capital Funding for farmers to Covid-19, which has brought mal sources, EMIs, water and translated into bookings,” he would not want any cancella- sitisation is being done so that announced by Finance tions for additional 4,367 through NABARD scheme, the traders on their knees with electricity bills, property tax, said, adding that people have tion. the tourists, the operators as Minister Nirmala Sitharaman crore, it said. 25,000 crore has been dis- no sign of respite in the near payment of interest, payment of changed their priorities amid “Bengal is a value-for- also the villagers stay safe while in May to mitigate the distress Talking about income tax bursed till August 28. “Balance future.” wages to the labour and vari- the COVID-19 crisis. money destination and is safe livelihood is also earned,” Basu by providing credit to different refunds, it said the depart- amount of 5,000 crore under Noting that the Indian ous other payments. “There will be businesses also,” he said, expressing hope said. sectors, especially micro, small ment has issued 1,01,308 crore Special Liquidity Facility (SLF) domestic trade consists of more It urged Prime Minister in the Durga Puja and Diwali that domestic tourists would He said safe practices and and medium enterprises . to more than 27.55 lakh tax- allocated to National Bank for than 7 crore traders providing Narendra Modi to take imme- seasons with interest growing travel during the holiday sea- how to deal with any kind of As of September 10, as payers between April 1, 2020 Agriculture and Rural employment to more than 40 diate cognisance of the issue of among people, though it is like- son. emergency situation are being reported by public sector banks and September 8, 2020. Development by RBI for small- crore people, CAIT said that the traders and announce a ly to be much less than what it The reopening of described through workshops (PSBs) and top 23 private sec- “Income tax refunds of Rs er NBFCs and NBFC-MFIs. the banking sector has so far package policy for traders and used to be in the previous Darjeeling hills to outsiders has to the village tourism operators tor banks, “additional credit 30,768 crore have been issued NABARD is finalising opera- failed to provide formal finance help them in revival of their years,” Punjabi told PTI. led to tourists making queries in Darjeeling, Kalimpong and amounting to 1,63,226.49 in 25,83,507 cases and corpo- tional guidelines to roll it out to this sector since only 7 per business. With people starting to about bookings in different Dooars areas. crore has been sanctioned to rate tax refunds of 70,540 soon,” it said. 1 '$$' <. R : &&3.3, ,#",-*. 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' eign countries, which forces the anticipated, but is gradually State and has sent its recom- COVID-19 outbreak, supply- added. to reduce carbon intensity in contribute to the vision of rubber goods industry to bring picking after the restrictions mendations for clearance from demand outlook was being On the digital initiatives operations. ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’, V.T. <,)*, in supplies from China. were lifted. the Environment Ministry, a “reviewed”. taken up by the company, he “We have also implement- Chandrasekharan, President ),0).:.& 0#,), The industry body’s chief Chandrasekharan said that top company official has said. “The Expert Appraisal said CPCL was also adopting ed a 50 KW roof-top solar pro- of the All India Rubber -.<,"@ was of the view that the sector a major issue for the industry, Chennai Petroleum Committee of the Ministry of the new technologies to ject and are planning to imple- Industries Association players, along with the gov- more than poor demand, right Corporation Ltd (CPCL), an Environment and Forests has improve performance. ment an additional solar unit of (AIRIA), said. ernment, will have to look for now is the labour crunch. Most IndianOil Group company, has reviewed our 9 MMTPA (mil- “These technologies 70KW,” he said. Speaking to IANS, ways of sourcing in modern of the skilled labourers who proposed to set up a 9.0 million lion metric tonne per annum) include usage of drones for The Chairman said CPCL Chandrasekharan noted that 40 per cent import duty,” he technology, including transfer went back to their villages dur- metric tonne per annum com- project proposal and has sent inspection of pipelines and achieved capital expenditure of import of raw materials such as said. of technology from foreign ing the lockdown have not plex at Cauvery Basin Refinery, its recommendations for envi- equipment at heights thus Rs 960.60 crore during the natural rubber and latex attract “Unfortunately, it’s the players investing in India. been able to return yet, which Nagapattinam, company ronmental clearance to the reducing the time taken to year. On financials, he said the import duties of as high as 70 other way round for the indus- Saying that the Indian rub- is leading to disruption in Chairman S M Vaidya said Ministry...,” he said. complete the jobs,” he said. company’s profitability per cent, while that on finished try.” ber industry is “quite capable” operations. while addressing shareholders He said the proximity to CPCL was also in the improved during the first quar- goods is much lower and this The AIRIA President said of manufacturing products for “Even the 40-60 per cent at the company’s 54th annual highways and coastal location process of identifying oppor- ter of the current financial impacts the local rubber goods that the industry body has to the major sectors including orders we have, we are facing general meeting. of the refinery were added tunities for digitisation of year with a profit before tax of producing industry. resort to import of natural automobiles and healthcare, difficulty in delivering that, The project would be an advantages for the project in processes and data analytics Rs 430 crore. “We expect the “Our major concern is the rubber as the quality produced he said that availability of tech- because we don’t have the integrated state-of-the art mod- the district. and artificial intelligence util- demand to significantly duty structure. We have been in the country is not “up to the nology and lower duties would trained labour,” he said. ern refinery cum petrochemi- CPCL said it had also spent isation for better decision mak- improve by Q3 of 2020-21. professing that on raw materi- mark” and the tyre manufac- play the drivers of the growth He noted that skill devel- cal complex, including a propy- Rs 10.20 crore under its CSR ing and improving reliability of Your company’s physical per- als, the duty structure should be tures buy the bulk of domesti- of the sector. opment is an important lene unit to start with, he said. initiative near the Cauvery operations, he added. formance continues to be minimum. cally-produced high-quality Both tyre and non-tyre requirement and AIRIA along The detailed feasibility Basin Refinery which include The initiative was expect- robust, more particularly in It should be 0-5 per cent on supplies, leaving no choice for rubber goods industries had a with other industry partners report for the project has been adoption of three villages in ed to improve the company’s terms of distillate yield raw materials, 15-20 per cent the MSMEs and the other rub- demand for 1.2 million tonne have been involved in pro- completed while the board of Nagapattinam district to ben- performance and employee improvement, optimisation of on intermediaries and on fin- ber goods producers than to go of rubber last year, out of grammes to impart the directors have recommended efit 1,700 families to improve productivity, he said. crude mix and energy effi- ished goods, you can have 30- for imports for good quality which 50 per cent was catered required skills to the workers. the project to the board of social, environmental and eco- On measures to reduce ciency”, he said. 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We are power and cement, coal stock tomers, who did not repay the RBI restructuring scheme as per the RBI guidelines. tics and customs have been no the government to push ahead working on a couple of more ndia’s coal import declined by continues to be ample and after the end of moratorium, in or our own repayment plans so Besides, there are some different, as sector players say with the paperless and faceless such technological innovations, I34.9 per cent to 12.46 million hence import demand sub- the RBI restructuring scheme that they get more time and accounts that surely have that it has created more oppor- process will go a long way in all aimed at making the EXIM tonnes (MT) in August on dued. If we go by the current or its own repayment plan to better interest rate to pay their become NPA (non-perform- tunities for technology in cus- weeding out additional expens- experience of our customers account of subdued demand trend, coal imports may see a provide them more time for dues,” Tewari, who took charge ing) due to the pandemic and toms clearance making the es and delays in Custom clear- seamless,” he added. for the dry fuel from consum- significant decline this year,” it repayments, a top company over a month ago, told PTI in therefore additional provisions process less cumbersome. ance activity” he said. Ambrish Kumar, Founder ing sectors like power and said. official said. an interview. need to be created for that, he Lancy Barboza, Managing Elucidating the ease in and Group CEO, 2 Innovate cement. Of the total imports in Due to the morato- According to the com- said. Director, Flomic Group, a clearance, Rajesh Neelakanta, Private Ltd noted that in the The country imported August, non-coking coal’s ship- rium, a number of customers pany, it had Rs 7,083 crore “However, we will be freight services company, said ED & CEO, BVC Logistics past couple of years, the gov- 19.14 MT of coal in August last ment was at 8.87 MT and cok- had not been paying for the under moratorium in May very cautious, even if we get to that in the past few months the said: “In one such practice of ernment has been keen on year, according to provisional ing coal at 2.18 MT. first three months and the which came down to Rs 1,500 that number (provisioning), pandemic has created serious Customs clearance process that bringing such reforms and compilation by mjunction, Coal India (CIL), which company treated them as stan- crore in June. Those who we would still like to provide disruptions in cross border BVC helped in changing, we they would help the country to based on monitoring of vessels’ accounts for over 80 per cent of dard accounts in line with the would be availing the compa- more because the future is still trade and freight movements, created an application for filing enter the top 50 rankings of positions and data received domestic coal output, has been entire industry. However, since ny’s restructuring plan will uncertain,” he added. but it has also created fresh of shipment details, for both The World Bank’s Ease of from shipping companies. mandated by the government then, as the first moratorium have a benefit over the RBI Tewari said that in the opportunities to leverage tech- exports and imports by the Doing Business (EoDB) Index. Mjunction, a joint venture to replace at least 100 million ended, SBI Card made it a cus- restructuring plan as SBI Card second and the third quarter nology for efficient faceless exporter/importer from the The ‘Turant Customs’ will between Tata Steel and SAIL, is tonnes of imports with domes- tomer-led enrolment in the will not report such cases to the going forward, the company and paperless operations of comfort of their offices, linked augment effortless cross border a B2B e-commerce company tically-produced coal in the second moratorium in which a credit scoring agency CIBIL. will be able to handle the situ- the customs. to ICEGATE - the Customs trade as the shipping bills will that also publishes research ongoing fiscal. lot of customers did not enrol, In March, the RBI had ation better. Welcoming the govern- portal, thus establishing con- be electronically sent to the reports on coal and steel verti- To boost coal demand, SBI Card Managing Director & allowed the first three-month “And of course it will be ment’s new initiative,’Turant tactless interface for their ship- exporters with a secure QR cals. Also, the first five months the government has announced CEO Ashwini Kumar Tewari moratorium on payment of all reverted to normal if the vac- Customs’, Barboza said that ment’s EXIM process.” code, he said, adding that the of the current fiscal saw 32.51 a slew of measures like said. term loans due between March cine is made available and if the the programme to offer a ‘face- This helped eliminate the exporters can manage their per cent decline in coal import increased supply for linkage “Therefore, we had a 1, 2020 and May 31, 2020. Later COVID-19 comes under con- less, contactless and paperless’ physical movement of the cus- bank account and authorised at 73.08 MT, over 108.29 MT consumers. large chunk of customers who on, it was extended for anoth- trol. I think from towards the service, would lead to speedy tomers’ personnel from their dealer (AD) Code digitally during the year-ago period, it The Centre had also came out of the moratorium. A er three months till August end of quarter three and clearances, transparency in offices to the customs station, and register at ICEGATE with- said. announced several relief mea- lot of them paid up but many 2020.The process of restruc- (beginning) quarter four, we decision making, ease of doing Neelakanta said. out approaching a Customs “Although there has been sures for CIL consumers, of them did not pay also. And turing is going on currently, will be in a much better shape,” business and reduction in phys- “We also have introduced Officer. a modest recovery in coal- including the power sector. these became what we call as Tewari said, adding a large he said further. $ <' , 2 &42%4 % !:&$ 2 +3 4$ 2382 4 L 4 2/0. ,#",-*. al economic superpower, has 5 some of the most exciting 0:232 ndia is slated to participate in potential and innovations in ($ ! :*, . months we have shown 25,000 Ithe first-ever Middle East the market. &- crore exports in the last two &- further orders. North Africa (MENA) The summit is also join- "! ) vercoming COVID-19 quarters of this financial year”, The apex court had also Innovation Technology ing forces with Russian yama Prasad Mookerjee !* $ Ochallenges, Necessitating he said at an event organised by tate-owned UCO Bank has earlier expressed its reservation Transfer Summit (MITT thought leaders to fuel inspi- SPort,Erstwhile Kolkata Port Work From Home, among oth- CII, Tamil Nadu, recently. Snot Been able to make an over the idea of ‘charging inter- Summit), Sharjah Research ration and partnerships in Trust, has received Rs 20 crore ! $ ers, over the last six months, the This figure was actually analytical study of its asset est on interest’ from those Technology and Innovation the two countries,” said in connection with a court IT sector in Tamil Nadu had more than last year’s exports quality even after the end of the borrowers who were willing to Park (SRTI Park), the event Joanna Carson, case related to a Russian vessel ! fulfilled commitments to cus- during these two quarters, he loan repayment moratorium avail of the loan repayment organiser has announced. Communications Director at Beletsky which was arrested at ! ) tomers and helped register said. period on August 31, heeding moratorium, a facility extend- The first edition of the the MITT Summit and Global Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) 25,000 crore in software “This (achieving 25,000 a Supreme Court directive that ed by the Reserve Bank of MITT Summit will be held on Operating Director at in 2017, an official said. exports in the last two quarters, crore exports) is something no accounts shall be down- India during the pandemic September 22. ‘Women in Tech’. The ship was arrested The vessel had remained a top official has said. which is phenomenal that has graded for now, an official times. UCO Bank MD and The SRTI Park’s hybrid According to Tatyana under the jurisdiction of the docked at Haldia for long, he Over 90 per cent of happened,” he said. said. CEO A K Goel had earlier said summit will connect Sharjah, Serykh, Group Product Head at admiralty bench of the Calcutta said. employees in the Information However, he did not On September 3, in a relief the lender would like to ascer- New Delhi, Paris, Moscow and the Finnish Russian industrial High Court on the day of its The court granted permis- Technology industry, working mention the software exports to stressed borrowers who are tain its asset quality, once the New York, while the major digitalisation major Zyfra, sailing from the HDC in 2017 sion to the port to sell the ves- from home due to the out- made in the two quarters of the facing hardship due to adverse moratorium period ceases on players in the world of tech- Indian and Russian IT compa- for not paying dues, he said. sel last year to realise its dues. break, fulfilled the commit- last financial year.Tyagi said impact of the COVID-19 pan- August 31. “We are not able to nology will interact on how nies would meet on the side- “The owner of the 179.5- “The ship was sold at Rs 20 ments made to the Tamil Nadu has to play a very demic, the top court had said carry out that exercise as the best to shape the future of inno- lines of international events to metre long bulk carrier failed crore. The port had realised a clients,Software Technology important role in achieving that accounts which were not apex court has directed that no vation and promote sustain- discuss the possibilities of joint to pay dues to the port author- part of the sale proceeds earli- Parks of India Director, Sanjay Prime Minister Narendra declared as non-performing accounts will be downgraded ability. development of digital solu- ities, which led to the arrest,” er and received Rs 18.74 crore Tyagi said. “I am glad to Modi’s dream of making India assets till August 31 this year, till further orders”, Goel told “India, as a growing glob- tions. the official said. on Friday,” he added. inform you that in the last six a USD 5 trillion economy. shall not be declared NPA till PTI. "# $ % &' " ()*+,+,
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Those are the kind of things yourself, how you laugh, how you her that I want my daughter tested for % 26 that, you can’t buy and you can’t teach,” make fun of things, what you wear, gifted and the teacher told her, ‘No, she’s *8823 52%2 she talks about three young women there is always somebody, right behind not good enough for that.’ 5 222452 who have been an integral part of her you, looking, at how to be. And in that team in the White House — Kristin way, we have to carry ourselves with the Michelle: Those little cuts, I think L 32 26M Jones (research associate), Chynna knowledge that we’re always setting the women, especially Black, experience 34%2 Clayton (trip director), and Yene tone for people behind us. them at higher rates than men. We’re A young nurse at a mental " 5 822 Damtew (hair stylist). always taught, keep to yourself, don’t institution becomes jaded and bitter before turning into a full- 2%% The three started working with Michelle: What led you to get off the be vulnerable, don’t share or say it out Michelle in various capacities in the traditional paths, and make a decision loud. How do you overcome it? fledged monster to her patients. %86 White House, and “they’ve all stayed in to do something a little more risky? Chynna: I would say self reflection The psychological fiction releases my life for years. While I like to say I’ve What gave you the courage? Was it the is something that also helps me to over- on Netflix on September 18. known them since they were babies, Michelle: What would you say to fact that you were born in Black fam- come doubt. When you just take the 5! 1 today I count them as true friends.” She someone who’s now in the place you ilies... time to sit with your life and its trajec- calls them her “little sisters” she never were about 10 years ago? Kristin: I think I’ve always had that tory. When I think back over my life, I $!$ ! had. Yene: Bet on yourself, trust your gut in me. In some way, I was always fine realise that from day one, I should’ve 42 : In the episode seven, part two, of and don’t be scared to reach out to kind of closing my eyes and jumping in been counted out because I was the Spotify’s The Michelle Obama Podcast, someone or ask for help. Well, I’d slide the deep end. It was never like as product of a single parent household, my % 823@ she speaks about her mentor-mentee in somebody’s DM with intent, right, to thoughtful or meditative as it maybe father went to prison when I was young, 4 6. .%84@ relationships with the three women, learn from them. And that’s probably should’ve been. I think even if we just and my mother did what she could to 3 428860 what’s going on in the world, and what the greatest thing. No one’s going to look at like the past 10 to 11 years, I make the ends meet. The mere fact that 85% it’s like to be Black women in this root for you like you can for yourself. know that we’ve talked a lot about fail- I overcame that, in itself, is powerful. 6 moment in history. Excerpts: Know that there are other people too ure. And so, even though I’ve had the And when I remember how much I’ve out there who are just like you, have had bravery in me, I think being more and done, accomplished or struggled L 2E4 M Michelle: You were the child of the same hardships and failures, trials more comfortable with the idea of fail- through, it just gives me the power to 482826 immigrants... and triumphs. So, just keep betting on ure, and being less terrified of it has kind of get it out of my own head. I E 22 %2 Yene: Yes. I am first-generation yourself and trust your gut. helped me be a little more mindful. I realise that it’s what you really deserve. 5 83242 % Ethiopian-American, and, my parents I think, If I didn’t trust my gut, I think that’s helped me be more success- 362%8 came to this country to provide a bet- would’ve never worked with Michelle ful in my risk taking, too. Kristin: What do we do as Black ter life for us, and so, traditionally, when Obama. If I didn’t decide to drop out women with feelings of guilt? 42 % they or anyone thinks of success, or of college to do hair, this would’ve never Michelle: Well I know I talk a lot Michelle: Well, I don’t think I have 42,+4,&*8/,,' measure success, it’s always about being happened. I’m not anything special. I about not being afraid to fail. That’s one all the answers. But I can say that the 082 a doctor, a lawyer or an engineer. I didn’t come from money. My mother of the most important things I pay guilt comes with the feeling that ‘can’t we @2(6 wanted to drop out of college to do hair, was a waitress, and my father has his attention to, when I talk to young peo- do more?’ It’s never enough. I feel the which just wasn’t acceptable. Once I own company. I am just an average ple, because that is the thing we sort of guilt. I just don’t know whether I feel it even relocated, and took a position. I middle class child of immigrants but breed into kids for them to know that more because I am a Black woman or 4 moved to D.C. I remember my dad did- look at where my life has taken me. It’s they have got to get it straight. There’s maybe that’s our nature — of fixing 2 4 n’t talk to me for three months. My all because I listened to that little a certain way to do everything. And a things, nurturing people, being the 3@ mother tried to smoothen the things voice inside of me. lot of parents try to shield their kids glue. %2 between us. She explained him, “It’s from failure, because as a parent, you In our families and communities, okay, she’s taking care of herself finan- Kristin: What would you say about just don’t want to see your kids go when things fall apart, usually, it’s the cially.” finding the mentor? through that kind of pain, but failure women in our lives who keep it going. 2 But yes, given that I come from a Michelle: A lot of times, people is something that you have to get In the Black community, so many of our 522 6 Black family in the United States, there think mentors are famous people, peo- adjusted to in some way. It’s a natural men were emasculated, imprisoned, : % was a whole lot of debate about how I ple with titles, achievements, and those part of life. You anyway don’t do any- wrongly dealt with, or couldn’t find jobs. !0 was going to pull it off because there who they see out in the world. But we thing successful without a little stum- The Black men in our community were was this pre-set path that my family had are all role models. And the one thing ble. And so many people try to avoid so destroyed by the systemic, continu- 2 created for me. I realised that the way I don’t like is the people who have a that stumble that they never take the ous racism that women were the ones % 5 my parents looked at success was very platform who say, ‘I’m not a role chance. Eventually, they miss out on left who could’ve kept everything afloat. The killing of Latasha Harlins limited. By American culture, by model.’ Well, you have a choice. Don’t some really interesting opportunities. The country has put so many roadblocks became a flashpoint for the 1992 LA 42@% African culture, so for me, it just be out there because if you are being up for men of colour that the burden uprising. This documentary ,=8)22,4 ,%' became that I am going to do it. I want- seen in any way shape or form, there is Michelle: So let’s talk about self does fall on us as women. It’s been our evocatively explores the 15-year- ed to show them that I could still make somebody looking up to you. I always doubt — the feeling that am I good legacy as Black women in this country old’s life and dreams. The film something of myself if I don’t work in want young people to realise that men- enough and the baggage that we for four hundred years. But like I say, the releases on Netflix on September 21. an office. torship starts early. It starts right in your carry. first thing we have to do is to claim it. "# $ % &' " ()*+,+,
seek feedback by saying, “Tell me what you think.” It always helps when you encourage others, especially quieter colleagues, to speak up and facilitate their inputs for the larger group.
Educate, don’t blame or accuse: When it’s your turn to speak, present your views without sounding accusato- ry or dismissive. You should act as a facilitator who is purposeful but not dominant. It is more effective to say things with confidence without drown- ing other people’s voices. Choose your words carefully; sound friendly and calm. The right tone, volume and pitch will go a long way in making your voice heard, especially, in today’s world when most meetings and discussions have moved online. With body language often lost behind the camera, your 2$5/02/ pitch and tone are all you have to speak effectively. And you must get them right! #;0;/ Be open to feedback and criticism: Present your critique in a way that invites feedback and discussions. Be : 3348 5 4 open to criticism or negative feedback. Remember, this is a discussion, a collab- 5% oration and it’s important to be a team 82882 5 2 player. 24 Don’t be hesitant or shaky. Speak with certainty: Never sound vague. )?=&'. $)* !) . ! ? ?. Always back your arguments with sup- porting rationale, data and examples. Be s we know, the #MeToo movement, which brief, concise and to the point when Astarted as a hashtag, later became a global phe- you’re presenting your case. People nomenon. The recent growth in the number of have a short attention span, so stick to cases of people being held for charges of crimes the topic and avoid using jargons. This against women are an indicator of the extent of is even more important in the digital moral downfall in our society. It’s a fact that most world where you have multiple distrac- women around the world have experienced sex- tions. ual harassment, assault and violence or have, at /#-,/06%-.1#-,4 times, been pushed into a zone where they knew Be polite, humble and patient: Use it did not feel right. In a recent high-profile case, pronouns such as ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’ to involving an ambassador of a powerful country, # 822 ow often have you found your- gives you visibility, influence and cred- Hence, preparation is the key. signal yourself as a team player commit- it was a maid at a big establishment accusing the self in a situation where not ibility, all of which you need to succeed ted to the bigger goals of the team. Don’t international figure of the charges. But this is only 242 Heveryone agrees with your point at work. Prepare by understanding your audi- interrupt when someone else is speak- the tip of the ice berg, as in most of the cases, many of view? It could be in a boardroom, a How do you drive our point home ence: You need to ask yourself why you ing. Wait for your turn to speak. Make economically weaker and socially backward vic- conference with senior colleagues, a without seeming argumentative and have been invited to this meeting and a note if you have something significant tims are silenced under pressure. As a result, many L 2 2 client meeting, a team presentation or opinionated? Speaking effectively is the how you can contribute to the bigger to add and speak only when the person such crimes go unre- even at a social event. You might have art of getting through a swinging door goal. Be a keen listener and try to under- has finished talking. In online meetings, ported across the 26 82 preferred to keep quiet to avoid an argu- when someone else is pushing from the stand other people’s perspective. This always turn off your microphone or put world majorly ment or got into one that could have opposite direction. You do this by push- will help you identify possible road- it on mute when you aren’t speaking. because of the fear, %284 turned nasty. Both reactions are equal- ing back hard but waiting for an open- blocks and alliances that you can pre- While it is important to voice your shame, absence of ly undesirable. The first reaction makes ing. It needs skill and strategy. You need pare for. ideas, it is equally vital to listen to oth- any social support or 8 44 you appear submissive and the second to give way to get your way. ers. This helps understand and absorb the lack of will on the only shows your aggression. You could Meetings, both online and offline, Give respect and appreciate: As an their views and you’re perceived as part of the authorities 42 44 be perceived as argumentative and your are a great way to collaborate and pre- active listener, summarise what you have thoughtful leader. You’re likely to gain to pursue the case. message or point of view can be lost. sent your point but sometimes your heard. For example, you could say, more respect as a speaker, increasing The media high- 235% Making yourself heard or getting voice might get lost in the myriad of “For the past 10 minutes we’ve your chances of being heard. lights such reports your point of view across is gratifying voices. Or you may appear brash if you learned…” or “Correct me if I am (The writer is the founder and chair- as a custodian of )* )? 0. * and empowering. More importantly, it tend to disagree with your superior. wrong...” Encourage others to speak or man of Harappa Education.) public. However, if statistics of people involved in adultery inayak Sonar is 14-year-old. or having a criminal VEvery day his friends visit eye were to be taken, his home to invite him for an >/&%/ / /?8( the results would be shocking and go beyond lim- evening stroll around the village its of class, age, gender and public profiles. So when — a regular ritual for this young such cases are mounting in the media and courts, group of boys. One day when the 0$ ! /< < -1 and even juveniles and senior people are being boys asked Vinayak to come tried for them, what is the civil society doing to along, something was different. ) ! -:;2$ $066 stop them? A look at three of the most influen- His mother Chandrakala Sonar tial mediums of our times — the television, cin- told them that he was washing observations, their mentor, ema and internet — and we realise that every seg- utensils and will join them later. Sandeep helped them mold their ment of the society is instrumental in fanning the The boys burst into giggles as thoughts into a street play. Last fire of lust. The entertainment channels and film- they heard this — a usual reac- year, amidst the lanes of makers manufacture suggestive, indecent images tion for the boys (and men), who Bhimtola, these boys performed and sell them in the name of entertainment. The go against the gendered roles a play on women’s right to mobil- concerned ministry and the censor authorities also and participate in the household ity. But no one attended. “It’s hard allow them to be aired or screened in the name chores. Unaffected, Vinayak con- to have a dialogue with people of freedom of speech and expression and the pub- tinued to contribute towards who are keen on following their lic consumes them day in and day out. It is shock- the silent revolution that adoles- own belief systems,” Vinayak ing to see that nowadays even ice-cream ads or ani- cent boys in Pune’s communities recollects. Not the ones to be dis- mation meant for children are stuffed with such are a part of — of moving from heartened, these boys went door imagery, which are in no way relatable to the actu- the belief of ‘protecting women’ to door, requesting everyone to al product. Even if a film gets an ‘A’ certificate, how to making the world a more gen- join in. Upon their insistence, 70 does it ensure that younger people do not watch der equitable space. to 80 neighbours turned up. As it. And who can confirm that such films are not Since 2019, Vinayak — a res- this group of adolescent boys detrimental to the moral health of adults? How do ident of Bhimtola, a low-income talked about how women have we expect a generation fed on skin show to bring community in Pune, has been lost the opportunities to play, up a society safe for women? In light of the situ- attending the Action for Equality work and roam around freely, ation, our society is doomed to an even greater (AfE) programme that aims at there was a silence in the audi- moral downfall. creating awareness and sensiti- ence. The questions they raised The present state is, thus, a distress call to sation about gender equity forced people to think. Later, few spiritual organisations, women groups and among adolescent boys. became interesting because we In the densely packed from going out or stopping them cerns. However, Vinayak proves members from the audience human rights custodians like the UN to take up Organised once a week, this shared a lot about our lives,” said Bhimtola community, men from wearing the clothes of them wrong by doing a good job approached the group and the fight against objectification of women in a programme is delivered at three Vinayak, who learnt about washing vessels is more of an their choice to ‘protect’ them. every time, with his mother’s expressed their concerns about big way. Channels that affect public mentality levels and is facilitated by a human rights through these exception than a norm. Rather it’s about cooperating, support. women’s safety and education. must be guarded and proper steps should be team of dedicated programme conversations. The most striking However, he found an interest- taking responsibilities and hav- Can those who reject gender Vinayak and his friends engaged taken to nurture high moral principles in our mentors of Equal Community right he identified was about ing ally at home — his father ing a dialogue with them where disparity in their own lives, look with them, sharing their learn- society that’s reeling under crisis of varied forms Foundation. The team supports how women often don’t get to who works as an office assistant they are free to speak. It is not away from it in everyday inter- ings and experiences. as the monster of lust has been on the loose. Such boys to bring about change at the exercise the right to leisure. at a private bank. Inspired by his protection but collaboration.” action with their neighbours, At 14, Vinayak has taken organisations and government agencies need to individual, family, peer and com- To work towards this right, son and after learning from him Vinayak has even started communities and extended fam- definitive stands on household impress upon the people that the moral strength munity level in 20 communities his mentor shared, “Vinayak about women’s right to leisure, learning how to use a pressure ilies? Well, it might vary from responsibilities and gendered of any society is strongly linked with the respect across the city. slowly started taking up small his father started playing an cooker and make chapatis to person to person. Ideally, no one roles. His mother is proud of it accords to its women. Lastly, it has been found “During the initial days, I chores at home so that his moth- active role in household chores ensure that his mother gets should look away from it and having a son who’s her ally not that role of education and media becomes very would miss classes as I was er could get some time for her- — he now washes vegetables, more time to focus on tailoring. rather try to address this deep just at work but within their important in propagating values in society. unfamiliar with the word ‘gen- self. He started folding his bed- makes his own tea and cleans the He has also started showing and universal issue. home as well. Says Vinayak, Unless and until education is value-based and der equity’ and had no idea sheets, washing his undergar- house while his wife runs a tai- interest in tailoring — seeming- Before COVID-19 had hit “When my five-year-old sister media, especially electronic and cinema make about its importance in life. ments and plate after meals. He loring unit at home. ly a ‘women’s job’ and has learnt the world, Vinayak and his grows up, I would want her to their contribution in creating awareness for val- With time, my mentor, Sandeep also washed the vessels and “What are human rights to sew ‘fall’ into saris and do friends witnessed unpleasant, have all the opportunities in the ues like respect, gender equality, tolerance and Patil encouraged me and asked sweeped the floor. Steadily, he really?” asks Vinayak and then small repair work on clothes. everyday experiences of their world, like I did. Or maybe humility, there will not be any peace and har- questions which made me curi- started embracing household answers himself, “For me, it is Seeing him take up the work, few female peers — be it in work or even more.” mony in the society nor will there be safety for ous. Gradually, the sessions responsibilities.” not about restricting women customers expressed their con- education. Building on these L D women. 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That was the seventh mask finals each for the first time after the sec- podium that will boost his In response to another wayward she'd used during the tournament, of those years. ond one. chances of keeping his seat forehand against Victoria Azarenka after honoring other Black victims of “I thought A second red flag late on alongside team star Max seconds later, Osaka chucked her violence: Breonna Taylor, Elijah the third time following Lance Stroll's heavy Verstappen next year. racket. It spun a bit and rattled McClain, Trayvon Martin, Ahmaud was the charm,” crash meant another grid Hamilton can equal against the court. Arbery, George Floyd and Philando Azarenka said, restart - on Lap 46 of 59 - and Schumacher's record for wins Surprisingly off-kilter in the &0 "","& Castile. “but I guess I'll have gave Valtteri Bottas another at the Russian GP in two early going Saturday, Osaka kept *,)).!*0 “The point,” Osaka explained, “is to try again.” chance to beat race leader weeks and take a step closer to missing shots and digging herself a to make people start talking.” Even after Osaka Hamilton if he made a strong matching Schumacher’s record deficit. Until, suddenly, she lifted her *, !0 Last month, Osaka refused to surged ahead 4-1 in the start from second. of seven world titles. game, and Azarenka couldn't sustain compete after the police shooting of third set, the outcome was her start. By the end, Osaka pulled &, @,) ," a Black man, Jacob Blake, in unclear. Azarenka drew to 4- away to a 1-6 6-3 6-3 victory for her Wisconsin - she said she would 3, then stood and stretched second US Open championship and #.*$).--. withdraw from her semifinal at the during the ensuing third Grand Slam title overall. ,)<&) :,. Western & Southern Open, although changeover. “For me, I just thought,” said decided to play after the tournament “Had a little bit of a Osaka, who trailed by a set and a ,&)$-= took a full day off in solidarity. energy dip,” Azarenka said. break, “it would be very embarrass- Osaka and her coach, Wim Osaka regained con- ing to lose this in an under an hour.” :*&.: " Fissette - who used to work with trol, then laid down on This, then, is what she told her- Azarenka - have said they think the the court when the final self with a white towel draped over :& )&>,)0.- off-court activism has helped her was over. her head at a changeover when <. -'. 0 energy and mindset in matches. The 23,000-plus things looked bleakest: “I just have “I wanted,” Osaka said, “more seats in the main arena to try as hard as I can and stop hav- 0,), people to (see) more names.” at Flushing Meadows ing a really bad attitude.” So perhaps it was no coincidence were not entirely It worked. A quarter-century #.--.0@ " that this win over Azarenka, a 31- unclaimed, just mostly had passed since a woman who lost year-old from Belarus also seeking a so - while fans were not the first set of a US Open final wound !0)-. third Grand Slam title but first in 7½ allowed to attend because up winning: In 1994, Arantxa &, years, made Osaka 11-0 since tennis of the coronavirus pan- Sanchez Vicario did it against Steffi resumed after its hiatus because of demic, dozens of people Graf. the COVID-19 outbreak. who worked at the tour- “I wasn’t really thinking about Osaka added to her triumphs at nament attended - and winning. I was just thinking about the 2018 US Open - earned with a the cavernous place was competing,” Osaka said. brilliant performance in a memo- not entirely silent, just “Somehow, I ended up with the rably chaotic and controversial final mostly so. One of the trophy.” against Serena Williams - and 2019 lucky few in the house: Osaka is a 22-year-old who was Australian Open. Osaka's boyfriend, rapper born in Japan to a Japanese mother Azarenka carried an 11-match YBN Cordae. and Haitian father; the family moved winning streak of her own into “I’m very grateful for to the US when she was 3. Saturday, including a stirring three- the opportunity to play in Osaka, now based in California, set victory over Williams in the front of millions of people arrived for the US Open intent on semifinals, stopping the American's watching on TV,” Azarenka claiming the championship, to be bid for a 24th Grand Slam title. said. 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