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Ashwini Vaishnaw, whose WhatsApp. in the Lok Sabha after sloga- and picked up placards as soon tions like Forbidden Stories, reporting project running over Tdemanded the resignation Taking to social media, name was also found in the list Those reports have no fac- neering erupted when Modi as the Prime Minister got up to The Washington Post and The six months. of Home Minister Amit Shah former party chief Rahul said, of people whose phones had tual basis and were categori- wanted to introduce to the present the new Ministers Guardian. following the allegations "We know what he's been read- been tapped, dismissed media cally denied by all parties....The House, as per convention, the inducted into his Cabinet. As Former Election against the Modi Government ing- everything on your reports on the use of Pegasus Press report of July 18, 2021 new members in the Council of Modi started his address, the Commissioner Ashok Lavasa ' "' regarding the espionage scan- phone." His tweet was a quote- software to snoop on Indians, also appeared to be an attempt Ministers who were inducted Opposition Benches raised the and West Bengal Chief dal on politicians including tweet of an earlier post of his, saying the allegations made just to malign the Indian democ- by him in a major reshuffle on decibel of their Minister Mamata Banerjee's "( their leader Rahul Gandhi, top in which he had written: "I'm ahead of the Monsoon Session racy and a well-established July 7. The Opposition mem- protests. nephew Abhishek Banerjee's bureaucrats, judges, industri- wondering what you guys are of Parliament are aimed at institution," the Minister said, bers ignored Speaker Om Modi said he thought there name are among those whose Patna: New technologies are alists and journalists & media reading these days." maligning Indian while the Opposition was Birla’s repeated appeals for would be an enthusiastic wel- phones may have been com- being used to disturb and trou- organisations. The party expressed its democracy. demanding replies from Prime calm. come to so many women, promised. Also on the list is the ble people and hinder their The Congress tried to cor- deep resentment over the lat- In a suo motu statement in Minister Narendra Modi and Opposition parties sprang Dalits, tribals and OBCs personal secretary to work, Bihar Chief Minister ner the Government both in est revelations that the tele- the Lok Sabha, Vaishnaw said Home Minister Amit Shah. to noisy protests and raised becoming Ministers. Vasundhara Raje Scindia, when Nitish Kumar said today in and out of Parliament terming phones of Rahul and his staff that with several checks and she was the BJP's Chief strong disapproval of reports of the entire issues a case of sedi- members were also hacked. balances being in place, "any Minister in Rajasthan, The journalists, judges, and minis- tion hence the Central The telephone of Ashok sort of illegal surveillance" by Wire reported. ters in India being targeted with Government must be held Lavasa, Chief Election unauthorised people is not The Israeli company, NSO Pegasus spyware. He called accountable. The party also Commissioner was also select- possible in India. 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*; 9 ; take on the Patiala Royal. BRIDGING GAPS WITH the factions together on one to fulfil its pre poll promises — Right from accusing the CM platform would be a herculean something which the former A day after his elevation as Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president, or almost two years, Chief Minister of “playing fixed Another major challenge task for Sidhu, and which could cricketer has all along been the cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday said that his journey has FCongress’ ‘firebrand’ leader match” with 75:25 partnership ahead Sidhu is to bridge the only be accomplished after raising. just begun. Navjot Singh Sidhu has virtu- with the Akalis, to calling him gap, he has widened over these putting an end to his cold war Be it punishing the guilty Sidhu said that he will work with every member of Congress family in Punjab to ful- ally been belling the cat by “a liar” during media interviews years, with the party’s Chief with Capt Amarinder. for sacrilege incidents of police fil mission of ‘Jittega Punjab’ ahead of the 2022 Assembly polls as a “humble party work- speaking against his own recently, Sidhu did more harm Minister — a prerequisite to As of now, Sidhu is enjoy- firing or those in drugs cases, er”, to give power of people back to people through the Punjab Model and the Congress party’s government in Punjab. to the Congress party than any sail the party’s dwindling ship ing the support of about 30 leg- providing jobs to all, eliminat- High Command’s 18-point agenda. But with his appointment as good, besides damaging Capt through rough political weath- islators, including those who ing drugs, providing cheap “Today, to work further for the same dream and strengthen the invincible fort of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Amarinder’s already-criticised ers it was expected to face dur- were once the staunch Capt power, putting an end to Congress in Punjab. I am grateful to Hon'ble Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi Committee (PPCC) chief, image. ing 2022 state assembly polls. Amarinder loyalists — includ- mafias, among others — Sidhu and Priyanka Gandhi for bestowing their faith in me and giving me this pivotal responsi- Sidhu may find himself in a sit- Now as Sidhu has been As both Sidhu and Capt ing Sukhjinder Singh has criticised his own party’s bility (sic),” he said on Twitter. uation where he may have to handed over the party reins, the Amarinder are Patialvis, they Randhawa, Sukhbinder Singh government on all these issues. “Will work along every member of Congress family in Punjab to fulfil the mission of unring the bell. main challenge ahead of him first need to sort it out among Sarkaria, Tripat Rajinder Singh It would be interesting to 'JittegaPunjab' as a humble Congress worker to give power of the people back to the peo- On collision course with would be undoing the damage themselves, before kicking off Bajwa, among others. see how Sidhu would strategise ple through the Punjab model and the high command's 18-point agenda ... My journey has his own party’s Chief Minister he has already done to the party the party's election campaign as as the ruling party seeks votes just begun (sic),” Sidhu said in another tweet. Capt Amarinder Singh for not with elections just about just six already, a lot of time was lost FIGHTING ANTI- on its performance, not by He also shared a picture of his father with India's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal acting against the guilty in months away. The main ques- while ironing out the differ- INCUMBENCY pleading for another chance Nehru, in an apparent attempt to retort those who were questioning his elevation by describ- sacrilege and drugs cases, or tion would be how Sidhu ences within the party, and However, the biggest chal- after betraying the electorate. ing him as an “outsider”. against various mafias — like would defend the same party deciding upon the change of lenge before Sidhu would be Notably, the Congress “To share prosperity, privilege and freedom not just among a few but among all, My transport, cable, liquor, sand — and the Government which he guard. countering the strong anti- returned to power in Punjab father a Congress worker left a royal household and joined the freedom struggle, was sen- operating freely in the State has all along been criticising Even as the party has visi- incumbency against the after 10 years of SAD-BJP tenced to death for his patriotic work reprieved by the King's Amnesty became DCC President, since the Badal regime, Sidhu since the past two years. bly been divided into two incumbent Congress regime, by securing two-third MLA, MLC and advocate general (sic)," Sidhu added in a Twitter did not mince a single word to power centres, bringing both Government which has failed majority. post. , - .! /0 (+&5 !&+ (+&5 0 /1, 2 0 && 0 *; 9 ; pro-people government in “Despite being in power for . *; 9 ; “We must prioritize this issue. Punjab like Delhi. four-and-a-half years, these There is nothing more impor- n a major blow to the ruling Criticising Bholath MLA Congressmen never fought for scandal unravelled within and They have committed a hor- hiromani Akali Dal (SAD) tant than this at this moment. ICongress party in Kapurthala Sukhpal Singh Khaira, Rana Punjab and the issues faced by outside the Parliament, the rendous sin, and they have to Son Monday condemned the Farmers have been agitating for district, former Congress can- said that by winning on AAP’s the people of Punjab, but only ! Chief Minister termed it a be made to pay for it,” said Capt NDA Government for turning their demands for more than didate from Bholath con- support, Khaira had betrayed to grab or save the chair. As the shocking assault on India’s Amarinder, quipping that down the adjournment motion eight months now. More than stituency Ranjit Singh Rana the people's decision and the situation prevails, it seems democratic polity by the Union “nobody has the right to moved by the party in con- 500 farmers have been mar- and Bholath Youth Congress people of Punjab would no unlikely that Navjot Singh Government, which had com- intrude into the lives of its peo- junction with the Bahujan tyred. We had even moved a president Harsimran Singh longer trust him. “History has Sidhu becoming the president promised national security with ple, leave alone enter their Samaj Party (BSP) and others resolution calling for paying Ghuman joined the Aam shown that wherever Khaira of Punjab Pradesh Congress this blatantly disgraceful bedrooms, as this Government demanding repeal of the three tribute to the farmers who Aadmi Party (AAP) on has gone, he has created a will quell the infighting with- act. has done”. agricultural laws in keeping were martyred in the cause of Monday along with hundreds mess (khilara),” he added. in the Congress,” said Chadha. "#$% The Chief Minister said Terming the developments with the sentiments of the the Kisan Andolan. It is unfor- of their associates and sup- The leaders were formally- He said that although it ' that with such snooping, which as part of a pattern of the BJP- farming community of the tunate that obituaries were not porters. The development came inducted and welcomed by was Congress’ internal issue, simply could not have been led Government of India to country. paid to the farmers in a day after the ruling Congress AAP’s Punjab affairs co- “being the ruling party, the undertaken by the Israeli com- destroy all democratic institu- SAD president Sukhbir Parliament,” he party gets a new state unit pres- incharge Raghav Chadha, Congress’ strife has caused a lot pany without the Central tions and stifle the voice of the Badal protested against the said. Sukhbir also asked the ident, Navjot Singh Sidhu. Leader of Opposition in of damage to the State. Punjab ( P' Government’s go-ahead, the opposition, the Chief Minister decision along with former NDA Government to show Notably, Rana had con- Vidhan Sabha Harpal Singh was not on their agenda due to NDA Government had put lashed out at the Central Union Minister Harsimrat sensitivity towards farmers by tested 2017 state assembly polls Cheema, and state general sec- the internal fighting. After *; 9 ; sensitive information into the Government for the reprehen- Kaur Badal and BSP MPs, acting in a responsible manner from Bholath Assembly con- retary Harchand Singh Barsat ruining four and a half years, hands of various global agen- sible act, “which has set a new including its national general befitting an elected govern- stituency from the Congress at the party headquarters. now we hope that the ruling unjab Chief Minister Capt cies, governments, and organ- low in India’s democratic his- secretary Satish Mishra, outside ment. party. He has also been the Taking a dig at the ongoing Congress will utilise the PAmarinder Singh on isations with the potential to tory”. the Parliament. “Instead of listening to the Punjab president of the Truck infighting within Punjab remaining few months for the Monday condemned the misuse it against the country. “No government in any “SAD-BSP alliance would farmers, Union Government Union, Sarpanch of a village Congress, the AAP national betterment of the people and alleged hacking of private “This is not only an attack part of the world has ever put continue to protest to demand tried to repress the peaceful and chairman and director of spokesperson and Punjab the state, he added. phones of top political leaders, on individual freedom but also the security and safety of its that the issues of farmers be movement. Even now, no the Cooperative Bank. affairs co-incharge Raghav Also extending “best wish- journalists, businessmen, sci- on the security of our nation,” own institutions and people at discussed in the Parliament and attempt is being made to talk Rana said that like the Chadha said that the ongoing es” to Sidhu, Chadha said: “Let entists, constitutional authori- he said, urging the Supreme stake in this manner before,” duly accepted by the Union to farmers and resolve their majority of the people of internal feud in the ruling us see how Sidhu, sitting on the ties, and others as a shameful Court to take suo motu cogni- said Capt Amarinder, adding Government,” said grievances. Such an attitude Punjab, they were impressed by Congress has made one thing chair of Punjab Pradesh attack not just on individual sance of the matter and take that there appeared to be a Sukhbir. does not hold well for a democ- the work done by Arvind clear that it was not concerned Congress Committee presi- privacy but also on national action against the NDA global conspiracy to target At the same time, Sukhbir racy,” he said while demanding Kejriwal's Government in about the issues related to dent, deals with all the burning security by the BJP-led Government. India, of which the NDA urged all political parties to that the Centre must explain Delhi and were striving to Punjab and the people, but only issues of Punjab, corruption Government at the Centre. “The Central Government Government was clearly an unite on the issue of forcing a why it was stonewalling the just form a corruption-free and for chair (power). and mafia.” As the Pegasus spyware cannot get away with this. appalling part. discussion on the black laws. demands of farmers. 34* 5-&2 # .+ 0*&&,/ *; 9 ; ensure that the people from the 1, %# economically weaker sections * aryana Deputy Chief of the society like road dwellers, *; 9 ; ! ! HMinister Dushyant rag pickers, hawkers, rickshaw '' ' +! Underscoring the key fea- gramme up to the grass root Chautala on Monday said that pullers, migrant labourers etc. fter Saturday’s incident tures of the programme, Sidhu level by providing these indige- about 27 lakh families in the do not face scarcity of food and Awhere protesting farmers ! said that coupled with high nous machines to all 22 district state are being given food in view of the pro-poor had attacked and vandalised sensitivity, this technology will hospitals. grains free of cost under the approach of the Prime Minister the vehicles of senior BJP leader definitely revolutionize the old Hearing impairment treat- ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Narendra Modi, ‘Pradhan Sanjay Tandon and Chandigarh school screening system to ment services are already cov- Anna Yojana’. Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Mayor Ravi Kant Sharma, the under Sections 147, 148, 149, those who indulge in violence,” cure the hearing loss in chil- ered under the Rashtriya Bal “The State Government Yojana’ was started from April Punjab Governor and UT 341, 427, 307, 506, 269 and 270 said an official spokesman of dren. He said that after diag- Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK), has emerged as a well wisher of 2020. Administrator VP Singh of the Indian Penal Code and Chandigarh Administration. nosing the hearing disability in he added. the underprivileged during the Under this scheme, 5-kg Badnore on Monday directed had also impounded a tractor. No tractor-trolley etc. will children, the State Government The state’s Director Health Coronavirus period. Lakhs of wheat per member was pro- the Police Department to take Several people have also been be permitted in any rally, also provides free of cost a Services Dr GB Singh said that underprivileged families of the vided free of cost to AAY (Pink strict action against those who arrested. protest or demonstration with- cochlear implant which is a the Health Department is state could neither work as a Card), BPL (Yellow Card) and were involved in the violent During the meeting, in Chandigarh city and Police surgically-implanted neuro- already treating infants and daily-wager nor take up small OPH (Khaki Card) holders, he incident. Badnore directed the Police is directed to ensure that such *; 9 ; prosthesis that provides a per- young children for congenital jobs during this period. In added. The Administrator held a Department to act strictly vehicles are not allowed to son with sensorineural hearing diseases like club foot, hearing such circumstances, the State Dushyant further said that meeting with senior officers of against the accused who join any protest, the spokesman o manage the hearing loss loss a modified sense of sound. impairment, and cleft lips etc Government provided 5-kg the scheme was again started the UT Administration and indulged in violence. said. Tin newborn and young Pointing out that the hear- under RBSK, this breakthrough wheat per member door-to- from May 2021 so that unpriv- Police Department to review It was decided that a joint The cases registered in the children, Punjab Government ing loss is one of the major will eventually help in diag- door through ‘Pradhan Mantri ileged people do not have to the law and order situation in meeting of Police chiefs of recent past are being investi- on Monday launched birth defects in children, the nosing hearing impairment at Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana sleep empty stomach. In fact, the city. tricity will be convened soon to gated thoroughly and expedi- Automated Auditory Minister said that in a devel- early stage and making inter- (PMGKAY)’,” Dushyant said, the duration of this scheme has In the first such incident in keep Chandigarh and tricity tiously. Strict action as per law Brainstem Response (AABR) oping country like India five to vention at the earliest. Divulging figures for the been extended till Diwali. Thus, Chandigarh, farmers protesting free from such incidents and to will be taken against perpetra- system under Universal six per thousand children are The nodal officer for month of July, he said that free ration will be dispensed till against the Centre’s three farm ensure better coordinated tors who were found involved Newborn Hearing Screening born with this defect. Screening National Programme for about 60,391 metric tonnes of November 2021, he said. laws had attacked the vehicles action against those who in unlawful and violent activ- Programme. of hearing loss in newborn and Prevention and Control of wheat is being distributed to He also said that the of Tandon and Sharma on indulge in disturbing public ities, he added. “Punjab Government is children has remained a chal- Deafness (NPPCD), Dr Baljit 27,04,846 ration card holders of Haryana Government’s Food, Saturday. Both had escaped peace. Meanwhile, the farmers' the first state in the country to lenge considering the tradi- Kaur pointed out that with the the state. Civil Supplies and Consumer unhurt but their vehicles were “While in democracy every leaders have condemned the introduce SOHUM (AABR) tional methods that were avail- use of these devices, we can The Deputy Chief Minister, Affairs Department, under the damaged in the incident at the citizen has a right to lawful and Police action against farmers. Automated Auditory able in India till date, he added. shift from traditional methods who also holds the portfolio of National Food Security Act, Motor Market in Sector 48. peaceful protest, no unlawful BKU leader Gurnam Singh Brainstem Response system. National Health Mission’s of screening to modern, tested, Department of Food, Civil 2013, have provided flour, Tandon, former chief of activity shall be tolerated except Chaduni said that if the This first of its kind initiative mission director Kumar Rahul and fool-proof method. “These Supplies and Consumer Affairs, bajra, sugar, salt, and mustard Chandigarh’s BJP unit, is now peaceful protests, rallies or Chandigarh police don’t stop its will effectively screen hearing said that Punjab has been lead- devices will be available at 22 said that due to the ongoing oil to AAY (Pink Card), BPL co-incharge of the Himachal demonstrations only at ear- witch-hunt, going to various loss in newborn and young ing all other states in effective neonatal centers across Punjab, Corona infection, a country- (Yellow Card) and OPH (Khaki BJP unit. marked place at Rally Ground villages in Punjab to arrest children,” said the state Health screening for hearing loss and and screening will be carried wide lockdown had been Card) holders according to After the incident, the UT Sector-25 here. Strict action as farmers, we will intensify the and Family Welfare Minister the state Health Department is out under the supervision of a imposed on March 26, 2020. To their eligibility. Police had registered an FIR per law will be taken against protest. Balbir Singh Sidhu. all set to expand this pro- Pediatrician,” she said. '( )
* *; 9 ; ing them under serious sec- tions like sedition. ormer Chief Minister and “Farmers who are protest- *; 9 ; incidents of attack on BJP lead- of five farmers and withdraw- FLeader of Opposition ing on the borders of Haryana *; 9 ; normal range. today water accumulated on ers by protesting farmers. al of sedition charges against Bhupinder Singh Hooda on are not only from state, but Bhiwani, recorded a max- roads, streets, underpasses and mid the ongoing farmers’ The meeting came at a the farmers. Monday strongly objected to also from other parts of the ormal life was hit as heavy imum of 27.3 degree Celsius long traffic jams were wit- Aprotest against three cen- time when stalemate continues Notably, thousands of the cases being registered country and this is why the Nrains lashed several places while Ambala's maximum set- nessed showing there is no ade- tral farm laws, Haryana Home in Sirsa where farmers are farmers have been camping at against farmers under sedition BJP-JJP government should in Haryana on Monday leaving tled at 26.8 degree Celsius, quate drainage arrangements Minister Anil Vij on Monday demanding the release of five three border points of Delhi – in Sirsa. defend these farmers before roads and streets flooded with down seven notches. Karnal anywhere,” Selja said in a met Union Home Minister protesters who were arrested Singhu, Tikri (along Haryana), He said the BJP-JJP gov- the Central Government. rain water. and Hisar, which also received statement. Amit Shah in New Delhi. following an attack on Haryana and Ghazipur (alongUttar ernment is also disobeying Communication should be Rains lashed many places, rains, registered respective She alleged that the BJP-JJP After the meeting, Vij said Assembly Deputy Speaker Pradesh) demanding a repeal the directions of the Supreme established with the farmers including Gurugram, Jhajjar, below normal maximums of 27 coalition government only that the issue of farmers’ protest Ranbir Gangwa's car on of the three farm laws enacted Court, by using such serious and the government should Bahadurgarh, Kaithal, degree Celisus, seven below makes tall claims without doing was discussed in detail during July 11. by the Centre in September last sections against farmers who come up with a positive solu- Faridabad, Rewari, Sonipat, normal and 29.1 degree actual work on the ground. the meeting. Police had booked over year. are protesting peacefully. tion,” the senior Congress Ambala, Bhiwani, Palwal, Celsius, eight below normal. Meanwhile in neighbor- The political situation in 100 people, mostly unidenti- Preparing for the upcom- “The Supreme Court itself leader said. Fatehabad, Rohtak and Haryana Congress presi- ing Punjab, Ludhiana and Haryana, the anticipated third fied, for sedition, obstructing ing elections to municipal bod- has objected to the imposition Hooda said action should Panchkula. dent Kumari Selja took a dig at Patiala, which received rains, wave of Coronavirus and the public servants in discharge of ies and panchayati raj institu- of such sedition sections be taken against persons who The union territory of the BJP-led government in the recorded respective maximums COVID-19 vaccination cam- their duty, murderous attempt tions in Haryana, the BJP faces against those opposing the take law in his own hands but Chandigarh, which received state after the monsoon sea- of 27.9 degree Celsius and 27.3 paign being run in the state on an elected representative a major challenge of ongoing government. A notice has also cases like sedition against 18.6 mm rains till the evening, son's heavy showers, claiming degree Celsius, respectively. were also discussed, he and damaging public property. farmers' agitation. been issued to the government farmers should be withdrawn recorded a high of 27.7 degrees the downpour had exposed Amritsar recorded a high said. Five farmers among over 100 The protest against the for this,” he said. immediately. Celsius, down six notches the tall claims about the prepa- of 31.6 degrees, three notches It is learnt that Vij apprized were arrested for allegedly farm laws has been going on for The Leader of Opposition Notably, Sirsa Police had against normal limits. rations made by authorities. below normal limits while Amit Shah about the law and attacking the BJP leader's vehi- over seven months now and the advised the BJP-JJP coalition slapped a sedition charge In Haryana, Gurugram, “The first monsoon rains Bathinda's maximum settled at order situation in Haryana cle. protestors are not allowing the government to act as a link against protesting farmers which received 185 mm rain of the season have exposed the 34 degree Celsius. amid the intensified farmers’ Samyukt Kisan Morcha leaders of BJP and its alliance between the Union after an alleged attack on during the past 24 hours (end- tall claims of the government The Met Department has protest in various parts of the leader Baldev Singh Sirsa had partner JJP to hold any public Government and farmers, Haryana Deputy Speaker ing 5.30 pm Monday), record- about the preparations and forecast heavy rainfall in sev- state. The Union Minister was begun fast-unto-death on July events across the instead of suppressing the Ranbir Gangwa’s car on ed a high of 26.7 degree Celsius, arrangements as on several eral parts of Punjab and also apprized about the recent 18 in Sirsa demanding release state. farmer’s movement by charg- July 11. down eight notches against roads and areas across the state Haryana on July 20. "#$ % &#'% ()*()(+ , +,$" # 5 . - " . /# 1
91: 1#; tigating certain entities June 14 denied the report of 91: 1#; belonging to the Adani the freeze, calling it “bla- he Finance Ministry on Group of Companies under tantly erroneous”. A day llaying apprehensions of TMonday informed Lok laws administered by it,” he later it clarified that three Athe employees of the Sabha that stock market reg- said. demat accounts of Cresta Ordnance Factory Board ulator SEBI and Directorate The Minister did not Fund Ltd, Albula (OFB) after corporatisation, 91: 1#; MPs who have been made of Revenue Intelligence name which of the Adani Investment Fund Ltd and the Government on Monday Ministers. (DRI) are probing some Group companies were being APMS Investment Fund said it has ensured safe- he Monsoon Session of The Prime Minister said Adani Group companies for investigated by were “suspended for debit”, guarding the interests of the TParliament on Monday when the new Union alleged non-compliance of Sebi and DRI. He also did adding to the confusion workers. began on a stormy note with Ministers belonging to rural rules. Minister of State for not elaborate on the nature of over the status of the off- The Union Cabinet in the Opposition raising a din background and children of Finance Pankaj Chaudhary the violation. He, however, shore funds. May gave the go-ahead for and not allowing Prime the farming in a written reply to a ques- said the Enforcement Shares of Adani Total corporatisation of the OFB for Minister Narendra Modi to community were being intro- tion said accounts of three of Directorate (ED) wasn’t Gas Ltd, Adani Power Ltd, better utilisation of resources introduce the newly inducted duced to the House, some the six Mauritius-based investigating the Adani Adani Transmission, Adani for manufacturing the state- Ministers to the Rajya Sabha. opposition party members funds, that have invested Group. Ports & Special Economic of the-art weapons for the The agitated MPs came into were not happy. most of their money in Shares of Adani Group Zone , Adani Green Energy armed forces within the stip- OF Hospitals, would be trans- ees will continue to be borne the well of the House shout- He said a large number of Adani Group firms, were companies nosedived last and flagship Adani ulated time frame. There are ferred to the Directorate of by the Government. ing slogans and also disrupt- women, Dalit and those frozen in 2016 over the month after reports that Enterprises were impacted more than 40 OFB factories Ordnance Factories (to be Since the announcement ed Chairman M Venkaiah belonging to scheduled tribes issuance of Global accounts of three of the six by the reports. all over the country with formed) under the of the Government to under- Naidu’s opening remarks. were also inducted into the Depository Receipt (GDR) Mauritius-based funds that Prior to the episode, more than four lakh employ- Department of Defence take corporatisation of OFB The first day was marked cabinet but some opposition by certain listed firms. No have invested most of their some of Adani Group’s list- ees. Production, initially for a in May, the Government has by repeated adjournments as members did not want to freeze was ordered for their money in Adani Group ed stocks had soared more Assuring them, Minister period of two years from the held various discussions with the Opposition continued to hear their names and give holding in other firms. firms had been frozen by than six folds in value since of State for Defence Ajay appointed date. the OFB employees’ protest on various issues them the due respect. “SEBI is investigating the national share deposi- the start of 2020. Bhatt said in the Rajya Sabha Till such time the Federations regarding the cor- despite appeals by the chair to “What is this mentality?,” some Adani Group compa- tory. The three funds owned Gautam it was decided that all the employees remain on deemed poratisation of OFB under let the proceedings com- he wondered and added it was nies with regard to compli- about USD 6 billion of Adani had earlier this employees of OFB (Group A, deputation to the new entities, Chairmanship of Secretary mence. for the first time that the ance with SEBI regulations,” shares across the conglom- month blamed “reckless and B & C), belonging to the pro- they shall continue to be sub- (Defence Production). The Opposition made its House was witnessing “such a he said without giving erate. irresponsible” reporting for duction units and also the ject to all rules and regula- Their concerns and sug- intentions clear as soon as mentality”. details. Also, DRI “is inves- The Adani Group on the fall. non-production units being tions as are applicable to the gestions were noted. Their Naidu started his speech in Amidst din, Modi laid handed over to the new Central Government servants. main concern about safe- the pre-lunch session. Similar the list of newly-inducted DPSUs (to be formed) would Their pay scales, guarding the interests of the scenes were witnessed when ministers on the table of the not feasible to take 17 issues The new Leader of the to the house since the time of be transferred to these allowances, leave, medical employees of OFB has been Modi came to the House to House. in one go, and assured the House and Union minister first Prime Minister DPSU(s) on terms of foreign facilities, career progression adequately addressed, he said. introduce his Ministers. Meanwhile, the Chairman members that all the Piyush Goyal said Jawaharlal Nehru. service without any deputa- and other service conditions It is pertinent to mention Expressing anguish over did not allow the 17 notices important matters would be Condemned the behav- Earlier in the morning, tion allowance (deemed dep- will also continue to be gov- that Chief Labour the conduct of the protesting by different Opposition par- taken up in due course of iour of the opposition and when the House assembled, utation) initially for a period erned by the extant rules, Commissioner (Central) also members, Modi questioned ties to suspend the scheduled time. However, the said such a conduct would be the proceedings were of two years from the appoint- regulations and orders, as are held discussions with their mentality behind their business of the house and take Opposition members did not harmful for the democratic adjourned for an hour as a ed date. applicable to the Central Government & OFB behaviour of not allowing up the matters raised by them. relent forcing the chair to traditions of the country. He mark of respect to departed All the employees of OFB Government servants. The Federations as part of the him to introduce women, Giving his reason for adjourn the house till 2.00 also said it was a tradition to sitting MPs Raghunath Head Quarter, OFB New pension liabilities of the conciliation process under Dalit and scheduled tribe doing so, Naidu said it was pm. introduce the new ministers Mohapatra and Rajeev Satav. Delhi Office, OF Schools and retirees and existing employ- the ID Act 1947. 9F 0 # ; P 9 " @87 Q * 91: 19 patients identified during 1#; the last one day. 91: 1#; The Sashastra Seema Bal ut of the over 84,700 (SSB) reported a total of 9,365 he Delta variant (or OCentral paramilitary Covid-19 patients of which 91: 1#; TB.1.617.2 strain) of the forces’ personnel who con- 9,284 patients have been coronavirus was “primarily tracted Covid-19 only 742 are cured and 20 personnel died nion Minister Mukhtar responsible” for the second still down with the virus even due to the disease. Sixty one UAbbas Naqvi will be the Parliament needs to assure the wave of Covid-19 in India, Dr as 333 personnel succumbed patients continue to be active. Deputy Leader of the House in 91: 1#; people of requiredsupport of all NK Arora, co-chair of the to the disease. Only one new patient was Rajya Sabha after his prede- kinds with necessary interven- Indian SARS-CoV-2 The Central Reserve added to the list during the cessor Piyush Goyal was rging people not to be tions,” Naidu said amid com- Genomics Consortium Police Force (CRPF) leads last one day. appointed as the Leader of Ucomplacent in the fight motion in the House. (INSACOG) said on Monday. the pack with most number of The Indo-Tibetan Border House in Rajya Sabha, sources against corona pandemic in the He stressed the point that While he said that the infections having a tally of Police (ITBP) and National said here on Monday. backdrop of the likely third it was important to draw from vaccines currently in use for been detected in 55-60 cases in the number of cases, he 25,067 Covid-19-hit person- Disaster Response Force The minority affairs min- wave of the disease, Rajya the experience of first and sec- the immunisation were effec- across 11 states, including said, though there is a signif- nel out of which 24,732 (NDRF) reported no new ister is known for his wide Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah ond COVID-19 waves so as to tive against the variant, citing Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and icant dip in the number of patients have been cured in cases of Covid-19 during the knowledge of parliamentary Naidu on Monday appealed to be better equipped for the pos- studies by the Indian Council Madhya Pradesh and is still cases in most parts of the the CRPF ranks and 127 per- last 24 hours. affairs and had also served as the MPs to have informed dis- sible “fresh bouts” of the pan- of Medical Research (ICMR), being studied for its transmis- country, some regions are wit- sonnel died due to coron- The ITBP has reported a the minister of state for parlia- cussion to enable the country demic that are being talked nevertheless, he underlined sibility, virulence, and vaccine nessing a high-Test Positivity avirus infection, which the total of 5,895 Covid cases, mentary affairs during the first to be equipped to face the about. that the cases may go up if a escape characteristics, Dr Rate (TPR) particularly in the highest casualty figure for including 5,868 cured term of the Modi government. threat. “Both the Government and new, more infectious variant Arora said, according to a north-eastern part and sever- any paramilitary due to the patients, 17 casualties and 10 The appointment of Naqvi, Addressing the Elders on all sections of the House need comes. The variant is also Union Health Ministry state- al districts in the southern viral disease. Currently, the active cases. who is known for having cor- the first day of the Monsoon to constructively ponder over around 40-60 percent more ment. The Delta variant has states, most of these cases Force has 208 active cases, The NDRF has registered dial relations with leaders of session, he said it will have 19 the course of events since the transmissible than its prede- mutations in its spike protein, could be due to the Delta vari- including 19 personnel infect- 850 cases of Covid-19, includ- parties across the political spec- sittings. He informed the House outbreak of the pandemic last cessor, Alpha variant, and has which helps it bind to the ant. ed during the last 24 hours. ing 845 cured patients, two trum, assumes significance as that 224 members of the Rajya year through informed discus- already spread to more than 80 ACE2 receptors present on Whether future waves The Border Security deaths and three active cases. it comes at a time when the Sabha, accounting for 97 per sions on all aspects of the prob- countries, including the UK, the surface of the cells more could be prevented, Dr Arora Force (BSF) reported 23,233 The National Security Opposition is raring to corner cent of the total, have taken vac- lem,” he said. the US and Singapore. firmly, making it more trans- said ,”The cases may go up if personnel being infected with Guards (NSG) reported 501 the ruling dispensation over a cination including 207 who Referring to the impor- “B.1.617.2, a variant of missible and capable of evad- a new, more infectious variant Covid-19. Out of this, 22,892 cases of Covid which includes host of issues, including han- have taken both the doses and tance of the Department Covid-19 is known as the ing the body’s immunity, Dr comes. In other words, next patients have recovered and one casualty and one new dling of the second wave of 17 who took the first jab. Related Parliamentary Standing Delta variant. It was first iden- Arora said. wave will be driven by a virus 90 men have succumbed to patient identified in the last 24 Covid-19, rise in fuel prices and In his opening remarks, Committees (DRSCs), Naidu tified in October 2020 in India, On whether it causes more variant to which a significant the disease. At present, it has hours. The NSG does not farmers’ stir. Naidu said, “For about a year said the Committees under the and was primarily responsible severe disease as compared to proportion of population is 251 active cases, including 41 have a single active case of and half, the people of India and Rajya Sabha have reported the for the second wave in the other variants, Dr Arora said susceptible.” infected during the last 24 Covid-19. across the world have been best performance so far during country, today accounting for there are studies that show that The second wave is still hours. Out of the 84,786 Covid , passing through a COVID-19 the inter-session period. over 80 per cent of new Covid- there are some mutations in going on. Any future waves The Central Industrial patients reported across these crisis. This disease has not only He revealed that seven 19 cases. It emerged in this variant that promote syn- will be controlled and delayed Security Force clocked 19,875 Forces, 83,711 patients have dented the health of the people committees of the Rajya Sabha Maharashtra and travelled cytium formation. if more and more people get cases of Covid-19 of which recovered 333 men have suf- but also the economies across have held a total of 20 meetings northwards along the western Dr Arora said current vac- vaccinated and most impor- 19,590 patients have defeated fered casualty due to the viral the globe”. during this period over a total states of the country before cines are effective against Delta tantly, people follow COVID- the virus. disease. “...The people are living duration of 50 hours 38 min- entering the central and the variant as per the studies Appropriate Behaviour effec- As many as 76 Covid A total of 742 patients amidst unprecedented uncer- utes. eastern states,” Dr Arora said. undertaken by ICMR on the tively, especially till a sub- patients have died due to the continue to be active includ- tainty and there is no certain- The average meeting dura- The Delta Plus variant— issue. On some parts of the stantial part of our population disease and 209 cases contin- ing 78 patients identified dur- .! ty as yet about this uncertain- tion of 2 hours 32 minutes has AY.1 and AY.2—has so far country still witnessing a spurt gets vaccinated, he stressed. ue to be active which includes ing the last 24 hours. ty. ...Amidst this uncertainty, been the best so far, he said.
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' C misleading the gullible youth rorist linked with proscribed security situation across the N.S Jamwal, BGS 16 Corp, R by motivating them to join ter- terror outfit LeT and recovered Union Territory, Director Arvind Chouhan, DIG, JKS top commander of the pro- rorist folds. He was also incriminating materials, arms General of Police Dilbag Singh Range, Atul Goel, representa- APakistan Lashkar-e-Taiba involved in killing of 04 police & ammunition including one Monday chaired a high level tive of 26 infantry division ! (D*; that attacked Britain, said that decisions on reopening col- (LeT) terrorist outfit along personnel at minority guard Chinese pistol, one magazine, joint security meeting at Police Col. G.S Vijay Dalal, SSP sacrificing academic life for few leges. “Yes, on-line classes have with his accomplice was Zainapora on 11/12/2018, 08 live pistol rounds from his Headquarters Jammu to take Jammu Chandan Kohli, he medical fraternity in months would save one or two many limitations. We also gunned down during the night killing of two non-local drivers possession. He has been iden- stock of the situation. attended the meeting at PHQ TSouth India has been generations from post-Covid know that the student com- long operation by the joint in Chitragam Shopian on tified as Mohd Younis Mir res- The DGP stressed upon and Spl. DG CID J&K, R.R shocked by the directive issued syndrome. “we should noty be munity is not happy with on- team of security forces in South 24/10/2019". In addition, two ident of Choon Budgam. the officers to ensure high Swain, Range DIsG and district by the University Grants the reason for our youngsters line course because they miss Kashmir district of Shopian locals identified as Asif Lone Upon questioning of the alertness, especially in the bor- SSsP of Jammu Zone and Commission to the universities contracting the disease,” said the vibrant atmosphere in early Monday morning. resident of Khudwani Kulgam said terrorist, Budgam Police der areas and hinterland to Commandants of in the country to reopen col- Prof Hegde, who could be the schools and colleges. But the The gunned down terror- & Ab Rashid Thoker resident succeeded in busting a terror check any infiltration attempt. CAPFs/Armed Battalions leges and resume undergradu- only Indian doctor to have teachers and parents could ists have been identified as of Hussanpora Arwani had module of proscribed terror The DGP said that terror out- attended the meeting through ate and post graduate courses awarded fellowships from five convince them about the grav- Ishfaq Ahmad Dar son of joined the terrorist ranks after outfit LeT by arresting 04 ter- fits are continuously attempt- video conferencing. by October 1. medical universities in Britain. ity of the situation,” said a Abdul Rashid Dar resident of he managed to coerce them to ror associates. Security forces ing to use drones for terrorist The DGP after obtaining “This is shocking and Dr Padmanabha Shenoy, senior Government physician. Heff Shirmal Shopian and take up arms. also recovered 02 hand activities and stressed upon the the district assessments of pre- depressing. The Covid-19 pan- trauma care authority in Kochi Dr B Rajeev, Kerala’s lead- Majid Iqbal Bhat son of Security forces also recov- grenades from their possession. officers to remain extra vigilant vailing security situation and demic has not been brought says he was worried over ing Ayurvedic physician and Mohammad Iqbal Bhat resi- ered incriminating material, They have been identified as and alert so that their evil arising challenges, directed the under control. The youngsters, youngsters developing post- researcher, said he had come dent of Malibagh Imamsahab, arms and ammunition includ- Imran Zahoor Ganie resident attempts are foiled. He also officers to strengthen and aug- particularly in the age group of Covid syndrome in the State. across 15 graduate students Shopian. ing 2 AK-47 rifles and 08 of Kulbug Budgam, Umer stressed on strengthening of ment the security grids in their 15 to 30 are the most vulnera- “There are complaints of who were complaining of The security forces have so Magazines from the site of Farooq Wani resident of Police Posts and Nakas in bor- respective areas for the safety ble group as per the records. loss of memory among stu- memory loss following the far gunned down 80 terrorists encounter. Ompora Budgam, Faizan der areas. and security of the people. The Government is duty bound dents and youths who were Covid attack. “It could be tem- since January 1, 2021 across Meanwhile, Budgam Qayoom Ganie and Shahnawaz While reviewing the secu- The DGP said that the to keep the youngsters away afflicted with Covid-19. This porary or long-term memory Kashmir valley. police Monday busted a sep- Ahmad Mir both residents of rity situation on the highway action against terrorists should from crowd and gathering could be due to shrinkage of loss. But I am not ready to take According to a police arate terror module of pro- Choon Budgam. grid the DGP directed the offi- be continued and all the sus- because they are the priceless brain as a fall out of the Covid- chances with the future of spokesman, "the LeT scribed terror outfit LeT by Preliminary investigation cers to intensify the Naka picious elements should be assets of this nation,” Prof B M 19 attack and the medicines these youngsters. Let’s contin- Commander was active since arresting a local terrorist along revealed that the arrested ter- checking on the highway and kept under check so as to foil Hegde, cardiologist of global prescribed to bring the patient ue with on line courses for 2017 and had also figured with four associates. rorist associates were involved plug the gaps with strict secu- their ill designs aimed at dis- repute who was the vice-chan- back to normal. The com- some more time. The students among the list of most wanted Incriminating material includ- in providing shelter, logistics rity measures so that no room rupting normal lives of the peo- cellor of Manipal University plaint has to be studied in detail can have their fun and frolic terrorists in the area. Besides ing arms and ammunition have and other material support is given to the enemies of ple. He also directed the offi- told The Pioneer. before coming to any conclu- once it is established that the being part of groups involved been recovered from their pos- including transportation of peace. The DGP also stressed cers to keep special focus on Prof Hegde, who could be sion,” said Dr Shenoy. memory loss is temporary and in several terror crime cases, he session. arms and ammunition to the on strengthening of the city measures to check the narcot- the lone Indian medical doctor Government medical doc- curable. I know it is a cruel was very instrumental in plan- According to a police active terrorists of proscribed security grids. ic trafficking, adding that it is who has had first hand experi- tors are also of the view that the decision but that is the only ning and executing terror spokesman, Budgam Police terror outfit LeT in various ADGP Jammu, Mukesh being used by the inimical ele- ence in treating patients of the issue was serious and should be way to save our future genera- attacks on security establish- along with 53RR and 43BN areas of Budgam. Singh, IG CRPF Jammu, ments to fund terror groups in 1968 Spanish Flu pandemic studied in detail before taking tion,” said Dr Rajeev. ments, civilian killings and CRPF arrested one local ter- In view of the prevailing Padamakar, IG BSF Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. # ! "# * (D#( & district … he studied in Lataguri Bangshis of North Bengal which cern that a foreign national is an Minister seeking inquiry into it. * " (O school and later did his politics is why it is making an issue out incumbent Union Minister,” The report had appeared in a * ith Nisith Pramanik main- as a student in Cooch Behar … of nothing.” Earlier Assam Bora wrote to the Prime Bangladeshi facebook post. Wtaining a studied silence he is very much an Indian … let Pradesh Congress president and .'= ) C. on the issue of his alleged those who are claiming his for- MP Ripun Bora demanded a 2 ! / Bangladeshi origin, the Bengal eign origin prove their point.” probe into Pramanik’s alleged Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP some quarters if the party is n a shocking incident, two BJP leadership built up a dual When asked as to why the Bangladeshi background citing Kolkata: The Trinamool Naboday Vidyalay was arrest- President Nalin Kumar Kateel now working out a succession Ilawyers were attacked by defence for the Union Minister: Minister was not coming out media reports on the “matter of Congress on Monday impli- ed along with seven other per- has dismissed as fake an audio plan. over a dozen miscreants with First by vounching for his Indian with clarifications, he said the grave concern that a foreign cated another Union Minister sons for his alleged involve- clip that hints at possible lead- On his return from the swords, iron rods and knives on citizenship — claiming he was onus to prove one’s case lay on national is … Union Minister,” for keeping “undesirable ment in child trafficking rack- ership change in the State, and national capital, Yediyurappa a road in full public view at born and raised in Cooch Behar the person who claims. Bora had written a letter to friends” — this time an accused et. The school is in Bankura said it was not his voice. rubbished talks in some quar- Dahisar, a far-flung northern —and second by offering him a While Goswami made a Prime Minister Narendra Modi involved in child trafficking district. Five children of the The clip has gone viral, ters that he is on way out, and suburb of Mumbai CAA shield saying in any case case for his Indian origin BJP’s referring to some media reports racket. same school were rescued by fuelling a new round of spec- asserted that the central lead- The incident took place the Citizenship Amendment MP from Barrackpore Arjun suggesting Pramanik was orig- Bengal Minister Sashi the police. Eight people have ulation on whether replacing ership has asked him to con- when a lawyer identified Act would make him an Indian. Singh said in any case Pramanik inally from Harinathpur in Panja attacked the BJP won- been arrested in this connec- the 78-year old Chief Minister tinue in the post. The surfac- Satyadev Joshi and his associ- Dismissing the Trinamool was an Indian by dint of the Palashbari police station of dering whether the saffron tion so far. “BJP MP Subhas is on the cards. ing of the audio clip on Sunday ate lawyer Ankit Tandon had Congress and Congress’ claims Citizenship Amendent Act. Gaibandha district in outfit was promoting child Sarkar’s picture is found in the Yediyurappa, who is com- has led to political buzz again gone to survey a land for their that Pramanik hailed from “First of all he is an Indian and Bangladesh and that he had traffickers after the picture of same frame with the accused pleting two years in office on on the leadership issue. client at Dahisar in north Gaibandha district of no one should have a doubt over come to India to study computer Union Minister Subhas Sarkar … is the BJP promoting such July 26, visited Delhi last week, Kateel has termed the brief Mumbai, on Sunday. Bangladesh, North Bengal MLA it and secondly the CAA pro- science. The report said that the was found in the same frame accused persons,” Panja a high meeting Prime Minister audio as "fake" and has Acting on a complaint Mihir Goswami on Monday vides him enough immunity … people of his ancestral village with the principal of a central profile state minister and the Narendra Modi, Home demanded an inquiry into the lodged by the two lawyers, the said that he was in fact an He is an Indian by the force of had rejoiced at his being school who was on Monday daughter-in-law of late Union Minister Amit Shah, Defence tape where the talk was about MBH Colony police have Indian who did his schooling CAA… the TMC is trying to appointed as the Home Minister arrested in connection with Minister Minister Rajnath Singh and "removing the entire team" arrested four persons in con- from Cooch Behar. “Nisith spike the Centre’s move to of India. child trafficking. Ajit Panja said. There was BJP President J P Nadda. without mentioning nection with the Pramanik is from Cooch Behar empower the STs and Raj “It's a matter of grave con- The principal of Jawahar no reaction from Sarkar as yet. The trip raised questions in Yeddyurappa''s name. PTI alleged assault on the two lawyers and booked seven oth- ers who have absconded after the crime. ' ( 3 # Quoting the complaint filed by the two lawyers, the C. also fished out the car from the lake police said that a group of ) * using a crane. In Mumbai, five goons wielding swords, iron he monsoon onslaught contin- houses collapsed partially, while rods and knives swooped Joshi 4 91: 1#; expertise in domestic and internation- Tued for the third consecutive there were a dozen tree falls in var- (38) and Tandon (28) and al telecom avenues, modernization of day in the Mumbai Metropolitan ious parts of the metropolis. There attacked them, even as they n blatant violation of the Department equipments, cyber security, networking, Region (MMR) on Monday, as were eight incidents of short-circuit. screamed for help. Iof Personnel and Training (DoPT) licensing and enforcement and moni- nine more persons were killed tak- However, there were injuries or The two bleeding lawyers, appointment rules and regulations, the toring of various communications and ing the toll in the rain-related inci- injuries in these incidents. who have sustained sword and Ministry of Communication (MoC) IT regulatory guidelines. dents in Mumbai and other districts A mudslide was reported from rod injuries on the shoulders seems to have done a major goof up While the number of applications in the coastal Konkan region to 42. the picturesque hill station of and arms, were rushed to a regarding the appointment procedure received was not known, many ‘eligible’ A day after the 33 persons were Matheran located 83 km away nearby hospital for treatment related to a senior Telecom Officer at the officers failed to apply due to various killed in various rain-related inci- from Mumbai. However, there Both are stated to be out of Permanent Mission of India in Geneva, reasons including restrictions related to dents in Mumbai, the monsoon were no casualties in the mishap. danger now. Switzerland. pandemic, and many recuperating from fury claimed nine more lives – On a day when water from sev- Advocate Joshi said that he Against the Government's conven- post-covid complications. including that of a five-member eral streams and rivers in coastal and his associate had gone to tion of a minimum four weeks to "Ideally a month’s time is good so family – in the neighbouring # #$ Konkan region flooded the roads, Kanderpada at Dahisar (west) process an appointment in any depart- that the message is spread from various Thane, Palghar and Raigad districts culverts and bridges, scores of vil- to survey a property for his ment, the Department of means like electronically, print publi- on the coastal Konkan region. Railway cancelled, diverted or Hospital at Thane. lages were reported marooned. client Tauquir Khan, who is the Telecommunication (DoT) under MoC cations and most significantly by word The Island city of Mumbai short-terminated several trains on In three other incidents report- The power was disrupted in sever- owner of the plot when the sought applications from eligible Indian of mouth and sharing messages," rued received a rainfall of 42.6 mm and the Mumbai-Kerala sector follow- ed from Thane district, a 4-year-old al of the towns and villages in goons attacked them at around Telecom Services (ITS) Group A offi- a retired ITS officer requesting not be 70.4 mm in the suburbs during 24 ing the ingress of water and slush boy child fell accidentally into a coastal Konkan region 3.00 pm on Sunday. cers giving them a time period of only named when briefed about this goof up hours ending at 8.30 am on in the Old Goa Tunnel between swollen nallah at Nalasophara, In Raigad district and adjoin- Advocate Joshi, a resident five working days to apply. done soon after the resignation of high Monday. Between 8.30 am and 6 Karmala-Thivim stations in Goa. while a four-year into an open drain ing Navi Mumbai township, the of Goregaon, recorded his The advertisement was issued by profile Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar pm on Monday, the Island city The rain-related developments at Mira Road and 16-year-old boy police and fire brigade personnel statement with the police, even DoT on July 9, 2021 and the deadline Prasad. received a rainfall of 30.69, the east- threw off the gear the operations of was drowned in Shahpur. In anoth- carried out two rescue operations as a delegation of lawyers went ended on July 16, 2021, which includes A senior DoPT official explained ern and western suburbs of the city Konkan Railway on the both sides er reported from Palghar district, -- one off the Pandavkada waterfall to the MBH Colony police a weekend. Sources said the selection of that the kind of experience being recorded a rainfall of 47.82 mm and The worst of the mishaps that a youth was washed away by the and another in the Kharghar hills, station to register its protest the candidate/officer will be done dur- sought for the post can only be fulfilled 61.36 mm respectively. took place on Monday was a land- flood waters in a local river in from where 116 revellers and pic- over the attack on a member of ing the next couple of days completing by a select few people (read officers), The Regional Meteorological slide at Gorai Nagar’s Durga Chawl Palghar district. nickers were rescued. the legal fraternity and the process within less than a fortnight particularly those posted in the DoT Centre has forecast “moderate to at Kalwa (east), a relatively small Three occupants of a car had a Heavy inundation was report- demanding security. The said position is for UPSC headquarters. heavy rain in city and suburbs with suburb located on the outskirts of miraculous escape when their vehi- ed from the powerloom town of Deputy Commissioner of selected Indian Engineering Services "Therefore, it excludes a large num- possibility of very heavy to extreme- Thane city, in which five members cle was trapped in flood waters in Bhiwandi in Thane district, where Police Vishal Thakur visited the ITS officers falling under Senior ber of ITS officers posted outside the ly heavy rainfall at isolated places” of a family were buried alive, while Belapur town and swept off into a the work at the looms and the ancil- police station and listened to Administrative Group (SAG) category DoT headquarters including BSNL, for the next 24 hours. two persons were rescued from nearby lake nearby, from where lary units Bhiwandi is also home their grievances and assured for the post of a Technical Expert at MTNL, other PSEs and subsidiaries and With the rains having wreaked under the debris and rushed to they were rescued by the local fire to the warehouses of the big e- necessary action in the Geneva, requiring qualifications and on field," said the official. havoc in the region, the Konkan nearby Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj brigade personnel. The rescuers commerce companies. matter. G * O : *1D " = New Delhi: The Supreme Senior advocate Mukul made but not accounted for. 91: 1#; on the internet. The mobile phone is the Court on Monday said it would Rohatgi, appearing for He said these issues should primary computer for billions of people. pass orders on applications Vodafone Idea, said they were be considered by the DoT. ollowing revelation that NSO Group’s Governments and companies must do filed by telecom majors — not blaming the Department of “I don't want to pay thou- F‘Pegasus’ software may have been everything they can to make it as secure Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel Telecommunications (DoT) for sands of crores on account of used to snoop on journalists, politicians as possible. Our security and freedom and Tata Tele Services Ltd — it as there are arithmetical these errors,”he said. and activists worldwide, including 300 depend on it,” Cathcart said in another raising the issue of alleged entries. Senior advocate Arvind Indian numbers, WhatsApp CEO Will tweet. errors in calculation in the He said they want to place Datar, appearing for Tata Tele #0 1& #$ Cathcart has called on governments and He added that there is a need for more figure of Adjusted Gross the entries before the depart- Services Ltd, said rectification companies to take steps to hold the Israeli companies, and, critically, governments, Revenue (AGR) related dues ment so that they can re-con- of errors in calculation can be technology firm accountable. to take steps to hold NSO Group account- payable by them. The apex sider it. The bench also done. $ "NSO's dangerous spyware is used to able. “Once again, we urge a global court in September last year observed that the top court had The bench observed that commit horrible human rights abuses all moratorium on the use of unaccountable had given 10 years time to tele- earlier said that there can't be it was only looking at the bar around the world, and it must be stopped," surveillance technology now. It’s past com service providers strug- any re-assessment. on re-assessment which was # "#&# he asserted. time,” he said. "That's why we continue to gling to pay rupees 93,520 Rohatgi said figures are imposed by earlier orders. WhatsApp had in 2019 sued the NSO defend end-to-end encryption so tirelessly. crores of AGR related dues to “not cast in stone” and several The bench then asked New Delhi : Former IT Minister Ravi ed Covid-19 management and 'higest Group, accusing it of using its messaging To those who have proposed weakening clear their outstanding amount tribunals don't have the power Solicitor General Tushar Shankar Prasad on Monday said there FDI' in India as the mark of India's service to conduct cyberespionage on end-to-end encryption: deliberately weak- to the government. of review but they do have the Mehta, who was appearing for is not "one evidence" which linked advancement. The former Minister roughly 1.400 user accounts, including of ening security will have terrifying con- A bench headed by Justice power to correct arithmetical the DoT, about the issue raised Pegasus with the BJP or the rejected opposition charge of journalists and human rights activists. sequences for us all," Cathcart said. L N Rao referred to the earli- errors. by these telecos. Government. Addressing ba press Surveillance saying India has a 'robust In a series of tweets, Cathcart has put Cathcart also lauded the efforts of er order passed by the apex “Allow me to place these “I must point out that I conference here Prasad said presence legal mechanism' for phone tapping forward some points and defended how Microsoft, Google, Cisco, VMWare, and court in the matter and entries before DoT and let don't have the instructions on of phone number data itself do reflect and that too is only for the National WhatsApp in 2019 fought back against the more, who have spoken against the use of observed that they said no re- them take a call on this,” he this,” he said, adding that he can that they were infected by Pegasus spy- security. Prasad qouted a case in the tool from NSO. "In 2019, WhatsApp dis- spyware tools by groups like NSO. assessment of AGR related said, making it clear that they take instructions on this with- ware. He wondered why the contro- supreme Court where WhatsApp covered and defeated an attack from NSO. It exploited a known vulnerability, dues can be done. were not seeking any extension in two days. versy erupted a day before the mon- lawyer Kapil Sibal said 'WHATSAPP They rely on unknown vulnerabilities in which WhatsApp fixed before it became However, the companies of time. “It may be little hazardous soon session ? cannot be hacked by Pegasus" He said mobile OSes, which is one of the reasons public, to infiltrate Android and iOS submitted that arithmetical Senior advocate A M for me to make statement with- Prasad alleged the controversy was Congress is on a decline and the con- why we felt it was so important to raise devices of the targets. Months after spy- errors can be rectified and Singhvi, appearing for Airtel, out taking instructions. Within a creation of some people who are not troversy before the Monsoon session awareness of what we'd found," he tweet- ing cases were reported, WhatsApp filed there are cases of duplication of said there are cases of duplica- a day or two, I will get concrete happy with the progress of India is a way to create an agenda by the ed. a lawsuit against NSO Group — the mak- entries. tion and also of payments instructions,” he said. PTI under the Modi-Government.He list- party. PNS “This is a wake- up call for security ers of Pegasus. "#$ % &#'% ()*()(+ /
+ + % > <& = % > > !"#$%&'!%() "" & + " # " " ", 0#+ ) 0;1? $ 2 . 2: % . & 91= 7070 # 2 $ ( . " # % # - @ . # t is indeed refreshing and P ( Q inspiring that the Ministry of Education shall also deal $ : 3 - 2 Iwith skill development and P Q # ( entrepreneurship. It would $ ( enable the Ministry to take a more comprehensive view on the # : % implementation strategies for the National Education Policy = (NEP-2020). In fact, the Education Ministry must envi- . : sion close coordination with the Ministry of Sports and Youth # 2: % : Affairs, as also with that of Women and Child Development. $ % ( The NEP-2020, presented to the # . - S nation a year ago, had created an # environment of high hope and expectation. In spite of the dev- . $ astating COVID-19 crisis, the # policy was widely analysed in numerous webinars with great enthusiasm. With skills and # . entrepreneurship coming to edu- ) cation, one could be confident % " ( the challenge of interweaving the admirable than an incompe- more comprehensive if it human activity is a direct ) three together and developing a comprehensive school educa- tent philosopher. The society incorporates due emphasis on product of the quality of ( tion curriculum would receive which scorns excellence in discipline, commitment and teacher educators, work cul- 2 ) utmost priority. Higher educa- plumbing because plumbing is work culture. If a learner finds ture and the social and profes- a humble activity, and tolerates adherence to regularity, punc- sional credibility of such insti- " # tion would also be working on these lines and collaborating shoddiness in philosophy tuality and commitment to the tutions. Any improvement in . . closely with the institutions deal- because it is an exalted activ- profession among teachers, this area would require urgent + $ ing with the school education ity, will have neither good he would just accept it, inter- action on the observations of plumbing nor good philoso- nalise it and will need no the Justice JS Verma . and teacher education. The NEP-2020 has proposed phy. Neither its pipes nor its tutoring on it. Now that the Committee, made in 2012 . @ $ multidisciplinary and holistic theories will hold water.” As Education Ministry would and reproduced in NEP-2020. S # education to ensure unity and we rue the decline in the work on “re-establishing teach- It would also need an incisive quality of the products from ers”, it has a great chance to analysis on how the idea of 0;1A 0;1? 2 $ ( integrity of all knowledge. This in itself is a great challenge our schools and universities, 91 reverse the unacceptable trends restructuring teacher educa- % ! % before curriculum developers, we must comprehend from &C &D9 in work culture, wherever these tion contained in NEP- * 0;11 4 ) - S syllabus designers, authors of the Gardener’s ideas how the exist. The policy mandate is 1986/92 could not deliver the % , . . textual materials and evaluation trend could be reversed. 9 :;*; really challenging: “The teacher desired results. experts. In this exercise, skill The beginning could must be at the Centre of the In a nutshell, the process acquisition and entrepreneur- simultaneously be made on EDC9 =1D9" fundamental reforms in the of education aims at preparing $ ship development has to be two most significant fronts: *D=#1&9 ; education system. The new a complete person. It could be organically interwoven. All this Preparing a curriculum for education policy must help re- best understood in the follow- could be achieved if, along with school education that responds 67 E1 DB establish teachers, at all levels, ing narration: In his book of ()-./ enterprising young academics, in requisite depth, total trans- 1C* &D9" as the most respected and 1932, Remakers of Mankind, experts capable of envisioning parency and covers a 360- essential members of our soci- Carl Washburn writes that the emerging requirements of the degree horizon for action and .C..#9 :&; ety, because they truly shape when asked “What is your labour market and knowledge- activity. It must be “rooted to &;1 =& DB our next generation of citizens. goal in education when India creating sectors are also closely culture, committed to The new education policy obtains self-rule?”, Gandhi associated. That’s what Gandhi progress”, as per the indica- 19&1=191C;= must help recruit the very best answered: “Character-build- wanted when he pleaded that tions in NEP-2020. It makes and brightest to enter the ing. I would try to develop education must bring out the best serious attempts to obliterate 9" *D9B19& DB teaching profession at all lev- courage, strength, virtue, the out of “Body, Mind and Spirit’ or, the distinction between acad- C	 &;1 els by ensuring livelihood, ability to forget oneself in alternatively, “Head, Hand, and emic and vocational streams respect, dignity and autonomy, working towards great aims. Heart”. This is how China and and also coalesce skills and *JC1 (##" while also instilling in the sys- This is more important than Korea succeeded in uplifting entrepreneurship, irrespective 1&C9 &D ; tem basic methods of quality literacy; academic learning is those below what we call in of the stage of learning. The control and accountability.” only a means to this great India the “poverty line”. Such an strategy of preparing such -## 1 9 Most people do not make end.” Character formation was education would give dignity to curricula has to be very differ- a distinction between teachers the strength of the tradition- one and all. One of the well- ent as it has to respond effec- .1*D1 9 and teacher educators. The al Indian system of knowledge respected minds of the last cen- tively to the state of employ- 19&1=191CK process of re-establishing quest. Shall we have a sincere tury, John W Gardner, had ment, deficiency of skilled teachers must begin in teacher fresh look at it? emphasised this over seven work force and traditional preparation institutes. It is (The author works in edu- decades ago: “An excellent apathy to entrepreneurship. not tough to understand that cation and social cohesion. The plumber is infinitely more The process could be made the quality in every sector of views expressed are personal.) ++0 +1++ (+10 SOUNDBITE & = & '$+ 1! #$ Sir — July 18 (Sunday) was observed as Q !#! $ % " the Nelson Mandela International Day to mark his 103th birthday. Worldwide, % & " Mandela, affectionately known as Q!R F " ‘Madiba’, continues to be a symbol of the struggles for freedom and justice. Sporting % 4 " his trademark colourful African shirt and C * * % beatific smile, he was a towering presence. !+ -- -9 . Cast in the mould of Mahatma Gandhi F F K = - and Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela % S * + , showed courage in the face of State power, " : - # , - + fostered agreement in the face of conflict % C * * ) and inspired hope in the face of despair. He was a township hero, a dancer, a " + . - S / 01 & boxer, a lawyer, a ladies’ man, a revolu- " " % = , , . tionary, a prisoner, a statesman and a glob- " " " =%%% = ( al icon. He broke protocol by writing to + " " * the British Queen as “Dear Elizabeth”, % & % called Tony Blair Bush’s Foreign Minister + % & 2 and did a thousand other things. He spent 6?43 ;-. + -. close to 10,000 days in prison; his Robben % + K J 3 Island prison number was 46664. B " ; * . " Christ-like, he endured suffering and 6?35" + O forgave his white persecutors. He became % C : = * + the most revered global icon. Film stars, " % ; " " 2 # $ show business idols, pop singers, sport- + .'=O # ( % 4 $ .S ing legends and millionaires to world lead- % & 6??4 % +/$S ers queued up to be photographed with % him. He used his iconic status to raise " --' | % 2 funds for causes close to his heart — edu- 9.+ K = -S cation, food to the poor, fight against Aids, rains and all the low-lying areas were inun- and religious fanatics have trolled his 2 climate change and poverty alleviation. dated, resulting in more miseries. death and even expressed their jubilation The theme for this year’s Nelson Mandela # , - S 3 -$ + Mumbai was expected to receive heavy over the gruesome murder. International Day was “One hand can feed to very heavy rainfall at a few places with The hate posts about the deceased " S (. another”. It resonates with us in this time extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places Siddiqui bear witness to the manner in #-,S 2 3 5 P# of global hunger pandemic exacerbated like Lower Parel, King’s Circle, Chunabhatti which a tolerant Indian society has been by the COVID-19 pandemic and oblig- " 2 Q . $ - and Hindmata. To add to the woes, the brainwashed by communal-minded ele- es us to support the cause of feeding the Bhandup water complex, which houses ments and religious fanatics in the past few - 4 3 - 2S % world’s hungry. #-, -S Asia’s biggest water treatment plant, got years to become so intolerant that they % G David Milton |Tamil Nadu flooded and the water is now highly con- don’t mind even going to the extent of 80 # ( taminated. Mumbai city saw landslides, wall rejoicing at someone’s death! / P-+9;9 7. - P- Q " collapse and electrocution as 33 people were Can someone who celebrates the death K . -9 / Sir — A sudden change in the climatic con- killed in rain-related disasters. of another human being, that too when the 2 * : ditions led to Mumbai witnessing over 100 CK Subramaniam |Navi Mumbai latter has died under very tragic circum- mm rainfall in six hours and that saw exten- stances, even be called a human being, leave sive loss to life and property. Mumbai mon- alone civilised? I leave it to the judgement ' : +/$ 0;0< = ( soon continues to cause havoc and we are Sir — While one is unable to come out of the people with conscience. 7/ , $ 2 $ O not able to find a practical solution despite of the sorrow and reconcile to the tragedy Tharcius S Fernando |Chennai . % receiving India Meteorological Department that struck the world-renowned photo- O $ S 3 (IMD) warnings. The IMD has issued a red journalist Danish Siddiqui, it is unpardon- ! * . 7 -/ . ! 9 / 0;00 alert for Mumbai in the backdrop of heavy able that some of the rightwing elements .. -.+7+ 8 ' ,9+' K "#$ % &#'% ()*()(+ 2
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hile staying the implementa- tion of the three farm laws -011+ 30 enacted by the Union ,:B. (1? WGovernment in January 2021, the Supreme Court had hoped that 9 this would create a congenial atmosphere for the protesting farmers to come to the negotiating table and arrive at an amica- 4 ( ble settlement. However, the purpose is far CC from achievedas certain farmers’ bodies ( are insisting on ‘repeal’ of the laws. This O ( is overshadowed by yet any other demand that the Union Government should guar- @ #B ( antee a minimum support price (MSP) backed by a law enacted by parliament. ( As the wording suggests, MSP is the # . minimum price that a farmer is supposed , 1<< , to get from the sale of his produce. This ,:B. (1? ( price is determined by the Commission 1D 0;0E @ , on Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) - a body in the Ministry of Agriculture. The determination is based on the cost of production, the imputed value of land, and the imputed value of farmers’ capital. The Centre notifies the MSP for 23 crops every year before the commencement of the rel- evant season — Kharif (April - September) and Rabi (October - March). The MSP applies to purchases - main- ly paddy and wheat - made by State agen- of the arthiyas — local term for open market rate even as the clause, the Centre will be obliged cies such as the Food Corporation of India commission agents who arrange for farmer gets a share of the post-con- to buy the entire farmers’ produce (FCI), for meeting the requirements of the 9E B1 &; & the auction and delivery of the pro- tract price surgeafter the agreement on sale. Even at the current pro- Public Distribution System (PDS) and . B :## duce to the buyers. An orchestrat- is signed. curement level, FCI et al donot making available to the beneficiaries at ed game plan of these agents exe- Moreover, the farmer can have space to store and capacity to subsidized prices under the National & (1 &;1 BD cuted in collusion with the buyers switch sides. If he feels that the firm handle. Think of the nightmare if Food Security Act (NFSA). 1 ensures that hapless farmers get the is not offering him a good price, the the agencies were to buy, handle, These agencies donot buy all of the =# *1% least possible price. Levies such as option of selling on the and store all that the farmers offer. $ produce offered by the farmers for sale. C91 &;1 arthiyas’ commission of 2.5 per APMC/mandis platformcan be Also, look at the food subsidy. At Only about 33 per cent of the total pro- B 1 cent, the market fee of three per exercised and vice versa. Under this current purchases, during 2020- # . $ F.$G duce of wheat and paddy is bought. For 1=D:119& cent, and rural developmentcess dispensation, almost all farmers 21,the government spent over R/4 ,2S other items, it is much less (as for the num- 9 =D&1*&D9 (RDC) of three per cent (as in (including the majority of small 500,000 crore. Under the pro- F/ 4 ( ber of farmers, out of about 150 million, Punjab) further add to their woes. and marginal farmers) will be posed scenario, the Centre might a mere eight per cent get to sell their pro- 1119& D9 The only way farmers can get much better off than they are end up spending all of its revenue ( , ( =*1 C 9*1 2 ( G , duce to the agencies). out of this vicious circle and real- today. They could even receive a - tax plus non-tax - on supporting The balance quantity (67 per centfor 9 B ize a good price from the sale of price higher than MSP depending farmers only. ( ( wheat and paddy and a much higher per- 1-*1 *&" their produce is byhaving more on the market dynamics. Yet, to Third, the mammoth subsidy ( centage for others) is picked up by private 7070" D9 options to sellother than in APMC insist that whoever buys from resulting from MSP for all of farm- " # .$ traders. This is done at a price lower (in *D9& *& mandis. This is precisely what them must pay only MSP and that ers’ produce will be treated as R/4 ,2S ( many cases, substantially lower) than the B 9 " &;1 The Farmers’ Produce Trade and the Government should guarantee ‘actionable’ subsidies at the World ! * MSP. Therein lies the rub. Commerce (Promotion and it by law is bizarre. Trade Organization (WTO). The It indeed is the most important rea- B 1 * 9 Facilitation) Act, 2020 seeks to There are three major reasons Indian subsidy willbe substantial- 3 F*3G ( : #( : E BD ( ( ( son behind resentment among farmers achieve. They can go to a private why it will not work. First, a law ly higher than the 10 per cent and their clamor for a law that mandates &;1 *D9& *& market for selling; or enter into a that forces a private entity to buy threshold, resulting in the viola- # *3: ) $ I F):$IG all purchases - including by the private 9E&1 .C& contract for selling to an entity at a particular price (read MSP) tion of our commitment under the P Q 2 11 trade — at MSP. &;1 B * 99D&% (processor, aggregator, large retail- will scare it away. Which trader or Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) ):$I . Before looking for a way out (enact- & =D&1*& er, exporter, and so on) at their firm will dare get into a commod- of WTO and invite retaliatory . ment of a law guaranteeing MSP or any &;1 9C doorsteps or form farmer produc- ity trade that can send him to jail? action by other member nations. . . ):$I * other), we need to understand why farm- ers’ organizations (FPO) for garner- In August 2018, an amend- Given its horrendous implica- ers get less from private traders? C 9&11 ing strength and sell under the FPO ment approved by the then tions, a guarantee on MSP is like " #B =*1 At present, farmers are required to banner. Devendra Fadnavis Government aiming at the impossible. Farmers bring their produce to the mandi (a com- Any fear that big firms will take to the Maharashtra Agricultural should not insist on it. The . ( monly used term for marketplace) noti- them for a ride is misplaced. Under Produce Marketing (Development demand for repeal of the Central fied by the State Governments under their the Farmers (Empowerment and and Regulation) Act, 1963, made laws is also unwarranted. These ( respective APMC (Agricultural Produce Protection) Agreement on Price the purchase of farm commodity laws open up multiple options 3 ( Market Committee) Acts. They cannot Assurance and Farm Services Act, below the official MSP a punish- that they can leverage for increas- , 2 @ take it to any other place (if any farmer 2020 on contract farming, the able offence. Following strong ing price realization. They may does this, she or he runs the risk of the farmer can walk away from the protests, it had to be dropped (its not immediately reach MSP but vehicle being impounded for violating the contract anytime but the firm can- resurrection under the proposed will be better than where they ( F?01 G F?<8 law); nor any buyer can pick up the pro- not. It protects the minimum guar- amendments to Central laws by stand today. As market dynamics G F?E1 G : E; duce from their doorsteps or the field. (The writer is a policy anteed price (not to be mixed with the present MVA Government is evolve, in a few years, they could With such excruciating controls, the analyst. The views MSP, this price ismutually decid- sheer posturing merely for polit- hit this threshold and go even : ( majority of the farmers (except for a few expressed are personal.) ed by the farmer and the firm) in ical gains). beyond. 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he monsoon session of India has invested over $3 bil- Shanghai Cooperation India. This virtually pushes in the domestic market. They consumption. In the rural parliament may have to lion in reconstruction and relief Organisation (SCO) on July 14 India to the brink of direct or quote a HSBC Capital Market areas, the share of bulk or Turgently discuss the work since 2001 when the US- in Tajikistan. Minister for indirect conflicts and increas- study that warns that upside high-value purchases fell 22 developing situation in led troops drove the Taliban out External Affairs S Jaishankar es its security expenses. risks to inflation could re- per cent and low value by 10 Afghanistan that sees the of Kabul. New Delhi still firm- participated in it along with his The issue of Iran virtual- emerge in the second half of per cent. Even for FMCG Taliban, Pakistan and gradual- ly supports President Ashraf counterparts in China, Russia, ly reneging on Chabahar port the fiscal as conflict deepens. electronics and apparel, buy- ly China increasing their influ- , 0-" 030 Ghani’s government. In March, Pakistan, and West Asian coun- and access to central Asia has The inflation has virtual- ers are settling for lower- ence, mostly at the cost of India. during a three-day visit to New tries. The SCO joint statement already created problems for ly crossed the tolerance of six priced products. The stability of the present Delhi, Afghan foreign minister merely stated that internation- India. The Taliban excesses per cent set up by the RBI. The lockdown has Afghan regime is critical for Haneef Atmar desired that the al terrorist organisations are will put at stake India’s $ 3 bil- The government has recent- impacted the IIP, which grew New Delhi to save its Afghan two countries deepen econom- Islamabad had always been destabilizing the country and lion investments. It is likely to ly announced an 11 per cent at 29.3 per cent against a drop investments. The situation is ic and trade links. against India’s humanitarian peace be restored with talks impact its external trade as rise in DA for central govern- of 57.3 per cent a year back. becoming complex as apart However, recent flash bat- and developmental work that between the Taliban and the well. The additional burden ment employees; it may add It is a positive indicator but from extra-budgetary burden tles of the Afghan forces with made India immensely popu- Afghan government. on India is not easy to fathom another three per cent to not exactly a booster for the on the COVID-19 health issues the Taliban which is tactically lar in Afghanistan. It does not give any suc- but would be substantial. adjust for rising inflation. economy. The poorer sales and high inflation, India’s secu- supported by Pakistan, and Last week, India withdrew cour to India. The wishy- The US failure in The wholesale price index and production also mean rity-related expenses may surge the capture of several strategic its diplomatic personnel from washy deals of the SCO will Afghanistan in terms of its is also galloping and has that the industry would take to check the fall-out of areas are making things difficult its consulate in Kandahar and not solve the issue. The hasty pull-out is impacting the reached 12.94 per cent as per time to recruit people and the increased violence in the west- for the government in Kabul. closed down consul offices in Taliban’s historic linkages with dollar, adding to global infla- May figures due to the rise in employment scenario might ern part of the sub-continent. The recent statement of Herat and Jalalabad amid grow- Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e- tion. This would create fur- commodity prices in the take time to brighten up. India and Afghanistan Pakistan army spokesman Maj ing threats to Indian employees Mohammed are the sore ther troubles for India. Media international market. The The recovery remains share in-depth economic and (The writer is a senior Gen Baba Iftikhar, “Pakistan is not far from the Pakistan bor- points. The Taliban will watchers say that India may National Statistical dicey and more so, as the trade links despite uncertainties journalist. The views a facilitator of the peace process der and operational areas of the always stand by these organ- not have direct involvement in Organisation figures say ris- Afghan situation gets murki- about achieving a political set- expressed are personal.) but not a guarantor”, speaks vol- Taliban. Afghanistan remained isations and shelter them even the conflict but it is expected ing prices of food, fruit, edi- er. The country would have to tlement to the lingering conflict. umes of Pakistan’s complicity. a key issue at the meeting of the if it gives any assurance to to pay a heavy price for it even ble oil, and fuel are impacting gird up its loins. "#$ % &#'% ()*()(+ 4 " 0
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Palestinians with his 2017 dec- At least eight drone attacks on Monday telephoned his embassy and the consulate, ed, tortured and assaulted on Abdullah arrives Monday laration of Jerusalem as Israel's have targeted the U.S. Military Afghan counterpart the report said. Friday by unknown persons in afternoon at the White House. capital. presence in Iraq since Biden Mohammad Haneef Atmar and On Sunday, the diplomat- Islamabad. She was abducted Last week a Jordanian state He also chaffed at the took office in January, as well assured him of taking all steps ic crisis between Pakistan and while riding a rented vehicle security court sentenced two Trump administration's pursuit as 17 rocket attacks. $ * */ + to arrest the culprits involved Afghanistan deepened after and was held for several hours former officials to serve 15 of what officials called the Abdullah — along with ! 1 *& in the kidnapping of the daugh- Kabul announced that it will before being released. She was years in prison over an alleged Abraham Accords — deals Egypt President Abdel-Fattah 5 / 9!1 / 1/ 1 ter of Afghanistan's ambas- withdraw its ambassador and found near F-9 Park area of the plot against the king uncovered with Bahrain, the United Arab el-Sissi — visited Iraq in June & sador. other senior staff from capital with torture marks on earlier this year that Emirates, Sudan and Morocco for talks with Iraqi Prime The Ministry of Foreign Islamabad. her body. involved Abdullah's that normalised relations with Minister Mustafa al-Kadhim in D*D: range of 1,000 km (620 miles). Affairs is fully aware of the half-brother. Israel but left out the Baghdad. The Biden adminis- Putin has emphasised that its diplomatic norms, and securi- Meanwhile, Biden, who Palestinians. tration sees Jordan as a mod- he Russian military report- deployment will significantly ty of the Afghan embassy and ) ! has put much of his foreign Biden has no plans to erate voice in the region that Ted another successful test boost Russian military capa- consulate in Pakistan has been policy focus on China and reverse U.S. Recognition of can help “balance and counter” launch of a new hypersonic bility. The Russian navy has further enhanced, Radio Russia in the early going, faces Jerusalem as the capital, and his some of the more malign influ- cruise missile on Monday. conducted several previous test Pakistan quoted Qureshi as 4 some difficult issues in the administration has even offered ence coming from Iran, the Russia's Defence Ministry launches of the new missile, saying. Middle East. praise for the Trump-brokered official said. said the Zircon missile was including one on Putin's birth- He assured the Afghan He is dealing with stepped- accords — a rare instance of the Abdullah is the first Arab launched from the Admiral day in October, and officials Foreign Minister that “Pakistan 11 1 up attacks against U.S. Troops Democratic administration world leader to meet face-to- Groshkov frigate in the White said the tests are to be com- will take all possible steps to in Iraq and Syria by Iranian- speaking positively of the for- face with Biden. The president Sea. pleted later this year. arrest the accused and bring # . old daughter of Afghanistan's backed militias at the same mer administration's policy- is set to host al-Kadhimi at the The ministry said the mis- Zircon is intended to arm them to justice at the earliest.” ambassador to Pakistan moment that his administra- making. White House next week, and sile flew at a speed seven times Russian cruisers, frigates and Qureshi also said that “we akistan police on Monday Najibullah Alikhil was abduct- tion is trying to nudge Iran Biden officials plan to Biden has invited Israel's new the speed of sound and suc- submarines. It is one of sever- hope that the Afghan govern- Psaid they have found no ed, tortured and assaulted on back to the negotiating table to stress to Abdullah that the prime minister, Naftali Bennett, cessfully hit a designated prac- al hypersonic missiles under ment will review its decision of evidence that the daughter of Friday by unknown persons in revive the nuclear agreement accords are not an “end run" on to visit later this summer. tice target more than 350 km development in Russia. calling back its ambassador Afghan ambassador was Islamabad. She was abducted that Donald Trump abandoned finding the way to a peace deal Abdullah is also set to have (217 miles) away on the coast NATO responded to and senior diplomats from abducted from the capital city, while riding a rented vehicle during his presidency. that includes a Palestinian state, a working breakfast Tuesday of the Barents Sea. Monday's test with a state- Pakistan keeping in view an incident that has triggered and was held for several hours White House press secre- according to a senior adminis- with Vice President Kamala Russian President Vladimir ment that claimed Russia's Pakistan's serious efforts.” a major diplomatic row before being released. She was tary Jen Psaki said the meeting tration official who was not Harris and to meet with Putin has said Zircon would be missile development “create a The Afghan Foreign between the two neighbouring found near F-9 Park area of the “will be an opportunity to dis- authorised to comment pub- Secretary of State Antony capable of flying at nine times greater risk of escalation and Minister thanked Prime nations. capital with torture marks on cuss the many challenges fac- licly and spoke on condition of Blinken. the speed of sound and have a miscalculation.” Minister Imran Khan for his Silsila Alikhil, the 26-year- her body. '4 78/ - ( # 5 2"" 1 / Lahore: At least 30 people 1 - " =D& C =9*1 ; & inclusive government." were killed, mostly labourers "To this end, it strongly who were going to their home- ( 6 &D(ED aiti's designated Prime encourages the designated town to celebrate Eid-ul Azha, : ;9 &D9 while in Guantánamo. HMinister Ariel Henry will Prime Minister Ariel Henry to and over 40 others injured on The State Department said Tokyo court handed down replace the country's interim continue the mission entrust- Monday when a passenger bus 'D; 991.C Zuma's supporters forced he Biden administration in a statement that President Aprison terms for the prime minister to honour the ed to him to form such a gov- collided with a trailer truck on the closure of strategic high- Ton Monday transferred a Joe Biden's administration American father and son wishes of the country's slain ernment,” the statement from a highway in Dera Ghazi Khan he corruption trial of for- ways and rioters ransacked Guantánamo Bay detainee to would continue "a deliberate accused of helping Nissan's president, an official told The the Core Group said. district Punjab Province. PTI Tmer South African malls and shopping centers in his home country for the first and thorough process" to former chairman, Carlos Associated Press on The Core Group is com- President Jacob Zuma resumed poor areas. In KwaZulu-Natal time, a policy shift from the reducing the detainee popula- Ghosn, escape to Monday. posed of ambassadors from Monday, more than a week warehouses and factories were Trump presidency that repa- tion at Guantánamo "while Lebanon while awaiting trial in It wasn't immediately clear Germany, Brazil, Canada, # after his imprisonment for looted and then burned by triated a Moroccan man years also safeguarding the security Japan. how quickly interim Prime Spain, the US, France, the contempt of court in a separate arsonists. after he was recommended for of the United States and its Michael Taylor was sen- Minister Claude Joseph, who European Union and repre- case set off rioting in parts of At least 212 people died in discharge. allies." A senior administration tenced Monday to two years in has been leading Haiti with the sentatives from the United 56 the country. the rioting, many of them The prisoner, Abdullatif official who insisted on prison, while his son Peter backing of police and the mil- Nations and the Organization Zuma is accused of receiv- crushed during chaotic ram- Nasser, who's in his mid-50s, anonymity to discuss internal was sentenced to one year and itary since the July 7 assassi- of American States. ing bribes from the French pages in shops. More than was cleared for repatriation by deliberations told reporters eight months. nation of President Jovenel Monique Clesca, a Haitian arms manufacturer Thales 2,500 people have been arrest- a review board in July 2016 but Monday that the They were charged with Moïse, would step down. writer, activist and former UN . ; related to the country's con- ed for theft and vandalism. remained at Guantánamo Biden administration is helping a criminal in the "Negotiations are still in official, said she doesn't antic- troversial 1999 arms procure- Order was restored following under President Donald engaged in that process with December 2019 escape of course,” Haiti Elections ipate any changes under Henry, roadside bomb attack tar- ment contracts. The trial is tak- the deployment of 2,500 army Trump. In announcing his the aim of ultimately Ghosn, who hid in a big box Minister Mathias Pierre said, whom she expects to carry on Ageted a Baghdad suburb ing place virtually, but Zuma's troops to assist police. transfer Monday, the Pentagon closing the Guantánamo Bay that was flown on a private jet adding that Joseph would go Moïse's legacy. But she warned Monday, killing at least 18 lawyers may seek to postpone At the time he is alleged to cited the board's determination facility. via Turkey to Lebanon. back to being minister of for- Henry might be viewed as people and wounding dozens the proceedings so he can have received the bribes that Nasser's detention was no Of the 39 detainees Lebanon has no extradition eign affairs. tainted because of the Core of others at a crowded appear physically in court. through his former financial longer necessary to protect remaining at Guantánamo, 10 treaty with Japan. Joseph could not be imme- Group''s involvement. market, two Iraqi security offi- The former president's advisor, Schabir Shaik, Zuma U.S. national security. are eligible to be transferred In handing down the sen- diately reached for comment, "If he accepts this, there is cials said. imprisonment earlier this was a high-ranking official in Nasser, also known as out, 17 are eligible to go tencing, Chief Judge Hideo and Henry did not return a not only a perception, but the The attack took place in month triggered protests that the ruling African National Abdul Latif Nasser, arrived through the review process for Nirei said they had committed message for comment. reality that he has been put Sadr City, the officials said. escalated into widespread Congress party and a provin- Monday in Morocco, where possible transfer, another 10 are a serious violation of the law, as The change follows a state- there by the international com- They spoke on condition of unrest in KwaZulu-Natal, cial minister in KwaZulu-Natal police took him into custody involved in the military com- now there is next to no chance ment Saturday from a key munity, and I think that's his anonymity in line with regula- Zuma's home province, and in Shaik was convicted on related and said they would investigate mission process used to pros- of putting Ghosn on trial. group of international diplo- burden to carry,” she said. tions. It happened a day before Gauteng, the province that charges in 2005, sentenced to him on suspicion of commit- ecute detainees and two have "This case enabled Ghosn, a mats that appeared to snub "What we're calling for is the Eid al-Adha holiday when includes Johannesburg, South prison and later released on ting terrorist acts — even been convicted, another senior defendant of a serious crime, to Joseph as it called for the cre- for Haitians to really say this is the market was busy with shop- Africa's largest city. medical parole. though he was never charged administration official said. escape overseas,” he said. ation of "a consensual and unacceptable. pers. )+ 1" /1 " $ Dubai: Abu Dhabi's powerful OPEC allies. Both princes, international developments”. ./ crown prince visited Saudi whose nations sit on vast The news agency reported Arabia for a meeting with reserves of oil, are seen as de- that Crown Prince Mohammed Crown Prince Mohammed bin facto leaders of their respective bin Salman personally wel- Islamabad: Pakistan Prime per reported. It was not clear if Salman on Monday following countries. They oversee their comed Sheikh Mohamed bin Minister Imran Khan was a Prime Minister Khan's phone weeks of speculation about the country's armed forces and Zayed upon his arrival to potential target of the Israeli- was actually hacked, it added. growing rift between the two wield control over intelligence Riyadh. made Pegasus spyware pro- It was also not clear how leaders. It came as their nations and foreign policy. The two princes once gramme by clients of the NSO many other people from compete for business, regional Their meeting in the Saudi shared a brotherly like bond, Group cyberespionage firm, Pakistan were on the list, which investments and prominence. capital, Riyadh, was attended reportedly spending time on media reports claimed here according to The Washington The meeting between by a tight circle of three top hunting trips in the desert as on Monday. Post had more than hundred Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, officials from each side. The Abu Dhabi's crown prince The collaborative efforts by phone numbers from Pakistan. 60, and Prince Mohammed state-owned Saudi Press mentored Saudi Arabia's ambi- an international media con- The report was published bin Salman, 35, also came a day Agency reported few details tious and brazen heir to the sortium on an investigation by some prominent interna- after their energy ministers about the meeting, describing throne. Prince Mohammed into a data leak showed that at tional publications including announced a compromise on it as a discussion on the “deep- worked to model aspects of the least one number once used by The Washington Post, The oil production quotas that had rooted fraternal relations kingdom's transformation on Prime Minister Khan was on Guardian and Le Monde, as been preceded by rare public between the two countries” the successes of the United the list of people whosephones media partners to an investi- commentary between the and “the latest regional and Arab Emirates. AP were targeted, Dawn newspa- gation. PTI "#$ % &#'% ()*()(+ ! 5
)2 22#' !?D4 * E /6%6/ $! ' " 8@M ( +B , : C. Vinod Nair, Head of G * Research at Geojit Financial & omestic equity bench- Services, said: "Banks led the Dmarks posted their biggest domestic downtrend as initial 91: 1#; noted. 91: 1#; drop in more than two months quarterly results pointed to The occupancy rates for + on Monday as a selloff in glob- cautious asset quality due to he Directorate General of IndiGo, Vistara, GO FIRST, Air he Indian Sellers Collective, al markets and lacklustre cor- the impact of the second TCivil Aviation (DGCA) on India and AirAsia India were Ta non-Governmental trade porate results sapped risk wave. Slackening economic Monday said around 31.13 62.7 per cent, 60 per cent, 70.9 association committed to bring- appetite. growth in the US led to lakh domestic passengers trav- per cent, 58.4 per cent and 54.4 ing to the fore the voices of 91: 1#; towards normalisation after The 30-share BSE Sensex reports of likely downgrade in elled by air in June, 47 per cent per cent, respectively, it added. micro and small enterprises and the second wave of the Covid tumbled 586.66 points or 1.10 growth forecast in current higher than the 21.15 lakh The aviation sector has been family businesses across India, ndia's FY22 YoY current pandemic. per cent to close at 52,553.40. year, triggering global who travelled in May. significantly impacted due to has written an open letter toN. Iaccount deficit (CAD) is "The deficit expansion was This was its biggest fall selloff." According to the DGCA, the travel restrictions imposed R. Narayana Murthy urging expected to widen. Acuite led by a recovery in imports since April 30 this Sectorally, BSE finance, 57.25 lakh people travelled in India and other countries in him to end partnership with Ratings & Research said. allowed by the gradual unlock- year. bankex, metal, auto and con- within the country by air in view of the pandemic. Amazon for Cloudtail India. The ratings agency esti- ing of economy, as the value of Similarly, the broader NSE sumer durables indices shed April. The drop in domestic air India resumed domestic The letter states that for mates approximately $30 bil- outbound shipments remained Nifty slumped 171 points or up to 1.80 per cent, while real- traffic in May was due to the passenger flights on May 25 last years, Murthy, has been the idol lion deficit vis-a-vis $26 billion virtually changed from previ- 1.07 per cent to 15,752.40. ty, healthcare, utilities and second wave of the Covid-19 year after a gap of two months of millions of Indians and estimate in FY21. ous month." HDFC Bank was the top FMCG managed to close high- pandemic that had badly hit the due to the coronavirus pan- more than leading Infosys and "The anticipated surplus "Nevertheless, the level of loser in the Sensex pack, skid- er. country and its aviation demic. Indian airlines are the Indian IT services revolu- on the current account in Q1 trade deficit still remains ding 3.34 per cent, after the Delta variant cast fresh doubts Broader BSE midcap and sector. allowed to operate a maxi- tion for India, his greatest FY22 is unlikely to sustain lower than the pre-second country''s largest private sec- over the global economic smallcap indices slipped up to While IndiGo carried 17.02 mum of 65 per cent of their achievement has been his amidst the elevated level of wave average of $13.7 bn tor lender on Saturday post- recovery. 0.58 per cent. lakh passengers in June, a 54.7 pre-pandemic domestic adherence to the dharma of commodity prices. More so, the recorded over Nov-20 and ed a 14 per cent rise in Q1 net "Domestic equites fell On the global front, bours- per cent share of the domestic flights. straight and the narrow and gradual tapering of lockdown Apr-21." profit but also reported sharply today on weak global es in Shanghai, Hong Kong, market, SpiceJet flew 2.81 lakh The DGCA data men- constant emphasis on honesty, stringency at state level will On a quarterly basis, for reverses on the asset quality cues as concerns over recent Seoul and Tokyo ended with passengers, accounting for a tioned that in June, IndiGo had integrity, fairness, values and continue to support revival in Q1FY22, the overall trade front. rise in fresh COVID-19 cases heavy losses. Equities in Europe nine per cent share of the mar- the best on-time performance transparency. economic activity, which would deficit stood at $30.8 billion, IndusInd Bank, HDFC, in various parts of the world were also in the red in mid-ses- ket, according to the data of 98.5 per cent at four metro However, this is changing further get a boost from antic- a significant up move com- Axis Bank, Maruti, Bajaj including US weighed on sen- sion deals. shared by the DGCA. Air airports -- Bengaluru, Delhi, since 2014, when Murthy has ipated ramp up in domestic pared to $9.6 billion over the Finance and Kotak Bank were timents. Meanwhile, international India, GO FIRST (previously Hyderabad and Mumbai. been in cahoots with Amazon vaccination drive in the com- corresponding period a year among the other major lag- "Financials have witnessed oil benchmark Brent crude known as GoAir), Vistara and AirAsia India and SpiceJet were through a name-lending ing months." ago; but curtailed when com- gards, dropping up to 2.78 per steeper correction today as declined 2.28 per cent to USD AirAsia India carried 5.14 lakh, at the second and third posi- arrangement with Cloudtail "This should lead to a pared to pre-pandemic cent. sub-par performance deliv- 71.91 per barrel. 2.58 lakh, 2.25 lakh and 1.07 tions at these four airports in acting as a front for Amazon's return of the merchandise trade level of $49.2 billion in Only four Sensex con- ered by HDFC Bank in 1Q The Indian rupee tum- lakh passengers, respectively in June with 98.2 per cent and retail business and defied the deficit to the normalized levels Q1FY20. stituents closed in the green FY22 and visible deterioration bled 31 paise to end at 74.88 June, the data showed. 96.7 per cent on-time perfor- objectives of the policies of the over the next few "From a current account -- NTPC, Nestle India, Dr in asset quality created appre- against the US currency on The occupancy rate or the mance respectively, the DGCA Government of India. months." perspective, this means that Reddy''s and Sun Pharma, hension among investors Monday, marking its second load factor of the six major said. All airlines in India have The letter said just for a Recent data showed India's India will once again switch to rising up to 1.89 about banks and NBFCs hav- straight session of loss amid Indian airlines was between opted for cost-reducing mea- fixed fee or returns, Murthy has merchandise trade deficit had a surplus in Q1 FY22 albeit of per cent. ing exposure in retail and a lacklustre trend in domes- 54.4 per cent and 71 per cent sures such as pay cuts, leave sacrificed the interests and widened to $9.4 billion from an a much lesser degree in com- World stocks buckled SME," said Binod Modi, Head tic equities and strengthening in June, it stated. The occu- without pay and layoffs in livelihood of millions of small 8-month low of $6.3 billion in parison to Q1 of last fiscal under selling pressure as rising - Strategy at Reliance of the greenback pancy rate at SpiceJet was 71 order to tide over the traders in India and left them May-21, in a fresh attempt year." 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Thillai provider of the intelligent cloud WSachs on Monday Sachs Services Private Limited 91: 1#; flex spaces offer," the consul- TTiruchirappalli (OFT) Memorandum of Nayagam, Junior Faculty contact centre, for $14.7 billion expanded its back-office oper- entity in India, the company tant said. handed over 15, NATO stan- Understanding (MoU) with (Research) Dr. P. Sathyaraj, in an all-stock deal, which is its ations in the country with the statement said. easing of flexible workspace Top officials of coworking dard 12.7mm M2 Heavy State Institute of Rural Junior Faculty ( Networking) first major acquisition. inauguration of 1,300-seater Operations in Hyderabad Lby corporates rose 73 per and managed office space oper- Machine Guns or the Stabilized Development & Panchayat Raj, Mr. S. PremKumar from The acquisition is set to office space in commenced remotely in March cent to 31,538 seats during ators Simpliwork Offices, Remote Control Gun (SRCG) TN (SIRD & PR). SIRD. From SRMIST, present help enhance Zoom's presence Hyderabad. this year and 250 people are January-June period on a year- Smartworks, The Executive system to the Indian Navy and As per this undertaking, were Vice Chancellor with enterprise customers and The bank, which already based there currently, which on-year basis, with enterprises Centre and The Office Pass 10 (ten) guns to the Indian both the institutions will con- (Interim) Dr. C. allow it to accelerate its long- has a similar office in includes new recruits and looking to save cost besides observed that demand for flex- Coast Guard. duct collaborative training, Muthamizhchelvan, Registrar term growth opportunity by Bengaluru, will be hiring 560 internal relocations from flexibility that co-working ible workspace have risen from The gun is manufactured seminars, workshops etc.; (Interim) Dr. C Ponnusamy, adding the $24 billion contact people by the end of 2021 as Bengaluru. operators offer, according to a small, medium and large enter- under transfer of technology internship - both short and Deputy Registrar and centre market. part of the expansion, accord- “By the end of 2021, it is report. prises. agreement from Elbit Systems, long term for students of Director ( Hotel Five9 is a pioneer of cloud- ing to a statement. expected that the Hyderabad In its latest report for the Gagan Randev, Executive Israel. The manufacture will SRMIST at SIRD&PR; faculty Management) Dr. D. Antony based contact centre software It can be noted that a slew office will grow to 800 employ- office market, property con- Director, India Sotheby''s take place in a phased manner. development programmes; Ashok Kumar, Associate and delivers a comprehensive of global banks and financial ees, of which about 70 per cent sultant Cushman and International Realty, said, "I The gun is meant for conduct research studies on Director (Campus life) & suite of easy-to-use applications institutions have such offices in of employees will be new hires. Wakefield said the total seats am not surprised at these marine applications and can mutual agreement; carrying Nodal Officer Unnat Bharat that allows management and various parts of the country, By 2023, the size of the leased by enterprises could findings. Most companies are remotely engage targets. It is out Programme Evaluation Abhiyan/SBSI-SRMIST Dr. optimisation of customer inter- including Bengaluru, Pune Hyderabad office could reach cross 50,000 during the 2021 still hesitant and uncertain equipped with an inbuilt CCD and Consultancy on mutual V.Thirumurugan and other actions across many different and Hyderabad, where local as many as 2,500 employees,” calendar year. about how COVID will camera, thermal imager and a areas of interest, documenta- coordinators. channels. Zoom has gained staff help carry out necessary the company statement said. Enterprises had leased unfold. Most large enterprise laser range finderfor observa- tion of Case Studies on best Speaking at the signing immense popularity amid the processes for worldwide oper- The company will occupy 18,213 seats in the first six clients prefer to remain nim- tion and tracking of target- practices and its dissemina- ceremony, Dr. C. pandemic as millions of people ations and innovation activi- three levels in a building mea- months of the 2020 calendar ble and flexible, rather than sthrough day and night oper- tion; Village Adoption Muthamizhchelvan said, "This get connected via its platform for ties. suring 1.59 lakh square feet year and 36,255 desks during being bound with office leas- ations. OFT has also created Programme and Out-reach collaboration will strengthen remote work and learning from Goldman Sachs chairman with the capacity to house the entire last year. es at this time." modern state-of-the-art assem- Programme for model village, and support each other. We can home. "We are continuously and chief executive David M 1,300 seats in a phased "In H1, the number of Noting that the concept of bly and testing facilities for the conducting exhibitions/meets use this as an opportunity to looking for ways to enhance our Solomon said he is excited to manner. flex seats leased reached an work from anywhere is far indigenous manufacture of the and Melas and networking use technology to solve prob- platform, and the addition of continue the growth in India, “Our Hyderabad office will impressive 31,538, which is more prevalent and widespread SRCG system. with institutions working for lems in rural areas. We make Five9 is a natural fit that will and the Hyderabad office will be a centre of excellence for nearly 87 per cent of the seats today, he said flexible work- The guns were handed Rural Development & use of students to come up with deliver even more happiness serve as an innovation hub consumer banking services, leased during the whole of spaces offer a great office expe- over to the Director General Panchayat Raj. the best solution." and value to our customers," said for a wide range of business- business analytics and plat- 2020. Based on the result seen, rience which can boost office of Naval Armament Eric S Yuan, CEO and Founder es. form engineering, including it is likely that the number for productivity and also cut trav- (DGONA) Shri K S C Iyer of Zoom. “…the abundance of talent the application of emerging the current year could exceed el time of employees. by the Director General "We believe this acquisition in Hyderabad made it the obvi- technologies such as Artificial 50,000 seats. Smartworks founder Ordnance Factories (DGOF) creates a leading customer ous choice for our next loca- Intelligence and Machine This sharp jump is Neetish Sarda said the pan- and Chairman of Ordnance engagement platform that will tion,” he added. Learning to augment our busi- observed mostly due to the demic has forced newer ways of Factory Board, Shri C S help redefine how companies The Bengaluru and nesses,” said Gunjan Samtani, preference of enterprises to working and work models, Vishwakarma in a colourful of all sizes connect with their Hyderabad offices will com- who heads Goldman Sachs enjoy the benefits of flexibili- leading companies to rethink ceremony at the Ordnance customers," he said. plement each other in both the Services. ty and cost optimisation that their real estate needs. Factory Tiruchirappalli. #" " 1 " $ " # 79" # :;&<<")=
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US dollar on Monday, marking 91: 1#; rise by 2 million barrels of oil mutual fund debt schemes as lead to better predictability, "Further, liquidity is con- its second straight session of per day. part of efforts to ensure fairness transparency and effectiveness of centrated in high quality paper loss amid a negative trend in il cartel OPEC's decision to This level of production is in treatment of investors, espe- the said mechanism," Sebi said. and during market dislocation, domestic equities and strength- Otaper production cuts expected to stabilise oil prices cially during times of market In subsequent phases, Sebi very high risk aversion is ening of the greenback over- starting August spells good though OPEC feels that with dislocation. will examine the applicability of observed and in terms of yield of seas. news for major oil consuming opening of global economies The regulator has suggest- swing pricing mechanism to bonds, spread over benchmark At the interbank foreign countries like India that and vaccinations, oil demand ed partial swing during normal equity schemes, hybrid spike, particularly for relatively exchange market, the rupee imports 85 per of its domestic would rise that would help to times and a mandatory full schemes, solution oriented lower quality paper," Sebi said. opened on the backfoot at oil requirements. maintain oil prices. swing during times of market schemes and other schemes. "Accordingly, swing pric- 74.73 per dollar as against its Higher production by Doubts surfaced earlier dislocation. Swing pricing should be ing, an anti-dilution adjustment previous close of 74.57. OPEC could help balance oil this month over agreement on The suggestion is aimed at made applicable to all that seeks to protect investors It hovered in the range of prices that have remained high production levels to be main- ensuring fairness in treatment unitholders with an exemption in a fund from performance 74.71 to 74.92 during the day, off late on the back of normal- tained by OPEC countries fol- of entering, exiting and exist- for redemptions up to Rs 2 lakh dilution as a result of significant before ending at 74.88. ising economic conditions lowing news of differences sur- ing investors in mutual fund for all unitholders and up to Rs outflows from the fund, par- The domestic currency has globally and rising oil demand. facing between Saudi Arabia schemes, particularly during 5 lakh for senior citizens at a ticularly during market dislo- lost 34 paise in the two trading Benchmark Brent crude and UAE. But, this seems to market dislocation, Sebi said in mutual fund level. This is in cation, is relevant in Indian sessions to Monday. touched two year high level of have been resolved now as all a consultation paper. order to keep retail investors context," it added. "The Indian rupee depre- $77 a barrel just couple of members have agreed to raise Generally, swing pricing and senior citizens insulated During normal times, Sebi ciated after last week of con- weeks back. It had since then their production limits. refers to a process for adjusting from the applicability of swing suggested that swing pricing solidation amid risk-averse sen- softened a bit to stay around Any stabilisation of oil a fund's net asset value to pricing to a certain extent. will be optional based on pre- timents globally. The impact of $73 a barrel now. prices hereon is expected to effectively pass on transaction The Securities and determined minimum swing inflows and lower crude oil As per reports, OPEC on benefit countries like India as costs stemming from net cap- Exchange Board of India (Sebi) threshold and maximum swing prices have been priced in by Sunday reached an agreement it will not only help in bring- ital activity to the investors con- has sought comments from factor. The same should be dis- the market while surging delta where all major oil producers ing down the rising oil import cerned. In a liquidity-chal- public on the proposed frame- closed in the Scheme virus cases globally raised con- of the cartel and outside coun- bill and it will also have bear- lenged environment, quoted work till August 20. Information Document (SID) cerns for recovery," said Dilip tries including Russia ing of auto fuel petrol and bid/ask spreads and overall Stressing on the need for along with details of swing pric- Parmar, Research Analyst, (OPEC+) would see a rise in diesel prices. The fuel prices in trading cost can widen and swing pricing in India, Sebi said ing policies and procedures. HDFC Securities. their production limits. Five the country have risen by over may not be representative of the mechanism is required to During market dislocation, The near-term focus will countries including Saudi 30 per cent in last one year with the executed prices that can be address issues related to costs swing pricing framework will remain on risk sentiments with Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Iraq and increased levels already cross- achieved in the market. of bid-offer spread and trans- be implemented in a phased strength in dollar index, and Russia will pump in an extra ing 10 per cent in FY22 so far. 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Today, robotics has become a new tool in &C1 & &;1 C * # second benefit is robotic assistance that combines Besides, women who have associated ill- The onset of teething symptoms typically precedes the erup- hospitals to provide the best treatment. advanced technology to gives a perfect accurate nesses such as Diabetes, high blood pres- tion of a tooth by can appear between four and 10 months of &1 9 B *#& &1 placement of artificial knee and aim at better long- sure, cardiovascular disease, obesity, etc, age, the first tooth usually erupts at approximately six months What is a robotic joint replacement? term outcomes, for long lasting 30-40 years at much need to be more careful, as they may need of age. Some dentists have noted a family pattern of early aver- Imagine a pilot flying a plane through a thick ;1 #&;E .D91 &D cheaper cost. hospitalisation. So, consult your doctor and age or late teethers. fog. If it would have been a few years ago, he would .1 =11-1 Over the past couple of years, studies have keep in touch with your doctor throughout Teething is generally associated with gum and jaw discom- use only his senses and imagination to land the focused on the pinpoint accuracy of the robotic- the recovery period. fort as the infant’s tooth prepares to erupt through the surface plane safely. But with the advancement in technol- assisted knee replacement system. A study by ortho- We strongly recommend an overall of the gum tissue. The area may appear slightly red or swollen ogy, the same pilot now has high quality satellite pedic surgeon Geoffrey Westrich and colleagues health check-up post-COVID recovery to Sometimes a fluid-filled area similar to blood a blister may be guidance; the autopilot mode allows the sensors and hip and ankle and the perfect sizing ensures that published in the Journal of Knee Surgery found that ensure that the mother and the foetus are seen over the erupting tooth. Some teeth may be more sensi- an algorithm guide the plane to land smoothly. the tracking of the knee is balanced in the artifi- the robotic system allows increased accuracy and doing fine. tive than others when they erupt. Some teeth cause less dis- Similarly, things have changed from when an cial implant throughout the range of movement. precision and is beneficial in the training of ortho- How can a COVID positive mother pro- comfort while erupting like the incisors and some like wisdom orthopaedic surgeon did a conventional surgery The surgeon can now place the implant with sub- pedic surgeons. In another study by researchers in tect her newborn? Can she breastfeed? teeth can be very very painful. where he relied on eyeballing with his 2D vision millimetric precision which works and feels just like the United Kingdom, published in the Bone & Joint A mother should continue to breastfeed Teething may cause the following symptoms: for assessment of deformity and making the bone your God given natural knees. Such robot-assist- Journal in 2018, it was found that robotic-assisted the baby but is advised to keep the baby at Increased drooling. cuts. Now, he can use high-end robotics, with self ed knee replacement surgery involves negligible total knee replacement was linked with a shorter a distance of six-feet from her when she is Restless or decreased sleeping due to gum discomfort. learning artificial intelligence to create a live 4D map blood loss, much less pain, little tissue invasion and hospital stay, decreased pain after surgery and not breastfeeding. The mother and the child Refusal of food due to the soreness of the gum region. of the joint and sees the ideal placement of the arti- accurate positioning the implant with long-lasting improved early functional recovery. should stay in a well-ventilated room. Fussiness that comes and goes. ficial implant to be put and then the robotic tool results. Along with the precision, the robotic-assisted Before breastfeeding the newborn, she Bringing hands to the mouth. burrs off just that much little bone, needed to get After such procedure, a patient can start walk- procedures also offer more protection to the sur- should wash her hands, wear protective gear Mild rash around the mouth due to skin irritation sec- the perfect fit of implant, saving the natural bone ing only three hours after the surgery and go back rounding soft tissues at the surgical site and facil- such as a mask or face shield. She should ondary to excessive drooling. and ligaments. to home within three days as of now and with bet- itate more healthy bone to be preserved. During also sanitise her surroundings frequently. Rubbing the check or ear region as a consequence of The technology has moved on from the pre- ter anesthesia and rehab modalities, we are target- the surgery, the implant or components that replace If there is no one else to take care of the referred pain during the eruption of the molars. vious implant positioning techniques that used long ing one day discharge! So going with a robotic knee your old joints are typically made from metal, child, a mother should wear a mask all the Well, whatever is said rods drilled into the central canal of the femur replacement surgery the hospital stay period of a ceramic, or plastic. Robotic assistance allows your time, and maintain physical distance from and done, it is one of the (thigh bone) to provide an attachment point for sur- patient is reduced. It makes all the sense effective surgeon to place your implant more efficiently. And the child as much as possible. % most beautiful milestones gical cutting guides to jigless robotic planning and in these times of COVID hence decreasing the robotic surgery leaves much smaller and less inva- Government has approved that COVID- for your baby. Once you see execution. exposure to a minimal level. sive scars as compared to traditional surgery. 19 vaccines can be administered among those tiny little pearls you The most advanced innovation is the Navio The introduction of robotics has improved the women even during pregnancy. Elaborate. 6 want to capture in your Surgical System, a robotic platform that does not What are the advantages of a robotic joint replace- way doctors do surgery, including the joint During the second wave, many women memories forever, but how need any CT scan or MRIs and creates a real time ment? replacements. 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Whatever variant it is, if visibility is essential to establish cred- you always wear a mask and if you always practice ibility as it enables better social distancing, it is going to stay away. So, you have 1 discourse/engagement, while signifi- to take care of yourself first, your family and even- cantly improving prospects. As com- tually everyone will be safe,” Karan says. # munication activities, focus on HR and He adds, “You follow protocols and you try to recruitment equally and include every- stay indoors. If it’s really important for you to go out, thing that occupies the brand mind maintain distance, and you should be fine. There is !0> %*00 space in the digital world. Focus on all no need to panic. There’s no use in panicking.” aspects as even recruitment is direct- The actor reveals how he, along with the team ly related to reputation. for Ye Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, took measures to shoot safely. Experience and engagement “Initially, when the second wave came, we guys Often, storytelling is highly under- went into a bio-bubble. So, what we did for the show valued and undersold. Instead of is that we went to a resort in Silvassa. Our entire unit investing in ad-hoc PR — which is a got tested and we entered the resort. Nobody could futile exercise — or a social media pro- come in and nobody could go out. The supplies tuck in the everyday rut of work, file with 10 k followers, focus on cre- would come in and they were all tested. Since Silvassa meetings, deadlines, Zoom calls, ating experiences through communi- is a little far off, it wasn’t as risky as shooting in Sand ensuring the deliverance of cation activities. With good content, Filmcity. So, everybody was safe. We shot there for any services or product, we often get engagement is bound to happen. two months then we came back,” he says. caught in the never-ending, ongoing He reveals the protocols battle of brand-building, especially in WHAT’S YOUR USP? Pick your battles, or rather tools, that are being followed in a post-pandemic, highly digital world. wisely Mumbai. In the vicious cycle of getting and deliv- Going online has the merits that “We have to shoot ering work, we are, usually, unable to learn and sometimes unlearn the Move beyond media extend just beyond connecting to a within a time frame. The step back or tap into our business client’s objectives. Employ a strategy Original content and innovation large audience. Picking and investing unit has been reduced to a strengths to optimise them towards a that services across the right platforms are more important. Be the expert in in the right tools is what makes all the third of its size, not a lot path of growth and success. Brand and is at the right scale to derive rele- your own domain. Without these difference. Sometimes, an online mail- of people can come in, building, outreach, and communica- vant results from the market. being in sync, no outreach or engage- er helps facilitate information flow, a lot of the unit has tion are activities that we only consid- Competitor research and specific tar- ment can be meaningful. knowledge-sharing, brand recall, and to stay on set at er when we are unable to pace our- geted goals can lead to an impactful promoting visibility while establishing Filmcity, and they’re selves for growth or do not see tangi- strategy, despite limited resources and Prep PR as a tool for outreach the bridge between internal and exter- not allowed to take ble milestones in attracting new busi- budgets. In today’s marketing-driven Redefine PR as the premise for all nal communications. In another situ- local transport or go ness. world, one must have a distinguishing communication activity. In today’s ation, it could be only Instagram or back to their houses. In the socially-distanced world, factor, a USP, through which people digitally connected world, simply PR only LinkedIn that would help in Only the actors and where there is a digital overload of infor- can recognise the brand. is not enough. Use it as the foundation building thought leadership for the the direction team mation, how does an individual, a for discourse, dialogue and exchange brand, and encouraging sales simul- can go back and we brand, or a designer stand out or be Be your brand’s voice of ideas. By distinguishing yet connect- taneously. Pick tools that are cost- are not allowed to known for who they are and what they There is no manual or set guide- profiles, brochures, and publications ing the dots between PR and commu- effective and not resource-intensive meet outside peo- do? How does one distinguish oneself lines that can enable an effective to social media, virtual and visual nications, stories can be easily created. such as newsletters and align them with ple. So, it’s like a amid social media algorithms and communications plan. Each individ- tools. To keep pace with rapidly your sales processes. bio bubble only. If generic content that are stepped over by ual, brand, or firm is unique with a dis- changing practices and be at par with Carry your credibility forward by you break the bub- ads and internet paraphernalia? Often, tinct ethos and an inimitable style and the new values of the global economy, creating value Content is king ble then one has to we do not recognise that in this world approach. The content must resonate it is important to innovate. Instead of Visibility across diverse media Instead of hard-selling the product get tested. Now of increasing competition, the success with the ethos and, of course, capture being all over, and trying to build a fol- automatically leads to new business by or services, focus on striving hard to there are also vac- of a firm can simply hinge on commu- the essence of who you are. What is lowing and community across all simply establishing credibility, aided by create dialogue, encourage communi- cination drives. So, nication, which is directly driven by critical is to ascertain what that social media platforms, focus on a few communication and outreach activities. ty-building and showcasing research we all had to be content and content strategy. So, how uniqueness is, and utilise it as both the that are appropriate and pertinent. Move beyond the glory, the aesthetic that facilitates the enterprise through vaccinated and we does one use content as a key to com- means and end of a communication Remove all the clutter — re-align, re- and focus on creating value by convey- a single, unified means of content. The were given three munication? Here are a few key ideas: plan. prioritise and re-position. Having a ing intent and the narrative, being fundamental key, of course, is to ‘be days of rest and plan is not a bad idea, after all, it helps authentic to who and not just selling creative and be rich in content’ in order only then were we allowed Build the brand brief yourself, or Do more with less you focus your outreach on the kind a product or service. New business to ‘be known’. to go on set,” reveals together with the client Tools for communication today of business you want to attract in the comes from a better understanding and (The writer is the founder and Karan. 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ost skin care routines today Mfocus on the face, while the hands are subjected to secondary 5 #/ treatment or as an afterthought. The skin on our hands is sensi- tive and in these times with = 9 9&; 9 & he miss the big screen? excessive hand washing, con- “Honestly, the big-screen film also stant use of alcohol-based hand comes to the television within a few sanitisers and increased expo- weeks and even pirated versions can be sure to the environment and air ting pigmentation, dehydration accessed via mobile phones on the same pollutants, specialised hand care and premature wrinkling. day. Yes, there is an infatuation with the is of the utmost importance. pening up during an interview, big screen, but you have to look at the Here’s why investing in a good 3 OBollywood actor Paresh Rawal reality based on the present time and hand cream is the absolute need The ritual of applying a confessed to a paap (sin) he’s commit- embrace it. As soon as it is feasible, films of the hour. hand cream can prove to be a ted, virtually. will be screened in theatres. No produc- peaceful experience and a quick “Sometimes mistakes happen. If you er wants a loss for their film, however, 3 escape from a hectic day. The don’t verify before sharing fake news you rather than putting the film in uncer- The skin on the back of our gentle act of massaging the contribute to its spread. I have commit- tainty, it is better to secure it,” the actor hands is thinner and has fewer oil hands as they soak in some ted that sin. Also, I would urge all not replied. glands, making it more prone to much-needed hydration is to post negative tweets,” Rawal said. Rawal is known for his comic tim- dryness. In comparison, the skin known to calm the nerves, alle- “If you have any complaint against ing. When asked the secret behind his on our palms is a lot thicker, so viate anxiety and unclog mental me, you can message me personally, performances, which always stand out, for moisture to penetrate this pores. This short 'me-time' break instead of posting publicly. This medi- pat comes the reply, “The secret is pret- area, it is advisable to use a hand lends us a moment of self- um is so strong, powerful and essential ty straightforward — you have to do jus- cream that uses efficacious for- reflection that can do wonders in today’s time, we should make good tice to the character. Don’t think that you mulations that are infused with not just for our hands but also use of it,” he expressed. are doing a comic or a serious or trag- the goodness of Vitamin C and our minds. The Padma Shri recipient also ic role, don’t ever think like that. The hyaluronic acid and promises spoke about the tendency to draw con- moment you start thinking along those hydration with anti-bacterial 3!! clusions on social media without under- lines, you will deviate. Just stick to your properties. The area around nails is standing the issue. He cites the exam- character. Whether it is comedy or seri- designed to protect our nails ple of the reaction that was seen among ous, the content and dialogues of that ! from bacterial infections. The many when the Prime Minister request- scene will be decided by your director, Hands are arguably the most process of excessive handwash- ed citizens to beat plates and clap that is something you don’t need to precious assets that are used to ing can make cuticles dry and hands during the onset of the Covid-19 the forthcoming Priyadarshan-helmed worry about. You just fulfil the demand access and communicate with the flaky, making them vulnerable pandemic last year. comedy, Hungama 2. He was excited at of the character.” world. More often than not, they to bacterial infections. “Some people made fun wondering the mention of the film. Following his father’s footsteps, are subjected to invisible bacteria Applying a good quality hand if beating plates or clapping hands “I am excited about multiple rea- Rawal’s son Aditya has also forayed into and germs. Excessive use of hand cream will ensure that the would scare the coronavirus away. They sons. Firstly, because Hungama 2 is com- acting. What does he think of his son wash or sanitiser may damage the cuticles and nails are nourished did not understand this was done to ing 18 years after Hungama. And it is and has he provided any exclusive sensitive skin of your hands; and well looked after, making acknowledge the hard work of our front- always a delight to work with Priyanji, advice? thus, it is recommended to opt for them appear healthy, bright line workers, and everyone else who was this time I felt like I’m working with him “I think he is doing well. He is hon- a high-quality anti-bacterial hand and shiny. helping the citizens of our country with after ages. The storyline, characters, est, well-behaved, sincere and hardwork- cream that can serve the dual pur- Using a hand cream is a daily essential activities. I am not say- backdrop, co-actors — just about every- ing. I don’t need to teach him all that. I pose of hydration and protection simple, healthy lifestyle prac- ing this on behalf of any party, but turn- thing is different from Hungama. only tell him ‘dil laga ke kaam karo (put against germs. tice, that will go a long way in ing this into a joke doesn’t look good. However, one thing hasn’t changed, just your heart in what you do)’. Don’t mess ensuring that our hands stay This should be understood. They are like its predecessor, Hungama 2 is a very with anyone, don’t get into controver- ! as much time exposed to exter- effects of ageing. A dermatolo- protected and well-hydrated. working hard so that you all can stay safe breezy comedy that offers clean family sy. Just focus on your work. In this mat- When it comes to ageing, nal elements as our faces and gist recommended hand cream (The author is a skin in your homes,” shared the actor-politi- entertainment,” he expressed with a ter, I consider Danny Denzongpa my what the face conceals, the hands when we neglect them, we leave will help boost moisture levels expert at Charmis, cian and former Lok Sabha MP. smile. ideal,” Rawal concluded with a smile. give away. Our hands spend just them defenceless against the and skin elasticity while combat- ITC's skin care brand.) 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1 ! 1 # % C; ayank Agarwal’s fight to reclaim his place Colombo: Before going out to bat in his debut ODI against Min Indian Test eleven starts on Tuesday Sri Lanka, young Ishan Kishan had announced in the dress- when he walks out to open in a three-day game ing room that he would hit the first ball for a six, irrespective against County Select XI, starting here on of the bowler and where the ball would be pitched. Tuesday as best friend KL Rahul gears up to And he did what he had promised by hitting a keep wickets in Rishabh Pant’s absence. six off Sri Lanka’s off-spinner Dhananjaya De The match has been accorded First-Class Silva. status, a first for India in many years since MS Kishan, who celebrated his 23rd birthday Dhoni took over captain. The Jharkhand with a smashing 42-ball-59 told teammate dasher believed that an ‘official match’ robbed Yuzvendra Chahal on bcci.tv that he all players from getting some game time. had a fair idea that the surface was However, the team management wanted a not providing enough assistance proper First-Class game to get into the groove to the slow bowlers. before the start of the Test series next month. “I kept (wickets) for 50 overs According to BCCI sources, Pant, who had and understood that the track tested positive for Covid-19, has completed his didn’t have much help for the stipulated 10-day isolation in an spinners. So I was determined acquaintance’s place in London that wherever the bowler pitch- and is “recovering well” but he is , 8 es, I would hit him for a six. I yet to join the team bubble in . 6&67 ,) had told that to everyone in Durham. ,#'!#%-"&.(&" the dressing room before “Even if Pant would have going out to bat,” Kishan reached in time for the practice game, he said. would have been given adequate rest to get Mayank hasn’t been in best of forms in When asked why he was back in peak physical condition. He has been Australia and had lost his place to Rohit, who looking to hit every ball out of sight during the asymptomatic but would need to train well missed the first two Tests Down Under due to initial phase, the Jharkhand keeper-batter said ahead of the first Test in Nottingham,” a quarantine rules. that it was the confidence that he had gained senior BCCI official said. While Rahul has also scored bulk of his while batting in the nets in the run-up to the “In any case both Pant and Wriddhiman, 2000 runs opening the innings, it is understood series. who is isolated as a precautionary measure that he is being considered as a middle-order “Practice is very important and I was in will be available for first Test.” batsman and may be used later in the series good touch during the net sessions. The pitch As it had been reported earlier, KL in case one of the senior batters (read Ajinkya on which we practised, was also of similar Rahul, who has been doing keeping drills, will Rahane) don’t get back to form. INDIA AIM TO SEAL SERIES nature. So since I was connecting well, don the big gloves for the game. In bowling department, Mohammed Siraj I didn’t have to do anything different. However, it will be Mayank, whose form will like to give a good account of himself and Just execute it in match situation. No will be closely monitored by the team manage- Jasprit Bumrah wouldn’t mind getting a few *D#D.D A ! change in game-plan. If I have a ball in ment as he is likely to partner Rohit Sharma wickets under his belt just like Ravichandran my radar, I will hit it,” Kishan said. in the first Test. Ashwin did last week for Surrey. ndia’s young guns will get ' ) B ) C another opportunity to flaunt 88 77 64 8 30 Itheir exceptional talent and # 667 5? /5 @ 56%5 win. Most of the batsmen got secure a series win against a hap- # /8 65 63 / 8@%03 starts but could not convert. It * P .- less Sri Lankan outfit in the sec- BB is something they will have to fix ond ODI here on Tuesday. to test India. *D#D.D had four and five wicket hauls times and in bubble life, when ate new type of doubts,” said the Skipper Shikhar Dhawan , .$ It was good to see Kuldeep Thanks to Chamika and it would be better if people one is spending long time in a man, known for his straight t was left in complete awe at the . 6&77 ,) Chahal and Yuzvendra Chahal Karunaratne’s 35-ball 43, Sri ndia spinner Kuldeep Yadav start talking about those closed environment and not talking. other end as the likes of Prithvi bowl in tandem after a long time Lanka were able to cross 250. He Ibegs to differ from sceptics achievements too,” getting chances. However he accepts that in Shaw, Ishan Kishan and ().&")5078 %9 and they proved once again that feels his team can regularly who were ready to write his Kuldeep told Kuldeep has been in and team sport, one has to be patient Suryakumar Yadav made batting they perform better as a pair. score 300-plus if the batsmen cricketing epitaph after a few bad media after an around the squad without as chances might not readily look ridiculously easy in the first home to the win in the 37th over. With spinners bowling the don’t squander starts. “If more performances but feels self- impressive much game time and that come one’s way. ODI on Sunday. India are unlikely to make bulk of the overs, star all- of our batsmen had been able to doubt does creep in when a play- 2/48 against does have its ill- He was under pressure In the long run, India want changes as they would like to rounder Hardik Pandya showed bat longer, we could have er is being overlooked for long Sri Lanka in effects. before the first ODI but coach to play more aggressively in the pocket the series before giving promise in the five overs he attacked earlier and gone for a periods. the first ODI. “It’s a difficult Rahul Dravid’s words of wisdom shorter formats and the perfor- chances to other youngsters. bowled. Seniormost pacer bigger score. We do have the Kuldeep, who was an auto- “One or two bad life in bubble and helped him soothe his nerves. mance of the trio served as a per- The only one feeling the Bhuvneshwar Kumar did not ability to get to 300 or 350, and matic choice till the 2019 World games doesn’t finish more so when “Pressure and nervousness fect template in that context. heat would be Manish Pandey, have the best of days but trust hopefully that will happen in the Cup, is not in the main team’s one’s career. I believe all you are not play- will always be there when you Their sensational batting who laboured to a 40-ball 26 in him to be back in his elements next games,” said Karunaratne. scheme of things at the moment. who have played the ing as self- play after a long time and I was also reinforced the might of the series opener when others in the next game. The bowlers too need to Many felt that his 0/84 game and have knowl- doubts creep playing after long time. It hap- India’s bench strength with ODI were at their fluent best. It will take a special effort raise their game significantly to against England in Pune earlier edge of the game are in. A lot of peo- pens as you are keen to do well. debutants Kishan and Yadav Shaw, in his comeback from the struggling Sri Lankan put pressure on the high-quali- this year, had spelt doom for the aware about that fact,” ple want to “Initially, Rahul sir backed bossing the opposition from game, played breathtaking side to pull one back against the ty Indian batsmen. 26-year-old. said Kuldeep, who has help you, me a lot, motivated me, he told ball one. strokes on the off-side but rampaging visitors. Both teams might be inter- “I never felt that my white 107 wickets from 64 speak to you me a lot of things but most Sri Lanka bowlers also made missed out on a big score. It is The inexperienced team ested in chasing with the slow ball career was finished after that ODIs. but when you importantly that I needed to it easier for the marauding something he would like to showed it has the talent to com- pitch playing better in the England game. There are times But sport can be lone- speak to too enjoy my game...I am happy that Indian batters who romped correct on Tuesday. pete with the opposition if not evening. that you will go for runs. I have ly especially in Covid many people, you cre- it worked..” Stimac to remain ( head coach till 2022 New Delhi: National men’s team coach Igor Stimac’s contract has been extended till September 2022 keeping in mind the Asian Cup qualifiers, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) said on Monday. This was proposed by the AIFF’s technical committee, headed by former India interna- coach Mathias Boe. tional Shyam Thapa. The sailors, including V “The committee deliberat- Sarvanan, the first to reach ed at length, and reached a con- Tokyo, had already started sensus that in view of the exter- their training on Sunday. nal factors which has had a huge The 15-strong group of impact on the footballing world , ' ! 1 1 !1 1 Indian shooters also to hit the in general, and with the nation- $!(011 range on Monday. al team all set to begin their cam- As per the protocols laid paign in their quest to qualify for Tokyo: Indian athletes hit the started their training on down by the Organising com- the AFC Asian Cup China 2023, ground running as they start- Monday. mittee, athletes arriving from head coach Igor Stimac be given ed their pre-Olympic training While archery couple India were required to under- an extension of his contract till a day after landing here, hop- Atanu and Deepika started go three-day mandatory quar- September 2022,” the AIFF said ing to live up to massive expec- sharpening their skills at the antine upon reaching Tokyo in a statement. The AFC Asian tations in the pandemic-hit Yumenoshima Park on $( which was later lifted. Cup qualifiers are scheduled to Games. Monday morning, paddlers On reaching the Games be played from February to The likes of archers Sathiyan and Sharath Kamal Laxman Manohar Sharma. Village after clearing their September next year. Deepika Kumari and Atanu too began their preparations in While shuttler Sindhu and Covid tests at the airprot and One of the most high-pro- Das, table tennis players G search of an elusive Olympic Praneeth trained with singles receiving their PVC cards, file coaches to manage the Sathiyan and A Sharath Kamal, medal in the sport. Gymnasts coach Park Tae Sang, the men’s the Indian athletes were Indian men’s team, Stimac was ace shuttlers PV Sindhu and B Pranati Nayak also started her doubles pair of Chirag Shetty allowed to use the common appointed to the top post in May Sai Praneeth and lone Indian training this morning under and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy areas, including gymnasium 2019 for a two-year term, and gymnast in fray, Pranati Nayak, the supervision of coach hit the courts along with their and dinning hall. PTI has had mixed results since. 7 : ( 3
3 Czech beach volleyball Monday, dealing a fresh set of Olympic contingent. The Tokyo matic and is in isolation accord- in the city of Inzai, Chiba player Ondrej Perusic became blows to the mega-event which Organising Committee has so ing to the rules,” the country’s Prefecture. The US Olympic and the third athlete at the Olympic opens in less than four days. far confirmed 58 Games-relat- official Olympic team handle Paralympic Committee issued a Games Village to test positive This comes after two South ed Covid cases. “Despite follow- posted. Later reports trickled in statement, confirming that “an for Covid-19, while an African footballers tested pos- ing all precautions (on) Covid- that “a teenaged female gymnast alternate on the women’s artis- American alternate woman itive for the virus on Sunday. 19 beach volleyball player from the United States” has test- tic gymnastics team tested pos- gymnast training in Chiba pre- Perusic was the second positive Ondrej Perusic became infect- ed positive for virus at her pre- itive.” The USOPC, however, fecture also got infected on case to be revealed in the Czech ed. He is currently asympto- Tokyo Olympic training camp did not give out her name.