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MILLENNIUMPOST.IN RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI | KOLKATA VOL. 7, ISSUE 220 | Thursday, 12 August 2021 | Kolkata | Pages 12 | Rs 3.00 No Half Truths ICA-1147(15)/2021 millenniumpost 2 THURSDAY, 12 AUGUST, 2021 | KOLKATA ICA-1148(15)/2021 MILLENNIUMPOST.IN RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI | KOLKATA VOL. 7, ISSUE 220 | Thursday, 12 August 2021 | Kolkata | Pages 12 | Rs 3.00 No Half Truths City: Pg 5 World: Pg 10 Film: Pg 12 Heavy rains till Aug 15; North Afghan officials: Three more ‘I have spent years Bengal on ‘Orange’ alert provincial capitals fall to Taliban trying to better myself’ 13 RESCUED, SCORES FEARED BURIED; RESCUE OPERATIONS UNDERWAY Mamata invited to Rome by Massive landslide claims Community of Sant’ Egidio Pope Francis, German Chancellor Merkel to be present too 10 lives in HP’s Kinnaur OUR CORRESPONDENT the Ecumenical Patriarch Bar- sionaries of Charity. tholomew I, the Great Imam of Banerjee played a crucial OUR CORRESPONDENT KOLKATA: Chief Minister Al-Azhar (Egypt) HE Ahmad role in restoring peace at both Mamata Banerjee has received al-Tayyib and German Chan- the state and the national level. SHIMLA: Ten people were an invitation to address the cellor Angela Merkel along She single-handedly, after killed, 13 rescued and several “World Meeting for Peace” with representatives of “the coming to power in 2011, others feared buried under promoted by the Community great religions” would be par- brought back “peace and debris after a landslide trapped of Sant’ Egidio — a Catholic ticipating in the meeting for plenty” in tribal-dominated a bus and other vehicles in association dedicated to social peace promoted by the 50-year- Jangalmahal in the western Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur service — in Rome, on October old international body “accept- part of Bengal and also at the district on Wednesday, offi- 6 and 7. She has been invited ing the legacy of the historic Hills in the north. The Mao- cials said. keeping in consideration her Day of Prayer of Assisi, called ist-infested Purulia, Bankura, A video clip captured the work for “social justice”, “devel- for by John Paul II in 1986”. West Midnapore and Jhar- horror of the moment. opment” and “peace”. This would be Banerjee’s gram now has been turned First, shooting stones fell This comes at a time when Mamata Banerjee FILE PHOTO second visit to Rome and first into peace havens by the Chief down the mountainside into BJP is constantly trying to prove International tour after return- Minister. Her repeated mes- the river below, creating small that there has been a deteriora- The Chief Minister is the ing to power for the third con- sages in support of peace dur- splashes of water. tion of the law and order situ- only Indian to be a part of the secutive term with a thumping ing the Delhi riots in 2020 Warning whistles were ation in Bengal after the Chief international event that has majority in the last Assembly that claimed around 53 lives heard and then a big chunk Minister came to power for the been named “Peoples as Broth- polls. Earlier, Banerjee vis- drew widespread attention of of the mountain collapsed on third consecutive time despite ers, Future Earth” and it once ited Rome in September 2016 leaders in the nation’s Capital National Highway 5 and into Banerjee’s tireless efforts and again takes Bengal to a new when she attended the Can- prompting them to take action the river. work towards peace, which is height in the global platform. onisation ceremony of Mother to bring an end to the violence. Fighting to complete the garnering global recognition. His Holiness Pope Francis, Teresa at the Invitation of Mis- Continued on P7 operation before nightfall, res- cue workers struggled to pull out survivors and bodies from A car under the debris after the landslide on the Reckong Peo-Shimla Highway in Kinnaur district, on Wednesday PTI Study on mixing the debris near Chaura village Active Covid cases in in the Nigulsari area of Nichar Covishield & tehsil. Highlights Hours after the landslide » First, shooting stones fell country lowest in 140 days Covaxin gets a little before noon, Kinnaur down the mountainside Deputy Commissioner Abid Cumulative vaccine doses administered cross 52 crore DCGI nod Hussain Sadiq said 10 bodies into the river below, creating small splashes OUR CORRESPONDENT had been pulled out but there OUR CORRESPONDENT are others feared trapped. of water. Warning Eight of the dead were whistles were heard Negative Covid report or full vaccination NEW DELHI: The Drugs found trapped in a Tata Sumo and then a big chunk of NEW DELHI: India logged Controller General of India taxi, according to state Disas- the mountain collapsed 38,353 new Coronavirus must for visiting Himachal from Aug 13 (DCGI) has given approval ter Management Director infections taking the total for a study to be conducted Sudesh Kumar Mokhta. on National Highway 5 tally of COVID-19 cases OUR CORRESPONDENT tary Ram Subhag Singh by the Christian Medical Col- A Himachal Road Trans- and into the river to 3,20,36,511 while the stated: “All persons intend- lege (CMC), Vellore, in Tamil port Corporation (HRTC) bus, » A Himachal Road active cases have declined to SHIMLA: The Himachal ing to visit State shall carry Nadu on mixing of COVID- which was on its way from Transport Corporation 3,86,351, the lowest in 140 Pradesh government has their COVID-19 Vaccine 19 vaccines Covaxin and Cov- Reckong Peo to Haridwar via days, according to the Union made a negative COVID- Certificate (double doses) ishield, official sources said on Shimla, was still buried under (HRTC) bus, which Health ministry data updated 19 report or full vaccination or a negative RT-PCR test Wednesday. the debris, Mokhta said. Ten ambulances, four earth removers, 52 was on its way from on Wednesday. mandatory for all people report not older than 72 An expert panel of the Cen- Early reports said there Reckong Peo to The death toll has climbed intending to visit the hill hours or RAT negative tral Drugs Standard Control could be up to 40 people in personnel of the ITBP’s 17th Battalion, 30 Haridwar via Shimla, to 4,29,179 with 497 fresh state from August 13. report not older than 24 Organisation (CDSCO) on July the government bus but it was personnel of police and 27 NDRF personnel was still buried under fatalities, the data updated at In a late-night order hours w.e.f. 13th August, 29 had recommended grant- later found that the number the debris, the state 8 am showed. on Tuesday, Chief Secre- 2021.” Continued on P7 ing permission for conducting was far less. are carrying out the rescue operation Disaster Management The number of people who the study. Earlier, the Bhawanagar have recuperated from the dis- The trial will involve 300 Station House Officer (SHO) Director said ease surged to 3,12, 20,981 and rate stands 97.45 per cent, the country has crossed the 52 healthy volunteers.“The aim of said around 25 to 30 were the case fatality rate stands at ministry said. crore-mark, the ministry said the study is to assess the feasi- trapped under the debris. under the debris but the exact those trapped and provide “PM @narendramodi 1.34 per cent, the data stated. A decrease of 2,157 cases on Wednesday. bility of whether a person can When the initial reports number was not known. them with the best possible spoke to Himachal Pradesh The active cases com- has been recorded in the active More than 40 lakh be given two different vaccine came, Himachal Pradesh Chief He said Union Home min- treatment. CM @jairamthakurbjp regard- prise 1.21 per cent of the COVID-19 caseload in a span (40,02,634) doses were admin- shots — one each of Covishield Minister Jai Ram Thakur told ister Amit Shah has spoken Prime Minister Narendra ing the situation in the wake of total infections, the lowest of 24 hours. istered on Wednesday, accord- and Covaxin — to complete the state Assembly that 50-60 to him and the topmost pri- Modi also spoke to Thakur the landslide in Kinnaur. since March 2020, while the The cumulative vaccine ing to the 7 pm provisional the inoculation course,” a people were feared trapped ority as of now is to rescue over the incident. Continued on P7 national COVID-19 recovery doses administered in the report. Continued on P7 source said. Continued on P7 LS, RS adjourned sine die 2 We won't plug in someone in days ahead of scheduled date place of Shardul for just few runs, 20 wickets more important Functioned only 21 hours during entire Monsoon Virat Kohli Session, productivity was at 22%: Birla OUR CORRESPONDENT accordance with its traditions. In today’s The Lok Sabha functioned only NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha was 21 hours during the entire Mon- paper adjourned sine die on Wednes- soon session and its productivity day, bringing an end to the stormy was at 22 per cent, Birla said. ... Monsoon Session two days ahead Prime Minister Narendra Modi City of the scheduled date of August 13. was present in the House when it FRESH CASES STAND AT 700 4 Opposition protests over the was adjourned sine die (adjourned Pegasus snooping row, farm laws for an indefinite period). Nation and other issues had continuously Before adjourning, the House WHY ‘QUIET’ ON CASTE CENSUS 6 marred the proceedings since the also paid tributes to four for- start of the session on July 19.